Other works

(1931) Stage: Appeared in "Old Man Murphy" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Patrick Kearney and Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble and Lawrence Bolton. Royale Theatre (moved to The Fulton Theatre from ? Jun 1931-close): 18 May 1931-11 Jul 1931 (64 performances). Cast: Peggy Conklin, Gertrude Fowler, William E. Morris, Henry O'Neill, Marie O'Neill, Lawrence O'Sullivan, Roy Roberts (as "Mike Donovan") [Broadway debut], Arthur Sinclair (as "Patrick Murphy"), John M. Thoughton, Walter Vaughn. Produced by Robert V. Newman.

(1931) Stage: Appeared in "Everybody's Welcome" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Sammy Fain [earliest Broadway credit]. Book by Lambert Carroll. Based on "Up Pops the Devil" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Lyrics by Irving Kahal. Musical Director: Tom Jones. Additional music by Harry Revel, Herman Hupfeld and Manning Sherwin. Additional lyrics by Herman Hupfeld, Mack Gordon, Edward Eliscu, Arthur Lippmann and Milton Pascal. Choreographed by William Holbrook, under the supervision of Albertina Rasch. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Ernest Schrapps and Alison McLellan Hunter. Directed by William Mollison. Shubert Theatre: 13 Oct 1931- 13 Feb 1932 (139 performances). Cast: Spencer Barnes (as "Laundryman"), Jack Barratt (as "Ensemble"), Mary Brooks (as "Dora/Ensemble"), Andrew Carr (as "Buddy Hill/Specialty Dancer"), Louise Carr (as "Specialty Dancer"), Gladys Carter (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Cook (as "Albertina Rasch Girl"), Virginia Davis (as "Ensemble"), Carl Duart (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Duffy (as "Jane/Ensemble"), Charles Garland (as "Mr. Platt/Ensemble") [final Broadway role], Donald Gordon (as "Ensemble"), Louise Hansen (as "Premier Danseuse/Albertina Rasch Girl"), Thomas Harty (as "A Drunk"), Helen Hawkins (as "Ensemble"), Edna Hedin (as "Helen/Ensemble"), Dorothy Koster (as "Ensemble"), Ann Sothern [credited as Harriette Lake] (as "Ann Cathway"), Beatrice Lauri (as "Albertina Rasch Girl"), Cecil Lean (as "George Kent"), Bernice Lee (as "Grace"), Clark Leston (as "Ensemble"), Sally Lynne (as "Ensemble"), Charles McClelland (as "Ensemble"), Jack Moore (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Murray (as "Ensemble"), Hazzard Newberry (as "Ensemble"), Jean Newcombe (as "Mrs. Geroge Kent"), Lucille Osborn (as "Mrs. Platt"), Naida Pahl (as "Trixie/Ensemble"), Tesha Pearson (as "Albertina Rasch Girl"), Ann Pennington (as "Louella Carroll"), Una Ralph (as "Albertina Rasch Girl"), Evan Ritter (as "Ensemble"), Roy Roberts (as "Gilbert Morrell"), Etna Ross (as "Ensemble"), Jack Ross (as "Kelly/Ensemble"), Oscar Shaw (as "Steve Merrick"), Jack Sheehan (as "Biny Hatfield"), Phoebe Wallace (as "Betty"), Frances Williams (as "Polly Bascom"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.

(1932) Stage: Appeared in "The Inside Story" on Broadway. Written by George Bryant and Francis M. Verdi. Directed by A.H. Van Buren. National Theatre: 22 Feb 1932-Mar 1932 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: John Burkell (as "Det. Haight"), Louis Calhern (as "Louis Corotto"), Frank Camp, Marguerite Churchill (as "Mamie Gillette"), Gage Clarke (as "Rod Guzman"), Jack Clifford, William Courtenay, Alexander Cross, Brian Donlevy (as "Nick Lipman"), Edward Ellis, Paul Everton (as "Capt. Dan Engle"), William Goode, Marie Hunt, Aphie James, Edward Jones, Edward Keane, Fred Irving Lewis, Harriet E. MacGibbon (as "Mrs. Beekman"), George Pembroke (as "Gus Bernstein"), Mary Redmond, Stanley Ridges (as "Frank Delaney"), W.W. Shuttleworth, Frances Tannehill (as "Evelyn Beekman"), Frank M. Thomas (as "Bert Teagle"), Harland Tucker (as "Fred Beekman"). Produced by A.H. Woods.

(1932) Stage: Appeared in "Broadway Boy" on Broadway. Written by Wallace A. Manheimer and Isaac Paul. Directed by Jacob A. Weiser. 48th Street Theatre: 3 May 1932- May 1932 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Murray Alper (as "Jack Chester"), Mildred Baker (as "Edna Harman"), William Balfour (as "Jim"), Roberta Beatty (as "Begona Durell"), Albert Berg (as "Van Elten"), Alan Brooks (as "Frank Shelby"), Maurice Cass (as "Donald Evans"), Clarence Derwent (as "Julius Frankel"), William Franklin (as "James Hillery"), Hans Hansen (as "Herbert Bamberger"), A.J. Herbert (as "Harry Windham"), Jack Irwin (as "Pat"), Don Kane (as "Mike"), William Lobell (as "Messenger Boy"), Ben Roberts (as "Michael Sorley"), Roy Roberts (as "Bert Flint"), Barbara Willison (as "Helen Ford"). Produced by Barton Slater.

(1932) Stage: Appeared in "Twentieth Century" on Broadway. Comedy (original production). Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Stage Manager: Joseph Crehan. Directed by George Abbott. Broadhurst Theatre: 29 Dec 1932- 20 May 1933 (152 performances). Cast: Frank Badham, Granville Bates (as "Conductor"), Matt Briggs, Joseph Crehan (as "First Detective") [final Broadway role], Florence Edney (as "Sadie"), William Frawley (as "Owen O'Malley"), Etienne Girardot (as "Matthew Clark"), Hans Hamsa, Ross Hertz (as "Train Secretary"), Ernest Hunter, Cliffman Jewell, Moffat Johnston, Edward La Roche (as "Second Beard/Judas"), Eugenie Leontovich, Dennie Moore (Anita Highland"), Roy Roberts, Henry Sherwood, Robert Sloane, J. Ascher Smith, James Spottswood, Charles Wagenheim, Alfred Webster, Clare Woodbury, William Worth. Produced by George Abbott and Philip Dunning. Note: Filmed as Twentieth Century (1934).

(1933) Stage: Appeared in "Keeper of the Keys" on Broadway. Drama.

(1934) Stage: Appeared in "Ragged Army" on Brtoadway. Drama. Written by Beulah Marie Dix [final Broadway credit] and Bertram Millhauser. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Crosby Gaige. Selwyn Theatre: 26 Feb 1934- Feb 1934 (closing date unknown/2 performances). Cast: Alice Ann Baker, Lee Baker (as "Henry Stockwell"), Mathilde Baring (as "Hannah"), Richard Bartel (as "Sandy McGregor"), Lalive Brownell, Justine Wayne, Roy Roberts (as "Pat Halloran"), Irby Marshall (as "Cordelia Page"), Lloyd Nolan (as "Geoffrey Carver"), Emily Lowry (as "Alethea Page"), Johnny Downs, Ann Dere, Thomas Chalmers (as "William Page"), Roy Gordon, Fleming Ward, Edwin Vickery, Forrest Taylor, Philip Van Zant, Edwin Vickery, Fleming Ward (as "Eliot Lovejoy"), Phillip Van Zant. Produced by Crosby Gaige.

(1935) Stage: Appeared in "The Body Beautiful"kl on Broadway.

(1936) Stage: Appeared in "Pre-Honeymoon" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Alford Von Ronkel and Anne Nichols . Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Directed by Alford Von Ronkel and Anne Nichols. Lyceum Theatre (moved to The Little Theatre from ? Oct 1936- close): 30 Apr 1936- Dec 1936 (closing date unknown/253 performances). Cast: Thomas Patrick Dillon, Allen H. Fagan, Sylvia Field (as "Jean Hammond"), Clyde Fillmore (as "Sen. Dexter"), Franklyn Fox (as "Mr. Bell"), Georgette Harvey, Louis Jean Heydt (as "Joe Dukes"), Jessie Royce Landis (as "Virginia Barnard"), Pass Le Noir (as "Mr. Jones"), Millicent Manners, Marjorie Peterson, Roy Roberts (as "Ken Arnold"), Morgan Stuart. Produced by Anne Nichols.

(1938) Stage: Appeared in "Ringside Seat" on Broadway. Melodrama. Written by Leonard Ide [final Broadway credit]. Scenic Design by Lawrence L. Goldwasser. Directed by Rufus Phillips. Guild Theatre: 22 Nov 1938- Nov 1938 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Richard Abert (as "A Young Man"), John Adair (as "Hingham"), Harry Antrim (as "Fitzgerald"), William Balfour (as "Another Deputy"), Sanford Bickart (as "Berg"), Frederic Clark (as "Phillipson"), G. Pat Collins (as "Siever") [final Broadway role], Jean Croix (as "Harold's Mother"), Haldor deBecker (as "Harold"), Roc Galvann (as "A Socialite"), Jacquelyn Green (as "Mother Jones"), Leo Herbert (as "Sam Hodge"), Casper Kuhn (as "Laundryman"), Louise Larabee (as "Mrs. Burton"), Pass Le Noir (as "A Deputy"), Dave Mallen (as "Dodd"), Grant Mitchell (as "Orrin Sturgis"), Russell Morrison (as "Hazelton"), Roy Roberts (as "Mother Jones") [final Broadway role], Mary Rolfe (as "Mary Sturgis"), Frank Rothe (as "Haskell"), Irene Scott (as "Hattie"), Lucia Seger (as "Mrs. Sturgis"), Marion Sittler (as "Jenny"), Garney Wilson (as "Feeny"), Harry Young (as "Tuttle"). Produced by Rufus Phillips.

(1939) Stage: Appeared in "Ladies and Gentleme" on Brodwayn. Written by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht. Directed by Charles MacArthur and Lewis Allen. Martin Beck Theatre: 17 Oct 1939- 13 Jan 1940 (105 performances). Produced by Gilbert Miller.

(1940) Stage: Appeared in "The Old Foolishness" on Broadway.

(1940) Stage: Appeared (as "The Wreck"; replacement actor) in "My Sister Eileen" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, from stories by Ruth McKenney. 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"), Tod Andrews (credited as 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"), 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 (as "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. NOTE: (1) Rates as one of the most successful (and profitable) productions ever produced on Broadway. (2) Filmed as My Sister Eileen (1942), My Sister Eileen (1955).

(1953) Stage: Appeared in "Carnival in Flanders" on Broadway. Musical comedy.

(1950s) TV commercial: Listerine mouthwash.