- (1925 - 1938) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1925) Stage Play: Spring Fever. Comedy.
- (1925) Stage Play: Alias the Deacon. Comedy. Written by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens. Directed by Winchell Smith and Priestly Morrison. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 24 Nov 1925- Jul 1926 (closing date unknown/277 performances). Cast: Kaye Barnes (as "Slim Sullivan"), Anna Bentley (as "Mrs. Boynton"), Berton Churchill (as "The Deacon"), Jerry Devine (as "Willie Clark"), Donald Foster (as "John Adams"), Averell Harris (as "Luella Gregory"), Sneb Howard (as "Brakeman"), Virginia Howell (as "Mrs. Gregory"), Leo A. Kennedy [credited as Leo Kennedy] (as "Brick McGoorty"), Marie Loring (as "Mrs. Howgert"), Mayo Methot (as "Phyllis Halliday"), Frank Monroe (as "Jim Cunningham"), Ralph Morehouse (as "Deputy"), Viola Morrison (as "Mrs. Pike"), John F. Morrissey (as "Ed King"), Al Roberts (as "Bull Moran"), Betty Rutland (as "Mrs. Clayton"), Arline Tucker (as "Fanny Pike"), Frances Underwood (as "Mrs. Clark"), Clyde Veaux (as "Tony"). Produced by Samuel Wallach. Note: Filmed as Alias the Deacon (1927), Alias the Deacon (1940), Half a Sinner (1934).
- (1927) Stage Play: Ink. Melodrama. Written by Dana Watterson Greeley. Directed by T. Daniel Frawley. Biltmore Theatre: 1 Nov 1927- Nov 1927 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Clara Blandick (as "Hester Trevelyan"), John H. Dilson, Brandon Evans, Dwight Frye (as "Clarence Jerome"), William Harrigan (as "Robert Buchanan"), Robert Hyman, Leo A. Kennedy, Sue MacManamy, Carlyle Moore Jr. (as "Office Boy"), Isabel Randolph, Charles Richman, Kay Strozzi (as "Jeanne Keenan"). Produced by Charles L. Wagner.
- (1928) Stage Play: Caravan. Melodrama.
- (1928) Stage Play: Adventure.
- (1929) Stage Play: June Moon. Comedy.
- (1930) Stage Play: Scarlet Sister Mary. Drama. Written by Daniel Reed. Based on the novel by Julia Peterkin. Directed by E.M. Blyth. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 25 Nov 1930- Dec 1930 (closing ate unknown/24 performances). Cast: Ethel Barrymore (as "Sister Mary, Si May-e"), Sylvia Allen (as "The Heaven Gate Singers"), Daniel Bagnell (as "Brer Dee, an old churchman"), Horace Braham (as "Budda Ben, Hannah's son"), Alan Campbell (as "Brunton"), Alice Cannon (as "The Heaven Gate Singers"), Joseph Christian (as "The Heaven Gate Singers"), Burke Clarke (as "Luke"), Blanche Collins (as "Tussie"), Ethel Colt (as "Seraphine"), Wilbur Cox (as "Gadsen"), Ted de Corsia (as "Big Boy at age 30"), Marcel Dill (as "Reverend Duncan, Thatcher"), Helen Dowdy (as "The Heaven Gate Singers"), Toussaint Duers (as "The Heaven Gate Singers"), Herbert Gentry (as "Big Boy, Andrew's son"), Walter Gilbert (as "July, twin brother"), Sam Gray (as "The Heaven Gate Singers"), Corrine Harris (as "Flower Girl"), Frank Jackson (as "The Heaven Gate Singers"), Leo A. Kennedy (as "Cousin Andrew, a deacon"), William B. Mack (as "Daddy Cudjoe"), Marjorie Main (as "Gracey"), Georgie Drew Mendum (as "Doll, sister of June and July"), Denise Morris (as "Tressie"), Bertha Powell The Heaven Gate Singers"), Charles Quigley (as "Wade"), William Raymond (as "The Heaven Gate Singers"), Albert Ridge (as "Unex"), Mabel Ridley (as "The Heaven Gate Singers"), John Roseleigh (as "June/Twin brother"), Anita Rothe (as "Mona"), Erma Smith (as "Flower Girl"), Julia Smith (as "Flower Girl"), Malcolm Soltan (as "Unex at age 20"), Beatrice Terry (as "Maum Hannah"), Estelle Winwood (as "Cinder"). Produced by Lee Shubert.
- (1931) Stage Play: Hot Money. Comedy. Written by Aben Kandel. Directed by Bertram Harrison. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 7 Nov 1931- Nov 1931 (closing date unknown/9 performances). Cast: Arthur Albro (as "Columbo") [final Broadway role], Albert Bergh (as "Warren"), William E. Blake, Hobart Cavanaugh (as "Mike Donahey"), Peggy Conklin (as "Helen Wilson"), Robert W. Craig, Leo Daschbach, Willard Dashiell, Henry De Koven, Leo Donnelly, Allys Dwyer, Robert C. Fischer, Roger Girod, Sandy Goodwin, Suzanne Jackson, Jane M. Jonson, Harold Kennedy, Leo A. Kennedy, Roy Le May, R. Le Page, Joe Neale, Alexis M. Polianov, Al Rauh, Edwin Redding, George Rogers, Alma Ross (as "Mrs. Pachinelli"), Elaine Staggers, Martin Tarby, Clark Twelvetrees, Morton Ullman, Dorothy Vernon, Jack Winne, May Wood. Produced by James W. Elliott. Note: Purchased by Warner Bros. and filmed twice in 1932 (as High Pressure (1932) starring William Powell, directed by Mervyn LeRoy and a French version).
- (1932) Stage Play: Whistling in the Dark. Melodrama/farce. Written by Laurence Gross and Edward Childs Carpenter. Directed by Frank Craven. Ethel Barrymore Theatre (moved to The Waldorf Theatre from 3 Nov 1932- close): 19 Jan 1932- Feb 1933 (closing date unknown/265 performances). Cast: Edward Arnold (as "Jacob Dillon"), Horace Cooper, Arthur Hebert, John S. Irwin, John Kane, John Kearney, Joseph Kleema, Martha Mayo, Charles McClelland, Helen Mehrmann, S. Henry Norell, Jack Stone, Ralph Theodore (as "Joe Salvatore"), Claire Trevor (as "Toby Van Buren"), Ernest Truex (as "Wallace Porter"), Arthur Vinton (as "Charlie Shaw"). Replacement actors [all effective 3 Nov 1932]: William Balfour (as "Cap O'Rorke"), Bernard Granville (as "Wallace Porter") [final Broadway role], Curtis Karpe (as "Benny"), Leo A. Kennedy (as "Jacob Dillon"), Eleanor King (as "Toby Van Buren"), Charles McClelland (as "Charlie Shaw"), William Melville (as "Police Sergeant"), Edwin Redding (as "Slim Scanlon"), Gertrude Ritchie (as "Hilda"), Anthony Ross (as "Cossack"), Arthur S. Ross (as "Herman Lefkowitz"), Clyde Veaux (as "Joe Salvatore"). Produced by Alexander McKaig. Note: Filmed by MGM as Whistling in the Dark (1933) (starring Mr. Truex and Mr. Arnold, recreating their stage roles), and Whistling in the Dark (1941) starring Red Skelton (script was significantly re-written with character names changed).
- (1932) Stage Play: Angels Don't Kiss. Comedy.
- (1932) Stage Play: The Great Lover. Romantic comedy.
- (1933) Stage Play: June Moon. Comedy (revival).
- (1932) Stage Play: An Undesirable Lady.
- (1934) Stage Play: Merrilly We Roll Along. Written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Music Box Theatre: 29 Sep 1934- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/155 performances). Cast: Walter Abel (as "Jonathan Crale"), Robert Adams, Joan Adrian, George Alison, Ariane Allen, Patricia Allen, Roaine Baker, Peggy Bancroft, Granville Bates (as "Mr. Murney"), Elsa Beamish, Paul Benson, Leslie Bingham, Elaine Blauvelt, Beatrice Blinn, Robert Bowen, Joan Brewster, Isis Brinn, Martha Brown, Dan Carey, John Cosby, Louis Cruger, Annette DuBois, Malcolm Duncan (as "Harry Nixon"), Chouteau Dyer, Doris Eaton, Jack Edwards, Jeanne Ellyn, Charles Engel, Henry Ephron, Cliff Furst, Henry Gallagher, Gloria Gill, Herbert Greenberg, Claire Greenwood, Robert Griffith, Dorothy Groman, Charles Halton, John Hampshire, Mary Heberden, Mary Howes, Lawrence Hutt, George Jackson, Sonya Jaffe, Elizabeth Kennedy, John Kennedy, Leo A. Kennedy (as "Chief Court Attendant"), Helen Kim, William Kruger, Charles La Rue, Jessie Royce Landis (as "Althea Royce"), Howard Lane, Cecilia Loftus (as "Mrs. Riley"), Jacqueline Logan (as "Laura Nash") [final Broadway role], Edward Loud, Jenny Mac, Kenneth MacKenna (as "Richard Niles"), Connie Madison, Burton Mallory, Adrienne Marden, Joan Marston, William McFadden, George McKay, Grant Mills, Harold Moffet, Patricia Palmer, George Parsons, Mary Philips, Betty Reynolds, Annette Robinson, Carl Rose, Hattie Ross, Robert Russell, Elsa Ryan, Otis Schaefer, Irving Schneider, Wilfrid Seagram, James Seeley, Hudson Shotwell, Toni Sorel, Gilbert Squarey, Herbert Steiner, Michael Stirling, Robert Stone, Richard Stringfellow, Morris Tepper, Frank Waldecker, Geraldine Wall, Eleanor Whitney, Murial Williams, Emily Winston, Biacouren Yoshiwara. Produced by Sam Harris.
- (1935) Stage Play: Grand Guignol Horror Plays.
- (1938) Stage Play: Run Sheep Run. Comedy. Written by Raymond Knight. Directed by Donald Blackwell. Windsor Theatre: 3 Nov 1938-Nov 1938 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Tom Drake [credited as Alfred Alderdice] (as "Eighteen"), Hilda Bruce (as "Mrs. Buker"), Alan Bunce (as "Claude Pratt"), Virginia Campbell (as "Phyllis Goodspeed"), Peter Goo Chong (as "George"), James Corner (as "Steve Bellows"), Peggy Coudray (as "Mrs. Frisbie"), Zamah Cunningham (as "Mrs. Hopple"), Aison Ewing, George Ewing Jr., Edith Gresham (as "Edith Pratt"), Beatrice Herford (as "Mrs. Potter"), Leo A. Kennedy (as "Kenneth Goodspeed") [final Broadway role], John Kirk, Enid Markey (as "Emily Terhune"), John Maroney, Hugh O'Connell (as "Wilkes Potter") [final Broadway role], Paul Porter, Dick Van Patten [credited as Dickie Van Patten] (as "Nine"), Regina Wallace (as "Mrs. Kenneth Goodspeed"), Ruth Weston (as "Leila Stuart"). Produced by Donald Blackwell and Raymond Curtis.
- (1938) Stage Play: Empress of Destiny. Drama.
- (1935) Stage Play: Night of January 16. Melodrama. Written by Ayn Rand. Directed by John Hayden. Ambassador Theatre: 16 Sep 1935- Apr 1936 (closing date unknown/235 performances). Cast: George Anderson, Edmund Breese (as "District Attorney Flint") [final Broadway role], Clyde Fillmore (as "John Graham Whitfield"), Richard French, Verna Hillie, Leo A. Kennedy (as "Elmer Sweeney"), Maurice Morris, Doris Nolan, Donald Oliver, Sarah Padden, Walter Pidgeon (as "Guts Regan"), Arthur Pierson, Robert Shayne, Harry Short, Marcella Swanson (as "Roberta Van Renssalear"), Calvin Thomas, Edward Wing, J. Arthur Young. Produced by A.H. Woods, Ltd. Note: filmed as The Night of January 16th (1941).
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