- (1921 - 1951) Performed on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1921) Stage Play: The Poppy God. Melodrama. Written by Leon Gordon, LeRoy Clemens and Thomas Grant Springer. Directed by Leon Gordon. Hudson Theatre: 29 Aug 1921- Sep 1921 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Frank Allworth (as "Hick Lewis"), Robert Brister, King Calder (as "Exley") [Broadway debut], J. Malcolm Dunn (as "Maj. Hawley"), Wallace Ford (as "Higgins") [Broadway debut], Victor Goddard, Ruby Gordon, Marion Grey, Edna Hibbard (as "Suie Ming"), Glenn Hopkins, Judson Langill, George MacQuarrie (as "Wo Ling Wo"), Doris Marquette, Harry Mestayer (as "Gin Long"), James Millward (as "Second Tough"), Ralph Morgan (as "Stanley Bennett"), Robert Peel, George Pembroke (as "Tubby"), Harold Seton, Nick Stark, Donald Strebig (as "First Tough"), H. Conway Wingfield (as "Doc"). Produced by the Selwyns.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Tightwad. Written by Robert Keith. Directed by A.H. Van Buren. 49th Street Theatre: 16 Apr 1927- Apr 1927 (closing date unknown/9 performances). Cast: King Calder (as "Tommy Jordan"), Marie Carroll, Alexander Clark Jr., Cebra Graves, Allen Moore, Lucile Nikolas, Leah Winslow. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1929) Stage Play: The Humbug. Drama. Written by Max Marcin. Directed by Max Marcin. Ambassador Theatre: 27 Nov 1929- Dec 1929 (13 performances). Cast: Jack Bennett, King Calder (as "Dr. Norman Ware"), Margaret Doty, Wheeler Dryden (as "Lawson Coombs"), Eleanor Griffith, John Halliday, Paul Harvey, Dorothy Lyons, John Lyons, Corinne Ross, P.R. Scammon, Myrtle Stanton, Kay Strozzi (as "Mrs. Valerie Loft"). Produced by Max Marcin.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Blue Ghost. Comedy/mystery.
- (1930) Stage Play: Cafe. Comedy. Written by Marya Mannes. Directed by José Ruben. Ritz Theatre: 28 Aug 1930- Aug 1930 (closing date unknown/4 performances). Cast: Victor Achison (as "French Painter"), Martha Brevka (as "German Wife"), Jules Broussard (as "Le Diable"), Sam Byrd (as "Letterwriter"), Francois Cabuchon (as "Lucien"), Georgia Caine (as "Sally Burch"), King Calder (as "Billy Geddes"), Helene Cambridge (as "Charlotte"), Renee Cartier (as "Andree"), Robert Chandler (as "The Fungus"), Eugenie Daudet (as "1st Charwoman"), Frank De Silva (as "Algerian"), Edouard Dennee (as "Albert"), Georges Des Lions (as "Boulevardier/Old Masquerader"), Rosa Des Lions (as "Knitting Woman"), Athy Dimitrieff (as "Singer"), Albert Duchartris (as "Lavisse"), Flora Dupree (as "Older Cocotte"), Theodosia Dusanne (as "Marie"), Armand Faure (as "Felix"), Frances Fuller (as "Jane Geddes"), Marjorie Gateson (as "Alice"), Leon Hartl (as "Paul"), Columbus Jackson (as "Thunderbolt Jackson"), Albert Jacob (as "German Husband"), Arline Kazanjeau (as "L'Ange"), Edward La Roche [credited as Edouard La Roche] (as "Josef"), Pierre Latouche (as "Edouard"), Gregory Lebedeff (as "The Knitting Woman's Husband"), Robert Leguillon (as "Julien"), Philip Leigh (as "Rolf Gates"), Raymond Leon (as "Onlooker"), Ramon Lion (as "1st Checker Player"), Arnold Makowski (as "2nd Checker Player"), Vivian McGill (as "Young Cocotte/Nursie"), Henri Murguier (as "Jules"), Fred Newton (as "Gigolo"), Marguerite Orme (as "2nd Charwoman"), Allan Parr (as "Emil"), Rollo Peters (as "Maurice Larned"), Marie Pitot (as "Louise"), Paul Rigaud (as "Gendarme"), Czara Romanyi (as "Zizi"), Leonce Rousselot (as "Georges"), Lota Sanders (as "Ruth"), Albert Simard (as "Post Card Vendor"), Claire Sorgus (as "Stout Lady"), Ernest A. Treco (as "Bernard"). Produced by William A. Brady. Produced in association with John Tuerk.
- (1930) Stage Play: Five Star Final. Melodrama. Written by Louis Weitzenkorn. Cort Theatre: 30 Dec 1930- Jun 1931 (closing date unknown/175 performances). Cast: Sydney Booth (as "Mr. Arthur Loveland Weeks"), Lillian Bronson, Arthur Byron (as "Randall"), King Calder (as "Philip Weeks"), Berton Churchill, Frank Dae (as "Brannegan"), Ken Dana, Mike D'Arcy, Amy Dennis, Malcolm Duncan (as "Michael Townsend"), Frances Fuller (as "Jenny Townsend"), Georgette Harvey (as "Minerva"), Fred House, Richard Huey (as "Harold"), Laurie Jacobs, Allen Jenkins (as "Ziggie Feonstein"), P.J. Kelly, Alvin Kerr (as "Arthur"), Kathryn Keyes, Bruce MacFarlane, Merle Maddern (as "Nancy Voorhees Townsend"), Madeleine Marshall (as "Miss Edwards"), Dorothy McElhone (as "Rooney"), Alexander Onslow, Henry Sherwood, Helene Sinnott (as "Miss Taylor"). Produced by A.H. Woods. Note: Filmed by The First National Pictures/Vitaphone Corporation [distributed by Warner Bros.] as Five Star Final (1931).
- (1932) Stage Play: Bidding High. Comedy/drama. Written by Lois Howell. Directed by John Hayden. Vanderbilt Theatre: 28 Sep 1932- Oct 1932 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: King Calder (as "Jimmy Stevens"), Maud Edna Hall, Nedda Harrigan (as "Myra Crane"), Carleton Macy (as "Edward Crane"), Ivan Miller (as "Mark Ellis"), Sheila Trent [credited as Shelah Trent] (as "Sylvia Crane"). Produced by Joe De Mitt.
- (1933) Stage Play: The Best People. Comedy (revival). Written by David Gray [final Broadway credit] and Avery Hopwood. Directed by Lionel Bevans. Waldorf Theatre: 15 Mar 1933-May 1933 (closing date unknown/67 performances). Cast: Thomas A. Braidon, Joseph Burton, King Calder (as "Henry"), John T. Dwyer (as "Bronson Lenox"), Derek Fairman, Betty Garde, Mary Lewis, Mary Frances McHugh, Thelma Paige, Maida Reade (as "Mrs. Lenox"), Roy Stuart, Kenneth Treseder, Robert Vivian (as "Bullock"). Produced by O.E. Wee and Jules J. Leventhal. Note: Previously filmed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as The Best People (1925), and by Paramount Pictures as Fast and Loose (1930).
- (1934) Stage Play: Errant Lady. Comedy. Written by Nat Dorfman [credited as Nat N. Dorfman]. Directed by Priestly Morrison. Fulton Theatre: 17 Sep 1934- Oct 1934 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: King Calder (as "Frank Howard"), Reynolds Denniston (as "John"), Stuart Fox (as "Walter Slocum"), Averell Harris (as "Ralph Jessup"), Dodson Mitchell (as "Ned Kirchwey"), Mary Horne Morrison (as "Stella Kirchwey"), Leona Powers (as "Clara Jessup"), Donald Randolph (as "Victor Rachmananov"), Helen Walpole (as "Sylvia Howard"). Produced by Harry Albert.
- (1934) Stage Play: All Rights Reserved. Comedy.
- (1935) Stage Play: Tomorrow's a Holiday. Drama.
- (1936) Stage Play: Black Widow. Drama. Written by Samuel John Park. Scenic Design by Louis Kennel. Directed by Miriam Doyle. Mansfield Theatre: 12 Feb 1936- Feb 1936 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: King Calder (as "Detective Sergeant Whaler"), Walter Davis (as "Medical Examiner Lorris"), Bruce Desmond (as "Patrolman"), Lucille La Verne (as "Dr. Emma Koloich"), Joanna Roos (as "Katherine"), Stanley Smith (as "Carl Koloich"), Michael Stone (as "Jennie Mason"), A.H. Van Buren (as "Professor"), Keenan Wynn (as "Detective Garner"). Produced by Thomas Kilpatrick.
- (1936) Stage Play: To My Husband. Comedy.
- (1940) Stage Play: The Scene of the Crime. Drama. Written by Frank Gould. Directed by Frank Merlin. Fulton Theatre: 28 Mar 1940- 4 Apr 1940 (12 performances). Cast: Hallam Bosworth (as "Arthur Hanley"), King Calder (as "Dr. William Hood"), Margaret Callahan (as "Marion Hanley"), Kitty Cosgriff (as "Stella Hanley"), Alan Hale Jr. (as "Bob Hanley"), Elaine Kent (as "Edith Hanley"), Howard Lane (as "Spence"), Louise Latimer (as "Jean"), Robert Morrow (as "Larry Pearson"), Louis Sorin (as "Tobias Rosenfeld"), Chester Stratton (as "David Hanley"), Sheila Trent (as "Katherine"), David Wayne (as "Jimmy Hanley"). Produced by Harry Howard.
- (1942) Stage Play: The Doughgirls. Comedy. Written by Joseph Fields. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Lyceum Theatre: 30 Dec 1942- 29 Jul 1944 (671 performances). Cast: Walter Beck, Reed Brown Jr., Theodore Bryant, Maurice Burke, King Calder (as "Julian Cadman"), George Calvert, Mary Cooper, George Davis, Reynolds Evans (as "Chaplain Stevens"), Virginia Field (as "Edna"), Arlene Francis (as "Natalia Chodorov"), Sydney Grant, Harold Grau (as "A Stranger"), Mildred Haines, Vinton Hayworth, Henry Howell, Edward Joyce, Kermit Kegley, William J. Kelly, James MacDonald, Joseph Martin, Harold Murphy, Doris Nolan (as "Nan"), Joseph Olney, Maxim Panteleieff, Edward H. Robins, Natalie Schafer (as "Sylvia"), Frank Taft, Jerome Thor, Thomas F. Tracey (as "Admiral Owens"), Arleen Whelan, Hugh Williamson, Ethel Wilson, Bernard Winter. Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1948) Stage Play: Bravo! Written by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman. Scenic Design by Leo Kerz. Costume Design by Rose Bogdanoff. Evening gowns for Miss Darvas and Miss Talma by Castillo. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Lyceum Theatre: 11 Nov 1948- 18 Dec 1948 (44 performances). Cast: Oscar Homolka (as "Zoltan Lazko"), Lili Darvas (as "Rosa Rucker"), King Calder (as "Wallace"), Jean Carson, Oliver Cliff, Frank Conroy, George Cotton, Janet Fox, Christiane Grautoff, Arthur Havel, Morton Havel, Elena Karam, Kevin McCarthy (as "Kurt Heger"), Fritzi Scheff, Edgar Stehli (as "Martin Link"), Zolya Talma (as "Stephanie"). Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1950) Stage Play: Season in the Sun. Comedy. Written by Wolcott Gibbs. Scenic Design by Boris Aronson. Lighting Design by Boris Aronson. Costume Design by Natalie Barth Walker. Directed by Burgess Meredith. Cort Theatre (moved to The Booth Theatre from 14 May 1951 to close): 28 Sep 1950- 11 Aug 1951 (367 performances). Cast: Nancy Kelly (as "Emily Crane"), Richard Whorf (as "George Crane"), King Calder (as "John Colgate"), Kathy Chapman (Broadway debut), Joan Diener, Maggie Gould, George Ives, Doreen Lang, Paula Laurence, Stanley Martin, Eddie Mayehoff (as "Paul Anderson"), Anthony Ross, Eugene Steiner, Charles Thompson, Grace Valentine, Jack Weston (as "Michael Lindsey"). Produced by Courtney Burr and Malcolm Pearson.
- (1951) Stage Play: Seventeen. Musical comedy. Music by Walter Kent. Lyrics by Kim Gannon. Material by Sally Benson. Material direction by Richard Whorf. Based on the novel by Booth Tarkington. Music arranged by Ted Royal. Musical Director: Vincent Travers. Choral arrangements by Crane Calder. Assistant to Miss Krupska: Rex Cooper. Dances and Musical Numbers by Dania Krupska. Dance Musical Arrangements by Jesse Meeker. Book Directed by Richard Whorf. Directed by Hassard Short. Broadhurst Theatre: 21 Jun 1951- 24 Nov 1951 1951 (182 performances). Cast: Frank Albertson (as "Mr. Baxter"), Robert Bakanic [credited as Bob Bakanic] (as "Don") [Broadway debut], Penny Bancroft, Margaret Baxter, Alonzo Bosan, Joan Bowman, Bonnie Brae, King Calder (as "Mr. Parcher") [final Broadway role], Carol Cole, Ann Crowley, Doris Dalton, Maurice Ellis, Richard France, Stan Grover, Joseph James, Dick Kallman, Henry Lawrence, Dorothy Manko, Ellen McCown, Sherry McCutcheon, Jim Moore, Harrison Muller, Kenneth Nelson, Darrell Notara, Bill Nuss, Greg O'Brien, Elizabeth Pacetti, Bill Reilly, Betty Jane Seagle, John Sharpe, Jeanne Shea, Paula Stewart, Ray Thomas, Helen Wood. Produced by Sammy Lambert and Bernie Foyer and Milton Berle.
- (December 25, 1937 to January 1, 1938) He acted in George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's play," You Can't Take It With You," in a National Tour production at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Ethel Wilson, Sara Sherburne, Ruby Oliphant, Donald Foster, Joseph Allenton, Roy Johnson, John Marriott, Priestly Morrison, Florence Williams, Glen Boles, Joseph Kallini, Harriet E. MacGibbon, Reginald Mason, Dorothy French, Clarence Oliver, Arthur Lipson, Donald Baker, and Ulla Kazanova in the cast. Donald Oenslager was set designer. George S. Kaufman was also director. Sam H. Harris was producer.
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