- (1916 - 1946) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1916) Stage Play: Seven Chances. Written by Roi Cooper Megrue. George M. Cohan's Theatre (moved to the Belasco Theatre on 23 Oct 1916 to close): 8 Aug 1916- Dec 1916 (closing date unknown/151 performances). Cast: Marion Abbott, Charles Brokate, Emily Callaway, Alice Carroll, Frank Craven, Florence Deshon, Hayward Ginn, Otto Kruger, Rowland Lee [credited as Rowland Lee], Harry Leighton, Helen MacKellar [Broadway debut], Carroll McComas, Anne Meredith, Lillian Spencer, Allen Thomas, Beverly West. Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed by Buster Keaton Productions as Seven Chances (1925).
- (1916) Stage Play: Major Pendennis. Written by Langdon Mitchell from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. Criterion Theatre: 26 Oct 1916- Mar 1917 (closing date unknown/75 performances). Cast: Alice Chapin, John Drew, Jane Houston, Walter Kingsford, Lester Lonergan, Helen MacKellar, Helen Menken, John S. O'Brien, Edith Shayne, Alison Skipworth, Brandon Tynan, Leonard Willey, Mary Worth. Produced by John D. Williams.
- (1918) Stage Play: The Unknown Purple. Written by Roland West and Carlyle Moore. Lyric Theatre: 14 Sep 1918- May 1919 (closing date unknown/273 performances). Cast: Herbert Ashton, Richard Bennett, Curtis Benton, Earle Brown, E.L. Duane, Lorraine Frost, Marion Kerby, Arthur Le Vien, Helen MacKellar, Frank McCormack, Edward Van Sloan [Broadway debut]. Produced by Roland West. Notes: (1) One of the biggest hits of WWI-era Broadway. (2) Filmed by Carlos Productions [Distributed by Truart Film Co.] as The Unknown Purple (1923).
- (1919) Stage Play: The Storm. Melodrama.
- (1921) Stage Play: Back Pay. Drama. Written by Fannie Hurst. Directed by Elwood Fleet Bostwick. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 30 Aug 1921- Nov 1921 (closing date unknown/79 performances). Cast: Elwood Fleet Bostwick [credited as E.F. Bostwick] (as "J. G. Wheeler"), John Charles (as "T. Blackton"), Leo Donnelly (as "Philip Gordon"), John T. Dwyer (as "Chris Morrison"), Donald Hall (as "M. M. G."), Lucille La Verne (as "Lottie"), Helen MacKellar (as "Hester Bevins"), Carmen Nesville (as "Babe"), Maureen Olsen (as "Vida"), William Rhodes (as "H. Messmore"), Mary Shaw (as "Angie Simms"), Hermione Shone (as "Kitty"), Frank M. Thomas (as "Gerald Fishback"), Judith Vosselli (as "Queenie"), Edward L. Walton (as "Rufus Giles"). Produced by A.H. Woods. Note: Filmed by Cosmopolitan Productions [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as Back Pay (1922).
- (1925) Stage Play: Open House. Comedy/drama. Written by Samuel R. Golding. Directed by Henry Stillman and Robert W. Lawrence. Daly's 63rd Street Theatre: 14 Dec 1925- Feb 1926 (closing date unknown/73 performances). Cast: Albert Andruss [erroneously credited as Albert Andrus] (as "Basil Underwood") [final Broadway role], Janice Elgin (as "Amy"), Guy Hitner (as "Dr. Roger Holt"), Jane Houston (as "Violet Raymond"), Marie Kenrick (as "Miss Langdon"), Robert W. Lawrence (as "Marsdon"), Bela Lugosi (as "Sergius Chernoff"), Helen MacKellar (as "Eugenie Bellamy"), Frank Martins (as "Travis"), Freddie Stange (as "Harold"), Ramsey Wallace (as "Lloyd Bellamy"), Eugenie Woodward (as "Margaret"). Produced by Samuel R. Golding.
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