- (1928 - 1961) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1928) Stage Play: Rope. Drama.
- (1928) Stage Play: Napoleon.
- (1929) Stage Play: Zeppelin. Mystery/drama/thriller. Written by McElbert Moore, Earle Crooker and Lowell Brentano. Directed by Frank Merlin. National Theatre: 14 Jan 1929- Mar 1929 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe, Stephen Chase [credited as Alden Chase] (as "Roger Bates"), Wallis Clark (as "Captain Koll"), John Gruenwald (as "Hans"), Paul Guilfoyle (as "John Clayton"), Gordon Hawthorne (as "Boatman"), Alfred A. Hesse (as "Steward"), Rose Hobart, John M. James (as "Otto"), Priscilla Knowles (as "Mrs. Burnham"), Bjorn Koefoed (as "Chief Mech. Heinrich"), Milton Krimes (as "Radio Operator"), Joan Marion (as "Connie Vail"), Julian Noa (as "Prof. Alexander MacKenzie"), Edward Powell (as "Lt. Sobel"), Frederick Rudin (as "Karl"), Zolya Talma (as "Lola Bartel"), C.W. Van Voorhis (as "Dr. Donald Vail"), Raymond Walburn (as "Ed Totten"), Edward Woods (as "Del Rodman"). Produced by Jimmie Cooper.
- (1932) Stage Play: Take My Tip. Comedy.
- (1933) Stage Play: Run, Little Chillun. Drama. Written by Hall Johnson. Incidental music composed and arranged by Hall Johnson. Dances arranged by Doris Humphrey. Scenic Design by Cleon Throckmorton. Costume Design by Helene Pons. Directed by Frank Merlin. Lyric Theatre: 1 Mar 1933- 17 Jun 1933 (126 performances). Cast: A. Adderly (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), E. Adderly (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Katherine Ahnor (as "Soprano/Pilgrim Choir"), Lavetta Albright (as "Alto/Pilgrim Choir"), R. Alday (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), G. Allen (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), Irma Allen (as "Soprano/Pilgrim Choir"), I Baker (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Olive Ball (as "The Rev. Sister Luella Strong"), Ernest Baskette (as "Bass/Pilgrim Choir"), Service Bell (as "Baritone/Pilgrim Choir"), Harry Bolden (as "The Rev. Jones, Pastor of the Hope Baptist Church") [Broadway debut], Dorothy Boxwill (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), James Thomas Boxwill (as "Brother Lu-Te. Chief Singer of the New Day Pilgrims"), R. Branch (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), R. Brathwaite (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Edward Broadnax (as "Brother George W. Jenkins/Bass/Pilgrim Choir"), Ernest Brown (as "Bass/Pilgrim Choir"), R. Brown (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), Olga Burgoyne (as "Mother Kanda, Daughter of Tongola"), Alston Burleigh (as "Jim, Rev. Jones' Son"), E. Caesar (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Marietta Canty (as "Bessiola Hicks/Alto/Pilgrim Choir"), Jack Carr (as "Brother Moses, Young Priest"), Maggie Carter (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), George Clark (as "Baritone/Pilgrim Choir"), Edna Commodore (as "Children"), Jean Cutler (as "Soprano/Pilgrim Choir"), E. Davis (as "Novitiate"), Mayme Davis (as "Novitiate"), L. DePaure (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), Lucille Dickson (as "Soprano/Pilgrim Choir"), Mabel Diggs (as "Mame, of Toomer's Bottom"), Blanche Eckles (as "Soprano/Pilgrim Choir"), Irene Ellington (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Eva Evelyn (as "Novitiate"), A. Ferguson (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Charlie Frye (as "Tenor/Pilgrim Choir"), C. Gibson (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Amy Goodwin (as "Alto/Pilgrim Choir"), J. Gordon (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), O. Gordon (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Alice Grant (as "Novitiate"), Bessie Guy (as "Belle, of Toomer's Bottom/Soprano/Pilgrim Choir"), Esther Hall (as "Organist/Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Eneida Hamlett (as "Pilgrim"), C. Harris (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), Carolyn Hughes (as "Sister Susie May Hunt"), Lulu Hunt (as "Sister Lulu Jane Hunt"), A. Izanaga (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), Annie Jennings (as "Novitiate"), Lulu King (as "Sue Scott, of Toomer's Bottom"), Rosalie King (as "Sister Mahalie Ockletree/Alto/Pilgrim Choir"), Perrin Knight (as "Tenor/Pilgrim Choir"), Milton Lacey (as "Brother Jeremiah Johnson/Baritone/Pilgrim Choir"), Larri Laurier (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), C. Lewis (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), Carrington Lewis (as "Tenor/Pilgrim Choir"), Alice Magee (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Assotta Marshall (as "Pilgrim"), Milton Martin (as "Brother Jo-Ba, Herald of Joy/Tenor/Pilgrim Choir"), A. McCullough (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Effie McDowell (as "Soprano/Pilgrim Choir"), Jack Meredith (as "Novitiate"), T. Moody (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), J. Nealy (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Bruce Nugent (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Dorothy Perry (as "Alto/Pilgrim Choir"), W. Polhamus (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Ray Polite (as "Pilgrim"), O. Portier (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Bertha Powell (as "Sister Flossie Lou Little"), Walter Price (as "Brother Esau Redd, Chairman of Deacon Board of Hope, Baptist Church"), Ethel Purnello (as "Sister Mata, Priestess"), Alma Reynolds (as "Pilgrim"), Odelle Ricks (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Pauline Rivers (as "Sister Judy Ann Hicks"), M. Sands (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Cecil Scott (as "Mag, Sulamai's Mother"), Emma Sealy (as "Novitiate"), Ernest Shaw (as "Baritone/Pilgrim Choir"), Mattie Shaw (as "Sister Mattie Fullilove"), Gus Simons (as "Brother Goliath Simpson"), Paul Smellie (as "Pilgrim"), Harold Sneed (as "Elder Tongola/Prophet of the New Day Pilgrims"), L. Stirrup (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), A. Stokes (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), Bennie Tattnall (as "Children"), Andrew Taylor (as "The Reverend Ebeneezer Allen, Local Preacher"), Nell Taylor (as "Children/Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Edna Thomas (as "Ella"), Arthur Walker (as "Tenor/Pilgrim Choir"), Fredi Washington (as "Sulamai"), Jimmie Waters (as "Jeems Jackson/Tenor/Pilgrim Choir"), Rosina Weston (as "Pilgrim"), George White (as "Tenor/Pilgrim Choir"), H.J. Williams (as "Novitiate"), Waldine Williams (as "Reba, Daughter of Kanda"), E. Wilson (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Henri Wood (as "Children"), Clarence Yates (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Ray Yeates (as "Brother Bartholomew Little"). Produced by Robert Rockmore.
- (1933) Stage Play: The World Waits. Drama.
- (1934) Stage Play: False Dreams, Farewell. Written by Hugh Stanislaus Stange. Directed by Frank Merlin. Little Theatre: 15 Jan 1934- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/25 performances). Cast: Glenn Anders (as "Eugene Cabot"), Adora Andrews (as "Miss Rhinebeck"), Homer Barton (as "Mr. Mackaye"), Lora Baxter (as "Eleanor Cabot"), Natasha Boleslavsky (as "Masha"), Robert Burtt (as "Ship's Officer"), Blaine Cordner (as "Bingham Baldy"), Ben Delano (as "Camera-Man"), Clarence Derwent (as "Edward Duncan"), Clyde Fillmore (as "Captain Sackett"), Edward Forbes (as "Palmerly Harte"), John Frederik (as "Ship News Reporter"), Harry Green (as "Steward Blythe"), Walter O. Hill (as "Mr. Sims"), Frieda Inescort (as "Faith Baldy"), Eric Kalkhurst (as "Dr. Hayden"), Henry Lase (as "Irving Silvers"), Frank Lawrence, Dave Leonard (as "Murray Fineman"), Dorothy Lowell (as "Passenger"), James McColl (as "Ship News Reporter"), Neil McFee, Millard Mitchell (as "Christopher Jarrett"), Claudia Morgan (as "Joan Arden"), Marianne Mosner (as "Passenger"), John Daly Murphy (as "Daniel T. Moore"), Ralph Nelson (as "Passenger"), Charles Quigley, Helen Raymond (as "Ida Jarrett"), Larry Regan (as "A Cabin Steward"), Arthur Stenning (as "Dr. Hartley"), Thyrza Sturges (as "Passenger"), Royal Dana Tracy (as "Bishop Bliss"), Sheila Trent (as "Josie"), Leslie Urbach (as "A Deck Steward"), Elizabeth Weston (as "Ship News Reporter"). Produced by Frank Merlin.
- (1934) Stage Play: Saluta. Musical comedy.
- (1934) Stage Play: Tomorrow's Harvest. Drama. Written by Hans Rastede. Directed by Frank Merlin. 49th Street Theatre: 5 Dec 1934- Dec 1934.
- (1935) Stage Play: Prisoners of War. Drama. Written by J.R. Ackerly. Directed by Frank Merlin. Ritz Theatre: 28 Jan 1935- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Daisy Belmore (as "Mrs. Prendergast"), Francis Compton (as "Lieutenant Adelby"), Lowell Gilmore (as "Lieutenant Tetford"), Barton Hepburn (as "Captain Conrad'), Alfred Hesse' (as "Dr. Croz"), Charles McClelland (as "Captain Rickman"), Dorothee Nolan (as "Marie"), John Parrish (as "Jellerton"), Ben Starkie (as "Second Lieutenant Grayle"), Zolya Talma (as "Madame Louis"). Produced by Frank Merlin.
- (1935) Stage Play: The Hook-up. Comedy. Written by Jack Lait and Stephen Gross. Directed by Frank Merlin. Cort Theatre: 7 May 1935- May 1935 (21 performances). Cast: Richard Abert (as "A Page Boy"), Mary Jane Barrett (as "Florence"), Elaine Blauvelt (as "Another Bridesmaid"). Gloria Castle (as "A Blonde"), Eva Condon (as "Mother Bryce"), Aristides de Leoni (as ""Maestro" Ciccolini"), Robert Elwyn (as "Another Page Boy"), Charles Engel (as "Radio Engineer"), Ruth Fallows (as "Kay Palmer"), Edward Ferguson (as "An Announcer"), Frederick Graham (as "Bishop Thorndyke"), Douglas Gregory (as "Hollis"), Georgette Harvey (as "Ruby"), Percy Helton (as "Tappin"), Frederick Howard (as "Grant"), Helen Lynd (as "Virginia Bryce"), Saul Z. Martell (as "Misha"), Olive Miller (as "Miss Hemingway"), Harold Moffet (as "A.J. Lamb"), Russell Morrison (as "Lawrence"), Margaret O'Donnell (as "A Bridesmaid"), Patricia Peardon (as "Betty"), Peter Powers (as "Roper"), Wells Richardson (as "Jerry"), C. Jay Straight Jr. (as "Seth"), Edith Taliaferro (as "Mary Bainbridge"), Ernest Truex (as "Victor Vance/Harry"), Grace Valentine (as "Etta Lynch"), Philip Van Zandt (as "Bloomberg"). Produced by Leslie J. Spiller.
- (1935) Stage Play: Smile at Me. Musical revue.
- (1935) Stage Play: Good Men and True. Drama.
- (1936) Stage Play: Alice Takat. Drama. Written by José Ruben, from the Hungarian of Dezso Szomory. Directed by Frank Merlin. John Golden Theatre: 10 Feb 1936- Feb 1936 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Percy Ames (as "Homer Horeb") [final Broadway role], A.G. Andrews (as "Fritz"), Florence Auer (as "Mrs. Dubra") [final Broadway role], Al Baron (as "A Patient"), Mady Christians, Leo Curley (as "Professor Glotz"), Florence Earle (as "Miss Haus"), John Emery (as "George Kroos"), Lloyd Gough (as "Max Durak"), Russell Hardie, Nicholas Joy (as "Zuard Takat"), Arnold Korff (as "Prof. Tardy Kroos"), Kate Mayhew (as "Mrs. Helvet"), Howard Emmett Rogers, Peggy Shannon (as "Kitty Linderman"), Edna West (as "Mrs. Baneyi"), Marjorie Wood (as "Mrs. Gantz"). Produced by Ed Wynn.
- (1937) Stage Play: Swing It. Musical comedy. ).
- (1938) Stage Play: A Woman's a Fool - to Be Clever. Comedy.
- (1940) Stage Play: Return Engagement.
- (1943) Stage Play: Try and Get It.
- (1948) Stage Play: Kathleen.
- (1960) Stage Play: Send Me No Flowers. Comedy. Written by Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore [final Broadway credit]. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Frederick Fox. Directed by James Dyas. Brooks Atkinson Theatre: 5 Dec 1960- 7 Jan 1961 (40 performances). Cast: Helen-Jean Arthur, Bruce Brighton, Heywood Hale Broun, Judy Carrol, Richard McMurray, Frank Merlin, Michael Miguel O'Brien, Carolyn Olsen, Nancy Olson, Joe Ponazecki, Peter Turgeon, David Wayne (as "George Kimball"). Produced by Courtney Burr and Edward Specter Productions Inc. Note: Filmed by Martin Melcher Productions [distributed by Universal Pictures] as _Send Me No Flowers (1964)_ (qv
- (1937) Stage Play: Swing It. Musical comedy.
- (1931) Stage Play: Hobo. Drama. Written by Frank Merlin. Directed by Frank Merlin. Morosco Theatre: 11 Feb 1931- Feb 1931 (closing date unknown/5 performances). Cast: Tatiana Amazar (as "Organist"), George Averill (as "Clerk of the Court"), Richard Bengali (as "Frank"), Valerie Bergere (as "Miss Clara"), Clarence Chase (as "Dying Man"), Dudley Clements (as "Reverend Wilkins"), Josephine Evans (as "Alice"), Barney Flynn (as "K.C. Shorty"), Joan Harmon (as "Miss Dalton"), Charlotte Henry (as "Nellie"), William Hertz (as "A Waiter"), Alfred Jenkins (as "Mr. Jordan"), Paul Kelly (as "St. Louis Blackie"), Victor Kilian (as "Officer Hayes"), James C. Morton (as "Judge Halsey"), Harry North (as "Deacon Benner"), Al Rauh (as "Dan Williams"), Don Rodalito (as "Joe"), Gwyn Stratford (as "Nancy"), D.J. Sullivan, Joseph Sweeney, Martin Tarby, Charles P. Thompson, Maud Turner (as "Delia"), James Young. Produced by James Elliott.
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