- (1923 - 1971) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1923) Stage Play: Roseanne. Drama.
- (1925) Stage Play: First Flight. Written by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Plymouth Theatre: 17 Sep 1925- Sep 1925 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- The Dream Play (1926).
- The Ramblers (1926).
- Hello Yourself!!!! (1928).
- Grand Street Follies (1929). Musical revue/satire.
- Show Girl (1929). Musical comedy. Music by George Gershwin. Material by William Anthony McGuire. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn. Based the novel by J.P. McEvoy. Musical Director: William Daly. Additional lyrics by Thomas Malie, Sidney Skolsky, W.H. Farrell and Jimmy Durante. Additional music by W.H. Farrell and Jimmy Durante. Featuring songs by J. Little. Directed by William Anthony McGuire. Ziegfeld Theatre: 2 Jul 1929- 5 Oct 1929 (111 performances). Cast: Florence Allen, Virginia Allen, Jean Althan, Selma Althan, Jane Barry, Betty Bassett, Marcia Bell, Eddee Belmont, Caryl Bergman, Hazel Boffinger, Dorothy Bow, Bobby Brodsley, Pamela Bryant, Orine Bryne, Edna Bunte, Emily Burton, Dorothy Carrigan, Doris Carson, Peggy Carthew, Virginia Case, Lew Clayton, Blaine Cordner, Billie Cortez, Cleo Cullen, Dona Desne Curry, Gertrude Dahl, Dolores De Fina, Mildred Defina, Violet Dell, Katherine Downer, Doris Downes, Alma Drange, Sadie Duff, Jimmy Durante (as "Snozzle/Sombre Eyes"), Kay English, Caja Eric, Austin Fairman (as "John Milton"), Eddie Foy Jr. (as "Denny Kerrigan"), Noel Francis (as "Peggy Ritz"), Virginia Frank, Vera Frederick, Janet Gibbard, Dolores Grant, Viola Hage, Ruth Hayden, Althea Heinly, Kathryn Hereford, Harriet Hoctor, Maurine Holmes, Eddie Jackson, Andy Jochim, Agatha Johann, Juliette Jones, Ruby Keeler (as "Dixie Dugan"), Mildred Klaw, Renee Landeau, Ada Landis, Camille Lanier, Ruth Love, Nick Lucas, Joseph Macauley, Mary MacDonald, Lottie Marcy, Doris May, Patricia McGrath, Frank McHugh (as "Jimmy Doyle"), Dorothy Morgan, Howard Morgan, Barbara Newberry, Evelyn Nichols, Dore Nodine, Lucille O'Connor, Pat O'Keefe, Georgia Payne, Lois Peck, Leonia Pennington, Vivian Porter, Beatrice Powers, Dolores Ray, Louise Raymond, Dorothy Ryan, Blanche Satchell, Matthew Smith, Wanda Stevenson, Mildred Swunke, Calvin Thomas, Mildred Turner, Sunny Van, Claire Wayne, Jean Wayne, Virginia Whitmore. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- We, The People (1933). Written by Elmer Rice. Directed by Elmer Rice. Empire Theatre: 21 Jan 1933- Mar 1933 (closing date unknown/49 performances). Cast: Frieda Altman (as "Passer-by"), David Appelbe, Carroll Ashburn (as "Larry Collins"), Mildred Baker, Harry Bellaver (as "Mike Ramsay"), Jules J. Bennett, Marvin S. Borowsky, Orrin Burke, Sam Byrd (as "Peter Hines"), Burr Caruth, George Christie, Blaine Cordner (as Albert Collins"), Glenn Coulter, Charles H. Davis, Gregory Deane, Lawrence Ellinger, Katherine Emmet (as "Sarah Collins"), Harry Fischer, Walter Greaza (as "Cleveland Thomas"), Alan Hale (as "Passer-by"), Randolph Hale, Jane Hamilton, Fred Herrick, William Ingersoll, House Jameson (as "James Moulton"), Alice John (as "Edna Innes"), Charles La Torre (as "Louis Volterra"), David Leonard, Howard Miller, Grace Mills, Harry Moore, Carlton Moss, Clement O'Loghlin, George Pembroke, Eleanor Phelps, Mildred Quigley, R. Birrell Rawls, Arthur Ritchie, Florence Robinson (as "Passer-by"), Herbert Rudley, Maria Sermolino, Phil Sheridan, Jean Sidney, Juliana Taberna, Forrest Taylor, Ralph Theadore, Calvin Thomas, Thomas F. Tracey, Valerie Valaire, Egisto Visser, Gladys Walker, Pierre Watkins, Maurice Wells, Frank H. Wilson (as "Steve Clinton"). Produced by Elmer Rice.
- The World Waits (1933). Drama.
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- False Dreams, Farewell (1934). Written by Hugh Stanislaus Stange. Directed by Frank Merin. Little Theatre: 15 Jan 1934- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/25 performances). Cast: Glenn Anders (as "Eugene Cabot"), Adora Andrews (as "Miss Rhinebeck"), Homer Barton (as "Mr. Mackaye"), Lora Baxter (as "Eleanor Cabot"), Natasha Boleslavsky (as "Masha"), Robert Burtt (as "Ship's Officer"), Blaine Cordner (as "Bingham Baldy"), Ben Delano (as "Camera-Man"), Clarence Derwent (as "Edward Duncan"), Clyde Fillmore (as "Captain Sackett"), Edward Forbes (as "Palmerly Harte"), John Frederik (as "Ship News Reporter"), Harry Green (as "Steward Blythe"), Walter O. Hill (as "Mr. Sims"), Frieda Inescort (as "Faith Baldy"), Eric Kalkhurst (as "Dr. Hayden"), Henry Lase (as "Irving Silvers"), Frank Lawrence, Dave Leonard (as "Murray Fineman"), Dorothy Lowell (as "Passenger"), James McColl (as "Ship News Reporter"), Neil McFee, Millard Mitchell (as "Christopher Jarrett"), Claudia Morgan (as "Joan Arden"), Marianne Mosner (as "Passenger"), John Daly Murphy (as "Daniel T. Moore"), Ralph Nelson (as "Passenger"), Charles Quigley, Helen Raymond (as "Ida Jarrett"), Larry Regan (as "A Cabin Steward"), Arthur Stenning (as "Dr. Hartley"), Thyrza Sturges (as "Passenger"), Royal Dana Tracy (as "Bishop Bliss"), Sheila Trent (as "Josie"), Leslie Urbach (as "A Deck Steward"), Elizabeth Weston (as "Ship News Reporter"). Produced by Frank Merlin.
- Bridal Quilt (1934).
- (1941) Stage Play: Arsenic and Old Lace. Comedy. Written by Joseph Kesselring. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Fulton Theatre (moved to The Hudson Theatre on 25 Sep 1943- close): 10 Jan 1941- 17 Jun 1944 (1444 performances). Cast: Jean Adair (as "Martha Brewster"), John Alexander, Wyrley Birch (as "Rev. Dr. Harper"), Helen Brooks, Bruce Gordon, Henry Herbert (as "Mr. Gibbs"), Josephine Hull, Allyn Joslyn (as "Mortimer Brewster"), Boris Karloff (as "Jonathan Brewster") [Broadway debut], William Parke (as "Mr. Witherspoon") [died during production and replaced by Ashley Cooper], John Quigg, Anthony Ross (as "Officer O'Hara"), Edgar Stehli (as "Dr. Einstein"), Victor Sutherland (as "Lt. Rooney"). Replacement actors [during Fulton Theatre run]: Patricia Collinge (as "Abby Brewster"), Ashley Cooper (as "Mr. Witherspoon"), Laura Hope Crews (as "Abby Brewster") [from Jun 1942- ?], Minnie Dupree (as "Martha Brewster"), Harry Gribbon (as "Teddy Brewster"), Margaret Joyce (as "Elaine Harper") [from 15 Jun 1942- ?], Clinton Sundberg (as "Mortimer Brewster"), Erich von Stroheim (as "Jonathan Brewster") [from Jun 1942- ?]. Replacement actors [during Hudson Theatre run]: Wallace Acton (as "Dr. Einstein"), Richard Bishop (as "Lt. Rooney"), Helen Brooks (as "Elaine Harper"), Solen Burry (as "Officer Klein"), Ross Chetwynd (as "Officer Brophy"), Blaine Cordner (as "Officer O'Hara"), Gilbert Douglas (as "Mr. Witherspoon"), Harry Gribbon (as "Teddy Brewster"), Herbert Ranson (as "The Rev. Dr. Harper"), Effie Shannon (as "Martha Brewster"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Jonathan Brewster"), Walter Wagner (as "Mortimer Brewster"). Produced by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Note: Filmed as Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Arsenik og gamle kniplinger (2002), Arsènic i puntes de coixí (1995), Arsenic et vieilles dentelles (1971), Arsenicum en oude kant (1971), Arsenic and Old Lace (1969), Arsenik i stare cipke (1967).
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