- (1936 - 1977) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1936) Stage Play: Searching for the Sun. Written by Dan Totheroh. Directed by Julius Evans and Joan Hathaway. Cort's 58th Street Theatre: 19 Feb 1936- Feb 1936 (closing date unknown/5 performances). Cast: Walter Beck, Paul Birris, Roger Blankenship, Vernon Crane, Joseph Curtin, Olive Deering (as "Dot") [Broadway debut], Thomas Fisher, Charles Henry, Richard Hunter, J. Richard Jones, Whitford Kane (as "Fletch"), Lewis Luke, Charles Niemeyer, Edwin Philips, Leona Roberts, Happy Robinson, Georgia Simmons, Emerson Treacy, Jack Warren, Eleanor Wendall, Jazzbo Williams. Produced by Albert Ingalls Jr.
- (1963) Stage Play: Marathon '33. Written by June Havoc. Based on the novel "Early Havoc" by June Havoc. Scenic Design by Peter Larkin. Costume Design by Noel Taylor. Lighting Design by Tharon Musser. Music by Conrad Janis and His Tail Gate 5. Entire production under the supervision of Lee Strasberg. Assistant Director: Tim Everett. Directed by June Havoc. ANTA Playhouse: 22 Dec 1963- 1 Feb 1964 (48 performances). Cast: Julie Harris (as "June, a vaudevillian"), Sally Alex (as "Ensemble"), Lee Allen (as "Patsy, marathon Top Banana"), Tom Avera (as "Lusty "One Punch" Hutchinson"), Joe Don Baker (as "Mr. James, floor judge"), Lane Bradbury (as "The Mick, Abe O'Brien's girl"), Dick Bradford (as "Beefy Bancroft, vaudeville acrobat/Joe, Forbes' henchman/Ensemble"), Lonny Chapman (as "Mr. Dankle, dance marathon promoter"), Libby Dean (as "Ida, Red's partner/Melba Marvel"), Olive Deering (as "Eve Adamanski"), Gabriel Dell (as "Al Marciano"), Marcella Dodge (as "Pinky, fancy girl/Ensemble"), Philip Dorian (as "Ensemble"), Tim Everett (as "Abe O'Brien"), Don Fellows (as "Scotty Schwartz"), Will Hare (as "Mr. Forbes, local racketeer boss/Ensemble"), Robert Heller (as "Petrushka Patrick, another vaudeville acrobat/Hinky, sweet man"), Robin Howard (as "Robin Greenaman, Banty Binks' partner"), Conrad Janis (as "Ruddy, band leader and M.C."), Maya Kenin (as "Rita Marimba"), Philip Kenneally (as "Mike, marathon trainer"), Adelaide Klein (as "Mrs. Beckett-Jones, marathon fan"), Janet Luoma (as "Angel, another fancy girl/Ensemble"), Janice Mars (as "Night Club Star/Ensemble"), Peter Masterson (as "Beezer, marathon trainer"), Brooks Morton (as "Banty Binks, a local/Ensemble"), Margret O'Neill (as ""Sugar Hips" Johnson, Lusty Huthinson's dance partner"), Lucille Patton (as "Helen Bazoo, Bozo Bazoo's partner"), Gordon Phillips (as "Mr. Burke, night floor manager/Ensemble"), Patricia Quinn (as "Pearl Schwartz, Scotty Schwartz' wife-partner"), James Rado (as "Ensemble"), Logan Ramsey (as "Schnozz Wilson"), Pat Randall (as "Flo Marciano, Al Marciano's wife-partner"), Doris Roberts (as "Rae Wilson, Schnozz Wilson's wife-partner"), John Strasberg (as "Red, local contestant"), Ralph Waite (as "Ensemble/Minister") [Broadway debut], Iggie Wolfington (as "Bozo Bazoo"). Produced by The Actors Studio.
- (1961) Stage Play: The Devil's Advocate. Written by Dore Schary. Based on the novel by Morris L. West. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Theoni V. Aldredge. Associate designer to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey. Assistant Scenic Design: Richard Casler. Assistant to Miss Aldredge: Gordon Micunis and Domingo Rodriguez. Directed by Dore Schary. Billy Rose Theatre: 9 Mar 1961- 17 Jun 1961 (116 performances + 1 preview on 8 Mar 1961). Cast: Leo Genn (as "Monsignor Blaise Meredith"), Sam Levene (as "Dr. Aldo Meyer"), Edward Mulhare (as "Giacomo Nerone"), Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Aurelio, Bishop of Valenta"), Olive Deering (as "The Contessa"), Anne Louise, Tresa Hughes, Michael Kane, Margaret Aldrich, Diane Collins, Lynn Forman, Win Forman, Steve Karmen, Allen Leaf, Fred J. Scollay, Dennis Scroppo, Maurice Shrog, Boris Tumarin. Produced by Dore Schary. Associate Producer: Walter Reilly.
- (1946) Stage Play: The Front Page. Comedy (revival). Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Directed by Charles MacArthur. Royale Theatre: 4 Sep 1946- 9 Nov 1946 (79 performances). Cast: Jack Arnold (as "Endicott, Post), Benny Baker, 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, George Lyons, Blanche Lytell, Bruce MacFarlane, 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. Produced by Hunt Stromberg Jr.. and Thomas Spengler.
- (1940) Stage Play: Medicine Show. Incidental music by Hanns Eisler. Written by Oscar Saul and H.R. Hays. Directed by Jules Dassin. New Yorker Theatre: 12 Apr 1940- 11 May 1940 (35 performances). Cast: Isabel Bonner (as "Mrs. Sullivan"), Philip Bourneuf (as "Jackson"), Perry Bruskin (as "Ben"), Virginia Campbell (as "Chorine"), Richard Clark (as "Kennedy "), Grace Coppin (as "Mrs. Jackson"), Zamah Cunningham (as "Mrs. Young"), Olive Deering (as "Rose"), Joseph M. Dixon (as "Andrew"), Sara Floyd (as "Ellie"), Melbourne Ford (as "John"), Peter Frye (as "Pete"), Martin Gabel (as "Statistician"), Pearl Gaines (as "Sarah"), Coburn Goodwin (as "Hall"), Norma Green, William Hansen (as "Dr. Mackenzie"), J. Richard Jones (as "Clinic Doctor"), Linda Lee, Harry Lessin, Norman Lloyd (as "Quack"), Dorothy McGuire (as "Dora"), Bram Nossen (as "Dr. White"), John Randolph (as "Mac"), Ronald Reiss, Ben Ross, Alfred Ryder, Leigh Whipper (as "Eli"). Produced by Carly Wharton and Martin Gabel.
- (1944) Stage Play: Yellow Jack. Historical drama. Written by Sidney Howard, in collaboration with Paul De Kruif. Music arranged by M/Sgt. Norman Leyden. Scenic Design by Pfc. Robert Rowe Paddock. Directed by Pfc. Martin Ritt. 44th Street Theatre: 7 Apr 1944 (1 performance). Cast: Pvt. Whit Bissell (as "Brinkerhoff, Pvt., MC, USA"), Pvt. Philip Bourneuf (as "Dr. Carlos Finlay"), Cpl. Fred Cotton, Olive Deering (as "Miss Blake, Special Nurse in Charge of the Yellow Fever Ward"), Pvt. John Forsythe (as "O'Hara, Private, M.C., U.S.A"), Pfc. Donald Hanmer, Pfc. Pitt Herbert, 2nd Lt. Gilbert Herman, Cpl. Gary Merrill (as "Walter Reed, Major, M.C., U.S.A."), Sgt. Joseph Meyer, Louis Neistadt, Sgt. George Reeves (as "James Carroll, Member of the American Yellow Fever Commission"), Pvt. Grant Richards (as "Aristides Agramonte, Member of the American Yellow Fever Commission"), Pfc. Robert Rose, Pfc. Kenneth Utt. NOTE: This production, arguably a revival, is a shortened version of the original, put together by the actors in "Winged Victory." They gave one performance of the play, inviting critics and other members of the armed forces.
- (1943) Stage Play: Winged Victory. Musical drama. Written by Moss Hart. Incidental music by Sgt. David Rose. Music arranged by Sgt. David Rose. Assistant Musical Director: M/Sgt. Norman Leyden. Featuring songs by Carmen Dragon, Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr and Robert Crawford. Assistant Lighting Design by S/Sgt. Ralph Alswang. Production Manager: 1st Lt. Irving P. Lazar and 1st. Lt. Benjamin Landis. Stage Manager: Pvt. Jerome Whyte. 1st Assistant Stage Manager: Sgt. Charles Atkin. Assistant Stage Mgr: Pvt. Herman Kantor, Cpl. Emery Battis, Pfc. Grant Gaither [erroneously credited as Grant Gaither], Pvt. Alfred Moscowitz, Sgt. Irving Pincus, Pvt. Russell Hinchliffe, Pvt. Martin Mellon and Pvt. Alfred Ashley. Directed by Moss Hart. 44th Street Theatre: 20 Nov 1943- 20 May 1944 (212 performances). Cast: Sgt. John Ademy, Cpl. Jerry Hilliard Adler, Pvt. John Andes, Cpl. Richard Annis, Florence Aquino, Cpl. Edward Ashley, Mrs. Edward Ashley, Faith Avery, Phyllis Avery, Mathilde Baring, Capt. Sidney Bassler, Cpl. Etienne Bauer, Mrs. Alan Baxter, Pvt. Alan Baxter, Pvt. Richard Beach, 2nd Lt. Don Beddoe (as "Colonel Blakely"), Capt. Raye Bidwell, Pvt. Whit Bissell (as "Lt. Jules Hudson"), Joan Black, Pfc. Kenneth Black, Pvt. Ramon Blackburn [final Broadway role], Pvt. Royce Blackburn [final Broadway role], Pvt. Robert Blakeman, Pvt. Philip Bourneuf (as "Colonel Gibney"), S/Sgt. Sascha Brastoff, Mrs. Robert I. Braun, Sgt. Horace Brynolfson, Pfc. Thomas Burdick, Pfc. James Burke, Pvt. Red Buttons (as "Whitey"), Mrs. William Cahan, Sgt. David Calvin, Cpl. Robert Cantell, Sgt. Frank Chamberlin, Shirley Chambers, Pfc. Dick Chandlee, Mrs. Thomas Charlesworth, Pfc. Thomas Charlesworth, Cpl. Ira Cirker, Pvt. Lee J. Cobb (as "Doctor Baker"), Pvt. Alfred Cocozza, Pvt. Eugene Conley, Mary Cooper, Cpl. Fred Cotton, Sgt. Howard Cranford, Cpl. Mark Daniels, Mrs. Mark Daniels, S/Sgt. Frank Davis, Pfc. John Deane, Olive Deering (as "Ruth"), Pfc. Thomas Dillon, Cpl. Milton Douglas, Mrs. Milton Douglas, Cpl. Russell W. Drewes, Mrs. Michael Duane, Pvt. Michael Duane, Sgt. David Durston, Katherine Eames, Helen Eastman, Pvt. George Edwards, 2nd Lt. Frank Egan, Pvt. John Elliott, Mrs. James Engler, Cpl. Tommy Farrell (as "Ensemble"), Mrs. Abe Feder, Elfin Finn, Mrs. Arthur Finne, Pvt. Arthur Finne, Pfc. Kenneth Forbes, Pvt. John Ford, Pvt. John Forsythe (as "Ensemble"), Sgt. D.J. Fradenburg, Elisabeth Fraser, Sgt. Carl Fredrickson, Genevieve Frizzell, Mrs. Gilbert Frye, Sgt. Gilbert Frye, Pvt. Dave Gaber, S/Sgt. Gordon Gaines, Cpl. Charles Gavek, Pvt. Hayes Gordon, Mrs. Thomas Grace, Sgt. Thomas Grace, Pvt. A.L. Green, Pfc. John Green, Sgt. George Griffin, Virginia Hammond, Pfc. Donald Hanmer, Pvt. Michael Harvey, S/Sgt. Peter Lind Hayes (as "O'Brien"), Pfc. Pitt Herbert, Gilbert Herman, Pvt. Bert Hicks, 1st Lt. George Hoffmann, Mrs. Dick Hogan, Pvt. Dick Hogan, Cpl. Donald Hultgren, Pvt. Milton Hultgren, Sgt. Rune Hultman, T/5 Jay Hyde, Pfc. Alan Jason, Mrs. William Justice, Pvt. William Justice, Sgt. Frank Kane, Mrs. Herman Kantor, Mrs. Paul Kaye, Pvt. Paul Kaye, Pvt. John R. Kearney, Pvt. James Keogan, Pvt. Alfred Kunz, Mrs. Stuart Langley, Pvt. Stuart Langley, Cpl. James Larmore, Cpl. John Lawler, Mary Lenhardt, Pvt. Harry Lewis, Mrs. John Macmillan, Pvt. John Macmillan, Pvt. Louis J. Magyar, Pvt. Karl Malden (as "Adams"), Sgt. Zeke Manners, Pvt. William Marshall, Pfc. James Mattingly, Pfc. Robert J. Mauch (as "Ensemble"), Pfc. Billy Mauch (as "Ensemble"), Sgt. Kevin McCarthy (as "Ronny Meade"), Jean McCoy, Pfc. Ray McDonald, Mrs. Edward McMahon, Pfc. Edward McMahon, Mrs. Norman Mendelson, Pfc. Norman M. Mendelson, Cpl. Gary Merrill (as "Captain McIntyre"), Mrs. Gary Merrill, Pvt. Ray Merrill, Sgt. Joseph Meyer, Sgt. Ray Middleton (as "Lt. Sperry"), Ellen Miller, Pvt. Brad Dexter [credited as Barry Mitchell], Pvt. Kent Morrison, Pvt. Robert Nash, Pvt. William Nash, 1st Lt. William Neil, Mrs. William Neil, Pvt. Barry Nelson (as "Bobby Grills"), Cpl. Eugene Nelson, Pfc. Edmond O'Brien (as "Irving Miller"), Pvt. Damian O'Flynn, Margaret Parmentier, Pvt. Cy Perkins, Pvt. George Petrie, Laura Pierpont (as "Mrs. Gardner"), Cpl. James Polack, Pvt. Jack Powell, Sgt. Jack Proctor, Pvt. James Rafferty, Sgt. Salvatore Randazzo, Sgt. Edward Reardon, Cpl. Earl Redding, Pvt. Walter Reed, Mrs. George Reeves, Sgt. George Reeves (as "Lt. Thompson"), Cpl. Don Richards, Pvt. Grant Richards, Mrs. Carroll Riddle, 1st Lt. Carroll C. Riddle, Pfc. Martin Ritt (as "Gleason"), Mrs. Archie Robbins, Pvt. Archie Robbins, Pfc. Robert Rose, Pvt. Emanuel Rosenberg, Pfc. Anthony Ross, Pfc. Arthur Ross, Pvt. Henry Rowland, Elsa Ryan, Pvt. Alfred Ryder, S/Sgt. Danny Scholl, Pfc. David Scott, Sgt. Wilbur Sheibels, Pfc. Douglas Sibole, Pvt. Henry Slate, Pvt. Jack Slate, Pvt. Dan Stanley, Pvt. Robert Stevens, Mrs. Julian Stockdale, Pvt. Julian Stockdale, Mrs. Claude Stroud, Pvt. Claude Stroud, Mrs. Elliot Sullivan, Pvt. Elliot Sullivan, Cpl. Frederick Sullivan, Cpl. David Sureck, Pvt. Don Taylor, Pfc. Forrest Thompson, Pfc. James Thompson, Pvt. John Tyers, Pfc. Kenneth Utt [Broadway debut], Pvt. Howard Vanderberg, Pvt. George Wainwright, Cpl. Finley Walker, Laura Walker, Sgt. Fred Weisberg, Sgt. Frank Whitmore, Pvt. Jack Willey, Mrs. Robert Willey, Sgt. Robert Willey, Pvt. Jack Williams, Cpl. Joseph Williams, Sgt. Victor Young, Sgt. Jerome Zimmerman. Produced by The U.S. Army Air Forces. Note: Actors in this production were on active duty in the armed forces at the time of production and credited under their various ranks.
- (1942) Stage Play: Counsellor-at-Law. Drama (revival). Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Royale Theatre: 24 Nov 1942- 10 Jul 1942 (258 performances). Cast: Frieda Altman (as "Goldie Rindskopf"), Leslie Barrett (as "Henry Susskind"), Samuel Bonnell (as "John P. Tedesco"), Elmer H. Brown (as "Francis Clark Baird"), Buddy Buehler (as "Richard Dwight Jr."), Alexander Clark Jr. (as "Roy Darwin"), Norma Clerc (as "Dorothy Dwight"), Olive Deering (as "Regina Gordon"), Phillip Gordon (as "David Simon"), Caleb Gray (as "A Boy"), Jane Hamilton (as "A Woman"), Edwin Hugh (as "A Stout Man"), John L. Kearney (as "Peter J. Malone"), Betty Kelley (as "Zedorah Chapman"), Clara Langsner (as "Sarah Becker"), John McQuade (as "Arthur Sandler"), Jennie Moscovitz (as "Lena Simon"), Paul Muni (as "George Simon"), Joseph Pevney (as "Harry Becker"), Kurt Richards (as "Herbert Howard Weinberg"), Jack Sheehan (as "Charles McFadden"), Frances Tannehill (as "Lillian Larue"), Ann Thomas (as "Bessie Green"), William Vaughan (as "A Bootblack"), Jay Velie (as "A Tall Man"), Barrie Wanless (as "Johann Breitstein"), Joan Wetmore (as "Cora Simon"). Produced by John Golden.
- (1942) Stage Play: Nathan the Wise.
- (1941) Stage Play: They Walk Alone.
- Medicine Show (1940). Incidental music by Hanns Eisler. Written by Oscar Saul and H.R. Hays. Directed by Jules Dassin. New Yorker Theatre: 12 Apr 1940- 11 May 1940 (35 performances). Cast: Isabel Bonner (as "Mrs. Sullivan"), Philip Bourneuf (as "Jackson"), Perry Bruskin (as "Ben"), Virginia Campbell (as "Chorine"), Richard Clark (as "Kennedy "), Grace Coppin (as "Mrs. Jackson"), Zamah Cunningham (as "Mrs. Young"), Olive Deering (as "Rose"), Joseph M. Dixon (as "Andrew"), Sara Floyd (as "Ellie"), Melbourne Ford (as "John"), Peter Frye (as "Pete"), Martin Gabel (as "Statistician"), Pearl Gaines (as "Sarah"), Coburn Goodwin (as "Hall"), Norma Green, William Hansen (as "Dr. Mackenzie"), J. Richard Jones (as "Clinic Doctor"), Linda Lee, Harry Lessin, Norman Lloyd (as "Quack"), Dorothy McGuire (as "Dora"), Bram Nossen (as "Dr. White"), John Randolph (as "Mac"), Ronald Reiss, Ben Ross, Alfred Ryder, Leigh Whipper (as "Eli"). Produced by Carly Wharton and Martin Gabel.
- (1937) Stage Play: King Richard II. Historical drama.
- (1937) Stage Play: The Eternal Road. Musical spectacle.
- (1936) Stage Play: Daughters of Atreus. Written by Robert Turney. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Frederic McConnell. 44th Street Theatre: 14 Oct 1936- Oct 1936 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Barbara Adams, John Boruff (as "Vortigern"), Sidney Bryson, Richard Burdette, Eileen Burns, Hal Conklin, Thomas Coffin Cooke, Olive Deering (as "Iphegeneia"), Ben Edwards, Ann Freschmann, Vincent Gardner, Leslie Gorall, Gale Gordon (as "Agamemnon"), John Grimshaw, Harry Irvine, James Larmore, Clara Mahr, Eleonora Mendelssohn, Tom Neal (as "Hippolytos"), Gilda Oakleaf, Edmond O'Brien (as "Pylades"), Carla Ogle, Maria Ouspenskaya (as "Polymnia"), Melvin Parks, Gordon Peters, Eleanor Powers, Carl Rodgers, Joanna Roos, Arthur Sachs, Michael Sage, Howard Sherman, Edgar Stehli (as "Cheops"), Robert Stewart, Edward Trevor (as "Achilles"), William Van Gundy, Louis Varca, Helen Walpole, Franklin Webb, Cornel Wilde (as "Phaon"), Eric Wollencott, Elizabeth Young. Produced by Delos Chappell.
- (1977) Stage Play: Vieux Carré. Drama.
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