- (1932 - 1965) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1932) Stage Play: The Dark Hours. Tragedy. Written by Don Marquis. Scenic Design by Cleon Throckmorton. Directed by Marjorie Marquis. New Amsterdam Theatre: 14 Nov 1932- Nov 1932 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Richard Abbott (as "Andrew, Disciple/Abishau, a Priest"), Eddie Acuff (as "Second Roman Soldier"), Charles Adams, LeRoy Bailey, Donald Baker, Harold Baumstone, Lee Baxter, John Beaver, Irving Beebe, Victor Beecroft (as "Levi, Citizen of Jerusalem"), Albert Berg, George Bleasdale, Donn Bonhoff, Homan Bostock, Ian Bowers, Harold Brent, Robert Bruce, Charles Bryant (as "Pilate"), Michael Cisney, James P. Corr, Herbert Delmore, Angus Duncan, Eleanor Goodrich, Georgia Graham, Herbert Gubelman (as "Barabbas"), Marshall Hale, Ernest Hartman, George Heller (as "A Singer"), John C. Hickey (as "Leper"), House Jameson (as "John, Disciple"), Alfred Jenkin, Larry Johns, Paul Jones, Charles Jordan, David Kerman, Marc Loebell, Clara Mahr, Maurice Manson, Sam Martin, H.H. McCollum, Fuller Mellish (as "Annas, Caiaphas' Father-in-Law"), Hugh Miller (as "Judas"), H. Craig Neslo, Bram Nossen (as "Centurion/Roman Soldier") [Broadway debut], Peter Pann, Herbert Ranson (as "Caiaphas, the High Priest"), Bernard Savage, Estelle Scheer, Martin Sloane, J.D. Stradley, Walker Thornton, Paula Verdin, Ruth Vonnegut, Richard Warner, Earl White, Bert C. Wood. Produced by Lodewick Vroom.
- (1934) Stage Play: Love Kills. Drama.
- (1935) Stage Play: Othello. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Henry Herbert. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 27 Sep 1935- Oct 1935 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast: Roland Bottomley (as "Roderigo"), Betty Bourjaily (as "Bianca"), Edward Broadley (as "Sailor"), Alexandra Carlisle (as "Emilia"), Hannam Clark (as "Gratiano"), Gladys Cooper (as "Desdemona"), Staats Cotsworth (as "Gentleman of Cyprus"), Margaret English (as "Woman of Cyrus"), Charles Francis (as "Lodovico"), Harold Gould (as "Brabantio"), Joseph Holland (as "Gentleman of Cyprus"), Kenneth Hunter (as "Cassio"), T. Jerome Lawler (as "Montano"), Connie Lent (as "Woman of Cyrus"), Kenneth MacKenna (as "Iago"), Maurice Manson (as "Messenger"), Philip Merivale (as "Othello"), Henry Morrell (as "Duke of Venice"), Ralph Nelson (as "Officer"), Bram Nossen (as "Gentleman of Cyprus"), Constance Pellissier [credited as Constance Pelissier] (as "Woman of Cyrus"). Produced by Crosby Gaige/Crosby Gaige, Inc.
- (1935) Stage Play: Macbeth. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 7 Oct 1935- Oct 1935 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Thomas Bate (as "Servant"), Roland Bottomley (as "Angus, a nobleman"), Betty Bourjaily (as "Court Lady"), Edward Broadley (as "Old Man/Third Witch"), Catherine Cale (as "Court Lady"), Alexandra Carlisle (as "Lady Macduff"), Hannam Clark (as "Porter/Second Witch"), Gladys Cooper (as "Lady Macbeth"), Staats Cotsworth (as "Donalbain, son of Duncan/Messenger"), Margaret English (as "Boy"), Charles Francis (as "Banquo, a general of the Scottish army"), Harold Gould (as "Siward/First Witch"), Joseph Holland (as "Lennox, a nobleman"), Kenneth Hunter (as "Ross, a nobleman"), T. Jerome Lawler (as "Malcolm, son of Duncan"), Connie Lent (as "Fleance, son of Banquo"), Kenneth MacKenna (as "Macduff, a nobleman of Scotland"), Maurice F. Manson (as "Seton, an officer attending on Macbeth"), Philip Merivale (as "Macbeth, a general of the Scottish army"), Henry Morrell (as "Duncan, King of Scotland/Doctor"), Ralph Nelson (as "Young Seyward"), Bram Nossen (as "Captain/First Murderer"), Edward Oldfield, Constance Pelissier (as "Gentlewoman"). Produced by Crosby Gaige/Crosby Gaige, Inc.
- (1936) Stage Play: Bright Honor. Comedy. Written by Henry Misrock [earliest Broadway credit]. Scenic Design by W. Oden Waller. Directed by Anthony Brown. 48th Street Theatre: 27 Sep 1936- Oct 1936 (closing date unknown/17 performances). Cast: Leon Ames (as "Gordon Reese"), Junior Bealin (as "Cadet Michael Fenner"), Marshall L. Buchwald (as "Cadet Henry Metchik"), Neal Vernon Buhler (as "Cadet Morris "Moe" Greenblatt"), John D. Coons (as "Cadet Tom Horn"), John Cort (as "Cadet Raymond Fleming"), John Drew Devereaux (as "Cadet Steve Berkhofer"), Charles R. Duncan (as "Cadet George "Red" Johnson"), John T. Dwyer (as "General Dayton M. Warren"), John Foster (as "Cadet Juan Bustillo"), Ruth Gilbert (as "Mildred Shotwell"), Jewel Hart (as "Guest at Dance"), Claire Harvey (as "Guest at Dance"), Frank Harvey (as "Mr. Thomas Briggs"), Patricia Howell (as "Guest at Dance"), Roy Le May (as "Cadet Roger "Peanuts" Bendix"), Jack Maher (as "Cadet Alfred "Fatso" Symonds"), George Makinson (as "Cadet James T. Kingston"), Claire Maynard (as "Guest at Dance"), Perry Meyer (as "Cadet Anthony Mazetti"), Edwin Mills (as "Cadet Jack MacLean"), Bram Nossen (as "Chaplain Arthur Manning"), Helen Peabody (as "Mrs. Dorothy MacLean"), Aileen Poe (as "Mrs. Herbet Selton"), Charles Powers (as "Thomas Briggs Jr."), Elinor Queen (as "Agnes Fenner"), Arthur C. Scanlon (as "Cadet Bruce "Smoothy" Barclay"), Robert Scott (as "Cadet Bob "Dixie" Tyler"), Otis Sheridan (as "Mr. Herbert Selton"), Ann Sherry (as "Guest at Dance"), James Spottswood (as "Captain John J. Stocker"), Frederic Stange (as "Cadet Elmer Gardeuer"), Florence Sundstrom (as "Vivian Caldwell") [Broadway debut], Renee Terry (as "Mary Manning"), Dorothy Tree (as "Joan Clark"), Kathleen Wallace (as "Mrs. Thompson"), Walter Ward (as "Cadet Herbert Selton"), Ralph Welliver (as "Cadet Walter Willard"), Foster J. Williams (as "Peter Thompson"), Ed Wragge (as "Cadet Joe Allen"). Produced by Jack Kirkland and Sam H. Grisman.
- (1937) Stage Play: King Richard II. Historical drama (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Incidental music by Herbert Menges and Rupert Graves. Costume Design by David Ffolkes. Directed by Margaret Webster and Charles Alan. St. James Theatre: 5 Feb 1937- Jun 1937 (closing date unknown/133 performances). Cast: Robert K. Adams (as "Green, Favorite of King Richard/Servant to Exton"), Neal Berry, Stephen Courtleigh (as "Lord Willoughby"), Charles Dalton (as "Earl of Northumberland"), Samuel Danzig, Olive Deering (as "Queen to King Richard"), Augustin Duncan (as "John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, Uncle to the King"), Randolph Edhols (as "Henry Percy/Surnamed Hotspur, son to Northumberland"), Maurice Evans (as "King Richard the Second"), Reynolds Evans (as "Lord Marshal, Bishop of Carlisle"), John Halloran (as "Bushy, Favorite of King Richard"), Lionel Hogarth (as "Duke of York, Uncle to the King"), William Howell, Lionel Ince (as "Earl of Salisbury, Keeper of the Prison"), Betty Jenckes (as "Lady attending on the Queen"), Whitford Kane (as "Gardener"), Ian Keith (as "Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, afterwards Henry IV"), Julia Lathrop (as "Lady attending on the Queen"), Lawrence Murray, Bram Nossen (as "Lord Ross"), Sherling Oliver (as "Duke of Aumerle, Son to the Duke of York"), Alfred Paschall (as "Ensemble"), William Post (as "Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk"), Donald Randolph (as "Sir Stephen Scroop/Sir Pierce of Exton"), Everett Ripley (as "Bagot, Favorite of King Richard"), Irene Tedrow (as "Duchess of Gloucester"), Philip Truex (as "Second Gardener/Ensemble"), Rhys Williams (as "Second Herald/Captain of a band of Welshmen/Groom of the King's Stable"), Walter Williams. Produced by Eddie Dowling and Robinson Smith.
- (1938) Stage Play: Censored. Melodrama. Written by Max Marcin and Conrad Seiler. Directed by Max Marcin. 46th Street Theatre: 26 Feb 1938-Mar 1938 (closing date unknown/9 performances). Cast: Matthias Ammann, Frank Andrews, Edith Arnold, Richard Bengali, Perce Benton, Hubert Brown, W.A. Burnell, Phyllis Cornell, Don Costello, Phyllis Dobson, Hunter Galloway, Phyllis Hamilton, Phyllis Holden, Ralph Holland, Arthur Hughes, Ryder Keane, Percy Kilbride (as "Charlie Thorpe," "Tubbs"), Alyce Litwyn, Frank Lovejoy (as "Arthur Redmond," "Red"), Catherine Lovelace, Dave Mallen, Jack Neilan, Carolyne Norton, Bram Nossen (as "Robert Stewart"), Marjorie Peterson, Gloria Pierre, Fred Sears, Marian Shockley, Leon Stern, Edward Whitley, Alvin Zobel. Produced by A.H. Woods, Ltd.
- (1938) Stage Play: Madame Capet. Drama. Written by Marcelle Maurette, as adapted by George Middleton. Directed by José Ruben (also appearing as "Herman"). Cort Theatre: 25 Oct 1938- Oct 1938 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Eva Le Gallienne, Charita Bauer, Anne Baxter, George Baxter, Barbara C. Brown, Staats Cotsworth, George Coulouris, Diane De Brett, Elizabeth Dewing, Diana Donnenwirth, Carol Evans, Marion Evanson, Harold Gould, W.J. Hackett, Phyllis Holden, Alice John, Merle Maddern, Mary Michael, Warren Miller, Earle Mitchell, Elizabeth Murray, Bram Nossen, LeRoi Operti, William Post, Louis Veda Quince, Fred Redulic, Helen Renee, Blanche Ring, William Webb Sanders, Fred Sears, Frederic Tozere, Harvey Welch, Craig Williams. Produced by Eddie Dowling.
- (1939) Stage Play: Family Portrait. Drama. Written by Lenore J. Coffee and William J. Cowen. Incidental music by Lehman Engel. Scenic Design by Harry Horner. Costume Design by Harry Horner. Directed by Margaret Webster. Morosco Theatre: 8 Mar 1939- Jun 1939 (closing date unknown/111 performances). Cast: Judith Anderson (as "Mary"), Lois Austin (as "Reba"), Neal Berry (as "Joshua"), Virginia Campbell (as "Naomi"), Ruth Chorpenning (as "Anna"), Philip Coolidge (as "James"), Leonard Elliott (as "Disciple"), Tom Ewell (as "Simon"), William Foran (as "Mordecai"), Kathryn Grill (as "Selima"), Eula Guy (as "Hepziba"), Ronald Hammond (as "Nathan"), James Harker (as "Juda"), Lois Jameson (as "Woman of Jerusalem"), Max Leavitt (as "Shepherd"), Will Lee (as "Mendel"), Josephine McKim (as "Esther"), Bram Nossen (as "Rabbi Samuel"), Ronald Reiss (as "Daniel"), Hugh Rennie (as "Mathias"), Guy Spaull (as "Appius Hadrian/Leban of Damascus"), Norman Stuart (as "Joseph"), Philip Truex (as "Eben/Daniel, at age 16"), Evelyn Varden (as "Mary Cleophas"), Margaret Webster (as "Mary of Magdala "). Produced by Cheryl Crawford. Produced in association with Day Tuttle and Richard Skinner.
- (1940) Stage Play: Medicine Show. Incidental music by Hanns Eisler. Written by Oscar Saul and H.R. Hays. Directed by Jules Dassin. New Yorker Theatre: 12 Apr 1940- 11 May 1940 (35 performances). Cast: Isabel Bonner (as "Mrs. Sullivan"), Philip Bourneuf (as "Jackson"), Perry Bruskin (as "Ben"), Virginia Campbell (as "Chorine"), Richard Clark (as "Kennedy "), Grace Coppin (as "Mrs. Jackson"), Zamah Cunningham (as "Mrs. Young"), Olive Deering (as "Rose"), Joseph M. Dixon (as "Andrew"), Sara Floyd (as "Ellie"), Melbourne Ford (as "John"), Peter Frye (as "Pete"), Martin Gabel (as "Statistician"), Pearl Gaines (as "Sarah"), Coburn Goodwin (as "Hall"), Norma Green, William Hansen (as "Dr. Mackenzie"), J. Richard Jones (as "Clinic Doctor"), Linda Lee, Harry Lessin, Norman Lloyd (as "Quack"), Dorothy McGuire (as "Dora"), Bram Nossen (as "Dr. White"), John Randolph (as "Mac"), Ronald Reiss, Ben Ross, Alfred Ryder, Leigh Whipper (as "Eli"). Produced by Carly Wharton and Martin Gabel.
- (1940) Stage Play: Johnny Belinda. Drama. Written by Elmer Harris. Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Belasco Theatre (moved to the Longacre Theatre on 8 Dec 1940 to close): 18 Sep 1940- 21 Jun 1941 (321 performances). Cast: Produced by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Note: Filmed as Johnny Belinda (1948), Johnny Belinda (1982), Johnny Belinda (1967), Johnny Belinda (1958), Johnny Belinda (1961), Johnny Belinda (1969)).
- (1941) Stage Play: Pie in the Sky. Comedy. Written by Bernadine Angus. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Playhouse Theatre: 22 Dec 1941- 27 Dec 1941 (6 performances). Cast: Kirk Alyn (as "Pepino Rodrigo"), Barbara Arnold (as "Suzy Bransby"), Rafael Corio (as "Emile LeBeau"), Herbert Corthell (as "Homer Bassett"), Ted Emery (as "Mr. Sterling"), Herbert Evers (as "Roger Montgomery Trenton, III"), Luella Gear (as "Vera Trenton"), Ben Laughlin (as "Dan Harmon"), Lyn Logan (as "Lily de Lacy"), Enid Markey (as "Corinne Bassett"), Bram Nossen (as "William Taylor"), Marjorie Peterson (as "Nellie"), Leona Powers (as "Sylvia Kent"), Lucien Self (as "Art Winton"), Oscar Shaw (as "Monte Trenton, Jr."). Produced by Edgar J. MacGregor and Lyn Logan.
- (1942) Stage Play: Nathan the Wise.
- (1942) Stage Play: Magic/Hello, Out There.
- (1944) Stage Play: Pick-up Girl. Written by Elsa Shelley. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Directed by Roy Hargrave. 48th Street Theatre: 3 May 1944- 21 Oct 1944 (198 performances). Cast: William Harrigan (as "Judge Bentley"), Dorothy Blackburn (as "Miss Russell"), Zachary A. Charles (as "Larry Webster"), Vito Christi (as "Peter Marti"), Toni Favor (as "Ruby Lockwood"), William Foran (as "Door Attendant") [final Broadway role], Kathryn Grill (as "Mrs. Collins"), Joe Johnson (as "Jackie Polumbo"), Douglas Keaton (as "Court Clerk"), David Kernan (as "Mr. Brill"), Morty Martell (as "Policeman Owens"), Doro Merande (as "Miss Porter"), Edmonia Nolley (as "Mrs. Busch"), Bram Nossen (as "Alexander Elliot"), Pamela Rivers (as "Elizabeth Collins"), Frank Tweddell (as "Mr. Collins"), Lili Valenty (as "Mrs. Marti"), Lois Wheeler (as "Mary"), Bernice Winters (as "Jean"). Produced by Michael Todd's Staff. Note: Play adapted on UK television for ITV Television Playhouse telecast on 6 Dec 1957 (Season 3, Episode 14) and produced by Welbeck Films Ltd. [UK] as Too Young to Love (1960).
- (1945) Stage Play: Star-Spangled Family. Comedy.
- (1945) Stage Play: The Tempest. Comedy (revival).
- (1959) Stage Play: The Gang's All Here.
- (1965) Stage Play: Oliver! Musical comedy.
- (September 24, 1945) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Vera Zorina, Canada Lee, Arnold Moss, Benny Baker, Beaumont Bruestle, Angus Cairns, Robert Harrison, Joseph Hardy, Eugene Stuckmann, Diana Sinclair, Albert Hachmeister, Jack Bostick, Wallace Acton, Bernard Miller, and Peggy Allardice in the cast. David Diamond was composer. Motley was set and costume designer. Margaret Webster was director. Cheryl Crawford was producer. Eva Le Gallienne adapted the play.
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