- (1932 - 1942) Appeared in the following Broadway productions:
- (1932) Stage Play: If Booth Had Missed. Drama (revival). Written by Arthur Goodman. Directed by Milton Smith. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 4 Feb 1932- Feb 1932 (closing date unknown/21 performances). Cast: Richard Barrows (as "John Nicholas"), Aubrey Beattie (as "General Ulysses S. Grant"), 'Thurlow Bergen' (as "William H. Seward"), Doan Borrup (as "Henry W. Davis"), Samuel Bunyan (a "Lieutenant"), John Burke, Orrin Burke (as "Chief Justice Chase"), Charles Crumpton, Lionel Dante (as "A Soldier"), John C. Davis, Lawrence DeGaun (as "Messenger"), Paul Dorn (as "Second Orderly") [final Broadway role], Fred Eric, A.C. Henderson, Frank Kettrick, Howard Kyle, George C. Mantell, John Maroney, Morris McKenney, William McRobie, Earl Mitchell, Thomas Murphy, John Nicholson (as "Thaddeus Stevens"), Robert Ober (as "Tad Lincoln"), Anthony Pawley (as "Captain Smiley"), Ernest Pollock (as "Andrew Johnson"), Daniel Poole (as "Abraham Lincoln"), Catherine Proctor (as "Mrs. Lincoln"), Hayden Rorke (as "Major Rathbone") [Broadway debut], George Sinclair (as "Senator Grimes"), Robert Toms (as "John Hay"), Royal Dana Tracey (as "Edwin Stanton"), Charlotte Walker (as Mrs. Jefferson Davis"), George W. Williams (as "William Dennison"), H.A. Wilson (as "Benjamin F. Wade"). Produced by Walter Hartwig. Produced in association with William A. Brady.
- (1933) Stage Play: Birthright. Drama. Written by Richard Maibaum. Directed by Robert Rossen. 49th Street Theatre: 21 Nov 1933- Nov 1933 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Jay Addison (as "Nazi Shock Trooper"), Don Beddoe (as "Kurt Strasser"), Julio Brown, Alan Bunce, Rose Burdick (as "Elga"), Charles P. Burrows, Stephen Courtleigh (as "Nazi Shock Trooper"), Harold Elliott (as "Friedrich Lowenberg"), Sylvia Field (as "Clara"), Alan Gould (as "Max"), Joseph Grant (as "Nazi Shock Trooper"), Dennis Gurney (as "Nazi Shock Trooper"), Thais Lawton, David Leonard, Henry Levian, Montagu Love, Charlotte Reynolds, Hayden Rorke [credited as Hayden Roike] (as "Karl"), Don Shelton (as "Nazi Shock Trooper"), Edgar Stehli (as "Joseph"), Milano Tilden (as "Dr. WEalter Federmann"), Herbert Warren, Courtney White (as "Hugo"), Larry Williams (as "Nazi Shock Trooper"). Produced by Robert Rossen and Irving Barrett. Note: This rather obscure production was likely the first to depict the recent rise of Nazi Germany.
- (1937) Stage Play: As You Like It. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Scenic Design by Studio Alliance. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard [earliest Broadway credit] and Scott Wilson. Directed by Samuel Rosen. Ritz Theatre: 30 Oct 1937- Nov 1937 (closing date unknown/17 performances). Cast: Robert K. Adams (as "Duke. living in banishment"), Whit Bissell [credited as Whitner Bissell] (as "Touchstone, a clown"), Ramon Blackburn (as "Page"), Royce Blackburn (as "Page"), Norman Budd (as "Adam, servant to Oliver"), Staats Cotsworth (as "Oliver, eldest son to Sir Rowland de Boys"), Katherine Emery (as "Rosalind, daughter to the banished Duke"), Jabez Gray (as "Corin, a shepherd"), Alan Handley (as "Frederick, younger brother of the banished Duke and usurper of his dominions/Amiens, attending on the banished Duke/William, a country fellow in love with Audrey"), Jack Lydman (as "Le Beau, a courtier attending on Frederick/Jaques de Boys"), Connie Nickerson (as "Phoebe, a shepherdess"), 'Anne Revere (as "Celia, daughter to Frederick"), Hayden Rorke (as "Charles, wrestler to Frederick"), K. Edwin Shaw (as "Silvius, a shepherd"), Shepperd Strudwick (as "Orlando, youngest son to Sir Rowland de Boys"), Barbara Townsend (as "Ensemble"), Frederic Tozere (as "Jacques, attending on the banished Duke"), Helen Wynn (as "Audrey, a country wench"). Produced by The Surry Players. Produced under the sponsorship of Dwight Wiman.
- (1938) Stage Play: Save Me the Waltz. Comedy. Written by Katharine Dayton. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Martin Beck Theatre: 28 Feb 1938- Mar 1938 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Reginald Bach, Leslie Barrie, Leo G. Carroll (as "King Frederick IV"), Arthur Chatterton, Mady Christians (as "Queen Elizabeth"), Laura Hope Crews (as "The Countess Zubowska"), John Emery, Derek Fairman (as "A Footman"), Brenda Forbes, Lauren Gilbert, Mary Howes, Arnold Korff (as "Stroock"), Fred Irving Lewis, George Macready (as "Dmitri"), Molly Pearson, Francis Pierlot (as "Chapek"), Mary Reeves, Hayden Rorke (as "Duca"), James Seeley, Martha Sleeper, Jane Wyatt (as "Princess Claudine"). Produced by Max Gordon. Produced in association with Sam Harris.
- (1938) Stage Play: Don't Throw Glass Houses. Written by Doris Frankel. Directed by Leo Bulgakov. Vanderbilt Theatre: 27 Dec 1938- Jan 1939 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Rosalind Ivan, Louis Latzer, Joan MacCarthy, John Raby, Margaret Randall, Hayden Rorke (as "Murray Tserk"), Jack Yule. Produced by Contemporary Stage.
- (1939) Stage Play: The Philadelphia Story. Comedy. Written by Philip Barry. Scenic Design by Robert Edmond Jones. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Shubert Theatre: 28 Mar 1939- 30 Mar 1940 (417 performances). Cast: Vera Allen, Lorraine Bate, Shirley Booth (as "Elizabeth Imbrie"), Owen Coll (as "Thomas"), Joseph Cotten (as "C.K. Dexter Haven") [appeared courtesy of The Mercury Theatre/Orson Welles], Frank Fenton (as "George Kittredge"), Philip Foster, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn (as "Tracy Samatha Lord"), Nicholas Joy (as "Seth Lord"), Lenore Lonergan, Hayden Rorke (as "Mac"), Forrest Orr (as "William Tracy/Uncle Willy"), Myrtle Tannehill (as "May"), Dan Tobin. Produced by The Theatre Guild. Note: Filmed by MGM as The Philadelphia Story (1940).
- (1942) Stage Play: This Is the Army. Musical revue. Music by Irving Berlin. Book by James McColl and Irving Berlin. Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Musical Direction by Milton Rosenstock. Dialogue for Minstrel Show by Pvt. Jack Mendelsohn, Pfc. Richard Burdick and Pvt. Tom McDonnell. Music arrangements for dances by Pvt. Melvin Pahl. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Pvt. John Koenig. Choreographed by Cpl. Nelson Barclift and Sgt. Robert Sidney. Additional direction by Joshua Logan. Military Formations by Chester O'Brien. Directed by Sgt. Ezra Stone. Broadway Theatre: 4 Jul 1942- 26 Sep 1942 (113 performances). Cast: Pvt. Juss Addiss, Alan Anderson, Arthur Atkins, Pvt. Leonard Berchman, Eugene Leander Berg, Sgt. Irving Berlin, Dick Bernie, Pvt. Howard Brooks, Marion Brown, Peter J. Burns, Joe Bush, Pvt. Samuel Carr, Pvt. Stewart Churchill, Joe Cook Jr., Pvt. Belmonte Cristiani, Cpl. James A. Cross, Pvt. Louis de Milhau, Ross Elliott, Derek Fairman, Pvt. Ray Goss, Dan Healy, Hank Henry, William Home, Richard Irving, Burl Ives, Fred Kelly, Harold J. Kennedy, Pvt. Robert Kinne, Alan Manson, Pvt. Ralph Margelssen, James McColl, Sgt. John Mendes, Pvt. Gary Merrill, Pvt. Pinkie Mitchell, Robert Moore, John Murphy, Peter O'Neill, Pvt. Jules Oshins, Earl Oxford, Tileston Perry, Pvt. William Pillich, Richard Reeves, Jack Riano, William Roerick, Hayden Rorke [final Broadway role], Pfc. Anthony Ross, Louis Salmon, Robert Shanley, Sgt. Robert Sidney, Sgt. Arthur Steiner, Sgt. Ezra Stone, The Allon Trio, Philip Truex, Norman Van Emburgh, Pvt. Claude Watson, Pvt. Larry Weeks, Pvt. William Wykoff. Produced by Uncle Sam (U.S. Government).
- (July 30 to August 4,1974) He played Charles Norbury in William Fairchild's play, "Sound of Murder," in a Cherry County Playhouse production under the Dome at the Park Palace Hotel in Traverse City, Michigan with Marilyn Cunningham (Anne Norbury); Paul C. Iddings (Peter Marriott); Mary Adams (Miss Forbest) David Brubaker (Sheriff Davidson) and L. Lee Glaister (Constable Nash) in the cast. Ruth Bailey was founder and artistic director. Ben Janney was resident director. Michael Powers was set and lighting designer. William J. Hooton was general manager. Ken Stevens was promotional director. Tom Gallagher and Nancy Klaver were promotional assistants. John Hagan was promotional buyer and assistant business manager. Phyllis Lesser was box office treasurer. Peggy Green was assistant box office treasurer. Jane Hamel was box office assistant. Millerhaus was secretary. Paul C. Iddings was apprentice director. Robert O'Rorke was production stage manager.
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