- (1924 - 1935) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1924) Stage Play: Silence. Melodrama.
- (1927) Stage Play: My Princess. Musical/operetta.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Stairs. Drama.
- (1928) Stage Play: Gentlemen of the Press. Written by Ward Morehouse. Directed by George Abbott. Henry Miller's Theatre: 27 Aug 1928- Dec 1928 (closing date unknown/128 performances). Cast: Granville Bates (as "Braddock"), Paul Clare, Elmer Cornell, John Cromwell (as "Wick Snell"), Harry Cronk, Russel Crouse (as "Bellflower"), J. Hammond Dailey, Helen Flint, Harold Grau (as "Haley"), Louis Halprin (as "Western Union Messenger"), A.O. Huhn, George Humbert, Carlotta Irwin, Betty Lancaster, Lawrence Leslie, Harry Levian, Thos. A. Linker, Millard Mitchell (as "McBee"), Allan Nagle, Hugh O'Connell (as "Charlie Haven"), John Paschall, William Pawley, Duncan Penwarden (as "Abner Pennyfather"), Francis Pierlot (as "McManahan"), Billy Quinn, George Spelvin Jr., J.H. Stoddart, Cornelius Vezin, Philip Wood. Produced by Thomas E. Jackson and H.S. Kraft.
- (1930) Stage Play: So Was Napoleon (Sap from Syracuse). Farce. Written by Jack O'Donnell and John Wray. Directed by John Hayden. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 8 Jan 1930- Jan 1930 (closing date unknown/25 performances). Cast: Granville Bates (as "Solomon Hycross"), Spencer Bentley, Paul Byron, Frances Crossey, Frank Dae (as "Adolph"), Ruth Donnelly (as "Dolly Thornton"), Elsa Ersi, Louis Frohoff, Albert Gesse (as "Beauvais"), Oliver Holmes, Hugh McConnell, Grant Mills, Mary Murray, Jack Raffael, Sidney Riggs, Czara Romanyi, Marcel Rousseau (as "A Detective"), Lloyd Russell, Joseph Spelvin, Roland Wilson. Produced by Robert V. Newman and Arnold Johnson.
- (1930) Stage Play: Once in a Lifetime. Comedy. Written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Stage Manager: Robert B. Sinclair. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Music Box Theatre: 24 Sep 1920- Sep 1931 (unknown closing date/406 performances). Cast: Frances E. Brandt (as "Mrs. Walker"), Jane Buchanan (as "A Voice Pupil"), Spring Byington (as "Helen Hobart"), George Casselberry (as "One of Three Scenario Writers"), Payson Crane (as "Bellboy"), Louis Cruger (as "Weisskopf"), Janet Currie (as "Phyllis Fontaine"), Jean Dixon (as "May Daniels"), Walter Dreher (as "Rudolph Kammerling"), Marie Ferguson (as "Miss Fontaine's Maid"), Stanley Fitzpatrick (as "Page"), Eugenie Frontai (as "Florabel Leigh"), Harold Grau (as "Mr. Flick"), Charles Halton (as "Herman Glogauer"), Virginia Hawkins (as "Miss Chasen"), John O. Hewitt (as "Electrician"), Marc Loebell (as "Ernest"), Edward Loud (as "Miss Leigh's Chauffer/Leading Man"), Charles Mack (as "Miss Fontaine's Chauffer"), Georgia MacKinnon (as "Script Girl"), Burton Mallory (as "One of Three Scenario Writers"), Leona Maricle (as "Miss Leighton"), William McFadden (as "Meterstein"), Edwin Mills (as "Page"), Grant Mills (as "Jerry Hyland"), Irving Morrow (as "Bishop"), Hugh O'Connell (as "George Lewis"), Sally Phipps (as "Susan Walker"), Oscar Polk (as "Porter"), Kempton Race (as "One of Three Scenario Writers"), Robert Ryder (as "George's Secretary"), Otis Schaefer (as "Coat Check Girl"), Dorothy Talbot (as "Miss Leigh's Maid"), Frances Thress (as "Bridesmaid"), Clara Waring (as "Cigarette Girl"), Jack Williams (as "Electrician"). Produced by Sam Harris. Replacement actors: Granville Bates (as "Bishop"), Warner Bliss (as "Miss Leigh's Chauffer"), Jane Buchanan (as "Susan Walker"), Moss Hart (as "Lawrence Vail"), Irving Morrow (as "First Cameraman"). Note: Mr. Berlin had no direct involvement with this production aside from theatre ownership (with Sam Harris).
- (1932) Stage Play: Trick for Trick. Drama. Written by Vivian Crosby, Shirley Warde and Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 18 Feb 1932- Apr 1932 (closing date unknown/69 performances). Cast: Granville Bates (as "Lieutenant Jed Dodson"), Sascha Beaumont, Lawrence Bolton, Hallam Bosworth, Burke Clarke, Robert W. Craig, Averell Harris, Paul Hoover, Fred Knight, Harry Mestayer, Henry O'Neill (as "George La Tour"), Eleanor Phelps, James Rennie, Walter Vaughn (as "David Adams"). Produced by Robert V. Newman.
- (1932) Stage Play: Lilly Turner. Written by George Abbott and Philip Dunning. Scenic Design by Livingston Platt. Directed by George Abbott and Philip Dunning. Morosco Theatre: 19 Sep 1932- Oct 1932 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Robert Barrat (as "Frederick"), Granville Bates (as "Dave Turner"), James Bell, Warren Bryan, Joseph Crehan (as "Dr. Hawley"), Dorothy Hall (as "Lilly Turner"), Percy Kilbride (as "Truckman"), John Litel (as "Bob Cross"), Emmett Shackelford (as "Hotel Manager"), Byron Shores, Clare Woodbury. Produced by Abbott-Dunning, Inc.
- (1932) Stage Play: Twentieth Century. Comedy [original production]. Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Directed by George Abbott. Broadhurst Theatre: 29 Dec 1932- 20 May 1933 (152 performances). Cast: Frank Badham (as "Porter"), Granville Bates (as "Conductor"), Matt Briggs (as "Oliver Webb"), Joseph Crehan (as "First Detective"), Florence Edney (as "Sadie"), William Frawley (as "Owen O'Malley"), Etienne Girardot (as "Matthew Clark") [final Broadway role], Hans Hamsa (as "First Beard/Cristus"), Ross Hertz (as "Train Secretary"), Ernest Hunter (as "Waiter"), Cliffman Jewel (as "Reporter"), Moffat Johnston (as "Oscar Jaffe"), Edward La Roche (as "Second Beard/Judas"), Eugenie Leontovich (as "Lily Garland"), Dennie Moore (as "Anita Highland"), Roy Roberts (as "George Smith"), Henry Sherwood (as "Max Jacobs"), Robert Sloane (as "Gateman"), J. Ascher Smith (as "Second Detective"), James Spottswood (as "Grover Lockwood"), Charles Wagenheim (as "Photographer"), Alfred Webster (as "Flannagan"), Clare Woodbury (as "Dr. Johnson"), William Worth (as "Pullman Conductor"). Replacement actor: Robert Brill (as "Gateman"). Produced by George Abbott and Philip Dunning. Note: Filmed as Twentieth Century (1934).
- (1933) Stage Play: Double Door. Melodrama. Written by Elizabeth McFadden Directed by H.C. Potter. Ritz Theatre: 21 Sep 1933- Jan 1934 (closing date unknown/143 performances). Cast: Granville Bates (as "Mortimer Neff"), William Foran (as "Lambert"), Aleta Freel (as "Avery"), Elbert Gruver (as "Detective"), Richard Kendrick (as "Rip Van Bret"), A.C. Fotheringham-Lysons (as "Telson"), Mary Morris (as "Victoria Van Bret"), George H. Quinby (as "William"), Anne Revere (as "Caroline Van Bret"), Barbara Shields (as "Louise") [Broadway debut], George R. Taylor (as "Mr. Chase") [Broadway debut], Alice May Tuck (as "Avery") [final Broadway role], Ernest Woodward (as "Dr. John Sully"). Produced by H.C. Potter and George Haight. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures as Double Door (1934).
- (1934) Stage Play: Come What May. Drama.
- (1934) Stage Play: Merrily We Roll Along.
- (1935) Stage Play: Rain. Drama (revival). Written by John Colton and Clemence Randolph. Based on "Miss Sadie Thompson" by W. Somerset Maugham. Directed by Sam Forrest. Music Box Theatre: 12 Feb 1935- Mar 1935 (closing date unknown/47 performances). Cast: Tallulah Bankhead (as "Sadie Thompson"), Granville Bates (as "Joe Horn, Trader of Pago Pago") [final Broadway role], Harold De Becker, Frank De Silva, Elizabeth Dewing, K.A. Fernando, Walter Gilbert, Ethel Intropidi (as "Mrs. McPhail"), Nicholas Joy (as "Dr. McPhail"), Jack McKee, Herbert Ransom (as "Rev. Alfred Davidson"), Kent Thurber, John Waller, Emma Wilcox [final Broadway role], Ethel Wilson. Produced by Sam Harris.
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