- (1913 - 1959) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1913) Stage Play: Evangeline. Interpretive music by William Furst [final Broadway credit]. Written by Thomas W. Broadhurst. From the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [posthumous credit]. Park Theatre: 4 Oct 1913- Oct 1913 (closing date unknown/17 performances). Cast: Frank Andrews, John Hunter Booth [Broadway debut], Richard Buhler, Ralph Bunker [Broadway debut], William W. Crimans [Broadway debut], Clifford Devereux, Robert Forsyth, George Gaston, John Harrington, Margaret Howe, Edmund Mortimer [final Broadway role], Suzanne Perry [final Broadway role], Allen Scott, David Torrence, Edith Yeager. Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1914) Stage Play: Omar, the Tentmaker. Comedy. Written by Richard Walton Tully. Lyric Theatre: 13 Jan 1914- Apr 1914 (closing date unknown/103 performances). Cast: Lee Baker, John Hunter Booth, Ralph Bunker, H.G. Carlton, William D. Emerson, Fred Eric, Blanche Friderici, Louise Grassler, Perry P. Hopper, Douglas Lloyd, Forrest Macomber, Henry Manners, Augustus Post, Guy Bates Post, Janes Salisbury, Margaret Vale. Produced by Tully & Buckland.
- (1915) Stage Play: The Girl Who Smiles. Musical comedy. Material by Paul Herve. Music and lyrics by Adolf Philipp [credited as Jean Briquet]. English version by Adolf Philipp and Edward A. Paulton. Musical Direction by Augustus Barratt. Directed by Ben Teal. Lyric Theatre (moved to The Longacre Theatre from 30 Aug 1915 to close): 9 Aug 1915- 6 Nov 1915 (104 performances). Cast: Natalie Alt, George Baldwin, Nace Bonville, Ralph Bunker (as "Theodore"), William Danforth, Paul Hyde Davies, Grace DeWolfe, Paul Decker, Jennie Dickerson, C. Dunham, Jr., Dorothy Dunn, Marie Fanchonetti, Elsa Garrette, Irene Hopping, Claire Lawrence, Grace Leigh, Marie McDonald, Joseph Phillips, Jack Sears, Lillian Spencer, Lillian Starr, Eva Stuart, Natalie Vincent, Fred Walton, James Whelan, John E. Young. Produced by Times Producing Corp.
- (1919) Stage Play: Hobohemia. Written by Sinclair Lewis. Greenwich Village Theatre: 8 Feb 1919- Apr 1919 (closing date unknown/89 performances). Cast: Mona Bruns, Ralph Bunker, Lois Frances Clark, Ruby Craven, Theodore Doucet, Hilda Englund, Grace Morse, Gladys Plinge, Beatrice Prentice, Geoffrey C. Stein, Noel Tearle, Frank M. Thomas, Helen Westley, Phil White. Produced by Frank Conroy.
- (1924) Stage Play: Minick Comedy. Written by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. Booth Theatre: 24 Sep 1924- Jan 1925 (closing date unknown/141 performances). Cast: Sydney Booth (as "Jim Corey"), Ralph Bunker (as "Al Diamond"), Charles R. Burrows, Frederic Burt, Jessie Graham, Myra Hampton, O.P. Heggie (as "Old Man Minick"), Mary Hubbard, Thomas Meegan, Beatrice Moreland, Antoinette Perry (as "Lil Corey"), Phyllis Povah (as "Nettie Minick"), Lavinia Shannon, Ann Winslow, Emma Wise. Produced by Winthrop Ames.
- (1924) Stage Play: Paolo and Francesca. Drama (revival). Written by Stephen Phillips. Booth Theatre: 2 Dec 1924- Dec 1924 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Aline Berry, Adele Bradley, Ralph Bunker (as "Pulci"), Albert Carroll, Michael Daun, Morgan Farley (as "Paolo"), Cosette Faustine, Borden Harriman, Perry Ivins (as "Corrado"), Claude King (as "Giovanni"), James Meighan, Layelah Monif, Marian Moorehouse, Margaret Scott Oliver, Diantha Pattison (as "Costanza"), Phyllis Povah (as "Francesca"), Helen Stryker, Helen Ware (as "Lucrezia"). Produced by Cosmos Stage and Screens Production Inc.
- (1926) Stage Play: Move On. Comedy. Written by Charles Banfield Hoyt. Directed by Augustin Duncan. Daly's 63rd Street Theatre: 8 Jan 1926- Jan 1926 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Buford Armitage (as "Richard Merrill"), Ralph Bunker (as "Roger Wallace Blackett"), Lon Carter (as "Jude Minnow"), Arthur Christian (as "Harold Padgett"), Eva Condon (as "M. Sophie Rossrucker"), Claude Cooper (as "Muskogee"), Hope Drown (as "Ellen Leahy"), Frank Frayne (as "Frank Kanovan"), Fred Hayden (as "Ed. Calkins"), Austin O. Huhn (as "Monty Lyons"), Paul Jacchia (as "Arthur Conklin"), George Neville (as "Cecil Dumphy"), Frances Pitt (as "Hilda Pincus"), John M. Sullivan (as "Thomas Healy"), G.O. Taylor (as "Ray Yarnold"), Hallett Thompson (as "Michael Michaels"). Produced by Edward A. Miller.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Blonde Sinner. Farce/musical. Written by Leon De Costa. Directed by Edwin Vail. Cort Theatre: 14 Jul 1926- Dec 1926 (closing date unknown/173 performance). Cast: Ralph Bunker, Harold De Becker, Majorie Gateson, Matt Hanley, Clifford Heckinger, Frank Kingdon (as "Alexander Homer"), Magy Lane, Enid Markey, Russell Morrison, Howard St. John (as "James Manton") [Broadway debut], Ruth Stevens.
- (1927) Stage Play: Pickwick. Comedy. Written by Cosmo Hamilton and Frank C. Reilly. From "The Pickwick Papers", by Charles Dickens. Directed by Campbell Gullan. Empire Theatre: 5 Sep 1927- Nov 1927 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Guido Alexander (as "Mr. Ben Allen/First Usher"), Frank Andrews (as "Sergeant Snubbin"), Ralph Bunker (as "Nathaniel Winkle, Esq"), John Cumberland (as "Samuel Pickwick, Esq"), Dickens Trio (as "Carol Singers"), Maureen Dillon (as "The Lady in the Sedan Chair/Gamekeeper's Boy/Old Mrs. Wardle/The Debtor's Granddaughter"), Malcolm Duffield (as "Mr. Trundle/Second Usher"), Josephine Dunn (as "Second Housemaid"), Walter Edwin (as "Mr. Wardle"), Edward Garbett (as "The 'Ead "Ostler at the White Hart"), Claude Gouraud (as "The Elderly Gallant/Martin, Clerk of the Court"), Arthur Hains (as "Chairbearer"), Marshall Hale (as "Waiter/Mr. Phunky"), Ruby Hallier (as "Housekeeper/Mrs. Cluppins"), Basil Hanbury (as "Mr. Bob Sawyer/Jackson, The Gentleman in Black"), Sheelagh Hayes (as "Miss Arabella Allen"), Edward Jephson (as "Mr. Skimpin"), Olga Katzin (as "Miss Rachael Wardle"), Tom McKay (as "Stable-Boy"), Charles McNaughton (as "Sam Weller"), Hugh Miller (as "Mr. Alfred Jingle"), Fred Monti (as "Cabman/Mr. Dodson"), Marie Paxton (as "Mary"), Harry Plimmer (as "Tracy Tupman, Esq"), Maxime Pomada (as "Joe"), Pauline Porter (as "Mrs. Sanders"), John A. Regan (as "Organ Grinder/Roker"), John Rogers (as "Mr. Perker"), Sol Solomon (as "Coach Guard/Link-Boy/Mr. Justice Starleigh"), Albert Somers (as "Butler"), Alice Southern (as "Betsy/First Housemaid"), George Spelvin (as "A Poor Debtor"), Katherine Stewart (as "Mrs. Martha Bardell"), Elaine Temple (as "Miss Emily Wardle"), MacKenzie Ward (as "Augustus Snodgrass, Esq"), Henry Waters (as "Chairbearer"), Jill Willis (as "Miss Isabella Wardle"), Bruce Winston (as "Tony Weller/Sergeant Buzfuz"). Produced by Frank C. Reilly.
- (1937) Stage Play: Three Waltzes. Musical romance. Book by Clare Kummer and Rowland Leigh. Based on the play by Paul Knepler and Armin Robinson. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Connie De Pinna. Dances Staged by Chester Hale. Directed by Hassard Short. Majestic Theatre: 25 Dec 1937- 9 Apr 1938 (122 performances). Cast: Michael Bartlett (as "Count Rudolph von Hohenbrunn/Count Otto von Hohenbrunn Rudolph's Son/Count Max von Hohenbrunn, Rudolph's Grandson"), Gladys Baxter (as "Marie Hiller [Alternate]/Charlotte Hiller, Marie Hiller's Daughter [Alternate]/Franzi Corot Hiller, Grand-daughter of Marie Hiller [Alternate]"), Kitty Carlisle (as "Marie Hiller/Charlotte Hiller, Marie Hiller's Daughter/Franzi Corot Hiller, Grand-daughter of Marie Hiller"), Glenn Anders (as "Karl Brenner"), Ann Andrews (as "Baroness Delaunay"), John Barker (as "Viscount Rene Duval"), Rosie Moran (as "Steffi Castelli, Lilli's Daughter"), Victor Morley (as "Baron Delaunay"), Marion Pierce (as "Marchesa del Campo"), Anita Arden (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Charles Arnt (as "Leopold von Hohenbrunn"), Phyllis Avery (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Milton Barnett (as "The Ballet Boys"), George Baxter (as "Field Marshall Count Maximilian von Hohenbrunn/Dr. Cavaneau/Sackville, a Film Director"), Marion Broske (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Ralph Bunker (as "Herr Beltramini/Author"), Boris Butleroff (as "The Ballet Boys"), Wanda Cochran (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Ted Daniels (as "Eight Men of Manhattan"), Richard D'Arcy (as "The Ballet Boys"), Dana Doran (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Wheeler Dryden (as "Herr Difflinger, a painter/Louis, a waiter at Maxime's/Musical Director"), Larry Douglas (as "Eight Men of Manhattan") [credited as Lipman Duckat], Joan Engel (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Truman Gaige (as "Conductor/Leo, an Actor"), Roger Gerry (as "Eight Men of Manhattan"), Ellen Gibb (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Gene Greenlaw (as "Eight Men of Manhattan"), Barry Gunn (as "The Ballet Boys"), Dorothy Hardy (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Alfred Kappeler (as "Herbert von Hohenbrunn/Manager/Cameraman"), Paula Kaye (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Walter Lewis (as "Eight Men of Manhattan"), Sylvia Liggett (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Ruth MacDonald (as "Lilli Castelli"), Ralph Magelssen (as "Andre Corot, a Baritone at the Theatre"), Michael Mann (as "The Ballet Boys"), Jayne Manners (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Earl McDonald (as "Felix von Hohenbrunn/Reporter/Trevor"), Alice McWhorter (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Len Mence (as "Sebastian/Counterman, at the Commissary"), Harry Mestayer (as "Egon von Hohenbrunn"), Dolly Miller (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), William Newgord (as "Orderly/Page Boy"), William Parker (as "Eight Men of Manhattan"), Jack Phillips (as "Eight Men of Manhattan"), Mischa Pompianov (as "The Ballet Boys"), David Preston (as "Gendarme/The Ballet Boys"), Frances Rands (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Fred Ratliffe (as "Eight Men of Manhattan"), Adele Rich (as "Barmaid/Miss Waring/Script Girl"), Lila Royce (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Diana Rutherford (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Ivy Scott (as "Kalliwoda"), Jean Sharp (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), June Sharpe (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Fred Sherman (as "Freddie"), Louis Sorin (as "W. Wagstaff Wolf, of Hollywood"), Marguerita Sylva (as "Countess von Hohenbrunn"), Harold Taub (as "The Ballet Boys"), Kay York (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1938) Stage Play: Knights of Song. Musical. Material by Glendon Allvine. Based on a story by Glendon Allvine and Adele Gutman Nathan. Musical Direction by George Hirst. Orchestrations furnished by Tams-Witmark Music Library Inc. Additional orchestrations by Harold Sanford. Gilbert and Sullivan musical excerpts staged by Avalon Collard. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Hollywood Theatre: 17 Oct 1938- 29 Oct 1938 (16 performances). Cast: John Adair (as "McManus"), Jay Amiss, Earl Ashcroft, Charles Atkin, Reginald Bach, Victor Beecroft (as "Harris"), Beulah Blake, Freeman Bloodgood, Nigel Bruce (as "William Schwenk Gilbert"), Ralph Bunker (as "Sir Joseph Porter"), Martha Burnett, Angus Cairns, Robert Chisholm, Virginia Cole, Robert Collins, Burr Crandall, Norman Crandall, Shirley Dale, Paul Davin, Shannon Dean, Vera Deane, Annamary Dickey, Mary Dyer, Bruce Evans, Anthony Ferrara, William Foran, Ann Francis, Shirley Gale (as "Wardrobe Woman"), Davie Gladstone, Carrie Glenn, Norman Gray, Sally Hadley, Natalie Hall, Edward Hayes, Karl Holly, Mary Hoppel, Rosalind Ivan, Myrtis Jackson, Dorothy Johnson, Lois Kirk, Earle MacVeigh, Emily Marsh, John Moore, Henry Mowbray (as "His Grace, The Archbishop of Canterbury"), Sandra Nova, Winston O'Keefe (as "George Bernard Shaw"), Remington Olmstead, Eva Paul, Molly Pearson, Orlo Rexford, Martha Roberts, Leonard Rocky, Edward Ryan Jr., David Showalter, Laurence Siegel, Lawrence Siegle, Betty Sparks, George Vaughan, Gladstone Waldrip, Ruth Wenton, Everett West, Rex Williams (as "His Imperial Highness, Crown Prince Wilhelm"), Monty Woolley (as "His Royal Highness, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales"). Produced by Laurence Schwab.
- (1938) Stage Play: Here Come the Clowns. Drama. Written by Philip Barry. Scenic Design by John Koenig. Stage Manager: James Hagan. Lighting Design by Feder. Directed by Robert Milton. Booth Theatre: 7 Dec 1938- Feb 1939 (closing date unknown/88 performances). Cast: Hortense Alden (as "Gert Marble"), Jerry Austin, Ralph Bunker (as "Ma Speedy"), Leo Chalzel (as "Max Pabst"), Russell Collins (as "John Dickinson"), Eddie Dowling (as "Dan Clancy"), Doris Dudley, Madge Evans (as "Connie Ryan"), Frank Gaby (as "Jim Marble"), James Hagan (as "Walter"), Eve March, Thomas Palmer, Bertram Thorn (as "Val Gurney"), A.H. Van Buren (as "Freddie Ballantine"). Produced by Eddie Dowling.
- (1942) Stage Play: What Big Ears! Written by Jo Eisinger and Judson O'Donnell. Directed by Arthur Pierson. Windsor Theatre: 20 Apr 1942- 25 Apr 1942 (8 performances). Cast: Ralph Bunker (as "Milford"), Louis Charles, George Church, Tom Daly, Nick Dennis, Herbert Duffy, Reynolds Evans (as "The Professor"), Joy Geffen, Warren Goddard, Pitt Herbert, Taylor Holmes, Frederick Howard, Owen Lamont, Sterling Mace, Owen Martin, Ethel Morrison, Edwin Philips, Hans Robert, Royal Rompel, Ruth Weston. Produced by L. Daniel Blank and David Silberman.
- (1942) Stage Play: Beat the Band. Musical comedy. Music by Johnny Green. Book by George Marion Jr. and George Abbott. Lyrics by George Marion Jr. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Choreographed by David Lichine. Directed by George Abbott. 46th Street Theater: 14 Oct 1942- 12 Dec 1942 (67 performances). Cast: Evelyn Brooks (as "Band Girl"), Ralph Bunker (as "Mr. Pirosch"), Joan Caulfield (as "Veronica"), John Clarke (as "Hotel Owner"), Brian Connaught (as "First Detective"), Doris Dowling (as "Bell Girl/Dancing Girl"), Cliff Dunstan (as "Hotel Manager"), Toni Gilman (as "Willow Willoughby"), Averell Harris (as "Don Domingo"), Eunice Healey (as " Princess"), Juanita Juarez (as "Mamita"), James Lane (as "Doorman"), Jerry Lester (as "Hugo Dillingham"), Johnny Mack (as "Trumpet Player"), Susan Miller (as "Querida"), Marc Platt (as "Second Detective"), Leonard Sues (as "Drummer, Damon Dillingham's Band"), Romo Vincent (as "Buster da Costa") [Broadway debut], Jack Whiting (as "Damon Dillingham"). Produced by George Abbott. Note: Filmed by RKO Radio Pictures as Beat the Band (1947).
- (1943) Stage Play: Early to Bed. Musical comedy. Music by 'Thomas "Fats' Waller'. Book by George Marion Jr.. Lyrics by George Marion, Jr. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Vocal arrangements by Clay Warnick. Choreographed by Robert Alton. Scenic Design by George Jenkins. Directed by Richard Kollmar. Broadhurst Theatre: 17 Jun 1943- 13 May 1944 (380 performances). Cast: Muriel Angelus (as "Madame Rowena"), George Baxter (as "Coach"), Helen Bennett (as "Duchess"), David Bethea (as "Gardener"), Anthony Blair (as "Bartender"), Eleanor Boleyn (as "Butch"), Ralph Bunker (as "Mayor"), Peggy Cordrey (as "Interlude"), Harold Cromer (as "Caddy"), Jane Deering (as "Lois"), Maurice Ellis (as "Gendarme"), Franklyn Fox (as "Admiral Saint-Cassette"), James W. Gardiner (as "Wilbur"), Angela Greene (as "Isabella"), Burt Harger (as "Burt"), Bob Howard (as "Pooch"), Louise Jarvis (as "Marcella"), Choo Choo Johnson (as "Pauline"), Jane Kean (as "Eileen"), Richard Kollmar (as "El Magnifico"), Charles Kraft (as "Charles"), Jeni Le Gon (as "Lily Ann"), John Lund (as "O'Connor"), Charlotte Maye (as "Charlotte"), Harrison Muller (as "Junior"), Dean Murphy (as "Radio representation of President Roosevelt's voice"), Honey Murray (as "Minerva"), Mary Small (as "Jessica"), Evelyn Ward (as "Naomi"), Ruth Webb (as "Opal"), George Zoritch (as "Pablo"). Produced by Richard Kollmar.
- (1944) Stage Play: Dream With Music. Musical/fantasy. Music by Clay Warnick. Book by Sidney Sheldon, Dorothy Kilgallen and Ben Roberts. Lyrics by Edward Eager. Vocal arrangements by Clay Warnick. Orchestral Arrangements by Clay Warnick, Hans Spialek, Ted Royal and Robert Russell Bennett. Tap Routines Directed by Henry LeTang. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Directed by Richard Kollmar. Majestic Theatre: 18 May 1944- 10 Jun 1944 (28 performances). Cast: Betty Allen (as "Ella/Mrs. Sinbad"), Dorothy Babbs (as "The Little One/Lamb/Tap Specialist"), Dave Ballard (as "Genie"), Lois Barnes (as "A Twin/Rispah/Leopard/Singer"), Lucille Barnes (as "A Twin/Tispah/Ermine/Singer"), Robert Beam (as "Perfume Merchant/I.J./Singer"), Peter Birch (as "Lion/Day"), Robert Brink (as "Robert/Sultan"), Ralph Bunker (as "Sand Diviner/Mr. Panda"), Jacqueline Cezanne (as "Corps de Ballet"), Betty Clair (as "Corps de Ballet"), Ray Cook (as "Rug Merchant/Wolf/Singer"), Dorothy DeMolina (as "Corps de Ballet"), Donna Devel (as "Singer/Kispah/Rabbit"), Buddy Douglas (as "Mouse"), Leonard Elliott (as "Sinbad"), Larry Evers (as "Corps de Ballet/Guard"), Mae Francis (as "Caryatid"), Ronald Graham (as "Michael/Aladdin"), Beatrice Griffith (as "Caryatid"), Jane Hetherington (as "Fispah/Mrs. Fox/Singer"), Georgia Hiden (as "Corps de Ballet"), Joy Hodges (as "Marian/Jasmin"), Marcella Howard (as "Singer/Mispah/Mrs. Owl"), Janie Janvier (as "Hispah/Mrs. Lion/Singer"), Bill Jones (as "Unicorn/Singer/Candy Salesman"), Roseler Joynes (as "Caryatid"), Michael Kozak (as "Fakir/Singer/Tiger"), Carmelita Lanza (as "Corps de Ballet"), Dolores Milan (as "Tap Specialist/The Tall One"), Byron Milligan (as "Singer/Mr. Owl/Snake Charmer"), Mavis Mims (as "The Slender One/Tap Specialist") [final Broadway role], Rosemary Mitchell (as "Caryatid"), Margaret Murray (as "Corps de Ballet"), John Panter (as "Musical Instrument Merchant"), Gladys Pollard (as "Caryatid"), Bonita Purdue (as "Caryatid"), Sunny Rice (as "Tap Specialist/Night/First Hot One"), Dixie Roberts (as "Second Hot One/Tap Specialist/Mrs. Panda"), Jerry Ross (as "Guard/Monkey/Chinese Masseur/Corps de Ballet"), Alex Rotov (as "Western Union Boy/Wazier"), Toni Stuart (as "Corps de Ballet"), Dee Turnell (as "Corps de Ballet/The Blonde One"), Tari Vance (as "The One With the Pug Nose/Tap Specialist"), Bill Weber (as "Guard/Penguin/ Corps de Ballet/Aladdin's Aide"), Parker Wilson (as "Corps de Ballet/Guard"), Vera Zorina (as "Dinah/Scheherazade"). Produced by Richard Kollmar.
- (1948) Stage Play: Goodbye, My Fancy. Comedy.
- (1950) Stage Play: Twentieth Century. Comedy (revival). Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Based on a play by Charles Bruce Millholland. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Wolfgang Roth. Costume Design by Noel Taylor. Lily Garland's costumes conceived by Gloria Swanson. Directed by José Ferrer. ANTA Playhouse (moved to The Fulton Theatre from 9 Jan 1951- close): 24 Dec 1950- 30 Jun 1951 (233 performances). Cast: José Ferrer (as "Oscar Jaffe"), Gloria Swanson (as "Lily Garland"), Robert Carroll (as "George Smith"), Donald Foster (as "Oliver Webb"), Leon Askin (as "Second Beard/Judas"), Betty Bartley (as "Anita Highland"), Paula Bauersmith (as "Dr. Johnson"), Ralph Bunker (as "Grover Lockwood"), Vincent Donahue (as "Red Cap"), John Glendinning (as "Flannagan"), Werner Klemperer (as "First Beard/Cristus"), Eva Leonard Boyne (as "Sadie"), Paul Lilly (as "First Detective"), William H. Lynn (as "Matthew Clark") [final Broadway role], Burton Mallory (as "Conductor"), Edward Platt (as "Pullman Conductor/Red Cap"), Van Prince (as "Waiter"), Charles Salez (as "Second Detective"), Henry Sherwood (as "Max Jacobs"), P. Jay Sidney (as "Porter"), Robinson Stone (as "Train Secretary"), Robert Strauss (as "Owen O'Malley"). Replacement actors: Cliff Cothron (as "Flannagan"), John Glendinning (as "Owen O'Malley"), Leo Lucker (as "Red Cap/Second Detective"), Chase Soltez (as "Pullman Conductor/Red Cap/Second Detective"), Donald Stevens (as "Matthew Clark"), Ellsworth Wright (as "Waiter"). Produced by The American National Theatre and Academy. Associate Producer: Richard Condon. Note: Previously filmed by Columbia Pictures as Twentieth Century (1934).
- (1951) Stage Play: Paint Your Wagon. Musical comedy. Book by Alan Jay Lerner. Music by Frederick Loewe. Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Music orchestrated by Ted Royal. Dance arrangements by Trude Rittman. Choreographed by Agnes de Mille. Directed by Daniel Mann. Shubert Theatre: 12 Nov 1951- 19 Jul 1952 (289 performances). Produced by Cheryl Crawford. Note: Film rights were originally acquired by recently ousted MGM head Louis B. Mayer but he was unable to obtain traction as an independent film producer and the work languished for nearly two decades. It was finally produced by Paramount Pictures (and significantly rewritten) as Paint Your Wagon (1969) (and unlike the Broadway production, a notable flop).
- (1953) Stage Play: Men of Distinction. Comedy. Written by Richard Condon. Directed by Martin Gabel. 48th Street Theatre: 30 Apr 1953- 2 May 1953 (4 performances). Cast: Robert Preston (as "Peter Hogarth"), Orson Bean (as "Edgar Grassthal") [Broadway debut], Ralph Bunker (as "Marvin Flynch"), David Burns (as "Daniel Gaffney"), Jean Carson (as "Judy Chalfonte"), Chandler Cowles (as "Carleton Pelter"), Diana Herbert (as "Claudette Chalfonte"), Martin Ritt (as "August Volpone"), Fran Carlon (as "Aunt Florence"), Donald Foster (as "Mayor Thomas Quinlin"), Hollis Irving (as "Doris Commodore"), Dulcy Jordan (as "Dolores Biltmore"), Fran Keegan (as "Barbara Edison"), K.K. Kensington (as "Melissa Marguery"), Mort Marshall (as "Frobisher"), Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Pringle"), Alma Slocum (as "Edna"), Rex Williams (as "Inspector Dennis Mannion"). Produced by Chandler Cowles and Martin Gabel.
- (1953) Stage Play: Reclining Figure. Comedy. Written by Harry Kurnitz. Directed by Abe Burrows. Lyceum Theatre (moved to The Holiday Theatre from 25 Dec 1954- close): 7 Oct 1954- 15 Jan 1955 (116 performances). Produced by Henry M. Margolis and Martin Gabel. Produced in association with Peter Cusick.
- (1958) Stage Play: Once More, With Feeling. Comedy. Written by Harry Kurnitz. Scenic Design by George Jenkins. Directed by George Axelrod. National Theatre: 21 Oct 1958- 6 Jun 1959 (263 performances). Cast: Joseph Cotten (as "Victor Fabian"), Arlene Francis (as "Dolly Fabian"), Walter Matthau (as "Maxwell Archer"), Leon Belasco (as "Gendels"), Ralph Bunker (as "Mr. Wilbur") [final Broadway role], Dan Frazer (as "Interviewer"), Frank Milan (as "Richard Hilliard"), Paul E. Richards (as "Chester Stamm"), Rex Williams (as "Luigi Bardini"). Understudies: Dan Frazer (as "Victor Fabian"), Bill Macy (as "Maxwell Archer") and Greta Markson (as "Dolly Fabian"). Replacement actors: Joseph Buloff (as "Maxwell Archer"), David Opatoshu (as "Maxwell Archer"). Produced by Martin Gabel and Henry M. Margolis. Note: Filmed by Stanley Donen Films [distributed by Columbia Pictures] as Once More, with Feeling! (1960).
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