- (1923 - 1942) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1923) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Vanities. Musical revue. Music by Earl Carroll. Lyrics by Earl Carroll. Musical Director: William Daly. Music orchestrated by Arthur Lange. Choreographed by Sammy Lee. Ballet by Frederick Renoff. Directed by William Collier. Earl Carroll Theatre: 5 Jul 1923- 29 Dec 1923 (204 performances). Cast: Joe Cook [Broadway debut], Thelma Addison, Charles Alexander, Florence Ames, Abner Barnhart, Billy Blythe, Olga Borowska, Graham Brewer, Violet Bristow, Ethel Bryant, Harry Burns, Callahan Boys, Mary Carney, Jean Caswell, Sarah Cavais, Lota Cheeck, Al Clair, Albert Coleman, Alden Cooke, Alan Dale, Margaret Davies, Al Davis, Delmore and Lee, Thelma DeLorez, Carlena Diamond, Eddie Dowling (as "Chorus"), Jimmy Duffy, Bernice Elen, Claire Elgin, Vera Featherly, Betty Fitch, Amy Frank, Frances Frost, Florence Gillingham, Roy Giusti, Myrtle Glenn, Bernard Granville, Bennet Green, Brooks Hall, Ruth Hargraves, Dolla Harkins, Carlos Hatvary, Sam Hermann, Harry Howell, Jean Huntington, Gladys Jones, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Dorothy Knapp, Mr. Lashly, Gertrude Lemmon, J. Frank Leslie, Emily Lorraine, Polly Lux, Muriel Manners, Russell Markert, Loretta Marks, George McCormick, Margaret McKay, Helen Menette, Marjorie Miller, Babette Mitchell, Mae Mitchell, Lucille Moore, Poppy Morton, Dennis Murray, Elsie Neal, Dorothy Neville, Alfred Oakley, Richard Oakley, William O'Rourke, Lester Ostrander, Edith Parker, Jack Patton, Cardinal Piearo, Charlotte Pleshette, Lucille Pryor, Pat Quinten, Rekoma, Renoff & Renova, Irene Ricardo, Amy Rivere, Sunny Saunders, Charles Senna, Daniel Sparks, Robert Spencer, Rose Stone, Lillian Sutherland, Florence Tempest, Al Thomas, Jean Watson, George West, Flo White, Hazel Wilder, Harry Williams, Tracy Wood, Betty Wright, Patricia Wright, Mr. Wyatt, Marion Youron. Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1924) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Vanities. Musical revue. Music by Earl Carroll. Lyrics by Earl Carroll. Musical Director: Ira Jacobs. Book by Earl Carroll and Ralph Spence. Musical Staging by Sammy Lee. Directed by Earl Carroll. Music Box Theatre (moved to The Earl Carroll Theatre from 10 Nov 1924- close): 10 Sep 1924- 3 Jan 1925 (133 performances). Cast: Sarah Ames (as Ensemble"), Anita Banton (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Beardsley (as "Ensemble"), Joey Benton (as "Performer"), Betty Blackburn (as "Ensemble"), Pauline Blair (as "Ensemble"), Frances Blythe (as "Ensemble"), Mary Carey (as "Performer"), Dave Chasen (as "Performer"), Leo Conway (as "Performer), Joe Cook (as "Performer"), Johnny Cooke (as "Performer"), Carol Cummings (as "Ensemble"), Albert Dare (as "Performer"), Margaret Davies (as "Performer"), Anna May Dennehy (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Derchin (as "Ensemble"), Yvette DuBois (as "Ensemble"), Geneva Duker (as "Ensemble"), Henry Dunn (as "Performer"), Janice Fair (as "Ensemble"), Betty Fitch (as "Performer"), Norma Forrest (as "Ensemble"), Amy Frank (as "Ensemble"), Chester Fredericks (as "Performer"), Albert Hall (as "Performer"), Dorothy Harris (as "Ensemble"), Rella Harrison (as "Ensemble"), Thelma Harvey (as "Performer"), Albert Hawthorne (as "Performer"), Irene Isham (as "Ensemble"), Gladys Jones (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Lemmon (as "Ensemble"), Agnes Leonard (as "Performer"), Eddie Leslie (as "Performer"), Frank Leslie (as "Performer"), Josephine Libby (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Lombard (as "Ensemble"), Emily Lorraine (as "Ensemble"), James Mack (as "Performer"), Frances Marchant (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Marchant (as "Ensemble"), Margaret McKay (as "Ensemble"), Eleanor Meeker (as "Ensemble"), Helen Menette (as "Ensemble"), John Miller (as "Performer"), Lillian Morehouse (as "Ensemble"), Leonard Oakley (as "Ensemble"), Jane Odette (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Osborn (as "Ensemble"), Kathryn Ray (as "Performer"), Amy Revere (as "Ensemble"), Catherine Ringquist (as "Ensemble"), Nellie Roberts (as "Ensemble"), Bert Rome (as "Performer"), Bernice Rose (as "Ensemble"), Bob Simms (as "Performer"), Frances Stone (as "Ensemble"), Desiree Taylor (as "Performer"), Doria Tree (as "Ensemble"), Inez Tremble (as "Ensemble"), Sophie Tucker (as "Performer"), Betty Vane (as "Ensemble"), Walter Wahl (as "Performer"), Betty Wilson (as "Ensemble"), Kiddy Young (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1928) Stage Play: Rain or Shine. Musical. Music by Milton Ager and Owen Murphy. Book by James Gleason and Maurice Marks. Lyrics by Jack Yellen. Music orchestrated by William Still and Arthur Schutt. Orchestra under the direction of Don Voorhees. Dances directed by Russell Markert. Dances Directed by Tom Nip. Scenic Design by Clark Robinson. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 9 Feb 1928- 15 Dec 1928 (356 performances). Cast: Paul Brack, Walter Bremer, Dave Chasen (as "Simley's Protege/The Head Waiter"), Joe Cook (as "Smiley Johnson"), Ben Cutler, Vance Elliott, Rita Garcia, Edgar Gardner, James Gregory, Marion Herson, Tom Howard, Warren Hull, Vernon Jacobson, Ernest Lambart, Helen Lynd, Joe Lyons, Alex McKee, Rosie Moran, Ethel Norris, Walter Pharr, William V. Powers, Dimples Riede, Janet Velie, Nancy Welford, Devah Worrell. Produced by A.L. Jones and Morris Green. Note: Filmed by Columbia Pictures as Rain or Shine (1930) (directed by 'Frank Capra'). Joe Cook reprised his stage role in the film.Although the stage version was a musical comedy, the musical numbers were deleted from the film version due to the public's distaste of the genre from 1930- early 1933 (until successfully revived by Warner Bros). The film is one of the least seen Capra films and is generally regarded as giving us a mere approximation of the extent of Joe Cook's talent which was far more effectively conveyed on stage (a situation somewhat comparable to Al Jolson's film career). Dave Chasen, later a world-renown restaurateur, and Tom Howard reprised their stage roles for the film. None of the songs in the original musical were used in the film except as background music.
- (1930) Stage Play: Fine and Dandy. Musical comedy. Music by Kay Swift. Book by Donald Ogden Stewart. Lyrics by Paul James. Uncredited book by Joe Cook. Orchestra directed by Gene Salzer. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Scenic Design by Henry Dreyfuss. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. Dialogue directed by Frank McCoy. Choreographed by Tom Nip and Dave Gould. Routines of Abbot Dancers arranged by Merriel Abbott. Dance for Mechanical Ballet arranged by Eugene Van Grona. Directed by Morris Green. Erlanger's Theatre: 23 Sep 1930- 2 May 1931 (255 performances). Cast: Joe Cook (as "Joe Squibb"), Edna Abbey, Jeanne Adams, James Babbitt, Marjorie Bailey, Ben Bernard, Bonnie Blackwood, Alice Boulden, Paul Brack, Joan Burgess, Jack Burley, Phyllis Cameron, Violet Casey, Dave Chasen (as "Wiffington"), Laura Clairon (as "Aunt Lucy"), Joseph Clayton, Hal Clyne, Peaches Dahl, Frances DeFoe, Alda Deery, Tom Denton, Fritzie Deuss, Margaret Dixon, Bert Doughty, John W. Ehrle, Herman Ergotti, Dick Erskine, Eleanor Etheridge, Murray Evans (as "The Four Horsemen"), Walter Fehl, Jack Flaherty, Frank Gagen, Cara Gould, Adele Goulding, Jimmy Hadreas, John Hall (as "First Workman"), May Hass, Marion Herson, Gypsy Hollis, Frank Innis, Genevieve Irwin, Scott Jensen, Dick Kirby, Rose Kirsner, Muriel Lawlor, Eva Lewis, Bob Long, Joe Lyons, Jimmy Mahr, Dora Maughan, Jack McClusky, Pearl McKnight, Glen Meyers, Carmen Morales, David D. Morris, Frank Naldi, Fred Nay, George Neville, Chet O'Brien, Mortimer O'Brien, Nell O'Day, Eleanor Powell (as "Miss Hunter"), Victor Pullman, Gus Quinlan, Billy Randall, Joe Reilly, Catherine Reynolds, Jack Richardson, Joe Riley, Elene Ross, Jack Ross, J. Rousseaux, Patsy Schenck, George A. Schiller, Mildred Schroder, Claribel Skinner, Nette Solomon Merriel Abbot, Rheta Stone, Odette Swan, Peggy Timmons, Kathleen VanNoy, Mary Grace Van Noy, Joe Wagstaff, Pat Walshe, Flo Ward, Amy Weber, Teddy West, Florence Wilson, Wanda Wood. Replacement actors: Florence Earle (as "Aunt Lucy"), Eleanor Etheridge (as "Foreman"), John Hall (as "P. Giersdorf"), William Powers (as "Insurance Agent"). Produced by Morris Green and Lewis E. Gensler.
- (1933) Stage Play: Hold Your Horses. Musical comedy. Music by Robert Russell Bennett, Robert A. Simon, Louis Alter, Arthur Swanstrom, Ben Oakland and Owen Murphy. Book by Russel Crouse and Corey Ford. Based on a play by Charles Beahan, Russel Crouse and Corey Ford. With many nonsensical moments by Joe Cook. Lyrics by Robert Russell Bennett, Robert A. Simon, Louis Alter, Arthur Swanstrom, Ben Oakland and Owen Murphy. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Gene Salzer. Featuring songs by Margot Millham and Leslie Stuart [posthumous credit]. Featuring songs with lyrics by Margot Millham, Owen Hall and J.P. Murray. Directed by John Shubert. All dances, ensembles and principals' dances by Robert Alton. Ballets created and staged by Harriet Hoctor. Stage Manager: Frederick De Cordova. Book directed by R.H. Burnside. Winter Garden Theatre: 25 Sep 1933- 9 Dec 1933 (88 performances). Cast: Jack Anthony, Walter Armin (as "Charles Rector"), James Babbitt, Julia Barker, Alayne Blair, W.K. Brady, Jack Burleigh, Lehman Byck, Jack Byrne, Phyllis Carroll, Emeeta Casanova, Andre Charise, Dave Chasen (as "Frothington"), Cecile Clancy, Jay Conley, Mary Connor,Joe Cook (as "Broadway Joe"), Colleen Cooper, Barbara Coswell, Inez Courtney (as "Gwen Fordyce"), Carmen Cuyler, Hene Damur, Helen Day, Dorothy Drum, Helene Ecklund, Marion Farrish, Margie Finley, Helen Folsom, Frances Ford, Jimmie Fox, Peggy Gallimore, Douglas Gilmore, John Glenn, Ruth Gormley, Edwin Guhl, Clarence Harvey, Maurine Holmes, Jack Howard, Meredith Howard, Virginia Howard, Jeryl Joyce, Adelaide Kaye, Josephine Kaye, Marguerite Kennedy, Connie Madison, Jane Manners, Lila Manor, Lola Manor, Gene Martel, Rosalie McCallion, Joe McKeon, Edward J. McNamara, Tully Millet, Jack Morrissey, R.J. Mulligan, Ona Munson (as "Marjory Ellis"), Donnell O'Brian, Emmett O'Brien, Eileen O'Connor, Ethel O'Dell, Olaf Olsen (as "Kid Hogan's Second"), Evelyn Page, Walter Palm (as "Bartender at Nigger Mike's"), Pat Palmer, Tom Patricola, Tesha Pierson, Ernest Recco, Harry Rogers, Polly Rose, Jean Ryan, Lovee Sabalis, George Schiller, Myra Scott, Charles Senna, C. Ellsworth Smith, Stanley Smith, Edna Strong, Frances Stutz, Tanya Tschergi, Frances Upton (as "Dolly Montague"), Dick Wallace, Rex Weber, Eugene Winchester, Jack Wolf, Sunny Wright, Dan Wyler. Produced by Producing Associates, Inc., Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert and Joe Cook. Produced under the supervision of John Shubert.
- (1936) Stage Play: Broadway Sho-Window. Musical revue. Sketches by Eugene Conrad. Lyrics by Eugene Conrad. Music by Gus Edwards. Additional lyrics by Ted Fetter and Howard Johnson. Additional music by Richard Lewine and Leo Edwards. Music orchestrated by Arthur Gutman. Choreographed by Bill Powers. Scenic Design by Clark Robinson. Directed by Gus Edwards. Broadway Theatre: 12 Apr 1936- 24 Apr 1936 (28 performances). Cast: Joan Alexander (as "Sixteen Sweet Sixteens"), Billy Ambrose, Ruth Ambrose, Gail Andrews (as "Sixteen Sweet Sixteens"), Armida, Bill Bailey, Aileen Barry (as "Sixteen Sweet Sixteens"), Lynne Carter (as "Sixteen Sweet Sixteens"), Milton Charleston, Joe Cook Jr., Barbara Coswell (as "Sixteen Sweet Sixteens"), DeBold Twins (as "Sixteen Sweet Sixteens"), Joe Dorris, Danny Drayson, Bob Easton, Fabello's Orchestra, Hal Forde [final Broadway role], Haline Frances, Jay Golden, Rosalind Golden, Constance Grandall, Bertrice Grey (as "Sixteen Sweet Sixteens"), Mary Louise Harper, Gretchen Kimmel, Myra Lott, Ed Lowry, Connie Lusby (as "Sixteen Sweet Sixteens"), Selma Marlowe, Evelyn Marsh (as "Sixteen Sweet Sixteens"), Ann Metzger, Jane Miller (as "Sixteen Sweet Sixteens"), Ondee Odette, Gerald Phillips, Mark Plant, Janee Rich (as "Sixteen Sweet Sixteens"), Larry Rich Jr., Jean Scott (as "Sixteen Sweet Sixteens"), Dorothy Stone (as "Sixteen Sweet Sixteens"), The Three Robbins, Al Verdi, Marion Volk (as "Sixteen Sweet Sixteens"), Bobette Walker. Produced by Gus Edwards.
- (1939) Stage Play: Off to Buffalo. Comedy. Written by Allen Boretz and Max Liebman. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Directed by Melville Burke. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 21 Feb 1939- Feb 1939 (7 performances). Cast: Matt Briggs (as "Barkas"), Frank Camp (as "Pop Clifford"), Nat Cantor (as "Maxie Kromm"), Peggy Chamberlain (as "Blossom"), Dudley Clements (as "Johnson"), Joe Cook (as "Gus Delaney"), Fay Courtney (as "Fanny Franum"), Hume Cronyn (as "Harry Quill"), George Dewey (as "The Flying Martels"), William Dewey (as "The Flying Martels"), Edmund Dorsay (as "Sprung"), Joan Engel (as "Lottie"), Otto Hulett (as "Gabby O'Keefe"), James Kelso (as "Phil Gordon"), Burton Lewis Jr. (as "Delivery Boy"), Fred Lightner (as "Johnny Melba"), Elizabeth Love (as "Evelyn Quill"), Martell Brothers (as "Pepe Brothers"), G. Albert Smith (as "McChesney"), Richard Taber (as "Mannheim"), Henry H. Tobias (as "Gill"), Luba Wesoly (as "Tuni"), Albert West (as "Laundry Man"), Harold Whalen (as "Bloom"). Produced by Albert Lewis.
- (1940) Stage Play: It Happens on Ice. Special. Music by Vernon Duke, Fred E. Ahlert and Peter De Rose. Lyrics by Al Stillman and Mitchell Parish. Musical Director: Erno Rapee. Choreographed by Catherine Littlefield. Assistant Choreographer: Robert Linden. Scenic Design by Norman Bel Geddes. Costume Design by Norman Bel Geddes. Lighting Design by Norman Bel Geddes. Conducted by David Mendoza. Directed by Leon Leonidoff. Center Theatre: 10 Oct 1940- 15 Jun 1941 (276 performances/on hiatus from 8 Mar 1941- 4 Apr 1941). Cast: Dorothy Allan, John Anderson, Donald Arthur, Betty Atkinson, Rawdon Barnes, Shirley Barney, Lloyd Baxter, Meryl Baxter, Gene Berg, Jeanne Berman, Howard Bissell, Edwina Blades, Eileen Brokaw, Audrey Butler, Gweneth Butler, Dorothy Caley, Hazel Caley, Angela Carson, Paul Castle, Charles Cavanaugh, Dorothy Chandler, Lynn Clare, Louise Clark, Lyle Clark, Joe Cook, Kay Corcoran, Jo Ann Dean, Bill Dewey, George Dewey, Fritz Dietl, John Dunaway, Marion Eddy, Joan Edwards, Scott Edwards, Arthur Erickson, Peggy Fahy, June Forrest, The Four Bruises, Gladys Gooding, Buster Grace, Ian Grey, Hertha Grossman, Charles Hain, William Hanston, Janet Hester, Theckla Horn, Pearl Joseph, May Judels, Jack Kilty, Felix Knight, Leon Kosofsky, Reszka Law, Le Verne, Tommy Lee, Bernice Loughborough, Tex Mangrum, Fred Marshall, Andy McBann, Albert McNulty, Margot Miller, Dr. A. Douglas Nelles, Arthur Nelles, Ruth Noland, Patsy O'Day, Lillian Oldham, Jack Reese, Rudy Richards, Ronnie Roberts, Florence Rohr, Neil Rose, Edmund Rudink, Trudy Schneider, Charles Senna, Clarence Senna, General Senna, Stan Skidmore, Charlie Slagle, Sidney Spaulding, Hedi Stenuf, Geoffe Stevens, Charles Storey, Montey Stott, Ethel Stout, Cliff Thael, Rona Thael, The Buccaneers, The Ice Age Quartet, Eileen Thompson, Helen Thompson, Freddie Trenkler, Georg Von Birgelen, Charlotte Weitzel, Kenny Williams, Gene Winchester, Mancy Mae Woodbury, James Wright, Mary Jane Yeo. Produced by Sonja Henie, Arthur M. Wirtz and Sonart Productions Inc. (William H. Burke, Production Director. Arthur M. Wirtz, Executive Director).
- (1942) Stage Play: This Is the Army. Musical revue. Music by Irving Berlin. Book by James McColl and Irving Berlin. Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Musical Director: Milton Rosenstock. Dialogue for Minstrel Show by Pvt. Jack Mendelsohn, Pfc. Richard Burdick and Pvt. Tom McDonnell. Music arrangements for dances by Pvt. Melvin Pahl. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Pvt. John Koenig. Choreographed by Cpl. Nelson Barclift and Sgt. Robert Sidney. Additional direction by Joshua Logan. Military Formations by Chester O'Brien. Directed by Sgt. Ezra Stone. Broadway Theatre: 4 Jul 1942- 26 Sep 1942 (113 performances). Cast: Pvt. Juss Addiss, Alan Anderson, Arthur Atkins, Pvt. Leonard Berchman, Eugene Leander Berg, Sgt. Irving Berlin, Dick Bernie, Pvt. Howard Brooks, Marion Brown, Peter J. Burns, Joe Bush, Pvt. Samuel Carr, Pvt. Stewart Churchill, Joe Cook [final Broadway role], Pvt. Belmonte Cristiani, Cpl. James A. Cross, Pvt. Louis de Milhau, Ross Elliott, Derek Fairman, Pvt. Ray Goss, Dan Healy, Hank Henry, William Home, Richard Irving, Burl Ives, Fred Kelly, Harold J. Kennedy, Pvt. Robert Kinne, Alan Manson, Pvt. Ralph Margelssen, James McColl, Sgt. John Mendes, Pvt. Gary Merrill, Pvt. Pinkie Mitchell, Robert Moore, John Murphy, Peter O'Neill, Pvt. Jules Oshins, Earl Oxford, Tileston Perry, Pvt. William Pillich, Richard Reeves, Jack Riano, William Roerick, Hayden Rorke, Pfc. Anthony Ross, Louis Salmon, Robert Shanley, Sgt. Robert Sidney, Sgt. Arthur Steiner, Sgt. Ezra Stone, The Allon Trio, Philip Truex, Norman Van Emburgh, Pvt. Claude Watson, Pvt. Larry Weeks, Pvt. William Wykoff. Produced by Uncle Sam (U.S. Government). Produced on film as This Is the Army (1943).
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