- (1935 - 1940) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1935) Stage Play: A Lady Detained. Comedy. Written by Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer. Directed by Clifford Brooke. Ambassador Theatre: 9 Jan 1935- Jan 1935 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Clifford Brooke (as "Craig Palmer"), William David (as "George Merrill"), Gae Fortune (as "Clara"), Shirley Gibbs (as "Louise"), Jane Grey (as "Helen Palmer"), Jack Hartley (as "Buzz Willett"), Ralph Holmes (as "Jimmie") [Broadway debut], John M. Kline (as "Inspector Wheeler"), Sydney Mason (as "Frank Cavola"), Claudia Morgan (as "Joan Palmer"), Helene Petri (as "Chi-Chi"), Oscar Shaw (as "Duke Bradford"), Tom Tempest (as "Happy Jackson"), Calvin Thomas (as "Joe Darcy"). Produced by S.L. Latham.
- (1936) Stage Play: You Can't Take It With You. Comedy. Written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Techncial Assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Isaac Benesch. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Booth Theatre (moved to The Imperial Theatre from 19 Sep 1938- close): 14 Dec 1936- 3 Dec 1938 (838 performances). Cast: Ruth Attaway (as "Rheba"), Jess Barker, Frank Conlan (as "Mr. DePinna"), Mitzi Hajos, Virginia Hammond, Franklin Heller, George Heller, Ralph Holmes (as "G-Man"), Josephine Hull (as "Penelope Sycamore"), William J. Kelly, George Leach, Anna Lubowe, Oscar Polk (as "Donald"), Hugh Rennie (as "Wilbur C. Henderson"), Margot Stevenson (as "Alice Sycamore"), George Tobias (as "Boris Kolenkhov"), Henry Travers (as "Martin Vanderhof/Grandpa") [final Broadway role], Paula Trueman (as "Essie"), Frank Wilcox. Produced by Sam Harris. Replacement actors during Booth Theatre run: Aldrich Bowker (as "Martin Vanderhof, Grandpa"), George Calvert (as "G-Man"), C.M. Clough (as "G-Man"), Muni Seroff (as "Boris Kolenkhov"), Fred Stone. Replacement actors during Imperial Theatre run: None. Note: Filmed as You Can't Take It with You (1938).
- (1938) Stage Play: Where Do We Go From Here? Comedy. Written by William Bowers. Directed by Anatol Winogradoff. Vanderbilt Theatre: 15 Nov 1938- Nov 1938 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Cathie Bailey (as "Carole Lester"), Stanley Becker (as "Tex"), Richard S. Bishop (as "Bailiff"), George Carleton (as "Doc Saunders"), Don DeFore (as "Rennie") [Broadway debut], Will Dean (as "Einie"), Gilbert Fates (as "Ken"), James Fuller (as "Frank"), Edmund Glover (as "Perc"), Paul Hammond (as "Joe King"), Ralph Holmes (as "Nels"), John James (as "Jones"), John Laird (as "Blackie"), Theodore Leavitt (as "Harry Harris"), Hugh Martin (as "Phil"), Charles Mendick (as "Ted Miller"), Michael Owen (as "Jack Hanley"), Ed. Sabol (as "Butch"), James Truex (as "Bill"). Produced by Oscar Hammerstein II and Dwight Taylor.
- (1939) Stage Play: Day in the Sun. Comedy. Written by Edward Sammis and Ernest Van Heyn. Directed by Arthur Sircom. Biltmore Theatre: 16 May 1939- May 1939 (closing date unknown/6 performances). Cast: St. Clair Bayfield, Matt Briggs, Edward Butler, Royal Cutter, Jacqueline DeWitt, Franklyn Fox, Jack Hasker, Ralph Holmes, Taylor Holmes, Frank McCormick, Maida Reade, Elizabeth Reller, Sorele Sayer, James Todd, James Truex. Produced by Forbes Dawson.
- (1939) Stage Play: Yokel Boy. Musical comedy. Book by Lew Brown. Music by Lew Brown, Charles Tobias and Sam H. Stept. Lyrics by Lew Brown, Charles Tobias and Sam H. Stept. Choreographed by Gene Snyder. Scenic Design by Walter Jagemann. Directed by Lew Brown. Majestic Theatre: 6 Jul 1939- 6 Jan 1940 (208 performances). Cast: Judy Canova (as "Judy"), Buddy Ebsen (as "Elmer Whipple"), Charles Althoff (as "Grandpa Hawkins, Mayor"), Kalli Barton (as "Yokel Girl"), Bob Beh (as "Yokel Boy"), Lorraine Belore (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Jeanne Bergersen (as "Yokel Girl/Lady of the Ensemble"), James L.A. Burrell (as "Minute Man from Lexington'), Anne Canova [credited as Ann Canova] (as "Annie") [final Broadway role], Zeke Canova (as "Hank") [final Broadway role], Charles Clarke (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Ray Clarke (as "Assistant to "Punko Parks"), Pamela Clifford (as "Yokel Girl"), Helen Cole (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Muriel Cole (as "Yokel Girl"), Phil Crosbie (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Marguerite De Coursey (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Helen Dell (as "Yokel Girl"), Dixie Dunbar (as "Tiny"), Jane Everett (as "Yokel Girl"), Margaret Fitzpatrick (as "Yokel Girl"), Miriam Franklyn (as "Yokel Girl"), Lew Hearn (as "Mr. Rubbish"), Jackie Heller (as "Spud"), Ralph Holmes (as "Jimmy Powell") [final Broadway role], Lois January (as "Mary Hawkins"), Roy Johnston (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Marjorie Johnstone (as "Yokel Girl"), Grace Kaye (as "Yokel Girl"), Glorianna King (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Dick Langdon (as "Doorman/Yokel Boy"), Kathryn Lazell (as "Yokel Girl"), Jeanette Lee (as "Yokel Girl"), Velma Lord (as "Yokel Girl"), Marion Lulling (as "Yokel Girl"), Alice Malteur (as "Yokel Girl"), Joan Mann (as "Yokel Girl"), Gloria Martin (as "Yokel Girl"), Mary Joan Martin (as "Yokel Girl"), Dorothy Matthews (as "Yokel Girl"), Maxine Moore (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), F. Richard Moors (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Eddie Murray (as "Yokel Boy"), Mortimer O'Brien (as "Yokel Boy"), Joseph Peterson (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Mark Plant (as "Blacksmith"), Frances Rands (as "Yokel Girl"), Ruth Rathbun (as "Marie/Yokel Girl"), Jack Richards (as "Another Gateman/Yokel Boy"), Tina Rigat (as "Yokel Girl"), Ralph Riggs (as "Cliff Hawkins"), Ben H. Roberts (as "Sheriff"), Renee Russell (as "Yokel Girl"), Louis Salmon (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Sid Salzer (as "Gateman/Yokel Boy"), Almira Sessions (as "Mrs. Hawkins"), Phil Shaw (as "Yokel Boy"), Donald Showalter (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Phil Silvers (as "Punko Parks") [Broadway debut], Helene Standish (as "Angelina Bouchet/Lady of the Ensemble"), Turnley Walker (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Harold Woodward (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Natalie Wynn (as "Yokel Girl"). Replacement actors: Irene Austin (as "Yokel Girl"), James Burrell [credited as James L.A. Burrell] (as "Spud") [final Broadway role], Peggy Conrad (as "Yokel Girl"), Evelyn Cooper (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Jessie Fullam (as "Yokel Girl"), Bubbles Gordon (as "Yokel Girl"), Mildred Hamilton (as "Yokel Girl"). Produced by Lew Brown. Note: Filmed as Yokel Boy (1942).
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