- (1904 - 1945) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1904) Stage Play: A Fool and His Money (Revival). Written by George Broadhurst. Bijou Theatre: 26 Oct 1904- Nov 1904 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Marion Abbott, Eleanora Allen, Louise Allen, Anita Bridger, Lyster Chambers, William Collier Sr., Jane Dara, Mary Davenport, Mabel Dixey, Edna Faron, Daisy Green, Leo Hawley, Wallace McCutcheon Jr., George Nash, John Saville, Hugo Toland, George Henry Trader. Produced by Broadhurst & Currie.
- (1913) Stage Play: The New Henrietta. Comedy. Written by Bronson Howard. Revised by Victor Mapes and Winchell Smith. Directed by Joseph Brooks. Knickerbocker Theatre: 22 Dec 1913- Feb 1914 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: William H. Crane (as "Nicholas Van Alstyne/Old Nick"), Amelia G. Bingham, Malcolm Bradley, Halbert W. Brown, Lyster Chambers (as "Mark Turner, Nick's son-in-law"), Patricia Collinge (as "Agnes Gates, Nick's Ward"), Eileen Errol, Douglas Fairbanks (as "Bertie Van Alstyne, Nick's Son"), Arthur Stuart Hull (as "Dr. George Wainwright"), J.H. Huntley, Edward Poland, Zeffie Tilbury (as "Hattie, A strange young woman"), Bud Woodthorpe. Produced by Charles Frohman and Klaw & Erlanger.
- The Wild Duck (1918). Drama. Written by Henrik Ibsen. Plymouth Theatre: 11 Mar 1918- Apr 1918 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Lionel Atwill, St. Clair Bayfield, Lyster Chambers, Edward Connelly, Frederick Gibbs, A.O. Huhn, Adelbert Knott, Norah Lamison, Harry Mestayer, Dodson Mitchell, Alla Nazimova, George Paige, Amy Veness, Walter C. Wilson, J.H. Wright. Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- The First Year (1920). Comedy.
- Lost Horizons (1934). Fantasy. Written by Harry Segall. Directed by John Hayden. St. James Theatre: 15 Oct 1934- Dec 1934 (closing date unknown/56 performances). Cast: Ruth Carl, Lyster Chambers (as "Charles Dahlman"), Gage Clarke, Kathleen Comegys (as "Mrs. Condos"), Robert Conness, Vernon Crane, Brenda Dahlen, Joseph Doncourt, John Gallaudet, Walter Gilbert, Kathryn Givney (as "Rita Rogers"), Harry Hanlon, Alf Helton, Edwin Hodge, Jonathan Hole (as "David Prescott"), Charles Laite, Betty Lancaster, Ruth Lee, Francesca Lenni, Lex Lindsay, Thomas Louden, Burton McEvilly, William Norton, Forrest Orr (as "Eddie Lewis"), Mabel Paige, Arthur Pierson, Grandon Rhodes, Clarence Rock, Cynthia Rogers, Irene Shirley, Robert Smith, Fred Sutton, Sally Washington, Wallace Widdecombe, Jane Wyatt (as "Janet Evans"), Oswald Yorke (as "Oliver Reynolds"), J. Arthur Young. Produced by Rowland Stebbins.
- (1935) Stage Play: Triumph. Comedy.
- (1936) Stage Play: The County Chairman. Comedy (revival). Written by George Ade [final Broadway credit]. Directed by Sam Forrest. National Theatre: 25 May 1925- Jun 1936 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Arthur B. Allen [credited as Arthur Allen] (as "Vance Jimmison"), Philip F. Broughton (as "Glabe Overton"), Lyster Chambers (as "Riley Cleaver"), George Christie (as "Wilson Prewitt"), Charles Coburn (as "Honorable Jim Hackler, County Chairman"), Jay Fassett, Parker Fennelly, Eda Heinemann (as "Mrs. Jefferson Briscoe"), Rose Hobart (as "Lucy Rigby"), Jackie Kelk (as "Chub" Tolliver"), John C. King (as "D. Montgomery"), Alexander Kirkland (as "Tilford Wheeler"), James Kirkwood (as "Sassafras Livingstone"), James La Curto (as "Henry"), Ben Lackland (as "Jupiter"), Harold McGee (as "Amos Whitney"), Thomas Montgomery (as "Antioch Peerless Quartette"), Forrest Orr (as "Elias Rigby"), Houston Richards (as "Cal Barcus"), Mary Ryan (as "Mrs. Elias Rigby"), Walter Scanlon (as "Antioch Peerless Quartette"), Ben Smith, Dorothy Stickney (as "Lorena Watkins"), Linda Watkins (as "Chick Elzey"). Produced by The Players. Note: Previously filmed by Famous Players Film Co. as The County Chairman (1914) and more notably by Fox Film Corp. as a Will Rogers vehicle, The County Chairman (1935).
- On the Rocks (1938). Written by George Bernard Shaw. Scenic Design by Edwin J. Schruers. Directed by Robert Ross. Daly's 63rd Street Theatre: 15 Jun 1938- Nov 1938 (closing date unknown/66 performances). Cast: Joseph Anthony, Donald Arbury, Doan Borrup (as "Admiral Sir Bemrose Hotspot"), Philip Bourneuf (as "Sir Arthur Chavender"), Lyster Chambers (as "Sir Broadfoot Basham"), Edward Forbes, Ardis Gains, Charlotte Gloer, Victoria Horne, Harry Irvine, George LeSoir (as "The Duke of Domesday"), John Lynds, MacLean Savage (as "Tom Humphries"), Muriel Starr (as "Lady Chavender"), Houseley Stevenson (as "Viscount Barking"), Mervin Williams, Estelle Winwood (as "The Lady in Grey"). Produced by Federal Theatre Project of The WPA (Production Supervised by James R. Ullman).
- Signature (1945). Written by Elizabeth McFadden. Based on a short story by Melville Davisson Post. Directed by Roy Hargrave. Forrest Theatre: 14 Feb 1945- 15 Feb 1945 (2 performances). Cast: Lyster Chambers (as "Randolph"), Edwin Cushman, Charles S. Dublin, Frederic Faber, Lawrence Fletcher, William Forester, Charles A. Francis, Bruce Halsey, Nell Harrison, Lew Herbert, Anne Jackson (as "Alice Stuart"), Harry Kadison, Charles Keane, Charles Kuhn, Judson Laire, George Lessey, Marjorie Lord (as "Nora Davisson"), John Henry McKee, Morris McKenney, William McMillen, Donald Murphy, Coby Neal, Peter Pann, Glenn Regent, Gregory Robins, Page Spencer, Cyrus Staehle, Bob Stevenson, Frederic Tozere (as "Alkiri"). Produced by Richard Skinner and Dorothy Willard.
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1933). Melodrama. Written by G. L. Aiken. Musical program directed by Harry Gilbert. Revised by A.E. Thomas. Based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Musical program prepared by Edward T. Emery. Directed by Earle Boothe. Alvin Theatre: 29 May 1933- Jun 1933 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Fay Bainter (as "Topsy"), Thomas Chalmers (as "Simon Legree"), Lyster Chambers (as "Haley"), Joseph Cummings Chase, George Christie (as "Mr. Wilson"), Russel Crouse (as "Ensemble"), Owen Culbertson, Francis H. Day, Pedro de Cordoba (as "George Harris"), Elizabeth Dewing, Malcolm Duncan, Mrs. Edward D. Dunn, Edward Delaney Dunn, Minnie Dupree (as "Aunt Ophelia"), Edwin T. Emery (as "Second Bidder"), Essie Emery, Sylvia Field (as "Marie"), William Fisher, Harry Gilbert, Ernest Glendinning (as "St. Clare"), Eleanor Goodrich, Harold W. Gould (as "Skeggs, the Auctioneer"), Harry Gresham (as "Quimbo"), Amy Groesbeck, Burford Hampden, Oswald Hering, Richard Hoffmann, Frederick Jagel, John C. King, John Knight, John Kramer, Wright Kramer, Ben Lackland (as "Sambo"), Roy Le May, Nancy Levering, Gene Lockhart (as "Gumption Cute"), Kathleen Lockhart (as "Ensemble"), Cecilia Loftus (as "Aunt Chloe"), Alice MacKenzie, Edward McNamara (as "Phineas Fletcher"), Oswald Marshall, Kate Mayhew (as "Aunt Hagar"), Harold McGee, Samuel Merwin, Earl Mitchell, T.H. Montgomery, John Daly Murphy (as "Marks"), Patricia O'Connell, Janice O'Connell, Patricia O'Connell, Paul Parks, George Riddell, Elisabeth Risdon (as "Eliza"), Lois Shore, Florence Short, Otis Skinner (as "Uncle Tom"), James Stanley, Harold Staton, W.B. Taylor, Raymond Thayer, Grenville Vernon, John Barnes Wells, Frank Wilcox (as "George Fisk"). Produced by The Players Club.
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