Other works

(1935 - 1949) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1935) Stage Play: A Slight Case of Murder. Comedy. Written by Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay. Directed by Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay. 48th Street Theatre: 11 Sep 1935- Nov 1935 (closing date unknown/69 performances). Cast: Marga Barbet, Sydney Booth (as "Gammon Smith"), Eleanor Brent, Paul E. Burns, Georgia Caine, George Christie, Richard Courtney, F.H. Day, Nick Dennis (as "Telegraph Boy") [Broadway debut], Ray Devlin, Malcolm Duncan, José Ferrer (as "2nd Policeman"), J. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Fralick, Clyde Franklin (as "1st Policeman"), Beth Franklyn, Marion Frederic, Alice Frey, John Griggs, Lawrence Grossmith (as "Theodore Whitelaw"), John Harrington, Joy Hathaway, Eleanor Healy, James Kearns, Timothy Lynn Kearse, John M. Kline, Irja Koski, James La Curto, Annette Le May, Roy Le May, Ted Levey, Frances Levian, Harry Levian, Geoffrey Lind, Dan Malloy, M. Miltos, E. Molenedyk, Percy Moore, R. Norvak, Winton Sears, Fred Steinway, Phyllis Welch, Joseph Sweeney, Richard Taber, Clyde Veaux, Walter Wagner, Charles Wellesley, Frankie Wheeler. Produced by Howard Lindsay.

(1936) Stage Play: On Your Toes. Musical comedy. Music by Richard Rodgers. Book by Richard Rodgers (I)', George Abbott and Lorenz Hart. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Directed by Worthington Miner. Imperial Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre from 9 Nov 1936 to close): 11 Apr 1936- 23 Jan 1937 (315 performances). Cast: Ray Bolger (as "Phil Dolan III/Hoofer/"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" Ballet), Doris Carson, Luella Gear (as "Peggy Porterfield"), Tamara Geva (as "Vera Barnova/Princess Zenobia/Princess Zenobia Ballet/Strip Tease Girl/"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" Ballet), Monty Woolley (as "Sergei Alexandrovitch"), William Baker, Libby Bennett, May Block, Edward Brinkman, William Broder, Jill Christie, George Church, Fred Danieli, Nick Dennis (as "Thug"), Dorothy Denton, Henry Dick, Enes Earley, Eleanor Fiata, Marjorie Fisher, Robert H. Forsythe, Gloria Franklin, Basil Galahoff, Dorothy Hall (as "Lady of the Ballet"), Ethel Hampton, Harold Haskin, Harold Haskins, Dave Jones, Grace Kaye, Tyrone Kearney, Joan Keenan, Isabelle Kimpal, Betty Lee, Bob Long, Gertrude Magee, Russ Milton, Julian Mitchell, Marie Monnig, David Morris, Frances Nevins, Mae Noble, Harry Peterson, Jack Quinn, Carole Renwick, Patsy Schenck, Ursula Seiler, Robert Sidney, Betty Jane Smith, Guy Stanion, Drucilla Strain, Valery Streshnev, Dorothy Thomas, Beau Tilden (as "Call Boy/Thug/Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Demetrios Vilan, William Wadsworth, Davenie Watson, Amy Weber, Alma Wertley, George Young. Produced by Dwight Wiman. Note: Filmed by Warner Bros. as On Your Toes (1939).

(1938) Stage Play: On Borrowed Time. Comedy. Written by Paul Osborn, from a novel by Lawrence Edward Watkin. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Joshua Logan. Longacre Theatre: 3 Feb 1938- Nov 1938 (closing date unknown/321 performances). Cast: Jean Adair (as "Demetria Riffle"), Andy Anderson (as "Workman"), Elwell Cobb (as "Workman"), Frank Conroy (as "Mr. Brink"), Nick Dennis (as "Workman"), Dudley Digges (as "Julian Northrup, Gramps"), Lew Eckles (as "Mr. Grimes"), Clyde Franklin (as "Dr. Evans"), Edgar Henning (as "Workman"), Peter Miner (as "Pud"), Margaret O'Donnell (as "Marcia Giles"), Richard Sterling (as "Mr. Pilbeam"), Dorothy Stickney (as "Nellie, Granny"), Dick Van Patten, Al Webster (as "Sheriff"). Replacement cast: Frances Bavier (as "Nellie, Granny"), Tommy Lewis (as "Pud") [Alternate], Lawrence Robinson (as "Pud"), [Alternate]. Produced by Dwight Wiman. Note: Produced by MGM as a 1939 Lionel Barrymore vehicle as On Borrowed Time (1939).

(1939) Stage Play: The World We Make. Drama. Written by Sidney Kingsley. Based on the novel "The Outward Room" by Millen Brand. Directed by Sidney Kingsley. Guild Theatre: 20 Nov 1939- 27 Jan 1940 (80 performances). Cast: Carroll Ashburn (as "Mr. McKay"), Eloise Bouldin, Solen Burry, Nick Dennis (as "Modesto"), Erwin Edwards, Rudolph Forster, Harold Gary, Daga Hammond, Dagmar Hampf, Lee Harrett, Billie Haywood, Louise Huntington, May King, Eve March, Margo as "Virginia McKay"), Katherine Murphy, James O'Rear, Kasia Orzaweski, Joseph Pevney (as "Jim Kohler"), Randolph Preston, Florence Redd, Frank Richards, Bonnie Roberts, Eric Roberts, Herbert Rudley, Thelma Schnee, Ruth Sherrill, Harold J. Stone (as "Mr. Zubriski"), Buddy Swan (as "Danny"), Zolya Talma (as "Mrs. McKay"), Jerome Thor, Mildred Truppo, Albert Vees, Tito Vuolo. Produced by Sidney Kingsley.

(1940) Stage Play: Love's Old Sweet Song. Comedy.

(1942) Stage Play: What Big Ears!

(1943) Stage Play: The Innocent Voyage. Written by Paul Osborn. Based on the novel by Richard Hughes. Scenic Design by Stewart Chaney. Directed by Paul Osborn. Belasco Theatre: 15 Nov 1943- 18 Dec 1943 (40 performances). Cast: Herbert Berghof (as "Otto"), Denis Brennan (as "Emily Thornton"), Alcides Briceno (as "Chorus"), James J. Coyle (as "Chorus"), Ralph Cullinan (as "Captain Marlpole"), Nick Dennis (as "Chorus"), Clarence Derwent (as "Mr. Mathias"), William Foran, Mary Ellen Glass (as "Laura Thornton"), Harron Gordon, Bruce Halsey (as "Chorus"), John O. Hewitt (as "Chorus"), Oscar Homolka, Norah Howard (as "Mrs. Thornton"), Carolyn Hummel (as "Rachel Thornton"), Orin Jannings (as "Chorus"), Peter Kass (as "Chorus"), Edgar Kent (as "Mate of the Clorinda"), Don Lee (as "Chorus"), Dan Lounsberry (as "Chorus"), Boris Marshalov (as "Magistrate"), Arvid Paulson (as "Swedish Captain") [final Broadway role], John Roche (as "Chorus"), Norman Scheffer (as "Chorus"), Philip Sheridan (as "Chorus"), Guy Spaull (as "Mr. Thornton"), Dean Stockwell (as "John Thornton"), Guy Stockwell (as "Edward Thornton"), Lois Wheeler. Produced by The Theatre Guild. Note: Filmed by Twentieth Century-Fox Productions as A High Wind in Jamaica (1965).

(1944) Stage Play: Stage Play: Storm Operation. Drama. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by Rose Bogdanoff. Lighting Design by Moe Hack. Directed by Michael Gordon. Belasco Theatre: 11 Jan 1944- 29 Jan 1944 (23 performances). Cast: Michael Ames (as "Dougie"), Sara Anderson (as "Mabroukha"), Marianne Bier (as "Arab Woman"), Nick Dennis (as "Squillini"), Maurice Doner (as "Bread Seller/Arab Guide"), Joseph Dorn (as "Abe"), Charles Ellis (as "Chuck, a Technical Sgt."), Louis Fabien (as "Corp. Hermann Geist"), Bramwell Fletcher (as "Capt. Sutton"), Dorothea Freed (as "Lt. Kathryn Byrne"), Cy Howard (as "Simeon, a Technical Sgt"), Elizabeth Inglise (as "Arab Woman"), Walter Kohler (as "Lt. Dammartin"), Myron McCormick (as "1st Sgt. Peter Moldau"), Millard Mitchell (as "Mart, a Technical Sgt"), Gertrude Musgrove (as "Lt. Thomasina Grey"), Julie O'Brien (as "Arab Woman"), Carlo Respighi (as "Stefano"), Alan Schneider (as "Winkle"), Nehem Simone (as "The Muezzin"), Bertram Tanswell (as "Corp. Ticker"), Neil Towner (as "Arab Boy"), Lela Vanti (as "Arab Woman"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).

(1945) Stage Play: The Rugged Path. Written by Robert E. Sherwood. Costume Design by Valentina. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Garson Kanin. Plymouth Theatre: 10 Nov 945- 19 Jan 1946 (81 performances). Cast: Spencer Tracy (as "Morey Vinion"), Paul Alberts, Sandy Campbell, Vito Christi, Clay Clement (as "Colonel Rainsford"), Ralph Cullinan (as "Pete Kenneally"), Conrad De La Cruz, Frank De Silva, Nita De Sota, Nick Dennis (as "Fred"), Annette Erlanger, Howard Ferguson, Lawrence Fletcher, Henry Lascoe, Theodore Leavitt, Kay Loring (as "Hazel"), Gordon Nelson, Simeon Ochoco, Cleto M. Oliveras, Eliseo Parrenas, Theodora Racaza, Edward Raquello, Emory Richardson, Francisco Salvacion, William Sands, Peggy Sanford, Lynn Shubert, Martha Sleeper, Margot Stevenson (as "Edith Bowsmith"), David Stone, Clinton Sundberg (as "George Bowsmith"), Sam Sweet, Robin Taylor, Herbert Urbano, Mamerto Ventura, Ernest Woodward, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (as "Gil Hartnick"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard). Note: Production marked Spencer Tracy's only return to the Broadway stage after his entry into films.

(1946) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand. Book adapted by Brian Hooker. Directed by Mel Ferrer. Alvin Theatre: (moved to The Ethel Barrymore Theatre (18 Nov 1946 - close): 8 Oct 1946- 22 Mar 1947 (193 performances). Cast: José Ferrer (as "Cyrano de Bergerac Gascon"), Leopold Badia, Lee Baxter, Toni Brown, Robert Carroll (as "Lignière, the poet/Ensemble"), Leonardo Cimino, Ralph Clanton, Marion Clements, Francis Compton (as "Carbon de Castel Jaloux, Captain of the Gascony Cadets"), Nick Dennis (as "A Cut Purse/Ensemble"), Vincent Donahue, Ernest Graves, Phyllis Hill, Anthony Jordan, Walter Kelly, Mary Jane Kersey, Samuel N. Kirkham, Paula Laurence, Francis Letton, Stewart Long, Nan McFarland (as "Lise, Ragueneau's wife/Mother Marguerite"), Benedict McQuarrie, Ralph Meeker (as "Another Lackey/Ensemble"), John O'Connor, George B. Oliver, Frances Reid (as "Roxane, Cyrano's cousin"), Hiram Sherman, Jacqueline Soans, Robinson Stone, Charles Summers, Patricia Wheel, Bert Whitley, Wallace Widdecombe, Howard Wierum, Paul Wilson, William Woodson. Produced by José Ferrer. Note: One of the most revived works on Broadway (originally produced in 1898); this was it's 8th revival).

(1947) Stage Play: A Streetcar Named Desire. Drama. Written by Tennessee Williams. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey and Arthur H. Ross. Directed by Elia Kazan. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 3 Dec 1947- 17 Dec 1949 (855 performances). Cast: Marlon Brando (as "Stanley Kowalski"), Jessica Tandy (as "Blanche Du Bois"), Kim Hunter (as "Stella Kowalski"), Karl Malden (as "Harold Mitchell/Mitch"), Rudy Bond, Vito Christi, Nick Dennis (as "Pablo Gonzales") [final Broadway role], Ann Dere, Richard Garrick, Peg Hillias, Gee Gee James, Edna Thomas. Produced by Irene Mayer Selznick.

(1970) Appears in the "When You Say Bud" TV advertisement for Budweiser. The famous jingle was written by Steve Karmen.