- (1899 - 1930) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1899) Stage Play: Peter Stuyvesant. Comedy. Written by Brander Matthews and Bronson Howard. Wallack's Theatre: 2 Oct 1899- Oct 1899 (closing date unknown/28 performances). Cast: William H. Crane (as "Peter Stuyvesant"), Harvey Banks, Leila Bronson, William Courtleigh, George F. De Vere, Will Dupont, George Fawcett, Daniel Fingleton, Henry Greisman, Percy Haswell, Carl Herbert, William Ingersoll, Selene Johnson, Ferris Mason, Sandol Milliken, Frank Molburn, William Sampson, Thad Shine, George L. Stevens, Frederick Truesdell [Broadway debut]. Produced by Joseph Brooks.
- (1899) Stage Play: Ben Hur. Drama. Vocal and instrumental music by Edgar Stillman Kelley. Dramatized by William Young. Based on the novel by Lew Wallace. Directed by Ben Teal. Broadway Theatre: 29 Nov 1899- May 1900 (closing date unknown/194 performances). Cast: Adeline Adler, Mabel Bert, Edmund Collier, Emmett Corrigan, Charles Craig, Henry Devere, William Ford, William Frederic, Paul Gerson, William S. Hart (as "Messala"), Henry Lee, Gretchen Lyons, Robert Mansfield, Henry Montrose, Frank Mordaunt, Edward Morgan (as "Ben Hur"), Frederick Perry (replacement actor), Corona Riccardo, Mary Shaw, F.S. Thorpe, Frederick Truesdell, Charles J. Wilson. Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1900) Stage Play: Ben Hur. Drama. Vocal and instrumental music by Edgar Stillman Kelley. Dramatized by William Young. Based on the novel by General Lew Wallace. Directed by Ben Teal. Broadway Theatre 3 Sep 1900- Oct 1900 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Mabel Bert, William Farnum (as "Ben Hur"), William S. Hart (as "Massala"), W.J. Kelly, Francis Kingdon, Robert Mansfield, Harry Montrose, Franklyn Roberts, Mary Shaw, Nellie Thorne, F.S. Thorpe, Frederick Truesdell, Harry Weaver Jr., Charles J. Wilson. Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1902) Stage Play: Sky Farm. Comedy. Written by Edward E. Kidder. Garrick Theatre: 17 Mar 1902- Apr 1902 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Jessie Busley, Charles Crosby, Rose Flynn, William Hodge, Edwin Holt, Maud Hosford, Caroline Keeler, Wright Kramer, Frank Losee (as "Benjamin Breese"), Tully Marshall, Sarah McVicker, Frank Monroe, Forrest Robinson, Frederick Truesdell. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1904) Stage Play: The College Widow. Comedy. Written by George Ade. Scenic Design by Walter Burridge. Directed by George F. Marion. Garden Theatre: 20 Sep 1904- May 1905 (closing date unknown/278 performances). Cast: Ralph Allard, William Anderson, E.Y. Backus, Joseph Barlow, Wyatt Barnes, C.J. Brabin, Art Brock, George E. Bryant, Frederick Burton, Lucy Cabeen, Florence Cameron, Dan Collyer (as "McCowan"), Morgan Coman, Georgia Cross, Edgar L. Davenport (as "Jack Larrabee"), Thomas Delmar, George F. Demarest, Charles Fraser, Mrs. Gallagher, C.A. Gronseth, Nat Haines, J. Beresford Hollis, Edwin Holt (as "Hiram Bolton"), Andy Lewis, Robert MacKay, Stephen Maley, Mary McGregor, Lida McMillan, Belle Nelson, Grace Quackenbush, Gertrude Quinlan, Amy Ricard, George Stillwell, Dorothy Tennant (as "Jane Witherspoon"), Harold Torrington, Frederick Truesdell (as "Billy Bolton"), Douglas J. Wood. Produced by Henry W. Savage. Note: Filmed by The Lubin Manufacturing Company [distributed by V-L-S-E] as The College Widow (1915) [scenario written by Clay M. Greene] and by Warner Bros. as The College Widow (1927).
- (1906) Stage Play: The Three of Us. Drama. Written by Rachel Crothers [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by George Foster Platt. Hoyt's Theatre: 17 Oct 1906- May 1907 (closing date unknown/227 performances). Cast: Master George Clarke (as "Sonnie Macchesney"), Stanley Dark, Robert B. Kegerreis, Henry Kolker (as "Louis Berresford"), Carlotta Nillson (as "Rhys Macchesney"), Jane Peyton (as "Bixie"), John Prescott, Frederick Truesdell (as "Stephen Townley"), Eva Vincent (as "Maggie"), John Westley (as "Clem Macchesney"). Produced by Walter N. Lawrence. Note: Filmed by B.A. Rolfe Photoplays Inc. [distributed by Alco Film Corp.] as The Three of Us (1914).
- (1909) Stage Play: The Widow's Might. Written by Edmund Day. Directed by Barry O'Neil. Liberty Theatre: 13 Sep 1909- Oct 1909 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Sydney Booth, Samuel J. Burton, C.P. Dare, Fred Eric, Daniel Fitzgerald, Mabel Greet, T. Hayes Hunter, Margaret Maclyn, Mona Mayo, Julius McVicker, Ellen Mortimer, Jessie M. Richey, Helen Ross, Frederick Truesdell (I)', 'Joseph Tuohy', Morgan Wallace, Suzanne Westford. Produced by Joseph Brooks.
- (1910) Stage Play: Children of Destiny. Written and directed by Sydney Rosenfeld. Savoy Theatre: 21 Feb 1910-Mar 1910 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Ida Darling, Harry Davenport, Dorothy Dorr, Theodore Friebus, Laura Nelson Hall, Helen Hilton, Orrin Johnson, Virginia Pearson, Frank Reicher, Frederick Truesdell, George W. Wright.
- (1910) Stage Play: The Deserters. Melodrama. Written by Robert Peyton Carter and Anna Alice Chapin. Hudson Theatre: 20 Sep 1910-Nov 1910 (closing date unknown/63 performances). Cast: Orme Caldara (as "James Craig"), Helen Ware, James P. Corr, Del De Louis, Max Esburg, Lottie Linthicum, Roy La Rue, Mary Mitman, George Phillips, James J. Ryan, Lawrence Sheehan, Eleanor Stuart, Louise Sydmeth, Frederick Truesdell, William Wray. Produced by Henry B. Harris.
- (1910) Stage Play: Alma, Where Do You Live? Musical/vaudeville. Music by Adolf Philipp. Book by George V. Hobart. Lyrics by George V. Hobart. From the French of Paul Herve. From the German of Adolf Philipp. Musical Director: Hugo Frey. Directed by Joe Weber. Weber's Music Hall: 26 Sep 1910- 15 Apr 1911 (232 performances). Produced by Joe Weber.
- (1911) Stage Play: Maggie Pepper. Comedy. Written by Charles Klein. Harris Theatre: 31 Aug 1911- Jan 1912 (closing date unknown (147 performances).
- (1913) Stage Play: The Tongues of Men. Written by Edward Childs Carpenter. Harris Theatre: 10 Nov 1913- Dec 1913 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Gladys Alexandria, Gerald Bidgood, Sheridan Block, Henrietta Crosman (as "Jane Bartlett"), Deirdre Doyle, Frank Gilmore (as "Rev. Penfield Sturgis"), Herman Granville, Benton Groce, Macy Harlam, Florence Montayne, Natalie Perry, Katherine Presbrey, Albert Reed, Frederick Truesdell. Produced by Maurice Campbell.
- (1914) Stage Play: On Trial. Written by Elmer Rice [earliest Broadway credit]. Candler Theatre: 19 Aug 1914- Jul 1915 (closing date unknown/365 performances). Cast: John Adams, George Barr, J. Wallace Clinton, Gardner Crane, Laurence Eddinger, Thomas Findlay, John Klendon, Helen Lackaye, Frederick Perry, Hans Robert, Mary Ryan, Frederick Truesdell, Florence Walcott, William Walcott, Constance Wolfe, Frank Young. Produced by George M. Cohan and Sam Harris. Note: Filmed as On Trial (1917), On Trial (1928), On Trial (1939).
- (1914) Stage Play: The Fog. Written by Frederick Truesdell.
- (1916) Stage Play: Backfire. Written by Stuart Fox. Directed by L.B. Parker and Walter N. Lawrence. 39th Street Theatre (moved to the Lyceum Theatre on 30 Oct 1916- close): 2 Oct 1916- Nov 1916 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Mary Boland, William Bonelli, Adrienne Bonnell, Roy Briant, Harry Brukhardt, Caroline Campe, Martin Cheesman, Ogden Crane, Henry Gsell, Fred W. Peters, Frederick Truesdell. Produced by Walter N. Lawrence.
- (1917) Stage Play: Daybreak. Written by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin. Directed by Wilfrid North and Jane Cowl. Harris Theatre: 14 Aug 1917- Oct 1917 (closing date unknown/71 performances). Cast: Margaret Dale, Arthur Dennis, Frank Goldsmith, Jack Grey, William B. Mack, Reginald Mason, David Torrence, Catherine Tower, Frederick Truesdell, Blanche Yurka. Produced by Selwyn & Co. Note: The Harris Theatre opened in 1904 as The Lew M. Fields Theatre until 1906 when the name was changed (briefly) to The Hackett Theatre than changed again to The Harris Theatre from 1911- 1920. It changed again to The Frazee Theatre from 1920- 24 and then to Wallack's Theatre from 1924- 40. It became a movie theater in 1930 and changed names again to Anco Cinema. From 1988- 97 it was used as retail space before being torn down.
- (1918) Stage Play: I.O.U. Written by Hector Turnbull and Willard Mack [based on the film, The Cheat (1915)]. Belmont Theatre: 5 Oct 1918- Oct 1918 (closing date unknown/10 performances). Cast: James Dolan, Emily Fitzroy, Florence Flynn, Lynn B. Hammond, Andrew Higginson, Kenneth Hill, Nat Johnson, Martha McGraw, Mary Nash, Helen Pingree, George Riddell, José Ruben, Frederick Truesdell. Produced by William A. Brady. Note: Possibly the earliest stage production based on a film.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Gold Diggers. Comedy.
- (1922) Stage Play: Voltaire. Comedy/romance. Written by Leila Taylor and Gertrude Purcell. Plymouth Theatre: 21 Mar 1922- Mar 1922 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Leslie Austen (as "Marquis de Villette"), Horace Braham (as "Le Duc de Navailles"), Howard Claney (as "Wagniere"), Arnold Daly (as "Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire"), Marguerite Forrest (as "Marie Corneille"), Lionel Hogarth(as "Jean Le Rond d'Alembert"), George Le Guerre (as "Moisnel"), Carlotta Monterey (as "Mlle. Clairon"), John S. O'Brien (as "Father Adam"), Marcel Rousseau (as "Janvier"), Frederick Truesdell (as "Aristide Freron"), Jane Wheatley (as "Mme. Denis"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1922) Stage Play: That Day. Written by Louis K. Anspacher. Directed by B. Iden Payne. Bijou Theatre: 3 Oct 1922- Oct 1922 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Agnes Atherton (as "Lloyd"), Edward Fielding (as "Seymour Spencer"), Robert Harragan (as "Roy McKay"), Helen Homes (as "Elinor Wyndham"), Hedda Hopper (as "Geraldine Duquesne"), Betty Linley (as "Mrs. Mildred Dunham"), George MacQuarrie (as "Dr. Eric McKay"), Frances Neilson (as "Mrs. Robert Sinclair"), Alfred Swenson (as "Robert Sinclair"), Frederick Truesdell (as "Sylvester Carhart"). Produced by Richard G. Herndon.
- (1914) Stage Play: The Fog. Written by Frederick Truesdell. Princess Theatre: 17 Oct 1914- 2 Jan 1915 (unknown performances/played in repertory with Phipps, The Forest of Happy Dreams, The Cat and the Cherub, The Goal, Little Face, The Denial, Nettie, Across the Border). Cast: Unknown. Produced by The Princess Players.
- (1918) Stage Play: Peter's Mother. Written by Mrs. Henry De La Pasture. Directed by Lumsden Hare. Playhouse Theatre: 29 Oct 1918- Nov 1918 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Herbert Belmore, Lillian Brennard, Lumsden Hare, Walter Howe, Selene Johnson, Katherine Lorimer, Gypsy O'Brien, Charles A. Stevenson, Katherine Stewart, Philip Tonge, Frederick Truesdell. Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Shelf. Comedy/drama. Written by Dorrance Davis. Directed by William B. Friedlander. Morosco Theatre: 27 Sep 1926- Oct 1926 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Arthur Byron (as "U.S. Senator Risdale"), Louis Kimball (as "Stanley Risdale"), Lawrence Leslie, Lottie Linthicum, Donald Meek (as "The Rev. Herbert Chetswold"), Lee Patrick (as "Caroline Wendham"), Jessie Ralph (as "Emma Smith"), Thelma Ritter (as "Miss Batterson"), Frances Starr, Frederick Truesdell, Leah Winslow. Produced by William B. Friedlander.
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