- (1916 - 1938) Active on Broadway [credited as John Rutherford] in the following productions:
- (1916) Stage Play: Paganini.
- (1919) Stage Play: Forbidden. Romance. Written by Dorothy Donnelly. Manhattan Opera House: 20 Dec 1919- Jan 1920 (closing date unknown/18 performances). Cast: Walter Abel (as "Second Lieut. Vincent Moretti") [Broadway debut], William Bailey, Richard Barbee (as "First Lieut. John Booth Lawrence/Boots"), John Burkell, George Connor, Joseph Dunn, Henry George, Herman Gerold, William Harcourt (as "Brigadier General Slocum"), Martha Hedman, Nolan Leary, John McKenna, Claire Mersereau, Georgia Lucille Mooser, Arden Page, David Proctor, Jack Rutherford [credited as John Rutherford] (as "Captain Tottenham Knowles"), Harold Salter, Hermione Shone, Harry Shutan, Ben Taggart, Annette Westbay. Produced by George Mooser.
- (1921) Stage Play: Two Blocks Away. Comedy. Written by Aaron Hoffman. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 30 Aug 1921- Sep 1921 (closing date unknown/47 performances). Cast: Barney Bernard (as "Nathaniel Pommerantz"), Marie Carroll (as "Jane"), John W. Cope (as "Bill Lewis"), Robert Craig (as "Tom Roland"), Clyde Dilson (as "Jimmy Finnegan"), Alice Endres (as "Captain Maggie"), Wallace Erskine (as "Martin"), Charles Henderson (as "Officer Donovan"), Kate Morgan (as "Nora Finnegan"), William Morlin (as "Guiseppe"), Jessie Nagle (as "Mrs. Watson"), Jack Rutherford [credited as John Rutherford] (as "Robert Ives"), Hope Sutherland (as "Molly Finnegan"). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham. Note: Filmed by Universal Pictures as The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City (1929).
- (1922) Stage Play: He Who Gets Slapped. Tragedy. Written by Leonid Andreyev, as adapted by Gregory Zillboorg. Directed by Robert Milton. Garrick Theatre: 9 Jan 1922- Jun 1922 (closing date unknown/182 performances). Cast: Martha Bruan-Allen, Luigi Belastro, Richard Bennett, John Blair, Louis Calvert (as "Baron Regnard"), Charles Cheltenham, Joan Clements, Richard Coolidge, Ernest Cossart (as "Briquet"), Sara Enright, Margalo Gillmore (as "Consuelo"), Oliver Grymes, Kenneth Lawton, Philip Leigh (as "Tilly"), Philip Loeb (as "Pierre"), Frank Reicher (as "Mancini"), Jack Rutherford (as"Alfred Bezano"), Frances Ryan, Francis G. Sadtler, Helen Sheridan, Adele St. Maur, Edgar Stehli, Sears Taylor, Vera Tomkins, Anne Tonerri, Henry Travers, Dante Voltaire, Marguerite Wernimont, Helen Westley, Renée Wilde, Kathryn Wilson, Edwin R. Wolfe. Produced by The Theatre Guild. Note: Significant as the first work purchased by the newly formed Metro-Goldwyn Pictures and later produced as a Lon Chaney vehicle. Note: (1) Significant as the first work purchased for newly formed Metro-Goldwyn [later Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). (2) Filmed Metro Goldwyn Pictures as He Who Gets Slapped (1924).
- (1922) Stage Play: R. U. R. [Rossum's Universal Robot's]. Fantasy/melodrama. Written by Karel Capek. Directed by Philip Moeller and Agnes Morgan. Garrick Theatre: 9 Oct 1922- Feb 1923 (closing date unknown/184 performances). Cast: John Anthony (as "Mr. Fabry "), Mary Bonestell (as "A Robotess"), Louis Calvert, Richard Coolidge (as "Robot"), William Devereux (as "Dr. Gall"), Mary Hone (as "Helena"), Moffat Johnston, Myrtland La Varre (as "A Robot"), Kathlene MacDonell (as "Helena Glory"), Frederick Mark (as "Robot"), Domis Plugge (as "Robot"), John Francis Roche (as "Primus"), Jack Rutherford [credited as John Rutherford] (as "Radius"), Bernard Savage (as "Robot"), Basil Sydney (as "Harry Domin"), Henry Travers, Helen Westley (as "Nan"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1923) Stage Play: Magnolia. Comedy. Written by Booth Tarkington. Directed by Ira Hards. Liberty Theatre: 27 Aug 1923- Oct 1923 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: James Bradbury (as "Joe Patterson"), Martha Bryan-Allen (as "Lucy"), Leo Carrillo (as "Tom"), Barrington Carter (as "Rumbo"), John Harrington (as "Blackie"), J.K. Hutchinson (as "General Rumford"), Elizabeth Patterson (as "Madame Rumford"), Jack Rutherford [credited as John Rutherford] (as "Major Patterson"), Phyllis Schuyler (as "Elvira"), Malcolm Williams (as "General Orlando Jackson"), Ethel Wilson (as "Mexico"). Produced by Alfred E. Aarons. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures as The River of Romance (1929).
- (1923) Stage Play: Kid Boots. Musical comedy ["A Musical Comedy of Palm Beach and Golf"]. Music by Harry Tierney. Material by William Anthony McGuire and Otto A. Harbach. Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. Musical Direction by Louis Gress. Music orchestrated by Frank E. Barry. Directed by Edward Royce. Earl Carroll Theatre (moved to The Selwyn Theatre from 1 Sep 1924 close): 31 Dec 1923- 21 Feb 1925 (489 performances). Cast: Eddie Cantor (as "Kid Boots, Caddy Master"), Mary Eaton, Jack Andrews, Dove Atkinson, Robert Barrat (as "Randolph Valentine"), Beth Beri, William Blett, Eugenie Brew, Violet Brown, Marie Callahan, Eleanor Dell, Doris Dixon, Harland Dixon, Elizabeth Dougher, Juanita Erickson, Rass Erickson, Paul Everton, Harry Fender, Joan Gardner, Mareta George, Pearl Germond, Thomas Green, Betty Grey, Eunice Hall, Carlos Hatvary, Jobyna Howland, Sonia Ivanoff, Gladys Keck, Lloyd Keyes, Lily Kimari, Sylvia Kingsley, Edna Locke, Jessie Madison, William Maguire, Alma Mamay, Muriel Manners, Morton McConnachie, Frances McHugh (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Madelyn Morrisey, Victor Munroe, Dennis Murray, Polly O'Claire, George Olsen, John Patterson, Jessie Payne, Elva Pomfret, Violet Regal, Waldo Roberts [Broadway debut], Jack Rutherford [credited as John Rutherford] (as "Harold Regan, champion of Everglades Golf Club"), Evelyn Sayers, Harry Short, Carolyn Smith, Robert Spencer, Diana Stegman, Katharine Stuart, Ayres Tavitt, Mrs. Taylor, Carola Taylor, Ethelind Terry, Blossom Vreeland, Dick Ware, Florence Ware, Rella Winn, Velma Ziegler, Frank Zolt. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Notes: (1) This production was one of the biggest hits of the Roaring 20's and is considered by many to be the quintessential Jazz Age Broadway musical. (2) Filmed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as Kid Boots (1926).
- (1925) Stage Play: The City Chap. Musical comedy. Music by Jerome Kern. Book by James Montgomery. Lyrics by Anne Caldwell. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Liberty Theatre: 26 Oct 1925-26 Dec 1925 (72 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Sam Graham"), Betty Block, Bobbie Breslaw, Constance Brown, Katherine Burnside, Phyllis Cleveland, Betty Compton (as "Betty"), Myrtle Cox, Ursula Dale, Frisco Devere, Frank Doane (as "Blinkey Lockwood"), Peggy Dolan, Francis X. Donegan, Irene Dunne (as "Grace Bartlett"), Pearl Eaton (as "Pearl"), Helyn Eby Rock, Jeanne Edwards, Kathleen Erroll, Rita Farrell, Patricia Fitzpatrick, Edythe Flynn, Georges Fontanna, 'Richard "Skeets' Gallagher' (as "Nat Duncan"), Eddie Girard, Danzi Goodell, Ona Hamilton, Muriel Harrison, Beatrice Hughes, Mary Jane, Nell Kincaid, Katherine Kohler, Gladys Lake, Jane Lane, Fred Lennox, Joan Lindsay, Hallie Manning, Jerry Markham, Beth Meakins, Lucy Monroe, Margaret Morris, Marjorie Moss, Bessie Mulligan, Robert Emmett O'Connor (as "Pete"), Mary Pierce, Nickie Pitell, George Raft (as "George Spelvin"), Jack Rutherford [credited as John Rutherford] (as "Stephen Kellogg"), Autumn Sims, Mildred Sinclair, Blossom Vreeland, Ina Williams, Hansford Wilson, Betty Winslow. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1926) Stage Play: Queen High. Musical comedy. Book by Laurence Schwab and Buddy G. DeSylva. "Queen High" is an adaptation of "A Pair of Sixes" by Edward Peple. Music by Lewis E. Gensler. Lyrics by B.G. DeSylva. Additional numbers by James F. Hanley. Music arranged by Russell Bennett. Music orchestrated by Russell Bennett. Scenic Design by Willy Pogany. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor [credited as Edgar McGregor]. Ambassador Theatre: 8 Sep 1926- 23 Jul 1927 (367 performances). Cast: Ward Arnold (as "Ensemble"), Charles Bannister (as "Ensemble"), Joey Benton (as "Ensemble"), Gaile Beverly (as "Coddles, the Nettletons' Maid"), Florence Blue (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Burke (as "Ensemble"), Barbara Carrington (as "Ensemble"), Helen Carrington (as "Mrs. Nellie Nettleton"), Al Downing (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Ellis (as "Ensemble"), Luella Gear (as "Florence Cole"), Barbara Grace (as "Kitty, a Model"), Albert Hale (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Hart (as "Ensemble"), Harold Hennessy (as "Ensemble"), Sophie Howard (as "Ensemble"), Jack Hughes (as "Ensemble"), Irene Isham (as "Ensemble"), Mary Lawlor (as "Polly Nettleton, Nettleton's Niece"), Ethel Lawrence (as "Ensemble"), Ann Lee (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Lee (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Lombard (as "Ensemble"), John McElroy (as "Ensemble"), Frank McIntyre (as "George Nettleton, the Senior Partner"), Edwin Michaels (as "Jimmy, the Office Assistant"), Lucille Moore (as "Ensemble"), Clarence Nordstrom (as "Richard Johns, Johns' Nephew"), Richard Oakley (as "Ensemble"), June O'Dea (as "Patricia, a Model") [Broadway debut], Charles Ruggles (as "T. Boggs Johns, the Junior Partner"), Jack Rutherford [credited as John Rutherford] (as "Jerry Vanderholt, the Firm's Lawyer"), Otis Schaefer (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Sparks (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Stevens (as "Ensemble"), Carola Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Irene Warner (as "Ensemble"), Betty Wright (as "Ensemble"). Replacement actors: Neil Collins (as "Ensemble"), Frank Cullen (as "Ensemble"), Herbert Lund (as "Ensemble"), George Murray (as "Ensemble"), Betty Whitney (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Laurence Schwab. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures [at their Astoria, NY studio] as Queen High (1930) with Charlie Ruggles reprising his stage role as "T. Boggs Johns."
- (1927) Stage Play: The Love Call. Musical. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Book by Edward Locke and Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Based on the play "Arizona" by Augustus Thomas. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Musical Staging by Earl Lindsay. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Ernest Schrapps and Charles LeMaire. Directed by J.C. Huffman and Lew Morton. Majestic Theatre: 24 Oct 1927- 7 Jan 1928 (88 performances). Cast: Margaret Alexander (as "Ensemble"), William Balfour (as "White Horse"), John Barker (as "Lieutenant Denton"), Roberta Beatty (as "Estrella-Canby-Bonham"), Leonard Berry (as "Ensemble"), Shep Camp (as "Slim Carter"), William T. Carleton (as "Colonel Bonham") [final Broadway role], Violet Carlson (as "Miss McCullagh"), Yolanda Casazza (as "Fietsa Dancer"), Margaret Clark (as "Ensemble"), Violet Code (as "Ensemble"), Kitty Coleman (as "Ensemble"), Henry Corsell (as "Ensemble"), Gerry Dean (as "Ensemble"), Berna Deane (as "Bonita Canby"), Vera Deane (as "Ensemble"), Carmen DeBois (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy DeLukas (as "Ensemble"), Helen Detrich (as "Ensemble"), Evan Doctoroff (as "Ensemble"), Marion Dollbeare (as "Ensemble"), Dick Doober (as "Ensemble"), Agatha Dowd (as "Ensemble"), Ed Drake (as "Ensemble"), Elina DuVal (as "Ensemble"), Jane Egbert (as "Lena Keller"), Richard Ellis (as "Ensemble"), Frank Erwin (as "Joe/Ensemble"), Harry Erwin (as "Ensemble"), Alice Fischer (as "Mrs. Canby "), Al Fontain (as "Ensemble"), Ann Gilbert (as "Ensemble"), Isadore Gladston (as "Ensemble"), Eddy Green (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Hansel (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Harvey (as "Ensemble"), Jean Haven (as "Ensemble"), Jack Jendrek (as "Ensemble"), William Jennings (as "Ensemble"), Stanley Jessup (as "Black Hawk"), Frederick Kaufman (as "Red Crow"), Kathlyn Kerrigan (as "Ensemble"), Robert Kienast (as "Ensemble"), Frank King (as "Manuel "), John L. King (as "Tim/Ensemble"), Nick Krissuk (as "Ensemble"), Bradley F. Lane (as "Mike/Ensemble"), Frank Lane (as "Ensemble"), Charles Lawrence (as "Doctor Fenlon"), Richard Lee (as "Sergeant Keller"), Barry Lupino (as "Reginald Pargester"), Joseph Macauley (as "Tony Mustano"), William Magill (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Mausier (as "Ensemble"), Vivian McGill (as "Ensemble"), Charles McGrath (as "Ensemble"), Carlos Mejia (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Merer (as "Ensemble"), John Muccio (as "Ensemble"), Jeannette O'Connor (as "Ensemble"), Peggy O'Connor (as "Ensemble"), Claudia Papineau (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Poirier (as "Ensemble"), Nadine Prescott (as "Ensemble"), Frank Quigley (as "Ensemble"), Jack Ribaude (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Richmond (as "Ensemble"), Lee Roltman (as "Ensemble"), Nina Romano (as "Ensemble"), Louis Rottman (as "Ensemble"), Jack Rutherford [credited as John Rutherford] (as "Captain Hodgman"), Guinevere Sandy (as "Ensemble"), Bart Shilling (as "Ensemble"), Peggy E. South (as "Ensemble"), Ellen Sparks (as "Ensemble"), Emil Stetz (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Szabo (as "Ensemble"), Annette Taylor (as "Ensemble"), W.L. Thorne (as "Henry Canby"), Clare Toy (as "Ensemble"), Florence Tynor (as "Ensemble"), Ruby Udell (as "Ensemble"), Frank Veloz (as "Fietsa Dancer"), Lawrence Watts (as "Ensemble"), John Weeple (as "Ensemble"), Emily Wentz (as "Ensemble"), Princess Wynneman (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with L. Lawrence Weber.
- (1928) Stage Play: Whoopee! Musical comedy. Book by William Anthony McGuire. Based on "The Nervous Wreck" by Owen Davis. Music by Walter Donaldson. Lyrics by Gus Kahn. Musical Director: Gustave Salzer. Dialogue directed by William Anthony McGuire. Dances and Ensembles Staged by Seymour Felix. Directed by Seymour Felix. New Amsterdam Theatre: 4 Dec 1928- 23 Nov 1929 (407 performances). Cast: Eddie Cantor (as "Henry Williams"), Jean Ackerman, Josephine Adair, Sylvia Adam, Colette Ayers, Agnes Ayres, Mabel Baade, Peggy Bancroft, Elsie Behrens, Olive Brady, Ann Brown, Dorothy Brown, Sam Bunin, Katherine Burke, Spencer Charters (as "Jerome Underwood"), Chief Caupolican, Frank Colletti, Marie Conway, Mary Coyle, Myrna Darby, Ruth Downey, Betty Dumbris, Madeline Dunbar, Buddy Ebsen (as "Stetson Boy Dancer/Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Bill Erickson, Ruth Etting (as "Leslie Daw"), Harold Ettos, Muriel Flood, Hazel Forbes (as "Ziegfeld Glorified Girl"), Bob Forte, Tamara Geva, Jack Gifford, Gladys Glad, Betty Gray, Muriel Gray, Paul Gregory, Edouard Grobe, Francis Guinan, Albert Hackett (as "Chester Underwood"), Vivian Hall, James P. Houston, Meredith Howard, Don Hudson, Tom Hughes, Yvonne Hughes, Elenor Hunt, George Huntington, Jack James, Mary Jane, Louise Joyce, Lillian Knight, David Labris, Wynne Lark, Helen Lehigh, Tom Leventhal, Jack Lewis, Olga Loft, Elaine Mann, Chas. Mayon, Freda Mierse, Frieda Mierse, Gwendolyn Milne, Joe Minitello, Louis Morrell, Catherine Moylan, Edward Nadeau, Pat O'Day, Agnes O'Laughlin, Lillian Ostrum, Connie Owens, Dorothy Paterson, Dorothy Patterson, Charles Pettinger, Will H. Philbrick, Valerie Raemier, Pauline Ray, Bob Rice, Rita Riecker, Marion Roberts, Waldo Roberts (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble") [final Broadway role], Jerry Rogers, Irving Ross, Jack Rutherford (as "Sheriff Bob Wells"), Jack Shaw, Ethel Shutta (as "Mary Custer"), Adele Smith, Frances Upton, Helen Walsh, Matt Webster, Bobbe Weeks, Bobbie Wellsley, Gil White. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. Note: Filmed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company [distributed by United Artists] as Whoopee! (1930).
- (1938) Stage Play: Soliloquy. Drama.
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