- (1907) Stage Play: Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines. Comedy (revival). Written by Clyde Fitch. Empire Theatre: 18 Feb 1907- Mar 1907 (closing date unknown/33 performances). Cast: Ethel Barrymore (as "Madame Trentoni"), Alice Bryan, Charles Bryant, Fanny Burt, Frances Comstock, W. Connor, Louis Eagan, Mattie Ferguson, May Galyer, Echlin Gayer, Howard Hull, Eugene Jepson, James Kearney, Thomas Kelly, Dan Lyons, Bruce McRae, Albert Meyer, Anna Morrison, Bernard Mullin, Mary Nash, Forrest Orr (as "the Clipper Reoresentative") [Broadway debut], M.B. Pollock, Burnette Radcliffe, Lillian Reed, Nita Rothe, Lucile Watson. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- Father and the Boys (1908). Written by George Ade. Empire Theatre: 2 Mar 1908- May 1908 (closing date unknown/88 performances). As "Bill." Cast included: Robert McKay, Mary Faber, Ivy Troutman. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- The Great Name (1911).
- (1931) Stage Play: Peter Flies High. Comedy. Written by Myron C. Fagan. Gaiety Theatre: 9 Nov 1931- Nov 1931 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Ida Backus (as "Mrs. O'Brien"), Burke Clarke (as "George Brooks"), Dulcie Cooper (as "Irma Brooks"), Henry Crosby (as "Judge Michael O'Brien"), Brian Donlevy (as Bill Curdy"), Charles Gabest (as "Express Man"), Kathryn Givney (as "Mrs. Brooks"), Adelaide Hibbard (as "Mrs. Turner"), Jonathan Hole [credited as John Hole] (as "Peter Turner"), Mary Loane (as "Judy Walker"), Ivan Miller (as "Jim Walker"), Forrest Orr (as "Mr. Barrett"), Thomas Stone (as Sheriff"), Eileen Wilson (as "Kate Walker"). Produced by Leonard Bergman.
- (1933) Stage Play: The Sophisticrats. Comedy/farce. Written by Kenneth Phillips Barton. Directed and produced by Shepard Traube. Bijou Theatre: 13 Feb 933- Feb 1933 (closing date unknown/2 performances).
- (1934) Stage Play: Big Hearted Herbert. As "Mr. Goodrich."
- (1934) Stage Play: Lost Horizons. Fantasy. Written by Harry Segall. Directed by John Hayden. St. James Theatre: 15 Oct 1934- Dec 1934 (closing date unknown/56 performances). Cast: Ruth Carl, Lyster Chambers, Gage Clarke, Kathleen Comegys (as "Mrs. Condos"), Robert Conness, Vernon Crane, Brenda Dahlen, Joseph Doncourt, John Gallaudet, Walter Gilbert, Kathryn Givney (as "Rita Rogers"), Harry Hanlon, Alf Helton, Edwin Hodge, Jonathan Hole (as "David Prescott"), Charles Laite, Betty Lancaster, Ruth Lee, Francesca Lenni, Lex Lindsay, Thomas Louden, Burton McEvilly, William Norton, Forrest Orr (as "Eddie Lewis"), Mabel Paige, Arthur Pierson, Grandon Rhodes, Clarence Rock, Cynthia Rogers, Irene Shirley, Robert Smith, Fred Sutton, Sally Washington, Wallace Widdecombe, Jane Wyatt (as "Janet Evans"), Oswald Yorke (as "Oliver Reynolds"), J. Arthur Young. Produced by Rowland Stebbins.
- (1936) Stage Play: Dear Old Darling. As "John Mayo."
- (1936) Stage Play: The County Chairman. Comedy (revival). Written by George Ade. Directed by Sam Forrest. National Theatre: 25 May 1925- Jun 1936 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Arthur Allen, Philip F. Broughton, Lyster Chambers (as "Riley Cleaver"), George Christie (as "Wilson Prewitt"), Charles Coburn (as "Honorable Jim Hackler, County Chairman"), Jay Fassett, Parker Fennelly, Eda Heinemann (as "Mrs. Jefferson Briscoe"), Rose Hobart (as "Lucy Rigby"), Jackie Kelk (as "Chub" Tolliver"), John C. King (as "D. Montgomery"), Alexander Kirkland (as "Tilford Wheeler"), James Kirkwood (as "Sassafras Livingstone"), James La Curto (as "Henry"), Ben Lackland (as "Jupiter"), Harold McGee (as "Amos Whitney"), Thomas Montgomery (as "Antioch Peerless Quartette"), Forrest Orr (as "Elias Rigby"), Houston Richards (as "Cal Barcus"), Mary Ryan (as "Mrs. Elias Rigby"), Walter Scanlon (as "Antioch Peerless Quartette"), Ben Smith, Dorothy Stickney (as "Lorena Watkins"), Linda Watkins (as "Chick Elzey"). Produced by The Players.
- (1936) Stage Play: Red, Hot and Blue. Musical-comedy. Alvin Theatre: 29 Oct 1936- 10 Apr 1937 (183 performances). As "Senator O'Shaughnnessy," and "Warden of Lark's Nest Prison." Cast included: Jimmy Durante, Ethel Merman, Bob Hope, May Abbey, Joanne Allen, Ruth Bond, Thurston Crane, Ruth Ernst, Lew Parker, Jessica Pepper, Vivian Vance, Dorothy Vernon, Anne Wolf. Produced by Vinton Freedley.
- (1938) Stage Play: Washington Jitters. Written by John Boruff and Walter Hart, from a novel by Dalton Trumbo. Directed by Walter Hart and Worthington Miner. Guild Theatre: 2 May 1938- May 1938 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Dorothy Brackett (as "Tourist/Jenny Bronson"), Norma Chambers (as "Secretary/Hostess"), Kendall Clark (as "Jerry/Photographer), David Clarke (as "Guide/2nd Senator/McGinty/Jed"), Edwin Cooper (as "1st Senator/A Sign-Painter"), Will Geer (as "Senator Briggs"), Charles Gordon (as "Footman"), Kathryn Grill (as "Mrs. Nelson"), John Huntington (as "Footman"), Rose Keane (as "Miss Preston"), Forrest Orr (as "Hamilton Dill"), John O'Shaughnessy (as "Clerk/Senator Ransom"), Douglas Parkhurst (as "Waiter/Waiter at Carleton"), Francis Pierlot (as "Senator Marple"), Robert Porterfield (as "Sam Dawson"), Anthony Ross (as "Harvey Upp"), Harry Shannon (as "Mehafferty"), Helen Shields (as "Eula Keefer"), Lesley Stafford (as "Mrs. Dwight"), Fred Stewart (as "Henry Hogg"), George Taylor (as "Coward"), Robert Thomsen (as "Perigord"), Bertram Thorn (as "Congressman Fusser"), Erik Walz (as "Radio Announcer/Manager"). Produced by The Theatre Guild. Produced in association with The Actors Repertory Company.
- (1938) Stage Play: Dame Nature. Comedy. As "Uncle Lucien."
- (1939) Stage Play: The Philadelphia Story. Comedy. Written by Philip Barry. Scenic Design by Robert Edmond Jones. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Shubert Theatre: 28 Mar 1939- 30 Mar 1940 (417 performances). Cast: Vera Allen, Lorraine Bate, Shirley Booth (as "Elizabeth Imbrie"), Owen Coll (as "Thomas"), Joseph Cotten (as "C.K. Dexter Haven") [appeared courtesy of The Mercury Theatre/Orson Welles], Frank Fenton (as "George Kittredge"), Philip Foster, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn (as "Tracy Samatha Lord"), Nicholas Joy (as "Seth Lord"), Lenore Lonergan, Hayden Rorke (as "Mac"), Forrest Orr (as "William Tracy/Uncle Willy"), Myrtle Tannehill (as "May"), Dan Tobin. Produced by The Theatre Guild. Note: Filmed by MGM as The Philadelphia Story (1940).
- (1941) Stage Play: The Night Before Christmas. Wrtten by Laura Perelman and S.J. Perelman. Directed by Romney Brent. Morosco Theatre: 10 Apr 1941- 27 Apr 1941 (22 performances). Cast: St. Clair Bayfield, Marshall Bradford, Harry Bratsburg, Phyllis Brooks (as "Denny Costello"), Muriel Campbell, Peter Cusanelli, William David, Lew Eckles (as "Sergeant"), Kenneth Forbes, Charles Furcolowe, Carl Gose, Frank Greigenhofer Jr., Ellen Hall, Charles Holden, John Junior, Owen Martin, George Mathews, Donald McClelland, Herbert Nelson, Dean Norton, Jean Norwood, Forrest Orr (as "Otis J. Faunce"), George Petrie, John Ravold (as "Bigelow"), Louis Sorin (as "Sam Bachrach"), Ruth Weston, Shelley Winters (as "Flora") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Courtney Burr.
- (1944) Stage Play: The Man Who Had All the Luck. Drama. Written by Arthur Miller. Directed by Joseph Fields. Forrest Theatre: 23 Nov 1944- 25 Nov 1944 (4 performances). Cast included: Herbert Berghof, Forrest Orr (as "J.B. Feller"), Eugenia Rawls, Karl Swenson.
- (1945) Stage Play: Calico Wedding. Comedy. As "Herbert Abercrombie."
- (1945) Stage Play: Oh, Brother! Comedy. Written by Jacques Deval. Scenic Design by Samuel Leve. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Royale Theatre: 19 Jun 1945- 7 Jul 1945 (23 performances). Cast: Sally Archdeacon (as "Rose"), Lyle Bettger (as "Steve Foley"), Kendall Bryson (as "Larry") [final Broadway role], Eva Condon (as "Ethel Shores"), Catherine Doucet (as "Amelia Broadwell"), Susana Garnett (as "Sue Atkins"), Don Gibson (as "Allen Kilmer"), F. Hugh Herbert (as "Charles Craddock"), Forrest Orr (as "Julian Trumbull"), Gloria Stroock (as "Joan Massuber") [Broadway debut], Arleen Whelan (as "Marion Cosgrove"), Jutta Wolfe (as "Connie Rowland"). Produced by Maximilian Becker and Peter Warren.
- (1935) He acted in Laurence E. Johnson's play, "It's A Wise Child," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Dorothy Blackburn in the cast.
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