- (1921 - 1934) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1921) Stage Play: Romance. Comedy/drama (revival). Written by Edward Sheldon. Playhouse Theatre: 28 Mar 1921- May 1921 (closing date unknown/106 performances). Cast: A.E. Anson (as "Cornelius Van Tuyl"), Dorothy Chase (as "Miss Frothingham"), William Davis (as "Eugene"), Frank Dawson (as "Mr. Harry Putnam"), Edward Duane (as "Servant at Mr. Van Tuyl's"), Miriam Elliott (as "Susan Van Tuyl"), Harold Gwynn (as "M. Baptiste"), Bertram Hanauer (as "David Norman"), Doris Keane (as "Mme. Cavallini"), Esther Lyon (as "Mrs. Rutherford"), Denise Morris (as "Miss Snyder"), Lynn Pratt (as "Mr. Fred Livingston"), Gustave Rolland (as "Francois"), Charles Romano (as "Frank Burroughs"), John Monk Saunders (as "Butler at Rectory"), Florence Short (as "Signora Vanucci"), Frederic Sims (as "Louis"), Basil Sydney (as "Thomas Armstrong") [Broadway debut], Helen Tracy (as "Mrs. Frothingham") [final Broadway role], Isabelle West (as "Miss Armstrong"), Verna Wilkens (as "Mrs. Grey"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1922) Stage Play: R.U.R. [Rossum's Universal Robot's]. Fantasy/melodrama. Written by Karel Capek. Directed by Philip Moeller and Agnes Morgan. Garrick Theatre: 9 Oct 1922- Feb 1923 (closing date unknown/184 performances). Cast: John Anthony (as "Mr. Fabry "), Mary Bonestell (as "A Robotess"), Louis Calvert, Richard Coolidge (as "Robot"), William Devereux (as "Dr. Gall"), Mary Hone (as "Helena"), Moffat Johnston, Myrtland La Varre (as "A Robot"), Kathlene MacDonell (as "Helena Glory"), Frederick Mark (as "Robot"), Domis Plugge (as "Robot"), John Francis Roche (as "Primus"), John Rutherford (as "Radius"), Bernard Savage (as "Robot"), Basil Sydney (as "Harry Domin"), Henry Travers, Helen Westley (as "Nan"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1922) Stage Play: Romeo and Juliet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Longacre Theatre: 27 Dec 1922- Jan 1923 (closing date unknown/29 performances). Cast: Ethel Barrymore (as "Juliet, daughter to Capulet"), Barlowe Borland (as "Sampson, servant to Capulet"), Edwin Brandt (as "Escalus, prince of Verona"), Lenore Chippendale (as "Lady Capulet, wife to Capulet"), John C. Davis (as "An Old Man, of the Capulet family"), Vivian Geison (as "Page to Paris"), Charlotte Granville (as "Nurse to Juliet"), Harvey Hays (as "Capulet"), Frank Howson (as "Montague"), James Hull (as "Abraham, servant to Montague"), Kenneth Hunter (as "Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet"), Alice John (as "Lady Montague, wife to Montague"), William Keighley (as "Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the prince"), T. Jerome Lawler [credited as Jerome Lawler] (as "Benvolio, nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo"), Barry Macollum (as "Peter, servant to Juliet's nurse/Apothecary"), Howard Merling (as "Balthasar, servant to Romeo"), McKay Morris (as "Romeo, son of Montague"), Albert Reed (as "Gregory, servant to Capulet"), Basil Sydney (as "Mercutio, kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo"), Russ Whytal [credited as Russ Whytall] (as "Friar Laurence, a Franciscan"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1954) He acted in the play, "The Little Glass Clock," at the Aldwych Theatre in London, England with Kay Hammond, John Clements, George Relph, and George Curzon in the cast.
- (1961) He acted in Jean-Paul Sartre's play, "Altona," at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England with Claire Bloom, Kenneth Haig, Diane Cilento, Nigel Stock, and Julian Glover in the cast. John Berry was director. Sean Kenny was designer.
- She Stoops to Conquer (1924). Comedy (revival). Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Prologue Written by Oliver Herford. Scenic design by Norman Bel Geddes. General Stage Manager: Alexander Leftwich. Empire Theatre: 9 Jun 1924- Jun 1924 (closing date unknown/9 performances). Cast: [error] (as "Roger"), Macklyn Arbuckle (as "Stingo") [final Broadway role], Theodore Babcock (as "Thomas"), Harry Beresford (as "Aminadab"), Frazer Coulter (as "Sir Charles Marlow"), Dudley Digges (as "Squire Hardcastle"), Henry E. Dixey, Augustin Duncan (as "A Farmer"), Elsie Ferguson, Ernest Glendinning (as "Tony Lumpkin"), Helen Hayes (as "Constance Neville"), J.M. Kerrigan (as "Slang"), Pauline Lord (as "A Maid"), Paul McAllister, Robert McWade (as "Tom Twist"), John Daly Murphy (as "Dick"), Milton Nobles, Jr., Selena Royle (as "A Bar-Maid"), John Davenport Seymour, Effie Shannon (as "Mrs. Hardcastle"), Basil Sydney (as "Young Marlow"), Francis Wilson. Produced by The Players Club. Produced under the direction of William Seymour. Note: One of the most durable (and oldest) productions in Broadway history. Work first performed in 1773, with the first revival mounted in 1861. This was the 5th revival to date.
- Stage productions elsewhere:
- (1926) Stage Play: The Jest. Comedy/tragedy (revival). From the Italian of Sem Benelli. "Madrigal of May" composed by Maurice Nitke. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Plymouth Theatre: 4 Feb 1926- Apr 1926 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: E.J. Ballantine (as "Fazio, Gianetto's Servant"), Malcolm Barrett, Richard Bengali (as "Camus, Calandra's Servant"), Cecil Clovelly (as "The Doctor"), Madeline Delmar, Maude Durand, Alphonse Ethier, Alexander Frank, Pancho Fuentes, Ferdinand Gottschalk (as "Tornaquinci, A Friend of the Medici"), William Griffith, Violet Heming, Jacob Kingsberry, John Knight, Martha MacGraw, Maria Ouspenskaya (as "Fiametta"), Basil Sydney (as "Giannetto Malespini, A Young Painter"), Millard Vincent. Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- Children of Darkness (1930). Written by Edwin Justus Mayer. Directed by Edwin Justus Mayer. Biltmore Theatre: 7 Jan 1930- Mar 1930 (closing date unknown/79 performances). Cast: Charles Dalton (as "Jonathan Wild The Great"), Mary Ellis (as "Laetitia"), J. Kirby Hawks (as "Mr. Cartwright"), Walter Kingsford (as "Mr. Snap/Under-Sheriff of London and Middlesex"), Richard Menefee (as "Mr. Firece"), William Plunkett (as "Bailiff"), Eugene Powers (as "Lord Wainwright"), Joseph Skinner (as "Bailiff"), Basil Sydney (as "Count La Ruse"), Albert Vees (as "First Bailiff"). Produced by Kenneth MacGowan and Joseph Verner Reed.
- (1929) Stage Play: Becky Sharp. Comedy (revival). Written by Langdon Mitchell. Directed by Dudley Digges. Knickerbocker Theatre: 3 Jun 1929- Jun 1929 (unknown closing date/8 performances). Cast: A.G. Andrews (as "General Tufto"), Bruce Bairnsfather, Edith Barrett, Doan Borrup (as "Bowles"), Agnes Brady, Donald Brian, Patricia Collinge, Ernest Cossart, Frazer Coulter, Mary Ellis, Jay Fassett, Helen Freeman, Etienne Girardot, Thomas Gomez, Evelyn Goodrich, Gerald Hamer, Nedda Harrigan, Gordon Hart, Roland Hogue, Arthur Hohl (as "Pitt Crawley"), Mary Hone, Haroldine Humphreys, Moffat Johnston, Elsie Keene, Wright Kramer, Cecilia Loftus, Edward McNamara, Julia McMahan, Owen Meech, Henry Mortimer, Ida Mulle, Jack O'Donnell, Alice Papo, James T. Powers, Herbert Ranson, Erna Rowan, Ernest Rowan, William Sams, John D. Seymour, J. Walter Smith, Marguerite St. John, Loren Stout, Pam Sweeny, Basil Sydney, Raymond Thayer, Lillian B. Tonge (as Lillian Brennard Tonge), Adele Walker, Clifford Walker, Leonard Willey, Genevieve Williams, Mrs. Thomas A. Wise, Cecily Work. Produced by The Players Club.
- (1929) Stage Play: Meet the Prince. Comedy.
- (1928) Stage Play: 12,000. Written by Bruno Frank. Book adapted by William A. Drake. Directed by Basil Sydney. Garrick Theatre: 12 Mar 1928- Jul 1928 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Charles Croker-King (as "His Serene Highness, the Prince of_____"), Mary Ellis (as "The Baroness of Spangenburg"), Lumsden Hare (as "A Colonel"), Walter Kingsford (as "Faucitt"), John McGovern (as "The Younger Brother"), Leonard Mudie (as "The Elder Brother"), Basil Sydney (as "Piderit"), Robert Vivian (as "Treysa"). Produced by The Garrick Players.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Taming of the Shrew. Comedy (revival).
- The Crown Prince (1927). Romance.Written by Zoe Akins. From the Hungarian of Ernest Vajda. Directed by Lawrence Marston. Forrest Theatre: 23 Mar 1927- May 1927 (closing date unknown/45 performances). Cast: Arthur Bowyer (as "Meyer"), Dennis Cleugh (as "Personal Lackey"), Mary Ellis (as "Anna"), Ferdinand Gottschalk (as "Herr Schmitt"), Harold Heaton (as "Adjutant Von Stucken"), Jerome Lawler (as "Vercel"), Samuel Rosen (as "First Lackey"), Henry Stephenson (as "The Emperor"), Kay Strozzi (as "Charlotte"), Basil Sydney (as "The Crown Prince"), C.W. Van Voorhis (as "The Equerry"). Produced by L. Lawrence Weber.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Humble. Drama.
- (1926) Stage Play: King Henry IV, Part I.Historical drama (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Henry Herbert. Knickerbocker Theatre: 31 May 1926- Jun 1926 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: A.G. Andrews (as "Bardolph"), Edith Barrett (as "Page"), Doan Borrup [credited as Doan Borup] (as "Mouldy/A Chamberlain of an Inn") [Broadway debut], Lawrence Cecil (as "Sir Richard Vernon"), Thomas Chalmers (as "Sir Walter Blunt"), Frazer Coulter (as "Earl of Northumberland"), William Courtleigh (as "King Henry IV"), John Cumberland (as "Peto"), Francis H. Day (as "Wart"), John Drew (as "Prologue"), Gilbert Emery (as "Lord Mortimer, Earl of March"), Jay Fassett (as "Gadshill"), David Glassford (as "Owen Glendower"), Gerald Hamer (as "Feeble"), Eileen Huban (as "Lord Mortimer, Earl of March"), J.M. Kerrigan (as "Silence/First Carrier"), Walter Kingsford (as "Bullcalf"), Betty Lawford (as "Page"), Philip Merivale (as "Henry Percy, Hotspur"), Percy Moore (as "Earl of Worcester"), Guy Nichols (as "Shallow"), Rosamond Pinchot (as "John of Lancaster"), James T. Powers (as "Francis"), Herbert Ransom [credited as Herbert Ranson] (as "Archibald, Earl of Douglas"), George Riddell (as "Earl of Westmoreland"), Blanche Ring (as "Mistress Quickly"), Otis Skinner (as "Sir John Falstaff"), Henry Stillman (as "Shadow"), Austin Strong (as "Second Carrier"), Basil Sydney (as "Henry, Prince of Wales"), Richard Thornton (as "A Sheriff"), Cedric Weller (as "A Servant to Hotspur"), John Westley (as "Poins"), Peggy Wood (as "Lady Percy"). Produced by The Players Club.
- (1925) Stage Play: Hamlet. Tragedy (revival).
- (1932) Stage Play: Jewel Robbery. Comedy. Written by Bertram Bloch, from the Hungarian of Ladislas Fodor. Directed by Paul Streger. Booth Theatre: 13 Jan 1932- Feb 1932 (closing date unknown/54 performances). Cast: Lionel Braham (as "Lenz"), Stuart Casey, Clarence Derwent (as "Franz"), Mary Ellis (as "Teri") [final Broadway role], Harold Johnsrud, Hazel Nagley, Eugene Powers, Frederick Roland, Louis M. Simon, Basil Sydney, Robert Vivian, Cora Witherspoon (as "Marianne"). Produced by Paul Streger.
- (1933) Stage Play: The Dark Tower. Melodrama.
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