- (1923 - 1971) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1923) Stage Play: Romeo and Juliet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Frank Reicher. Henry Miller's Theatre: 24 Jan 1923- Jun 1923 (closing date unknown/157 performances). Cast: Robert Ayrton (as "Friar Laurence, a Franciscan"), Richard Bowler (as "Balthasar, servant to Romeo") [Broadway debut], Edward Broadley (as "Abram"), Laline Brownell [credited as Lalive Brownell] (as "Lady Montague, wife to Montague"), Gordon Burby (as "Capulet"), Jane Cowl (as "Juliet, daughter to Capulet"), John Sayre Crawley (as "Escalus, prince of Verona/Apothecary"), Frank Davis (as "Gregory, servant to Capulet"), Grayce Hampton [credited as Grace Hampton] (as "Lady Capulet, wife to Capulet"), Louis Hector (as "Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet"), Bailey Hick (as "Sampson, servant to Capulet"), Lionel Hogarth (as "Montague"), Vernon Kelso (as "Benvolio, nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo"), Dennis King (as "Mercutio, kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo"), John Parrish (as "Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the prince"), Rollo Peters (as "Romeo, son of Montague"), Milton Pope (as "Peter, servant to Juliet's nurse"), Neil Quinlan (as "An Old Man, of the Capulet family"), Jessie Ralph (as "Nurse to Juliet"). Produced by The Selwyns and Adolph Klauber.
- (1923) Stage Play: Pelleas and Melisande.
- (1924) Stage Play: Antony and Cleopatra (1924). Tragedy (revival).
- (1924) Stage Play: Carnival. Written by Ferenc Molnár. Translated by Melville Baker. Directed by Frank Reicher. Cort Theatre: 29 Dec 1924- Jan 1925 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Henry Bloomfield, Richard Bowler (as "Secret Service Man"), Edith Harding Brown, Leo G. Carroll (as "Matyas Oez"), Berton Churchill (as "Sandor Oroszy"), Elsie Ferguson, Franklyn Fox (as "A Cavalry Captain"), Anna Gray, Basil Hanbury, Margaret Hutchins, Nicholas Joy (as "Edmund, Police Commissaire"), Kenneth Lawton, Stanley Logan, Tom Nesbitt, Mignon O'Doherty, Mildred Wall. Produced by Charles Frohman, Inc.
- (1925) Stage Play: Starlight. Comedy. Written by Gladys Unger. Based on the dialogues of Abe Hermant. Directed by Edith Ellis. Broadhurst Theatre: 3 Mar 1925- May 1925 (closing date unknown/71 performances). Cast: Martin Berkeley, Richard Bowler (as "Truffo"), Leon Brown, Leland Chandler, Forbes Dawson, Frank Dawson, Teresa Guerini, Borden Harriman, Stanley Jessup (as "Bourgevin, A Manager"), Doris Keane, John Knight, Esther Lyon, Kay McKay, Charles Meredith, Edwin Mills, Henry Mowbray (as "Marquis de Belleme"), William Pearce, Florence Short, Marrion Stephenson, Allen Vincent, Frederick Vogeding, Philip Wood. Produced by Frank Egan. Produced in association with Charles Frohman Inc.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Dagger. Melodrama.
- (1926) Stage Play: A Weak Woman. Comedy. Written by Ernest Boyd. From the French of Jacques Deval. Directed by B. Iden Payne. Ritz Theatre: 16 Jan 1926- Mar 1926 (closing date unknown/49 performances). Cast: Richard Bowler (as "A Guest"), Louise Bradley, Franklin Francis, Shirley Gale, Frank Henderson, Edward Keane, Charles Klouder, Frank Morgan (as "Henri Fournier"), Ralph Morgan (as "Serge Paveneyge"), Clement O'Loghlen, Diantha Pattison (as "Baroness De Claches"), Carl Reed, Flora Sheffield, Beverly Sitgreaves, Ernest Stallard (as "Baron De Claches"), Estelle Winwood (as "Arlette Leterne"). Produced by Henry Baron.
- (1927) Stage Play: Spellbound. Written by Walter Elwood. Klaw Theatre: 15 Feb 1927- 18 Feb 1927 (3 performances). Cast: Richard Bowler (as "Harvey Tingue"), Adelaide Fitz-Allen (as "Ada Tingue"), Arthur Gray (as "Nick Tingue"), James G. Morton (as "Calvin Tingue"), Lottie Salisbury (as "Abbie Van Valzeh"), Esther Stockton (as "Ella Van Valzeh"), Bert West (as "Martin Tingue"). Produced by Mary Forrest.
- (1927) Stage Play: Menace. Drama. Written by Arthur M. Brilant. Directed by Arthur Hurley. 49th Street Theatre: 14 Mar 1927- Apr 1927 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Wyrley Birch (as "Michi"), Richard Bowler (as "Okuma"), Eve Casanova, Maud Durand, Joseph Granby, Pauline MacLean, Alan Ramsay, Tom Reynolds, Jack Roseleigh. Produced by James E. Kenney.
- (1927) Stage Play: Spellbound. Written by Frank Vosper. Directed by O.P. Heggie. Earl Carroll Theatre: 14 Nov 1927- Dec 1927 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Richard Bowler (as "The Warden"), Edward Broadley (as "A Neighbor"), Donn Cook (as "Rowlie Bateson"), Charles Courtneidge (as "Dickie Miles"), Cecile Dixon (as "Ivy Underwood"), Campbell Gullan (as "Harold Carter"), O.P. Heggie (as "Mr. Underwood"), Gladys Hopetown (as "Second Wardress"), Pauline Lord (as "Ethel"), Gene Magnus (as "Third Wardress"), Grace Mills (as "First Wardress"), Elizabeth Patterson (as "Mrs. Underwood"), Alison Skipworth (as "Mrs. Bateson"). Produced by George C. Tyler.
- (1927) Stage Play: Divided Honors (1929). Drama. Written by Winnie Baldwin. Directed by William B. Friedlander. Forrest Theatre: 30 Sep 1929- Nov 1929 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Richard Bowler (as "Police Officer"), Jeanne De Me, Glenda Farrell (as "Vina Chase") [Broadway debut], Doris Freeman, Philip Heege, Edgar Henning, Jane Kim, Guido Nadzo. Produced by K.A.L.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Vikings. Drama. Written by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Blanche Yurka and Thomas Wilfred. New Yorker Theatre: 12 May 1930- May 1930 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Richard Bowler, Robert Christy, O.T. Crawford, Herschel Cropper, Britton Diller, Robert C. Fischer, William Gear, Adele Gilbert, Richard Hale, Evelyn Hill, Helen Howe, Richard Jack, Chester Leighty, Jay Lindsey, Peggy McNaught, Catherine Meredith, John Moran, Margaret Mower, Edwin Philips, Monty Priddy, Thomas Rimshart Watkins, Jr., Arthur Row, Frank Ryan, Charles Waldron (as "Gunnar"), Warren William (as "Sigrid"), William Warren, Blanche Yurka (as "Hjordis"). Produced by Richard Herndon.
- (1932) Stage Play: The Man Who Reclaimed His Head. Drama. Written by Jean Bart. Directed by Herbert J. Biberman. Broadhurst Theatre: 8 Sep 1932- Oct 1932 (closing date unknown/28 performances). Cast: Rita Agostini, Jean Arthur (as "Adele Verin"), Richard Barrows, William Boren, Richard Bowler (as "French Soldier"), Lionel Braham (as "Baron de Montford"), Romaine Callender (as "Fernand Demoncey"), Stuart Casey, Edward T. Colebrook, James J. Coyle, Roger Paul Craig, Alexander Cross, Marjorie Dalton, Evelyn Eaton, Julien Garfield, Marshall Hale, Daniel Hamilton, Ray Harper, Hester Holm, David Hughes, Marie Hunt, Ray Lawrence, Lucille Lortel, Emily Lowry, Burton Mallory, Tucker McGuire, Kay Miller, Dennie Moore (as "Chonchon"), Mona Moray, Robert Neff, Allen Nourse (as "Jack/Waiter/Picard"), Milton Owen (as "Spectator"), Claude Rains (as "Paul Verin"), Janet Rathbun, C. Ellsworth Smith, Paul Wilson, Carleton Young (as "Curly"). Produced by Arthur Hammerstein and L. Lawrence Weber. Note: Produced by Universal Pictures as The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934) starring Claude Rains.
- (1937) Stage Play: The Lady Has a Heart. Comedy.
- (1943) Stage Play: Porgy and Bess. Musical/opera (revival).
- (1944) Stage Play: Porgy and Bess. Musical/opera (revival).
- (1946) Stage Play: The Magnificent Yankee. Written by Emmet Lavery. Stage Manager: Paul Porter [final Broadway credit]. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Woodman Thompson. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Royale Theatre: 22 Jan 1946- 8 Jun 1946 (159 performances). Cast: Louis Calhern (as "Mr. Justice Holmes"), Dorothy Gish (as "Fanny Dixwell Holmes"), Edgar Barrier (as "Mr. Justice Brandeis"), Bruce Bradford (as "Halloran, a former secretary"), Mason Curry (as "Dixon, a real estate broker"), Sylvia Fields (as "Fanny Dixwell Holmes") [Alternate], Robert Healy (as "Hamilton, a secretary"), Edward Hudson (as "Rogers, a secretary"), Christopher Marvin (as "Copeland, a secretary"), Sherling Oliver (as "Owen Wister"), William Roerick (as "Mr. Palmer, of "The Transcript"), Nicholas Saunders (as "Mason, a secretary"), Grey Stafford (as "Mapes, a secretary"), Eleanor Swayne (as "Mary, housekeeper"), Philip Truex (as "Northrop, a secretary"), Fleming Ward (as "Henry Adams") [final Broadway role], Edwin Whitner (as "Jackson, a former secretary"). Replacement actor: Richard Bowler (as "Mr. Justice Brandeis"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins. Note: Filmed by MGM as The Magnificent Yankee (1950). Mr. Calhern reprised his role in this film, which would be his only true starring film role.
- (1964) Stage Play: The Seagull. Comedy/drama (revival).
- (1964) Stage Play: The Crucible. Drama (revival).
- (1967) Stage Play: More Stately Mansions. Drama.
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