- (1933 - 1939) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1933) Stage Play: Lone Valley. Written by Sophie Treadwell. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Sophie Treadwell. Plymouth Theatre: 10 Mar 1933- Mar 1933 (closing date unknown/3 performances). Cast: Oliver Barbour (as "Lyman"), Alan Baxter (as "Joe"), Marguerite Borough (as "Mary"), Charles Kennedy (as "Grainger"), Mab Maynard (as "Lottie"), Virginia Tracy (as "Ella"), Ian Wolfe (as "Lasly"). Produced by Sophie Treadwell.
- (1933) Stage Play: Shooting Star. Written by Noel Pierce and Bernard C. Schoenfeld. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Bela Blau. Selwyn Theatre: 12 Jun 1933- Jun 1933 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Walter Baldwin (as "Hank Morrisey"), Oliver Barbour (as "Reporter"), Mathilde Baring, Violet Barney, Mary Alice Collins, George Cowell, Helen Crane, Joseph Downing, Roland Drew (as "Jackson Macy"), Robert C. Fischer, Robert Gleckler (as "Mat Hardy"), Samuel Goldenberg, George Houston (as "Grantland North"), Francine Larrimore (as "Julie Leander"), Van Lowe (as "Gareth Judd"), Harriet E. MacGibbon (as "Hannah/Mrs. Mercer"), Barry Mahool, Gene Moore, Scott Moore, Barry O'Neill, Henry O'Neill (as "Carl Hoffman"), Lee Patrick (as "Flo Curtis"), William Sharpe, Edith Shayne, Beverly Sitgreaves (as "Miss Frothingham"), Gilbert Squarey, Engel Sumner, Forrest Taylor, Philip Van Zandt, Frank Wilcox, Cora Witherspoon (as "Edna Judd"), Vincent York. Produced by Crosby Gaige and Kenneth Nash.
- (1933) Stage Play: The Drums Begin. Drama.
- (1934) Stage Play: John Brown. Historical drama.
- (1934) Stage Play: Kill That Story. Comedy. Written by Harry Madden and Philip Dunning. Directed by George Abbott. Booth Theatre: 29 Aug 1934- Dec 1934 (closing date unknown/117 performances). Cast: Joyce Arling (as "Emily"), Buford Armitage (as "Frank Martin"), Eleanor Audley (as "Millicent"), Oliver Barbour (as "Joe Blake"), James Bell, Wyrley Birch (as "Joe McGuire"), Matt Briggs (as "Spike Taylor"), Claire Carleton, George Carleton, William Foran (as "Sam Gersten"), Pedro Galván (as "Second Bell Boy"), Gloria Grafton, Fred Kaufman, James Lane, Emily Lowry, William Lynn, Royal Dana Tracey (as "Paul Simpson"), Thomas F. Tracey (as "J. Goodington Cartwright"), Alfred Webster. Produced by Abbott-Dunning, Inc.
- (1934) Stage Play: Dance With Your Gods. Drama. Written by Kenneth Perkins. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Mansfield Theatre: 6 Oct 1934- Oct 1934 (closing date unknown/9 performances). Cast: John Antiga, Oliver Barbour (as "William Simpson"), Edna Barr, Cuto Beauchamp, Amelia Benskina, William Bodkin, Anita Bogart, Louis Broges, Dewey Brown (as "Jeffries"), Teddy Brown, Olive Burgoyne (as "Madame Chou"), Peter Clark, Iodilo Coker, Cecil Cunningham, Beatrice Elegore, H. Webster Elkins, Marjorie Fowlkes, John Gordon, Olive Gordon, Georgette Harvey (as "Mother Bouche"), George Hayes, Eleanor Hines, Charles Hollis, Lena Horne (as "A Quadronne Girl") [Broadway debut], Rex Ingram (as "Maitre Livers"), Lulu B. King, Clifton Lamb, Moses Mainns, Diafmore Martin, Joseph Maxwell, Pauline Moore (as "Ninon Juvenal"), Ethel Purbello, Muriel Robert (as "A Tourist"), Wardell Saunders (as "Ensemble"), Archie Savage (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Scott, Ben Smith, Ella Smith, Al Stokes (as "Maitre Buffon"), Barclay Trigg (as "Baptiste"), O.J. Vanasse (as "Bartender"), Jacques Vanderhouse, Charles Waldron (as "Amos Juvenal"), Grayson Walker, Althea Weston, Musa Williams. Produced by Laurence Schwab.
- (1934) Stage Play: Battleship Gertie. Farce. Written by Kenneth Perkins. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Mansfield Theatre: 6 Oct 1934- Oct 1934 (closing date unknown/9 performances). Cast: John Antiga, Oliver Barbour (as "William Simpson"), Edna Barr, Cuto Beauchamp, Amelia Benskina, William Bodkin, Anita Bogart, Louis Broges, Dewey Brown, Teddy Brown, Olive Burgoyne (as "Madame Chou"), Peter Clark, Iodilo Coker, Cecil Cunningham, Beatrice Elegore, H. Webster Elkins, Marjorie Fowlkes, John Gordon, Olive Gordon, Georgette Harvey (as "Mother Bouche"), George Hayes, Eleanor Hines, Charles Hollis, Lena Horne (as "A Quadronne Girl"), [Broadway debut], Rex Ingram (as "Maitre Livers"), Lulu B. King, Clifton Lamb, Moses Mainns, Diafmore Martin, Joseph Maxwell, Pauline Moore (as "Ninon Juvenal"), Ethel Purbello, Muriel Robert, Wardell Saunders, Archer Savage, Joseph Scott, Ben Smith (as "Jacques Boyean"), Ella Smith, Al Stokes (as "Maitre Buffon"), Barclay Trigg, O.J. Vanasse, Jacques Vanderhouse, Charles Waldron (as "Amos Juvenal"), Grayson Walker (as "Ensemble"), Althea Weston, Musa Williams. Produced by Laurence Schwab.
- (1935) Stage Play: Symphony. Drama. Written by Charles March. Directed by Felix Weissberger. Cort Theatre: 25 Apr 1935- Apr 1935 (closing date unknown/3 performances). Cast: Produced by Michael Myerberg.
- (1935) Stage Play: The Body Beautiful.
- (1936) Stage Play: Ethan Frome. Written by Owen Davis and Donald Davis. Based on the novel by Edith Wharton. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. National Theatre: 21 Jan 1936- 5 May 1936 (120 performances). Cast: Ruth Gordon (as "Mattie Silver"), Pauline Lord (as "Zenobia Frome"), Raymond Massey (as "Ethan Frome"), Oliver Barbour (as "A Young Man"), Catherine Careyas (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Virginia Chew (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Tom Ewell (as "Dennis Eady"), Marie Falls, Virginia Frank (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Beatrice Graham (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), W. Dana Hardwick (as "Ned Hale"), Charles Henderson (as "Ed Varnum"), Eddie James (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Pam Lawrence (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Evelyn Monte (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Ella Morrice (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), William Morris (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), George Parkes, Francis Pierlot (as "Jotham"), Arthur Rosen (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Almira Sessions, Tom Tempest (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Sylvia Ward (as "Ruth Varnum"), Jessie Wilson (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), John Winthrop (as "Ruth Varnum"). Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1937) Stage Play: Tide Rising. Drama.
- (1939) Stage Play: Mamba's Daughters. Drama. Written by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward. Featuring songs by Jerome Kern. Based on the novel by DuBose Heyward. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Empire Theatre: 3 Jan 1939- May 1939 (closing date unknown/162 performances). Cast: Oliver Barbour (as "The Prosecuting Attorney") [final Broadway role], Edna Beane, Reginald Beane, Altunar Branan, Inez Branan, Anne Brown, Willie Bryant, Georgia Burke (as "Eva"), Doris Champion, Rebecca Champion, Bob Coogan, John Cornell, Helen Dowdy, José Ferrer (as "St. Julien DeC. Wentworth Saint"), Georgette Harvey (as "Mamba"), Mary Holmes, Alberta Hunter, J. Rosamond Johnson (as "The Reverend Quintus Whaley"), Ella Mae Lashley, Canada Lee (as "Drayton"), Assotta Marshall, Fredye Marshall, Henry May, Arthur McLean, Harry Mestayer, Joyce Miller, Rena Mitchell, Dorothy Paul, Hayes Pryor, Ethel Purnello, Robert Raines, Maud Russell (as "Jane"), John Rustad, Louis Sharp, Al Stokes (as "Davey"), Fredi Washington, Edna Waters, Ethel Waters (as "Hagar"), Bradley Wilson, Jimmy Wright. Produced by Guthrie McClintic.
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