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Active on Broadway in the following productions:

Of Mice and Men (1937). Drama. Written by John Steinbeck. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Costume production by John Hambleton. Technical assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Isaac Benesch. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Music Box Theatre: 23 Nov 1937- May 1938 (closing date unknown/207 performances). Cast: Walter Baldwin (as "Whit"), Sam Byrd(as "Curley"), Broderick Crawford (as "Lennie"), Thomas Findlay, Wallace Ford (as "George"), Will Geer (as "Slim"), John F. Hamilton, Claire Luce (as "Curley's Wife"), Charles Slattery, Leigh Whipper (as "Crooks"). Produced by Sam Harris.

Took over the part of Jeeter Lester from Henry Hull in the Broadway stage version of Erskine Caldwell''s "Tobacco Road," which set a then-record run of 3,281 performances between December 4, 1933 and May 31, 1941. It is still the longest running drama in Broadway history, and is surpassed only by "Life With Father" in the non-musical category.

Hope's the Thing With Feathers (1948). Written by Richard Harrity. Playhouse Theatre: 11 May 1948- 15 May 1948 (7 performances/performed in repertory with: Gone Tomorrow and Home Life of a Buffalo). Cast: Robert Alvin, Will Geer (as "Sweeney"), Lou Gilbert, Jabez Gray, E.G. Marshall (as "Doc"), Frederic Martin, George Mathews, Daniel Reed, Philip Robinson. Produced by Eddie Dowling and The American National Theatre and Academy.

Flamingo Road (1946). Comedy. Written by Robert Wilder and Sally Wilder. From "Flamingo Road" by Robert Wilder. Directed by José Ruben. Belasco Theatre: 19 Mar 1946- 23 Mar 1946 (7 performances). Cast: Philip Bourneuf (as "Dan Curtis"), Hazel Burgess (as "Matron"), Sally Carthage, Evelyn Davis (as "Virgie"), Francis Felton, Paul Ford (as "Ulee Jackson"), Will Geer (as "Doc Watterson"), Lauren Gilbert (as "Fielding Carlisle"), Martha Jensen, Marcella Markham, Frank McNellis, Tom Morrison, Mahlon Naill, Judith Parrish, Olvester Polk, Bernard Randall, Doris Rich (as "Lute-Mae Saunders"). Produced by Rowland Stebbins and Laurence Rivers, Inc.

200 Were Chosen (1936). Drama. Written by Ellsworth Prouty Conkle. Directed by Worthington Miner and J. Edward Shugrue. 48th Street Theatre: 20 Nov 1936- Dec 1936 (closing date unknown/35 performances). Cast: Richard Allen, Paula Bauersmith, Ramon Blackburn, Royce Blackburn, Aldrich Bowker, Dorothy Brackett, Norma Chambers, William H. Chambers, David Clarke, Richard Fredericks, Will Geer (as "Farley Sprinkle"), Kathryn Grill, Charles Jordan, Rose Keane, Edward Mann, Gordon Nelson, Neill O'Malley, John O'Shaughnessy, Douglas Parkhurst, Everett A. Perez, Robert Porterfield, Robert Reeves, Patricia Roe, Anthony Ross, Lesley Stafford, 'Fred Stewart (I)' (as "Herb Collins"), Lucille Strudwick, Bertram Thorn, Frank Tweddell (as "Per Solum"), Eric Walz, Herta Ware, Robert Williams. Produced by Sidney Harmon and The Actors Repertory Company.

Comes the Revelation (1942). Written by Louis Vittes. Scenic Design by Ralph Alswang. Directed by Herman Rosten. Jolson's 59th Street Theatre: 26 May 1942- 27 May 1942 (2 performances). Cast: Grover Burgess (as "Orris Hockett"), Kathryn Cameron, Wendell Corey, Sara Floyd, Will Geer, G. Swayne Gordon, Mitchell Harris, Carroll Hartley, Peter Hobbs, Richard Karlan, George Leach, Audra Lindley, Maurice Minnick, Mona Moray, Mary Perry, Wendell K. Phillips, June Stewart, John Thomas, William Thornton, Lesley Woods, Clay Yurdin. Produced by John Morris Chanin and Richard Karlan.

Let Freedom Ring (1935). Written by Albert Bein. From the novel "To Make My Bread" by Grace Lumpkin. Production Manager: Charles Friedman. Directed by Worthington Miner. Broadhurst Theatre (moved to The Civic Repertory Theatre from 1 Dec 1935 to close): 6 Nov 1935- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/108 performances). Cast: Richard Allen, Patricia Barker, Paula Bauersmith, Roger Blankenship, Isabel Bonner, Aldrich Bowker, Dorothy Brackett, Hubert Brown, Eric Burroughs, Norma Chambers, James Clairington, Edwin Cooper, Alvin Dexter, Charles Dingle, Lew Eckles (as "Jim Hawkins"), Tom Ewell (as "Small Hardy, a peddler/Young Frank Martin at 21"), Elvin Field, Will Geer (as "John Kirkland, Grandpap"), Toni Gilman (as "Mill Worker's Child") [Broadway debut], Dean Jenks, Roy Johnson, Philip Jones, Charles Jordan (as "Ed Allen"), Rose Keane, Fred Knight, Charles Kuhn (as "An Old Man"), Michael Lettice, Herbert Levin, June Meier, John O'Shaughnessy (as "A Representative"), Douglas Parkhurst, Mary Perry, Shirley Poirier, Robert Porterfield, Robert Reed, Edward Ryan Jr., Bigelow Sayre, Garland F. Smith, Leslie Stafford, Will Sterling, Lucille Strudwick, Shepperd Strudwick (as "John McClure"), George Oliver Taylor, Robert Thomsen, William Triest, Willson Tuttle, Frank Tweddell (as "Frank Martin"), Eric Walz, Herta Ware, Booth Whitfield, Norman Williams, Robert B. Williams. Produced by Albert Bein and Jack Goldsmith.

The Ponder Heart (1956). Comedy. Written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov. Based on a story by Eudora Welty. Directed by Robert Douglas. Music Box Theatre: 16 Feb 1956- 23 Jun 1956 (149 performances). Cast: David Wayne (as "Uncle Daniel Ponder"), Will Geer (as "Dorris R. Gladney"), Juanita Hall (as "Narciss"), Don Hanmer (as "De Yancey Clanahan"), Sarah Marshall (as "Bonnie Dee Ponder"), Una Merkel (as "Edna Earle Ponder"), Daniel Bergin (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Joe Bishop (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Theodore Browne (as "Jacob"), Edwin Buckley (as "Purdel Peacock"), Vinie Burrows (as "Sarah"), William Dwyer (as "Clyde"), Mary Farrell (as "Mrs. Bodkin"), Donald Foster (as "Dr. Eubanks"), Tom Geraghty (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Barbara Jean Gilliam (as "Eloise"), Harold Grau (as "Mr. Peacock"), Jim Holden (as "Jurors and Spectators"), J. Talbot Holland (as "Al"), James Karr (as "Clerk"), Charlotte Klein (as "Mrs. Peacock"), Johnny Klein (as "Rodney"), Richard Klein (as "Bruce Peacock"), Tony Kraber (as "Bailiff"), David Leland Mr. Springer"), Alan Manson (as "Foreman"), Dwight Marfield (as "Truex Bodkin"), John Marriott (as "Big John"), Junior Marshall (as "Willie"), John McGovern (as "Judge Waite"), Helen Quarrier (as "Treva Peacock"), Richard Rothrock (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Jeanne Shelley (as "Johnnie Ree Peacock"), Lieselotte Singer (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Ruth White (as "Teacake Magee"), Noel Williams (as "Sam"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).

The Wisteria Trees (1955). Drama (revival). Written by Joshua Logan. Based on the "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov. Music Selected and Arranged By: Max Marlin. Scenic Design by Herbert Gahagan. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. General Costume Director: Grace Houston; Lighting Design by Feder. Directed by John Stix. City Center: 2 Feb 1955- 13 Feb 1955 (15 performances). Cast: Jonelle Allen (as "Little Miss Lucy"), Linda Berlin (as "Party Guest"), Alonzo Bozan (as "Scott") [final Broadway role], Patty Burke (as "Child"), Jarmila Daubek (as "Party Guest"), Evelyn Davis (as "Cassie"), Ossie Davis (as "Jacques"), Philip Dean (as "Servant"), David Eliot (as "Party Guest"), Maurice Ellis (as "Henry Arthur Henry"), Bramwell Fletcher (as "Gavin Leon Andree"), Frances Foster (as "Dolly May"), Will Geer (as "Bowman WiTherspoon"), Helen Hayes (as "Lucy Andree Ransdell"), Hilda Haynes (as "Servant"), Keith Kirby (as "Party Guest"), Alison Landor (as "Party Guest"), Lily Lodge (as "Party Guest"), Walter Matthau (as "Yancy Loper"), Warren Oates (as "Party Guest") [only Broadway role], Ella Raines (as "Martha"), Cliff Robertson (as "Peter Whitfield"), Brook Seawell (as "Gracie"), Lois Smith (as "Antoinette"), Christopher Snell (as "Frankie"), Jackson Young (as "Party Guest"). Produced by New York City Theatre Company.

The More the Merrier (1941). Written by Frank Gabrielson and Irvin Pincus. Directed by Otto Preminger. Cort Theatre: 15 Sep 1941- 27 Sep 1941 (16 performances). Cast: James Albert, Frank Albertson (as "Daniel Finch"), John Barnes, Max Beck, Ralph Chambers, Herbert Duffy, Lee Frederick, Will Geer (as "Forrest Lockhart"), Robert Gray, Teddy Hart (as "Al Goblin"), Louis Hector, Dorrit Kelton (as "Miss Craig"), Grace McDonald (as "Bugs Saunders") [final Broadway role], John McKee, Doro Merande (as "Miss Hogben"), Millard Mitchell (as "Harry Scravvis"), Scott Moore, Mrs. Priestly Morrison, J.C. Nugent (as "Senator Broderick"), Daniele Porise, Jack Riano, Guy Sampsel, Lucia Seger, G. Albert Smith, Jane Standish, Brenda Struck, Arnold Saint Subber (as "Young Man with a Radio"), Keenan Wynn (as "Joseph Dolma"). Produced by Otto Preminger and Norman Pincus.

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