- (1906 - 1931) Stage actor and film director. Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1906) Stage Play: The Red Mill. Musical. Music by Victor Herbert. Libretto by Henry Martyn Blossom. Directed by Fred G. Latham. Knickerbocker Theatre: 24 Sep 1906- May 1907 (closing date unknown/274 performances). Cast: Estelle Baldwin, Ed Begley [Broadway debut], Gertrude Braun, Kate Carew [Broadway debut], Claude Cooper [Broadway debut], Allene Crater, Paula Desmond, Juliette Dika, David L. Don, Charles Dox, Constance Eastman, Miss Gabrielle, Augusta Greenleaf, Flora Hengler, Kitty Howland, Ethel Johnson, Miss Kendal, Miss Leslie, Neal McCay, David Montgomery, Sadie Probst, Joseph M. Ratliff, Miss Reisen, Fred A. Stone, Cleo Sweninger, M. Whiting. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham. Note: Filmed by MGM as The Red Mill (1927), and for CBS TV as The Red Mill (1958).
- (1910) Stage Play: The Old Town. Musical.
- (1910) Stage Play: Daddy Dufard.
- (1917) Stage Play: On With the Dance.
- (1918) Stage Play: An American Ace). Written by Lincoln J. Carter [final Broadway credit]. Directed by Lawrence Narston. Casino Theatre: 2 Apr 1918- Apr 1918 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Richard Barrows, Kate Blair, Marcy Breuer, Claude Cooper, James L. Crane, Camilla Crume, Henry Dawson, James Dyrenforth, Robert Fischer, True James [Broadway debut], Arthur Klein, Edna Leslie, Sue MacManamy, Frank Marriman, Charles Martin, Joseph McManus [final Broadway role], George E. Murphy. Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1918) Stage Play: The Betrothal. Written by Maurice Maeterlinck. Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos. Directed by Winthrop Ames. Shubert Theatre, (moved to The Century Theatre from 1 Feb 1919- circa Mar 1919): 28 Nov 1918- Mar 1919 (closing date unknown/120 performances). Cast: H.J. Carvill (as "The Great Peasant"), Claude Cooper (as "Drunken Ancestor"), Georges Du Bois (as "Murderer Ancestor"), Augustin Duncan (as "The Great Ancestor"), Elwyn Eaton (as "The Great Mendicant"), Sylvia Field (as "Joy"), Gladys George (as "Jalline") [Broadway debut], Winifred Lenihan (as "Belline") [Broadway debut], Barry Macollum (as "The Sick Ancestor"), Mrs. Jacques Martin (as "The Fairy Berylune"), Lillian Roth (as "Tyltyl's Grandchild"), Reggie Sheffield (as "Tyltyl"), Allen Thomas (as "The Rich Ancestor"), Henry Travers (as "Daddy Tyl"), June Walker (as "Roselle") [Broadway debut], George Wolcott (as "Tyltyl's Last Born"), "Boots" Wooster (as "Milette"). Produced by Winthrop Ames.
- (1919) Stage Play: A Burgomaster of Belgium.
- (1919) Stage Play: Boys Will Be Boys. Comedy. As"Nick Bell."
- (1920) Stage Play: The Hottentot. Comedy/farce. Written by Victor Mapes and William Collier Sr. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 1 Mar 1920- Jun 1920 (closing date unknown/113 performances). Cast: Ann Andrews (as "Mrs. Chadwick"), Frances Carson (as "Peggy Fairfax"), William Collier Sr. (as "Sam Harrington"), Claude Cooper (as "McKisson"), Howard Hull Gibson (as "Reggie Townsend"), Arthur Howard (as "Alex Fairfax"), Frederic Karr (as "Ollie Gilford"), Donald Meek (as "Swift"), Dorie Sawyer (as "Alice"), Edwin Taylor (as "Perkins"), Calvin Thomas (as "Larry Crawford"), Helen Wolcott (as "Mrs. Ollie Gilford"). Produced by Sam Harris. Note: Filmed as The Hottentot (1922).
- (1921) Stage Play: The Detour. Drama. Written by Owen Davis. Astor Theatre: 23 Aug 1921- Sep 1921 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Harry Andrews, Eva Condon, Claude Cooper, Augustin Duncan, Angela McCahill, Willard Robertson, Effie Shannon (as "Helen"), James Waters, Leon Watsky. Produced by J.J. Shubert and Lee Shubert.
- (1922) Stage Play: The S. S. Tenacity. Comedy. Based on the French of Charles Vidrac. Directed by Augustin Duncan. Belmont Theatre: 2 Jan 1922- Feb 1922 (closing date unknown/67 performances). Cast: Howard Claney (as "A Young Workman"), Claude Cooper (as "An English Sailor"), Jennie Dickerson (as "Widow Cordier"), Augustin Duncan (as "Hidoux"), Marguerite Forrest (as "Therese"), Robert H. Forsythe (as "Another Workman"), George Gaul (as "Bastien"), R. Henry Handon (as "An Old Workman"), Tom Powers (as "Segard"). Produced by Augustin Duncan.
- (1922) Stage Play: Up the Ladder. Drama. Written by Owen Davis. Directed by Lumsden Hare. Playhouse Theatre: 6 Mar 1922- Jun 1922 (closing date unknown/117 performances). Cast: Mary Brandon (as "Rosalind Henley"), Frederick Brennan (as "Dr. Maynard"), Nannette Comstock (as "Mary"), Claude Cooper (as "Bert Muller"), Edward Donnelly (as "Joe Henley"), George Farren (as "Henry Smith"), Albert Hackett (as "Jerry"), Grace Heyer (as "Ellen"), Mary Jeffery (as "Mrs. Muller"), Paul Kelly (as "John Allen"), Doris Kenyon (as "Jane"), Adele Klaer (as "Eva Wilmers"), George Le Guere (as "Stanley Grant"), Anna Marston (as "Lucy"), Robert Middlemass (as "Dick Wilmers"). Produced by William A. Brady. Note: Filmed by Universal Pictures as Up the Ladder (1925).
- (1922) Stage Play: Malvaloca. As "Tio Jerome."
- (1922) Stage Play: Hospitality. Comedy/tragedy. Written by Leon Cunningham. Musical Director: Oscar Lifshey. Directed by Augustin Duncan. 48th Street Theatre: 13 Nov 1922- Dec 1922 (closing date unknown/46 performances). Cast: Margaret Borough (as "Ruthie, Jennie's friend"), Louise Closser Hale (as "Jennie Wells"), Claude Cooper (as "Mr. Wicker, Jennie's suitor"), Phyllis Povah (as "Muriel Humphrey, Jennie's enemy"), Tom Powers (as "Peter Wells, Jennie's son"), Stuart Sage (as "Clyde Thompson"), Pearl Sindelar (as "Auntie Mae, Jennie's sister"), Harriet Woodruff (as "Melena Wells, Jennie's daughter"). Produced by The Equity Players Inc.
- (1923) Stage Play: The Shame Woman. Drama. Written by Lula Vollmer. Greenwich Village Theatre: 16 Oct 1923- 15 Jun 1924 (278 performances). Cast included: Claude Cooper (as "Ezra Case"), Minnie Dupree, Edward Pawley, Florence Rittenhouse, John J. Ward.
- (1923) Stage Play: My Son. Drama. As "Captain Joe Bamby."
- (1925) Stage Play: The Mud Turtle. Written by Elliott Lester. Directed by Willard Mack. Bijou Theatre: 20 Aug 1925- Oct 1925 (closing date unknown/52 performances). Cast included: Buford Armitage, Albert Bannister, Claude Cooper (as "Matey"), David Landau, Ellen Warner. Produced by A.E. Riskin and R.R. Riskin.
- (1926) Stage Play: Move On. Comedy. Written by Charles Banfield Hoyt. Directed by Augustin Duncan. Daly's 63rd Street Theatre: 8 Jan 1926- Jan 1926 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Buford Armitage (as "Richard Merrill"), Ralph Bunker (as "Roger Wallace Blackett"), Lon Carter (as "Jude Minnow"), Arthur Christian (as "Harold Padgett"), Eva Condon (as "M. Sophie Rossrucker"), Claude Cooper (as "Muskogee"), Hope Drown (as "Ellen Leahy"), Frank Frayne (as "Frank Kanovan"), Fred Hayden (as "Ed. Calkins"), Austin O. Huhn (as "Monty Lyons"), Paul Jacchia (as "Arthur Conklin"), George Neville (as "Cecil Dumphy"), Frances Pitt (as "Hilda Pincus"), John M. Sullivan (as "Thomas Healy"), G.O. Taylor (as "Ray Yarnold"), Hallett Thompson (as "Michael Michaels"). Produced by Edward A. Miller.
- (1926) Stage Play: You Can't Win. Drama.
- (1926) Stage Play: Juno and the Paycock. Drama. Written by Sean O'Casey. Directed by Augustin Duncan. Mayfair Theatre: 15 Mar 1926- May 1926 (closing date unknown/74 performances). Cast: Claude Cooper (as "Joxer Daly"), Ralph Cullinan (as "Needle Nugent"), Eleanor Daniels (as "Maisie Madigan"), Augustin Duncan (as "Captain Jack Boyle"), Isabel Stuart Hill (as "Mary Boyle"), Wallace House (as "Second Irregular Mobilizer"), J. Augustus Keogh (as "An Irregular Mobilizer"), Barry Macollum (as "Johnny Boyle"), Lewis Martin (as "Jerry Devine"), Kate McComb (as "Mrs. Tancred") [Broadway debut], Mildred McCoy (as "Neighbour"), Emmet O'Reilly (as "Coal-Block Vendorn, an Irregular/Assistant Furniture Removal Man"), Louise Randolph (as "Juno Boyle"), G.O. Taylor (as "Sewing Machine Vendor, an Irregular/Furniture Removal Man"), Charles Webster (as "Charles Bentham"). Produced by Hugo W. Romberg. Produced in association with John Jay Scholl.
- (1926) Stage Play: Seed of the Brute. Drama. Written by Knowles Entrikin. Directed by Knowles Entrikin. Little Theatre: 1 Nov 1926- Jan 1927 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Robert Ames, Sydney Booth (as "Matthew Carr"), Adele Carples, Donald Cook [credited as Donn Cook], Claude Cooper (as "Lafe Bratton"), Harold Elliott, David Glassford, Doris Rankin, Jane Seymour, Hilda Vaughn. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman.
- (1927) Stage Play: Crime. Melodrama. Written by John B. Hymer, Samuel Shipman. Directed by A.H. Van Buren. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 22 Feb 1927- Aug 1927 (closing date unknown/186 performances). Cast: Carol Baldwin, Barbara Barondess (as "Hortense"), Elwood Fleet Bostwick (as "Inspector McGuiness"), William Boulias, Neil Bridges, Delancey Cleveland, Marie Cole, Claude Cooper (as "Mouse Turner"), Josephine Deffry, Cleve Delland, Katharine Francis, Spurr K. Gould, Walter D. Greene, R.H. Irving, Kay Johnson, Eddie Kelly, Jack La Rue (as "Spud"), Michael Markham, Charles P. Mather, Earle Mayne, Douglass Montgomery (as "Tommy Brown"), Chester Morris (as "Rocky Morse"), John O'Meara, Marvin Oreck, Walter Powers, Irving Rapper (as "Clerk", James Rennie, Jess Romer, Clifton Self, Phillip M. Sheridan, Sylvia Sidney (as "Annabelle Porter"), Mary Smith, Jack Thomson, John Ward, Gustav Yorke. Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1927) Stage Play: Celebrity. Comedy.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Breaks.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Front Page. Comedy. Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Times Square Theatre: 14 Aug 1928- Apr 1929 (closing date unknown/276 performances). Cast: Walter Baldwin' (as "Bensinger, of The Tribune"), George Barbier (as "The Mayor"), Violet Barney, Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Diamond Louis"), Frank Conlan, Claude Cooper (as "Sheriff Hartman"), Jessie Crommette, Matthew Crowley, Larry Doyle, George Fleming, William Foran, Frances Fuller, Allen Jenkins (as "Endicott, of The Post"), George Leach, Osgood Perkins (as "Walter Burns"), Willard Robertson, Joseph Calleia (as "Kruger, of The Journal of Commerce"), Dorothy Stickney (as "Mollie Malloy"), Lee Tracy (as "Hildy Johnson, of The Herald Examiner"), Carrie Weller, Gene West, Jay Wilson, Vincent York (as "Wilson, of The American"), Tammany Young (as "Schwartz, of The Daily News"). Produced by Jed Harris. Produced on film as The Front Page (1931).
- (1929) Stage Play: Salt Water. Comedy.
- (1930) Stage Play: They Never Grow Up. Comedy. Written by Humphrey Pearson. Directed by Walter Greenough. Theatre Masque: 7 Apr 1930- Apr 1930 (closing date unknown/24 performances).
- (1930) Stage Play: The Long Road. Drama.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Inspector General. Comedy farce (revival). Hudson Theatre: 23 Dec 1930- Dec 1930 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast included: Romney Brent, J. Edward Bromberg, Eduardo Ciannelli, Claude Cooper(as "The Mayor"), Dorothy Gish, Bessie Traub.
- (1931) Stage Play: Gray Shadow. Melodrama. Written by Roger Wheeler. Directed by Edward Sargent Brown. New Yorker Theatre: 10 Mar 1931- Apr 1931 (closing date unknown/39 performances). Cast included: Lon Carter, Claude Cooper (as "As "Joe Pepper"), James Marr, Annabella Murray, Lewis Walter, George W. Williams. Produced by Edward Sargent Brown.
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