- (1940 - 1955) Active on Broadway [sometimes credited as Oscar Karlweis] in the following productions:
- (1940) Stage Play: Cue for Passion. Drama. Written by Edward Chodorov and H.S. Kraft. Directed by Otto Preminger. Royale Theatre: 19 Dec 1940- 28 Dec 1940 (12 performances). Cast: Albert Bergh (as "Doctor"), Whit Bissell (as "Harkrider"), Edward Butler (as "Commissioner"), Clay Clement (as "Marvin A. Mallett"), Thomas Coley (as "Dave Herrick"), Bert Conway (as "Bellboy"), George Coulouris (as "John Elliott"), Philip Faversham (as "Photographer"), Mel Ferrer (as "Reporter"), Edward Forbes (as "Detective"), Lauren Gilbert (as "Herbert Lee Phillips"), Douglas Gilmore (as "Hughes, D.A."), Edwin Gordon (as "Detective"), Wilton Graff (as "General Escobar"), Harold Grau (as "Florist"), Peter Gregg (as "Waiter"), Roland Hogue (as "Maitre d'Hotel"), Oskar Karlweis (as "Paul Albert Keppler") [Broadway debut], Leonard Keith (as "Photographer/Waiter"), Ralph J. Locke (as "Clifford Gates"), Ellen Love (as "Reporter"), Scott Moore (as "Detective"), Russell Morrison (as "Medical Examiner"), John Neilan (as "Reporter"), Claire Niesen (as "Ann Bailey"), Doris Nolan (as "Vivienne Ames"), John Guy Sampsel (as "Mr. Clark"), Clare Saunders (as "Elsie"), Fred F. Sears (as "Reporter"), Gale Sondergaard (as "Frances Chapman"), Lili Valenty (as "Ilsa Keppler"). Produced by Richard Aldrich and Richard Meyers.
- (1942) Stage Play: Rosalinda. Musical/operetta. Music by Johann Strauss. American Book by John Meehan Jr. and Gottfried Reinhardt. Adapted from the version of "Die Fledermaus" by Max Reinhardt. Lyrics by Paul Kerby. Costume Design by Ladislas Czettel. Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal. Scenic Design by Oliver Smith. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Directed by Felix Brentano. 44th Street Theatre (moved to The Imperial Theatre from 24 May 1943- 2 Oct 1943, then moved to The 44th Street Theatre from 4 Oct 1943- 13 Nov 1943, then moved to The 46th Street Theatre from 15 Nov 1943- close): 28 Oct 1942- 22 Jan 1944 (611 performances). Cast: Nina Allen, Thelma Altman, Betty Baker, Xenia Bank, Gene Barry (as "Falke"), Nancy Baskerville, Marden Bate, Jeanne Beauvais, Lillian C. Bennett, Paul Best, Edward Bigelow, Betty Billings, Herbert Bliss, Todd Bolender, Diana Corday, Douglas Coudy, Anne Dawson, William Dollar, Mary Ellen (as "Premier Danseuse"), Jean Faust, Camille Fischelli, Edwin Fowler, Jack Gansaert, David Goldstein, Harold Gordon, William Hearne, Joyce Hill, Phyllis Hill, Julia Horvarth, Oskar Karlweis [credited as Oscar Karlweis] (as "Prince Orlofsky"), Alfred Kunz, Lillian Lanese, Lawrence Lieberman, 'Jose Limon' (as "Premier Dancer"), Virginia MacWatters, Lucy Marshall, Frances McCann (as "Ensemble/Rosalinda Von Eisenstein" [Matinee performances only]), Ernest McChesney (as "Gabriel Von Eisenstein"), Jean Merrill (as "Rosalinda Von Eisenstein"), Alfred D. Morgan, Joan O'Neill, Sonya Orlova, Yvonne Patterson, Dorothy Ramsey, Betty Lou Reed, Elise Reiman, Simon Sadoff, Dorothy Sarnoff (as "Rosalinda Von Eisenstein"), Loretta Schere, Benjamin Siegel, Louis Simon, Leonard Stocker, Yvonne Tibor, Robert Tower, Bernard Tunisse, George V. Vincent, Everett West, Joan Wheatley, Jane Whyte, Anna Wiman (as "Ballet Dancer"), Alan Winston, Shelley Winters [erroneously credited as Shelly Winter] (as "Fifi"). Produced by Lodewick Vroom.
- (1944) Stage Play: Jacobowsky and the Colonel. Comedy. Written by S.N. Behrman. Based on an original play by Franz Werfel. Incidental music by Paul Bowles. Assistant Stage Mgr: Bettina Cerf. General Stage Manager: Coby Ruskin. Directed by Elia Kazan. Martin Beck Theatre: 14 Mar 1944- 10 Mar 1945 (417 performances). Cast: Annabella (as "Marianne") [Broadway debut], Louis Calhern (as "Colonel Tadeusz Boleslav Stjerbinsky"), Oskar Karlweis (as "S.L. Jacobowsky"), Harold Vermilyea (as "Gestapo Official"), J. Edward Bromberg (as "Szabuniewicz"), Donald Cameron (as "Monsieur Serouille/Senator Brisson"), Philip Collier (as "Air Raid Warden"), Philip Coolidge (as "The Dice Player"), Harry Davis (as "Soloman/Papa Clarion"), Louise Dowdney (as "A Young Girl"), Joseph Kallini (as "Street Singer"), Peter Kass (as "Szycke"), Edward Kreisler (as "Sergeant De Ville/Second French Soldier") [Broadway debut], Don Lee (as "Wilhelm/First German Soldier"), Jules Leni (as "Child"), Jane Marbury (as "Old Lady from Arras"), E.G. Marshall (as "Brigadier"), Kitty Mattern (as "Cosette"), Bob Merritt (as "Max/Second German Soldier"), Frank Overton (as "First Lieutenant"), Coby Ruskin (as "A Chauffeur"), William Sanders (as "The Commissaire"), Burton Tripp (as "Gendarme/First French Soldier"), Hilda Vaughn (as "Madame Bouffier"), Harrison Winter (as "Sleeping Shopkeeper"), Barry O'Moore (as "The Tragic Gentleman") [final Broadway role]. Replacement actors: Donald Arbury (as "Monsieur Serouille/Senator Brisson"), Oliver Cliff (as "The Dice Player"), Loney Lewis (as "Szabuniewicz"), Herbert Ratner (as "Air Raid Warden/Max/Second German Soldier"), Gwilym Williams (as "Street Singer"). Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors). Produced in association with Jack H. Skirball. Note: Filmed by William Goetz Productions [distributed by Columbia Pictures] as Me and the Colonel (1958).
- (1946) Stage Play: I Like It Here. Comedy. Written by A.B. Shiffrin. Directed by Charles K. Freeman. John Golden Theatre: 22 Mar 1946- 4 May 1946 (52 performances). Cast: Seth Arnold (as "Mr. Smedley"), Ellis Baker (as "Saphronia Lawrence"), Beverly Bayne (as "Matilda Merriweather"), Mardi Bryant (as "Laura Merriweather"), John Effrat (as "Captain Leroux"), Oskar Karlweis (as "Willie Kringle"), Bert Lytell (as "Sebastian Merriweather") [final Broadway role], Donald Randolph (as "David Bellow"), William Terry (as "Brad Monroe"). Produced by William Cahn.
- (1947) Stage Play: Topaze. Comedy (revival). Written by Marcel Pagnol. Book adaption by Benn W. Levy. Directed by Leo Mittler. Morosco Theatre: 27 Dec 1947 (1 performance). Produced by Yolanda Mero-Irian and The New Opera Company.
- (1950) Stage Play: Cry of the Peacock. Comedy. Written by Jean Anouilh. Book adapted by Cecil Robson. Scenic Design by Cecil Beaton. Directed by Martin Ritt. Mansfield Theatre: 11 Apr 1950- 12 Apr 1950 (2 performances). Cast: Peter Brandon (as "Nicolas"), Lili Darvas (as "General's Wife"), Oskar Karlweis [credited as Oscar Karlweis] (as "Count"), Marta Linden (as "Countess"), Raymond Lovell (as "The General") [only Broadway role], Kathleen Maguire (as "Ada"), Richard Martin (as "Tutor"), Clifford Sales (as "Toto"), Mimi Strongin (as "Marie Christine"), Philip Tonge (as "Hector De Villardieu"), Patricia Wheel (as "Nathalie"). Produced by James Colligan and Donald Medford.
- (1950) Stage Play: Ring Round the Moon. Comedy. Written by Jean Anouilh. Translated by Christopher Fry. Incidental music by Francis Poulenc. Choreographed by Ted Cappy. Setting supervised by Raymond Sovey. Lighting supervised by Raymond Sovey. Costume Design by Castillo. The Winter Garden setting designed by Georges Wakhevitch. Directed by Gilbert Miller. Martin Beck Theatre: 23 Nov 1950- 13 Jan 1951 (68 performances + 1 preview). Cast: Stella Andrew (as "Isabelle, a ballet dancer"), Denholm Elliott (as "Hugo, a young man about town/Frederic, Hugo's brother, in love with Diana Messerschmann") [Broadway debut], Oskar Karlweis [credited as Oscar Karlweis] (as "Messerschmann, Diana's father, a melancholy millionaire"), Lucile Watson (as "Madame Desmermortes, aunt to Hugo, Frederic and Lady India"), William Allyn (as "Footman"), Francis Compton (as "Joshua, a crumbling butler"), Georgina Cookson (as "Lady India, Messerschmann's mistress, secretly in love with Bombelles"), Marcel Dill (as "The General"), Michael Evans (as "Patrice Bombelles, Messerschmann's secretive secretary"), Brenda Forbes (as "Isabelle's Mother, a teacher of the pianoforte"), Cynthia Latham (as "Capulat, Madame Desmermortes' faded companion"), Bennett Martin (as "Footman"), Neva Patterson (as "Diana Messerschmann, engaged to Frederic, secretly in love with Hugo"), Philip Tonge (as "Romainville, a patron of the arts and of Isabelle") [final Broadway role]. Produced by Gilbert Miller.
- (1955) Stage Play: Once Upon A Tailor. Comedy. Written by Baruch Lumet. Incidental music by Sol Kaplan. Book adapted by Henry Sherman. Scenic Design by Boris Aronson. Costume Design by Paul Morrison. Lighting Design by Paul Morrison. Directed by Joseph Anthony. Cort Theatre: 23 May 1955- 28 May 1955 (8 performances). Cast: Anita Cooper (as "Sheindel"), Rebecca Darke (as "Elka"), Peter Fernandez (as "Bertzi"), Anne Hegira (as "Sorelle"), Oskar Karlweis (as "Frenzl") [final Broadway role], Adelaide Klein (as "Chana Bayle"), Jimmy Oster (as "Leibel"), Milton Selzer (as "Mechel"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard) and George Boroff.
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