- (1929 - 1961) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1929) Stage Play: The Criminal Code. Melodrama. Written by Martin Flavin. Directed by William Harris Jr. National Theatre: 2 Oct 1929- Mar 1930 (closing date unknown/173 performances). As "Robert Graham." Cast included: Arthur Byron.
- (1930) Stage Play: Pagan Lady. Drama. Written by William DuBois. Directed by John D. Williams. 48th Street Theatre: 20 Oct 1930- Mar 1931 (closing date unknown/152 performances). As "Dingo Mike." Cast included: Franchot Tone.
- (1931) Stage Play: The Constant Sinner. Comedy. Written by Mae West. Royale Theatre: 14 Sep 1931- Nov 1931 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: George Bloom, Hubert Brown, Ollie Burgoyne, George Bush, Allen Cohen, William Daly, James Dunmore, Adele Gilbert, George Givot (as "Money Johnson"), Walter Glass, Russell Hardie (as "Bearcat Delaney"), Joseph Holicky, Harry Howard, Paul Huber, Donald Kirke, Billy Kohut, Florence Lee, Leona Love, Henry Matthews, Jack McKee, Paul Meers, Cora Olsen, Harry Owens, Grey Patrick, Walter Petrie, Robert Rains, Billy Rapp, Marie Remsen, Ralph Sanford, Trixie Smith, Bernard Thornton, Rudolph Toombs, Lorenzo Tucker, Christine Wagner, Mae West (as "Babe Gordon"), George Williams. Produced by Constant Productions, Inc.
- (1931) Stage Play: Society Girl. Comedy. Written by John Larkin Jr. Directed by Stanley Logan. Booth Theatre: 30 Dec 1931- Jan 1932 (closing date unknown/13 performances). As "Johnny Malloy." Cast included: Brian Donlevy, Claire Luce.
- (1932) Stage Play: Happy Landing. Written by John B. Hymer and William E. Barry. Directed by Lawrence Marston. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre: 26 Mar 1932- Apr 1932 (closing date unknown/26 performances). Cast: Harold Bolton (as "Reporter"), John Butler (as "Hal Herndon"), William Carey (as 'Charles Stevens"), Anne Carpenger (as "Miss Bond"), Lenore Chippendale (as "Mrs. Thomas W. Dumont"), Griffin Crafts (as "Caso"), William David (as "Russell Whiting"), Randolph Hale (as "Reporter"), Russell Hardie (as "Blin Gardner"), Harold Heaton (as "Robert Willis Granville"), Lady Justine Jordan (as "Reporter"), Nolan Leary (as "Radio Announcer/Mr. Knobb"), Pierre Mario (as "Carvello"), Boris Nicholai (as "Bellboy"), Catherine Dale Owen (as "Norma Landis"), John Parrish (as "Ira Thompson"), Edwin Redding (as "Sam Taylor"), Thomas Reynolds (as "Major Green"), Charles A. Richards (as "Reporter"), Rene Roberti (as "Luigi Cerrino"), Margaret Sullavan (as "Phyllis Blair"), Banfield Taylor (as "News Cameraman/Mr. Platt"), Tom Tempest (as "Hennesey"), Marjorie Wood (as "Miss Crawford"), Harry Davenport. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1933) Stage Play: Saint Wench. Comedy. Written by John Colton. Directed by Robert Reddington Sharpe. Lyceum Theatre: 2 Jan 1933- Jan 1933 (closing date unknown/12 performances). As "Josef Tzigardis." Cast included: Paula MacLean, Harry McKean, Helen Menken, Anne Middleton, Rene Poucil, Anne Ravel, J. Francis Robertson.
- (1935) Stage Play: Remember the Day. Written by Philip Dunning and Philo Higley. Directed by Melville Burke. National Theatre: 25 Sep 1935- Jan 1936 (closing date unknown/122 performances). As "Dan Hopkins." Cast included: Keenan Wynn. Produced by Philip Dunning.
- (1936) Stage Play: Alice Takat. Drama. Written by José Ruben, from the Hungarian of Dezso Szomory. Directed by Frank Merlin. John Golden Theatre: 10 Feb 1936- Feb 1936 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Percy Ames (as "Homer Horeb") [final Broadway role], A.G. Andrews (as "Fritz"), Florence Auer (as "Mrs. Dubra") [final Broadway role], Al Baron (as "A Patient"), Mady Christians, Leo Curley (as "Professor Glotz"), Florence Earle (as "Miss Haus"), John Emery (as "George Kroos"), Lloyd Gough (as "Max Durak"), Russell Hardie, Nicholas Joy (as "Zuard Takat"), Arnold Korff (as "Prof. Tardy Kroos"), Kate Mayhew (as "Mrs. Helvet"), Howard Emmett Rogers, Peggy Shannon (as "Kitty Linderman"), Edna West (as "Mrs. Baneyi"), Marjorie Wood (as "Mrs. Gantz"). Produced by Ed Wynn.
- (1937) Stage Play: Sun Kissed. Comedy. Written by Raymond Van Sickle. Scenic Design by John Root. Directed by George Somnes. Little Theatre: 10 Mar 1937- Mar 1937 (closing date unknown/53 performances). Cast: Jean Adair (as "Amy Jessup"), John Albert (as "Messenger"), Barbara Brown (as "Fay Carver"), Francesca Bruning (as "Frances Newberry"), Marie Carroll (as "Geneva Twine"), Ruth Chorpenning (as "Maude Sweeney"), Charles Coburn (as "Humphrey Newberry"), Juliette Day (as "Bee Delmar"), Mary Fletcher (as "Betty"), Russell Hardie (as "As "Bill Underwood"), Ben Laughlin (as "McTigue"), Carrington Lewis (as "Vernon Weaver"), Sidney Palmer (as "Vincent Pugh"), John Ravold (as "Newton Utterback"), Sylvia (as "Gypsy"), Jeanne Temple (as "Mattie Bowers"), Philip Wood (as "Ira Gilkey"). Produced by Bonfils & Somnes Inc.
- (1937) Stage Play: The Ghost of Yankee Doodle. Drama. Written by Sidney Howard. Directed by John Cromwell. Guild Theatre: 22 Nov 1937- Jan 1938 (closing date unknown/48 performances). As "Steve Andrews." Cast included: Ethel Barrymore, Donald Black, Edward Butler,Richard Carlson, Kathleen Comegys, Frank Conroy, Lloyd Gough. Produced by The Theatre Guild
- (1939) Stage Play: The Primrose Path. Comedy. Written by Robert Buckner and Walter Hart. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Costume Design by Helene Pons. Directed by George Abbott. Biltmore Theatre: 4 Jan 1939- May 1939 (closing date unknown/166 performances). Cast: Leslie Barrett (as "Davy Wallace"), Teresa Dale (as "A Police Matron"), Marilyn Erskine (as "Eva Wallace"), Betty Field (as "Clare Wallace"), Clyde Fillmore (as "Augustus Cummings"), Florida Friebus (as "Maggie Wallace"), Betty Garde (as "Emma Wallace"), Russell Hardie (as "Bayard Lawrence"), Helen Westley (as "Grandma"), Philip Wood (as "Homer Wallace"). Produced by George Abbott.
- (1939) Stage Play: Sea Dogs. Melodrama. Written by Wilson Starbuck. Directed by Melville Burke. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 6 Nov 1939- 18 Nov 1939 (16 performances). Cast: Philip Beeche, Carl Boyden, Lawrence Cosby, John Gordon Gage, Jack Gilchrist, Russell Hardie (as "Daily, Chief Mate"), Barton Hepburn, Stanley Jessup, Brandon Kealeigh, Ben Lackland (as "Mickey Walsh, Able Bodied Seaman"), Joseph Macauley, Roderick Maybee, James McCallion, Grant Mills, William Mowry, Robert J. Mulligan (as "First Asssitant Engineer John Robb"), Aage Steenshorne, Sandy Strouse, James Todd, Richard Wang, Robert Williams. Produced by Clarence Taylor.
- (1940) Stage Play: The Burning Deck. Comedy. Written by Andrew Rosenthal. Directed by Robert Milton. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 1 Mar 1940- 2 Mar 1940 (3 performances). As "Jeffrey Brandt." Cast included: George Calvert, Zita Johann, George Lloyd, Onslow Stevens. Produced by Jack Small.
- (1941) Stage Play: My Fair Ladies. Written by Arthur L. Jarrett and Marcel Klauber. Directed by Lewis Albert. Hudson Theatre: 23 Mar 1941- 19 Apr 1941 (32 performances). Cast: Tom Coley, Vincent Donehue, Alfred Etcheverry, Charles Furcolowe, Betty Furness (as "Lady Palfrey-Stuart"), Toni Gilman, Russell Hardie (as "Richard Tolliver"), Celeste Holm (as "Lady Keith-Odlyn"), Otto Hulett, Lionel Ince, Ethel Morrison, Randolph Preston, Mary Sargent, Jacqueline Susann (as "Miss Grumley"), Henry Vincent, Barry O'Moore (as "Henry Gage"). Produced by Albert Lewis and Max Siegel.
- (1942) Stage Play: Under This Roof. Drama. Written by Herbert B. Ehrmann. Directed by Russell Lewis. Windsor Theatre: 22 Feb 1942- 7 Mar 1942 (17 performances). Cast: Alexandra Brackett (as "Eileen O'Shaughnessy"), Harlan Briggs (as "Mr. Gassaway"), Hilda Bruce (as "Nora") [final Broadway role], Walter Burke (as "Shawn O'Shaughnessy"), John Draper (as "David Warren"), Louise Galloway (as "Granny Warren"), Russell Hardie (as "Ezra Warren"), Peter Hobbs (as "Gibeon Warren"), Barbara O'Neil (as "Cornelia Warren"), James O'Neill (as "Sidney Snow"), George Spaulding [credited as George L. Spaulding] (as "Abner Warren"), Howard St. John (as "Horace Drury"), Watson White (as "Senator Flower"). Produced by Russell Lewis and Rita Hassan.
- (1944) Stage Play: Good Morning Corporal.
- (1944) Stage Play: Snafu.
- (1945) Stage Play: Foxhole in the Parlor.
- (1945) Stage Play: Home of the Brave. Drama. Written by Arthur Laurents. Scenic Design by Ralph Alswang. Lighting Design by Ralph Alswang. Directed by Michael Gordon. Belasco Theatre: 27 Dec 1945- 23 Feb 1946 (69 performances). Cast: Henry Barnard, Alan Baxter, Kendall Clark, Eduard Franz, Russell Hardie (as "T.J.") Joseph Pevney. Produced by Lee Sabinson. Produced in association with William R. Katzell. Note: Filmed as Home of the Brave (1949).
- (1946) Stage Play: The Bees and the Flowers. Written by Frederick Kohner and Albert Mannheimer. Directed by Mr. Mannheimer. Cort Theatre (moved to the Booth Theatre on 7 Oct 1946- close): 26 Sep 1946- 19 Oct 1946 (28 performances). Undetermined role. Cast included: Joyce Van Patten.
- (1948) Stage Play: Harvest of Years. Written by DeWitt Bodeen. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Arthur J. Beckhard. Hudson Theatre: 12 Jan- 24 Jan 1948 (16 performances). Cast: Philip Abbott (as "Jules Bromark"), Philippa Bevans (as "Bertha Bromark"), Robert Crawley (as "Bernhard Jonson"), Esther Dale (as "Anna Bromark") [final Broadway role], Russell Hardie (as "Chris Bromark"), Leona Maricle (as "Margareta Bromark"), Emily Noble (as "Mellie Bromark"), Lenka Peterson (as "Jenny Nelson"), Virginia Robinson (as "Astrid Bromark"). Produced by Arthur J. Beckhard.
- (1949) Stage Play: Love Me Long. Comedy. Written by Doris Frankel. Scenic Design by John Root. Directed by Brock Pemberton and Margaret Perry. 48th Street Theatre: 7 Nov 1949- 19 Nov 1949 (16 performances). Cast: Harry Bannister (as "Mr. Sharp"), Shirley Booth (as "Abby Quinn"), Heywood Hale Broun (as "Phone Man"), Russell Hardie (as "Jim Kennedy"), Jennifer Howard (as "Louise Ulmer"), Anne Jackson (as "Margaret Anderson"), George Keane (as "The Skinner"), Carl Low (as "Moving Man") [Broadway debut], Daniel Reed (as "Cleotus P. Anderson"). Produced by Brock Pemberton.
- (1959) Stage Play: The Andersonville Trial. Historical drama. Written by Saul Levitt. Directed by José Ferrer. Henry Miller's Theatre: 29 Dec 1959- 1 Jun 1960 (179 performances). As "General Lew Wallace." Cast included: Albert Dekker, George C. Scott. Ian Keith, Frank Sutton.
- (1961) Stage Play: Midgie Purvis. Written by Mary Chase. Incidental music by Sol Kaplan. Directed by Burgess Meredith. Martin Beck Theatre: 1 Feb 1961- 18 Feb 1961 (21 performances). Cast: Tallulah Bankhead (as "Midgie Purvis"), Jean Bruno, William Callan, Mary Farrell, Red Granger, Joseph Grassi, Russell Hardie (as "Edwin Gilroy Purvis") [final Broadway role], John Cecil Holm (as "Luther Plunkett"), Paul Mace, Janice Mars, Kip McArdle, Alice Pearce, Richard Prahl, William Redfield (as "Canfield Purvis"), Clinton Sundberg (as "Dr. Monroe Sidensticker"), Jane Van Duser, Nydia Westman, Pia Zadora (as "Cleo June"). Produced by Robert Whitehead. Produced in association with Roger L. Stevens and Alfred R. Glancy, Jr.
- (September 23, 1948) He played Harold "Mitch" Mitchell in Tennessee Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," at the Harris Theater in Chicago, Illinois with Eulabelle Moore (African American woman); Peggy Rea (Eunice Hubbel); Anthony Quinn (Stanley Kowalski); Mary Welch (Stella Kowalski); Harry Kersey (Steve Hubbel); Uta Hagen (Blanche Dubois); Arny Freeman (Pablo Gonzalez); Wright King (a young collector); Sidonia Kapero (Mexican woman); Angela Jacobs (strange woman); and Arthur Row (strange man) in the cast. Jo Mielziner was scenic designer. Elia Kazan was director. Harold Clurman was tour director.
- (March 28 to April 4, 1949) He acted in Tennessee Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," in a National Tour production at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Uta Hagen (Blanche Dubois); Anthony Quinn (Stanley Kowalski); Mary Welch (Stella Kowalski); Eulabelle Moore; Peggy Rea; Harry Kersey; Arny Freeman; Wright King; Sidonie Espero; Angela Jacobs; and Arthur Row in the cast. Jo Mielziner was set designer. Lucinda Ballard was costume designer. Elia Kazan was director. Irene M. Selznick was producer.
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