- (1894 - 1928) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1894) Stage Play: The Passing Show. Musical. Book by Sydney Rosenfeld. Music by Ludwig Englander. Lyrics by Sydney Rosenfeld [earliest Broadway credit]. Choreographed by Barney Fagan [earliest Broadway credit] and Augusto Francioli. Scenic Design by D. Frank Dodge. Costume Design by Mme. Thompson. Conducted by Ludwig Englander. Casino Theatre: 12 May 1894- Nov 1894 (closing date unknown/145 performances/on hiatus from 26 Aug 1894-28 Oct 1894). Cast: Paul Arthur (as "Lord Brabazon"), Juno Burbank (as "Chorus"), William Cameron (as "Armand St. Julien Faversham Annesley"), Crissie Carlisle (as "Chorus"), Jessie Carlisle (as "Chorus"), Lucy Daly (as "Weebit"), Jefferson De Angelis (as "Fritz Ranger"), Grace Filkins (as "Lady Eastlake Chapel Barter Tanqueray Zicka/Stephanie"), Earl Formes (as "Chorus"), Paula Franko (as "Chorus"), Lee Harrison (as "Chorus"), John E. Henshaw (as "Laf Quickstep"), Seymour Hess (as "Lord Callous/District Attorney/Chorus"), Madge Lessing (as "Lady Tom-a-Line"), John Marr (as "Messr. Rowe"), Letta Meredith (as "Chorus"), Curt Newall (as "Schweinfleisch"), Minnie Packard (as "Chorus"), Gus Pixley (as "Messr. Rummel"), William Redstone (as "Chorus"), Adele Ritchie (as "Rosamond"), George A. Schiller (as "The Judge"), Clara Selton (as "Chorus"), Agnes Sherwood (as "Chorus"), Mlle. Siberna (as "Chorus"), Mabel Stephenson (as "Hannele"), Belle Stewart (as "Lady Harry-a-Line"), May Ten Broeck (as "Mme. Pinero/Lady Beenthere"), Sylvia Thorne (as "Chorus"), Lillian Thurgate (as "Lady Dick-a-Line"), Minnie Thurgate (as "Chorus"), Queenie Vassar (as "Chollie Keal"), George F. Wade (as "Chorus"), Anna Weber (as "Chorus"), Ella Wilson (as "Chorus"). Produced by George W. Lederer [earliest Broadway credit] and Thomas Canary.
- (1899) Stage Play: By the Sad Sea Waves. Musical comedy/vaudeville. Libretto by J. Sherrie Mathews and Harry Bulger. Music by Gustave Luders [earliest Broadway credit]. Musical Director: Gustave Luders. Featuring songs by J. Sherrie Mathews, Harry Bulger, Barney Fagan, George A. Nichols, Leslie Stuart [earliest Broadway credit] and Josie DeWitt. Directed by Barney Fagan. Herald Square Theatre: 28 Feb 1899- 8 Apr 1899 (47 performances). Cast: Harry Bulger (as "Boston Budge, the answer to an advertisement"), Josie DeWitt (as "Faith Grace, daughter of the Judge"), Gilbert Gregory (as "Professor Wagner Flat, a musician playing for a place/John Phillips, who imagines he is Sousa"), Nellie Hawthorne (as "Charity Grace, daughter of the Judge"), Rose Melville (as "Sis Hopkins, an heiress to ills imaginary"), Julia Ralph (as "Miss Lavinia Primmer, school mistress of Finishville Academy") [Broadway debut], Lizzie Sanger (as "Hope Grace, daughter of the Judge"), J. Sherrie Mathews (as "Palmer Coin, sleight of hand and strong of nerve"), Ned Wayburn (as "General Smiles, good for a laugh; a soldier who thinks he thinks"), Will West (as "Algernon Campwell, the Colonel's son"), Bessie Bruno (as "Effie Greenway"), Helen Budd (as "Naomi North"), William Butters (as "Earl E. Frost, ice man"), Sara Carr (as "Susie Short"), Bessie Challenger (as "Vera White"), Lulu Cosgrove (as "Daisy Dresser"), Lizzie Creese (as "Winnie Western"), J. Doctor (as "Jimmie Gun, a continuous burglar by permission"), Gordon Eldrid (as "Dodge Bell, a waiter"), Lottie Ettinger (as "Georgie Greenwall"), Agnes Gildea (as "Glory Christian"), Estelle Hamilton (as "J. Wood Winham"), Benjamin Hopkins (as "Yank M. Inn, a policeman, also a club man"), Van Huntington (as "Van Winkle, sleep-walker"), Charles Jacklin (as "Sharpley Hunt, detective, finds them out when they are in"), Eva Leslie (as "Babette, who has a bad habit of forming habits"), Mattie Lill (as "Tillie Tallman"), W.H. Macart (as "Professor Vaulter Barr, instructor of athletics and talk designer/Sis Hopkins, an heiress to ills imaginary"), Sandy McDermott (as "J. Pullem, a policeman with badge"), Belle Miller (as "Billie Deux"), Gus Murtimer (as "Colonel Campwell, fond of America and other things"), May Norton (as "Rennie Redpath"), Mabel Rother (as "Viola Ramedell"), Robert Vernon (as "Judge Grace, who has patience with his patients"), Carrie Vincent (as "Sousie Southern"), Agnes Wayburn (as "Effie Eastman, she of the wedding breakfast eye"), Margaret Yorke (as "Phila Glass"). Produced by Dunne and Ryley.
- (1904) Stage Play: The Man from China. Musical comedy. Music by John W. Bratton. Book by Paul West. Lyrics by Paul West. Musical Direction by Gustave Salzer. Directed by Barney Fagan. Majestic Theatre: 2 May 1904- 4 Jun 1904 (41 performances). Cast: Aimee Angeles (as "Cerise"), John A. Armstrong (as "Algy de Peyster"), Allston Bent (as "Ben Bolt/Chorus"), Charles A. Bigelow (as "Peter Pudge"), Aline Boyt (as "Mrs. Uppercrust/Chorus"), Helen Curzon (as "Mrs. Faddish/Chorus"), Diamond Donner (as "Janet Grammercy"), Radford D'Orsay (as "Bill Barnacle/Chorus"), John Drury (as "Bick Bickerstaff/Horace"), John Dunton (as "Willie/Chorus"), Miss Elmo (as "Chorus"), Edgar Atchinson Ely (as "Reggy Van Pelt"), Arthur Engle (as "Bob Bobstay"), Grace Field (as "Chorus") Ruthita Field (as "Chorus"), George Gorman (as "Sing Lo"), John Gorman (as "Sing Hi"), Bert D. Harris (as "Chorus/Charlie"), David Hearn (as "Georgie"), Frances Rockefeller King (as "Claudia Courtland"), Amy Lesser (as "Amorel"), Stella Mayhew (as "Anastasia"), Caroline McCord (as "Mrs. Maddox/Chorus"), M. McCormick (as "Chorus"), A.E. Melville (as "Chorus/Percy"), Eugene Redding (as "Count Luigidi Spaghetti"), Madeline Rellis (as "Chorus"), Harry Richards (as "Gustavus Giltege"), Nora Seymour (as "Chorus/Mrs. Stoxonbonds"), Florence Skiff (as "Chorus"), George W. Smythe (as "Harold/Chorus"), Billie Taylor (as "Tommy Dodd"), John Taylor (as "Freddy Folsom"), Anna M. Tyler (as "Chorus/Mrs. Innitt"), Gladys Zell (as "Chorus"), Dorothy Zimmerman (as "Mrs. Gazzam/Chorus"). Produced by Melville B. Raymond.
- (1911) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1911. Musical revue/extravaganza. Music by Maurice Levi and Raymond Hubbell. Based on material by George V. Hobart. Musical Direction by Joseph Sainton. Music arranged by Gus Sohlke and Jack Mason. Lyrics by George V. Hobart. Additional Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, James B. Blyler, Sid Brown, Vincent Bryan, Henry Marshall and Stanley Murphy. Additional music by Raymond Peck, Channing Pollock, Rennold Wolf, Arthur Donnelly, Jean C. Havez, Val Harris, Barney Fagan and Bessie McCoy. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Jardin de Paris: 26 Jun 1911- 2 Sep 1911 (80 performances). Cast: Miss Abbott, Louise Aichel, Elise Belga, James B. Blyler, Arline Boley, Fanny Brice, Sid Brown, Stella Chatelaine, Ethel Clayton, Leslie Coverra, Dorothy Dalland, Katherine Daly, Tom Dingle, The Dolly Sisters, Leon Errol, Emma Gorman, Charles Hessong, W.J. Kelly, Miss LeRoy, Lillian Lorraine, Charles A. Mason, Vera Maxwell, Bessie McCoy, Ann Meredith, Miss Mitchell, Clara Palmer, Walter Percival, Kathryn Perry, Miss Richmond, Eleanor St. Clair, Peter Swift, Mona Trieste, Lottie Vernon, Harry Watson, Jr., George White, Bert Williams. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Jazz Singer. Comedy/drama. Written by Samson Raphaelson. Directed by Albert Lewis. Fulton Theatre: 14 Sep 1925- Jun 1926 (closing date unknown/303 performances). Cast: Ted Athley (as "Gene"), Irma Block (as "Irma"), Paul Byron, Rita Crane (as "Rita"), Frances Dippel, Barney Fagan (as "Eddie Carter"), Phoebe Foster, Nathaniel Freyer, Grace Fuller, Ruth Holden, Joseph Hopkins, Arthur Stuart Hull, Sam Jaffe, Mildred Jay, George Jessel (as "Jack Robin"), Tom Johnstone, Tony Kennedy, Arthur Lane, Howard Lang, Mildred Leaf, Richard Mansfield, Dorothy Raymond, Robert Russell, Eleanor Ryan, George Schaeffer, Betty Wilton. Produced by Lewis and Gordon. Produced in association with Sam Harris. Note: This was a major hit of the 1925-26 Broadway season, attracting the attention of Warner Brothers (specifically Sam Warner) who deemed it perfect a property to showcase the Vitaphone synchronized sound-on-disk process (see The Jazz Singer (1927) for trivia). Jessel's salary demands for the film were deemed excessive and the pivotal role of "Jack Robin" passed to Al Jolson.
- (1927) Stage Play: Sidewalks of New York. Musical comedy. Music by Eddie Dowling and James F. Hanley. Book by Eddie Dowling and James F. Hanley. Lyrics by Eddie Dowling and James F. Hanley. Musical Direction by Arthur Lange. Featuring songs by C.B. Lawlor. Featuring songs with lyrics by J.W. Blake. Musical Staging by Earl Lindsay. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Knickerbocker Theatre: 3 Oct 1927- 7 Jan 1928 (112 performances). Cast included: Gladys Ahern, Will Ahern, John Alexander, Irving Beaman, Dick Bennett, Pearl Bradley, Sybil Bursk, George Byrne, Alex Calm, Walter Carson, Virginia Clark, Hal Clovis, Ray Dooley, Emil Cote, Charles Dale, Charles Davis, Ray Dooley, Henry Dowling, Jeanne Edwards, Vance Elliott, Barney Fagan (as "Old Timer") [final Broadway credit], Evelyn Farrell, Adeline Foley, Carl Francis, Charles Gale, Jack Gargin, Dolly Gilbet, Marjorie Gilbet, Melvin Halpern, Winifred Harris, Hal Hennessey, Kathryn Hereford, Lester Hope, Ruby Keeler, Dick Keene, Frank Kingdon, Donald Lee, Helen MacDonald, Edward Marshall, Edward Maurelli, Bob Maxwell, Stanley McClelland, Sam Morton, Elizabeth Murray, George Murray, Carolyn Nolte, Peter Nugent, Fiske O'Hara, Billy O'Rorke, Cecil Owen, Elva Pomfret, George Rand, Anna Rex, Phyllis Reynolds, Josephine Sabel, Edward Shanault, Billy Shepperd, Bobby Shields, Harry Short, Francis X. Sinnott, Joe Smith, Louise Stark, Ward Tallman, T.F. Thomas, Jim Thornton, Peggy Timmons, Lorraine Webb, Virginia Webb, Paul A. Weber, Gene West, Fred Wilson, Joe Wilson, Woodey Lee Wilson, Wanda Woods, Betty Wright, Ross Wright. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
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