Other works

(1922 - 1954) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1922) Stage Play: Orange Blossoms. Musical comedy. Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Frédérique De Grésac. Based on the play "La Passarelle" by Fred De Gresac and Francis de Croisset. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Scenic Design by Norman Bel Geddes [earliest Broadway credit]. Costume Design by Paul Poiret and Earl Benham. Fulton Theatre: 19 Sep 1922- 9 Dec 1922 (95 performances). Cast: Abner Barnart, Frank Curran, Maurice Darcy, Evelyn Darville, Edith Day, Vera DeWolfe, Emily Drange, Fay Evelyn, Robert Fischer, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Eden Gray, Alta King, Phyllys Le Grand, Mary Lucas, Gayle Mays, Clinton Merrill, Robert Michaelis, Denny Murray, Dagmar Oakland, Elva Pomfret, Hal Skelly, Queenie Smith (as "Tillie/Dancer"), Pat Somerset, Diana Stegman, Oliver Stewart, Nancy Welford, Jack Whiting (as "Gentleman in the Case") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Edward Royce.

(1923) Stage Play: Cinders. Musical comedy. Music by Rudolf Friml. Book by Edward Clark. Lyrics by Edward Clark. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle. Directed by Edward Royce. Dresden Theatre: 3 Apr 1923- 28 Apr 1923 (31 performances). Cast: George Bancroft (as "Great Scott") [Broadway debut], Abner Barnhart (as "Cliff"), Louise Bateman (as "Simone"), Roberta Beatty (as "Mrs. Delancey Hoyt"), John H. Brewer (as "Major Dummond"), Edith Campbell-Walker (as "Mme. Duval"), Frank Curran (as "Frank"), Margaret Dale (as "Mrs. Horatio Winthrop"), Evelyn Darville (as "Julie"), Vera DeWolfe (as "Cecelia"), Thomas Fitzpatrick (as "Butler"), Nathaniel Gennes (as "Nat"), Elaine Gholson (as "Yvette"), Eden Gray (as "Ninette"), Thomas Green (as "Thomas"), Fred Hillebrand (as "Slim Kelly"), Harry Howell (as "Harry"), Eugene Jenkins (as "Gene"), Kitty Kelly (as "Tottie"), Alta King (as "Hortense"), Lillian Lee (as "Miss Breckenridge"), Estelle Levelle (as "Lottie"), Mary Lucas (as "Geraldine"), Mildred Lunnay (as "Dancer"), Gertrude McDonald (as "Dancer"), Denny Murray (as "Denny"), Dagmar Oakland (as "Mathilde"), Dewitt Oakley (as "Dewitt"), Elva Pomfret (as "Dancer"), Sydney Reynolds (as "Dancer"), Ralph Riggs (as "Dancer"), Queenie Smith (as "Tillie Olsen"), Diana Stegman (as "Annabelle"), W. Douglas Stevenson (as "John Winthrop"), Nancy Welford (as "Cinders"), Jack Whiting (as "Bruce"), Katherine Witchie (as "Dancer"). Replacement actor: Walter Regan (as "John Winthrop"). Produced by Edward Royce.

(1923) Stage Play: Aren't We All? Romantic comedy.

(1923) Stage Play: Stepping Stones. Musical comedy/fantasy. Music by Jerome Kern. Book by Anne Caldwell and R.H. Burnside. Lyrics by Anne Caldwell. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle [credited as Victor Baravelle]. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Choreographed by Mary Read and John Tiller. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Globe Theatre: 6 Nov 1923- 4 Oct 1924 (on hiatus from 1 Jun 1924- 30 Aug 1924/281 performances). Cast: Primrose Caryll (as "Radiola"), Lucille Elmore (as "Mary"), Cynthia Foley (as "Richard"), Gerald Gilbert (as "Antoine"), Hazel Glen (as "Rose"), Evelyn Herbert (as "Lupina") [Broadway debut], George Herman (as "The Landlord"), Roy Hoyer (as "Prince Silvio"), Bert Jordan (as "Gypsy Jan"), John Lambert (as "Remus"), Francetta Malloy (as "Charlotte"), William Murray (as "Antoine"), Oscar Ragland (as "Otto DeWolfe"), Lydia Scott (as "Nurse Marjorie"), Allene Stone (as "Widow Hood"), Dorothy Stone (as "Rougette Hood"), Fred Stone Peter Plug"), Willie Torpey (as "Eddie"), Frederic Tozere (as "Captain Paul"), Harold West (as "Richard"), Lilyan White (as "Charlotte"), Ruth White (as "Eclaire"), Jack Whiting (as "Captain Paul"). Replacement actors: Alice Akers (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Bate (as "Ensemble"), Phyllis Brown (as "Ensemble"), Noreen Callow (as "Ensemble"), Lydia Campbell (as "Ensemble"), Doris Carter (as "Ensemble"), Maida Clewley (as "Ensemble"), Betty Darling (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Darling (as "Ensemble"), Josie Elton (as "Ensemble"), Hazel Glen (as "Lupina"), Ona Hamilton (as "Ensemble"), Edith Harvey (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Hurst (as "Ensemble"), Sallie Hurst (as "Ensemble"), Maude Jerome (as "Ensemble"), Doris Landy (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Markey (as "Ensemble"), Geraldine Markham (as "Ensemble"), Muriel Marlowe (as "Ensemble"), Dolly Maxted (as "Ensemble"), Dolly Moseley (as "Ensemble"), Ida Moseley (as "Ensemble"), Mary Pearce (as "Ensemble"), Alice Pittman (as "Ensemble"), Louise Powell (as "Ensemble"), Madge Read (as "Ensemble"), Hazelle Renaud (as "Ensemble"), Adelaide Robinson (as "Ensemble"), Betty Roche (as "Ensemble"), Helen Roche (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Sabin (as "Ensemble"), Doris Smith (as "Ensemble"), Chrissie Spaller (as "Ensemble"), Florence Stack (as "Ensemble"), Dolly Stanley (as "Ensemble"), Jet Stanley (as "Eclaire"), Olga Sykes (as "Ensemble"), Jean Webb (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.

(1924) Stage Play: Annie Dear. Musical comedy.

(1924) Stage Play: When You Smile. Musical comedy.

(1926) Stage Play: Rainbow Rose. Musical.

(1926) Stage Play: The Ramblers. Musical comedy.

Yes, Yes, Yvette (1927). Musical comedy. Music by Phil Charig and Ben Jerome. Book by James Montgomery and William Carey Duncan. Lyrics by Irving Caesar from a story by Frederic S. Isham. Musical Director: Ben Jerome. Featuring songs by Frank Crumit. Choreographed by Sammy Lee. Directed by Harry Frazee. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 3 Oct 1927- 5 Nov 1927 (40 performances). Cast: Brenda Bond, Joseph Herbert, Virginia Howell, Arnold Lucy (as "Bishop Doran"), Helene Lynd, Jeanette MacDonald (as "Yvette Ralston"), Frederick B. Manatt, Dorothy Waterman, Jack Whiting (as "Robert Bennett"), Charles Winninger (as "S.M. Ralston"), Roland Woodruff. Produced by Harry Frazee [credited as H.H. Frazee].

(1928) Stage Play: She's My Baby. Musical comedy/farce. Book by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Special Augmented Orchestra under the direction of: Gene Salzer. Costume Design by Francillon Inc. and Raymond Sovey. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Choreographed by Mary Read. Directed by Edward Royce. Globe Theatre: 3 Jan 1928- 3 Mar 1928 (71 performances). Cast: Beatrice Lillie (as "Tilly"), Paul Banker, James H. Beattie, Joan Clement (as "Joan"), May Cornes, Cleo Cullen, Peggy Cunningham, Evelyn Dehkes, Teddy Denton, Bernie Dirkes, Frank Doane (as "Mr. Hemingway, Martin's trustee"), Malcolm Duffield, Irene Dunne (as "Polly"), Pearl Eaton (as "Pearl"), Evelyn Ellsmore, Geraldine Fitzgerald (as "Ensemble"), William Frawley (as "Meadows"), Doreen Glover, Alfred Hale, Violet Hanbury, Muriel Hayman, Elsie Holt, Grace Holt, Topsy Humphries, Nick Long Jr. (as "The Dance Director"), Mary Louise, William McCarthy, Glenn McComas, Alfred Milano, Catherine Na Varro, Blanche O'Donohoe, Charlotte Otis, Jessie Payne, Phyllis Rae, Peti Reed, Lily Reilly, Anna Riley, Evelyn Sayers, Loretta Sayers, Georgie Sewell, Ula Sharon, William Sholar Jr., Iris Smith, Pearl Sodders, Peggy Sowden, Robert Spencer, Jack Stevens, Ward Tallman, Norma Taylor, George Vigouroux, Robert Vreeland, Florence Ware, Doris Waterworth, Clifton Webb (as "Clyde Parker, the author"), Hazel Webb (as "Ensemble"), Jack Whiting (as "Bob Martin"), Jill Williams, Vivian Wilson, Hilda Winstanley, Dorothy Wyatt. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.

Hold Everything (1928). Musical comedy.

Heads Up (1929). Musical comedy.

America's Sweetheart (1931). Musical comedy.

Take a Chance (1932). Musical comedy.

(1934) Stage Play: Calling All Stars. Musical revue. Sketches by Lew Brown, A. Dorian Otvos, Alan Baxter, Home Fickett, Billy K. Wells and H.I. Philips. Music by Harry Akst. Lyrics by Lew Brown. Musical Director: Al Goodman. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek and Conrad Salinger. Dances and ensembles directed by Maurice L. Kussel. Scenic Design by Nat Karson. Costume Design by Billi Livingston. Lighting Design by Abe Feder. Strauss dances directed by Sara Mildred Strauss. Entire production supervised by Lew Brown. Directed by by Thomas Mitchell and Lew Brown. Hollywood Theatre: 13 Dec 1934- 12 Jan 1935 (36 performances). Cast: Edna Abbey, Janet Abbott, Eunice Altea, Alice Anderson, Alice Anthon, Arthur Auerbach, Phil Baker, Alice Bankert, Al Bernie, Babette Bissinger, Alice Blair, Anthony Blair, Mary Bolles, Patricia Bowman, George Brady, Ann Budnik, Emma Burke, Olga Burke, Dolores Campbell, Anne Canova [Broadway debut], Judy Canova [Broadway debut], Pete Canova [credited as Peter Canova], Zeke Canova [Broadway debut], Gloria Claire, Catherine Clark, Marie Cole, Irene Coleman, Nathalie Crandall, Marguerite De Coursey, Rena Dell, Anita Ferne, Pat C. Flick, Gladys Glancy, George Gordon, Roxy Green, Revalie Haber, Billy Hale, Marion Heemsath, Orchid Henson, Lou Holtz, George Hunter, Estelle Jayne, Eddie Johnson, Sel Jos, Iris Kingsley, Viola Lenn, Clark Leston, Ella Logan, Eleanor Low, Helen Mack, Ned Maisel, Joan Manners, Everett Marshall, Camilla Masters, Gloria Mausier, Mitzi Mayfair, Sara Mazo, June McGraol, Harry McNaughton, June McNulty, William Meader, Ann Metzger, Gertrude Michael, Elsie Mindell, Ruth Morgan, June Murphy, Gertrude Niesen, Rose Palmer, Grace Patterson, Harry Patterson, Ellen Pratt, Grace Pearce, Jean Rauley, Martha Raye [Broadway debut], D. Raymond, Grace Rochester, Sara Mildred Strauss Dancers, Munice Sich, Frances Sinclair, Polly Sturgeon, Jack Tally, Peggy Taylor and Her Dancing Pirates, Lorraine Teatom, June Tempest, Bobby Theiss, Cynthia Thompson, Emily Von Hoven, Marguerite White, 'Jack Whiting' (qv, Joan Whitney. Produced by Lew Brown.

(1937) Stage Play: Hooray for What! Musical comedy. Music by Harold Arlen. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Conceived by E.Y. Harburg. Additional orchestrations by Joseph Glover, Conrad Salinger and Paul Sterrett. Musical Director: Robert Emmett Dolan. Music arranged by Kay Thompson and Hugh Martin. Based on material by Howard Lindsay. Scenic Design by Vincente Minnelli. Dances directed by Robert Alton. Directed and supervised by Vincente Minnelli. Winter Garden Theatre: 1 Dec 1937- 21 May 1938 (200 performances). Cast: Anthony Albert (as "Department Head/Dancing Ensemble"), Joanna Allen (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Peggy Badey (as "Singing Ensemble"), Margorie Baglin (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Al Baron (as "Second Tough"), Dorothy Bird (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Bidda Blakely (as "Singing Ensemble"), Ralph Blane (as "A Spy/Singing Ensemble"), Ruthanna Boris (as "Principal Dancer"), The Briants (as "Specialty Act"), Florine Callahan (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Constance Carr (as "Singing Ensemble"), Leo Chalzel (as "The Mayor/Herr Zingaroff"), William Chandler (as "Singing Ensemble"), Carrol Clarke (as "Singing Ensemble"), June Clyde, Harold Cook (as "Singing Ensemble"), Ford Crane (as "Singing Ensemble"), Maxine Darrell (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Louise de Forrest (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Helene Ecklund (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Will Ferry (as "Mr. Harriman"), The Five Reillys, Franklyn Fox (as "First Tough/Admiral Sir Basil Entwhistle"), Joel Friend (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Peggy Gallimore (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Phillip Gordon (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Al Gordon's Dogs (as "Specialty Act"), Paul Haakon (as "Princial Dancer"), Helen Hannan, William Hawley (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Rita Horgan (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Beverly Hosier (as "Singing Ensemble"), Frank Howard (as "Singing Ensemble"), Arthur Kay, Evelyn Laurie (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Hugh Martin (as "Singing Ensemble"), Mary Joan Martin (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Mary Meyer (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Mickey Moore (as "Department Head/Dancing Ensemble"), Evelyn Moser (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Meg Mundy (as "Singing Ensemble"), Edward Murray (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Dagmar Nilsson (as "Singing Ensemble"), Mary Ann Parker, Wynelle Patterson (as "Singing Ensemble"), Bill Pillick (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Leon Polinsky (as "Specialty Act"), Don Popikoff (as "Comrade Popikoff"), Jo Raskin (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Gracie Reilly (as "Gracie"), Marcel Rousseau, Sid Salzer (as "Department Head/Dancing Ensemble"), Charles Senna (as "Daniel/Generalissimo Di Gregorio"), Robert Shafer (as "Benjamin Benedict/Benjy"), Ruth Shaw (as "Dancing Ensemble"), John Smedberg (as "Singng Ensemble"), Virginia Smith (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Sue Hastings' Marionettes (as "Specialty Act"), Barbara Towne (as "Singing Ensemble"), Vivian Vance (as "Stephanie Stephanovich"), Marie Vanneman (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Virginia Vonne (as "Singing Ensemble"), Carol Louise Wanderman (as "Little Girl"), Jack Whiting (as "Breezy Cunningham"), Armonce Wilkins (as "Singing Ensemble"), Castle Williams (as "Manager/Singing Ensemble"), Ed Wynn (as "Chuckles"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.

(July 1935 - September 1935) He acted in Cole Porter's musical, "Anything Goes," at the Palace Theatre in London, England with Sydney Howard, Jeanne Aubert, Adele Dixon, Betty Kean, and Peter Haddon in the cast.

Productions other than Broadway [list may be incomplete]:

(1954) Stage Play: The Golden Apple. Musical comedy.

A Girl Can Tell (1953). Comedy.

Hazel Flagg (1953). Musical/satire/comedy.

Of Thee I Sing (1952). Musical comedy (revival). Book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Musical Director: Maurice Levine. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Dance arrangements by David Baker. Assistant Musical Dir.: John Morris. Assistant Orchestrator: Seymour Ginzler. Scenic Design by Albert Johnson. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Lighting Design by Peggy Clark; Assistant to Irene Sharaff: Florence Klotz. Musical Numbers and Ensembles Staged by Jack Donohue. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Ziegfeld Theatre: 5 May 19520 5 Jul 1952 (72 performances). Cast: Jack Carson (as "John P. Wintergreen") [only Broadway role], Paul Hartman (as "Alexander Throttlebottom"), Florenz Ames (as "The French Ambassador"), Arlene Anderson (as "Showgirl"), Ken Ayers (as "Flunkie/Singer"), Vicki Barrett (as "Dancer"), Jean Bartel (as "Beauty Contestant/Showgirl"), Betty Buday (as "Dancer"), Claudia Campbell (as "Singer"), Louise Carlyle (as "Chambermaid/Singer"), Norman Clayton (as "Singer"), Georgine Darcy (as "Dancer"), Crandall Diehl (as "Dancer"), Gregg Evans (as "Showgirl"), Charlotte Foley (as "Showgirl"), Donald Foster (as "Senator Robert E. Lyons"), Howard Freeman (as "Senator Carver Jones"), Warren Galjour (as "Singer"), J. Corkey Geil (as "Dancer"), Skeet Guenther (as "Dancer"), Jay Harwick (as "Singer"), Keith Kaldenberg (as "Singer"), Joe Kerrigan (as "Singer"), Michael King (as "Flunkie/Singer"), William Krach (as "Flunkie/Singer"), Lenore Lonergan (as "Diana Devereaux"), Jonathan Lucas (as "Sam Jenkins"), Joan Mann (as "Emily Benson"), Mort Marshall (as "Announcer/Chief Senate Clerk"), James McCracken (as "Singer"), Al McGranary (as "Chief Flunkey"), Peggy Merber (as "Dancer"), Betty Oakes (as "Mary Turner"), J. Pat O'Malley (as "Francis X. Gilhooley"), Bob Oran (as "Yusef Yussevitch"), Helen Rice (as "Singer"), Dorothy Richards (as "Showgirl"), Jeanne Schlegel (as "Singer"), Frank Seabolt (as "Dancer"), Robert F. Simon (as "Louis Lippman"), Siri (as "Showgirl"), Loring Smith (as "Matthew Arnold Fulton"), Joanne Spiller (as "Singer"), Pat Stanley (as "Dancer"), Abe Stein (as "Vladimir Vidovitch"), Bob Tucker (as "Dancer"), Jeanne Tyler (as "Showgirl"), Gloria Van Dorpe (as "Singer"), Charlotte Van Lein (as "Showgirl"), Larry Weber (as "Singer"), Tom Wells (as "Attaché"), Jack Whiting (as "The Chief Justice/Guide/Senator from Massachusettes"), Parker Wilson (as "A Sightseer/Dancer"). Understudies: Vicki Barrett (as "Emily Benson"), Jean Bartel (as "Diana Devereaux"), J. Corkey Geil (as "Sam Jenkins"), Mort Marshall (as "Alexander Throttlebottom"), Al McGranary (as "Matthew Arnold Fulton"), Helen Rice (as "Mary Turner"), Tom Wells (as "Announcer/Chief Senate Clerk/Francis X. Gilhooley"), Jack Whiting (as "John P. Wintergreen"). Produced by Chandler Cowles and Ben Segal.

Springtime Folly (1951). Comedy.

The Overtons (1945).

(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"), Jack Whiting (as "Damon Dillingham"). Produced by George Abbott. Note: Filmed by RKO Radio Pictures as Beat the Band (1947).

Hold on to Your Hats (1940).

Walk With Music (1940).

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(1939) Stage Play: Very Warm for May. Musical comedy.

(May 9, 1949) He acted in Sammy Cahn's musical, "High Button Shoes," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Eddie Foy Jr., Audrey Meadows, Marty Barrett, Ellen Hanley, Harry Fleer, Kevin Joe Johnson, Andy Sanders, Lynn Joelson, Alice Rager, Stanley Simmonds, Donald Hill, Ed Preston, Sidney Bassler, Ralph Linn, Juanita Trilling, Rozsika Sabo, George Spelvin, and Donald Green in the cast. Jule Style wrote the music and lyrics. Stephen Longstreet wrote the book. Oliver Smith was set designer. Miles White was costume designer. Jerome Robbins was choreographer. George Abbott was director. Monte Proser and Joseph Kipness were producers.