- (1954 - 1956) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1954) Stage Play: Lunatics and Lovers. Farce. Written by Sidney Kingsley. Directed by Sidney Kingsley. Broadhurst Theatre: 13 Dec 1954- 1 Oct 1955 (336 performances). Cast: 'Dennis King' (as "Judge Sullivan"), Mary Anderson, Sheila Bond (as "Sable Wellington"), Nate Cantor (as "Joe Gonz"), Vicki Cummings, Buddy Hackett (as "Dan Cupid") [Broadway debut], Arthur O'Connell (as "Will Harrison"), Maurice Brenner, Fairfax Burger (as "Hotel Manager"), Lynn Merrill, James Nolan, Rex Partington, Donna Pearson, George Tyne (as "House Detective"). Understudies: Maurice Brenner (as "Joe Gonz"), Fairfax Burger (as "Judge Sullivan"), Howard Caine (as "Dan Cupid") [Broadway debut], Len Doyle (as "Judge Sullivan"), Lynn Merrill (as "Marian Harrison/Sable Wellington"), Rex Partington (as "Policeman/Will Harrison"), Donna Pearson (as "Desiree") and George Tyne (as "Dan Cupid"). Replacement actors included: Whitfield Connor (as "Will Harrison"), Jerome Cowan (as "Judge Sullivan"), Zero Mostel (as "Dan Cupid") [replaced Buddy Hackett during vacation]. Produced by M. Kirshner.
- (1955) Stage Play: Inherit the Wind. Drama. Written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Scenic Design by Peter Larkin. Costume Design by Ruth Morley. Lighting Design by Feder. Assistant Director: Terese Hayden. Directed by Herman Shumlin. National Theatre: 21 Apr 1955-22 Jun 1957 (806 performances). Cast: Paul Muni (as "Henry Drummond" replaced by Melvyn Douglas in Sep 1955 after Muni required eye surgery], Ed Begley (as "Matthew Harrison Brady"), Tony Randall (as "E.K. Hornbeck"), Lou Adelman, Jack Banning, Eric Berne, Emmett Bradley, Charles Brin, Joseph Brownstone, Howard Caine(as "Hot Dog Man"), Michael Constantine (as "Ensemble"), Staats Cotsworth (as "Rev. Jeremiah Brown"), William Darrid, Michael Del Medico, Donald Elson, Perry Fiske, Sara Floyd, Louis Hector (as "Judge") [final Broadway role], Fred Herrick, Ruth Hope, Sally Jessup(as "Ensemble"), Mary Kevin Kelly, Muriel Kirkland, Julie Knox, Patricia Larson, Bethel Leslie, Michael Lewin, Robert P. Lieb, Karl Light, Salem Ludwig, James Maloney, Evelyn Mando, Sarah Meade, Fred Miller, Rita Newton, Ruth Newton, Gian Pace, Bee Peters, Richard Poston, Jack Riano, Gordon Russell, Carroll Saint, Margherita Sargent, Robert Shannon, Harry Shaw, Maurice Shrog, Charles Thompson, Edmund Williams. Produced by Herman Shumlin. Produced in association with Margo Jones. Note: Filmed by Stanley Kramer Productions [distributed by United Artists] as Inherit the Wind (1960), Inherit the Wind (1965).
- (1955) Stage Play: Damn Yankees. Musical comedy. Written by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, from Wallop's novel "The Year of the Yankees." Music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop. From the novel "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant" by Douglass Wallop. Musical Director: Harold Hastings [credited as Hal Hastings]. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Dance arrangements by Roger Adams. Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Bob Fosse. Directed by George Abbott. 46th Street Theater (moved to The Adelphi Theatre (6 May 1957- close): 5 May 1955- 6 May 1957 (1019 performances). Cast: Stephen Douglass (as "Joe Hardy"), Gwen Verdon (as "Lola"), Ray Walston (as "Applegate"), Rae Allen (as "Gloria Thorpe"), Richard Bishop (as "Welch"), Shannon Bolin (as "Meg Boyd"), Frank Bouley (as "Singer"), Russ Brown (as "Van Buren"), Fred Bryan, Betty Carr (as "Dancer"), Ronn Cummins, Cherry Davis (as "Teen-Ager/Singer"), Robert Evans (as "Dancer"), Timmy Everett (as "Dancer"), Patricia Ferrier (as "Dancer"), Nathaniel Frey (as "Smokey"), Jeanne Grant (as "Singer"), Marlyn Greer (as "Dancer"), Janet Hayes (as "Singer"), Del Horstmann (as "Lynch/Commissioner/Singer"), Elizabeth Howell (as "Doris"), Janie Janvier (as "Miss Weston/Singer"), William Joyce (as "Dancer"), Harvey Jung (as "Dancer"), Joan Keenan (as "Singer"), Marie Kolin (as "Dancer"), James Komack (as "Rocky") [credited as Jimmie Komack], Al Lanti (as "Henry/Dancer"), Albert Linville (as "Vernon/Postmaster/Singer"), Suzanne Lovell (as "Singer"), Ralph Lowe (as "Singer"), George Marcy (as "Guard/Dancer"), Julia Marlowe, Svetlana McLee, Eddie Phillips, Jackie Scholle, Robert Shafer (as "Joe Boyd"), Jean Stapleton (as "Sister"), Ralph Strane, Mark Ward. Replacement actors [during 46th Street Theatre run]: William Adams (as "Welch"), Sheila Bond (as "Lola"), Howard Caine (as "Applegate"), Bob Dishy (as "Rocky"), Charlotte Fairchild (as "Meg Boyd"), Margot Feldman (as "Dancer"), William Joyce (as "Henry"), George Lake (as "Dancer"), Marty May (as "Van Buren"), Charles Morrell (as "Dancer"), Don Rogers (as "Rocky"), Gretchen Wyler (as "Lola"). [During Adelphi Theatre run:] Sally Brown (as "Gloria Thorpe"), Charlotte Fairchild (as "Meg Boyd"), Sam Greene (as "Postmaster/Vernon"), Devra Korwin (as "Lola"), George Lake (as "Henry"), Kenneth Le Roy (as "Sohovik"), Bill McDonald (as "Smokey"), Anita Webb (as "Sister"), Gretchen Wyler (as "Lola"). Produced by Frederick Brisson, Robert E. Griffith and Harold Prince. Produced in association with Albert B. Taylor. Note: Filmed as Damn Yankees (1958).
- (1955) Stage Play: Tiger at the Gates. Drama. Written by Jean Giraudoux. Translated by Christopher Fry. Incidental music by Lennox Berkeley. Directed by Harold Clurman. Plymouth Theatre (moved to The Helen Hayes Theatre from 21 Nov 1955- close): 3 Oct 1955- 7 Apr 1956 (217 performances). Cast: Michael Redgrave (as "Hector"), Jack Bittner (as "Olpides, Sailor on Paris' Ship/Second Old Man"), Judith Braun (as "Laundress"), Jacqueline Brookes (as "Lady in Waiting"), Howard Caine (as "First Old Man/Abneos, A Senator') [final Broadway role], Morris Carnovsky (as "Priam, King of Troy, Father to Hector"), Ellen Christopher (as "Polyxene, Young sister to Hector"), Leo Ciceri (as "Paris, Brother to Hector"), Diane Cilento (as "Helen"), Louis Criss (as "Sailor"), Walter Fitzgerald (as "Ulysses"), Wyndham Goldie (as "Busiris, A Lawyer"), Ernest Graves (as "Messenger"), Barbara Jefford (as "Andromache, Wife to Hector"), Peter Kerr (as "Troilus, Young brother to Hector"), Catherine Lacey (as "Hecuba, Mother to Hector"), John Laurie (as "Demekos, A Poet, Leader of the Senate'), Leueen MacGrath' (as "Cassandra, Sister to Hector"), Tom McDermott (as "Senator"), Felix Munso (as "Ajax, A Greek Captain"), Nehemiah Persoff (as "A Topman, Officer on Paris' Ship"), Milton Selzer (as "Mathematician"). Replacement cast during Helen Hayes Theatre run: Jack Bittner (as "A Topman, Officer on Paris' Ship"), Louis Criss (as "Messenger"), Ernest Graves (as "Ajax, A Greek Captain"), Michael Hogan (as "Priam, King of Troy, Father to Hector"), Jeanne Jerrems (as "Laundress"), John McLiam (as "Olpides/Sailor on Paris' Ship"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company. Produced in association with Henry M. Margolis.
- (1966?). TV commercial: Scope mouthwash (mid-1960s).
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