- (1917 - 1956) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1917) Stage Play: Miss 1917. Musical revue. Music by Victor Herbert and Jerome Kern. Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Musical Direction by Robert Hood Bowers. Additional lyrics by Benny Davis [earliest Broadway credit], Hugh Morton, Ren Shields, Harry B. Smith, Edgar Smith, Otto A. Harbach, James O'Dea, Henry Martyn Blossom, Stanley Murphy, Bob Cole [credited as Robert Cole], J. Rosamond Johnson [credited as J. Rosamond Johnson], Joseph McCarthy, Gus Van, Joseph Schenck and C. Francis Reisner. Additional music by Gustav Kerker, Bob Cole, George Evans, John Stromberg, Karl Hoschna, Henry I. Marshall, Harry Tierney, J. Rosamond Johnson, Joseph McCarthy, Gus Van, Joseph Schenck, Edward Hutchinson and Billy Baskette. Choreographed by Adolph Bohm. Directed by Ned Wayburn. Century Theatre: 5 Nov 1917- 5 Jan 1918 (72 performances). Cast: Geraldine Alexander, Diana Allen, Effie Allen, Walter Baker, Emil Barth, Louis Baum, Margie Bell, Mike Bell, Paul M. Bell, Adolph Bohm, May Borden, Polly Bowman, Kitty Boylan, James Bradley, Alma Braham, Rene Braham, Joe Brennan, Paul Briant, William Briant, Elizabeth Brice, Irene Castle, Lawrence Clark, Gladys Coburn, Cecelia Cullen, Arthur Cunningham, Peggy Dana, Marion Davies, Bessie McCoy Davis, Semone D'Herlys, Zitelka Dolores, Frank Duball, Fred DuBall, Arthur Elson, Herbert Fields [Broadway debut], Lew Fields, Pearl Franklin, Lottie Franklyn, Marie Frawley, William Fuller, Elizabeth Gardiner, Dan Gordon, Emeline Gorman, Emmet Grant, Emma Haig, Betty Hale, Marshall Hall, Pauline Hall, Betty Hamilton, Minnie Harrison, Flo Hart, Irene Hayes, Ruth Heil, Hilda Hirsch, Leonard Howard, May Irving, Leavitt James, Agnes Jepson, Amelia Johnson, Charles Jones, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Nicholas Kane, Harry Kelly, Charles King, Myrtle King, Raymond Klages, Dorothy Klewer, Joe Knoffer, Leonore Kohler, Cecil Lean, Margit Leeraas, Rita Leeraas, Lois Leigh, Frank Leonard, May Leslie, Gladys Loftus, Jack Lynch, Cecile Markle, Albertine Marlowe, James Marr, Evangeline Marshalck, Mauresette, Vera Maxwell, Cleo Mayfield, Addison Mead, Helen Mooney, Margaret Morris, Vivian Morrison, Elizabeth Morton, Rosella Myers, Alla Nova, Stephen O'Rourke, Olive Osborne, John Parks, Ann Pennington [Broadway debut], Kathryn Perry, Tot Qualters, James Quinn, Flora Revalles, Eugene Revere, Charles Root, Dolores Rose, Ethel Rough, Bert Savoy, Joe Schenck, Vivienne Segal, Miss Selskaya, Frank Sharp, William Shelley, Mildred Shelly, Yvonne Shelton, Juana Sheppard, Joseph Sparks, Irene Spencer, Murray Starr, Natasha Stephanova, Miss Sterling, Gus Stevenson, Anna Stone, Ivan Tarasov, Lilyan Tashman, Andrew Tombes, Ira Uhr, Alexander Umanski, Tortola Valencia, Gus Van, Miss Vernon, Winnie Ward, Edith Warren, John Warren, George White, Mark White, Ruby Wilbur, Mack Williams, Martha Wood, Rita Zalmani. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1929) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Sketch Book. Musical comedy. Music by E.Y. Harburg and Jay Gorney. Book by Earl Carroll, Sidney Skolsky and Eddie Cantor. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Jay Gorney. Conceived by Earl Carroll. Additional text by Eddie Welch. Additional numbers by Billy Rose, Vincent Rose, Harry Tobias, Charles Tobias, Benny Davis, Ted Snyder, Renee Russell, Charles L. Sansone, Irving Kahal, Arnold Johnson, Jean Hubert, Irving Actman and Abner Silver. Music orchestration by Domenico Savino. Production Supervised by Earl Carroll. Choreography by LeRoy Prinz. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Earl Carroll Theatre (moved to The 44th Street Theatre from 30 Sep 1929 to Mar 1930, then moved to The 46th Street Theatre from 10 Mar 1930 to close): 1 Jul 1929- 7 Jun 1930 (392 performances). Cast: Irene Ahlberg, Eleanor Ahren, Violet Arnold, Faith Bacon, Harry Blue, Dorothy Britton, Marian Carew, Dorothy Carroll, Slim Cavanaugh, Catherine Clark, Elsie Connor, Evelyn Crowell, Janet Currie, Nancy Decker, Frances Delacy, William Demarest (in "Ensemble"), Grace Du Faye, Sammy Duncan, Carlton Emmy, Maryjo Engers, Ann Faye, Collette Francis, Dorothea Frank, Estelle Fratus, Louise Garnett, Bob Geraghty, George Givot, Marion Harcke, Angeline Hassel, Eileen Healy, Don Howard, Bert Jason, Renee Johnson, Frances Joyce, Margaret Joyce, Henrietta Kay, Patsy Kelly, Nelda Kincaid, Will Mahoney, Mary Masher, Vera Milton, Odessa Morgan, Marion O'Day, Omar, Catherine O'Neil, Irma Philbin, Peggy Purcell, Blanche Reeves, Bob Robson, Etna Ross, Winifred Starr, Rita Stone, Three Sailors, Phelps Twins, Beryl Wallace, Flo Ward, Eileen Wenzel, Diana White, Vivian Wilson, Coly Worth, Gracie Worth. Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1944) Stage Play: Take a Bow. Musical revue. Broadhurst Theatre: 15 Jun 1944- 24 Jun 1944 (12 performances). Produced by Lou Walters.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Greenwich Village Follies. Musical revue. Book by Philip Bartholomae and John Murray Anderson. Lyrics by John Murray Anderson and Arthur Swanstrom [earliest Broadway credit]. Music by A. Baldwin Sloane. Musical Direction by Hilding Anderson. Music orchestrated by Hilding Anderson. Additional lyrics by Philip Bartholomae. Featuring songs by Bill Munro, Jimmy Morgan, Ted Lewis, Byron Gay, Irving Berlin, Al Herman, A. Behr, Alex Gerber and Abner Silver. Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward Lewis, Andrew B. Sterling, Benny Davis, Byron Gay, Irving Berlin, Al Herman Alex Gerber and Abner Silver. Directed by John Murray Anderson [earliest Broadway credit]. Greenwich Village Theatre (moved to The Nora Bayes Theatre from 9 Sep 1919- close): 15 Jul 1919- 31 Jan 1920 (232 performances). Cast: Arjamand , Babette Busey, Jane Carroll, Dorothy Clay, Anna Mae Clift, Cecil Cunningham, Virginia Curtis, Bessie McCoy Davis, Jacqueline Delaine, Jere Delaney, Harry Delf, Charles Derickson, Gordon Drexel, Robert Edwards, Doris Faithful, William Foran, Ada Forman, Helen Frances, Warner Gault, Alden Gay, Al Herman, Virginia Lee, Ted Lewis, Edmund Makalif, Irene Marcellus, Rita Marshall, Irene Mathews, Susanne Morgan, Irene Olsen, Cynthia Perot, Homer Rosine, Rex Story, Edgar Thornton, Willard Ward, James Watts, Ruth Weeks, Billie Weston, Rita Zalmani, Olga Ziceva. Produced by The Bohemians Inc. and John Murray Anderson.
- (1929) Stage Play: Sons O' Guns. Musical comedy. Music by J. Fred Coots. Book by Fred Thompson and Jack Donohue. Lyrics by Arthur Swanstrom and Benny Davis. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Military Direction by Harry Holbrook, U.S.M.C. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. Directed by Bobby Connolly. Imperial Theatre: 26 Nov 1929- 9 Aug 1930 (295 performances). Cast: Virginia Allen (as "Ensemble"), Russell Ash (as "Ensemble"), Millicent Bancroft (as "Ensemble"), Wallace Banfield (as "Ensemble"), Firley Banks (as "Ensemble"), Alfred Bardelang (as "Oswald/A German Prisoner"), Ida Berry (as "Ensemble"), Charles E. Bird (as "A British Officer"), Jeanette Bradley (as "Ensemble"), Leo Branson (as "Ensemble"), Paul Bristbois (as "Ensemble"), Edna Bunte (as "Ensemble"), Edna Burford (as "Ensemble"), Joe Carey (as "Ensemble"), Michael Cavanaugh (as "Ensemble"), Marion Chambers (as "Joan"), Gloria Clare (as "Ensemble"), Ann Constance (as "Ensemble"), Billie Cortez (as "Ensemble"), Guy Daly (as "Ensemble"), Lili Damita (as "Yvonne"), Del Daven (as "Ensemble"), Gordon Davis (as "Ensemble"), Raoul De Tisne (as "Pierre"), Charles Dodson (as "U.S.A. Bugler"), Robert Dohn (as "Parker/A German Prisoner"), Jack Donahue (as "Jimmy Canfield"), Russel Duncan (as "Ensemble"), William Dunn (as "Ensemble"), Byron Earle (as "Ensemble"), Richard Ellis (as "Ensemble"), June English (as "Ensemble"), Michael J. Forbes (as "Ensemble"), William Frawley (as "Hobson"), James Garrett (as "Ensemble"), Chris Gerard (as "Ensemble"), Anne Goddard (as "Ensemble"), Maerena Grady (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Grady (as "Ensemble"), Ethel Green (as "Ensemble"), Della Harkins (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Hayden (as "Ensemble"), Muriel Hayman (as "Ensemble"), John Heming (as "Ensemble"), Albert Henkel (as "Ensemble"), Eddie Hodge (as "Billswater"), Muriel Hoey (as "Ensemble"), Harry Holbrook (as "U.S.A. Captain"), Clare Hooper (as "Ensemble"), Mary Horan (as "Bernice Pearce"), Stanley Howard (as "Ensemble"), Topsy Humphrey (as "Ensemble"), David Hutcheson (as "Major Archibald Ponsonby-Falcke"), Lillian Jordan (as "Ensemble"), Ann Karyle (as "Marie"), Wilma Kaye (as "Ensemble"), Nora Kildare (as "Ensemble"), Efim Knoff (as "Ensemble"), Fred Kruger (as "Ensemble"), George Lamb (as "Ensemble"), Adrienne Lampel (as "Ensemble"), Benn K. Leavenworth (as "Ensemble"), Preston Lewis (as "Ensemble"), Jack Little (as "Ensemble"), Bill Mack (as "Ensemble"), John M. Malone (as "Ensemble"), Frances Markey (as "Colette"), Marcelle Miller (as "Ensemble"), Gwendolyn Milne (as "Jeanette"), Robert Milton (as "Ensemble"), Henry Mirshon (as "Ensemble"), Roderick Murray (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Nichols (as "Ensemble"), Tuxie Ondex (as "Ensemble"), Merrill Oslin (as "Ensemble"), Ray Prescott (as "Ensemble"), Nora Puntin (as "Ensemble"), Sylvia Roberts (as "Ensemble"), George Rolland (as "Ensemble"), Carl Rose (as "Ensemble"), Robert Saidler (as "Ensemble"), Earle Sanford (as "Ensemble"), Roy Santor (as "Ensemble"), Marion Santre (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Sparks (as "Ensemble"), Iola Sparks (as "Ensemble"), Jack Spiegel (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Spree (as "A British Tommy"), Wanda Stevenson (as "Ensemble"), Adele Story (as "Ensemble"), Frank Strang (as "Ensemble"), Ray Stully (as "Ensemble"), Ward Tallman (as "Ensemble"), Richard Temple (as "General Harper"), Shirley Vernon (as "Mary Harper"), Lawrence Waite (as "Ensemble"), Gladstone Waldrip (as "Ensemble"), George Wallace (as "Ensemble"), Barry Walsh (as "Carl Schreiber"), Herbert Warren (as "Ensemble"), Milton Watson (as "Arthur Travers"), Tom Weldon (as "Ensemble"), Cliff Whitcombe (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Whitmore (as "Ensemble"), Frances Wise (as "Ensemble"), Josephine Wolfe (as "Ensemble"), Victor Young (as "Ensemble"), Isabel Zehner (as "Irene"). Produced by Connolly & Swanstrom.
- (1927) Stage Play: Artists and Models. Musical revue. Music by Harry Akst and Maurie Rubens. Additional lyrics by Ted Lewis and Jack Osterman. Lyrics by Benny Davis and J. Keirn Brennan. Musical Director: Max Meth. Featuring songs by Gus Kahn and Ray Henderson. Featuring songs with lyrics by Gus Kahn, Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown. Choreographed by Ralph Reader, Earl Lindsey and Jan Oyra. Winter Garden Theatre: 15 Nov 1927- 24 Mar 1928 (151 performances). Cast: Tennylis Allyn, Lucille Arnold, William Baden, Julia Barker, Dan Berrigan, Beatrice Bickel, Allan Blair, Eleanor Brooks, Adelaide Candee, Buddy Carpenter, Cyrilla Casey, Mary Chandler, Eddie Chester, Louise Chowing, Charles Collins, Ethel Daniels, Annette Davies, Molly Davis, Jack Dayton, Willa De Brauw, Howard Deighton, Peggy Deighton, Doris Delairs, Doris Downes, Helen Doyle, Mary Ellis, Mildred Espy, Margie Evans, Helen Farez, Lillian Ford, Ethel Fuller, Catherine Gallimore, Walter Gilfoyle, Ruth Grace, Herman Grossman, Thalie Hamilton, Elizabeth Hill, Mary Hillyer, Margaret Hollyn, Walter Johnson, Jscherey & Hully, King, King & King, Maybell Leather, George Leland, Betty LeMay, Peggy Lemay, Ted Lewis, Henrietta Livingstone, Barbara Lloyd, Marie Lovette, Madeline Luzon, Marion Luzon, Neva Lynn, Dana Mayo, John Herbert McDowell, Elena Meade, Florence Moore, Margaret Moore, Iris Morse, William Neeley, Peggy Neil, Jack Norris, Marietta O'Brien, Harry O'Neal, Jack Osterman, Phillip Ott, Jan Oyra Dorothy Palmer, Chauncey Parsons, Patty Patterson, Nayan Pearce, Jack Pearl, Agatha Phillips, Imogene Phillips, Manilla Powers, Rosalind Rensing, Gene Roberts, Madeleine Russell, Arthur Schnitzer, Muriel Seely, Katherine Sheeran, Kay Simmons, Jack Squires, Mozel Stapp, Jo Storace, Dolly Thain, Katrina Trask, Veloz and Yolanda, Marjorie Vernelli, Amy von Hansa, Myrtle Wagner, Bee Walz, Dorothy Weber, Gladys Wheaton, Jack White, Josephine White, Mazie White, Marjorie Younger. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1956) Stage Play: The Best House in Naples. Comedy. Lyceum Theatre: 26 Oct 1956- 27 Oct 1956 (3 performances). Produced by Nick Mayo.
- (1956) Stage Play: Mr. Wonderful. Musical comedy. Book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman. Music by Larry Holofcener, Jerry Bock and George Weiss. Lyrics by Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener [credited as Larry Holofcener] and George Weiss. Musical Director: Morton L. Stevens. Music orchestrated by Ted Royal and Morton Stevens [credited as Morton L. Stevens] (final Broadway credit). Production Conceived by Jule Styne. Featuring songs by Sam Coslow ("Sing, You Sinners"), W. Franke Harling ("Sing, You Sinners"), Sid Kuller ("Daddy, Uncle and Me"), Arthur Hammerstein ("Because of You"), Dudley Wilkinson ("Because of You"), Harold Arlen ("That Old Black Magic"), Johnny Mercer ("That Old Black Magic"), Buddy G. DeSylva ("Birth of the Blues"), Lew Brown ("Birth of the Blues"), Ray Henderson ("Birth of the Blues"), Cole Porter ("It's All Right With Me"), Benny Davis ("Dearest"), Harry Akst ("Dearest"), George Gershwin ("Liza"), Ira Gershwin ("Liza") and Gus Kahn ("Liza'). Scenic Design by Oliver Smith. Costume Design by Robert Mackintosh. Lighting Design by Peggy Clark. Directed by Jack Donohue'. Broadway Theatre: 22 Mar 1956- 23 Feb 1957 (383 performances). Cast: Jack Carter(as "Fred Campbell"), Sammy Davis Jr. (as "Charlie Welch"), Olga James (as "Ethel Pearson"), Will Mastin (as "Trio"), Chita Rivera (as "Rita Romano"), Marvin Arnold (as "Hoofer"), Malcolm Lee Beggs (as "Mr. Foster"), Ann Buckles (as "Unemployed Actress"), Marilyn Cooper (as "Little Girl"), Richard Curry (as "Song Plugger"), Sammy Davis, Sr. (as "Dad"), Dorothy D'Honau (as "Acrobat"), Rina Falcone (as "Soprano"), Herb Fields (as "Counterman"), Tempy Fletcher (as "Dancer"), Charlotte Foley (as "Annie's Friend"), Harold Gordon (as "Bop Musician"), Shirley Graser (as "Dancer"), Jerri Gray (as "Cigarette Girl"), T.J. Halligan (as "Talent Scout"), Suan Hartman (as "Dancer"), Bob Kole (as "Stage Manager"), Gail Kuhr (as "Sister"), Ronnie Lee (as "Sophie's Boy"), Barbara Leigh (as "Sister"), Bob Leslie (as "A Comic"), Larry B. Leslie (as "A Comic"), Hal Loman (as "Hal"), Pat Marshall (as "Lil Campbell"), Frank Marti (as "Stagehand"), Will Mastin (as "Uncle"), Sherry McCutcheon (as "Sister"), Sally Neal (as "Dancer"), John Pelletti (as "Johnnie"), Ginny Perlowin (as "Script Girl"), Albert Popwell (as "Bop Musician"), Bill Reilly (as "Hoofer"), Patti Ann Rita (as "Dancer"), Tony Rossi (as "Stagehand"), Sylvia Shay (as "Dancer"), Karen Shepard (as "A Singer"), Claude Thompson (as "Bop Musician"), Jimmie Thompson (as "Hoofer"), Patti Wharton (as "Dancer"), Pat Wilkes (as "Audition Annie"). Understudies: T.J. Halligan (as "Mr. Foster"), Bob Leslie (as "Fred Campbell"), Jimmie Thompson (as "Hal"), George Watts (as "Dad/Uncle"), Patti Wharton (as "Rita Romano"), Pat Wilkes (as "Lil Campbell"), Louise Woods (as "Ethel Pearson"). Replacement actors: Bob Burkhardt (as "Hal/Agent"), Charlotte Foley (as "Audition Annie"), T.J. Halligan (as "Mr. Foster [from 28 May 1956- ?], Larry Kert (as "Stagehand"), Larry B. Leslie (as "Talent Scout"), Jackie McElroy (as "A Singer"), Kay Medford (as "Lil Campbell"), Gary Morton (as "A Comic/Talent Scout"), Robert Neukum (as "Stage Manager"), Lew Parker (as "Fred Campbell"), Elizabeth Taylor (as "Dancer/Soprano"). Understudies: Ann Buckles (as "Lil Campbell"), Rina Falcone (as "Unemployed Actress"), Bob Leslie (as "Mr. Foster/Bartender"), Joan Morton (as "Rita Romano").Produced by Jule Styne and George Gilbert. Produced in association with Lester Osterman Jr.
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