- (1905 - 1932) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1905) Stage Play: Mary and John. Comedy. Written by Edith Ellis Baker. Manhattan Theatre: 11 Sep 1905- Sep 1905 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Sadie Martinot (as "Mary"), John Mason (as "John"), Edward Ellis, John Emerson, Joseph Hannaway, Vivien Holt, William B. Mack, Amy Ricard, Ida A. Thomas, Annie Yeamans.
- (1907) Stage Play: Genesee of the Hills. Written by Marah Ellis Ryan and McPherson Turnbull. Dramatized from "Told in the Hills" by Marah Ellis Ryan. Directed by Hugh Ford. Astor Theatre: 11 Feb 1907- Mar 1907 (closing date unknown/26 performances). Cast: Harrison Armstrong, Frank Byrne, S.E. Clarkson, Charles Conley, William Courtleigh, Robert Drouet (as "Genesee" Jack"), Edward Ellis, Charles L. Finkler, Clint G. Ford, Louise Galloway, Chrystal Herne (as "Rachel Hardy"), Menifee Johnstone, Chester Kenrade, Ulric Kenrade, Frank C. Le Rendu, John Meehan, Doris Mitchell, Dal North, William O'Day, Lynn Pratt, Harry W. Reid, Walter Seymour, Joseph Shaughnessy, Frank Sheridan, Scott Siggins, Master Robert Emmett Tansey [Broadway debut], David Thompson, Charles Wright. Produced by Will J. Block Amusement Company.
- (1908) Stage Play: The Traveling Salesman.
- (1909) Stage Play: The Fortune Hunter. Comedy.
- (1910) Stage Play: Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford. Written by George M. Cohan. Music by George M. Cohan. Additional music by Leo Fall, Karl Hoschna and Egbert Van Alstyne. Musical Director: Max Schmidt. Based on the novel by George Randolph Chester. Directed by George M. Cohan. Gaiety Theatre (moved to George M. Cohan's Theatre from 13 Feb 1911- close): 19 Sep 1910- unknown (424 performances). Cast: Ida Lee Caston, Spencer Charters (as "Tom Donahue, A Pinkerton Detective"), Edward Ellis (as "Horace Daw/Blackie"), Daniel Gold, Grace Goodall, Hale Hamilton (as "J. Rufus Wallingford, A Get-Rich-Quick Man"), Fletcher Harvey (as "E.B. Lott, of the Midland Valley Lines") [Broadway debut], George K. Henery, Horace James, J.C. Marlowe, Frederick Maynard, Grant Mitchell (as "Edward Lamb, The Head Clerk"), Scamp Montgomery, Russell Pincus, Purnell Pratt (as "Clint Harkins, Reporter on the Blade), Frances Ring (as "Fannie Jasper, A Stenographer), Frederick Seaton, Daniel Sullivan, Marie Taylor, Fay Wallace. Produced by George M. Cohan and Sam Harris. Note: Filmed by Cosmopolitan Productions [distributed by Paramount Pictures/Famous Players-Lasky Corp.] as Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921).
- (1913) Stage Play: Any Night. Written by Edward Ellis. Princess Theatre: 14 Mar 1913- Jun 1913 (closing date unknown/115 performances/played in repertory with The Switchboard, Fear, Fancy Free, A Tragedy of the Future). Cast: Unknown. Produced by The Princess Players and Holbrook Blinn.
- (1913) Stage Play: The Switchboard. Written by Edgar Wallace. Princess Theatre: 14 Mar 1913- Jun 1913 (115 performances/production played in repertory with Fear, Fancy Free, Any Night, A Tragedy of the Future). Cast: Holbrook Blinn, Edward Ellis, Harrison Ford, Fanny Hartz, Willette Kershaw, Francine Larrimore, Bennett Musson, Georgia O'Ramey, Purnell Pratt, John Stokes, Vaughan Trevor. Produced by The Princess Players and Holbrook Blinn.
- (1913) Stage Play: Food. Written by 'William C. De Mille'. Princess Theatre: 14 Mar 1913- Jun 1913 (unknown performances). Cast: Edward Ellis, Fanny Hartz, John Stokes. Note: Mr. Blinn owned the Princess Theatre but likely did not have any direct involvement with this production.
- (1913) Stage Play: A Pair of White Gloves. Written by Andre De Lorde and Pierre Chaine. Princess Theatre: 27 Sep 1913- unknown/unknown performances/played in repertory with Hari-Kari, The Neglected Lady, The Hard Man). Cast: Master Alverez, Wayne Arey, Ruth Benson, Holbrook Blinn, Nellie Boland, Nan Campbell, Edward Ellis, Vera Finlay, Willette Kershaw, Charles Mather, Harry Mestayer, William J. O'Neil, Georgia O'Ramey, Emilie Polini, Blanche Roland, Vaughan Trevor. Produced by The Princess Players.
- (1914) Stage Play: The Dummy. Written by Harvey J. O'Higgins and Harriet Ford. Hudson Theatre: 13 Apr 1914- Oct 1914 (closing date unknown/200 performances). Cast: Joseph Brennan, Frank Connor, Ada Dwyer, Edward Ellis, Joyce Fair, Arthur Hohl (as "Chal Fisher") [Broadway debut], Nicholas Judels, Charles Mylott, Edith Shayne [Broadway debut], Ernest Truex (as "Barney Cook"), Joseph Tuohy, John N. Wheeler. Understudy: Clare Boothe Luce (as "Little Girl"). Produced by Play-Producing Co. Note: Filmed by Famous Players Film Company [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as The Dummy (1917).
- (1917) Stage Play: Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (Revival). Written by George M. Cohan. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 17 May 1917- May 1917 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Carl Anderson, Edward Ellis, Eugenia Fursman, Grace Goodall, Harold Grau, Hale Hamilton, Joseph Jenks, Eugene Keith, Henry Matsumoto, John O'Hara, Purnell Pratt, Paula Sterling, Myrtle Tannehill, Harold Vermilyea [Broadway debut], Betty Wales, Mrs. Charles Willard. Produced by Hale Hamilton and Edward Ellis. Note: Filmed by Cosmopolitan Productions [distributed by Paramount Pictures/Famous Players-Lasky Corp.] as Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921).
- (1917) Stage Play: The Scrap of Paper. Written by Owen Davis and Arthur Somers Roche. Criterion Theatre: 17 Sep 1917- Nov 1917 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Ruth Donnelly [Broadway debut], Edward Ellis, Margalo Gillmore, David Glassford, Frederick Hand, Harold Hartsell, H. Dudley Hawley, Robert Hilliard, Edwin Holland, J. Fred Holloway, Carroll McComas, John J. Pierson, Vida Reed, Robert Strange, Russ Whytal. Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1920) Stage Play: The Ouija Board. Drama.
- (1920) Stage Play: The Bat. Melodrama/mystery. Written by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. Directed by Collin Kemper. Morosco Theatre: 23 Aug 1920- Sep 1922 (closing date unknown/867 performances). Cast: Richard Barrows, Edward Ellis (as "Doctor Wells"), Effie Ellsler, Harrison Hunter, Kenneth Hunter, Anne Morrison, Harry Morvil, Stuart Sage, Robert Vaughan, May Vokes (as "Lizzie Allen"). Produced by Wagenhals and Collin Kemper.
- (1921) Stage Play: The White Villa. Drama. Written by Edith Ellis. Based on "The Dangerous Age" by Karen Michaelis. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 14 Feb 1921- Mar 1921 (closing date unknown/18 performances). Cast: John Clements, Edward Ellis (as "Richard Lindtner"), Dothea Fisher, Doris Kenyon (as "Jeanne"), Frank Morgan (as "Joergen Malthe"), Olive Oliver, Edward Reese, Anita Rothe, Lucile Watson (as "Elsie Lindtner"), Philip Wood. Produced by The Players Fellowship and A.H. Woods.
- (1923) Stage Play: Red Light Annie. Drama. Written by Norman Houston and Sam Forrest. Directed by Sam Forrest. Morosco Theatre: 21 Aug 1923- Nov 1923 (closing date unknown/87 performances). Cast: Al Britton (as "Ned"), Albert Carberry (as "A Man"), Francis Dunn (as "Mr. Fulton"), Edward Ellis (as "Nick Martin"), Monita Gay (as "Flo"), Billy Gillen (as "An Office Boy"), Harry Hammill (as "A Judge"), Warda Howard (as "Dorothy Martin"), Ann Martin (as "Marie"), Fred McLean (as "Another Man"), Paul Nicholson (as "Robert Dugan"), W.H. Prendergast (as "Mr. Wilson"), Mary Ryan (as "Fanny Campbell"), Frank M. Thomas (as "Tom Campbell"), Henry Vincent (as "Chester"), John Waller (as "Al"), Edward Walton (as "Mr. Clark"). Produced by A.H. Woods. Produced in association with Sam Harris.
- (1925) Stage Play: Paid. Written by Sam Forrest. Directed by Sam Forrest. Booth Theatre: 25 Nov 1915- Dec 1925 (closing date unknown/21 performances). Cast: Fritz Adams (as "Mr. Patterson"), Carl Anthony (as "John Ramsey"), Clara Burns (as "Agnes Baxter"), Marjorie Dalton (as "Mrs. Helen Baxter"), Junior Durkin (as "John Ramsey, Jr."), Grace Durkin (as "A Maid"), Edward Ellis (as "Henry Baxter"), Howard Hull Gibson (as "Paul"), Joseph M. Holicky (as "The Stranger"), Gail Kane (as "Mrs. John Ramsey"), Joseph Kennedy (as "Mr. Rutledge"), Jane Marbury (as "Mrs. Clarke"), Henry Mortimer (as "Horace Randolph"), Gordon Mullen (as "Mr. Clarke"), Edward F. Nannary (as "Mr. Carlton"), W.H. Pendergast (as "Mr. Franklin"), Roger Pryor (as "John Ramsey, Jr."), Herbert Saunders (as "Roberts"), Katherine Wilson (as "Agnes Baxter"). Produced by Sam Harris.
- (1926) Stage Play: Chicago. Comedy. Written by Maurine Dallas Watkins. Directed by George Abbott. Music Box Theatre: 30 Dec 1926- May 1927 (closing date unknown/172 performances). Cast: George W. Anspeak, Robert Barrat (as "Martin S. Harrison"), Charles Bickford (as "Jake"), Ferike Boros, Doan Borrup (as "Fred Casely"), George Cowell, Juliette Crosby, Carl De Mal, Edward Ellis (as "Billy Flynn"), Edith Fitzgerald (as "Go-To-Hell Kitty"), Charles Halton (as "Amos Hart"), Eda Heinemann (as "Mary Sunshine"), Charles Kuhn, George Lanning, Francine Larrimore (as "Roxie Hart"), Al Milliken, James C. Pall, Thomas Poland, Charles Slattery, G. Albert Smith, Dorothy Stickney (as "Liz"), Wilma Thompson, Milano Tilden, Arthur Vinton (as "Babe"), Isabelle Winlocke, Vincent York. Produced by Sam Harris.
- (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.
- (1932) Stage Play: Subway Express. Drama. Written by Eva Kay Flint and Martha O'Dwyer [credited as Martha Madison] (earliest Broadway credit). Liberty Theatre: 24 Sep 1929- May 1930 (closing date unknown/271 performances). Cast: George Colan (as "Tony"), Blanche Collins (as "Mrs. Samuels"), John Hammond Dailey (as "Herman Stevens"), Alberto De Stefanis (as "Zippi"), William Dupont (as "Mr. Perkins"), Edward Ellis (as "Inspector Hannen"), Janet Gay (as "Miss Smith"), Edward Everett Hale (as "Young Man"), Gordon Hamilton (as "Officer O'Toole"), William T. Hayes [credited as William T. Hays] (as "Mr. Cotton"), Arthur Hughes (as "George Mason"), Louis Jospey (as "Mr. Zlotnick"), Gloria May Kelly (as "Second Flapper"), Garland Kerr (as "Second Sailor/Mechanic"), George LeSoir (as "Dr. Blum"), Jack Lee (as "Edward Tracy"), Sam LeRoy (as "Ben"), Thomas Linker (as "First Sailor"), Helen Mack (as "First Flapper"), Barton MacLane (as "Officer Mulvaney"), Alexander Micone (as "Morris"), Frank B. Miller (as "Conductor"), Charles Newsom (as "Mr. Anderson"), Maude Nolan (as "Mrs. Cotton"), George Offerman Jr. (as "Thomas Delaney"), Marie Offerman (as "Mrs. Wolf"), Virginia Otis (as "Blonde"), Dorothy Patten (as "Dot"), Anthony Pawley (as "First Sheik"), Edward Pawley (as "Whitney Borden"), William Pawley (as "Motorman"), Dorothy Peterson (as "Dale Tracy"), Mary Pettes (as "Mrs. Mullen"), Arnold Preston (as "Second Sheik"), Sidney Salkow (as "Newsboy"), Henry Schaefer (as "Bogart"), Herbert Schwartz (as "Sidney Zlotnick"), Wall Spence (as "Clarke"), Minnie Stanley (as "Mrs. Perkins"), Virginia Stone (as "Young Girl"), Elizabeth Taylor (as "Harlem Lady"), Jeska Thompson (as "Helen"), Bernard Thornton (as "Detective Cobb"), Charlotte Weinstein (as "Mrs. Zlotnick"), Ann Weston (as "Mrs. Delaney"), Jackie Winston (as "Harold Zlotnick"). Produced by Edward A. Blatt.
- (1932) Stage Play: Distant Drums. Drama. Written by Dan Totheroh. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Belasco Theatre: 18 Jan 1932- Feb 1932 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Beulah Bondi (as "Mrs. Pike"), Mabel Colcord (as "Mrs. Shaw"), Richard Cubitt, Leo Curley, Edward Ellis (as "Quincey Briddleman"), Thomas B. Findlay, Eda Heinemann (as "Mrs. Sawyer"), Arthur Hohl (as "Harris Wolfhill"), James P. Houston, Charles Kuhn, William Lawson, Pauline Lord, Maurice McRae, Mary Michael, Kate Morgan, Edward Pawley, Edward Potter, John Ravold, Margherita Sargent. Produced by Guthrie McClintic.
- (1932) Stage Play: The Inside Story. Written by George Bryant and Francis M. Verdi. Directed by A.H. Van Buren. National Theatre: 22 Feb 1932- Mar 1932 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: John Burkell (as "Det. Haight"), Louis Calhern (as "Louis Corotto"), Frank Camp, Marguerite Churchill (as "Mamie Gillette"), Gage Clarke (as Rod Guzman"), Jack Clifford, William Courtenay, Alexander Cross, Brian Donlevy (as "Nick Lipman"), Edward Ellis (as "Tom McIntyre") [final Broadway role], Paul Everton (as "Capt. Dan Engle"), William Goode, Marie Hunt, Aphie James, Edward Jones, Edward Keane, Fred Irving Lewis, Harriet E. MacGibbon (as "Mrs. Beekman"), George Pembroke (as "Gus Bernstein"), Mary Redmond, Stanley Ridges (as "Frank Delaney"), Roy Roberts, W.W. Shuttleworth, Frances Tannehill (as "Evelyn Beekman"), Frank M. Thomas (as "Bert Teagle"), Harland Tucker (as "Fred Beekman"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (19??). The following work was not produced on Broadway:
- (19??). Playwright: "Affairs of a Gentleman" (filmed as Affairs of a Gentleman (1934))
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