- (1912 - 1919) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1912) Stage Play: Stop Thief. Comedy. Written by Carlyle Moore. Directed by Sam Forrest. Gaiety Theatre: 25 Dec 1912- May 1913 (closing date unknown/149 performances). Cast: Percy Ames (as "James Cluney"), Frank Bacon (as "Papa Carr") [Broadway debut], Richard Bennett (as "Jack Doogan"), William 'Stage' Boyd [credited as William Boyd], R.C. Bradley, Ruth Chester, Robert Cummings, Thomas Findlay, James T. Ford, William Graham, Elizabeth Lane, James C. Marlowe (as "Joseph Thompson"), Vivian Martin, Edward J. McGuire, Mary Ryan, George Spelvin [actor who wished to remain anonymous], Louise Woods (as "Madge Carr"). Produced by Cohan & Harris.
- (1914) Stage Play: The Miracle Man. Written by George M. Cohan. Astor Theatre: 21 Sep 1914- Dec 1914 (closing date unknown/97 performances). Cast: Frank Bacon (as "Hiram Higgins"), Earle Browne (as "Harry Evans"), Daniel Burns (as "Bobby"), Clifford Dempsey (as "Tom Holmes") [Broadway debut], Ada Gilman (as "Martha Higgins"), Percy Helton (as "Eddie Holmes"), Gail Kane (as "Helena"), James C. Marlowe (as "Michael Coogan"), Frederick Maynard (as "David"), Mary Murphy (as "Betty Higgins"), George Nash (as "John Madison"), Gerrie O'Brien (as "Mary Holmes"), William H. Thompson (as "The Patriarch"). Produced by Cohan & Harris [Sam Harris]. Note: Filmed by Mayflower Photoplay Co./Paramount Pictures [distributed by Paramount Pictures/Famous Players-Lasky Corporation] as The Miracle Man (1919), and by Paramount Pictures as The Miracle Man (1932).
- (1916) Stage Play: The Cinderella Man.
- (1917) Stage Play: Barbara. Written by Florence Lincoln. Plymouth Theatre: 5 Dec 1917- Dec 1917 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Frank Bacon, Edna Baker, Lillian Dix, Marie Doro, Margaret Fealy, Walter Greene [credited as Walter D. Greene], Robert Hudson, John Miltern, Helen Tracy. Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1918) Stage Play: Lightnin'. Comedy. Written by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon. Gaiety Theatre: 26 Aug 1918- 27 Aug 1921 (1291 performances). Cast: Frank Bacon (as "Lightnin' Bill Jones"), Bessie Bacon (as "Mrs. Harper"), E.J. Blunkall (as "Everett Hammond"), Sidney Coburn (as "Teddy Peters"), Sam Coit (as "Nevin Blodgett"), Fred Conklin (as "Liveryman"), Harry Davenport (as "Rodney Harper"), Mary Duryea (as "Mrs. Brainerd"), William F. Granger (as "Walter Lennon"), Frances Kennan (as "Mrs. Starr"), James C. Lane (as "Hotel Clerk"), Thomas MacLarnie (as "Lemuel Townsend"), Beth Martin (as "Freda"), Ralph Morgan (as "John Marvin"), Beatrice Nichols (as "Mildred Buckley"), Jane Oaker (as "Margaret Davis"), Minnie Palmer (as "Mrs. Jordan"), Jessie E. Pringle (as "Mrs. Jones"), Phyllis Rankin (as "Mrs. Moore"), George Spelvin [actor who wished to remain anonymous] (as "Zeb Crothers"), Paul Stanton (as "Raymond Thomas"), Helen Story (as "Mrs. Brewer"), George Thompson (as "Oscar Nelson"), Ruth Towle (as "Mrs. Corshall"), Sue Wilson (as "Emily Jarvis"). Replacement cast: Julio Brown (as "Mrs. Corshall"), Margaret Campbell (as "Mrs. Brewer"), Walter Ducart (as "Liveryman"), John Hamilton (as "Rodney Harper"), Helen Hutchens (as "Mrs. Starr"), William Lamb (as "Teddy Peters"), Georgie Drew Mendum (as "Mrs. Moore"), Alice Quigley (as "Emily Jarvis"), Jason Robards Sr. (as "John Marvin"), George Spelvin [actor who wished to remain anonymous] (as "Oscar Nelson"), George Thompson (as "Zeb Crothers"), Beth Varden (as "Freda"). Produced by John Golden. Note: Filmed as Lightnin' (1930), Lightnin' (1925).
- (1919) Stage Play: Five O'Clock. Comedy.
- (1/27/25-5/25) Stage: Frank Bacon [posthumous credit] and Winchell Smith's play, "Lightnin'," was performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, England, with Horace Hodges, Norah Robinson, Donald Foster, Charles Evans, Diana Wilson, Donald Fergusson, Ruth Chester, George Zucco, Louis Goodrich, Owen Roughwood, Sara Dartrey and Kay Thomas in the cast.
- (1938) Winchell Smith and his play, "Lightnin'," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Fred Stone and Mary Brian in the cast.
- (July 18, 1938) Winchell Smith and his play, "Lightnin'," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Fred Stone and Mary Brian in the cast.
- (September 27 to October 1, 1932) Winchell Smith and his play, "Lightnin'," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. T.B. Henry was director. Gilmor Brown was artistic director.
- (July 26 to 31, 1949) Winchell Smith and his play, "Lightnin'," was performed in the Fifteenth Midsummer Festival (California Playwrights) production at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Morris Ankrum and James Tracy were directors.
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