- (1944 - 1964) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1944) Stage Play: Harvey. Comedy. Written by Mary Chase. Scenic Design by John Root. Directed by Antoinette Perry. 48th Street Theatre: 1 Nov 1944- 15 Jan 1949 (1775 performances). Cast: Frank Fay (as "Elwood P. Dowd"), Josephine Hull, Dora Clement (as "Betty Chumley"), Robert Gist (as "E.J. Lofgren"), Frederica Going (as "Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet"), Lawrence Hayes (as "Mr. Peeples"), John Kirk (as "Judge Omar Gaffney"), Fred Irving Lewis (as "William R. Chumley, M.D."), Tom Seidel (as "Lyman Sanderson, M.D."), Eloise Sheldon (as "Miss Johnson"), Janet Tyler (as "Ruth Kelly, R.N"), Jane Van Duser (as "Myrtle Mae Simmons"), Jesse White (as "Duane Wilson"). Replacement actors: Wyrley Birch (as "Judge Omar Gaffney"), Ethel Britton (as "Betty Chumley"), Joe E. Brown (as "Elwood P. Dowd"), Jack Buchanan (as "Elwood P. Dowd"), Philip Carlyle (as "Lyman Sanderson, M.D."), Thomas Coley (as "Lyman Sanderson, M.D."), Mary Cooper (as "Ruth Kelly, R.N."), Mary Dallas (as "Myrtle Mae Simmons"), Russell Gold (as "E.J. Lofgren"), Lawrence Hayes (as "William R. Chumley, M.D."), Robert P. Lieb (as "Duane Wilson"), Marion Lorne (as "Veta Louise Simmons"), Helen Randall (as "Miss Johnson"), James Stewart (as "Elwood P. Dowd") [from 12 Jul 1947- ?], Allan Tower (as "William R. Chumley, M.D."), Anita Webb (as "Miss Johnson"). Produced by Brock Pemberton. Note: Filmed as Harvey (1950), Harvey (1972) (TV).
- (1952) Stage: Appeared in "Don Juan in Hell" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by George Bernard Shaw.
- (1952) Stage Play: Don Juan in Hell. Comedy [return engagement]. Written by George Bernard Shaw. Stage Manager: Robert Gist. Directed by Charles Laughton (also appearing as "Devil"). Plymouth Theatre: 6 Apr 1952- 24 May 1952 (66 performances). Cast: Charles Boyer (as "Don Juan"), Cedric Hardwicke (as "The Statue"), Agnes Moorehead (as "Donna Ana"). Produced by Paul Gregory NOTE: This work is composed of the often deleted lengthy 3rd act from Shaw's "Man and Superman" (1903). Ironically, this act was deleted from the play's original London production. Mr. Gist was not involved in the initial production and pre-Broadway productions.
- (1954) Stage Play: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. Drama. Written by Herman Wouk, based on his novel. Directed by Charles Laughton. Plymouth Theatre: 20 Jan 1954- 22 Jan 1955 (415 performances). Cast: Henry Fonda (as "Lt. Barney Greenwald"), John Hodiak (as "Lt. Stephen Maryk"), Lloyd Nolan (as "Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg"), Russell Hicks (as "Capt. Blakely"), Herbert Anderson (as "Dr. Bird"), Larry Barton (as "Member of the Court"), Paul Birch (as "Capt. Randolph Southard"), James Garner [billed as "Jim Bumgarner] (as "Member of the Court"), Stephen Chase (as "Dr. Forrest Lundeen"), Richard Farmer (as "Member of the Court"), Eddie Firestone (as "SM3 Junius Urban"), Robert Gist (as "Lt. Thomas Keefer"), John Huffman (as "Stenographer"), T.H. Jourdan (as "Member of the Court"), Charles Nolte (as "Lt. (j.g.) Willis Seward Keith"), Richard Norris (as "Member of the Court"), Ainslie Pryor (as "Lt. Cmdr. John Challee"), Greg Roman (as "Orderly"), Pat Waltz (as "Member of the Court"). Produced by Paul Gregory. Note: Filmed by Columbia Pictures Corporation as The Caine Mutiny (1954).
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