- (1901 - 1953) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1911) Stage Play: Green Stockings. Written by A.E.W. Mason. 39th Street Theatre (moved to Maxine Elliott's Theatre from 16 Oct 1911- Close): 2 Oct 1911- unknown (48 performances). Cast: Margaret Anglin, Halbert Brown [Broadway debut], Stanley Dark, Ivo Dawson [final Broadway role], Maud Granger, Gertrude Hitz, Ruth Holt Boucicault, Henry Hull [Broadway debut], Helen Langford, Arthur Lawrence, H. Reeves-Smith, Wallace Widdicombe. Produced by Liebler & Co. Note: Filmed by The Vitagraph Company of America [distributed by V-L-S-E] as Green Stockings (1916), by First National Pictures [distributed by Waner Bros.] as The Flirting Widow (1930), and by Warner Bros.-First National Pictures as Her Imaginary Lover (1933).
- (1930) Stage Play: First Night. Drama. Written by Fred Rath [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Milton Steifel. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 26 Nov 1930- Feb 1931 (closing date unknown/86 performances). Cast: Donald Blackwell (as "Stanley Reid"), William Bonelli (as "Bartlett Harvey"), Edith Broder (as "Irene Barnes"), Tom Burton (as "Joe"), Jack Clifford (as "Berg"), Edwin Cushman (as "Warden Ross"), Britton Diller (as "Second Reporter"), Emily Graham (as "Joan Reid"), Richard N. Gregg (as "George"), Al Guin (as "Hogan"), Alf Helton (as "Barnes"), Harold Huber (as "Frank Pisano"), Spencer Kimball (as "First Reporter/Sharpe"), George MacQuarrie (as "Inspector Owens"), Ronnee Madson (as "Betty"), Louis E. Miller (as "Connelly"), John F. Morrissey (as "Governor Moore"), Perry Norman (as "Convict"), Walter Powers (as "Larry"), Robert C. Schnitzer (as "Hicks"), Phil M. Sheridan (as "Kerr"), Frank Stringfellow (as "Third Reporter"), Henry Wadsworth (as "Robert Martin"), Wallace Widdicombe [credited as Wallace Widdecombe] (as "The Duke"), Salvatore Zito (as "Rizzo"). Produced by Richard Herndon.
- (1944) Stage Play: Hand in Glove. Thriller. Written by Charles Freeman and Gerald Savory. Based on the novel "Hughie Roddis" by Gerald Savory. Directed by James Whale [final Broadway credit]. Playhouse Theatre (moved to The Forrest Theatre from 25 Dec 1944- close): 4 Dec 1944= 6 Jan 1945 (40 performances). Cast: St. Clair Bayfield (as "Mr. Forsythe"), Victor Beecroft (as "Curly Latham"), Jean Bellows (as "Jenny"), Islay Benson (as "Lily Willis"), Almon Bruce (as "Purple Cap"), Robin Craven (as "Sergeant"), Isobel Elsom (as "Auntie B"), Skelton Knaggs (as "Jenny"), George Lloyd (as "Mr. Ramskill"), Aubrey Mather (as "Man from London"), Viola Roache (as "Mrs. Willis"), Todd Stanton (as "Bowler Hat"), Wallace Widdicombe [credited as Wallace Widdecombe] (as "Chief Constable"). Produced by Arthur Edison. Note: Play was adapted several times for TV in the UK and most notably theatrically as Urge to Kill (1960) by Anglo-Guild Productions with limited U.S. release in 1961.
- (1953) Stage Play: King Richard III. Historical drama (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Music by Alex North. Conducted by Alex North. Production Design by Richard Whorf. Costume Design by Emeline Roche. Directed by Margaret Webster. City Center: 9 Dec 1953- 20 Dec 1953 (15 performances). Cast: James Arenton, Leopold Badia (as "The Lord Mayor of London"), Paul Ballantyne (as "Sir William Brackenbury "), Jay Barney (as "Sir Richard Ratcliff"), Dehl Berti [final Broadway role], Jack Bittner (as "Second Murderer"), Bill Butler, Sandy Campbell, Stanley Carlson, Kendall Clark (as "Sir James Tyrell"), John Connoughton (as "Edward, Prince of Wales"), Staats Cotsworth (as "George, Duke of Clarence, Afterwards Duke of Clarence"), Will Davis, José Ferrer (as "Richard III, Afterwards Duke of Gloucester and Richard III"), Jack Fletcher, John Glennon (as "Lord Grey, Child of Clarence"), Peter Harris, Phillip Huston (as "Lord Rivers"), Martin Kingsley (as "First Murderer"), Jessie Royce Landis (as "Queen Elizabeth, Wife of Edward IV"), Robert Lansing, Benedict MacQuarrie, William Post (as "Lord Hastings"), Vincent Price (as "Duke of Buckingham"), Florence Reed (as "Queen Margaret"), Viola Roache Dutchess of York"), Norman Roland (as "Edward, King Edward IV, Afterwards King Edward IV"), Maureen Stapleton (as 'Lady Anne, Daughter-in-law of Henry VI"), Robinson Stone, John Straub (as "Earl of Derby"), Eugene Stuckmann (as "Sir William Catesby"), Charles Summers (as "Duke of Norfolk"), Charles Taylor (as "Richard, Son of Edward IV"), Tom Tryon, Wallace Widdicombe, G. Wood. Produced by New York City Theatre Company.
- (1932) Stage Play: We Are No Longer Children. Written by Leopold Marchand. Book adapted by Ilka Chase and William B. Murray. Directed by William A. Brady and Leslie Howard. Booth Theatre: 1 Mar 1932- Apr 1932 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Walter Bonn (as "La Vattier"), Diane Bori [credited as Diana Bori] (as "Maid") [Broadway debut], Spring Byington (as "Lisa Duval"), George Dill (as "A Man from the Provinces"), Gertrude Fowler (as "Mariette"), Geoffrey Kerr (as "Jean Servin"), Freya Leigh (as "Cecile Breton"), Edward Mendelssohn (as "Waiter"), Frederick Roland (as "Aristide Breton"), Harold Vermilyea (as "Paul Verdier"), June Walker (as "Roberte"), Wallace Widdicombe [credited as Wallace Widdecombe] (as "Count de Moreau"), H.N. Worth (as "Pierre"). Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1946) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand. Book adapted by Brian Hooker [final Broadway credit during lifetime]. Directed by Mel Ferrer [credited as Melchor Ferrer]. Alvin Theatre: (moved to The Ethel Barrymore Theatre (18 Nov 1946- close): 8 Oct 1946- 22 Mar 1947 (193 performances). Cast: José Ferrer (as "Cyrano de Bergerac Gascon"), Leopold Badia (as "Montfleury, a tragic actor"), Lee Baxter (as "Ensemble"), Toni Brown (as "Ensemble"), Robert Carroll (as "Lignière, the poet/Ensemble"), Leonardo Cimino (as "Another Poet/Ensemble"), Ralph Clanton (as "Le Comte de Guiche"), Marion Clements (as "Ensemble"), Francis Compton (as "Carbon de Castel Jaloux, Captain of the Gascony Cadets"), Nick Dennis (as "A Cut Purse/Ensemble"), Vincent Donahue (as "A Poet/Ensemble")[Broadway debut], Ernest Graves, Phyllis Hill (as "A Flower Girl/Sister Claire"), Anthony Jordan (as "Le Vicomte de Valvert/Ensemble"), Walter Kelly (as "Citizen's Son/Ensemble"), Mary Jane Kersey (as "A Soubrette/Ensemble"), Samuel N. Kirkham (as "A Cavalier/Ensemble"), Paula Laurence (as "Roxane's Duenna"), Francis Letton, Stewart Long, Nan McFarland (as "Lise, Ragueneau's wife/Mother Marguerite"), Benedict McQuarrie (as "A Porter/Ensemble"), Ralph Meeker (as "Another Lackey/Ensemble"), John O'Connor, George B. Oliver (as "Ensemble/A Musketeer"), Frances Reid (as "Roxane, Cyrano's cousin"), Hiram Sherman, Jacqueline Soans (as "A Comedienne/Sister Marthe"), Robinson Stone (as "Jodelet, the comedian/A Capuchin"), Charles Summers (as "A Guardsman/Ensemble"), Patricia Wheel (as "An Orange Girl/A Nun"), Bert Whitley (as "Brisaille/Ensemble"), Wallace Widdicombe [credited as Wallace Widdecombe] (as "A Citizen/Ensemble"), Howard Wierum (as "Bellerose, leader of the acting company/Ensemble"), Paul Wilson (as "A Cadet/Ensemble"), William Woodson (as "Le Bret"). Replacement actors [during Alvin Theatre run]: Vincent Donahue (as "A Marquis"), Denise Flynn (as "A Soubrette"), Van Graves (as "A Lackey"). [During Ethel Barrymore Theatre run:] Joan Bower (as "Ensemble"), Dean Cetrulo (as "Le Vicomte de Valvert" [Alternate]), Marion Hatfield (as "Ensemble"), Anthony Jordan (as "First Cadet/Le Vicomte de Valvert" [Alternate]), Dorothy Kimmel (as "Ensemble"), Adeline Tinder (as "Ensemble"), Barbara Todd (as "Ensemble"), Shannon Wells (as "Ensemble"). Produced by José Ferrer. Notes: (1) One of the most revived works on Broadway (originally produced in 1898); this was it's 8th revival). (2) Filmed by Stanley Kramer Productions [distributed by United Artists] as Cyrano de Bergerac (1950), by Columbia Pictures as Roxanne (1987), and by Caméra One, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) as Cyrano de Bergerac (1990).
- (1953) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand. Book adapted by Brian Hooker [posthumous credit]. Incidental music by Paul Bowles. Scenic Design by Richard Whorf. Directed by José Ferrer. City Center: 11 Nov 1953- 22 Nov 1953 (15 performances). Cast: Carl Albertson (as "A Musketeer"), Toby Allen (as "Cadet of Gascoyne"), Carmen Alvarez Block (as "A Flower Girl"), Jacques Aubuchon (as "Ragueneau, a pastry cook"), Leopold Badia (as "Montfleury, a tragic actor"), Betty Bartley (as "Lise, Ragueneau's wife"), Linda Berlin (as "Sister Claire"), Peter Brandon (as "A Cavalier"), Peter Buchan (as "A Cut Purse/Cook"), Bill Butler (as "A Meddler"), Sandy Campbell (as "Citizen's Son/Cook"), Stanley Carlson (as "Bellerose, leader of the acting company"), Dean Cetrulo (as "Vicomte de Valvert") [final Broadway role], Ann Chisholm (as "A Nun"), Ralph Clanton (as "Comte de Guiche"), Tamar Cooper (as "A Soubrette"), Richard Cowdery (as "A Lackey"), Garry Cowen (as "Cadet of Gascoyne"), Arlene Dahl (as "Roxane, Cyrano's cousin"), Lee Danna (as "Cadet of Gascoyne"), Jarmila Daubek (as "Sister Marthe"), Vincent Donahue (as "A Poet"), Muriel Dooley (as "Ensemble"), José Ferrer (as "Cyrano de Bergerac, a Gascon"), Jack Fletcher (as "A Marquis"), John Glennon (as "Another Poet"), Peter Harris (as "Cadet of Gascoyne"), Philip Huston (as "Le Bret"), Jill Kraft (as "A Comedienne"), Robert Lansing (as "Cadet of Gascoyne"), Paula Laurence (as "Roxane's Duenna"), Lily Lodge (as "Ensemble"), Roberta MacDonald (as "Ensemble"), Benedict MacQuarrie (as "A Porter/Another Poet"), Lori March (as "An Orange Girl"), Marijane Maricle A Nun"), Jill McAnney (as "Ensemble"), Gordon Nelson (as "Lignière, the poet"), Louise de la Parra (as "Ensemble"), Philip Prindle (as "Cook"), Viola Roache (as "Mother Marguerite"), Eva Rubinstein (as "Ensemble"), Robinson Stone (as "Jodelet, the comedian/A Capuchin"), Charles Summers (as "A Guardsman"), Tom Tryon (as "Another Lackey"), Honey Waldman (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Walsh (as "Cadet of Gascoyne"), Douglas Watson (as "Christian De Neuvillette"), Albert Whitley (as "Brisaille"), Wallace Widdicombe (as "A Citizen"), G. Wood (as "Carbon de Castel Jaloux, Captain of the Gascony Cadets"). Produced by New York City Theatre Company. Notes: (1) One of the most revived works on Broadway (originally produced in 1898); this was it's 9th revival). (2) Previously filmed by Stanley Kramer Productions [distributed by United Artists] as Cyrano de Bergerac (1950), by Columbia Pictures as Roxanne (1987), and by Caméra One, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) as Cyrano de Bergerac (1990).
- (1928) Stage Play: The Queen's Husband. Written by Robert E. Sherwood. Directed by John Cromwell. Playhouse Theatre: 25 Jan 1928- May 1928 (closing date unknown/125 performances). Cast: Katharine Alexander (as "Princess Anne"), Reginald Barlow (as "Gen. Northrup"), William Boren (as "Maj. Blent"), Helen Cromwell (as "Another Lady-in-Waiting"), Dwight Frye (as "Prince William"), Gladys Hanson (as "Queen Martha"), Arthur Hughes (as "Dr. Fellman"), Gyles Isham (as "Frederick Granton"), John M. James (as "Sergeant"), Benedict MacQuarrie (as "Laker"), James H. Morrison (as "Petley"), Edward Rigby (as "Phipps"), Marguerite Taylor (as "Lady-in-Waiting"), Wallace Widdicombe (as "Lord Birten"), Roland Young (as "King Eric VIII"). Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman. Note: Filmed by Radio Pictures [later known as RKO Radio Pictures] as The Royal Bed (1931).
- (1934) Stage Play: Lost Horizons. Fantasy. Written by Harry Segall. Directed by John Hayden. St. James Theatre: 15 Oct 1934- Dec 1934 (closing date unknown/56 performances). Cast: Ruth Carl, Lyster Chambers, Gage Clarke, Kathleen Comegys (as "Mrs. Condos"), Robert Conness, Vernon Crane, Brenda Dahlen, Joseph Doncourt, John Gallaudet, Walter Gilbert, Kathryn Givney (as "Rita Rogers"), Harry Hanlon, Alf Helton, Edwin Hodge, Jonathan Hole (as "David Prescott"), Charles Laite, Betty Lancaster, Ruth Lee, Francesca Lenni, Lex Lindsay, Thomas Louden, Burton McEvilly, William Norton, Forrest Orr (as "Eddie Lewis"), Mabel Paige, Arthur Pierson, Grandon Rhodes, Clarence Rock, Cynthia Rogers, Irene Shirley, Robert Smith, Fred Sutton, Sally Washington, Wallace Widdicombe, Jane Wyatt (as "Janet Evans"), Oswald Yorke (as "Oliver Reynolds"), J. Arthur Young. Produced by Rowland Stebbins.
- (November 29, 1937) He acted in Laurence Housman's play, "Victoria Regina," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Helen Hayes, Raymond Johnson, Harry Plimmer, Augusta Roeland, Babette Feist, Charles Francis, Werner Bateman, Alexander Clark, Albert Froom, Oswald Marshall, Guy Moneypenny, Avery Graves, Edward Martyn, Pamela Henry-May, Jane Cobb, Beatrice Moreland, Fothringham Lysons, James Bedford, Eva Leonard Boyne, Kate Warriner, Tom Woods, Edward Jones, James Gibson, Abraham Sofaer, Robert Von Rigel, Herschel Martin, Felix Brown, Katherine Scott, Edith Carew, Elsie Grant, Izetta Jewel, George Denham, Ian Maple, and Hitous Gray in the cast. Gilbert Miller was producer and director. Rex Whistler was set and costume designer.
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