- (1924 - 1949) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1924) Stage: Appeared in "Round the Town" on Broadway. Musical revue. Century Promenade: 21 May 1924-31 May 1924 (15 performances).
- (1925) Stage: Appeared in "Gay Paree" on Broadway. Musical revue.
- (1926) Stage: Appeared in "Gay Paree" on Broadway (revival). Musical revue.
- (1929) Stage Play: Follow Thru. Musical comedy. Book by Laurence Schwab and Buddy G. DeSylva. Music by Ray Henderson. Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager; Costume Design by Kiviette. Musical Numbers Staged by Bobby Connolly. Book Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre: 9 Jan 1929- 21 Dec 1929 (401 performances). Cast: Arthur Aylesworth (as "Mac" Moore, a golf professional"), Margaret Banks (as "Lady"), John Barker (as "Jerry Downs, a young golf champion"), Jane Brown (as "Lady"), Arthur Bryan (as "Country Club Boy"), Hilda Burkhart (as "Lady"), Madeline Cameron (as "Ruth Van Horn, an amateur golf champion"), Edith Campbell (as "Mrs. Bascomb, the president's wife"), Dorothy Christy [credited as Dorothy Christie] (as "Olive") [final Broadway role], Katherine Cornell [Not the actress of the 1930s and 1940s] (as "Lady"), Arthur Craig (as "Gentleman"), W.E. Critzer (as "Country Club Boy"), Dorothy Day (as "Lady"), Zilpha De Witt (as "Lady"), Irene Delroy (as "Lora Moore, Mac's daughter"), Dody Donnelly (as "Lady"), Carrick Douglas (as "Country Club Boy"), Al Downing (as "Mr. Manning"), Dorothea Dunn (as "Lady"), Christine Ecklund (as "Lady"), Oscar Ellinger (as "Country Club Boy"), Joseph Evans (as "Gentleman"), Phil Farley (as "Gentleman"), Yvonne Grey (as "Glenna"), Jack Haley (as "Jack Martin"), Irene Hamlin (as "Lady"), John Hammond (as "Country Club Boy"), Paul Howard (as "Steve"), Claire Joyce (as "Lady"), Marguerite Kennedy (as "Lady"), Ruth Kent (as "Lady"), Philip King (as "Gentleman"), Frank Kingdon (as "Martin Bascomb, President of the Bound Brook Country Club"), Fred Kuhnly (as "Country Club Boy"), Constance Lane (as "Virginia"), Elaine Lank (as "Lady"), Ethel Lawrence (as "Lady"), Jack Lawrence (as "Country Club Boy"), Margaret Lee (as "Babs Bascomb, Martin's fifteen-year-old daughter"), Ann Lomax (as "Lady"), Bodil Lund (as "Lady"), Jocelyn Lyle (as "Lady"), Ned Lynn (as "Gentleman"), Paul Mann (as "Gentleman"), John McCahill (as "Gentleman"), Gordon Merrick (as "Gentleman"), Harry Moore (as "Gentleman"), Fred Murray (as "Gentleman"), Richard Neely (as "Gentleman"), Mortimer O'Brien (as "Gentleman"), Zelma O'Neal (as "Angie Howard, Lora's girl-friend"), Anita Pam (as "Lady"), Sherry Pelham (as "Cynthia/Lady"), Eleanor Powell (as "Molly"), Samuel Quinn (as "Gentleman"), Richard Renaud (as "Gentleman"), Herbert Rothwell (as Gentleman"), William Sahner (as "Gentleman"), John Sheehan (as "J.C. Effingham, a new member"), Maurice Siegel (as "Country Club Boy"), Mildred Stevens (as "Lady"), Drucilla Strain (as "Lady"), Don Tomkins (as Thomas Darcy "Dinty" Moore, Mac's sixteen-year-old son"), Renee Vilon (as "Lady"), Irene Warner (as "Lady"), Mildred Webb (as "Lady") [Broadway debut], Arlyne White (as "Lady"), Jerry White (as "Gentleman"), Minerva Wilson (as "Lady"). Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel.
- (1932) Stage Play: Take a Chance. Music by Nacio Herb Brown and Richard A. Whiting. Additional songs by Vincent Youmans. Additional Dialogue by Sid Silvers. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva. Music orchestrated by Stephen Jones, Edward Powell, Russell Bennett and William Daly. Vocal Arrangements for Miss Merman's songs by Roger Edens. Musical numbers directed by Bobby Connolly. Book directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Apollo Theatre: 26 Nov 1932- 1 Jul 1932 (243 performances). Cast: Louise Allen, James Ardell, Jack Armstrong, Lee Beggs, Gerry Billings, Chet Bree, Lucille Brodin, Flo Brooks, Andrew Carr, Louise Carr, Jean Carson, Edward Delridge, Marian Dixon, Al Downing, Josephine Dunn, Neil Evans, Helen Fairweather, Emily Fitzpatrick, John Fleming, Arline Garfield, Robert Gleckler, Frances Gordon, John Grant, Ethel Green, Jack Haley, Marion Herson, Sara Jane, Julie Jenner, Dorothy Kal, Budd Kehlner, Gloria Kelly, Henry King, Paula King, June Knight, Tommy Land, Jane Lane, Evelyn Laurie, Clark Leston, Florence Mallee, Mitzi Mayfair, Frances McHugh, Anna Marie McKenney, Ethel Merman (as "Wanda Brill"), Dorothy Morgan, George Pauncefort, Paul Peque, Blanche Poston, Oscar Ragland (as "Actor"), Adelaide Raleigh, Louise Seidel, Sid Silvers, William Stamm, Mildred Webb, Jack Whiting (as "Kenneth Raleigh"), Douglans Wood. Produced by Buddy G. DeSylva and Laurence Schwab.
- (1940) Stage Play: Higher and Higher. Comedy. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Material by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan (also director). Based on an idea by Irving Pincus. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Choreographed by Robert Alton. Shubert Theatre: 4 Apr 1940- 15 Jun 1940 (84 performances). Cast: Ted Adair, June Allyson, Irene Austin, Jane Ball, Robert Chisholm, Eva Condon, Ronnie Cunningham, Sigrid Dagnie, Lee Dixon, Kay Duncan, Eleanor Eberle, Marta Eggert, Vera-Ellen, Leif Erickson, Cliff Ferre, Janet Fox, Miriam Franklin, William Geery, Joseph Granville, George Griffith, Jack Haley (as "Zachary Ash"), Bunnie Hightower, Louis Hightower, Gloria Hope, Marguerite James, Michael Moore, Richard Moore, Marie Nash, Frederic Nay, Fin Olsen, Kay Picture, Burton Pierce, Marie Louise Quevli, Jane Richardson, Harry Rogue, Shirley Ross, Joseph Scandur, Jack Seymour, Robert Shanley, Hollace Shaw, Billy Skipper Jr., Hilda Spong (as "Miss Whiffen"), Lyda Sue, Carl Trees, Jack Whitney, Billie Worth. Produced by Dwight Wiman.
- (1942) Stage Play: Show Time. Musical/vaudeville.
- (1948) Stage Play: Inside U.S.A. [A New Musical Revue]. Musical revue. Music by Arthur Schwartz. Lyrics by Howard Dietz. Sketches by Arnold Auerbach, Moss Hart and Arnold B. Horwitt. Suggested by the book by John Gunther. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Incidental Music for Dances by Genevieve Pitot. Additional Sketch Material by Arnold Auerbach. Production Design by Lemuel Ayers. Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Helen Tamiris. Directed by Robert H. Gordon. New Century Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre from 23 Sep 1948- close): 30 Apr 1948- 19 Feb 1949 (399 performances). Cast: Jack Haley (as "Mr. Jones/Mr. Bemis/Singer/3rd Couple/Professor"), Beatrice Lillie (as "Pittsburgh Choral Society Choral Director/Miss Twitchell/Mme. Lapis de Lazuli/Massachusetts Mermaid/3rd Couple/Gladys, Mary Shelton's maid"), Rod Alexander (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Dancer/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Student Waiter/Detective/Prosecuting Attorney"), Talley Beatty (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Jury Member"), Valerie Bettis (as "Dancer/Tiger Lily"), Mary Lou Boyd (as "Ensemble in Wyoming"), Beverlee Bozeman (as "Mary, the daughter/Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Ensemble in Wyoming/Ensemble in Chicago"), Thelma Carpenter (as "Singer"), Jack Cassidy (as "A Swain/Ensemble in Wyoming/Ensemble in Chicago"), Michael Charnley (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Jury Member"), Ronald Chetwood (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Captain of Waiters/Defense Attorney"), Jacqueline Fisher (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble in Chicago"), Court Fleming (as "Student Waiter/Ensemble in Chicago"), Bob Hamilton (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs"), Robert Hamilton (as "Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Detective/Jury Member"), Holly Harris (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Diner's Companion/Ensemble in Chicago"), Jim Hawthorne (as "2nd Couple/A Swain/Ensemble in Wyoming/Ensemble in Chicago"), Randell Henderson (as "The Stage Manager"), Alfred Homan (as "A Swain/Ensemble in Chicago/Ensemble in New Mexico"), Pat Horn (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Ensemble in Chicago"), Norma Larkin (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble in Wyoming/Ensemble in Chicago"), Jane Lawrence (as "Mrs. Jones/1st Couple/Girl Diner/Mary Shelton/Ensemble in New Mexico"), William LeMassena (as "3rd Pollster/Hotel Manager/A Butler/Ticket Seller/The Girl Diner's Escort/Ensemble in Chicago/Ensemble in New Mexico"), Estelle Loring (as "Lottie, the maid/Singer/2nd Couple/Bride") [final Broadway role], Mara Lynn (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Ensemble in Wyoming/Ensemble in Chicago") [Broadway debut], Dorothy MacNeill (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble in Wyoming"), Joan Mann (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Girl/Ensemble in Wyoming/Jury Member"), J.C. McCord (as "The Dancer's Friend/Dancer/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Cowboy with Rope/Ensemble in Wyoming/Detective/Jury Member"), Nanon Millis (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Ensemble in Chicago"), John Mooney (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble in Wyoming/Ensemble in Chicago"), Betty Nichols (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Ensemble in Chicago"), Louis Nye [credited as Lewis Nye] (as "2nd Pollster/Bellboy/Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky/Herman/Ensemble in New Mexico"), Hilde Palmer (as "Diner's Companion/Ensemble in New Mexico/Albert Popwell Dancer/Ensemble at Mardi Gras"), Richard Reed (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Student Waiter/Detective/Ensemble in Chicago"), George Reich (AS "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Dancer/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Student Waiter/Ensemble in Chicago"), Thomas Reider (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/A Swain/Ensemble in Wyoming/Ensemble in Chicago"), Carl Reiner (as "1st Pollster/Prof. Poultergeist/Frederic Chopin/Man/Another Diner/Minister/Judge/Ensemble in New Mexico") [Broadway debut], Ricky Riccardi (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Ensemble in Chicago"), Michael Risk (as "A Swain/Ensemble in Wyoming/Ensemble in Chicago"), Boris Runanin (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Student Waiter/Jury Member"), Dorothy Scott (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Ensemble in Wyoming/Ensemble in Chicago"), Sherry Shadburne (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble in Wyoming/Ensemble in Chicago"), Herb Shriner (as "A Feller from Indiana"), Raymond Stephens (as "1st Couple/A Swain/Ensemble in Wyoming/Ensemble in Chicago"), Gloria Stevens (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Ensemble in Wyoming/Ensemble in Chicago"), John Tyers (as "Franz Liszt/Singer/Groom"), Eric Victor (as "Caller/Doctor Zilmore"), Royce Wallace (as "Ensemble at Churchill Downs/Ensemble at Mardi Gras/Ensemble in Chicago"). Understudy: Paula Laurence (as "3rd Couple/Gladys/Massachusetts Mermaid/Miss Twitchell/Mme. Lapis de Lazuli/Pittsburgh Choral Society Choral Director"). Produced by Arthur Schwartz.
- (1931) Stage Play: Appeared (as "Steve Potter Jr.") in "Free for All" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Material by Oscar Hammerstein II (also director) and Laurence Schwab (also co-producer). Music by Richard A. Whiting. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Director: John McManus. Dances by Bobby Connolly. Manhattan Theatre: 8 Sep 1931-19 Sep 1931 (15 performances). Cast: Charles Althoff, Seth Arnold (as "Pete Weber, a Nevada Sheriff"), Olive Bayes, Lilian Bond (as "Marie Sinnot, Editor of "Free for All"), Julia Chandler, G. Pat Collins, John Donahue, Al Downing, Edward Emery, Dorris Groday, Peter Higgins, Gus Howard, David Hutcheson, Dorothea James, Grace Johnston, Dorothy Knapp, Clair Kramer, Peter Lang, Jeannette Loff, Philip Lord, Vera Marsh, Rae Powell, Robert Randall, Edwin Saulpaugh, Harry Shannon, Tamara, Thelma Tipson, Don Tomkins, Edward Walters. Co-produced by Frank Mandel.
- (1940) Stage Play: Higher and Higher. Comedy (return engagement). Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Material by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan. Based on an idea by Irving Pincus. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Shubert Theatre: 5 Aug 1940- 24 Aug 1940 (24 performances). Cast: Ted Adair (as "The Cat"), Jane Ball (as "Purity"), Robert Chisholm (as "Byng"), Eva Condon (as "Hilda O'Brien"), Sigrid Dagnie (as "The Bat"), Lee Dixon (as "Mike O'Brien"), Kay Duncan (as "Singing Girl"), Marta Eggert (as "Minnie Sorenson"), Leif Erickson (as "Patrick O'Toole"), Janet Fox (as "Ellen"), Joseph Granville (as "The Gorilla"), George Griffith (as "Soda Jerker/Truckman"), Jack Haley (as "Zachary Ash"), Gloria Hope (as "Nursemaid"), Richard Moore (as "Cop"), Marie Nash (as "Minnie Sorenson"), Frederic Nay (as "The Handyman/Coachman"), Finn Olsen (as "Snorri"), Marie Louise Quevli (as "Scullery Maid"), Jane Richardson (as "Nursemaid/Ladies' Maid"), Shirley Ross (as "Sandy Moore"), Robert Rounseville (as "Soda Jerker/Truckman"), Joseph Scandur (as "Cop/Truckman"), Robert Shanley (as "First Cop"), Sharkey (as "Sharkey"), Hollace Shaw (as "Nursemaid"), Hilda Spong (as "Miss Whiffen") [final Broadway role], Peggy Stewart (as "Nursemaid"), Lyda Sue (as "The Frog"), Carl Trees (as "Footman"), Jack Whitney (as "Couturier"), Billie Worth (as "Dottie"). Produced by Dwight Wiman.
- (1951) Radio: The Big Show, Feb. 25, NBC, 90 minutes.
- (1943 - 1947) Radio series lead role. The Sealtest Village Store.
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