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(1922) Stage: Appeared (Broadway debut) in "The Czarina" on Broadway. Comedy. Book adapted by Edward Sheldon. Based on the Hungarian of Melchior Lengyel and Lajos Biró. Directed by Gilbert Miller. Empire Theatre: 31 Jan 1922-May 1922 (closing date unknown/136 performances).

(1923) Stage: Appeared (as "Dr. Nicholas Agi") in "The Swan" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Ferenc Molnár. Translated from the Hungarian by Melville Baker. Directed by David Burton. Cort Theatre: 23 Oct 1923-Jun 1924 (closing date unknown/255 performances). Cast: Geraldine Beckwith, Jack Cobb, Tom Collins, Boswell Davenport, Margaret Farr, Stanley Grand, Carl Hartberg, Halliwell Hobbes (as "Father Hyacinth"), Alice John, Stanley Kalkhurst, Eva Le Gallienne (as "Alexandra"), Richie Ling (as "Caesar"), Nancie B. Marsland, Philip Merivale (as "Prince Albert"), Jane Shaw, Alison Skipworth (as "Princess Maria Dominica"), Hilda Spong (as "Princess Beatrice"), George Walcott, Henry Warwick, Alan Willey. Produced by Charles Frohman, Inc.

(1922) Stage: Appeared in "East of Suez" in Londo, England.

(1923) Stage: Appeared in "R.U.R." in London, England.

(1923) Stage: Appeared (as "Dr. Nicholas Agi") in "The Swan" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Ferenc Molnár. Translated from the Hungarian by Melville Baker. Directed by David Burton. Cort Theatre: 23 Oct 1923-Jun 1924 (closing date unknown/255 performances). Cast: Geraldine Beckwith, Jack Cobb, Tom Collins, Boswell Davenport, Margaret Farr, Stanley Grand, Carl Hartberg, Halliwell Hobbes (as "Father Hyacinth"), Alice John, Stanley Kalkhurst, Eva Le Gallienne (as "Alexandra"), Richie Ling (as "Caesar"), Nancie B. Marsland, Philip Merivale (as "Prince Albert"), Jane Shaw, Alison Skipworth (as "Princess Maria Dominica"), Hilda Spong (as "Princess Beatrice"), George Walcott, Henry Warwick, Alan Willey. Produced by Charles Frohman, Inc.

(1926) Stage: Appeared in "The Grand Duchess and the Waiter" on Broadway.

(1926). Stage Play: The Captive. Drama. Written by Arthur Hornblow Jr.. Based on "La Prisonniere" by 'Edouard Bourdet'. Directed by Gilbert Miller. Empire Theatre: 29 Sep 1926- Feb 1927 (closing date unknown/160 performances). Cast: Ann Andrews, Winifred Fraser, Arthur Lewis, Helen Menken, Minna Phillips, Basil Rathbone (as "Jacques"), Ann Trevor, Norman Trevor (as "De Montcel") [final Broadway role], Arthur Wontner. Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.

(1929) Stage: Wrote (w/Walter Ferris) and appeared (as "Judas") in "Judas" on Broadway. Directed by Richard Boleslawski. Longacre Theatre: 24 Jan 1929-Feb 1929 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Robert Barrat (as "Joseph of Arimathea"), Doan Borrup (as "Marcus / Peter"), William Challee (as "John"), William Courtleigh (as "Simon Ish / Kerioth / Caiphas"), Dorothy Cumming, Jennie Eustace, Charles Halton, Tom Hayes, Charles Henderson, A. Lymmborn, Harold Moffet (as "Andrew"), John O'Meara, William D. Post, Joseph Redalieu, Ralph Thomas, Lyons Wickland. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman.

(1934) Stage: Appeared (as "Romeo") in "Romeo and Juliet" on Broadway. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Adapted by Katharine Cornell (also producer). Choreographed by Martha Graham. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Martin Beck Theatre: 20 Dec 1934-Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: Brian Aherne (as "Mercutio, kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo"), Edith Allaire, Gilmore Bush, Robert Champlain, Arthur Chatterton, Katharine Cornell (as "Juliet, daughter to Capulet"), Margaret Craven, Jacqueline DeWit, Angus Duncan, 'John Emery' (as "Benvolio, nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo"), Edith Evans (as "Nurse to Juliet"), Reynolds Evans (as "Escalus, prince of Verona"), Brenda Forbes, John Gordon Gage, Franklin Gray, William Hopper, Lois Jameson, Agnete Johannson, Paul Julian, George Macready (as "Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the prince"), Ruth March, Irby Marshall, Albert McCleery, John Miltern (as "Montague"), Irving Morrow, Ralph Nelson, Moroni Olsen (as "Capulet"), Pamela Simpson, Charles R. Thorne, David Vivian, Charles Waldron, Orson Welles (as "Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet," "Chorus").

(1933-34) Stage: Appeared (as "Robert Browning") in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street", in London, England, and New York. Also on US tour.

(1933-34) Stage: Appeared (as "Morrell") in "Candida" in New York and on US tour.

(1946) Stage: Appeared in "Obsession" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Louis Verneuil. Directed by Reginald Denham. Plymouth Theatre: 1 Oct 1946-26 Oct 1946 (31 performances). Cast: Eugenie Leontovich. Produced by Homer Curran; Produced in association with Russell Lewis and Howard Young.

(1947) Stage: Appeared (as "Dr. Sloper") in "The Heiress" on Broadway. Written by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz, suggested from "Washington Square" by Henry James. Directed by Jed Harris. Biltmore Theatre: 29 Sep 1947-18 Sep 1948 (410 performances). Cast: Patricia Collinge, Peter Cookson, Wendy Hiller, Craig Kelly, Betty Linley, Katharine Raht, Fiona O'Shiel, Augusta Roeland. Produced by Fred F. Finklehoffe. NOTE: A major hit of the 1947-48 theatrical season.

Stage: Appeared (as "Sir Robert Morton") in "The Winslow Boy", New York summer stock.

(1922) Stage: Appeared (as "Count Alexei") in "The Czarina" on Broadway.

(1921) Stage: Appeared (as "Iago") in "Othello" in London, England.

(1920) Stage: Appeared (as "Alfred de Musset") in "George Sand" in London, England.

(1920) Stage: Appeared in "Fedora" in London, England.

(1920) Stage: Appeared in "Peter Ibbetson" in London, England.

(1919) Stage: Appeaed in "Henry IV, Part II" in Stratford-on-Avon, England.

(1919) Stage: Appeared (as "Romeo") in "Romeo and Juliet" in Stratford-on-Avon, England.

(1919) Stage: Appeared (as "Cassius") in "Julius Caesar" in Stratford-on-Avon, England.

(1913) Stage: Appeared (as "Lorenzo") in "The Merchant of Venice" in Stratford-on-Avon, England.

(1913) Stage: Appeared in "As You Like It" in Stratford-on-Avon, England.

(1946) Print (magazine) ads: Chesterfield cigarettes

(1940s) Album: Played Scrooge in a 78-RPM record album, on radio for Christmas 1943, and narrated the story in another recorded version.

(1960) Print ads: Skippy peanut butter

(1927) Stage: Appeared (as "Cassius") in "Julius Caesar" on Broadway.

Album: Narrator on three-volume LP series for Caedmon Records, "Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe", all of which has been released on CD as part of the 5-CD set "The Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection".

(1957) Stage: Appeared (as "Sir Roger Johnson") in "Hide and Seek" on Broadway. Written by Roger MacDougall and Stanley Mann. Directed by Reginald Denham. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 2 April 1957-6 April 1957 (7 performances). Cast included: 'Walter Brooke (I)', Dolores Dorn-Heft, Isobel Elsom, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Barry Morse.

(1950) Stage: Appeared (as "Henry Hutton") in "The Gioconda Smile" on Broadway. Written by Aldous Huxley. Directed / produced by Shepard Traube. Lyceum Theatre (moved to the Fulton Theatre on 6 Nov 1950): 7 Oct 1950-11 Nov 1950 (41 performances). Cast included: Charles Francis, Charles Gerrard, Emily Lawrence, George Relph, Marian Russell.

(1932) Stage: Appeared (as "Rev. Nicholas Lucy") in "The Devil Passes" on Broadway. Written / directed by Benn W. Levy. Selwyn Theatre: 4 Jan 1932-Mar 1932 (closing date unknown/96 performances). Cast: Eric Blore, Gwen Day Burroughs, Arthur Byron, Ernest Cossart, Cecilia Loftus, Robert Loraine, Mary Nash, Ernest Thesiger, Diana Wynyard. Produced by Archibald Selwyn.

(1927) Stage: Appeared (as "Gaston, Marquis de Sant-Lac Military Attache") in "The Command to Love" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Rudolph Lothar and Fritz Gottwald. Material adapted by Herman Bernstein and Brian Marlow. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Longacre Theatre: 20 Sep 1927-Apr 1928 (closing date unknown/247 performances). Cast: Violet Kemble Cooper, Mary Nash, Henry Stephenson (as "The French Ambassador to Spain"), Walter Colligan, David Glassford, Ferdinand Gottschalk (as "The Spanish War Minister"), Percy Hemus, Anthony Kemble-Cooper, Thomas Louden. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman. Produced in association with John Tuerk.

(1927) Stage: Appeared (as "Vladimir Dubriski") in "Love Is Like That" on Broadway. Romantic comedy. Written by S.N. Behrman and Kenyon Nicholson. Directed by Dudley Digges. Cort Theatre: 18 Apr 1927-May 1927 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Barbara Bulgakov (as "Natasha"), Ann Davis, John T. Doyle, Minna Phillips (as "Kate Mumford"), Charles Richman, Percy Shostac, Della Vanna, Lucile Watson (as "Mrs. James Gordon Parmenter"), Edward H. Wever, Catherine Willard. Produced by A.L. Jones and Morris Green. Produced by arrangement with Stuart Walker.

(1964) Unsold pilot: Appeared (as "Maj. Brand") in a pilot for CBS-TV called "The Dawn Patrol", based on his film The Dawn Patrol (1938)).

(1939-46) Radio: Starred in series "The (New) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"; 213 performances.

(1937-55) Radio: He made many appearances in series such as "The Lux Radio Theatre," "The Cavalcade of America," and "The Screen Guild Theatre".

(1965-66) Television: Host of the syndicated series "The Sherlock Holmes Theatre".

(1963) Television: Host of syndicated film series "The Leisy Premiere Theater".

TV commercial: Swing King reclining chair.

TV commercial: Shredded Wheat breakfast cereal.

TV commercial: Calgonite dishwasher soap.

TV commercial: Alocoa aluminum utensils.

TV commercial: Colman's Mustard.

TV commercial: Calvert Reserve whiskey.

TV commercial: Chesterfield cigarettes.

TV commercial: Petri wine.

TV commercial: Schaefer beer.

TV commercial: Fatima Turkish cigarettes.

TV commercial: Skippy Peanut Butter.

TV commercial: Walker's Deluxe Bourbon.

TV commercial: Van Heusen shirts.

TV commercial: Calox tooth powder.

TV commercial: Stratford pens.

TV commercial: Personna razor blades.

TV commercial: Booth's House of Lord's Gin.

(11/24/55) Television: Hosted the "CBS Thanksgiving Day Special".

(1958) Television: Guest-starred (as Himself) on "Stump the Stars" (1947).

(1961) Television: Guest-starred (as Himself) on NBC series "1, 2, 3".

(1959) Television: Guest-starred (as Himself) on "The Jack Paar Tonight Show" (1957).

(1953) Television: Guest-starred (as Himself) on the series "Ethel and Albert" (1953).

(1954) Television: Guest-starred (as Himself) on "Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall" (1948).

(1931) Stage: Appeared (as "Hugh Dawltry") in "Heat Wave" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Roland Pertwee. Directed by Stanley Bell. Fulton Theatre: 17 Feb 1931-Mar 1931 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Hugh Buckler (as "James Weysmith"), Fred K. Chandrasakara (as "Club Servant"), William Cooray (as "Dawltry's Boy"), Henry Daniell (as "George March"), K.A. Fernando (as "Club Servant"), Frank Henderson (as "Everard"), Betty Lawford (as "Irene March"), Lionel Pape (as "Dr. Muir"), Hilda Plowright (as "Mrs. Weysmith"), Enid Raphael (as "Mameena"), Selena Royle (as "Philippa March"), W. Wana Singh (as "Bahadur"), Arthur Stenning (as "Duckworth"), Mackenzie Ward (as "Nicholas Fayne"). Produced by Stratford Productions, Ltd.

(1913) Stage: Appeared (as "Page", "Bassanio", "Malcolm") in William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "The Merchant of Venice," and "Macbeth" in a F.R. Benson & Shakespeare Company production at the Grand Theatre in Croydon, Surrey, England, with Frank Benson, A.E. George, H.O. Nicolson, Henry Baynton, Mrs. F.R. Benson, and Florence Glossop-Harris in the cast.

(1950) Stage: Appeared (as "Cassius") in "Julius Caesar" on Broadway.

(1949) Radio: Starred in series "Tales of Fatima".

(1947) Radio: Starred in series "Scotland Yard's Inspector Burke"

(9/2/22-/22) Stage: Appeared in W. Somerset Maugham's "East of Suez," at His Majesty's Theatre in London, England, with Meggie Albanesi, Malcolm Keen and Marie Ault in the cast.

(1957) Stage: Appeared in a production of "Jane".

Julius Caesar (1950). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Dan Levin. Arena Theatre: 20 Jun 1950- 15 Jul 1950 (31 performances).

A Kiss of Importance (1930). Comedy. Written by Arthur Hornblow Jr.. From the French of André Picard and H.M. Harwood. Directed by Lionel Atwill. Fulton Theatre: 1 Dec 1930- Dec 1930 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Ann Andrews (as "Isabelle de Corquefon"), Johnnie Brewer (as "Fred"), Alice Burrage (as "Mlle. Thomas"), Frank Henderson (as "Comte de Cerisay"), Marjorie Hollis (as "Albertine"), Frederick Kerr (as "Octave de Corquefon"), Montagu Love (as "Gilbert Laurent Courcel"), Basil Rathbone (as "Christian Saint Obin"), Ivan F. Simpson (as "Arthur Dupin"), George Wright Jr. (as "Gardener"). Produced by Archibald Selwyn. Produced in association with Erlanger Productions, Inc.

(1939-42) Radio: Appeared (as "Sherlock Holmes") in "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", NBC Blue Network.

(1943-46) Radio: Appeared (as "Sherlock Holmes") in "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", Mutual Network.

(1948) Stage: Appeared (as "Dr. Soper") in "The Heiress" on Broadway. NOTE: He won a Tony Award for Best Actor.

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