Other works

(1937 - 1965) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1937) Stage Play: Golden Boy. Drama. Written by Clifford Odets. Stage Manager: Alan Woolfson. Assistant Stage Manager: Martin Ritt and Bert Conway. Directed by Harold Clurman. Belasco Theatre: 4 Nov 1937- Jun 1938 (closing date unknown/250 performances). Cast: Luther Adler (as "Joe Bonaparte"), Roman Bohnen (as "Tom Moody"), Phoebe Brand (as "Anna"), Harry Morgan [credited as Harry Bratsburg] (as "Pepper White") [Broadway debut], Morris Carnovsky (as "Mr. Bonaparte"), Lee J. Cobb (as "Mr. Carp"), Bert Conway (as "Call Boy") [Broadway debut], Charles Crisp, Howard Da Silva (as "Lewis"), Frances Farmer (as "Lorna Moon"), John Garfield (as "Siggie") [credited as Jules Garfield], Michael Gordon, Elia Kazan (as "Eddie Fuselli"), Robert Lewis, Charles Niemeyer, John O'Malley, Martin Ritt (as "Sam"), Karl Malden (as "Barker") [credited as Mladen Sekulovich] (Broadway debut), Art Smith (as "Tokio"). Produced by The Group Theatre. Note: Filmed by Columbia Pictures Corp. as Golden Boy (1939). Note: Mr. Carnovsky's role was played by Lee J. Cobb in the 1939 film. Ironically, Cobb was one of the actors to name names at the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, at which Carnovsky was blacklisted.

(1938) Stage Play: Dance Night.

(1956) Stage Play: The Lovers.

(1964) Stage Play: The Last Analysis. Farce. Written by Saul Bellow. Directed by Joseph Anthony. Belasco Theatre: 1 Oct 1964- 24 Oct 1964 (28 performances + 10 previews). Cast: Charles Boaz, Edwin Bordo, Bert Conway, James Dukas, Alix Elias, Tresa Hughes, Leon Janney, Will Lee, Sam Levene, Sully Michaels, Lucille Patton, Minerva Pious, Phillip Pruneau, Tony Roberts, Ted Schwartz, Michael Vale, Ann Wedgeworth, Walter Williams. Produced by Stevens Productions, Inc. Associate Producer: Lyn Austin and Victor Samrock.

(1940) Stage Play: Night Music. Drama.Night Music. Drama. Directed by Harold Clurman. Broadhurst Theatre: 22 Feb 1940- 9 Mar 1940 (20 performances). Cast: Katherine Allen (as "Lily"), Roman Bohnen (as "Mr. George"), Harry Morgan (as "Sailor"), Phil Brown (as "Roy"), Morris Carnovsky (as "A.L. Rosenberger"), Richard Conte (as "Ensemble"), Bert Conway (as "Attendant/Ensemble"), Harry Cooke (as "Stagehand/Mr. Nichols"), Clancy Cooper (as "Murph/Ensemble"), Walter Coy (as "Eddie Bellows"), Bette Grayson (as "Ensemble"), William Hansen (as "Little Man"), Elia Kazan (as "Steve Takis"), Tony Kraber (as "Ensemble"), Will Lee (as "Waiter"), Philip Loeb (as "Al"), Sanford Meisner (as "Gus-the-Hurrying Salesman/Mr. Gilbert"), Charles Mendick (as "Marty"), Ruth Nelson (as "Dot"), Florence Odets (as "Ensemble"), David Opatoshu (as "Sleeping Man/Blind Man"), Lydia Perera (as "Ensemble"), Lou Polan (as "Teddy"), John Rustad (as "Policeman"), Art Smith (as "Mr. Tucker"), John Stearns (as "Arnold" / "Ensemble"), Virginia Stevens (as "Mrs. Scott"), 'Fred Stewart (I)' (as "Drunken Man/Ensemble"), Charles Thompson (as "Beggar/Ensemble"), 'Tom Tully' (as "Lieutenant"), Jane Wyatt (as "Fay Tucker"). Produced by The Group Theatre.

(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 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 [credited as Guy J. 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.

(1952) Stage Play: Golden Boy. Drama (revival). Written by Clifford Odets. Note: Previously filmed by Columbia Pictures Corp. as Golden Boy (1939), a West German TV adaption was produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) starring Hildegard Knef in 1962.

(1958) Stage Play: J.B. Drama. Written by Archibald Macleish. Production Designed by Boris Aronson. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Directed by Elia Kazan. ANTA Playhouse: 11 Dec 1958- 24 Oct 1959 (364 performances). Cast: Raymond Massey (as "Mr. Zuss"), Christopher Plummer (as "Nickels"), Nan Martin (as "Sarah"), Lane Bradbury, Bert Conway (as "Bildad"), Ivor Francis (as "Zophar"), Pat Hingle (as "J.B."), Arnold Merritt, Judith Lowry (as "Mrs. Adams"), James Olson (as "First Roustabout"), Laura Pierpont (as "Mrs. Murphy"), Ford Rainey (as "Prompter"), Jeffrey Rowland (as "Jonathan"), Fay Sappington (as "Mrs. Lesure"), Andreas Voutsinas (as "Eliphaz"), Janet Ward (as "Girl"), Helen Waters (as "Mrs. Botticelli"). Replacement actors: Nancy Cushman (as "Mrs. Botticelli"), James Daly (as "J.B."), Clifton James (as "Second Roustabout"), Pamela King (as "Jolly"), Elaine Martin (as "Mary"), James Olson (as "First Roustabout"), Ford Rainey (as "J.B."), Basil Rathbone (as "Mr. Zuss"), Ronnie Walken (as "David"). Produced by Alfred De Liagre Jr. Associate Producer: Joseph I. Levine. Note: Won 1959 Tony Award for Best Play and 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Archibald Macleish).

(1961) Stage Play: First Love (1961). Written by Samuel A. Taylor. Based on the memoir "Promise at Dawn" by Romain Gary. Incidental music by Charles Paul. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Costume Design by Theoni V. Aldredge. Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager. Directed by Alfred Lunt [final Broadway credit]. Morosco Theatre: 25 Dec 1961- 13 Jan 1962 (24 performances). Cast: Guy Arbury, Jack Bittner, Bert Conway (as "A Police Sergeant/First Airman"), Lili Darvas (as "Nina Kacew"), Peter De Visé (as "Second Schoolboy"), Reynolds Evans (as "The King of Sweden"), Brendan Fay (as "First Moving Man/Sixth Airman"), Claude Gersene, Peter Gumeny (as "A Policeman/Fourth Airman"), Dale Johnson, Daniel Keyes, Zohra Lampert (as "Ilyena"), Chet London (as "Fencing Master/A Tennis Coach/Fifth Airman"), Boris Marshalov (as "The Grand Duke"), Hugh B. O'Brien (as "Romain"), Tim O'Connor (as "Rene Bouchard"), Sandor Szabo, Rex Thompson, Sasha von Scherler, Dale Whitman. Produced by Roger L. Stevens and Frederick Brisson. Produced in association with Samuel A. Taylor.

(1965) Stage Play: And Things That Go Bump in the Night. Written by Terrence McNally. Scenic Design by Ed Wittstein. Costume Design by Noel Taylor. Directed by Michael Cacoyannis [credited as Michael Cacoyannis]. Royale Theatre: 26 Apr 1965- 8 May 1965 (16 performances + 6 previews that began on 21 Apr 1965). Cast: Susan Anspach (as "Lakme"), Robert Drivas (as "Sigfrid"), Eileen Heckart (as "Ruby"), Ferdi Hoffman (as "Grandfa"), Clifton James (as "Fa"), Marco St. John (as "Clarence"). Understudies: Carolyn Coates (as "Ruby"), Bert Conway (as "Fa/Grandfa") [final Broadway role], Scott Hylands (as "Clarence/Sigfrid") and Lois Unger (as "Lakme"). Produced by Theodore Mann and Joseph E. Levine. Produced in association with Katzka-Berne Productions.

(December 14-21, 1959) He acted in Archibald MacLeish's play, "J.B.," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Basil Rathbone, Frederic Worlock, Michael Higgins, James Ray, Richard Kuss, Eulalie Noble, Ronn Cummins, Peggy Lang, Paul Robertson, Ina Beth Cummins, Lynne Robertson, Marianna Conway, Ann Dere, Mary Riddle, Elaine Ivans, Laura Pierpont, Ivor Francis, and Gene Gross in the cast. David Avram was composer. Boris Aronson was set designer. Lucinda Ballard was costume designer. Elia Kazan was director. Alfred De Liagre Jr. was producer.