- He and Patricia Medina starred in the 1959 unsold pilot "Jeopardy" which was to be an hour-long anthology series.
- (1934 - 1946) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1934) Stage Play: The First Legion. Drama. Written by Emmett Lavery. Directed by Anthony Brown. 46th Street Theatre: 1 Oct 1934- Jan 1935 (closing date unknown/112 performances). Cast: Lester Atwell (as "Novices and Choir"), Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli (as "Novices and Choir"), Charles Coburn (as "Rev. Edward Quarterman, S.J."), Charles Danforth (as "Novices and Choir"), Pedro de Cordoba (as "Rev. José Maria Sierra, S.J") [final Broadway role], Thomas Ewell (as "Novices and Choir"), Thomas Findlay, Joe Fitzmaurice (as "Novices and Choir"), John Foster (as "Novices and Choir"), William Ingersoll (as "Rev. Paul Duquesne, S.J."), Whitford Kane (as "Rt. Rev. Monsignor Michael Curry"), Harry Lane (as "Novices and Choir"), John Litel (as "Rev. Thomas Rawleigh"), Bert Lytell (as "Rev. Mark Ahern, S.J."), Joseph Mitchell (as "Novices and Choir"), Tom Monahan (as "Novices and Choir"), Harold Moulton (as "Rev. John Fulton, S.J."), Wayne Nelson (as "Novices and Choir"), Bruce Parish (as "Novices and Choir"), Robert Payson (as "Novices and Choir"), Frank Ray (as "Novices and Choir"), Jules Schmidt, Frankie Thomas, Jerome Thor(as "Novices and Choir") [Broadway debut], Harland Tucker (as "Dr. Peter Morell"), John J. Williams (as "Novices and Choir"), Donald Wilson (as "Novices and Choir"), Raymond Wolber (as "Novices and Choir"), Philip Wood, Rob Wood (as "Novices and Choir"), Arthur Zwerling (as "Novices and Choir"). Produced by Bert Lytell and Phil Green. Note: Filmed as The First Legion (1951).
- (1935) Stage Play: Bitter Oleander. Drama. Written by Frederico Garcia Lorca. Translated by José A. Weissman. Scenic Design by Cleon Throckmorton. Directed by Irene Lewisohn. Lyceum Theatre: 11 Feb 1935- Mar 1935 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Alice Ann Baker (as "Neighbor"), Marian Barnes (as "Spinning Girl"), Edgar Barrier (as "Novio, The Bridegroom"), Genevieve Belasco (as "Leonardo's Wife's Mother"), Grace Carey (as "Spinning Girl"), Thomas Coffin Cooke (as "Novio's Father"), Louise Glover (as "Leonardo's Wife"), Jane Haverhill (as "Second Girl"), Eric Kelton (as "Woodcutter"), William Lawson (as "Leonardo"), Eugenie Leontovich (as "Novia, The Bride"), Yisrol Libman (as "Woodcutter"), Rose Lieder (as "Girl"), Paul Mann (as "Second Man"), Sana Martin (as "Fifth Girl"), Dazma Minty (as "First Girl"), Nance O'Neil (as "Mother"), Effie Shannon (as "Servant"), Arthur Singer (as "Woodcutter"), Dora Southern Third Girl"), Beatrice St. Ives (as "Spinning Girl"), Gertrude Stone (as "Fourth Girl"), Jerome Thor (as "First Man"), Ludmila Toretzka [credited as Ludmilla Toretzka] (as "Woman"). Produced by The Neighborhood Playhouse.
- (1935) Stage Play: Panic. Drama. Written by Archibald Macleish. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by James Light. Imperial Theatre: 14 Mar 1935- 15 Mar 1935 (2 performances). Cast: Wesley Addy (as "Unemployed/Male Chorus"), Osceola Archer (as "Female Chorus"), Amelia Barleon, Elaine Basil, Robin Batcheller, Abner Biberman (as "Unemployed"), William Challee (as "Unemployed"), Russell Collins (as "A Man"), Walter Coy, Margaret Craven, Joseph Eggenton, Paul Genge, George Glass, Clifford Heckinger, Dierdre Hurst, Zita Johann (as "Ione"), Harold Johnsrud (as "Blind Man"), Tony Kraber (as "A Man") [credited as Gerrit Kraber], Eva Langbord (as "A Young Girl"), Albert Lewis, Yisrol Libman, Margot Loines, Edward Mann, Rose McClendon (as "An Old Woman"), Harold McGee, Elizabeth Morison, Gordon Nelson, John O'Shaughnessy, LaVerne Pine, Beatrice Pons, Joanna Roos, Arthur Singer, Lucille Strudwick, Karl Swenson (as "A Young Man"), Mary Tarcai, Jerome Thor, Paula Trueman, Eric Walz, Orson Welles (as "McGafferty"), Virginia Welles (as "Female Chorus") [Broadway debut], Richard Whorf (as "Griggs"), Dane Clark (as "A Young Man") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Phoenix Theatre Inc.
- (1935) Stage Play: Parade. Musical revue/satire.
- (1936) Stage Play: Case of Clyde Griffiths. Drama. Written by Erwin Piscator and Lena Goldschmidt. Based on the book "The American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser. Directed by Lee Strasberg. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 13 Mar 1936- Mar 1936 (closing date unknown/19 performances). Produced by The Group Theatre and Milton Shubert.
- (1938) Stage Play: The Fabulous Invalid. Written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Broadhurst Theatre: 8 Oct 1938- 3 Dec 1938 (65 performances). Cast: Iris Adrian (as "Daisy LaHiff"), Albert Amato, Jack Arnold, Bobbe Arnst, Donald Baker, Walter Beck (as "The Valet"), Douglas Beddingfield, Louise Blackburn, William E. Blake, Virginia Burke, Eileen Burns, Ruth Clayton, Ethel Colby, Gladys Conrad, Clancy Cooper (as "A Comedian"), Stephen Courtleigh, Alec Courtney, Doris Dalton, William Dorbin, Katherine Duncan, Marian Edwards, Edward Elliott, Elsa Ersi, Edward Fisher, Richard Gordon, Brant Gorman, Sydney Grant, Alan Handley, Joy Hathaway, Percy Helton (as "Saunders"), Ferdi Hoffman, Louis Howard, Doris Jenkins, Roy Johnson, Gerry Jones, Janice Joyce, Curtis Karpe (as "Solinsky"), Charles King (as "Sheridan"), Ernest Lawford, David Leonard, George Lloyd, Richard Lloyd, John Lorenz, James MacDonald, Norman MacKay, Vera Fuller Mellish (as "The Maid"), John Moore, Mona Moray, Meg Mundy, Eddie Nelson, Jack Norworth, Barna Ostertag, Melvin Parks, Paul Payne, Robert Regent, Amy Revere, Robert Rhodes, Bonnie Roberts, Dora Sayers (as "Ethel Barrymore" and "Eva Le Galilienne"), Sydna Scott, Ada Sinclair, Sid Stone, Peggy Strickland, Ruth Strome, Jerome Thor (as "Newsboy"), Milano Tilden, Philip Truex (as "A Boy"), Grace Valentine (as "Annie"), Jay Velie, Beth Waller, Dorothy Waller, Solly Ward, Jeanne Wardley. Produced by Sam Harris.
- (1939) Stage Play: The American Way. Written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Scene Technician for Mr. Oenslager: Isaac Benesch. Assistant to Miss Sharaff: Anna Hill Johnstone and Florence Keady. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey. Conducted by Oscar Levant. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Center Theatre: 21 Jan 1939- Jun 1939 (closing date unknown/164 performances). Cast: Fredric March (as "Martin Gunther"), Florence Eldridge (as "Irma Gunther"), McKay Morris (as "Samuel Brockton"), Ruth Weston (as "Winifred Baxter"), Eve Abbott, Albert Amato, Jack Arnold (as "Ed Lorenz"), Suzanne Ashbrook, Cathie Bailey, Alan Bandler, Bobby Barron, Robin Batcheller, Vivian Baule, Joseph Beale, Walter Beck (as "A Minister"), Herman Belmonte, Mary Bennett, Ronald Bennett, Evelyn Bernie, Whit Bissell (as "Karl, Age 21") [credited as Whitner Bissell], Milton Blumenthal, Orin Borston, Mary Brandon, Louise Buck, Buddy Buehler, Eileen Burns, Joe Bush, Hugh Cameron (as "Mayor McEvoy"), Eleanore Campsall, Gloria Carey, Gerry Carr, Eldridge Carson, Kenneth Casey, Teddy Casey, Natalie Chilvers, Laura Church, Norma Clerc, Beatrice Cole, Daniel Conway, Russell Conway, George Cotton, Alex Courtney, Ed Crosswell, Harry Crox, Tom Curley, Robert Cushman, Kenneth Dana, Ethel Darling, Gretchen Davidson, Bud Davis, Celeste DeBellis, Louis Delgado, Sandford Dody, Gene Douglas, Dorothy Downs, Katherine Duncan, Helen Edwards, Marian Edwards, Clark Eggleston (as "Ensemble"), Edward Elliott, Ruth Enders, Elsa Ersi (as "Clara Heinrich"), Herbert Everin, Gilbert Fates, Edward Fisher, Alice Fitzsimmons, Janet Fox, Eugene Francis, Vincent Gardiner, Bob Gewald, Herbert Goff, Brant Gorman, Carl Gose, Sydney Grant (as "Dr. Squires"), Norma Green, Claire Greenwood, Donn Hagerty, Gilbert Haggerty, Ann Hagye, Vernon Hammer, Robert Hanley, Lola Harris, Michael Harvey, William Hawes, James Hayes, George Herndon, Alan Hewitt (as "Alex Hewitt"), Nina Hill, Mary Hoban (as "Ensemble"), Cynthia Holbrook, Danny Hood, Claire Howard, Carol Hulings, Bradford Hunt, Buddy Irving, Carl Johnson, Peter Johnson, Marilyn Jolie, Curtis Karpe (as "Ensemble"), Allen Kearns, Walter Kelly, John Kerr, Robert Kerr, Lila King, Dorothy Knox, William Layton (as "Ensemble"), Kenneth Le Roy, Michael Leonard, Tommy Lewis, Richard Lloyd, Audrey Lodge, Constance Lodge, Virginia Lodge, John Long, John Lorenz, Betty MacDonald, James MacDonald, Marvel MacInnis (as "Ensemble"), Edward Mann, Jules Mann, Adrienne Marden, Jean Martel, Remi Martel, Gaylord Mason, Buddy Matthews, Gordon Merrick, Dorothy Miller, Gordon Mills, Patricia Minty, Carman Mitchell, Lois Montgomery, James Moore, Mona Moray, Mary Murray, May Muth, Florrie Nadel, Edna Nagy, Cecil Natapoff, Doris Newcomb, Donald O'Day, Grace O'Malley, LeRoi Operti (as "Dr. MacFarlane"), Margaret Owens, Melvin Parks, Judy Parrish, Lee Parry, Albert Patterson, Charles Payne, Jeannie Belle Perry, Martha Pickens, Gloria Pierre, Elinor Pittis, Philip Pollard, Jean Porter, Janet Regan, Ronald Reiss, George Repp, Robert Rhodes, Eric Roberts, James Roland, Mary Romano, Peggy Romano, Sylvia Roseman, James Russo, Nathaniel Sack, Stephen Sandes, Ray Santos, Lesley Savage, Dora Sayers, Louise Segal, Nat Seigal, Jeanne Shelby, Thomas Speidel, Don Starr, Mary Stevenson, Rodney Stewart, Sidney Stone, Elliott Stranger, Ruth Strome, Daphne Sylva, Jerry Sylvon, Ward Tallman (as "Henry Courtney"), John Thomas, Jerome Thor (as "Ensemble"), Frances Thress, Harry Todd, Carl Urbont, Grace Valentine, Dick Van Patten (as "Karl Gunther, Age 9; Martin Gunther's grandchild") [creidted as Dickie Van Patten], Joan Vitez, Julia Walsh, George Ward, Jeanne Wardley, David Wayne (as "Karl Gunther"), William Welch, Maurice Wells, Peggy Wells, Alan Wenfield, Bob White, Albert Whitley, Nancy Whitman, Lynn Whitney, Mary Williamson, Lois Winston, Janice Winter, Barbara Wooddell, Gene Yell. Produced by Sam Harris and Max Gordon.
- (1939) Stage Play: The American Way [Return engagement]. Music by Oscar Levant. Written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Center Theatre: 17 Jul 1939- 23 Sep 1939 (80 performances/return engagement). Cast: Jack Arnold, Bobby Barron, Walter Beck (as "A Minister"), Whit Bissell (as "Karl, Age 21") [credited as Whitner Bissell], Mary Brandon, Buddy Buehler, Eileen Burns, Hugh Cameron, Gerry Carr, Teddy Casey, Norma Clerc, Alex Courtney, Robert Cushman, Gretchen Davidson, Katherine Duncan, Marian Edwards, Florence Eldridge, Edward Elliott, Elsa Ersi, Gilbert Fates, Janet Fox, Brant Gorman, Sydney Grant, George Herndon, Alan Hewitt, Claire Howard, Bradford Hunt, Buddy Irving, Allen Kearns, Walter Kelly, Tommy Lewis, Richard Lloyd, Virginia Lodge, John Long, John Lorenz, Lorna Lynn, James MacDonald, Fredric March (as "Martin Gunther"), Adrienne Marden, James Moore, Mona Moray, McKay Morris, Mary Murray, LeRoi Operti (as "Dr. MacFarlane"), Elinor Pittis, Janet Regan, Robert Rhodes, James Russo, Stephen Sandes, Dora Sayers, Jeanne Shelby, Sidney Stone, Ward Tallman (as "Henry Courtney"), Jerome Thor (as "Factory Worker"), Grace Valentine, Dick Van Patten (as "Karl Gunther, Age 9, Martin Gunther's grandchild"), Jeanne Wardley, David Wayne (as "Karl Gunther"), Maurice Wells, Ruth Weston (as "Winifred Baxter"), Bob White, Barbara Wooddell. Produced by Sam Harris and Max Gordon.
- (1939) Stage Play: The World We Make. Drama. Written by Sidney Kingsley. Based on the novel "The Outward Room" by Millen Brand. Directed by Sidney Kingsley. Guild Theatre: 20 Nov 1939- 27 Jan 1940 (80 performances). Cast: Carroll Ashburn (as "Mr. McKay"), Eloise Bouldin, Solen Burry, Nick Dennis, Erwin Edwards, Rudolph Forster, Harold Gary, Daga Hammond, Dagmar Hampf, Lee Harrett, Billie Haywood, Louise Huntington, May King, Eve March, Margo (as "Virginia McKay"), Katherine Murphy, James O'Rear, Kasia Orzaweski, Joseph Pevney (as "Jim Kohler"), Randolph Preston, Florence Redd, Frank Richards, Bonnie Roberts, Eric Roberts, Herbert Rudley, Thelma Schnee, Ruth Sherrill, Harold J. Stone (as "Mr. Zubriski"), Buddy Swan (as "Danny"), Zolya Talma (as "Mrs. McKay"), Jerome Thor (as "Third Laundry Truckman"), Mildred Truppo, Albert Vees, Tito Vuolo. Produced by Sidney Kingsley.
- (1940) Stage Play: My Sister Eileen. Comedy. Written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, from stories by Ruth McKenney. Dance sequences staged by Paul Seymour. Dance sequences stages by Paul Seymour. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Lighting Design by Al Alloy. Technical Assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Isaac Benesch. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Biltmore Theatre (through 4 Aug 1942. Moved to The Martin Beck Theatre until 21 Nov 1942 then moved to The Ritz Theatre until 13 Dec 1942 then moved to The Broadway Theatre until close): 26 Dec 1940-16 Jan 1943 (864 performances). Cast: Effie Afton (as "Violet Shelton"), Michael Ames, Shirley Booth (as "Ruth Sherwood"), Alan Brixey, Morris Carnovsky (as "Mr. Appolpolous"), Peter Coe (as "Future Admiral") [credited as Peter Knego], George Cotton, Tom Dillon, Donald Foster, Eda Heinemann (as "A Prospective Tenant"), Gordon Jones, Joseph Kallini, Bruce MacFarlane, Paul Marion, Charles Martin, William Post Jr., Richard Quine (who would later direct a film version of the play, My Sister Eileen (1955)), Helen Ray, Eric Roberts, Mel Roberts, Jo Ann Sayers, Paul Seymour, Benson Spring, Joan Tompkins, Robert White. Replacement actors during Biltmore Theatre run: Joe Bush (as "Future Admiral"), Henry Jones (as "Frank Lippencott"), Dave Macomber (as "Cossack"), Alva Milligan (as "A Drunk"), Priscilla Newton (as "Helen Wade"), Theodore Newton (as "Robert Baker"), Paul Porter Jr. (as "A Street Arab"), Roy Roberts (as "The Wreck"), Max Showalter (as "Frank Lippencott"), Arthur Tell (as "A Drunk"), Jerome Thor (as "Future Admiral"), Sheila Trent (as "Violet Shelton"), Ethel Wilson (as "A Prospective Tenant"). Replacement actors during Martin Beck Theatre run: Tony Bickley Future Admiral"), Joseph Buloff (as "Mr. Appolpolous"), Victor Finney (as "Future Admiral"), Thomas Hume (as "The Wreck"), Peggy Knudsen (as "Eileen Sherwood"), David Macomber (as "Cossack"), Alva Milligan (as "A Drunk"), Theodore Newton (as "Robert Baker"), Paul Porter Jr. (as "A Street Arab"), Herbert Rissman (as "Jensen"), Max Showalter (as "Frank Lippencott"), Arthur Tell (as "A Drunk"), Sheila Trent (as "Violet Shelton"), Ethel Wilson (as "A Prospective Tenant"). Replacement actors during Ritz Theatre run: None noted. Replacement actors during Broadway Theatre run: None noted. Produced by Max Gordon. Notes: (1) Rates as one of the most successful (and profitable) productions ever produced on Broadway. (2) Filmed by Columbia Pictures twice as My Sister Eileen (1942), My Sister Eileen (1955).
- (1942) Stage Play: Strip for Action. Written by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. National Theatre: 30 Sep 1942- 2 Jan 1943 (110 performances). Cast: Jean Carter (as "Florida"), Joey Faye (as "Joey"), Billy Koud (as "Billy Miller"), Murray Leonard, Eleanor Lynn, Keenan Wynn (as "Nutsy") [final Broadway role], Harold Abbey (as "Jonesy"), Wylie Adams (as "Jeff"), Jack Albertson (as "Eddie"), Anita Arden (as "Gladys"), Harry Bannister (as "Chief of Staff"), Helen Barrie (as "Doris"), Leslie Barrie (as "Commissioner Ainley"), Marji Beeler (as "Maizie"), Howard Blaine, Eleanor Boleyn (as "Ruthie"), Olga Brace (as "Sally"), Milt Bronson (as "Sam"), Richard Clark, Wendell Corey (as "Farmer"), Toni Crane, Harry De Costa, John Deshay, Jeraldine Dvorak, Cpl. Tommy Farrell (as "Traps") [Broadway debut], Doris Faye (as "Shirley"), Pat Flynn, Kenneth Forbes (as "Buzz"), Bert Freed (as "Dan"), Joseph Haworth, Paul Huber (as "Gen. McPhelan"), Gloria Ingles (as "Judy"), Charlie Kaye (as "Clint"), Barry Kelley, David Kerman (as "Major Daniels") [final Broadway role], Don Kohler (as "Tex"), Boo La Von, Owen Martin (as "Mitch"), James McMahon (as "Gus"), Gary Myles, Gordon Nelson (as "Capt. Adams"), Betty Noonan (as "Dracula"), Jacqueline Paige (as "Virginia"), Cpl. Leonard A. Patrick (as "Lieut. Nelson"), Coby Ruskin (as "Brooklyn"), Evelyn Russell, Richard Sanders, Jerome Thor (as "Hollenbeck"), Kitty Voss (as "Kitty"), Will J. Ward (as "Mike"). Produced by Oscar Serlin, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
- (1942) Stage Play: The Doughgirls. Comedy. Written by Joseph Fields. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Lyceum Theatre: 30 Dec 1942- 29 Jul 1944 (671 performances). Cast: Walter Beck, Reed Brown Jr., Theodore Bryant, Maurice Burke, King Calder (as "Julian Cadman"), George Calvert, Mary Cooper, George Davis, Reynolds Evans (as "Chaplain Stevens"), Virginia Field (as "Edna"), Arlene Francis (as "Natalia Chodorov"), Sydney Grant, Harold Grau (as "A Stranger"), Mildred Haines, Vinton Hayworth, Henry Howell, Edward Joyce, Kermit Kegley, William J. Kelly, James MacDonald, Joseph Martin, Harold Murphy, Doris Nolan (as "Nan"), Joseph Olney, Maxim Panteleieff, Edward H. Robins, Natalie Schafer (as "Sylvia"), Frank Taft, Jerome Thor (as "Another Bellboy"), Thomas F. Tracey (as "Admiral Owens"), Arleen Whelan, Hugh Williamson, Ethel Wilson, Bernard Winter. Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1943) Stage Play: Get Away Old Man. Comedy. Written by William Saroyan. Directed by George Abbott. Cort Theatre: 24 Nov 1943- 4 Dec 1943 (13 performances). Cast: Mason Adams (as "Messenger"), Glenn Anders (as "Sam"), Ed Begley (as "Patrick Hammer"), Edwin Hodge (as "Correspondent of the N.Y. Times"), Sula Levitch, Joyce Mathews, Beatrice Pearson, Jerome Thor (as "Doctor"), Hilda Vaughn (as "Rose Schornbloom"), Richard Widmark (as "Harry Bird"). Produced by George Abbott.
- (1945) Stage Play: Calico Wedding. Comedy.
- (1945) Stage Play: The French Touch.
- (1946) Stage Play: He Who Gets Slapped. Tragedy (revival).
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