- (1919 - 1938) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1919) Stage Play: See-Saw. Musical comedy. Book by Earl Derr Biggers. Music by Louis A. Hirsch. Lyrics by Earl Derr Biggers. Musical direction by Max Steiner. Musical staging by Julian Alfred. Directed by John McKee. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 23 Sep 1919- 29 Nov 1919 (89 performances). Cast: George Barbier, Ted Bellinger, Walter Bellinger, Helen Bolton, Marie Coulais, Charlie Brown, Florence Browne, Kathleen Carroll, Frank Carter, Ella Danaher, Charles Esdale, Horace M. Gardner, Dorothy Gilbert, Frederick Graham, Byron Halstead, Elizabeth Hines, Eleanor Livingston, Jeanette Lowrie, Connie Madison, Dorothy Mackaye, Charles Meakin, Gwen Monteir, Jimmie Parker, Ruth Parker, Sydney Reynolds, Guy Robertson [Broadway debut], Fred Ryker, Dorothy Smoller, Rose Stone, Wesley Totten, Helene Travis, Jerry Walsh, Dorothy Whitmore. Produced by Henry W. Savage.
- (1938) Stage Play: Right This Way.
- (1921) Stage Play: The Perfect Fool. Musical revue. Book by Ed Wynn. Lyrics by Ed Wynn. Music by Ed Wynn. Featuring songs with lyrics by Harry Richman and Lou Davis. Orchestra under the direction of Antonio Bafunno. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh. Directed by Julian Mitchell. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 7 Nov 1921- 1 Jul 1922 (275 performances). Cast: Kathryn Annis, Fred Ardath, Rose Boulais, Polly Bowman, Bobbie Breslaw, Florence Brooks, John Dale, Peggy Ellis, Margaret Ferguson, Anita Furman, Belle Gannon, Marjory Grant, Edna May Hamel, Dolla Harkins, Margaret Hoban, Katharine Kaye, Helen Kerr, Harriette Keyes, Marion King, Ivey Kirkwood, Gladys Laird, Grace Larue, Lorna Lincoln, Irene Mayberry, Madge McCarthy, Aline McGill, Flo Newton, Estelle Penning, True Rice, Marion Rich, Guy Robertson, Grace Russell, Edna Terry, Janet Velie, Dade Winlack, Johan Wittman, Ed Wynn. Produced by Abraham L. Erlanger.
- (1922) Stage Play: Daffy Dill. Musical comedy. Music by Herbert Stothart. Book by Guy Bolton and Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Direction by Herbert Stothart. Additional lyrics by Kenneth Keith. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Apollo Theatre: 22 Aug 1922- 21 Oct 1922 (71 performances). Cast: Bernice Ackerman, Irene Anderson, Violet Andrews, Lynn Berry, Marjorie Clements, Grace Culbert, Eleanor Dell, Yvette DuBois, Frances Grant, Rollin Grimes Jr., Mary Haun, Jessie Howe, Jacquelyn Hunter, Elizabeth Keene, Margaret Keene, Victor Kenfield, Ethel Kinley, Grace La Rue, Violet Lobell, Genevieve Markam, Harry Mayo, Carolyn Maywood, Alfred Milano, Harry Miller, Benjamin Mulvey, Fern Oakley, Beatrice O'Connor, Irene Olsen, Georgia O'Ramey, Marion Phillips, Frederick Renoff, Guy Robertson (as "Kenneth Hobson"), Harry Rocca, Marius Rogate, Galdino Sedano, Peggy Stohl, Marion Sunshine, Frank Tinney, Charles Townshend, Samuel Vean, Joan Warner, Imogene Wilson, Ted Wing. Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.
- (1923) Stage Play: Wildflower. Musical. Music by Herbert Stothart and Vincent Youmans. Book by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Direction by Herbert Stothart. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Gowns and Costumes Designed by Charles Le Maire. Scenic Design by Gates & Morange. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by Oscar Eagle. Casino Theatre: 7 Feb 1923- 29 Mar 1924 (477 performances). Cast: Edith Day (as "Nina Benedetto"), Florence Ashton, Evelyn Cavanaugh, Viola Clarens, Elizabeth Coyle, Jerome Daley, James Doyle, Charles Froom, Frank Grinell, Muriel Harrison, Adele Hart, Agnes Horter, Esther Howard (as "Lucrezia La Roche"), Olin Howland (as "Gabrielle"), Robert Hurst, Charles Judels (as "Gaston La Roche"), Al Kinley, Louis Laub, Helen Lewis, Ursula Mack, Genevieve Markham, Beverly Maude, William McGurn, Myrtle Miller, Margaret Morris, Verona Oakley, Marie Otto, Marion Phillips, Paul Porter, Marion Randall, Martinez Randall, Guy Robertson, Kenneth Smith, Sybil Steward, Peggy Stohl, Emmy Tattersall, Marjorie Wood. Replacement actors: Gladys Dore (as "Bianca Benedetto"), Bernard Gorcey (as "Gaston La Roche"), Bobby Higgins (as "Gabrielle"), Viviene Russell (as "Lady of the Ensemble"). Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.
- (1925) Stage Play: Song of the Flame. Musical/opera/romance. Music by Herbert Stothart and George Gershwin. Book by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Director: Herbert Stothart. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Dances and Ensemble pictures arranged by Jack Haskell. Book directed by Frank Reicher. 44th Street Theatre: 30 Dec 1925- 10 Jul 1926 (219 performances). Cast: Vasily Andrewsky (as "Russian Art Singer"), Alice Ankers (as "American Ballet"), Miriam Avendale (as "American Ballet"), Chester Bennett (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Ima Berline (as "American Ballet"), Hal Bird (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Dorothy Booth (as "American Ballet "), Marion Booth (as "American Ballet"), Helen Bowers (as "American Ballet"), Phoebe Brune (as "Natasha"), Konstantin Buketoff (as "Russian Art Singer"), Hugh Cameron (as "Nicholas"), Adelaide Candee (as "American Ballet"), Terry Carroll (as "American Ballet"), Blanche Collins (as "Olga"), Ann Constance (as "American Ballet"), William Cooper (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Betty Credito (as "American Ballet"), Louise Dalberg (as "An Avenger"), Greek Evans (as "Konstantin"), Lotta Fanning (as "American Ballet"), Paul Florence (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Bernard Gorcey (as "Count Boris"), Mary Green (as "American Ballet"), Georgia Gwynne (as "American Ballet"), Buddie Haines (as "American Ballet"), Elvinne Hall (as "American Ballet"), James Herold (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Louise Hersey (as "American Ballet"), Edith Higgens (as "American Ballet"), Elizabeth Hill (as "American Ballet"), Margie Horton (as "American Ballet"), Gene Hylan (as "American Ballet"), Zina Ivanova (as "Russian Art Singer"), Carolyn Johnson-White (as "American Ballet"), Tessa Kosta (as "Aniuta/The Flame"), Dorothy Lee (as "American Ballet"), Bob LeRoy (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Harry Long (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Lillyan Lyndon (as "American Ballet"), Dorothy MacKaye (as "Grusha"), Elsie Marcus (as "American Ballet"), Miss Milli (as "American Ballet"), Christine Moray (as "American Ballet"), Frances Nevins (as "American Ballet"), Lylian Ojala (as "American Ballet"), Lucille Osborn (as "American Ballet"), Sylvia Pagano (as "American Ballet"), Adelaide Permin (as "American Ballet"), Anna Petrenko (as "Russian Art Singer"), Laurie Phillips (as "American Ballet"), Ruby Poe (as "American Ballet"), Troupe Reynolds (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Guy Robertson (as "Prince Volodya"), Elsa Roelofsma (as "American Ballet"), Ruth Sato (as "American Ballet"), Ula Sharon (as "Nadya"), Emily Sherman (as "American Ballet"), Jeannie St. John (as "American Ballet"), Leonard St. Leo (as "A Dancer"), Audrey Sturges (as "American Ballet"), Dorothy Thattell (as "American Ballet"), Frances Thress (as "American Ballet"), Philip Titman (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Willard Tyson (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Miss Verdi (as "American Ballet"), Donald Wells (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Eileen Wenzel (as "American Ballet"), Paul Wilson (as "Alexis"). Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Circus Princess. Musical/operetta. Music by Emmerich Kálmán. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Book by Harry B. Smith. Based on the Viennese original by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. Musical Direction by Alfred Goodman. Costume Design by Ernest Schrapps. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Choreographed by Allan K. Foster. Directed by J.C. Huffman and Marcel Varneli. Winter Garden Theatre: 25 Apr 1927- 8 Oct 1927 (192 performances). Cast: Bill Arnold (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Barry (as "Prince Palinsky"), George Bickel (as "Pelican"), Michael Brent (as "Ensemble"), William Browne (as "Ensemble"), Russell Bryant (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Chamber (as "Ensemble"), Karin Colon (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Coppe (as "Ensemble"), Billy Culloo (as "Porter/Ensemble"), Fred Derrick (as "An Old Clown"), Ted Doner (as "Toni Schlumberger"), Edward Donohue (as "Ensemble"), Tom Donohue (as "Ensemble"), Herbert Eaddy (as "Ensemble"), Gloria Foy (as "Mabel Gibson"), Rose Gordon (as "Ensemble"), Edouard Grobe (as "Footman"), Jessica Hagenah (as "Ensemble"), Poodles Hanneford (as "First Cossack/Bus Boy"), Stanley Harrison (as "Baron Sakuskine"), George Hassell (as "Grand Duke Sergius"), Virginia Hassell (as "Barmaid/Ensemble"), John Henry (as "Archbishop"), Frank Horn (as "Lieutenant Petrovitch/Ensemble"), Paul Jones (as "Ensemble"), Starr West Jones (as "Nicholas/Grand Duke's Adjutant/Ensemble"), Florence Kowalewska (as "Ensemble"), Oscar Lowande (as "A Clown"), Margaret Luerssen (as "Ensemble"), Herbert Lyle (as "Paul/An Officer/Ensemble"), Donald McGill (as "Ensemble"), Wilma Miller (as "Ensemble"), Marie Minor (as "Ensemble"), Gerald Moore (as "Ensemble"), Raymond Moore (as "Ensemble"), Florence Morrison (as "Frau Schlumberger"), James C. Morton (as "Pinelli/Second Cossack/First Waiter"), Phyllis Newkirk (as "Ensemble"), Robert Emmett O'Connor (as "Stanislavsky"), Katherine O'Neale (as "Ensemble"), Mary Patterson (as "Ensemble"), Guy Robertson (as "Prince Alexis Orloff/Mr. X"), Edmund Ruffner (as "Commissionaire/Majordomo"), Alfred Russ (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Scheerer (as "Ensemble"), Bob Schutte (as "Ensemble"), Harry Shackelford (as "Constantine/Ensemble"), Stella Shields (as "Ensemble"), Desiree Tabor (as "Princess Fedora Palinska"), Joseph Toner (as "Ivan Panin"), Sam True (as "Ensemble"), Roy Vitalis (as "Loris/Ensemble"), Eleanor Witmar (as "Ensemble"), Max Wolfe (as "Ensemble"), John Zimmerman (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1927) Stage Play: Lovely Lady. Musical comedy. Music by Dave Stamper and Harold A. Levey. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 29 Dec 1927- 19 May 1928 (164 performances). Produced by J.J. Shubert and Lee Shubert.
- (1928) Stage Play: White Lilacs. Musical. Music by Karl Hajos. Book by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Original German book by Sigurd Johannsen. Musical Director: Pierce de Reeder. Additional music by Maurice Ruebens and Sammy Timberg [earliest Broadway credit]. Additional lyrics by David Goldberg and J. Keirn Brennan. Ensembles directed by Vaughn Godfrey. Directed by George F. Marion. Shubert Theatre (moved to Jolson's 59th Street Theatre from 8 Oct 1928- close): 10 Sep 1928- 12 Jan 1929 (136 performances). Cast: Catherine Allen (as "Ensemble"), Melba Alter (as "Louison/One of Trio"), Louise Beaudet (as "Catherine"), Helen Bishop (as "Ensemble"), Grace Brinkley (as "Delphine Potocka"), John Campbell (as "Ensemble"), Madeline Clancy (as "Ensemble"), Charles Croker-King (as "Giacomo Meyerbeer"), William Demarest (as "Ensemble"), Diana Doering (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Drake (as "Ensemble"), Eliz Fergusson (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Forsythe (as "Ensemble"), Mae Golding (as "Ensemble"), William Hall (as "Ensemble"), Maurice Holland (as "Gaston de Flavigny"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "Dubusson"), Frank Horn (as "Prince Obelenski/Ensemble"), Juanita (as "Juanita"), Ernest Lawford (as "Heinrich Heine"), Vivian Lynn (as "Ensemble"), Wallace Magill (as "Ensemble"), Eva Mascagno (as "Mlle. Taglioni"), Steven McNulty (as "Ensemble"), Odette Myrtil (as "Madame George Sand"), Phyllis Newkirk (as "Marquise De Mours/One of Trio)), Paco (as "Paco"), Helen Page (as "Ensemble"), Louise Randolph (as "Ensemble"), Phil Reep (as "Ensemble"), Guy Robertson (as "Frederic Chopin"), Allan Rogers (as "Luselle"), Vernon Rudolph (as "Franz Liszt/Ensemble"), Edna Starck (as "Ensemble"), Franklin Van Horn (as "Balzac"), Douglas Vincent (as "Ensemble"), Frank Weiner (as "Ensemble"), Charlotte Woodruff (as "Countess D'Agoult/One of Trio"), Dora Zommerowna (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1929) Stage Play: The Street Singer. Musical comedy. Music by John Gilbert, Nicholas Kempner and Sammy Timberg. Book by Cyrus Wood and Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Graham John. Featuring songs by Richard Meyers. Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward Eliscu. Musical Director: Pierre De Reeder. Directed by Busby Berkeley. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Royale Theatre from 17 Feb 1930- close): 17 Sep 1929- 7 Mar 1930 (191 performances). Cast: Jane Alden (as "Mabel Brown"), Anne Austin (as "Ensemble"), Edith Blaire (as "Ensemble"), Milton Brodus (as "Ensemble"), Virla Burley (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Cornell (as "Muriel"), Don Cortez (as "First Tourist/Ensemble"), Ruth Cunliffe (as "Ensemble"), Maxine Darrell (as "Ensemble"), Clark Eggleston (as "Ensemble"), Mary Ferber (as "Ensemble"), Frank Gagen (as "Second Tourist/Ensemble"), Ed Garvie (as "Colonel Brown"), Helen Hall (as "Ensemble"), Larry Hogan (as "Second Agent of Police/(as "Ensemble"), Rita Hogan (as "Ensemble"), Catherine Huth (as "Ensemble"), Barrett James (as "Ensemble"), Walter Johnson (as "Doorman/Manager of Folies Bergere/Theatre Attendant"), Dorothy Joy (as "Ensemble"), Jack Kelley (as "Waiter"), Nell Kelly (as "Annette"), Agnes Kielty (as "Ensemble"), Frank Lalor (as "Prefect of Police"), Elsie Lauritsen (as "Ensemble"), Barbara Lee (as "Ensemble"), Dora Lee (as "Ensemble"), Nick Long (as "Ronnie"), Jane Love (as "Ensemble"), Jimmy Lyman (as "The Baron"), Hazel Maguire (as "Ensemble"), Audrey Maple (as "Erminie"), Isabelle McLaughlin (as "Ensemble"), May Meeris (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Morgan (as "Ensemble"), Harry K. Morton (as "Louis"), Betty O'Day (as "Ensemble"), Marian Palmer (as "Louise"), Shirley Parshall (as "Ensemble"), Phil Reep (as "Manager of Cafe Royal/Jean Baptiste"), Guy Robertson (as "George"), Cesar Romero (as "John") [Broadway debut], Kathryn Ross (as "Ensemble"), Kay Ross (as "A Lady"), George Saylor (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Shields (as "Claire"), Arthur Shnitzer (as "Ensemble"), Queenie Smith (as "Suzette"), Dorothy Snowden (as "Ensemble"), Grace Stogner (as "Ensemble"), Bentley Stone (as "First Agent of Police/Ensemble"), Jean Swanson (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Tebbs (as "Ensemble"), Wynn Terry (as "Ensemble"), Andrew Tombes (as "Picot"), Jean Watson (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Younger (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Busby Berkeley.
- (1930) Stage Play: Nina Rosa. Musical comedy.
- (1932) Stage Play: Marching By. Musical. Music by Jean Gilbert. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Book by Harry Clark and Harry B. Smith [final Broadway credit]. Based on a German operetta by Ernst Neubach. Based on the novel by Lajos Biró. Additional lyrics by Mark Gordon, George Waggner' [credited as George Waggoner] (earliest Broadway credit), Harry Clarke, Guy Robertson, Edward Eliscu and George Hirst. Additional music by Harry Revel, Gus Edwards, Gus Arnheim, Neil Moret [final Broadway credit] and Maurie Rubens. Musical Direction by George Hirst. Choreographed by Allan K. Foster. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre: 3 Mar 1932- 12 Mar 1932 (12 performances). Cast: Sam Bunin (as "Ensemble"), Donald Burr (as "Sacha Sachalow"), Victor Casmore (as "Anton Androssy"), Leonard Ceeley (as "Colonel Petroff"), Cornelia Chason, Charles Christie, Marie Costello, Betty Dair, Betty Davis, Sonia De Calva, Wilbur Demarest, Joan Dudley, Kathleen Edwardes, Arthur Geary, Claude Goehring, Robert Grant, Frederick Grieve, William Hubert, Charles Kingsley, Samuel Krevoff, Carol Laski, Larry Lawrence, Jack Lee, Jack Leslie, Philip Lord, Earl Marvin, Earl Mason, Mary McDonald, Giles McIntyre, Walter Meek, Hugh Miller, Margaret Miller, Gerald Moore, Jerry Moore, Evelyn Muller, Walter Nagle, Ethel Norris, Kenneth Paige, Walter Palm, Owen Pauline, Guy Robertson, Eva Sawyer, James Shen, Arthur Singer, Katherine Skidmore, Ralph Slear, Donald Smith, Fred Stamm, Eleanora Standish, Desiree Tabor (as "Countess Anna Von Hatfield"), Elizabeth Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Marie Valday (as "Ensemble/Third Girl"), Roy Vitalis (as "Lieutenant Dorch/Ensemble"), John J. Walsh, Solly Ward (as "Elias Butterman"), Herbert Weber, Victor Young (as "Ensemble/Lieutenant Schantz"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1932) Stage Play: All the King's Horses. Musical comedy.
- (1934) Stage Play: The Great Waltz. Operetta. Music by Johann Strauss Sr. and Johann Strauss Jr., Lyrics by Desmond Carter. Book by Moss Hart, Dr. A.M. Willner, Caswell Garth, Ernst Marischka and Heinz Reichert. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Directed by Hassard Short. Center Theatre: 22 Sep 1934- 8 Jun 1935 (298 performances). Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1935) Stage Play: The Great Waltz. Musical [return engagement]. Music by Johann Strauss Sr. and Johann Strauss Jr., Lyrics by Desmond Carter. Book by Moss Hart, Dr. A.M. Willner, Caswell Garth, Ernst Marischka and Heinz Reichert. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Directed by Hassard Short. Center Theatre: 5 Aug 1935- 16 Sep 1935 (Return engagement/49 performances). Cast: Albert Amato, Bruce Barclay, Charles Brokaw (as "Captain Hal Fredrich"), Marie Burke, Jessie Busley, Ruth Clayton, Dudley Clements (as "Ebeseder"), Nina Dean, Vivian Fay, Robert C. Fischer, Dorothy Forsyth, Ralph Glover, Stanley Harrison, Patti Heaton, Rosalynd Hutner, Aphie James, Wilma Kaye, Richard Lambart, Donald Lee, Richie Ling (as "Hartkopf"), Ralph Magelssen (as "Captain Boris Androff"), Dennis Noble, H. Reeves-Smith (as "Johann Strauss, Sr.") [final Broadway role], Guy Robertson (as "Johann Strauss, Jr."), Charles Romano (as "Franz Ludwig"), Tanya Sanina, Ruth Vollmer, Diana Walker, Solly Ward (as "Dommayer"), Virginia Watkins, Lee Whitney. Produced by Max Gordon.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content