- (1924 - 1957) Active on Broadway in the following productions [usually credited as Morton L. Stevens]:
- (1924) Stage Play: The New Poor. Comedy. Written by Cosmo Hamilton. Playhouse Theatre: 7 Jan 1924- Feb 1924 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Anita Booth, Lillian Kemble-Cooper, Beth Franklin, Myra Franklyn, Lyn Harding, Norma Mitchell, Irene Purcell, Ralph Sipperly, Morton Stevens [earliest Broadway role], George Thorpe, William Williams, Barry O'Moore. Produced by Alex Aarons and Vinton Freedley.
- (1934) Stage Play: The Farmer Takes a Wife. Comedy. Written by Frank B. Elser and Marc Connelly. Based on the novel "Rome Haul" by Walter D. Edmonds. Stage Manager: Albert Cowles. Directed by Marc Connelly. 46th Street Theatre: 30 Oct 1934- Jan 1935 (closing date unknown/104 performances). Cast: Wylie Adams (as "Conductor"), Walter Ayres (as "Fry"), Joe M. Fields (as "Riley"), Henry Fonda (as "Dan Harrow"), James Francis-Robertson (as "Joe Teetham"), Ruth Gillmore (as "Mrs. Howard"), Margaret Hamilton (as "Lucy Gurget"), Frank Knight (as "Calder"), Mabel Kroman (as "Ivy"), Lewis Martin (as "Luke"), Kate Mayhew (as "Gammy Hennessy"), Mary McQuade (as "Della"), Bert J. Norton (as "Howard"), Charles F. O'Connor (as "Otway"), Larry Oliver (as "Lucas"), Gibbs Penrose (as "Jotham Klore"), Francis Pierlot (as "Sol Tinker"), Ralph Riggs (as "am Weaver"), Robert Ross (as "Stark"), Morton Stevens [credited as Morton L. Stevens] (as "Harry Emory"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Mr. Fisher"), June Walker (as "Molly Larkins"), Herb Williams (as "Fortune Friendly"), Jay Young (as "Yazey"). Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1935) Stage Play: The Distant Shore. Drama.
- (1935) Stage Play: Winterset. Tragedy. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Martin Beck Theatre: 25 Sep 1935- Mar 1936 (closing date unknown/195 performances). Cast: Richard Bennett, Abner Biberman (as "Radical"), Anthony Blair, Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Trock"), Fernanda Eliscu (as "Piny") [final Broadway role], Stanley Gould, Ruth Hammond, Theodore Hecht, Walter Holbrook (as "Young Man"), Harold Johnsrud, Eva Langbord (as "1st Girl"), Margo (as "Miriamne"), Harold Martin, Burgess Meredith (as "Mio"), John Philliber (as "Hobo"), Billy Quinn, Morton Stevens (as "Lucio/St. John Terrell), Anatol Winogradoff (as "Esdras"). Produced by Guthrie McClintic. Notes: (1). Mr. Meredith's performance brought him significant notice and was pivotal in his acting career. (2). Produced by RKO Pictures as Winterset (1936) with Mr. Meredith reprising his role as "Mio."
- (1937) Stage Play: Robin Landing. Drama. Written by Stanley Young. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Costume Design by Jean Sutherland. Directed by Halstead Welles. 46th Street Theatre: 18 Nov 1937- Nov 1937 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Louis Calhern (as "Kane Eaton"), Leslie Denison (as "Lieutenant Phelps"), 'S. Thomas Gomez' (as "Dr. Titus"), Kathryn Grill (as "Sippi"), Percy Helton (as "Wilson"), Whitford Kane (as "Fink"), Ian Keith (as "Grant Eaton"), Robert Marzano (as "Father Duval"), Harry Sothern (as "Tim"), Richard Paul Spater (as "David Eaton"), Morton Stevens [credited as Morton L. Stevens] (as "Lamont"), Fred Stewart (as "Laban"), Ninetta Sunderland (as "Linda Eaton"). Produced by Sidney Harmon and Edward Hambleton [credited as T. Edward Hambleton].
- (1937) Stage Play: Western Waters. Drama.
- (1939) Stage Play: I Married an Angel. Musical comedy.
- (1939) Stage Play: Pastoral. Comedy. Written by Victor Wolfson. Directed by George Somnes. Henry Miller's Theatre: 1 Nov 1939- 11 Nov 1939 (14 performances). Cast: Wallace Acton (as "Mr. Grewsome"), Frieda Altman (as "Sara Ten Brock"), John Banner (as "Genko"), Elnora Blum, Virginia Campbell, Wilton Graff, Georgette Harvey (as "Wonderful Glory"), Charles Lang, William Nichols, Judy Parrish, John Philliber (as "Larry"), Morton Stevens (as "Father Blodgett"), Dick Wade, James Waters, Ruth Weston, Cornel Wilde (as "Reef Tabanian"). Produced by Bonfils & Somnes, Inc.
- (1939) Stage Play: Aries Is Rising. Comedy. Written by Caroline North and Earl Blackwell. Scenic Design by Nicholas Yellenti. Directed by Robert Ross. John Golden Theatre: 21 Nov 1939- 25 Nov 1939 (7 performances). Cast: Ariane Allen (as "Denise"), Evelyn Barrows (as "Maxine"), Carmina Cansino (as "Shirley Baxter"), George M. Carleton (as "Bruce Prince") [final Broadway role], Constance Collier (as "Madame Bernardi") [final Broadway role], John Craven (as "Roland Harris"), Edmund Dorsay (as "Sammy"), Clifford Dunstan (as "Jake"), Sam Elberton (as "A Waiter"), Bernadine Hayes (as "Gladys Gay"), Ruth Holden (as "Jerry Walker"), Victoria Horne (as "Miss Pritchard"), Frederick Howard (as "Bill Cask"), Charles La Torre (as "Nick Mikalos"), Edmond Le Comte (as "Charlie"), Mary Mason (as "Mattie Kate Baugh"), Lathrop Mitchell (as "Gus"), Aileen Poe (as "Mrs. Baxter"), Cledge Roberts (as "Ted"), Frances Smith (as "Aunt Lou"), Morton Stevens (as "The Hon. Emery Howlett"), Blanche Sweet (as "Martha Wood Baugh"), Arthur West (as "Delivery Man"). Produced by Harry R. Irving and Michael Dolan.
- (1940) Stage Play: Romeo and Juliet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Production Design by Laurence Olivier. Scenic Design by Motley. Costume Design by Motley. Lighting Design by Robert Edmond Jones. Incidental music by Alexander Steinert and Laurence Olivier. Directed by Laurence Olivier. 51st Street Theatre: 9 May 1940- 8 Jun 1940 (36 performances). Cast: Virginia Burchfield, Mary Kane, Patricia Knight, Vivien Leigh (as "Juliet, daughter to Capulet"), Nancie B. Marsland (as "A Cook"), Laurence Olivier (as "Romeo, son of Montague), Charles Prescott, Howard Stark, Wesley Addy (as "Benvolio, nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo"), William Barrows, Ralph Brooke, Walter Brooke, Hazel Brown, Robert Busch, Oliver Cliff, Frank Downing, H. Robert Edwards, Brant Gorman, Wilton Graff, Ralph Grayson, Earle Grey, Halliwell Hobbes (as "Capulet"), Barbara Horder, Ted Huish, Raymond Johnson, Alexander Knox (as "Friar Laurence, a Franciscan) [Broadway debut], Charles Martin, Jack Merivale, Nan Merriman, Edmond O'Brien (as "Mercutio, kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo), Tileston Perry, Joan Shepard, Clara Speer, Morton Stevens (as "Watchman/Old Capulet/Friar John, a Franciscan"), John Straub, Joseph Tomes, Katherine Warren, Ben Webster, May Whitty (as "Nurse to Juliet"), Cornel Wilde (as "Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet"). Produced by Laurence Olivier.
- (1941) Stage Play: The Lady Who Came to Stay.
- (1942) Stage Play: The Lady Comes Across. Musical comedy.
- (1942) Stage Play: The Great Big Doorstep. Comedy. Written by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Stage Manager: Coby Ruskin. Directed by Herman Shumlin. Morosco Theatre 26 Nov 1942- 19 Dec 1942 (28 performances). Cast: Louis Calhern (as "Commodore"), Dorothy Gish (as "Mrs. Crochet"), Ralph Bell (as "Tayo Delacroix"), Nat Burns (as "Mr. Dupre"), Clay Clement (as "Dewey Crochet"), Robert Crawley (as "Ed"), Joy Geffen (as "Evvie Crochet"), Jack Manning (as "Arthur Crochet"), Gerry Matthews (as "Paul Crochet"), Dick Monahan (as "Gussie Crochet"), John Morny (as "Mr. Tobin"), Jeanne Perkins Smith (as "Topal Crochet"), Morton Stevens [credited as Morton L. Stevens] (as "Beaumont Crochet"). Produced by Herman Shumlin.
- (1944) Stage Play: Jackpot. Musical comedy. Music by Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Howard Dietz. Based on material by Guy Bolton, Sidney Sheldon and Ben Roberts. Musical Direction by Max Meth. Vocal arrangements by Clay Warnick. Music arranged by Hans Spialek, Robert Russell Bennett and Vernon Duke. Choreography by Lauretta Jefferson and Charles Weidman. Directed by Roy Hargrave. Alvin Theatre: 13 Jan 1944- 11 Mar 1944 (69 performances). Cast: Benny Baker, Robert Beam, Connie Constant, Wendell Corey (as "Sergeant Naylor"), Althea Elder, Nanette Fabray (as "Sally Madison"), Betty Garrett (as "Sgt. Maguire"), John Hamill, Flower Hujer, Allan Jones (as "Hank Trimble"), Bill Jones, Ben Lackland (as "Bill Bender"), Jerry Lester, Walter Monroe, Houston Richards (as "Dexter De Wolf"), Sherry Shadburne, Morton Stevens (as "Mr. Dill"), Drucilla Strain, Betty Stuart, Jacqueline Susann (as "Edna"), Edith Turgell, Mary Wickes (as "Nancy Parker"), Billie Worth. Produced by Vinton Freedley.
- (1944) Stage Play: The Odds on Mrs. Oakley. Written by Harry Segall. Directed by Arthur Sircom. Cort Theatre: 2 Oct 1944- 21 Oct 1944 (24 performances). Cast: John Archer (as "Oliver Oakley"), Don Darcy (as "Jim"), John Effrat (as "Louie"), Sally Gabler (as "Jim's Wife"), Hildegarde Halliday (as "Dennie"), Betty E. Haynes (as "La Verne"), Joy Hodges (as "Susan Oakley"), Allen Kearns (as "Sam"), Ben Laughlin (as "Eddie"), Bruce MacFarlane (as "Howard Stickney"), Virginia Reed (as "Gladys"), Morton Stevens [credited as Morton L. Stevens] (as "The Professor"). Produced by Robert Reud.
- (1944) Stage Play: The Streets Are Guarded. Written by Laurence Stallings. Music by Tom Bennett. Directed by John Haggott. Henry Miller's Theatre: 20Nov 1944- 9 Dec 1944 (24 performances). Cast: Phil Brown (as "The Marine"), Jeanne Cagney (as "Angelika"), Lewis Charles (as "Hanson, Ch. Yeoman, U.S.N."), Paul Crabtree (as "Corporal Beaseley, U.S.A.A.F."), Len Doyle (as "Admiral Overhold, U.S.N.), John Effrat (as "Naval Aide, Lieut. Comdr., U.S.N."), Byron Griffith (as "Seaman, U.S.N.), Terry Little (as "Seaman, U.S.N."), Jack Manning (as "Choppy, Musician 2nd Class, U.S.N."), Joel Marson (as "Corporal Crofton, U.S.A.A.F."), George Matthews (as "Memphis Jones, Ch. B'sun's Mate, U.S.N."), Roderick Maybee (as "A Colonel of Marines"), Gordon Nelson as "Colonel White, U.S.M.C."), Morton Stevens [credited as Morton L. Stevens] (as "Tom Jelks, Ch. Phar. Mate, U.S.N"), Robertson White (as "Master Sergeant Winters, U.S.A.A.F."). Produced by John C. Wilson.
- (1945) Stage Play: The Stranger. Written by Leslie Reade. Directed by Shepard Traube. Playhouse Theatre: 12 Feb 1945- 24 Feb 1945 (16 performances). Cast: Wendy Atkin (as "Maggie MacAndrews"), Stanley Bell (as "Police Constable Hood"), Eduard Franz (as "David Mendelsohn"), Alfred Hesse (as "Jean Prunier"), Eva Leonard Boyne (as "Mrs. Gregory"), Eugene Sigaloff (as "Napoleon Mickalieff"), Kim Spalding (as "Bill Humphreys"), Morton Stevens (as "A Gentleman"), Stella Todd (as "Liz"), Perry Wilson (as "Christina Thomson"). Produced by Shepard Traube.
- (1945) Stage Play: Round Trip. Written by Mary Orr and Reginald Denham. Directed by Reginald Denham. Biltmore Theatre: 29 May 1945- 2 Jun 1945 (7 performances). Cast: Sidney Blackmer (as "Edgar Albright"), Phyllis Brooks (as "Linda Marble") [final Broadway role], Viola Dean, Angela Jaye, Patricia Kirkland, Paul Marlin, Edith Meiser (as "Jane Daniels"), Edward J. Nugent (as "Clive Delafield"), Edward Rowley, Morton Stevens (as "Lloyd Wilde"), June Walker, Robert Woodburn. Produced by Clifford Hayman.
- (1946) Stage Play: The Iceman Cometh. Drama [original production]. Written by Eugene O'Neill. Directed by Eddie Dowling. Martin Beck Theatre: 9 Oct 1946- 15 Mar 1947 (136 performances). Cast: James Barton, Jeanne Cagney, Leo Chalzel, Russell Collins, Paul Crabtree, Dudley Digges (as "Harry Hope") [final Broadway role], Ruth Gilbert, Charles Hart, Nicholas Joy, Marcella Markham, Joseph Marr (as Joe Marr), John Marriott, E.G. Marshall, Al McGranary, Tom Pedi, Carl Benton Reid, 'Morton L. Stevens (II)', Frank Tweddell, Michael Wyler. Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors). Associate Producer: Armina Marshall.
- (1948) Stage Play: Oh, Mr. Meadowbrook! Comedy.
- (1951) Stage Play: Four Twelves Are 48. Comedy. Written by Joseph Kesselring. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Otto Preminger. 48th Street Theatre: 17 Jan 1951- 18 Jan 1951 (2 performances). Cast: Pat Crowley (as "Dorothy Bawke"), Royal Dano (as "Joe Hungry Horse"), Ludwig Donath (as "Anton"), Jane Du Frayne (as "Philippa Bawke"), Billy James (as "Jerry"), Rosetta LeNoire (as "Rose Bolton"), Doro Merande (as "Jane Dupre"), Eulabelle Moore (as "Calendula Watkins"), Mrs. Priestly Morrison (as "Mrs. Kelly"), Anne Revere (as "Nellie Bawke"), Joshua Shelley (as "Mischa Cogn"), Hiram Sherman (as "Philip Dupre"), Morton Stevens (as "Dr." Berrystone"), Ruth Taylor (as "Mary Bawke"), Ernest Truex (as "Uncle Snake Tooth"). Produced by Richard Aldrich, Richard Meyers, Otto L. Preminger and Julius Fleischmann.
- (1956) Stage Play: Mr. Wonderful. Musical comedy. Book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman. Music by Larry Holofcener, Jerry Bock [earliest Broadway credit] and George David Weiss [credited as George Weiss] (earliest Broadway credit). Lyrics by Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener [credited as Larry Holofcener] and George David Weiss. Musical Director: Morton L. Stevens. Music orchestrated by Ted Royal and Morton Stevens [credited as Morton L. Stevens] (final Broadway credit). Production Conceived by Jule Styne. Featuring songs by Sam Coslow ("Sing, You Sinners"), W. Franke Harling ("Sing, You Sinners"), Sid Kuller ("Daddy, Uncle and Me"), Arthur Hammerstein ("Because of You"), Dudley Wilkinson ("Because of You"), Harold Arlen ("That Old Black Magic"), Johnny Mercer ("That Old Black Magic"), Buddy G. DeSylva ("Birth of the Blues"), Lew Brown ("Birth of the Blues"), Ray Henderson ("Birth of the Blues"), Cole Porter ("It's All Right With Me"), Benny Davis ("Dearest"), Harry Akst ("Dearest"), George Gershwin ("Liza"), Ira Gershwin ("Liza") and Gus Kahn ("Liza"). Scenic Design by Oliver Smith. Costume Design by Robert Mackintosh. Lighting Design by Peggy Clark. Directed by Jack Donohue. Broadway Theatre: 22 Mar 1956- 23 Feb 1957 (383 performances). Cast: Jack Carter (as "Fred Campbell") [only Broadway role], Sammy Davis Jr. (as "Charlie Welch") [Broadway debut], Olga James (as "Ethel Pearson"), The Will Mastin Trio, Chita Rivera (as "Rita Romano"), Marvin Arnold (as "Hoofer"), Malcolm Lee Beggs (as "Mr. Foster") [final Broadway role], Ann Buckles (as "Unemployed Actress"), Marilyn Cooper (as "Little Girl"), Richard Curry (as "Song Plugger"), Sammy Davis, Sr. (as "Dad"), Dorothy D'Honau (as "Acrobat"), Rina Falcone (as "Soprano"), Herb Fields (as "Counterman"), Tempy Fletcher (as "Dancer"), Charlotte Foley (as "Annie's Friend"), Harold Gordon (as "Bop Musician"), Shirley Graser (as "Dancer"), Jerri Gray (as "Cigarette Girl"), T.J. Halligan (as "Talent Scout"), Suan Hartman (as "Dancer"), Bob Kole (as "Stage Manager"), Gail Kuhr (as "Sister"), Ronnie Lee (as "Sophie's Boy"), Barbara Leigh (as "Sister"), Bob Leslie (as "A Comic"), Larry B. Leslie (as "A Comic"), Hal Loman (as "Hal"), Pat Marshall (as "Lil Campbell"), Frank Marti (as "Stagehand"), Will Mastin (as "Uncle"), Sherry McCutcheon (as "Sister"), Sally Neal (as "Dancer"), John Pelletti (as "Johnnie"), Ginny Perlowin (as "Script Girl"), Albert Popwell (as "Bop Musician"), Bill Reilly (as "Hoofer"), Patti Ann Rita (as "Dancer"), Tony Rossi (as "Stagehand"), Sylvia Shay (as "Dancer"), Karen Shepard (as "A Singer"), Claude Thompson (as "Bop Musician"), Jimmie Thompson (as "Hoofer"), Patti Wharton (as "Dancer"), Pat Wilkes (as "Audition Annie"). Understudies: T.J. Halligan (as "Mr. Foster"), Bob Leslie (as "Fred Campbell"), Jimmie Thompson (as "Hal"), George Watts (as "Dad/Uncle"), Patti Wharton (as "Rita Romano"), Pat Wilkes (as "Lil Campbell"), Louise Woods (as "Ethel Pearson"). Replacement actors: Bob Burkhardt (as "Hal/Agent"), Charlotte Foley (as "Audition Annie"), T.J. Halligan (as "Mr. Foster [from 28 May 1956- ?], Larry Kert (as "Stagehand"), Larry B. Leslie (as "Talent Scout"), Jackie McElroy (as "A Singer"), Kay Medford (as "Lil Campbell"), Gary Morton (as "A Comic/Talent Scout"), Robert Neukum (as "Stage Manager"), Lew Parker (as "Fred Campbell"), Elizabeth Taylor (as "Dancer/ Soprano"). Understudies: Ann Buckles (as "Lil Campbell"), Rina Falcone (as "Unemployed Actress"), Bob Leslie (as "Mr. Foster/Bartender"), Joan Morton (as "Rita Romano"). Produced by Jule Styne and George Gilbert. Produced in association with Lester Osterman Jr.
- (April 18, 1940) He played Old Capulet and Friar John in William Shakespeare's play, "Romeo and Juliet," at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Laurence Olivier (Romeo); Vivien Leigh (Juliet); Dame May Whitty (Nurse); Wilton Graff (Prince Escalus); Cornel Wilde (Tybalt); Wesley Addy (Benvolio); Halliwell Hobbes (Capulet); Katharine Warren (Lady Capulet); Ben Webster (Montague); Barbara Horder (Lady Montague); Emond O'Brien (Mercutio); Frank Downing (Paris) and Alexander Knox (Friar Laurence) in the cast.
- (April 9, 1936) He acted in Maxwell Anderson's play, "Winterset," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Burgess Meredith, Myron McCormick, Harold Johnsrud, Fernanda Eliscu, Margo, Theodore Hecht, Anatole Winogradoff, Eva Langbord, Helen Wynn, John Philliber, Lee Baker, Billy Quinn, Hitous Gray, Abner Biberman, Anthony Blair, Harold Martin, Stanley Gould and Tom Maney in the cast. Jo Mielziner was set designer. Guthrie McClintic was producer and director.
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