- (1919 - 1957) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1919) Stage Play: The Passing Show of 1919. Musical revue.
- (1921) Stage Play: The Last Waltz. Musical/operetta.
- (1922) Stage Play: The Rose of Stamboul. Musical/operetta. Music by Leo Fall and Sigmund Romberg. Lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Book by Harold Atteridge. Based on the Viennese operetta by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. Musical Direction by Alfred Goodman. Additional music by Jean Schwartz. Additional lyrics by William Jerome and Alex Gerber. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. Choreographed by Allan K. Foster. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Century Theatre: 7 Mar 1922- 10 Jun 1922 (111 performances). Cast: Dorothy Addison (as "Ensemble"), Violet Anderson (as "Ensemble"), Irma Ansell (as "Ensemble"), Irving Arnold (as "Ensemble"), James Barton (as "Bob, the Valet"), Ottilia Barton (as "Saada"), Sibylla Bowhan (as "Maada"), William Brandt (as "Ensemble"), Betty Brown (as "Ensemble"), Olive Brown (as "Ensemble"), Alice Burns (as "Ensemble"), Bunny Castle (as "Ensemble"), Marion Courtney (as "Ensemble"), Alice Curry (as "Ensemble"), Jeanne Danjou (as "Ensemble"), Leonora Darcy (as "Ensemble"), Margot Dawson (as "Ensemble"), Ann Delafield (as "Ensemble"), Mlle. Desha (as "Desha"), Katherine Duffy (as "Ensemble"), Mary Dunne (as "Ensemble"), Sol Feldman (as "Ensemble"), Rae Fields (as "Ensemble"), Hazel Frisbie (as "Ensemble"), Jenee Gibson (as "Ensemble"), Marion Green (as "Achmed Bey"), Alice Harris (as "Ensemble"), Lon Hascall (as "Abdul, Guard of the Harlem"), Peggy Hoffman (as "Ensemble"), Rapley Holmes (as "Rodney Smith, Howard's Father"), Harry Howell (as "Ensemble"), Corinne Jackson (as "Ensemble"), Thelma Johns (as "Ensemble"), Kitty Kane (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Kearns (as "Ensemble"), Monica Keefe (as "Ensemble"), Mary Kissell (as "Ensemble"), Fraun Koski (as "Ensemble"), Tessa Kosta (as "Kondja Gul"), Elmira Lane (as "Bul-Bul"), Naro Lockford (as "Hassan"), Zita Lockford (as "Haidee"), John V. Lowe (as "Neidjal"), Kay MacCausland (as "Ensemble"), Alice Mack (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Mackay (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Manion (as "Ensemble"), Trude Marr (as "Ensemble"), Oscar Martin (as "Ensemble"), R.B. Marwick (as "Ensemble"), Belle Mazelle (as "Fatima"), Myrtle McCloud (as "Ensemble"), Jack McGowan (as "Howard Rodney Smith"), Dolores Mendez (as "Ensemble"), Helen Nelidova (as "Helen"), Alla Nova (as "Ensemble"), Helen O'Brien (as "Ensemble"), John O'Hanlon (as "Ensemble"), Clifton Randall (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth Reynolds (as "Desiree, Kondja's Companion"), Edna Richmond (as "Ensemble"), Maude Satterfield (as "Guzela"), Jack Scott (as "Jack"), Madeline Soisson (as "Ensemble"), Felicia Sorel (as "Felicia"), Renee Theorine (as "Ensemble"), Jean Thomas (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Wagner (as "Durlane"), Sally Wagner (as "Ensemble"), Henry Warwick (as "Kemel Pasha"), Elizabeth Wash (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Wayne (as "Emire"), Peggy White (as "Ensemble"), Emma Wilcox (as "Baada"), Mabel Withee (as "Midili, Kondja's Dearest Friend"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1923) Stage Play: Dew Drop Inn. Musical comedy. Music by Alfred Goodman. Book by Walter De Leon and Edward Delaney Dunn. Lyrics by Cyrus Wood. Featuring songs by Rudolf Friml, J. Fred Coots and Jean Schwartz. Featuring songs with lyrics by McElbert Moore. Ensemble music by Sigmund Romberg. Musical Director: Alfred Newman. Astor Theatre: 17 May 1923- 25 Aug 1923 (production closed from 1 Jul 1923- 29 Jul 1923/83 performances). Cast: Margaret Atherton, James Barton (as "Ananias Washington"), Alice Brady (as "Marion Stanley/Ensemble"), George Brown, Lester Brown, Jean Carroll, Evelyn Cavanaugh, Spencer Charters (as "Joseph Higgins"), Harry Clark, Daniel Dare (as "Bell Boy"), Billie Davis, Gladys Davis, Dorothy Deane, Richard Dore, Bernard Druce, Millie Dupree, Grace Ellsworth, Harry Ellsworth, Bob Gebhardt, Dale Grigsby, Raymond Hall, Sylvia Highton, Frank Hill, Claire Hodgson, William Holden, Robert Holliday, Ben Jacklow, Thelma Johns, Bobby Kane, Lee Kelso, Mary Kissell, Katherine Manion, Rena Miller, Margaret Morris, Felicia Murelle, Helen O'Brien, Hal Peel, Mary Robson, Helen Rogier, Harry Rosedale, Jack Squire, Allen Stevens, Juliet Strahl, Beatrice Swanson, Marcella Swanson, Mabel Withee. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1924) Stage Play: The Passing Show of 1924. Musical revue. Music by Sigmund Romberg and Jean Schwartz. Book by Harold Atteridge. Lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Additional lyrics by Alex Gerber. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Choreographed by Max Scheck, Seymour Felix and Mr. Kotchetovski. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Winter Garden Theatre: 3 Sep 1924- 22 Nov 1924 (106 performances). Cast: Herbert Ashton, Virginia Banks, Barbette, Julia Barker, James Barton, Alice Blain, Adrienne Bono, Dorothy Bruce, Anna Buckley, Louise Carlworth, Dolly Casher, Helen Claire, Olga Cook, Nancy Corrigan, Marian Davis, Jane Dobbin, Doris Downes, Helen Doyle, Ben Franklin, Harriet Gustin, The Harrington Sisters, George Hassell, Cathleen Healy, Dorothy Janice, Andy Jochim, Aime LaMar, Joan Crawford [credited as Lucille Le Sueur] (final Broadway role), Nathalie Lederer, Robert Lee, Rose Lee, Fern LeRoy, Marie LeViness, The Lockfords, Marcia Mack, Lulu McConnell, Alice McCormick, Harry McNaughton, Carol Miller, Gypsy Mooney, Dolly Moray, May Mulhearn, Helen Murray, Bonna O'Dear, Vi Patterson, Alice Perry, Edith Pierce, Allan Prior, Jack Rose, Mary Saxon, Mildred Schneider, Helen Seymore, Grant Simpson, William Simpson, Tania Smirnova, Madeline Smith, Doris Snibbe, Charlotte Sprague, Betty St. Clair, James Steiger, Kay Sutton, Esther Tanney, Tracy and Hay, The Trado Twins, Zena Trott, Jeanne Van Vliet, Rose Velour, Alice Whalen, Joyce White, Eleanor Willems, Gay Worrell. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1926) Stage Play: No Foolin'. Musical revue. Music by Rudolf Friml. Lyrics by Gene Buck, Irving Caesar and Ballard MacDonald. Featuring songs by James Hanley. Book by J.P. McEvoy and James Barton. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Music orchestrated by Charles Grant, Steven Jones, Will Vodery and Emil Gerstenberger. Music arranged by Walter Haenschen. Choreographed by John Boyle. Staged by Ben Ali Haggin. Directed by Edward Royce and Walter Wilson. Globe Theatre: 24 Jun 1926- 25 Sep 1926 (108 performances). Cast: Bernice Ackerman, Wilma Ansell, Mabel Baade, Arthur Baer, James Barton, George Baxter, Elsie Behrens, Marian Benda, Beth Berri, (Miss) Blackburne, Louise Brown, Katherine Burke, Lew Christy, Thelma Connor, Velma Connor, Walter Costello, Edna Covey, Jack Cronin, Morton Croswell, Fay Culmer, (Miss) Dale, Clifford Daly, Myrna Darby, Carmine DiGiovanni, Ray Dooley, Alma Drange, Norma Dyal, Kay English, Mary Farrell, Peggy Fears, Irving Fisher, Alys Fitzgerald, Suzanne Fleming, Norma Forrest, Noel Francis, Genesko, Gladys Glad, Paulette Goddard, Ruth Grace, Yvonne Grey, Evelyn Grieg, Owen Harvey, Helen Herendeen, Mary Hopkins, Mary Jane, Flo Kennedy, Charles King, Andrew Knox, Kathleen Krosby, Eleanor Ladd, (Miss) LaMay, Miss Lane, Edna Leedom, Marjorie Leet, Claire Luce, Alice MacKenzie, Joseph Marievsky, (Miss) Mason, Bert McGuinnes, Murray Minehart, George Moeser, Moran and Mack, Edward Mowen, Mary Mulhern, Victor Munro, William Murray, Barbara Newberry, Greta Nissen, Yvonne Occent, Hilda Olsen, Helen O'Shea, Leslie Ostrander, Dorothy Patterson, Katherine Penman, Anastasia Reilly, Miss Shaw, Robert Shields, Lillian Smith, Biddy Somerset, Marion Strasmick, Andrew Tombes, Polly Walker, Miss Wayne, Dorothy Wegman, Miss Williams, Miss Wilson, Yacht Club Entertainers. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1930) Stage Play: Sweet and Low. Musical revue. Based on material by David Freedman. Musical Director: William Daly. Featuring songs by Harry Archer, Oscar Levant, Charlotte Kent, Harry Warren, Vivian Ellis, William C.K. Irwin, Louis Alter, George M. Cohan, Dana Suesse, Phil Charig and Joseph Meyer. Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward Eliscu, Ira Gershwin, Billy Rose, Malcolm McComb and Ballard MacDonald. Choreographed by Daniel Dare. Additional dances by Busby Berkeley. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre: 17 Nov 1930- Apr 1931 (closing date unknown/184 performances). Cast: James Barton, Fanny Brice, George Jessel, Borrah Minevitch, Peggy Andre, Gladys Aster, Kathleen Ayres, Arline Baber, Joe Barry, Jack Bauer, Marion Bonnell, Kitty Brady, Ethel Brice, Emily Burton, Betty Croke, Ruth Dana, Roger Davis, Nancy Dolan, Harry Edwards, Loretta Flushing, Rita Jason, Cy Landry, James Lee, Muriel Markert, Charles Millang, Moss & Fontana, Edward Murray, Edwin Murray, Jerry Norris, Lucille Osborne, Viola Paulson, Jack Ray, Shirley Richards, Polly Rose, Ruth Sato, Pauline Schaefer, Charlotte Stoll, Ray Stuart, Baun Sturtz, Arthur Treacher, Paula Trueman, Mildred Tully, Dorothy Van Hess, Emily Van Hoven, Hannah Williams, Dan Wyler. Produced by Billy Rose.
- (1933) Stage Play: Tobacco Road. Drama. Written by Jack Kirkland. Based on a novel by Erskine Caldwell. Directed by Anthony Brown. Theatre Masque (moved to The 48th Street Theatre 16 Jul 1934- ? Sep 1934, then moved to The Forrest Theatre from Sep 1934- close): 4 Dec 1933- 31 May 1941 (3182 performances). Replacement cast: James Barton (as "Jeeter Lester"). Produced by Anthony Brown, Jack Kirkland and Sam Grisman.
- (1943) Stage Play: Bright Lights of 1944. Musical revue.
- (1946) Stage Play: The Iceman Cometh. Drama. Written by Eugene O'Neill. Production Design and Lighting Design by Robert Edmond Jones. Directed by Eddie Dowling. Martin Beck Theatre: 9 Oct 1946- 15 Mar 1947 (136 performances). Cast: James Barton, Jeanne Cagney, Leo Chalzel, Russell Collins, Paul Crabtree, Dudley Digges (as "Harry Hope"), Ruth Gilbert, Charles Hart, Nicholas Joy, Marcella Markham, Joe Marr, John Marriott, E.G. Marshall (as "Willie Oban"), Al McGranary, Tom Pedi (as "Rocky Pioggi"), Carl Benton Reid, Morton Stevens, Frank Tweddell, Michael Wyler. Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner. Administrative Directors). Associate Producer: Armina Marshall.
- (1951) Stage Play: Paint Your Wagon. Musical comedy. Based on material by Alan Jay Lerner (also lyrics). Music by Frederick Loewe. Directed by Daniel Mann. Shubert Theatre: 12 Nov 1951- 19 Jul 1952 (289 performances). Cast: James Barton (as "Ben Rumson"), Tony Bavaar, James Mitchell, Olga San Juan, Richard Aherne, Tom Aim Delbert Anderson, John Anderson, Gino Baldi, Edward Becker, Ralph Bunker, Mary Burr, Tamara Chapman, Stephen Cheng, Jack Dabdoub, Gemze de Lappe, Gordon Dilworth, Joan Djorup, John Faulkner, Robert Flavellem Katia Geleznova, Lorraine Havercroft, Dorothy Hillm Stuart Hodes, Jean Houloose, Carmelita Lanza, Marijane Maricle, Bert Mattews, Kay Medford, Robert Morrow, Ilona Murai, Paul Olson, Robert Penn Jake Whippany Dick Price, John Randolph, Charlotte Ray, Mavis Ray, Jared Reed, Frederick Schaeffen, John Schickling, John Schmidt, John Sheehan (as "Dutchie"), Jan Sherwood, Rufus Smith (as "Steve Bullnack"), John Smolko, John Spach, Guy Stanbaugh, Newton Sullivan, Gisella Svetlik, James Tarbutton, Feodore Tedick, David Thomas, Edgar Thompson, Ted Thurston, Norman Weise, Josh Wheeler. Produced by Cheryl Crawford. Replacement actor: Eddie Dowling (as "Ben Rumson" [from 12 Nov 1951- unknown]. Note: Burl Ives would later replace Dowling in role. Louis B. Mayer would buy the rights to this hit play but would be unable to produce it independently after his forced departure from MGM. It would be brought to the screen in drastically altered form in 1969 with mediocre box-office results.
- (1957) Stage Play: The Sin of Pat Muldoon.
- (April 4, 1921) He performed in the revue, "The Passing Show of 1919," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio.
- (October 21, 1923) He acted in the play, "Dew Drop Inn," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio.
- (June 8, 1942) She acted in George S. O'Neal's play, "Free and Equal," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio.
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