- (1922 - 1935) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1922) Stage Play: Back to Methuselah. Comedy. Written by George Bernard Shaw. Part II (The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas) directed by Alice Lewisohn and Agnes Morgan. Part IV (The Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman) directed by Frank Reicher. Part V (As Far as Thought Can Reach) directed by Philip Moeller. Garrick Theatre: 27 Feb 1922- Mar 1922 (closing date unknown/25 performances). Cast: Walter Abel (as "Acis"), Martha-Bryan Allen, Clelia Benjamin, Albert Bruning (as "Franklyn Barnabas/The Elderly Gentleman"), George Gaul (as "Adam/Napoleon/The Male Figure/The Ghost of Adam"), Stanley Howlett (as "Haslam/The Archbishop of York/Arjillax"), Moffat Johnston (as "Conrad Barnabas/Barnabas, the Accountant/General/The He-Ancient") [Broadway debut], A.P. Kaye (as "Joyce-Burge/Burge-Lubin, President of the British Isles/The Envoy/Pygmalion"), Claude King (as "Lubin/Confucius, the Chief Secretary Zozim/Martellus"), Dennis King (as "Cain/Strephon/the Ghost of Cain"), Shirley King, Ernita Lascelles, Mary Lawton (as "The Minister of Health, Lilith"), Eleanor Woodruff, Margaret Wycherly (as "The Voice of The Serpent/The Parlor Maid/Mrs. Lutestring, the Domestic Minister/The Oracle/The She-Ancient"). Produced by The Theatre Guild. Note (1): Unusual production directed by different directors. (2) Produced by the BBC as a TV series in 1952 (5 known episodes).
- (1922) Stage Play: What the Public Wants. Comedy. Written by Arnold Bennett. Directed by Louis Calvert. Garrick Theatre: 1 May 1922- May 1922 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Harry Ashford (as "James Brindley"), Louis Calvert (as "Holt St. John"), Charles Dalton (as "Sir Charles Worgan"), J. Malcolm Dunn [credited as Malcolm Dunn] (as "Saul Kendrick"), Emily Fitzroy (as "Mrs. Downes"), George Frenger (as "Samuel Cleland"), Stanley Howlett (as "Simon Macquoid"), Marietta Hyde (as "Mrs. Worgan"), Moffat Johnston (as "John Worgan"), Claude King (as "Francis Worgan"), Shirley King (as "Annie Worgan"), Jane Wheatley (as "Mrs. Cleland"), Margaret Wycherly (as "Emily Vernon"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1922) Stage Play: R.U.R. [Rossum's Universal Robot's]. Fantasy/melodrama. Written by Karel Capek. Directed by Philip Moeller and Agnes Morgan. Garrick Theatre: 9 Oct 1922- Feb 1923 (closing date unknown/184 performances). Cast: John Anthony (as "Mr. Fabry"), Mary Bonestell (as "A Robotess"), Louis Calvert, Richard Coolidge (as "Robot"), William Devereux (as "Dr. Gall"), Mary Hone (as "Helena"), Moffat Johnston, Myrtland La Varre (as "A Robot"), Kathlene MacDonell (as "Helena Glory"), Frederick Mark (as "Robot"), Domis Plugge (as "Robot"), John Francis Roche (as "Primus"), John Rutherford (as "Radius"), Bernard Savage (as "Robot"), Basil Sydney, Henry Travers, Helen Westley (as "Nan"). Produced by The Theatre Guild. Note: Filmed as R.U.R. (1948), R.U.R. (1938).
- (1922) Stage Play: Six Characters in Search of an Author. Drama. Written by Luigi Pirandello. Directed by Brock Pemberton. Princess Theatre: 30 Oct 1922- Feb 1923 (closing date unknown/136 performances). Cast: Jack Amory, Katherine Atkinson, Ashley Buck, Elliot Cabot, Ernest Cossart (as "The Manager"), Florence Eldridge, Ida Fitzhugh (as "Mme Pace"), Dwight Frye (as "The Son"), Blanche Gervais, Kathleen Graham, William T. Hays, Fred House, Moffat Johnston (as "The Father"), Leona Keefer, Constance Lusby, Russell Morrison, John Saunders, Maud Sinclair, Eleanor Woodruff (as "The Leading Lady"), Margaret Wycherly. Produced by Brock Pemberton.
- (1923) Stage Play: King Lear. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Reginald Pole. Earl Carroll Theatre: 9 Mar 1923- Mar 1923 (closing date unknown/2 performances). Cast: Frank Arundel (as "Duke of Cornwall"), William Austin (as "Oswald, Goneril's Steward"), Lawrence Cecil (as "Edmund, Gloucester's Bastard Son"), Norman Cope (as "Curan"), Paul Huber (as "Duke of Albany"), Arthur Hughes (as "Earl of Gloucester"), Moffat Johnston (as "Earl of Kent"), Winifred Johnston (as "Goneril, Lear's Daughter"), Beata Karm (as "Fool"), Kirah Markham (as "Regan, Lear's Daughter"), Reginald Pole (as "King Lear of Britain"), Jameson Reilly (as "Duke of Burgundy"), Gregory Safranac (as "King of France"), Lawrence Tibbett (as "Edgar, Gloucester's Son"), Genevieve Tobin (as "Cordelia, Lear's Daughter"). Produced by Reginald Pole.
- (1923) Stage Play: The Devil's Disciple. Comedy/melodrama (revival). Written by George Bernard Shaw. Garrick Theatre: 23 Apr 1923- Jun 1923 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Maud Ainslie (as "Mrs. Titus Dudgeon"), Martha-Bryan Allen (as "Essie"), Lawrence Cecil (as "Titus Dudgeon"), Reginald Goode (as "Major Swindon"), Gerald Hamer (as "Christie"), Moffat Johnston (as "Anthony Anderson"), Alan MacAteer (as "Lawyer Hawkins"), Lotus Robb (as "Judith Anderson"), Byron Russell (as "William Dudgeon/Brudenell"), Beverly Sitgreaves (as "Mrs. Dudgeon"), Basil Sydney (as "Richard Dudgeon"), Kathryn Wilson (as "Mrs. William Dudgeon"), Roland Young (as "General Burgoyne"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1923) Stage Play: Windows. Comedy. Written by John Galsworthy. Garrick Theatre: 8 Oct 1923- Dec 1923 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: George Baxter (as "Blunter"), Alice Belmore [credited as Alice Belmore Cliffe] (as "Cook"), Frieda Inescort (as "Mary March"), Moffat Johnston (as "Geoffrey March"), Kenneth MacKenna (as "Johnny March"), Phyllis Povah (as "Faith Bly"), Henry Travers (as "Mrs. Bly"), Francis Tweed (as "Mr. Barnabas"), Helen Westley (as "Joan March"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1923) Stage Play: Hamlet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare.
- Macbeth (1924). Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare.
- The Little Angel (1924).
- The Wild Duck (1925). Drama (revival).
- (1925) Stage Play: Accused.
- (1926) Stage Play: What Never Dies. Comedy.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Legend of Leonora. Comedy (revival). Written by J.M. Barrie. Directed by Edward Elsner. Ritz Theatre: 29 Mar 1927- Apr 1927 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Edward Cooper (as "Mr. Lebetter"), Grace George (as "Leonora"), Harry Holliday (as "Usher"), Moffat Johnston (as "Mr. Justice Grim Dyke"), Kenneth Lawton (as "Clerk"), Nelly Malcolm (as "Mrs. Tovey"), Jane Maurice (as "Maid"), Bruce McRae (as "Captain Rottray, R.N."), William Newman (as "Juryman"), Richard Rawson (as "Policeman"), J.F. Robertson (as "Foreman of Jury"), Adele Ronson (as "Lady Peripety"), Richard Simpson (as "Railway Guard"), George Thorpe (as "Mr. Tovey"), Leonard Willey (as "Sir Roderick Peripety"), George H. Wiseman (as "Juryman"). Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.
- (1928) Stage Play: Cock Robin. Comedy/drama. Written by Philip Barry and Elmer Rice. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. 48th Street Theatre: 12 Jan 1928- Apr 1928 (closing date unknown/100 performances). Cast: Beulah Bondi (as "Maria Scott"), Edward Ellis (as "George McAuliffe"), Howard Freeman (as "Clarke Torrance"), Beatrice Herford (as "Alice Montgomery"), Moffat Johnston (as "Julian Cleveland"), Desmond Kelley (as "Helen Maxwell"), Muriel Kirkland (as "Carlotta Maxwell"), Wright Kramer (as "Dr. Edgar Grace"), Jo Milward (as "Henry Briggs"), Henry D. Southard (as "Hancock Robinson"), Richard Stevenson (as "Richard Lane"), James Toff (as "John Jessup"). Produced by Guthrie McClintic.
- (1928) Stage Play: To-Night at 12. Written by Owen Davis. Directed by Melville Burke. Hudson Theatre: 13 Nov 1928- Jan 1929 (closing date unknown/60 performances). Cast: Patricia Barclay (as "Jane Eldridge), Spring Byington (as "Barbara Warren"), Gerald Cornell (as "Joe"), William David (as "Bill Warren"), Owen Davis Jr. (as "Tony Keith"), Diane Esmonde (as "Nan Stoddard"), Viola Frayne (as "Mary"), Moffat Johnston (as "Professor Eldridge"), Florence Rittenhouse (as "Dora Eldridge"), William Roselle (as "John Keith"), Ann Shoemaker (as "Alice Keith"), Florence Short (as "Ellen"), Edward H. Wever (as "Tom Stoddard"). Produced by Herman Shumlin.
- Meet the Prince (1929). Comedy.
- Becky Sharp (1929). Comedy (revival).
- Caponsacchi (1929). Drama (revival). Written by Arthur Goodrich and Rose A. Palmer. Based on the poem "The Ring and the Book" by Robert Browning. Hampden's Theatre: 5 Nov 1929- Dec 1929 (closing date unknown/39 performances). Produced by Walter Hampden.
- Richelieu (1929). Drama (revival).
- An Affair of State (1930). Comedy.
- (1922) Stage Play: The Way of the World. Comedy (revival).
- (1922) Stage Play: The Streets of New York, or Poverty is No Crime. Melodrama (revival).
- (1931) Stage Play: Pillars of Society. Drama (revival).
- (1932) Stage Play: The Fatal Alibi. Drama/mystery. Written by Michael Morton. Based on "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie. Adapted for the American audience by John Anderson. Directed by Charles Laughton. Booth Theatre: 8 Feb 1922- Mar 1922 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Jane Bramley (as "Ursula Bourne"), Lawrence H. Cecil, Andree Corday, Edward Crandall, Lowell Gilmore, Kenneth Hunter, Moffat Johnston (as "Dr. Sheppard"), Charles Laughton (as "Hercule Poirot"), Fothringham Lysons, Lionel Pape (as "Sir Roger Ackroyd"), Donald Randolph, Effie Shannon (as "Mrs. Ackroyd"), Helen Vinson (as "Caryl Sheppard"), Jane Wyatt (as "Flora"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1932) Stage Play: Camille. Drama (revival).
- (1932) Stage Play: Twentieth Century. Comedy.
- (1933) Stage Play: Move On, Sister. Drama. Written by Daniel Nathan Rubin. Directed by A.H. Van Buren. Playhouse Theatre: 24 Oct 1933- Oct 1933 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Carroll Ashburn (as "Phil Sibley"), Fay Bainter (as "Alice Drave"), Robert W. Craig, Edward L. Davenport, Harry Davenport (as "Dr. London"), John T. Doyle, Ernest Glendinning (as "Eugene Greer"), Jessie Graham, Harry Hanlon, Robert Harrison, Moffat Johnston (as "Alva Haury"), Kathryn March, Frank Shannon, Harland Tucker, Marion Willard. Produced by A.H. Woods.
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