- (1931 - 1960) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1931) Stage Play: The Barretts of Wimpole Street. Comedy. Written by Rudolph Besier. Scenic and Costume Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Empire Theatre: 9 Feb 1931- Dec 1931 (closing date unknown/370 performances). Cast: Katharine Cornell, Brian Aherne (as "Robert Browning") [Broadway debut], Margaret Barker (as "Henrietta Moulton-Barrett"), John Buckler (as "Captain Surtees Cook"), Joyce Carey (as "Arabel Moulton-Barrett"), Leslie Denison (as "George Moulton-Barrett"), Vernon Downing (as "Alfred Moulton-Barrett"), Flush (as "Flush"), Brenda Forbes (as "Wilson"), John Halloran (as "Octavius Moulton-Barrett"), Basil Harvey (as "Henry Moulton-Barrett"), Oswald Marshall (as "Doctor Ford-Waterlow"), Dorothy Mathews (as "Bella Hedley"), George Riddell (as "Doctor Chambers"), John D. Seymour (as "Henry Bevan"), Frederick Voight (as "Charles Moulton-Barrett"), Charles Waldron (as "Edward Moulton-Barrett"), William Whitehead (as "Septimus Moulton-Barrett"). Produced by Katharine Cornell. Note: Filmed by MGM as The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) starring Norma Shearer and again as The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) starring Jennifer Jones in the role originated by Katharine Cornell. TV productions: The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1956), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1951).
- (1934) Stage Play: Romeo and Juliet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Adapted by Katharine Cornell. Choreographed by Martha Graham. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Martin Beck Theatre: 20 Dec 1934- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: Brian Aherne (as "Mercutio, kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo"), Edith Allaire, Gilmore Bush (as "Ensemble"), Robert Champlain (as "Gregory, servant to Capulet"), Arthur Chatterdon [credited as Arthur Chatterton] (as "An Old Man, of the Capulet family/Apothecary"), Katharine Cornell (as "Juliet, daughter to Capulet"), Margaret Craven (as "Ensemble"), Jacqueline deWit (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Angus Duncan (as "Guard"), John Emery (as "Benvolio, nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo"), Edith Evans (as "Nurse to Juliet"), Reynolds Evans (as "Escalus, prince of Verona"), Brenda Forbes (as "Lady Montague, wife to Montague"), John Gordon Gage (as "Ensemble"), Franklin Gray (as "Balthasar, servant to Romeo"), William Hopper(as "Ensemble"), Lois Jameson(as "Ensemble"), Agnete Johannson (as "Ensemble"), Paul Julian (as "Friar John, a Franciscan"), George Macready (as "Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the prince"), Ruth March (as "Ensemble"), Irby Marshall, Albert McCleery (as "Ensemble"), John Miltern (as "Montague"), Irving Morrow, Ralph Nelson, Moroni Olsen (as "Capulet"), Basil Rathbone (as "Romeo, son of Montague"), Pamela Simpson (as "Ensemble"), Charles R. Thorne (as "Ensemble"), David Vivian (as "Peter, servant to Juliet's nurse"), Charles Waldron (as "Friar Laurence, a Franciscan"), Orson Welles (as "Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet/Chorus"). Produced by Katharine Cornell.
- (1935) Stage Play: The Barretts of Wimpole Street. Comedy (revival). Written by Rudolph Besier. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Martin Beck Theatre: 25 Feb 1935- Mar 1935 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Brian Aherne (as "Robert Browning"), Gilmore Bush, Joyce Carey, Robert Champlain, Katharine Cornell (as "Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett"), John Emery (as "Capt. Surtees Cook"), Reynolds Evans (as "Dr. Ford-Waterlow"), Flush, Brenda Forbes, Margalo Gillmore (as "Henrietta Moulton-Barrett"), John Gordon-Gage, John Hoyt (as "Henry Bevan") [credited as John Hoysradt], Burgess Meredith (as "Octavius Moulton-Barrett"), Irving Morrow, Moroni Olsen (as "Dr. Chambers"), Margot Stevenson (as "Bella Hedley"), David Vivian, Charles Waldron (as "Edward Moulton-Barrett"). Produced by Katharine Cornell.
- (1936) Stage Play: Saint Joan. Drama (revival). Written by George Bernard Shaw. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Martin Beck Theatre: 9 Mar 1936- May 1936 (closing date unknown/89 performances). Cast: Brian Aherne (as "Richard de Beauchamp"), A.S. 'Pop' Byron (as "The Inquisitor"), Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Peter Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais"), Katharine Cornell (as "Joan"; also producer), George Coulouris (as "John de Stogumber"), Maurice Evans (as "The Dauphin later, Charles VII of France"), Charles Waldron (as "The Archbishop of Rheims"), Hilde Albers, Robert Champlain, Arthur Chatterton, John Cromwell (as "Brother Martin Ladvenu"), Charles Dalton, Anne Froelick, Richard Graham, Joseph Holland, Lois Jameson, Barry Kelly, Ruth March, Walter Marquiss, Irving Morrow, David Orrick, Tyrone Power (as "Bertrand de Poulengey"), William Roehrick, Edward Ryan, Hudson Shortwell, Kent Smith (as "Dunois"), Kurt Steinbart, Fred Thompson, David Vivian. NOTE: (1): One of Tyrone Power's first major stage roles. (2) Filmed as Saint Joan (1957).
- (1937) Stage Play: Othello.
- (1945) Stage Play: The Barretts of Wimpole Street. Comedy (revival). Written by Rudolph Besier.
- (1945) Stage Play: The French Touch.
- (1949) Stage Play: (as "Young Marlow") in "She Stoops to Conquer" on Broadway.
- (1951) Stage Play: (as "John Middleton") in "The Constant Wife" on Broadway.
- (1932) Stage Play: Lucrece. Musical. Music by Deems Taylor. From the Italian ("Le Viol De Lucrece") by 'Andre Obey'. Translation by Thornton Wilder. Scenic Design by Robert Edmond Jones. Costume Design by Robert Edmond Jones. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Belasco Theatre: 20 Dec 1932- Jan 1933 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Katharine Cornell(as "Lucrece"), Brian Aherne (as "Tarquin"), Joyce Carey (as "Emilia"), Kathleen Chase (as "Julia"), Pedro de Cordoba (as "Collatine"), Brenda Forbes (as "Marina"), Harriet Ingersoll, Robert Loraine (as "Second Narrator"), George Macready (as "Second Solider/Valerius"), Barry Mahool (as "Second Servant"), Francis Moran (as "First Servant"), William Tannen, Charles R. Thorne, Charles Waldron (as "Brutus"), Blanche Yurka (as "First Narrator"). Produced by Katharine Cornell Productions Inc.
- (1953) Stage: Appeared (as "John Hampton") in "Escapade" on Broadway.
- (1954) Stage: Appeared (as "Hubert, the Marquis of Herondon") in "Quadrille" on Broadway.
- (1960) Stage: Appeared (as "Bernard Shaw") in "Dear Liar" on Broadway.
- (2/2/42). Radio: Appeared in a "Lux Radio Theater" broadcast of "Skylark".
- (5/15/49). Radio: Appeared in NBC University Theater's adaptation of Joseph Conrad's "The Heart of Darkness".
- (1969) [Author]. Autobiography. PROPER JOB: An Autobiography of an Actor's Actor. Houghton Mifflin [1st edition]. 355 pages. ASIN: B0006C2KSW.
- (1979) [Author] Biography: Dreadful Man - The Story of Hollywood's Most Original Cad, George Sanders. Simon & Schuster [1st edition/hardback]. Berkley Press [paperback]. 272 pages. ISBN-10: 0425047156. ISBN-13: 978-0425047156. Note: Mr. Aherne writes (oddly enough) as much about himself as he does his friend, George Sanders, who in turn is mostly viewed through the rather snobbish correspondence of Benita Hume (the widow of actor Ronald Colman and Sanders' second wife). Book is out of print (not currently available in ebook form) and considered rare.
- (1950) He acted in J.M. Barrie's play, "Dear Brutus," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts.
- (1948) He acted in George Farquhar's play, "The Beaux Stratagem," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Maureen Stapleton in the cast.
- (1933) He played Robert Browning in Rudolph Besier's play, "The Barretts of Wimpole Street;" William Shakespeare's play, "Romeo and Juliet" and George Bernard Shaw's play, "Candida" at the Olympic Theatre in Seattle, Washington. Katharine Cornell played Elizabeth Barrett in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street;" Orson Welles played Tybalt in "Romeo and Juliet."
- (1957 - 1963) Appeared as Henry Higgins in national road tour of "My Fair Lady"
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