- (1906 - 1956) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1906) Stage Play: Julie Bonbon. Romance. Written by Clara Lipman. Lew M. Fields Theatre (moved to The Lyric Theatre from 9 Apr 1906- close): 1 Jan 1906- 15 Apr 1906 (106 performances). Cast: Anthony Asher, Kitty Barry, Gaston Bell, Beatrice Bertrand, Ray Beveridge, Wyrley Birch [Broadway debut], William 'Stage' Boyd [Broadway debut], Meredith G. Brown, Edna Carroll, Mary Cecil [Broadway debut], Mr. Cloudman, Mr. Douglas, James Durkin [Broadway debut], Miss Edwards, Elsie Ferguson, Maggie Fielding, Katie Gillman, Dora Goldthwaite, Miss Hager, James Helton[only Broadway role], Percy Helton [Broadway debut], Miss Howland, Mr. Jones, J. Harry Knowles, Louise Laroux, Amy Lesser, Clara Lipman (as "Julie Bonbon"), Alice Loeber, Muriel MacArthur, Mr. Maley, Louis Mann, Marjorie Maxwell, Miss Miller, George Pauncefort, Alexandra Phillips, Edward Pierce, Otis Sheridan, R. Siato, W. Thornton Simpson, Mr. Smith, Miss Tracy, Mr. Walton, Jules Weitler, Sam White.
- (1925) Stage Play: Laff That Off. Comedy. Written by Donn Mullally. Directed by Roy Walling. Wallack's Theatre (moved to The 39th Street Theatre from Dec 1925- close): 2 Nov 1925- Jun 1926 (closing date unknown/263 performances). Cast: Wyrley Birch (as "Mike Connelly"), Shirley Booth (as "Peggy Bryant"), Alan Bunce, Pauline Drake, Hattie Foley, Norval Keedwell, Thomas W. Ross. Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1927) Stage Play: Menace. Drama. Written by Arthur M. Brilant. Staged by Arthur Hurley. 49th Street Theatre: 14 March 1927-April 1927 (24 performances). Cast: Wyrley Birch (as "Michi"), Richard Bowler (as "Okuma"), Eve Casanova (as "Setsu"), Maud Durand (as "Kama"), Joseph Granby (as "Arnold Ross"), Pauline MacLean (as "Lorna Patterson"), Alan Ramsay (as "Warden"), Tom Reynolds (as "Seth Jackson"), Jack Roseleigh (as "Lattimer"). Produced by James E. Kenney.
- (1927) Stage Play: Jacob Slovak. Written by Mercedes De Acosta. Directed by James Light. Greenwich Village Theatre: 5 Oct 1927- Oct 1927 (closing date unknown/21 performances). Cast: Richard Abbott (as "Hezekiah Brent"), Nancy Baker (as "Kitty"), Wyrley Birch (as "Rev. Ezra Hale"), Jerome Collamore (as "Samuel Jones"), June DeWitt (as "Lola Flint"), Miriam Doyle (as "Myra Flint"), Arthur Hughes (as "Josiah Flint"), Leslie Hunt (as "Theophilus Brent"), Beatrice Moreland (as "Sarah Flint"), José Ruben (as "Jacob Slovak"). Produced by Joseph P. Bickerton Jr.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Silent House. Melodrama.
- (1931) Stage Play: In Times Square. Comedy. Written by Dodson Mitchell and Clyde North. Longacre Theatre: 23 Nov 1931- Nov 1931 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: James Anderson, Wyrley Birch (as "The Stage Manager"), Ninon Bunyea, John S. Butler, Walter Greaza (as "Austin Jewett"), Frederick G. Lewis, Barry Macollum, Reginald Mason (as "J. Wilbur Craig"), May McCabe, Dodson L. Mitchell (as "David Benson"), Thelma Ritter (as "Sally Stewart"), Frank Shannon, Harvey Walters. Produced by Barry Macollum and Maurice Greet.
- (1932) Stage Play: Another Language. Comedy.
- (1933) Stage Play: Another Language. Comedy (revival). Written by Rose Franken. Directed by Arthur J. Beckhard. Waldorf Theatre: 8 May 1933- Jul 1933 (closing date unknnown/89 performances). Cast: Maud Allan, Glenn Anders (as "Victor Hallam"), John Beal, Wyrley Birch (as "Mr. Hallam"), Patricia Collinge (as "Stella Hallam"), Esther Dale (as "Helen Hallam"), Hal K. Dawson (as "Walter Hallam"), Herbert Duffy, Genevieve Frizzel, William Pike, Margaret Wycherly (as "Mrs. Hallam"). Produced by Arthur J. Beckhard.
- (1933) Stage Play: Spring in Autumn. Comedy. Written by Blanche Yurka and Nene Belmonte, from the Spanish of Gregorio Martinez Sierra. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Henry Miller's Theatre: 24 Oct 1933- Nov 1933 (closing date unknown/41 performances). Cast: Daisy Belmore (as "Dame Sarah Hutt"), Wyrley Birch (as "Don Sebastian de la Fresneda"), Esther Dale, Paul Dane, Thomas Fisher, Richard Hale, Helen Huberth, Charles C. Leatherbee, Mildred Natwick (as "Pura"), Hugh Rennie (as "Manolo"), André Salama, George Spelvin, James Stewart (as "Jack Brennan'Helen Walpole )' (as "Agustina Bastida"), Blanche Yurka (as "Madame Elena Alcara"). Produced by Arthur J. Beckhard.
- (1934) Stage Play: Wednesday's Child. Drama. Written by Leopold Atlas. Directed by H.C. Potter. Longacre Theatre: 16 Jan 1934- Mar 1934 closing date unnown/56 performances). Cast: Leonard M. Barker (as "Clerk"), Stanton Bier (as "Herbert"), Wyrley Birch (as "Dr. Stirling"), Joie Brown (as "Georgie"), Mona Bruns (as "Miss Chapman"), Harry Clancy (as "Joie"), Alfred Dalrymple (as "Mr. Keyes"), Walter Gilbert (as "Howard Benton"), Walter Greaza (as "Ray Phillips"), Harry Hanlon (as "Judge"), Sally Hodges (as "Carrie"), Richard Jack (as "Chic Nevins"), Lester Lonergan III (as "Alfred"), Robert Mayors (as "Lenny"), Cele McLaughlin (as "Louise"), George Pembroke (as "Mr. Proctor"), Frankie Thomas (as "Bobby Phillips"), Katherine Warren (as "Kathryn Phillips"). Produced by H.C. Potter and George Haight.
- (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: Small Miracle. Melodrama. Written by Norman Krasna. Scenic Design by Boris Aronson. Directed by George Abbott. John Golden Theatree: 26 Sep 1934-Jan 1935 (closing date unknown/117 performances). Cast: Violet Barney (as "Mrs. Madison"), Jean Bellows (as "Kitty"), Wyrley Birch (as "Mac Mason"), Ilka Chase, Eva Condon (as "Ma"), Edward Crandall (as "Carl Barrett, Jr."), Herbert Duffy (as "Healy"), Elspeth Eric (as "Mae Danish") [Broadway debut], Helen Gardner (as "First Girl"), Fraye Gilbert (as "Helen"), Hitous Gray (as "Donald Madison"), Edna Hagan (as "Twelve-Year-Old Girl"), Alan Hale Jr. (as "George Nelson"), Joseph King (as "Joseph Taft"), George Lambert, James Lane, Owen Martin (as "Anderson"), Myron McCormick (as "Eddie"), Robert Middlemass (as "Captain Seaver"), G. Albert Smith (as "William S. Johnson"), Joseph Calleia (as "Tony Mako"), Lucille Strudwick (as "Anna"), Nancy Vane (as "Second Girl"), Juan Varro (as "Frank"), William Wadsworth (as "Herman"). Produced by Courtney Burr. Note: Filmed as Four Hours to Kill! (1935).
- (1936) Stage Play: The Masque of Kings. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Scenic/Costume Design by Lee Simonson. Directed by Philip Moeller. Shubert Theatre: 8 Feb 1936- Apr 1936 (closing date unknown/89 performances). Cast: Glenn Anders (as "Koinoff"), Edith Atwater, Wyrley Birch (as "Sceps"), Edward Broadley (as "Loschek"), Leo G. Carroll (as "Count Joseph Hoyos"), Pierre Chace (as "A Servant"), Dudley Digges (as "The Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary"), Frank Downing (as "An Officer"), Bijou Fernandez (as "Marie"), Pauline Frederick (as "The Empress Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary") [final Broadway role], Alan Hewitt (as "Fritz von Bremer"), Charles Holden (as "A Soldier"), Joseph Holland (as "The Archduke John of Tuscany"), John Hoyt[credited as John Hoysradt] (as "Baron von Neustadt"), Henry Hull (as "The Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria-Hungary"), Henry Hull Jr. (as "Bratfish"), Catherine Lawrence, Margo (as "The Baroness Mary Vetsera") Benjamin Otis (as "D'Orsy"), Hobart Skidmore (as "A Soldier"), Barry O'Moore (as "Count Taafe"), Elizabeth Young (as "louise"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1938) Stage Play: Whiteoaks. Drama. Written by Mazo De La Roche. Based on "Whiteoaks of Jalna" by Mazo De La Roche. Scenic Design by Norris Houghton. Directed by Stephen Haggard. Hudson Theatre: 23 Mar 1938- Jun 1938 (closing date unknown/112 performances). Cast: Ethel Barrymore (as "Adeline, Gran Whiteoak"), Wyrley Birch (as "Uncle Ernest"), Boney (as "Boney"), Richard Carlson (as "Piers"), Lenore Chippendale, Ethel Colt (As "Pheasant"), Reynolds Denniston, Peter Fernandez, Stephen Haggard, Olive Reeves-Smith (as "Meg"), Rex, Joseph Roeder (as "Mr. Patton"), Robert Shayne (as "Renny"). Produced by Victor Payne-Jennings.
- (1941) Stage Play: Arsenic and Old Lace. Comedy. Written by Joseph Kesselring. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Fulton Theatre (moved to The Hudson Theatre on 25 Sep 1943- close): 10 Jan 1941- 17 Jun 1944 (1444 performances). Cast: Jean Adair (as "Martha Brewster"), John Alexander, Wyrley Birch (as "Rev. Dr. Harper"), Helen Brooks, Bruce Gordon, Henry Herbert (as "Mr. Gibbs"), Josephine Hull, Allyn Joslyn (as "Mortimer Brewster"), Boris Karloff (as "Jonathan Brewster"), William Parke, John Quigg, Anthony Ross, Edgar Stehli, Victor Sutherland. Replacement actors [during Fulton Theatre run]: Patricia Collinge (as "Abby Brewster"), Ashley Cooper (as "Mr. Witherspoon"), Laura Hope Crews (as "Abby Brewster") [from Jun 1942- ?], Minnie Dupree (as "Martha Brewster"), Harry Gribbon (as "Teddy Brewster"), Margaret Joyce (as "Elaine Harper") [from 15 Jun 1942- ?], Clinton Sundberg (as "Mortimer Brewster"), Erich von Stroheim (as "Jonathan Brewster") [from Jun 1942 - ?]. Replacement actors [during Hudson Theatre run]: Wallace Acton (as "Dr. Einstein"), Richard Bishop (as "Lieutenant Rooney"), Helen Brooks (as "Elaine Harper"), Solen Burry (as "Officer Klein"), Ross Chetwynd (as "Officer Brophy"), Blaine Cordner (as "Officer O'Hara"), Gilbert Douglas (as "Mr. Witherspoon"), Harry Gribbon (as "Teddy Brewster"), Herbert Ranson (as "The Rev. Dr. Harper"), Effie Shannon (as "Martha Brewster"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Jonathan Brewster"), Walter Wagner (as "Mortimer Brewster"). Produced by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Note: Filmed as Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
- (1943) Stage Play: All for All. Written by Norman Bruce. Based on "Give and Take" by Aaron Hoffman [posthumous credit]. Directed by Harry Green. Bijou Theatre: 29 Sep 1943- 11 Dec 1943 (85 performances). Cast: Lyle Bettger (as "John Bauer, Jr."), Wyrley Birch (as "Daniel Drum"), Flora Campbell (as "Marion Kruger"), Harry Green (as "Albert Kruger"), Jack Pearl (as "John Bauer, Sr."), Loring Smith (as "Thomas W. Craig"). Produced by A.L. Berman. Note: Previously filmed by Universal Pictures as Give and Take (1928) (Norman Bruce's adaption was not credited).
- (1944) Stage Play: Chicken Every Sunday. Written by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein [final Broadway credit]. Based on the novel by Rosemary Taylor. Directed by Lester Vail [final Broadway credit]. Henry Miller's Theatre (moved to The Plymouth Theatre from 20 May 1944- close): 5 Apr 1944- 6 Jan 1945 (unknown performances). Cast: Wyrley Birch (as "Rev. Wilson"), Austin Coghlan (as "Mr. Willard"), Viola Dean (as "Evie May"), Hope Emerson (as "Milly Moon"), Roy Fant (as "Jake"), Jean Gillespie (as "Rosemary Blachman"), Carolyn Hummel (as "Ruthie Blachman"), David McKay (as "Harold"), Mary Philips (as "Emily Blachman"), Ethel Remey (as "Mrs. Lawson"), Diana Rivers (as "Miss Gilley"), Martin Skapik (as "Eagle"), Katherine Squire (as "Mrs. Lynch/Miss Sally"), Guy Stockwell (as "Oliver Blachman"), Ann Thomas (as "Rita Kirby"), Frank M. Thomas (as "George Kirby"), Hugh Thomas (as "Jeffrey Lawson"), Tino Valenti (as "Carlos"), Raymond Van Sickle (as "Clem"), Fleming Ward (as "Mr. Robinson"), Rhys Williams (as "Jim Blachman"). Produced by Edward Gross. Note: Filmed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation as Chicken Every Sunday (1949).
- (1944) Stage Play: Harvey. Comedy. Written by Mary Chase. Scenic Design by John Root. Directed by Antoinette Perry. 48th Street Theatre: 1 Nov 1944- 15 Jan 1949 (1775 performances). Cast: Frank Fay (as "Elwood P. Dowd"), Josephine Hull, Dora Clement (as "Betty Chumley"), Robert Gist (as "E.J. Lofgren"), Frederica Going (as "Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet"), Lawrence Hayes (as "Mr. Peeples"), John Kirk (as "Judge Omar Gaffney"), Fred Irving Lewis (as "William R. Chumley, M.D."), Tom Seidel (as "Lyman Sanderson, M.D."), Eloise Sheldon (as "Miss Johnson"), Janet Tyler (as "Ruth Kelly, R.N"), Jane Van Duser (as "Myrtle Mae Simmons"), Jesse White (as "Duane Wilson"). Replacement actors: Wyrley Birch (as "Judge Omar Gaffney"), Ethel Britton (as "Betty Chumley"), Joe E. Brown (as "Elwood P. Dowd"), Jack Buchanan (as "Elwood P. Dowd"), Philip Carlyle (as "Lyman Sanderson, M.D."), Thomas Coley (as "Lyman Sanderson, M.D."), Mary Cooper (as "Ruth Kelly, R.N."), Mary Dallas (as "Myrtle Mae Simmons"), Russell Gold (as "E.J. Lofgren"), Lawrence Hayes (as "William R. Chumley, M.D."), Robert P. Lieb (as "Duane Wilson"), Marion Lorne (as "Veta Louise Simmons"), Helen Randall (as "Miss Johnson"), James Stewart (as "Elwood P. Dowd") [from 12 Jul 1947- ?], Allan Tower (as "William R. Chumley, M.D."), Anita Webb (as "Miss Johnson"). Produced by Brock Pemberton. Note: Filmed as Harvey (1950), Harvey (1972) (TV).
- (1947) Stage Play: How I Wonder. Written by Donald Ogden Stewart. Directed by Garson Kanin and George Greenberg. Hudson Theatre: 30 Sep 1947- 22 Nov 1947 (63 performances). Cast: Raymond Massey (as "Professor Lemuel Stevenson"), Carol Goodner (as "Margaret Stevenson"), Everett Sloane (as "Lem's Mind"), Wyrley Birch (as "Henry Harkrider"), Henry Jones (as "Walter Smith"), Bethel Leslie (as "Christina Stevenson"), John Marriott (as "Cliff Saunders"), Byron McGrath (as "George Drummond"), Meg Mundy (as "Lisa"), John Sweet (as "Dr. Hiller"). Produced by Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin, Victor Samrock and William Fields.
- (1955) Stage Play: The Desperate Hours. Melodrama. Written by Joseph Hayes. From the novel of the same name by Joseph Hayes. Directed by Robert Montgomery. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 10 Feb 1955- 13 Aug 1955 (212 performances). Cast: Nancy Coleman, Karl Malden (as "Dan Hillard"), Paul Newman (as "Glenn Griffin"), George Matthews, Wyrley Birch (as "Mr. Patterson"), Malcolm Brodrick (as "Ralphie Hillard"), Kendall Clark (as "Harry Carson"), Fred Eisley, James Gregory (as "Jesse Bard"), George Grizzard (as "Hank Griffin"), Rusty Lane (as "Lt. Carl Fredericks"), Mary Orr (as "Miss Swift"), Patricia Peardon, Judson Pratt. Produced by Howard Erskine and Joseph Hayes. Note: Produced by Paramount as The Desperate Hours (1955) as a Humphrey Bogart vehicle (in the role originated by Paul Newman) and directed by William Wyler.
- (1956) Stage Play: Sixth Finger in a Five Finger Glove. Written by Scott Michel. Original Music composed by Charles Strouse. Directed by John Holden. Longacre Theatre: 8 Oct 1956- 9 Oct 1956 (2 performances). Cast: Leopold Badia (as "Vincent Vanyard") [final Broadway role], Conrad Bain (as "Dr. Peter Hoenig") [Broadway debut], Wyrley Birch (as "Grandfather Holly/voice") [final Broadway role], Frank Campanella (as "Frank Castellano"), Charles Campbell, Bruce Evans, Walter Fisher, Samuel Gray, Gladys Holland, Paul Huber (as "Dr. John Evans"), Salome Jens, Mike Keene, James Komack [credited as Jimmie Komack] (as "Matt Holly") [final Broadway role], Charles Mendick, Bill Zuckert (as "Andy Barrett"). Produced by Gertrude Caplin and Thelma Finger.
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