- (1925 - 1956) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1925) Stage Play: Weak Sisters. Comedy.
- (1926) Stage Play: Love 'em and Leave 'em. Comedy. Written by George Abbott and John V.A. Weaver. Directed by George Abbott. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 3 Feb 1926- Jun 1926 (closing date unknown/152 performances). Cast: Joseph Bell (as "Kenyon"), Thomas Chalmers (as "Mr. McGonigle"), Elmer Cornell (as "Sam"), Camilla Crume (as "Ma Woodruff"), Eda Heinemann (as "Miss Streeter"), Florence Johns (as "Mame Walsh"), Nellie Leach (as "Agnes"), Frances Lynch (as "Pearl"), Donald MacDonald (as "Billingsly"), Vincent Mallory (as "Jack"), Donald Meek (as "Lem Woodruff"), G. Albert Smith (as "Aiken"), Harold Waldridge (as "Jim"), Katherine Wilson (as "Janie Walsh"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1926) Stage Play: Broadway. Drama. Written by Philip Dunning and George Abbott. Directed by Philip Dunning and George Abbott. Broadhurst Theatre: 16 Sep 1926- 11 Feb 1928 (603 performances). Cast: Constance Brown, Sylvia Field (as "Billie Moore"), William Foran, Robert Gleckler (as "Steve Crandall"), Thomas E. Jackson (as "Dan McCorn"), Roy R. Lloyd, Millard Mitchell (as "Larry"), Paul Porcasi (as "Nick Verdis"), Ann Preston, Molly Ricardel, Henry Sherwood, Joseph Calleia (as "Joe, a waiter") [credited as Joseph Spurin-Calleia], Eloise Stream, Lee Tracy (as "Roy Lane"), Edith Van Cleve, Frank Verigun, Mildred Wall, Clare Woodbury, John Wray. Produced by Jed Harris. Note: Filmed as Broadway (1942), Broadway (1929), Broadway (1938).
- (1927) Stage Play: Spread Eagle. Drama. Written by George S. Brooks and Walter B. Lister. Directed by George Abbott. Martin Beck Theatre: 4 Apr 1927- Jun 1927 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Brenda Bond (as "Lois Henderson"), Charles D. Brown (as "Bill Davis"), Harry Cooke (as "Sentry"), Herbert Courtney (as "Captain"), Frank Dae (as "Theatre Manager"), Malcolm Duncan (as "Father Estrella"), Virginia Farmer (as "Grace"), Fred House (as "Brig. Gen. Wagner, U.S.A."), Felix Krembs (as "Gen. Ramon Angel de Castro"), Aline MacMahon (as "Rosalie Kent"), Donald Meek (as "Mike Riordan"), Lester Nielson (as "Peter"), Osgood Perkins (as "Joe Cobb"), Jose Rivas (as "Col. Rojas"), Eduardo Sanchez (as "Manuel"), Allen Vincent (as "Charles Parkman"), Fritz Williams (as "Martin Henderson"), Vincent Yorke (as "Radio Announcer"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1927) Stage Play: Coquette. Tragedy/romance. Written by George Abbott and Ann Shepherd. Directed by George Abbott. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 8 Nov 1927- Sep 1928 (closing date unknown/366 performances). Cast: Frederick Burton, Elliot Cabot, Frank Dae (as "Ed Forsythe"), Helen Hayes (as "Norma Besant"), Andrew Lawlor, Jr., Una Merkel (as "Betty Lee Reynolds"), Abbie Mitchell, Gaylord Pendleton, G. Albert Smith (as "Stanley Wentworth"), Phyllis Tyler, Charles Waldron (as "Dr. Besant"). Produced by Jed Harris and Lee Shubert.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Royal Family.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Front Page. Comedy. Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Times Square Theatre: 14 Aug 1928- Apr 1929 (closing date unknown/276 performances). Cast: Walter Baldwin (as "Bensinger, of The Tribune"), George Barbier (as "The Mayor"), Violet Barney, Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Diamond Louis"), Frank Conlan, Claude Cooper, Jessie Crommette, Matthew Crowley, Larry Doyle, George Fleming, William Foran, Frances Fuller, Allen Jenkins (as "Endicott, of The Post"), George Leach, Osgood Perkins (as "Walter Burns"), Willard Robertson, Joseph Calleia (as "Kruger, of The Journal of Commerce"), Dorothy Stickney (as "Mollie Malloy"), Lee Tracy (as "Hildy Johnson, of The Herald Examiner"), Carrie Weller, Gene West, Jay Wilson, Vincent York, Tammany Young (as "Schwartz, of The Daily News"). Produced by Jed Harris. Produced on film as The Front Page (1931) and The Front Page (1974).
- (1929) Stage Play: Serena Blandish. Comedy. Written by S.N. Behrman. Morosco Theatre: 23 Jan 1929- Apr 1929 (closing date unknown/93 performances). Cast: Eileen Byron (as "A Marriageable Daughter"), Constance Collier (as "Countess Flor di Folio"), Henry Daniell (as "Lord Ivor Cream"), Tyrell Davis (as "Nikkie"), Clarence Derwent (as "Sigmund Traub"), Wallace Erskine (as "Sir Everard Pycheon"), Douglas Garden (as "Michael"), Ruth Gordon (as "Serena Blandish"), John Gray (as "A Bus Conductor"), Marion Grey (as "A Gushing Mama"), Julia Hoyt (as "A Lady of Refined Appearance"), Derex Hume (as "A Chauffeur"), Alice John (as "Mrs. Blandish"), A.E. Matthews (as "Martin"), Alfred Shirley (as "A Poet"), Hugh Sinclair (as "Edgar Malleson"), Juan Varro (as "A Musician"), Harold White (as "Head Waiter"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1930) Stage Play: Uncle Vanya. Drama (revival). Written by Anton Chekhov, as adapted by Rose Caylor. Directed by Jed Harris. Cort Theatre: 15 Apr 1930- Jul 1930 (closing date unknown/96 performances). Cast: Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Ilya Ilyich Telegin, Waffles"), Walter Connolly (as "Ivan Petrovich Voinitsky, Vanya"), Lillian Gish (as "Yelena Andreyevna"), Isabel Irving (as "Maria Vasilyevna Voinitskaya"), Harold Johnsrud (as "Servant"), Kate Mayhew (as "Maryina, Nanny"), Osgood Perkins (as "Mikhail lvovich Astrov"), Eugene Powers (as "Alexander Vladimirovich Serebryakov"), Joanna Roos (as "Sofya Alexandrovna, Sonya"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1930) Stage Play: Uncle Vanya. Drama (revival). Written by Anton Chekhov, as adapted by Rose Caylor. Directed by Jed Harris. Booth Theatre: 22 Sep 1930- Oct 1930 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Ilya Ilyich Telegin, Waffles"), Walter Connolly (as "Ivan Petrovich Voinitsky, Vanya"), Lillian Gish (as "Yelena Andreyevna"), Isabel Irving (as "Maria Vasilyevna Voinitskaya"), Harold Johnsrud (as "Servant"), Kate Mayhew (as "Maryina, Nanny"), Osgood Perkins (as "Mikhail lvovich Astrov"), Eugene Powers (as "Alexander Vladimirovich Serebryakov"), Joanna Roos (as "Sofya Alexandrovna, Sonya"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1930) Stage Play: Mr. Gilhooley. Drama. Written by Frank B. Elser. Based on the novel by Liam O'Flaherty. Directed by Jed Harris. Broadhurst Theatre: 30 Sep 1930- Oct 1930 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Inspector General. Comedy/farce (revival). Based on the Russian of Nikolay Gogol. Book adapted by John Anderson. Directed by Jed Harris. Hudson Theatre: 23 Dec 1930- Dec 1930 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Lina Abarbanell, Flavia Arcaro (as "The Sergeant's Wife"), Romney Brent (as "Ivan"), J. Edward Bromberg, William Challee (as "Waiter"), Eduardo Ciannelli, Frank Conlan, Claude Cooper, William Dorbin, Dorothy Gish, Theodore Hart, Harold Johnsrud (as "Merchant"), Josef Lazarovici, Con MacSunday, Owen Meech (as "Pytor Ivánovich Dóbchinsky, local landowner"), Eugene Powers, Edward Rigby, Joseph Sauers, Bessie Traub. Produced by Jed Harris. Note: Produced on film as a Danny Kaye vehicle by Warner Brothers as The Inspector General (1949). The film had significant changes from the stage version.
- (1931) Stage Play: They Wiser They Are. Written by Sheridan Gibney. Directed by Jed Harris. Plymouth Theatre: 6 Apr 1931- May 1931 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Geoffrey Bryant, Terry Carroll, Ruth Gordon, Eduardo Ciannelli, Julia Hoyt, Ben Lackland, Osgood Perkins, G. Albert Smith, Joseph Spree, Charlotte Wynters. Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1931) Stage Play: Wonder Boy. Comedy. Written by Edward Chodorov and Arthur Barton. Directed by Jed Harris. Alvin Theatre: 22 Oct 1931- Nov 1931 (closing date unknown/44 performances). Cast: Constance Almy, Max Beck, Jacob Bleifer, Matt Briggs, Barbara Bulgakova, David Burns, Frank Carter, Maurice Cass (as "Montague Levy"), William Challee (as "Peter Hinkle"), Eddie Craven, Hazel Dawn, Thomas Fisher, Eva Franklin, Bernard Gorcey (as "Commodore Cohen"), Jeanne Greene, D.J. Hamilton, Ross Hertz (as "Tony"), Donald Heywood )as "A Porter"), Cecil Holm (as "Mac"), Allen Jenkins (as "Joe Glick"), James Kearney, Robert Leonard, Sam Levene (as "Schwartz"), Bruce MacFarlane, Hallie Manning, Horace McMahon (as "A Reporter"), Margaret Meyers, Arnold Moss, (as "Page Boy"), Henry O'Neill (as "George Kelly"), Joseph Ploski, Arnold Preston, Gregory Ratoff (as "Phil Mashkin"), Estelle Scheer, Herman Shapiro, James R. Waters, Vincent York (as "Another Reporter"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1932) Stage Play: The Fatal Alibi. Written by Michael Morton, from "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie. American audience adaptation by John Anderson. Directed by Charles Laughton. Booth Theatre: 8 Feb 1932- 1 Mar 1932 (24 performances). Cast: Jane Bramley, Lawrence H. Cecil (as "Inspector Davies"), Andree Corday (as "Margot"), Edward Crandall (as "Geoffrey Raymond"), Lowell Gilmore (as "Captain Ralph Paton"), Kenneth Hunter (as "Major Blunt"), Moffat Johnston (as "Dr. Sheppard"), Charles Laughton (as "Hercule Poirot"), A.C. Fotheringham-Lysons (as "Mr. Hammond"), Lionel Pape (as "Sir Roger Ackroyd"), Donald Randolph (as "Parker"), Effie Shannon (as "Mrs. Ackroyd"), Helen Vinson (as "Caryl Sheppard") [final Broadway role], Jane Wyatt (as "Flora"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1933) Stage Play: The Green Bay Tree. Drama.
- (1933) Stage Play: The Lake. Drama.
- (1935) Stage Play: Life's Too Short. Comedy.
- (1936) Stage Play: Spring Dance. Comedy. Written by Philip Barry. Based on the play by Eloise Barrangon and Eleanor Golden [final Broadway credit]. Directed by Jed Harris (I)'. Empire Theatre: 25 Aug 1936- Sep 1936 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Brooks Bowman (as "Buck Buchanan"), Marie Bruce (as "Miss Ritchie"), 'José Ferrer' (as "The Lippincot"), Martha Hodge (as "Sally Prescott"), Tookie Hunter (as "Mady Platt"), Richard Kendrick (as "Sam Thatcher"), Ruth Matteson (as "Kate McKim"), Tom Neal (as "Doc Boyd"), Philip Ober (as "Walter Beckett"), Peggy O'Donnell (as "Frances Fenn"), Louise Platt (as "Alex Benson"), Jack Warren (as "John Hatton"), Mary Wickes (as "Mildred") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Jed Harris. Note: Filmed by MGM as Spring Madness (1938).
- (1937) Stage Play: A Doll's House. Drama (revival). Written by Henrik Ibsen. Book adapted by Thornton Wilder. Directed by Jed Harris. Morosco Theatre: 27 Dec 1937- May 1938 (closing date unknown/144 performances). Cast: Ruth Gordon (as "Nora Helmer"), Sam Jaffe (as "Nils Krogstad"), Harold Johnsrud, Dennis King, Paul Lukas (as "Dr. Rank") [Broadway debut], Lorna Lynn Meyers, Grace Mills, Jessica Rogers, Howard Sherman, Margaret Waller. Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1938) Stage Play: Our Town. Drama. Written by Thornton Wilder. Directed by Jed Harris. Henry Miller's Theatre (moved to The Morosco Theatre from 1 May 1938- close): 4 Feb 1938- Nov 1938 (closing date unknown/336 performances). Cast: Arthur Allen, Max Beck, Emily Boileau, Barbara Brown, Barbara Burton, Helen Carew, Willard Cary, Francis G. Cleveland, Thomas Coley (as "Baseball Player"), Philip Coolidge, Frank Craven (as "Stage Manager"), John Craven [Broadway debut] (as "George Gibbs"), Alice Donaldson, Marilyn Erskine, Tom Fadden, Jay Fassett, John Irving Finn, Mary Elizabeth Forbes (as "People of the Town") [final Broadway role], Walter O. Hill, Frank Howell, E. Irving Lock, James Malaidy, Aline McDermott, Charles Mellody, Doro Merande (as "Mrs. Soames"), Thomas Morgan, Dorothee Nolan, Shirley Osborn, Jean Platt, Katharine Raht, Billy Redfield, Raymond Roe, William Roehrick, Leon Rose, Thomas W. Ross, Dorothy Ryan, Alfred Ryder, Martha Scott [Broadway debut] (as "Emily Webb"), Van Shem, William Short, Bernice Silver, Alida Stanley, Lyn Swann,Evelyn Varden, William Wadsworth, Charles Walters, Carrie Weller, Ann Weston, Charles Wiley Jr., Charles Wiley Sr. Understudy: Teresa Wright (as "Emily Webb"), Dorothy McGuire (as "Emily Webb") [also replacement actor during Morosco Theatre run]. Other replacement actors: Willard Cary (as "Constable Warren"), Alice Donaldson (as "Woman in the Balcony"), Dorothy McGuire (as "Emily Webb"), Katharine Raht (as "Lady in the Box"), Leon Rose (as "Baseball Player'), Thornton Wilder' (as "Stage Manager") [circa Sep 1938- ?], Vincent York (as "Sam Craig"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1943) Stage Play: Dark Eyes. Comedy.
- (1943) Stage Play: The World's Full of Girls.
- (1944) Stage Play: Our Town. Drama (revival). Book by Thornton Wilder. Directed by Wesley McKee and Jed Harris. City Center: 10 Jan 1944- 29 Jan 1944 (24 performances). Cast: Arthur Allen (as "Professor Willard"), Montgomery Clift (as "George Gibbs"), Owen Coll (as "Constable Warren"), Marc Connelly (as "Stage Manager"), Curtis Cooksey (as "Dr. Gibbs"), Richard Dalton (as "Joe Crowell"), Parker Fennelly (as "Mr. Webb"), Frederica Going (as "Lady in the Box"), Alice Hill (as "Woman in the Balcony"), Walter O. Hill (as "Mr. Carter"), Carolyn Hummel (as "Rebecca Gibbs"), Donald Keyes (as "Howie Newsome"), Doro Merande (as "Mrs. Soames"), John Paul (as "Man in The Auditorium"), John Ravold (as "Joe Stoddard"), Ethel Remey (as "Mr. Webb"), Roy Robson (as "Si Crowell"), Teddy Rose (as "Wally Webb"), Martha Scott (as "Emily Webb"), William Swetland (as "Simon Stimson"), Evelyn Varden (as "Mrs. Gibbs"), Jay Velie (as "Sam Craig"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1944) Stage Play: One-Man Show.
- (1946) Stage Play: Apple of His Eye. Comedy.
- (1947) Stage Play: The Heiress. Drama.
- (1948) Stage Play: Red Gloves.
- (1949) Stage Play: The Traitor. Melodrama.
- (1956) Stage Play: Child of Fortune. Drama. Written by Guy Bolton. Based on "The Wings of the Dove" by Henry James. Scenic Design and Lighting by Robert O'Hearn. Directed by Jed Harris [final Broadway credit]. Royale Theatre: 13 Nov 1956- 1 Dec 1956 (23 performances). Cast: Bert Bertram (as "Bennett"), Anthony Di Palazzo (as "Eugenio"), Stafford Dickens (as "Sir Luke Strett, M.D."), Mildred Dunnock (as "Susan Shepherd"), Mary Foskett (as "Bianca"), Martyn Green (as "Lionel Croy"), Norah Howard (as "Mrs. Lowder"), Peter Pagan (as "Lord Marcus Annersley"), Edmund Purdom (as "Richard Denning"), Pippa Scott (as "Milly Temple"), Betsy von Furstenberg (as "Kate Croy"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (January 5, 1939) He produced and directed Thornton Wilder's play, "Our Town," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Frank Craven, Evelyn Varden, Helen Carew, James Spottswood, Raymond Roe, Tom Fadden, John Craven, Patricia Roe, Charles Wiley Jr., Dorothy McGuire, Thomas W. Ross, Walter O. Hill, Alice Donaldson, Thomas Coley, Katharine Raht, Milton Parsons, William Roerick, Doro Merande, E. Irving Locke, Billy Redfield, William Wadsworth, and Edward P. Goodnow in the cast. Raymond Sovey was set designer. Helene Pons was costume designer.
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