- (1/28/53) Played the Shaefer Inn in Chicago, IL.
- (4/13/53) Played the Carousel Cafe in Pittsburgh, PA.
- (1966) Unsold pilot: Played "Pappy Yocum" in a sitcom called "Li'l Abner", based on the famous comic strip.
- (1/53) Played the Latin Casino nightclub in Chicago, IL.
- (1944) Stage Play: Jackpot. Musical comedy. Music by Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Howard Dietz. Based on material by Guy Bolton, Sidney Sheldon and Ben Roberts. Musical Direction by Max Meth. Vocal arrangements by Clay Warnick. Music arranged by Hans Spialek, Robert Russell Bennett and Vernon Duke. Choreography by Lauretta Jefferson and Charles Weidman. Directed by Roy Hargrave. Alvin Theatre: 13 Jan 1944- 11 Mar 1944 (69 performances). Cast: Benny Baker, Robert Beam, Connie Constant, Wendell Corey (as "Sergeant Naylor"), Althea Elder, Nanette Fabray (as "Sally Madison"), Betty Garrett (as "Sgt. Maguire"), John Hamill, Flower Hujer, Allan Jones (as "Hank Trimble"), Bill Jones, Ben Lackland (as "Bill Bender"), Jerry Lester, Walter Monroe, Houston Richards (as "Dexter De Wolf"), Sherry Shadburne, Morton Stevens (as "Mr. Dill"), Drucilla Strain, Betty Stuart, Jacqueline Susann (as "Edna"), Edith Turgell, Mary Wickes (as "Nancy Parker"), Billie Worth. Produced by Vinton Freedley.
- (1962) Stage Play: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Musical comedy/farce. Music by Stephen Sondheim. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. Based on the plays of Plautus. Musical and vocal direction by Milton Rosenstock. Music orchestrated by Irwin Kostal and Sid Ramin. Dance arrangements by Hal Schaefer. Choreographed by Jack Cole. Uncredited staging and choreography by Jerome Robbins. Directed by George Abbott. Alvin Theatre (moved to the Mark Hellinger Theatre on 9 Mar 1964 to 9 May 1964 then moved to The Majestic Theatre on 11 May 1964- close): 1 May 1962- 29 Aug 1964 (964 performances + 8 previews). Cast: Zero Mostel, David Burns, John Carradine (as "Lycus, a buyer and seller of courtesans"), Brian Davies, Jack Gilford (as "Hysterium, slave to Senex and Domina"), Ron Holgate, Ruth Kobart, Preshy Marker (as "Philia, a virgin") [Broadway debut], Raymond Walburn (as "Erronius, a citizen of Rome"), Judy Alexander, Lucienne Bridou, David Evans, Lisa James, Roberta Keith, Gloria Kristy, Eddie Phillips, George Reeder, Myrna White (as "Vibrata, a courtesan"). Replacement cast [during Alvin Theatre run]: Lisa Ackerman (as "Geminae, a courtesan, one of a pair"), John Carradine (as "Lycus, a buyer and seller of courtesans"), [from 2 Sep 1963- ?], Horace Cooper (as "Erronius, a citizen of Rome") [final Broadway role], Danny Dayton (as "Lycus, a buyer and seller of courtesans) [from 19 Aug 1963- ?], Gloria Kristy (as "Gymnasia, a courtesan"), [from 14 Jan 1963- ?], Jerry Lester (as "Prologus, an actor [from 17 Dec 1962- ?]/Pseudolus, Slave to Hero [from 17 Dec 1962- ?]/Prologus, an actor [from 21 Oct 1963- ?]/Pseudolus, slave to Hero") [from 21 Oct 1963- ?], Barbara London (as "Panacea, a courtesan"), Ethel Martin (as "Tintinabula, a courtesan"), George Martin (as "Protean"), Frank McHugh (as "Senex, a citizen of Rome") [from 21 Oct 1963- ?] [final Broadway role], Denise McLaglen (as "Gymnasia, a courtesan"), Zero Mostel (as "Prologus, an actor [from 23 Dec 1962- ?]/Pseudolus, slave to Hero [from 23 Dec 1962- ?]/Prologus, an actor [from 4 Nov 1963 - ?]/Pseudolus, slave to Hero") [from 4 Nov 1963- ?], Sally Neal (as "Vibrata, a courtesan"), Erik Rhodes (as "Lycus, a buyer and seller of courtesans") [from 9 Sep 1963- ?], Ronald Ross (as "Protean"), Dick Shawn (as "Prologus, an actor [from 10 Feb 1964- ?]/Pseudolus, slave to Hero") [from 10 Feb 1964- ?], Harry Snow (as "Hero, son of Senex and Domina"). Understudies: Mary Burr (as "Courtesan"), Diane Coupé (as "Courtesan"), Danny Dayton (as "Prologus/Pseudolus"), Diana Eden, Eddie Phillips (as "Hysterium"), Julia Ross (as "Gymnasia"), Coley Worth (as "Lycus"). Produced by Harold Prince. Note: Filmed by Melvin Frank Productions [distributed by United Artists] as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966).
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