- (1926 - 1942) Appeared on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1926) Stage Play: The Moon is a Gong. Written by John Dos Passos. Directed by Edward Massey. Cherry Lane Theatre: 12 Mar 1926- Mar 1926 (closing date unknown/18 performances). Cast: William Challee [Broadway debut], Helen Chandler, Greely Curtis, Albert Durand, William Edwards, Eleanor Ewing, Wilda Ganeau, Agnes Gladding, Virginia Hawthorne, Frances Hyde, Allyn Joslyn, Harold Kennedy, Max Leavitt, Lewis Leverett (as "A Train Porter") [Broadway debut], Leona Maricle [credited as Leona Mericle] (as "An Elderly Relative"), Ben Osipow, George N. Price, Renita Randolph (as "Aunt Marianna"), Edward Reese, James Shute, Glen Snyder, Joseph Thayer, Harry Tisdale, F.B. Wells. Produced by Juliet Barrett Rublee.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Little Clay Cart. Drama (revival). Written by King Shudraka. Translated by Arthur William Ryder. Directed by Agnes Morgan and Irene Lewisohn. Neighborhood Playhouse: 8 Nov 1926- Dec 1926 (closing date unknown/39 performances). Cast: Anton Bundsman (as "Aryaka/The Clerk"), Albert Carroll (as "A Shampooer Who Turns Monk"), William Challee Courtroom Guard"), Ralph Geddes (as "The Beadle"), Walter Geer (as "Vardhamanaka/Alinta"), John D. Haggart (as "Courtroom Guard"), Theodore Hecht (as "Sharvilaka"), George Hoag (as "A Gambler/Viraka"), Otto Hulett [credited as Otto Hulicius] (as "Sthavaraka/Darduraka"), Edgar Kent (as "Maitreya"), Sarat Lahiri (as "The Musician with the Esraj"), David Lewis (as "Executioner's Guard"), Irene Lewisohn (as "A Maid"), Betty Linley (as "Vasantasena"), Marc Loebell (as "Santhanaka"), Lily Lubell (as "Charudatta's Wife"), Ian Maclaren (as "Charudatta"), Horace Michael (as "Executioner's Guard"), John Roche (as "Goha"), John Francis Roche (as "A Courtier"), Dorothy Sands (as "Radanika/Vasantasena's Mother"), Lois Shore (as "Rohasena"), Prosulla Kumar Shoshal (as "The Singer with the Sitar"), George Stillwell (as "The Stage Manager/Chandanaka/The Judge"), Joseph Thayer (as "Mathura/The Gild Warden"), Paula Trueman (as "Madanika").
- (1926) Stage Play: The Dybbuk. Drama (revival).
- (1927) Stage Play: Rapid Transit. Comedy/satire.
- (1927) Stage Play: Grand Street Follies. Musical revue.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Prisoner. Written by Emil Bernhard. Translated by Alexander Berkman. Directed by James Light. Provincetown Playhouse: 28 Dec 1927- Jan 1928 (closing date unknown/37 performances). Cast: Cynthia Blake, Reginald Carrington (as "General Kamishansky"), William Challee (as "Popov"), Reginald Goode, Harold Johnsrud (as "Boris Tverskoy"), Pauline Moore (as "Anna Petrovna"), Goldwin Patten, Jacob Sandler, Hilda Vaughn. Produced by The Provincetown Players.
- (1928) Stage Play: Hot Pan.
- (1928) Stage Play: Faust. (revival).
- (1929) Stage Play: Judas. Written by Walter Ferris and Basil Rathbone. Directed by Richard Boleslawski. Longacre Theatre: 24 Jan 1929- Feb 1929 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Robert Barrat (as "Joseph of Arimathea"), Doan Borrup (as "Marcus/Peter"), William Challee (as "John"), William Courtleigh (as "Simon Ish/Kerioth/Caiphas"), Dorothy Cumming, Jennie Eustace, Charles Halton, Tom Hayes, Charles Henderson, A. Lymmborn, Harold Moffet (as "Andrew"), John O'Meara, William D. Post, Basil Rathbone (as "Judas"), Joseph Redalieu, Ralph Thomas, Lyons Wickland. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman.
- (1929) Stage Play: The Earth Between.
- (1929) Stage Play: The Seagull. Comedy/drama (revival).
- (1930) Stage Play: The Inspector General. Comedy/farce (revival). Based on the Russian of Nikolay Gogol. Book by John Anderson. Directed by Jed Harris. Hudson Theatre: 23 Dec 1930- Dec 1930 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Lina Abarbanell, Flavia Arcaro (as "The Sergeant's Wife"), Romney Brent (as "Ivan"), J. Edward Bromberg, William Challee (as "Waiter"), Eduardo Ciannelli, Frank Conlan, Claude Cooper, William Dorbin, Dorothy Gish, Theodore Hart, Harold Johnsrud (as "Merchant"), Josef Lazarovici, Con MacSunday, Owen Meech (as "Pytor Ivánovich Dóbchinsky, local landowner"), Eugene Powers, Edward Rigby, Joseph Sauers, Bessie Traub. Produced by Jed Harris. Note: Produced on film as a Danny Kaye vehicle by Warner Brothers as The Inspector General (1949). The film had significant changes from the stage version.
- (1931) Stage Play: Wonder Boy. Comedy. Written by Edward Chodorov and Arthur Barton. Directed by Jed Harris. Alvin Theatre: 22 Oct 1931- Nov 1931 (closing date unknown/44 performances). Cast: Constance Almy, Max Beck, Jacob Bleifer, Matt Briggs, Barbara Bulgakova, David Burns, Frank Carter, Maurice Cass (as "Montague Levy"), William Challee (as "Peter Hinkle"), Eddie Craven, Hazel Dawn, Thomas Fisher, Eva Franklin, Bernard Gorcey (as "Commodore Cohen"), Jeanne Greene, D.J. Hamilton, Ross Hertz (as "Tony"), Donald Heywood, Cecil Holm (as "Mac"), Allen Jenkins (as "Joe Glick"), James Kearney, Robert Leonard, Sam Levene (as "Schwartz"), Bruce MacFarlane, Hallie Manning, Horace McMahon (as "A Reporter"), Margaret Meyers, Arnold Moss, (as "Page Boy"), Henry O'Neill (as "George Kelly"), Joseph Ploski, Arnold Preston, Gregory Ratoff (as "Phil Mashkin"), Estelle Scheer, Herman Shapiro, James R. Waters, Vincent York (as "Another Reporter"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1932) Stage Play: Night Over Taos. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Directed by Lee Strasberg. 48th Street Theatre: 9 Mar 1932- Mar 1932 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Luther Adler, Stella Adler, Margaret Barker, Harry Bellaver, Phoebe Brand (as "Nuna"), J. Edward Bromberg, Grover Burgess, Morris Carnovsky, William Challee, Walter Coy, Virginia Parmer, Sylvia Feningston, Friendly Ford, Gerrit Kraber, Lewis Leverett, Robert Lewis, Gertrude Maynard, Sanford Meisner, Paula Miller, Mary Morris, Ruth Nelson, Clifford Odets, Dorothy Patten, Herbert Ratner, Philip Robinson, Art Smith, Eunice Stoddard, Franchot Tone (as Federico"), Crane Whitley (as "Andros") (credited as Clement Wilenchick). Produced by The Group Theatre, Inc.
- (1932) Stage Play: Success Story.
- (1933) Stage Play: Men in White. Drama. Written by Sidney Kingsley. Stage Manager: Elia Kazan. Assistant Stage Mgr: Gerrit Kraber and Robert Harper. Assistant Prod. Mgr: Arnold L. Schauer, Jr. Directed by Lee Strasberg. Broadhurst Theatre: 26 Sep 1933- Jul 1934 (closing date unknown/351 performances). Cast: Luther Adler (as "Dr. Gordon"), Margaret Barker, Alan Baxter, Phoebe Brand (as "Barbara Dennin"), J. Edward Bromberg (as "Dr. Hochberg"), Grover Burgess (as "Dr. McCabe"), Morris Carnovsky (as "Dr. Levine"), William Challee (as "Dr. Michaelson"), Russell Collins (as "Dr. Cunningham"), Walter Coy, Mary Virginia Farmer, Robert Harper, Elena Karam, Elia Kazan (as "Orderly"), Alexander Kirkland, Gerrit Kraber (as "James Mooney"), Lewis Leverett, Bob Lewis, Mab Maynard, Sanford Meisner (as "Dr. Wren/Mr. Smith"), Paula Miller, Ruth Nelson, Clifford Odets (as "Mr. Houghton"), Dorothy Patten, Herbert Ratner, Art Smith, Eunice Stoddard (as "Nurse Jamison"). Produced by The Group Theatre, Sidney Harmon and James R. Ullman. Note: filmed as Men in White (1934), "The DuPont Show of the Month: Men in White (#4.1)" (1960).
- (1934) Stage Play: Gold Eagle Guy. Written by Melvin Levy. Directed by Lee Strasberg. Morosco Theatre: 28 Nov 1934- Jan 1935 (closing date unknown/65 performances). Cast: Luther Adler, Stella Adler, Margaret Barker, Alan Baxter, Roman Bohnen, Phoebe Brand, J. Edward Bromberg, Morris Carnovsky, Helen Carrm, William Challee, Russell Collins (as "A Deserter"), Florence Cooper, Walter Coy, John Garfield [credited as Jules Garfield], Evelyn Geller, John Jordan, Elia Kazan, Alexander Kirkland, David Kortchmar, Gerrit Kraber, Lewis Leverett, Bob Lewis, Joan Madison, Sanford Meisner, Paula Miller, Rut Nelson, Clifford Odets, Dorothy Patten, Herbert Ratner, Art Smith, Eunice Stoddard, Frances Williams. Produced by The Group Theatre, Inc.
- (1935) Stage Play: Panic. Drama. Written by Archibald Macleish. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by James Light. Imperial Theatre: 14 Mar 1935- 15 Mar 1935 (2 performances). Cast: Wesley Addy (as "Unemployed/Male Chorus"), Osceola Archer (as "Female Chorus"), Amelia Barleon, Elaine Basil, Robin Batcheller, Abner Biberman (as "Unemployed"), William Challee (as "Unemployed"), Russell Collins (as "A Man"), Walter Coy, Margaret Craven, Joseph Eggenton, Paul Genge, George Glass, Clifford Heckinger, Dierdre Hurst, Zita Johann (as "Ione"), Harold Johnsrud (as "Blind Man"), Tony Kraber (as "A Man") [credited as Gerrit Kraber], Eva Langbord (as "A Young Girl"), Albert Lewis, Yisrol Libman, Margot Loines, Edward Mann, Rose McClendon (as "An Old Woman"), Harold McGee, Elizabeth Morison, Gordon Nelson, John O'Shaughnessy, LaVerne Pine, Beatrice Pons, Joanna Roos, Arthur Singer, Lucille Strudwick, Karl Swenson (as "A Young Man"), Mary Tarcai, Jerome Thor, Paula Trueman, Eric Walz, Orson Welles (as "McGafferty"), Virginia Welles (as "Female Chorus") [Broadway debut], Richard Whorf (as "Griggs"), Dane Clark (as "A Young Man") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Phoenix Theatre Inc.
- (1936) Stage Play: Johnny Johnson. Musical comedy. Written by Paul Green. Music by Kurt Weill. Musical Direction by Lehman Engel. Directed by Lee Strasberg. 44th Street Theatre: 19 Nov 1936- 16 Jan 1937 (68 performances). Cast: Luther Adler (as "English Sergeant"), Peter Ainsley, Kate Allen, James Blake, Roman Bohnen (as "Grandpa Joe"), Phoebe Brand, Grover Burgess, Jean Burton, Morris Carnovsky (as "Chief of the Allied High Command"), William Challee (as "Private Fairfax"), Lee J. Cobb (as "Dr. McBray"), Russell Collins (as "Johnny Johnson"), Curt Conway, Judson Hall, Robert Joseph, Elia Kazan (as "Private Kearns" and "Dr. Frewd"), Thomas C. Kennedy, Tony Kraber, Will Lee, Bob Lewis, Paul Mann, Sanford Meisner (as "Captain Valentine"), Paula Miller, John Most, Ruth Nelson, Joseph Pevney (as "West Point Lieutenant"), Herbert Ratner, Eddie Ryan, Jack Saltzman, Alfred Saxe, Susanna Senior, Art Smith, Eunice Stoddard, Albert Dekker [credited as Albert Van Dekker] (as "Corporal George"). Produced by The Group Theatre.
- (1929) He acted in Barry Conners' play, "The Patsy," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Bette Davis in the cast.
- (1929) He acted in Horace Hodges and Thomas Wigney's play, "Grumpy," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Bette Davis in the cast.
- (May 8, 1936) He played a man in Clifford Odets' play, "Waiting for Lefty," in a Group Theater Company production at the Selwyn Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Morris Carnovsky (Harry Fatt); Art Smith (Joe); Ruth Nelson (Edna); Tony Kraber (Miller); Louis Leverett (Irv); Phoebe Brand (Florrie); Jules Garfield (Sid); Bob Lewis (Clayton); Elia Kazan (Keller); Sanford Meisner (henchman); Maury Miller (henchman); Roman Bolmen (Dr. Barnes) and Luther Adler (Dr. Benjamin) in the cast.
- (November 16, 1942) He acted in Major Robert Presnel's play, "Her First Murders," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Zasu Pitts, St. Clair Bayfield, Oliver Thorndike, Joseph Caskey, Richard Taber, Merle Maddern, John Parrish, Ann Mason, Osna Palmer, Tito Vuolo, Frank Milton, George Spaulding and Alfred Webster in the cast. The play is based on a novel by Torry Chanslor. Cleon Throckmorton was set designer. Lange was Miss Pitts' costume designer. Marion Gering was director and producer. Victor Payne Jennings was also producer.
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