- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- If I Were King (1901). Drama.
- Two By Two (1925). Comedy. Written by John Turner and Eugenie Woodward. Selwyn Theatre: 23 Feb 1925- Mar 1925 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Produced by Jessy Trimble Inc.
- Creoles (1927). Comedy/drama.
- Troyka (1930). Drama. Written by Lula Vollmer. Based on the Hungarian of Imre Fazekas. Directed by Lemist Esler. Hudson Theatre: 1 Apr 1930- Apr 1930 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: George Bratt, Eugene Brominski, George Casselberry, Frank Dae (as "Vassely"), Walter Dreher, Ray Earles, William G. Edwards, Edward Hartford, Weldon Heyburn, William House, Zita Johann (as "Natascha"), Philip Leigh, Tony Mack, Lewis Milne, Martin Noble, William Parke (as "First Soldier"), Jack Roseleigh, Mel Tyler, Albert Dekker (as "Ivan") [credited as Albert Van Dekker]. Produced by Laura D. Wilck.
- Jefferson Davis (1936). Drama/history.
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1941). Comedy. Written by Joseph Kesselring. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Fulton Theatre (moved to The Hudson Theatre on 25 Sep 1943 to close): 10 Jan 1941- 17 Jun 1944 (1444 performances). Cast: Jean Adair (as "Martha Brewster"), John Alexander, Wyrley Birch (as "Rev. Dr. Harper"), Helen Brooks, Bruce Gordon, Henry Herbert (as "Mr. Gibbs"), Josephine Hull, Allyn Joslyn (as "Mortimer Brewster"), Boris Karloff (as "Jonathan Brewster"), William Parke (as "Mr. Witherspoon") [died during production and replaced by Ashley Cooper], John Quigg, Anthony Ross, Edgar Stehli (as "Dr. Einstein"), Victor Sutherland (as "Lieutenant Rooney"). Replacement actors [during Fulton Theatre run]: Patricia Collinge (as "Abby Brewster"), Ashley Cooper (as "Mr. Witherspoon"), Laura Hope Crews (as "Abby Brewster") [from Jun 1942- ?], Minnie Dupree (as "Martha Brewster"), Harry Gribbon (as "Teddy Brewster"), Margaret Joyce (as "Elaine Harper") [from 15 Jun 1942- ?], Clinton Sundberg (as "Mortimer Brewster"), Erich von Stroheim (as "Jonathan Brewster") [from Jun 1942 - ?]. Replacement actors [during Hudson Theatre run]: Wallace Acton (as "Dr. Einstein"), Richard Bishop (as "Lieutenant Rooney"), Helen Brooks (as "Elaine Harper"), Solen Burry (as "Officer Klein"), Ross Chetwynd (as "Officer Brophy"), Blaine Cordner (as "Officer O'Hara"), Gilbert Douglas (as "Mr. Witherspoon"), Harry Gribbon (as "Teddy Brewster"), Herbert Ranson (as "The Rev. Dr. Harper"), Effie Shannon (as "Martha Brewster"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Jonathan Brewster"), Walter Wagner (as "Mortimer Brewster"). Produced by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Note: Filmed as Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Arsenik og gamle kniplinger (2002), Arsènic i puntes de coixí (1995), Arsenic et vieilles dentelles (1971), Arsenicum en oude kant (1971), Arsenic and Old Lace (1969), Arsenik i stare cipke (1967).
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