- (1922) Stage: Appeared (as "Count Alexi Czerny"; Broadway debut) in "The Czarina" on Broadway. Comedy. Book adapted by 'Edward Sheldon' (v). Based on the Hungarian of Melchior Lengyel and Lajos Biró. Directed by Gilbert Miller. Empire Theatre: 31 Jan 1922-May 1922 (closing date unknown/136 performances). Cast: Phyllis Alden (as "Marie"), Elizabeth Collins (as "Maids"), William Devereux (as "Ronsky"), Charles Frank (as "Lackeys"), Blanche Gervais (as "Yvonne"), Bertram Hanauer (as "Lackeys"), Doris Keane (as "The Czarina"), Ian Keith (as "The French Ambassador"), Stuart Kemp (as "Lackeys"), Frederick Kerr (as "The Chancellor"), Richard Malchien (as "Dymow"), William Marr (as "Lackeys"), Lois Meredith (as "Annie Jaschikova"), Edwin Noel (as "Kaschumoswsky"), Jane Page (as "Maids"), Guy Standing Jr. (as "Lackeys"), Miriam Stoddard (as "Maids"), Kenneth Thompson (as "Nicholas Jaschikoff"), William H. Thompson (as "Malakoff") [final Broadway role], Virginia Trabue (as "Maids"). Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.
- (1923) Stage: Appeared (as "Dr. Nicholas Agi") in "The Swan" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Ferenc Molnár. Translated from the Hungarian by Melville Baker. Directed by David Burton. Cort Theatre: 23 Oct 1923-Jun 1924 (closing date unknown/255 performances). Cast: Geraldine Beckwith, Jack Cobb, Tom Collins, Boswell Davenport, Margaret Farr, Stanley Grand, Carl Hartberg, Halliwell Hobbes (as "Father Hyacinth"), Alice John, Stanley Kalkhurst, Eva Le Gallienne (as "Alexandra"), Richie Ling (as "Caesar"), Nancie B. Marsland, Philip Merivale (as "Prince Albert"), Jane Shaw, Alison Skipworth (as "Princess Maria Dominica"), Hilda Spong (as "Princess Beatrice"), George Walcott, Henry Warwick, Alan Willey. Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.
- (1924) Stage: Appeared (as "Gottwald, a Schoolmaster" / "The Stranger") in "The Assumption of Hannele" on Broadway. Written by Gerhart Hauptmann. Cort Theatre: 15 Feb 1924-Feb 1924 (closing date unknown/3 performances). Cast: Morris Ankrum (as "Dr. Wachler"), Georgia Backus (as "Third Woman"), Charles Ellis (as "Hanke"), Edward Forbes (as "Pleschke"), Charles Francis (as "Mattern"), Mrs. Edmund Gurney (as "Tulpe"), Alice John (as "Sister Martha, The Deaconess"), Teddy Jones (as "A Child"), Paul Kalkhurst (as "Schmidt, A Police Official"), Eva Le Gallienne (as "Hannele"), Paul Leyssac (as "Berger, a Magistrate"), Merle Maddern (as "The Form of Hannele's Dead Mother"), Agnes McCarthy (as "Second Woman"), Owen Meech (as "The Village Tailor"), Olive Valerie (as "Hete"), Florence Walcott (as "First Woman"), Henry Warwick (as "Seidel, a Woodcutter"). Produced by John D. Williams.
- (1925) Stage: Appeared (as "Albert") in "The Grand Duchess and the Waiter" on Broadway. Written by Alfred Savoir. Directed by Frank Reicher. Lyceum Theatre: 13 Oct 1925-Nov 1925 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Geraldine Beckwith (as "A Lady"), Elmer Brown (as "Matard"), Lawrence Cecil (as "Cloche" / "Prince Barovski"), Elsie Ferguson (as "The Grand Duchess Xenia"), E.M. Hast (as "Baron Nikolaieff"), Norma Havey (as "Another Lady"), Olga Lee (as "Henriette"), Paul McAllister (as "The Grand Duke Paul"), Frank Roberts (as "Another Man"), Alison Skipworth (as "Countess Avaloff"), Ernest Stallard (as "Monsieur Hess"), Olga Tristjansky (as "Baroness Nikolaievna"), Converse Tyler (as "A Man"), Frederic Worlock (as "The Grand Duke Peter"). Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.
- (1926) Stage: Appeared in "Port O' London" on Broadway.
- (1926) Stage: Appeared (as "Jacques") in "The Captive" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Arthur Hornblow Jr.. Based on "La Prisonniere" by Édouard Bourdet. Directed by Gilbert Miller. Empire Theatre: 29 Sep 1926-Feb 1927 (closing date unknown/160 performances). Cast: Ann Andrews, Winifred Fraser, Arthur Lewis, Helen Menken, Minna Phillips, Ann Trevor, Norman Trevor (as "De Montcel"; final Broadway role), Arthur Wontner. Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.
- (1929) Stage: Wrote (w/Walter Ferris) and appeared (as "Judas") in "Judas" on Broadway. Directed by Richard Boleslawski. Longacre Theatre: 24 Jan 1929-Feb 1929 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Robert Barrat (as "Joseph of Arimathea"), Doan Borrup (as "Marcus / Peter"), William Challee (as "John"), William Courtleigh (as "Simon Ish / Kerioth / Caiphas"), Dorothy Cumming, Jennie Eustace, Charles Halton, Tom Hayes, Charles Henderson, A. Lymmborn, Harold Moffet (as "Andrew"), John O'Meara, William D. Post, Joseph Redalieu, Ralph Thomas, Lyons Wickland. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman.
- (1934) Stage: Appeared (as "Romeo") in "Romeo and Juliet" on Broadway. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Adapted by Katharine Cornell (also producer). Choreographed by Martha Graham. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Martin Beck Theatre: 20 Dec 1934-Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: Brian Aherne (as "Mercutio, kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo"), Edith Allaire, Gilmore Bush, Robert Champlain, Arthur Chatterton, Katharine Cornell (as "Juliet, daughter to Capulet"), Margaret Craven, Jacqueline DeWit, Angus Duncan, 'John Emery' (as "Benvolio, nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo"), Edith Evans (as "Nurse to Juliet"), Reynolds Evans (as "Escalus, prince of Verona"), Brenda Forbes, John Gordon Gage, Franklin Gray, William Hopper, Lois Jameson, Agnete Johannson, Paul Julian, George Macready (as "Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the prince"), Ruth March, Irby Marshall, Albert McCleery, John Miltern (as "Montague"), Irving Morrow, Ralph Nelson, Moroni Olsen (as "Capulet"), Pamela Simpson, Charles R. Thorne, David Vivian, Charles Waldron, Orson Welles (as "Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet," "Chorus").
- (1933-34) Stage: Appeared (as "Robert Browning") in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street", in London, England, and New York. Also on US tour.
- (1933-34) Stage: Appeared (as "Morrell") in "Candida" in New York and on US tour.
- (1946) Stage: Appeared in "Obsession" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Louis Verneuil. Directed by Reginald Denham. Plymouth Theatre: 1 Oct 1946-26 Oct 1946 (31 performances). Cast: Eugenie Leontovich. Produced by Homer Curran; Produced in association with Russell Lewis and Howard Young.
- (1947) Stage: Appeared (as "Dr. Sloper") in "The Heiress" on Broadway. Written by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz, suggested from "Washington Square" by Henry James. Directed by Jed Harris. Biltmore Theatre: 29 Sep 1947-18 Sep 1948 (410 performances). Cast: Patricia Collinge, Peter Cookson, Wendy Hiller, Craig Kelly, Betty Linley, Katharine Raht, Fiona O'Shiel, Augusta Roeland. Produced by Fred F. Finklehoffe. NOTE: A major hit of the 1947-48 theatrical season.
- Stage: Appeared (as "Sir Robert Morton") in "The Winslow Boy", New York summer stock.
- (1922) Stage: Appeared (as "Count Alexei") in "The Czarina" on Broadway.
- (1921) Stage: Appeared (as "Iago") in "Othello" in London, England.
- (1920) Stage: Appeared (as "Alfred de Musset") in "George Sand" in London, England.
- (1920) Stage: Appeared in "Fedora" in London, England.
- (1920) Stage: Appeared in "Peter Ibbetson" in London, England.
- (1919) Stage: Appeaed in "Henry IV, Part II" in Stratford-on-Avon, England.
- (1919) Stage: Appeared (as "Romeo") in "Romeo and Juliet" in Stratford-on-Avon, England.
- (1919) Stage: Appeared (as "Cassius") in "Julius Caesar" in Stratford-on-Avon, England.
- (1913) Stage: Appeared (as "Lorenzo") in "The Merchant of Venice" in Stratford-on-Avon, England.
- (1913) Stage: Appeared in "As You Like It" in Stratford-on-Avon, England.
- (1946) Print (magazine) ads: Chesterfield cigarettes
- (1940s) Album: Played Scrooge in a 78-RPM record album, on radio for Christmas 1943, and narrated the story in another recorded version.
- (1960) Print ads: Skippy peanut butter
- (1927) Stage: Appeared in "Julius Caesar" on Broadway. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by John Craig. New Amsterdam Theatre: 6 Jun 1927-Jun 1927 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Produced by The Players Club.
- Album: Narrator on three-volume LP series for Caedmon Records, "Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe", all of which has been released on CD as part of the 5-CD set "The Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection".
- (1957) Stage: Appeared (as "Sir Roger Johnson") in "Hide and Seek" on Broadway. Written by Roger MacDougall and Stanley Mann. Directed by Reginald Denham. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 2 April 1957-6 April 1957 (7 performances). Cast included: 'Walter Brooke (I)', Dolores Dorn-Heft, Isobel Elsom, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Barry Morse.
- (1950) Stage: Appeared (as "Henry Hutton") in "The Gioconda Smile" on Broadway. Written by Aldous Huxley. Directed / produced by Shepard Traube. Lyceum Theatre (moved to the Fulton Theatre on 6 Nov 1950): 7 Oct 1950-11 Nov 1950 (41 performances). Cast included: Charles Francis, Charles Gerrard, Emily Lawrence, George Relph, Marian Russell.
- (1932) Stage: Appeared (as "Rev. Nicholas Lucy") in "The Devil Passes" on Broadway. Written / directed by Benn W. Levy. Selwyn Theatre: 4 Jan 1932-Mar 1932 (closing date unknown/96 performances). Cast: Eric Blore, Gwen Day Burroughs, Arthur Byron, Ernest Cossart, Cecilia Loftus, Robert Loraine, Mary Nash, Ernest Thesiger, Diana Wynyard. Produced by Archibald Selwyn.
- (1927) Stage: Appeared (as "Gaston, Marquis de Sant-Lac Military Attache") in "The Command to Love" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Rudolph Lothar and Fritz Gottwald. Material adapted by Herman Bernstein and Brian Marlow. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Longacre Theatre: 20 Sep 1927-Apr 1928 (closing date unknown/247 performances). Cast: Violet Kemble Cooper, Mary Nash, Henry Stephenson (as "The French Ambassador to Spain"), Walter Colligan, David Glassford, Ferdinand Gottschalk (as "The Spanish War Minister"), Percy Hemus, Anthony Kemble-Cooper, Thomas Louden. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman. Produced in association with John Tuerk.
- (1927) Stage: Appeared (as "Vladimir Dubriski") in "Love Is Like That" on Broadway. Romantic comedy. Written by S.N. Behrman and Kenyon Nicholson. Directed by Dudley Digges. Cort Theatre: 18 Apr 1927-May 1927 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Barbara Bulgakov (as "Natasha"), Ann Davis, John T. Doyle, Minna Phillips (as "Kate Mumford"), Charles Richman, Percy Shostac, Della Vanna, Lucile Watson (as "Mrs. James Gordon Parmenter"), Edward H. Wever, Catherine Willard. Produced by A.L. Jones and Morris Green. Produced by arrangement with Stuart Walker.
- (1961) Unsold pilot: Appeared in a pilot for CBS-TV called "War Birds," a World War I drama about America's first military aircraft. William Wellman Jr. co-starred. It was produced by Sam Neuman and Al Simon.
- (1939-46) Radio: Starred in the series "The (New) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"; 213 performances.
- (1937-55) Radio: He made many appearances in series such as "The Lux Radio Theatre," "The Cavalcade of America," and "The Screen Guild Theatre".
- (1965-66) Host of the TV series "The Sherlock Holmes Theatre", shown on station WGN in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Weekly episodes featured the series of Sherlock Holmes feature films with Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, and later, Charlie Chan films. Rathbone recorded introductions and closings for all the films aired.
- (1963) Television: Host of syndicated film series "The Leisy Premiere Theater".
- TV commercial: Swing King reclining chair.
- TV commercial: Shredded Wheat breakfast cereal.
- TV commercial: Calgonite dishwasher soap.
- TV commercial: Alocoa aluminum utensils.
- TV commercial: Colman's Mustard.
- TV commercial: Calvert Reserve whiskey.
- TV commercial: Chesterfield cigarettes.
- TV commercial: Petri wine.
- TV commercial: Schaefer beer.
- TV commercial: Fatima Turkish cigarettes.
- TV commercial: Skippy Peanut Butter.
- TV commercial: Walker's Deluxe Bourbon.
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