- (1912 - 1935) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1912) Stage Play: Ready Money. Written by James Montgomery. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 19 Aug 1912- Dec 1912 (closing date unknown/128 performances). Cast: William Courtenay, James Bradbury, Gordon Burby, Scott Cooper, Smith Davies, Leo Donnelly [Broadway debut], Margaret Greene, Alfred A. Hesse, J.K. Hutchinson, Ben Johnson, Joseph Kilgour (as "Jackson Ives"), Henry Miller, Guy Nichols, Clarence Rockefeller, Norman Tharp, George Loane Tucker. Produced by H.H. Frazee.
- (1913) Stage Play: Potash and Perlmutter. Written by Montague Glass [earliest Broadway credit] and Charles Klein. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 16 Aug 1913- Sep 1915 (closing date unknown/441 performances). Cast: Barney Bernard (as "Abe Potash"), Alexander Carr (as "Mawruss Perlmutter"), Marguerite Anderson (as "Irma"), Fred Carter, Leo Donnelly, Louise Dresser (as "Ruth Snyder"), Grace Fielding, Edward Gillespie, Stanley Jessup, Joseph Kilgour (as "Feldman"), Lee Kohlmar, Dorothy Landers, Gertrude Millington, Albert Parker (as "Boris Andrieff") [final Broadway role], Arthur J. Pickens, Russell Pincus, Dore Rogers. Produced by A.H. Woods. Notes: (1) One of the biggest hits on Broadway prior to WWI (2) Filmed by Goldwyn Pictures Corp. [distributed by Associated First National Pictures] as Potash and Perlmutter (1923).
- (1915) Stage Play: Cousin Lucy. Musical comedy. Written by Charles Klein. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Schuyler Green. Musical Director: August Kleinecke. Additional music by August Kleinecke and Percy Wenrich. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Additional lyrics by Edward Madden. Choreographed by Dave Bennett. Directed by Robert Milton. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 27 Aug 1915- 2 Oct 1915 (43 performances). Cast: J.W. Ashley (as "Broad"), James Budd (as "Chauffeur"), Ned Burton (as "James Baldwin"), Claudia Carlstead (as "Ensemble"), Marie Chambers (as "Mrs. Hillary Bronson"), Leo Donnelly (as "Klayburgh"), Julian Eltinge (as "Jerry Jackson") [final Broadway role], Claiborne Foster (as "Dorothy Walbrook"), Henry Friend (as "Policeman"), Edith Hanbury (as "Mrs. Henshaw"), Elsie Marquette (as "Ensemble"), Jane Oaker (as "Queeny"), Lillian Ormonde (as "Ensemble"), Alice Palmer (as "Ensemble"), Irene Palmer (as "Della/Ensemble"), Mrs. Stuart Robson (as "Mrs. Wallingford"), Ethel Russell (as "Ensemble"), Grace Russell (as "Ensemble"), Mark Smith (as "Hillary Bronson"), Frank Stevens (as "Expressman"), Edna Stillwell (as "Ensemble"), Olive Tell (as "Angela Baldwin") [Broadway debut], Grace Walton (as "Ensemble"), Austin Webb (as "Horace Holden"), Dallas Welford (as "Bister"), Elsie Weller (as "Ensemble"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1915) Stage Play: Abe and Mawruss. Written by Roi Cooper Megrue and Montague Glass. Directed by Roi Cooper Megrue. Lyric Theatre: 21 Oct 1915- Apr 1916 (closing date unknown/196 performances). Cast: Corinne Riely Barker, Barney Bernard, Mathilde Cottrelly, Katherine De Barry, Leo Donnelly, Louise Dresser, Claiborne Foster, Robert Gibson, Carl Hartberg, Walter Horton, Lee Kohlmar, Fred H. Speare, James W. Spottswood, Amy Sumers, Julius Tannen. Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1916) Stage Play: Object--Matrimony. Written by Montague Glass and Jules Eckert Goodman. Cohan & Harris Theatre (moved to The 48th Street Theatre on 13 Nov 1916- close): 25 Oct 1916- Nov 1916 (closing date unknown/30 performances). Cast: Mathilde Cottrelly, Irving Cummings, Jess Dandy, William Dixon, Leo Donnelly, Philip Dunning, Emil Hoch, Jules Jordan, William J. Kane, Wright Kramer, Philip Loeb, Joseph Lothian, Robert Robbins, Max Rossi, Jean Temple, Marjorie Wood. Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1917) Stage Play: Mary's Ankle.
- (1920) Stage Play: No More Blondes. Farce. Written by Otto A. Harbach. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 7 Jan 1920- Feb 1920 (closing date unknown/29 performances). Cast: Frank Allworth, Alice Belmore[credited as Alice Belmore Cliffe], Leo Donnelly (as "George Harper"), Edward Douglas, Nancy Fair, Elizabeth Gergely, Yvonne Gouraud, Ernest Truex (as "James Howells"), Muriel Hope (as "May Merkel"), Edwin Walter (as "Thad Lynch"), Dallas Welford (as "Tanner"), Eileen Wilson(as "Eve Powell"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1920) Stage Play: The Meanest Man in the World. Comedy. Written by Augustin MacHugh. Based on a skit by Everett Ruskay. Directed by John Meehan. Hudson Theatre: 12 Oct 1920- Apr 1921 (closing date unknown/202 performances). Cast: George M. Cohan (as "Richard Clarke"), Elwood F. Bostwick, Howard Boulden, George W. Callahan, Hugh Cameron, Alice Chapin, Marion Coakley (as "Jane Hudson"), Leo Donnelly (as "Carlton Childs"), Ruth Donnelly (as "Kitty Crockett"), John T. Doyle, Fletcher Harvey (as "Franklyn Fielding"), Leona Hogarth, Norval Keedwell (as "Ned Stephens"), Peter Raymond, Ralph Sipperly (as "Bart Nash"). Produced by George M. Cohan.
- (1921) Stage Play: Back Pay. Drama.
- (1923) Stage Play: We've Got to Have Money. Comedy.
- (1925) Stage Play: Big Boy. Musical comedy. Music by James F. Hanley and Joseph Meyer. Book by Harold Atteridge. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva. Mr. Jolson's Orchestrations by Alfred Goodman. Music orchestrated by Emil Gerstenberger. Dances and Ensembles Arranged by Seymour Felix and Larry Ceballos. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Dialogue Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Winter Garden Theatre: 7 Jan 1925- 14 Mar 1925 (56 performances). Cast: Al Jolson (as "Gus"), George Andre(as "Dancer"), Marion Andre (as "Show Girls"), Wyn Ayres (as "Show Girls"), Edythe Baker (as "Phyllis Carter"), Hugh Banks (as "Joe Warren"), Franklyn Batie (as "Jim Redding/Tucker"), Frank Beaston (as "Jack Bedford"), Adolphe Beck (as "Men"), Peggy Bernier (as "Dancer"), May Birt (as "Show Girls"), Freddie Bond (as "Show Girls"), William Bonelli (as "Legrande"), Bobbie Brandeis (as "Men"), Colin Campbell (as "Steve Leslie"), Elsie Carroll (as "Dancer") [Broadway debut], Nancy Carroll (as "Show Girls"), Terry Carroll (as "Show Girls") [Broadway debut], Irving Carter (as "Danny/Men"), Al Clair (as "Men"), Lee Cutler (as "Dancer"), Jewel Dalores (as "Dancer"), Clifford Daly (as "Men"), Leo Donnelly (as "Doc Wilbur"), Helen Doyle (as "Dancer"), Minnie Dupree (as "Dancer"), William C. Elkins (as "Jubilee Singer"), Flo Evers (as "Show Girls"), Albert Ford (as "Men"), Ethel Fuller (as "Dancer"), Rose Gallagher (as "Show Girls"), George Gilday (as "Judkins"), Peggy Gillespie (as "Dancer"), Janice Glenn (as "Dancer"), Maude Turner Gordon (as "Mrs. Bedford"), Walter A. Gray (as "Jubilee Singer"), Mabel Grete (as "Dancer"), Patti Harrold (as "Annabelle Bedford"), Louise Hersey (as "Show Girls"), Alma Hookey (as "Dancer"), Wilbert B. Howard (as "Jubilee Singer"), George E. Jackson (as "Jubilee Singer"), Frankie James (as "Dolly Graham"), Naoe Kondo (as "Dancer"), Harry Lake (as "Men"), Lewis Laub (as "Men"), Flo Lewis (as "Tessie Forbes"), Madge Lorraine (as "Show Girls"), Walter Lowery (as "Men"), Dotty Mae (as "Dancer"), Charles Moran (as "Mr. Gray/Tout"), Dinky Ozmont (as "Dancer"), Arthur H. Payne (as "Jubilee Singer"), Mary Phillips (as "Show Girls"), Jack Ray (as "Men"), Ralph Reader (as "Men"), Thelma Robinson (as "Dancer"), Mose R. Ross (as "Jubilee Singer"), Dorothy Rudac (as "Dancer"), Ruth Savoy (as "Dancer"), Edith Scott (as "Caroline Purdy"), Arthur S. Shaw (as "Jubilee Singer"), L.C. Sherman (as "Manager"), Madeline Smith (as "Show Girls"), George Spelvin [actor who wished to remain anonymous] (as "Silent Ransom"), Rose Stone (as "Dancer"), Esther Tanney (as "Dancer"), Kelly Thompson (as "Jubilee Singer"), William L. Thorne (as "Bully John Bagby/Wainwright"), Helen Wallace (as "Dancer"), Walter Wandell (as "Men"), Dorothy Wegman (as "Show Girls"), Carl D. White (as "Jubilee Singer"), Minnie White (as "Dancer"), Ralph Whitehead (as "Coley Reid"), Casco Williams (as "Jubilee Singer"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Note: Filmed by Warner Bros./Vitaphone Corporation as Big Boy (1930).
- (1925) Stage Play: Big Boy. Musical comedy (revival). Music by James F. Hanley and Joseph Meyer. Book by Harold Atteridge. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva. Directed by J.J. Shubert. 44th Street Theatre: 24 Aug 1925- Dec 1925 (closing date unknown/120 performances). Cast: George Andre (as "Dancer"), Edythe Baker (as "Annabelle Bedford"), Hugh Banks (as "Joe Warren"), Franklyn Batie (as "Jim Redding/Tucker"), Cosmo Bellew (as "Steve Leslie"), William Bonelli (as "Legrande"), Leo Donnelly (as "Doc Wilbur"), George Gilday (as "Judkins"), Ralph Glover (as "Jack Bedford"), Maude Turner Gordon (as "Mrs. Bedford") [final Broadway role], Frank Holmes (as "Mr. Gray/Tout"), Frankie James (as "Dolly Graham"), Al Jolson (as "Gus"), Flo Lewis (as "Tessie Forbes"), Edith Rose-Scott (as "Phyllis Carter"), Dorothy Rudac (as "Dancer"), L.C. Sherman (as "Manager"), George Spelvin (as "Silent Ransom"), William L. Thorne (as "Bully John Bagby"), Wainwright"), Peggy Bernier (as "Watson"), Ralph Whitehead (as "Coley Reid"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Note: Filmed by Warner Bros./Vitaphone Corporation as Big Boy (1930).
- (1927) Stage Play: Money from Home. Comedy.
- (1927) Stage Play: White Lights. Musical comedy. Music by J. Fred Coots. Material by Paul Gerard Smith and Leo Donnelly. Lyrics by Al Dubin and Dolph Singer. Music orchestrated by Louis Katzman. Musical Director: Tom Jones. Choreographed by Walter Brooks and Ray Perez. Ritz Theatre: 11 Oct 1927- 5 Nov 1927 (31 performances). Cast: Sam Ash, James Barbour, James S. Barrett, Rosalie Claire, Vera Clarke, Dorothy Deeder, Doris deLanti, Leo Donnelly (as "Syd Burke"), Gordon and King, James Howkins, J. Harry Jenkins, Bessie Kademova, Gertrude Lang, Frank Leslie, Mildred Lorrain, Robert Lynn, Marion Marchante, Mildred Morrow, Molly O'Doherty, Florence Parker, Leonard Scott, Evelyn Shea, Edna Skodak, Jimmie Steiger, Diana White, Ada Winston, Tammany Young (as "Teddy Harlow"). Produced by James La Penna.
- (1929) Stage Play: The Crooks' Convention. Farce/satire.
- (1930) Stage Play: Spook House. Drama/mystery.
- (1930) Stage Play: Pagan Lady. Drama.
- (1931) Stage Play: Hot Money. Comedy.
- (1933) Stage Play: Man Bites Dog. Farce.
- (1934) Stage Play: The Milky Way. Comedy. Written by Lynn Root and Harry Clork. Directed by William W. Schorr. Cort Theatre: 8 May 1934- Jul 1934 (closing date unknown/63 performances). Cast: John Brown, Brian Donlevy (as "Speed McFarland"), Leo Donnelly (as "Gabby Sloan") [final Broadway role], Edward Emerson, William Foran, Gladys George (as "Anne Westey"), Emily Lowry, Hugh O'Connell (as "Burleigh Sullivan"), Bernard Pathe. Produced by Sidney Harmon and James R. Ullman. Note: Considering it did not recoup it's investment, this play proved surprising durable on film. It was purchased rather cheaply by Paramount-- recently out of receivership-- and produced as a Harold Lloyd vehicle as The Milky Way (1936) (a flop) and reworked a decade later for The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) (a hit) with Danny Kaye in the starring role.
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