- (1902 - 1945) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1902) Stage Play: The Wild Rose. Musical comedy. Music by Ludwig Englander. Book by Harry B. Smith and George V. Hobart. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith and George V. Hobart. Musical Director: Frederic Solomon. Featuring songs with lyrics by William H. Penn, Ren Shields [earliest Broadway credit] and Clifton Crawford. Additional lyrics by William Jerome, Junie McCree, Cecil Mack, John Gilroy and Vincent Bryan. Additional music by Harry Linton, Will Marion Cook, Harry von Tilzer, Ben Jerome, Melville Ellis and Jean Schwartz. Scenic Design by D. Frank Dodge. Costume Design by Caroline Seidle. Dances arranged by Adolph Neuberger. Directed by George W. Lederer. Knickerbocker Theatre: 5 May 1902- 30 Aug 1902 (136 performances). Cast: Madge Adae (as "Diane D'Ivry"), Marion Alexander (as "La Boulotte"), George Ali (as "Baby"), Neva Aymer (as "Michelline"), Theresa Barron (as "Lena"), David Bennett (as "Lieutenant Marcel de Talleyrand-Perigord"), Irene Bentley (as "Rose Romany"), Irene Bishop (as "Fanchonette"), William Wallace Black (as "Count von Lahn/Scipio"), Minna Blackman (as "Lisa"), Madge Brooks (as "La Radieuse"), Marie Cahill (as "Vera von Lahn"), Viola Carlstedt (as "Lieutenant Goetz"), Marguerite Clark (as "Lieutenant Gaston Gardennes"), Ma Belle Davis (as "Cigale"), Louise De Rigney (as "Lieutenant Bourbon"), Belva Don Kersley (as "Germinie"), Teddie DuCoe (as "Gretchen"), Elsie Ferguson (as "Philomele"), Evelyn Florence (as "Vashti"), Mazie Follette (as "Petite Singe"), Edwin Foy (as "Paracelsus Noodles"), Ida Gabrielle (as "Rafael"), Archie Guerin (as "Fritz"), Averell Harris (as "Lieutenant Walther"), Albert Hart (as "Mahomet"), Charles Hooker (as "Lieutenant Pierre de Rastignac"), Helga Howard (as "Beppo"), Ethel Jewett (as "La Joyeuse"), Louis Kelso (as "Lieutenant Henri St. Bris"), Elba Kenny (as "Lieutenant Charlevoix"), Richard Lambert (as "Major Hauptmann"), V.H. Lee (as "Lieutenant Conrad"), David Lythgoe (as "Rudolph von Walden"), Hazel Manchester (as "Barbara"), Madge Marston (as "Eve Bonheur"), Junie McCree (as "Victor Hugo de Brie"), Rube Miller (as "Lieutenant Franz von Richter"), Charles Morton (as "Lieutenant Leopold"), E.H. O'Connor (as "Aristotle"), Carrie E. Perkins (as "Mirabel"), Nina Randall (as "La Rouleuse"), Mollie Sherwood (as "Rosalie"), Maida Van Buren (as "Rigolette"), Mai Walker (as "Lieutenant Drachenfels"). Produced by George W. Lederer.
- (1906) Stage Play: The Prince of India. Drama. Written by J.I.C. Clarke. Based on the novel by General Lew Wallace. Incidental music by Horatio Parker. Directed by Herbert Gresham and Lawrence Marston. Broadway Theatre: 24 Sep 1906- Dec 1906 (closing date unknown/73 performances). Cast: W. Abrams, George Ames, S. Anderson, Anthony Andre, Harrison Armstrong, William Breen, George Brooks, Jane Burdett, W.E. Butterfield, Florence Chase, Emmett Corrigan, Haswell Dague, Adele Davis, Lucille Fallon, Marshall Farnum, William Farnum, C. Norman Hammond, Averell Harris, Charles Harris, Sam S. Harris, Julie Herne, Richard Hillson, Adelaide Keim, Henry F. Koser, Chester Lee, W.H. Leyden, Agnes Marks, Lawrence Marston, Julius McVickar, J. O'Neil, William Osgood, S. Van Dusen Phillips, Boyd Putnam, Monroe Salisbury, Elsie Smith, George Walker, Henry Wilson. Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1907) Stage Play: The Right of Way.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Red Dawn. Drama.
- (1922) Stage Play: Persons Unknown. Melodrama.
- (1924) Stage Play: Gypsy Jim. Drama.
- (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 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 by Universal Pictures as Alias the Deacon (1927), again by Universal Pictures as Half a Sinner (1934), and remade again by Universal Pictures as Alias the Deacon (1940),.
- (1927) Stage Play: Four Walls. Written by Dana Burnet and George Abbott. Directed by George Abbott. John Golden Theatre: 19 Sep 1927- Jan 1928 (closing date unknown/144 performances). Cast: Suzanne Browne (as "Lizzie"), William Cox (as "Marty"), Lionel Dante (as "Paul") [Broadway debut], Peter Du Conge (as "Second Musician"), Bella Finkle (as "Bertha"), Jacob Frank (as "Mendel"), Jeanne Greene (as "Frieda"), Averell Harris (as "The Monk"), Steven Jones (as "Fourth Musician"), Edward Keane (as "Sullivan"), Eloise Keeler (as "Sally"), James C. Lane (as "Tom"), Clara Langsner (as "Mrs. Horowitz"), Jay Lindsey (as "Looey"), Gertrude Manfred (as "Gertie"), Sanford Meisner (as "Sid"), George Nicols (as "Third Musician"), Olga Nova (as "Stella"), William Pawley (as "Lefty"), Edwin Philips (as "Sammy"), Evelyn Platt (as "Rose"), William Smith (as "First Musician"), Lee Strasberg (as "Nick"), Charles Wagenheim (as "Herman"), Josephine Wehn (as "Mrs. Clampman"), Paul Muni [credited as Muni Wisenfrend] (as "Benny Horowitz"), George Wright Jr. (as "Jake"). Produced by John Golden. Note: Filmed by MGM as Four Walls (1928) and again by MGM as Straight Is the Way (1934).
- (1928) Stage Play: Night Hostess. Comedy/drama. Directed by Winchell Smith. Written by Philip Dunning. Martin Beck Theatre: 12 Sep 1928- Dec 1928 (closing date unknown/117 performances). Cast: Jane Allyn (as "Rita"), Carl Alps (as "Musician"), Harry L. Beck (as "Winner and Loser"), J.S. Boatsman (as "First Chump"), Katherine Burns (as "Other Hostesses") [Broadway debut], William Cox (as "Croupier"), Gail De Hart (as "Julia"), Chester De Whirst (as "Second Chump"), Jane Dix (as "Winner and Loser"), Norman Foster (as "Rags Conway"), Jacob Frank (as "Winner and Loser"), Phillip Frank (as "Croupier"), Maurice Freeman (as "Ben Fischer"), Jeff Gaines (as "Croupier"), Beth Gear (as "Winner and Loser"), Porter Hall (as "Tish"), Averell Harris(as "Chris Miller"), Helen Henderson (as "Other Hostesses"), John Humphrey (as "Other Attendant"), Elsie Hyde (as "Winner and Loser"), John L. Kearney (as "Herman"), Louise Kirtland (as "Peggy"), Bjorn Koefoed (as "Winner and Loser"), Charles Laite (as "Tom Hayes"), Henry Lawrence (as "Joe"), Norman Levene (as "Musician"), Lilian Lyndon (as "Dot"), Ruth Lyons (as "Buddy Miles"), Michael Mack (as "Winner and Loser"), Helen McKay (as "Other Hostesses"), Burleigh Morton (as "Winner and Loser"), James G. Morton (as "Winner and Loser"), Nicholas Nardullo (as "Musician"), George Nolan (as "Winner and Loser"), Ned Norton (as "Musician"), Francis O'Reiley (as "Hennessy"), Doris Podmore (as "Other Hostesses"), May Rice (as "Winner and Loser"), Larry Roland (as "Musician"), Janet Spitzer (as "Other Hostesses"), Peggy Vaughn (as "Other Hostesses"), Graham Velsey (as "Cyril Keane") [Broadway debut], Barbara Willison (as "Other Hostesses"), Harold Woolf (as "Frank Wardell"), George Wright Jr. (as "Other Attendant"). Produced by John Golden.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Tyrant. Drama/romance.
- (1931) Stage Play: Napi. Comedy. Written by Brian Marlow, from the German of Julius Berstl. Directed by Ernest Truex. Longacre Theare: 11 Mar 1931- Mar 1931 (closing date unknown/21 performances). Cast: Beatrice Blinn (as "Jeanne Duval"), Wallis Clark (as "Dr. Corvisart"), Stephen Courtleigh (as "Officer of the Day"), Bernice Elliott (as "Margot"), H.H. Gibbs (as "Lackey"), Averell Harris (as "Marshal Duroc"), Frieda Inescort (as "The Empress"), Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Lady-in-Waiting"), Peggy Shannon, Ernest Truex (as "Aristide Latouche"), Albert Dekker [credited as Albert Van Dekker] (as "Meneval"), Dallas Welford (as "Constant"), Frank Wilcox. Produced by L. Lawrence Weber.
- (1932) Stage Play: Trick for Trick. Drama. Written by Vivian Crosby, Shirley Warde and Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 18 Feb 1932- Apr 1932 (closing date unknown/69 performances). Cast: Granville Bates (as "Lieutenant Jed Dodson"), Sascha Beaumont (as "Susie Henry"), Lawrence Bolton (as "Albert Young"), Hallam Bosworth (as "Dr. Frank Fitzgerald"), Burke Clarke (as "John Russell"), Robert W. Craig (as "Sergeant Pete Dennehy"), Averell Harris (as "Joseph Lombard"), Paul Hoover, Fred Knight (as "Stenographer"), Harry Mestayer (as "Professor Roland King"), Henry O'Neill (as "George La Tour"), Eleanor Phelps, James Rennie (as "Walter Lawrence"), Walter Vaughn (as "David Adams"). Produced by Robert V. Newman.
- (1935) Stage Play: Rosmersholm (Revival). Written by Henrik Ibsen. Revised translation by Eva Le Gallienne. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne. Shubert Theatre: 2 Dec 1935- Dec 1935 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Walter Beck (as "Peter Mortensgard"), Hugh Buckler (as "Ulric Brendel"), Donald Cameron, Averell Harris (as "Doctor Kroll"), Eva Le Gallienne (as "Rebecca West"), Leona Roberts. Produced by Eva Le Gallienne.
- (1934) Stage Play: Errant Lady. Comedy. Written by Nat Dorfman [credited as Nat N. Dorfman]. Directed by Priestly Morrison. Fulton Theatre: 17 Sep 1934- Oct 1934 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: King Calder (as "Frank Howard"), Reynolds Denniston (as "John"), Stuart Fox (as "Walter Slocum"), Averell Harris (as "Ralph Jessup"), Dodson Mitchell (as "Ned Kirchwey"), Mary Horne Morrison (as "Stella Kirchwey"), Leona Powers (as "Clara Jessup"), Donald Randolph (as "Victor Rachmananov"), Helen Walpole (as "Sylvia Howard"). Produced by Harry Albert.
- (1935) Stage Play: Camille. Drama (revival). Written by Alexandre Dumas, fils. Translated by Henriette Metcalf. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne. Shubert Theatre: 4 Dec 1935- Dec 1935 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Walter Beck (as "Count De Giray/The Doctor"), Hugh Buckler (as "M. Duval"), Donald Cameron (as "Gaston Rieux'), Kendall Clark(as "Gustave") [Broadway debut], Sayre Crawley (as "Saint Gaudens"), Marion Evenson (as "Nanine"), Florida Friebus (as "Nichette"), Genevieve Frizzell (as "Anais"), Pedro Galván (as "Servant"), Averell Harris (as "Baron De Varville"), Eva Le Gallienne (as "Marguerite Gautier"), Eva Leonard Boyne (as "Olympe"), William Phillips(as "Servant/Arthur"), Leona Roberts (as "Prudence"), Richard Waring (as "Armand Duval"). Produced by Eva Le Gallienne.
- (1937) Stage Play: Antony and Cleopatra. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Scenic and Costume Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Reginald Bach. Mansfield Theatre: 10 Nov 1937- Nov 1937 (closing date unknown/5 performances). Cast: Henry Adrian (as "Philo Canidius, a soldier of Antony"), Tallulah Bankhead (as "Cleopatra"), William H. Barwald (as "Canidius, Lieutenant-general to Antony"), Charles Bowden (as "Demetrius, a soldier of Antony"), Thomas Chalmers, Ralph Chambers (as "Agrippa, a soldier of Caesar"), John Emery (as "Octavius Caesar, triumvir"), Lawrence Fletcher (as "Messenger"), Stephen Fox (as "Thyreus, a soldier of Caesar"), Wilton Graff (as "Proculeius, a soldier of Caesar"), Sidney Halpern (as "Musician"), Fred Hanschi (as "Diomedes, a soothsayer"), Averell Harris (as "Pompey. a pirate"), George Harvey (as "Iras, attendant on Cleopatra"), Fania Marinoff (as "Charmian, attendant on Cleopatra") [final Broadway role], John Parrish (as "Menas, friend to Pompey"), Alfred Ross (as "Musician"), Richard Ross (as "Dercetas, a soldier of Antony"), Arnold Sattler (as "Musician"), Henry Saunders (as "Dolabella, a soldier of Caesar"), Wilfrid Seagram (as "Eros, a soldier to Antony"), Mary Shannon (as "Slave"), Virginia Spottswood (as "Lady of the Court"), Kamila Staneska (as "Dancer"), Conway Tearle (as "Antony"), Frederic Voight (as "Scarus Dercetas, a soldier of Antony"), Valeska Von Momerty (as "Cup Bearer"), Regina Wallace (as "Octavia, sister to Caesar and wife to Antony"), Robert Williamson (as "Mardian, a eunuch, attendant on Cleopatra"). Produced by Laurence Rivers Inc.
- (1943) Stage Play: Othello. Drama. Played Brabantio (Desdemona's father) in the 1943 Broadway production of Shakespeare's "Othello". However, he did not repeat his performance on the record album, where Alexander Scourby substituted for him.
- (1938) Stage Play: Schoolhouse on the Lot. Comedy. Written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov. Scenic Design by Arne Lundborg. Directed by Philip Dunning. Ritz Theatre: 22 Mar 1938- May 1938 (closing date unknown). Cast: Walter Armin (as "Herman Godansky"), Buford Armitage (as "Sampson"), Nancy Barnwell, Edward Barry, Carter Blake, Donald Brown, Joe Brown Jr., Frederic Clark, Hylah Coley, Gerald A. Cornell, June Curtis, Virginia Dunning, Eleanor Flagg, William Foran, Averell Harris (as "George Lewin"), Jean Harris (as "Dolly Shepard/Alternate), Robert H. Harris, Eda Heinemann (as "Miss Fish"), Jack Kelly, Natalynne LaGoff, Lucille Low, Sidney Lumet (as "Mickey"), Richard Manning, Mary Mason, James Moore, David Pelham, Robert Pelham, Betty Philson, Paton Price, Edward Ryan, Jr., Julanne Sack, Nate Sack, Nancy Sheridan, Gerard Sloane, Houseley Stevenson (as "J.G. Hamilton"), Onslow Stevens (as "Peter Driscoll"), Thomas F. Tracey (as "Mr. Zarbel"), Charles Wagenheim. Produced by arrangement with George Jessel.
- (1939) Stage Play: Key Largo. Drama. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 27 Nov 1939- 24 Feb 1940 (105 performances). Cast: Paul Muni (as "King McCloud"), Evelyn Abbott (as "Priscilla"), Richard Barbee (as "Mr. Wheeler"), Richard Bishop (as "Mr. Aaronson"), Helen Carroll, William Challee (as "Osceola Horn"), Richard Cowdery, Crahan Denton (as "Gage"), Charles Ellis (as "Nimmo"), Alfred Etcheverry (as "Monte"), John Fearnley (as "First Man Tourist"), José Ferrer (as "Victor D'Alcala"), James Gregory (as "Jerry") [Broadway debut], Uta Hagen (as "Alegre D'Alcala"), Goldie Hannelin (as "Mrs. Aaronson"), Averell Harris (as "John Horn"), Ethel Jackson (as "Mrs. Wheeler"), Harold Johnsrud (as "D'Alcala"), Karl Malden (as "Hunk"), Ruth March, Norma Millay, Hudson Shotwell, Ralph Theodore, Frederic Tozere (as "Murillo"). Replacement actors: Crahan Denton (as "Nimmo"), Charles Ellis (as "D'Alcala"), Tom Ewell (as "Gage"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard). Note: Filmed by Warner Bros. as Key Largo (1948).
- (1942) Stage Play: Beat the Band. Musical comedy. Music by Johnny Green. Book by George Marion Jr. and George Abbott. Lyrics by George Marion Jr. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Choreographed by David Lichine. Directed by George Abbott. 46th Street Theater: 14 Oct 1942- 12 Dec 1942 (67 performances). Cast: Evelyn Brooks (as "Band Girl"), Ralph Bunker (as "Mr. Pirosch"), Joan Caulfield (as "Veronica"), John Clarke (as "Hotel Owner"), Brian Connaught (as "First Detective"), Doris Dowling (as "Bell Girl/Dancing Girl"), Cliff Dunstan (as "Hotel Manager"), Toni Gilman (as "Willow Willoughby"), Averell Harris (as "Don Domingo"), Eunice Healey (as " Princess"), Juanita Juarez (as "Mamita"), James Lane (as "Doorman"), Jerry Lester (as "Hugo Dillingham"), Johnny Mack (as "Trumpet Player"), Susan Miller (as "Querida"), Marc Platt (as "Second Detective"), Leonard Sues (as "Drummer, Damon Dillingham's Band"), Romo Vincent (as "Buster da Costa"), Jack Whiting (as "Damon Dillingham"). Produced by George Abbott. Note: Filmed by RKO Radio Pictures as Beat the Band (1947).
- (1943) Stage Play: Othello. Drama/tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Book adapted by Margaret Webster. Music by Tom Bennett. Scenic Designand Lighting Design by Robert Edmond Jones. Directed by Margaret Webster. Shubert Theatre: 19 Oct 1943- 1 Jul 1944 (296 performances). Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors); Associate Producer: John Haggott. Note: This is the longest running Shakesperian production on Broadway. Played Brabantio (Desdemona's father) in the 1943 Broadway production of Shakespeare's "Othello". However, he did not repeat his performance on the record album, where Alexander Scourby substituted for him.
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