- (1931 - 1973) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1931) Stage Play: You Said It. Musical comedy. Music by Harold Arlen. Book by Jack Yellen and Sid Silvers. Lyrics by Jack Yellen. Musical Director: Louis Gress. Music orchestrated by Howard Jackson. Special music effects by Fred Waring. Vocal arrangements by Charles Henderson. Choreographed by Daniel Dare. Directed by John Harwood. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre: 19 Jan 1931- 4 Jul 1931 (192 performances). Cast: Benny Baker 9as "Fuzzy Shawowsky") [Broadway debut], Jack Barnes, Peggy Bernier, Clark Bremmer, William Broder, Kendall Capps, Alyce Chapelle, Patsy Clair, Hughie Clarke, Ray Clarke, Dorcas Cochran (as "Ensemble"), Yorke Coplen, Leslie Cornell, Bryan Davis, Martin Dennis, Allan D'Sylva, John T. Dwyer (as "Nicholas Holloway"), Ed Ellington, John Elliott, Ralph Erwin, Victor Etheridge, Marjorie Fisher, Archie Ford, Oscar Grogan, George Haggerty, Vernon Hammer, Jack Harcourt, Joan Harley, Lou Holtz (as "Pinkie Pincus"), Rita Horgan, Doris Jay, Agatha Johann, Florence Johnson, Mary Lawlor (as "Helen Holloway"), Eileen Leahy, Billie Leonard, Dixie Lester, Gertrude Lindle, Mary Joan Martin, Betty McNulty, Tommy Miller, Harry Moore, Victor Munro, Betty Nylander, Emmett O'Brien, Peggy O'Day, Walter Petrie, Virginia Renaud, Lyda Roberti (as "Fanny"), J. Francis Robertson, Mildred Rye, Paula Sands, Robert Shafer, Jules Shear, Henry Slate, Jack Slate, Syd Slate, Stanley Smith, Kay Smythe, Al Stafford, Steward Steppler, Dorothy Stewart, Betty Sundmark, Helen Travers, Renee Vilon, Jae Voll, John Walsh, Patricia Whitney. Produced by Jack Yellen and Mr. Holtz.
- (1941) Stage Play: Let's Face It. Musical comedy. Book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. Music by Cole Porter. Lyrics by Cole Porter. Musical Director: Max Meth. Additional numbers by Sylvia Fine and Max Liebman. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek, Donald J. Walker and Ted Royal. Vocal arrangements by Lyn Murray, Carley Mills and Edna Fox. Choreographed by Charles Walters. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Imperial Theatre: 29 Oct 1941- 20 Mar 1943 (547 performances). Produced by Vinton Freedley.
- (1944) Stage Play: Jackpot. Musical comedy. Music by Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Howard Dietz. Book by Guy Bolton, Sidney Sheldon and Ben Roberts. Musical Direction by Max Meth. Vocal arrangements by Clay Warnick. Music arranged by Hans Spialek, Robert Russell Bennett and Vernon Duke. Choreography by Lauretta Jefferson and Charles Weidman. Directed by Roy Hargrave. Alvin Theatre: 13 Jan 1944- 11 Mar 1944 (69 performances). Cast: Benny Baker (as "Winkie Cotter"), Robert Beam, Connie Constant, Wendell Corey (as "Sgt. Naylor"), Althea Elder, Nanette Fabray (as "Sally Madison"), Betty Garrett (as "Sgt. Maguire"), John Hamill, Flower Hujer, Allan Jones (as "Hank Trimble"), Bill Jones, Ben Lackland (as "Bill Bender"), Jerry Lester, Walter Monroe, Houston Richards (as "Dexter De Wolf"), Sherry Shadburne, Morton Stevens (as "Mr. Dill"), Drucilla Strain, Betty Stuart, Jacqueline Susann (as "Edna"), Edith Turgell, Mary Wickes (as "Nancy Parker"), Billie Worth. Produced by Vinton Freedley.
- (1945) Stage Play: The Tempest. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Interpreted by: Margaret Webster. Based on a Production Idea by Eva Le Gallienne. Music by David Diamond. Musical Director: David Diamond and Drago Jovanovich. Scenic Design by Motley. Directed by Margaret Webster. City Center: 12 Nov 1945- 1 Dec 1945 (24 performances). Produced by Cheryl Crawford.
- (1946) Stage Play: The Front Page. Comedy (revival). Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Scenic Design by Nat Karson. Directed by Charles MacArthur. Royale Theatre: 4 Sep 1946- 9 Nov 1946 (79 performances). Cast: Jack Arnold (as "Endicott, Post), Benny Baker (as "McCue, City Press"), Rolly Beck, Fred Bemis, Isabel Bonner, Roger Clark, Joe De Santis, Olive Deering (as "Mollie Malloy"), Harold Grau (as "Mr. Pincus"), Pat Harrington Sr. (as "Kruger, Journal of Commerce"), Curtis Karpe (as "Woodenshoes Eichorn"), William Lynn (as "Sheriff Hartman"), George Lyons (as "Earl Williams"), Blanche Lytell (as "Jennie"), Bruce MacFarlane (as "Murphy, Journal") [final Broadway role], Arnold Moss (as "Walter Burns"), Lew Parker (as "Hildy Johnson, Herald Examiner"), Edward H. Robins, Ray Walston (as "Schwartz, Daily News"), Vic Whitlock, Cora Witherspoon (as "Mrs. Grant"), Leonard Yorr (as "Tony"). Produced by Hunt Stromberg Jr. and Thomas Spengler.
- (1971) Stage Play: No, No Nanette. Musical Comedy. Production Supervised by Busby Berkeley [final Broadway credit]. Music by Vincent Youmans; Lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto A. Harbach. Book by Otto A. Harbach and Frank Mandel. Book adapted by Burt Shevelove. Musical Director: Buster Davis. Vocal arrangements by Buster Davis. Music orchestrated by Ralph Burns. Dance arrangements by Luther Henderson. Incidental music by Luther Henderson. Musical Staging and Choreography by Donald Saddler. Directed by Burt Shevelove. 46th Street Theatre: 19 Jan 1971- 3 Feb 1973 (861 performances + 13 previews that began on 6 Jan 1971). Produced by Pyxidium Ltd.
- (1939) Stage Play: Du Barry Was a Lady. Musical comedy. Music by Cole Porter. Lyrics by Cole Porter. Book by Herbert Fields and Buddy G. DeSylva. Orchestra Arrangements by Hans Spialek. Additional Arrangements by Robert Russell Bennett and Ted Royal. Choral Arrangements by Hugh Martin. Assistant to Hugh Martin: Ralph Blanc. Scenic Design by Raoul Pène Du Bois. Costume Design by Raoul Pène Du Bois. Lighting Design by Albert A. Ostrander. Assistant to Robert Alton: Charles Millang. Choreographed by Robert Alton. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. 46th Street Theatre (moved to The Royale Theatre from 21 Oct 1940- close): 6 Dec 1939- 12 Dec 1940 (408 performances). Cast: Bert Lahr (as "Louis Blore, His Most Royal Majesty, The King of France"), Ethel Merman (as "May Daly/Mme. La Comtesse du Barry"), Benny Baker (as "Charley, His Royal Highness, The Dauphin of France"), Betty Grable (as "Alice Barton, Mme. La Marquisse Alisande de Vernay"), Betty Allen, Gloria Arden, Walter Armin (as "Bill Kelly/Docteur Michel"), Gene Ashley, Johnny Barnes, Helen Bennett, Marguerite Benton, Ruth Bond, Evelyn Bonefine, Boris Butleroff, Hugh Cameron, Janice Carter, Virginia Cheneval, Stella Clauson, Harold Cromer, Mary Daniels, Jacqueline Franc, Joel Friend, Ronda Gale, Russell Georgiev, Tilda Getze, Anne Graham, Ronald Graham, Stanley Grill, Marion Harvey, Douglas Hawkins, Peter Holliday, Beverly Hosier, Dorothea Jackson, Adele Jergens (as "Dancing Girl"), Mel Kacher, Patricia Knight, Nancy Knott, Frances Krell, Don Liberto, Gloria Martin, Jean Moorehead, Carl Nicholas, Audrey Palmer, Barbara Pond, Tito Renaldo, Roy Ross, David Shelly, Geraldine Spreckels, Jane Sproule, Jane Sprowl, Jack Stanton, Kay Sutton, Paul Thorne, Edith Turgell, Lewis Turner, Marie Vannemen, Arlyne Varden, William Vaux, Charles Walters (as "Harry Norton, Captain of King's Guard"), Nina Wayler. Produced by Buddy G. DeSylva.
- (September 24, 1945) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Vera Zorina, Canada Lee, Arnold Moss, Beaumont Bruestle, Angus Cairns, Bram Nossen, Robert Harrison, Joseph Hardy, Eugene Stuckmann, Diana Sinclair, Albert Hachmeister, Jack Bostick, Wallace Acton, Bernard Miller, and Peggy Allardice in the cast. David Diamond was composer. Motley was set and costume designer. Margaret Webster was director. Cheryl Crawford was producer. Eva Le Gallienne adapted the play.
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