- (1912 - 1959) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1912) Stage Play: Ready Money. Written by James Montgomery. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 19 Aug 1912- Dec 1912 (closing date unknown/128 performances). Cast: William Courtenay (as "Stephen Baird"), James Bradbury, Gordon Burby, Scott Cooper, Smith Davies, Leo Donnelly, Margaret Greene (as "Grace Tyler"), Alfred Hesse [Broadway debut], J.K. Hutchinson, Ben Johnson, Joseph Kilgour (as "Jackson Ives"), Henry Miller, Guy Nichols, Clarence Rockefeller, Norman Tharp, George Loane Tucker. Produced by H.H. Frazee.
- (1914) Stage Play: The Third Party. Written by Jocelyn Brandon and Frederick Arthur. Book adapted by Mark Swan. 39th Street Theatre (moved to The Shubert Theatre from 10 Aug 1914- Sep 1914, then returned to The 39th Street Theatre from 7 Sep 1914- close): 3 Aug 1914- Sep 1914 (closing date unknown/104 performances). Cast: Alma Belwin, Lydia Carlisle, Ray Dodge, James Georgi, Claudia Gerard, William L. Gibson, Alfred Hesse, Taylor Holmes, Jobyna Howland, Walter Jones, Jeffreys Lewis, George Lyman, Richard W. Temple, Juan F. Villasana, Charles B. Wells, Marjorie Wood. Produced by F. Ray Comstock.
- (1915) Stage Play: The Liars (Revival/Note: Performed in repertory with "The New York Idea," "The Earth," and "Captain Brassbound's Conversion"). Written by Henry Arthur Jones. Playhouse Theatre: 9 Nov 1915- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Paul Bliss, Richard Clarke, John Cromwell, Grace George, Lumsden Hare, Alfred Hesse, Norah Lamison, Ernest Lawford, Josephine Lovett, Guthrie McClintic, Mary Nash, Albert Reed, Conway Tearle, Eugenie Woodward, Mary Worth. Produced by Grace George and The New York Playhouse Company.
- (1916) Stage Play: Upstairs and Down. Written by Fanny Hatton and Frederic Hatton. Cort Theatre: 25 Sep 1916- Jul 1917 (closing date unknown/320 performances). Cast: Roberta Arnold, Orlando Daly, Juliette Day, Arthur Elliott, Courtenay Foote, Adoni Fovieri, Paul Harvey, Alfred Hesse, William MacDonald, Christine Norman, Mary Servoss, Ida St. Leon, Fred Tiden. Produced by Oliver Morosco. Note: Filmed by Selznick Pictures Corporation [distributed by Select Pictures Corporation as A Star Series Attraction] as Upstairs and Down (1919).
- (1917) Stage Play: Broken Threads.
- (1918) Stage Play: Where Poppies Bloom.
- (1919) Stage Play: Good Morning, Judge. Musical. Music by Lionel Monckton [final Broadway credit] and Howard Talbot. Book by Fred Thompson. Based on the farce "The Magistrate" by Arthur Wing Pinero. Lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank. Musical Director: Frank P. Paret. Additional music by Bert Grant, George Gershwin and Louis Silvers. Additional lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva, Irving Caesar, Al Bryan, Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. Shubert Theatre: 6 Feb 1919- 6 Jun 1919 (140 performances). Cast: Katharine Alexander [credited as Katherine Alexander] (as "Rose Ingleby"), Frederick Annerley(as "Inspector Eason"), Georgine Baker (as "Margaret Hayes"), Claire Benedict (as "Chorus"), May Borden (as "Chorus"), Mary Brittain (as "Chorus"), Shep Camp (as "Mr. Burridge"), Cecil Clovelly (as "Cuthbert Sutten"), Yvonne Clovelly, Eileen Cotty (as "Turner"), Harold Crane (as "Albany Pope"), Cunningham and Clements (as "Artists"), Margaret Dale (as "Millicent Meebles"), Norma Dale (as "Chorus"), Grace Daniels (as "Diana Fairlie"), Gladys Davis (as "Chorus"), Jean De La Valle (as "Juniori Fratti"), Peggy Dempsey (as "Chorus"), Aleth Dore (as "Dance Specialty"), Sadye Everett (as "Chorus"), Dorothy Flamm (as "Chorus"), Gene Fleming (as "Chorus"), Nellie Graham-Dent (as "An Elderly Lady"), Harriet Gustin (as "Chorus"), Harriete Gustine (as "Chorus"), Elma Gylden (as "Chorus"), Peggy Hansel (as "Chorus"), Ellyn Harcourt (as "Attendant"), S. Harvey (as "Chorus"), George Hassell (as "Horatio Meebles"), Alfred Hesse (as "Napoleon"), Charles M. Hinton (as "Sergeant Dix"), Constance Huntington (as "Chorus"), Robert Hurst (as "Chorus"), Lola Joyce (as "Chorus"), Charles King (as "Hughie Cavanaugh"), Mollie King (as "Joy Chatterton"), Nellie King (as "Winnie Sweet"), Emilie Lea (as "Jene"), Betty Marshall (as "Chorus"), Edward Martindel (as "Colonel Bagot"), Robert McClellan (as "Constable Styles"), L.R. Nelson (as "Chorus"), Raymond Oakes (as "Lyall Heeson-Gallway"), Hal Peel (as "Chorus"), Jesse Phillip (as "Chorus"), Betty Pierce (as "Katie Muirhead"), Edith Pollack (as "Chorus"), Peggy Radford (as "Chorus"), Josephine Ray (as "Chorus"), William Raymond (as "Chorus"), Eva Rutherford (as "Chorus"), Helene Shaw (as "Elsie Erskine"), Laila Stanley (as "Chorus"), H. Ashton Tonge [credited as Ashton Tonge] (as "Mr. Honeyball"), Helen Trainer (as "Chorus"), Helen Trainor (as "Chorus"), Robert Vivian (as "Cash"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1924) Stage Play: Great Music. Melodrama.
- (1925) Stage Play: Twelve Miles Out. Melodrama/romance. Written by William Anthony McGuire. Directed by Ira Hards and William Anthony McGuire. Playhouse Theatre: 16 Nov 1925- Apr 1926 (closing date unknown/188 performances). Cast: Lance Burritt, F.H. Day, Mildred Florence, Gilbert Girard, Peter Chong Goe, Albert Hackett (as "Charles Raymond, or Chuck, Jane's brother"), Alfred Hesse [credited as Alfred A. Hesse], Frank Hilton, James P. Houston, Saul Z. Martell, Howard Morgan, Frank Shannon, John Westley (as "John Burton"), Warren William (as "Gerald Fay"). Produced by William Anthony McGuire.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Garden of Eden. Comedy. Written by Avery Hopwood. Directed by Edwin H. Knopf. Selwyn Theatre: 27 Sep 1927- Oct 1927 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: A.G. Andrews, Gordon Ash, Barbara Barondess, Harlan Briggs, Camilla Dalberg, C. Stafford Dickens, Walter Geer, Alfred Hesse, Miriam Hopkins, Stapleton Kent, June Leslie, Ignacio Martinetti, Douglass Montgomery (as "Richard Lamont"), Thomas Wigney Percyval (as "Count de L'Esterel"), Doris Rankin, Ivan F. Simpson, Alison Skipworth (as "Rosa"), Betsy Jane Southgate (as "Cleo"), Russ Whytal (as "Prince Miguel de Santa Rocca"), Daniel Wolf (as "A Call Boy"). Produced by Archibald Selwyn.
- (1929) Stage Play: Zeppelin. Drama/mystery. Written by McElbert Moore, Earle Crooker and Lowell Brentano. Directed by Frank Merlin. National Theatre: 14 Jan 1929- Mar 1929 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Prof. Phillip Keane"), Stephen Chase (as "Roger Bates"), Wallis Clark, John Gruenwald, Paul Guilfoyle, Gordon Hawthorne, Alfred Hesse (as "Steward"), Rose Hobart (as "Wynne Madison"), John M. James, Priscilla Knowles, Bjorn Koefoed, Milton Krimes, Joan Marion, Julian Noa, Edward Powell, Frederick Rudin, Zolya Talma (as "Lola Bartel"), C.W. Van Voorhis, Raymond Walburn (as "Ed Totten"), Edward Woods. Produced by Jimmie Cooper.
- (1929) Stage Play: Week-End. Comedy. Written by Austin Parker [only Broadway credit]. Directed by Worthington Miner [earliest Broadway credit]. John Golden Theatre: 22 Oct 1929- Oct 1929 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast: Alfred Hesse (as "Phillipe"), Frances Kelly (as "Marie"), Bruce MacFarland (as "Arthur"), Grant Mills (as "Skip Penney"), Margaret Mower (as "Clare Penney"), Hugh O'Connell (as "Chris Chapman"), Vivienne Osborne (as "Marga Chapman"), Warren William (as "Brett Laney"). Produced by Bela Blau Inc.
- (1929) Stage Play: Young Sinners. Comedy. Written by Elmer Harris. Directed by Stanley Logan. Morosco Theatre: 28 Nov 1929- Aug 1930 (closing date unknown/289 performances). Cast: Dorothy Appleby, Muriel Belasco, Robert Beyers, Arthur Bowyer (as "Trent"), Edward Forman, Gene Raymond (as "Gene Gibson") [credited as Raymond Guion], John Harrington, Alfred Hesse (as "Baron von Konitz"), Carol March, Faye Marlyn, Percy Moore (as "John Gibson"), Paul Nugent, Edward Racey, Arthur Scanlon, Hilda Spong (as "Mrs. Sinclair"), Gwyn Stratford. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1931) Stage Play: Young Sinners. Comedy (revival). Written by Elmer Harris. Directed by Stanley Logan. Morosco Theatre: 28 Nov 1929- Aug 1930 (closing date unknown/289 performances).
- (1931) Stage Play: The Left Bank. Drama. Written by Elmer Rice. Scenic Design by Aline Bernstein. Directed by Elmer Rice. Little Theatre: 5 Oct 1931- May 1932 (closing date unknown/242 performances). Cast: Katherine Alexander (as "Claire Shelby"), Murray Alper (as "Joe Klein"), A.L. Bartolot (as "Gustave Jensen"), Horace Braham (as "John Shelby"), Janet Cool, M. Dorothy Day, Edward Downes, Millicent Green (as "Susie Lynde"), Fred Herrick (as "Charlie Miller"), Alfred Hesse (as "Claude"), Rose Lerner, Donald MacDonald, Merle Maddern (as "Lillian Garfield"), Tamara Nicoll, Cledge Roberts. Produced by Elmer Rice.
- (1933) Stage Play: Young Sinners. Comedy (revival). Written by Elmer Harris. Directed by Carl Hunt. New Yorker Theatre: 6 Mar 1933- May 1933 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Dorothy Appleby (as "Constance Sinclair"), Arthur Bauer [credited as Arthur Bower] (as "Trent") [final Broadway role], John Bramhall (as "Butler"), Maida Carrell (as "Madge Trowbridge"), Paul Clare (as "Bud Springer"), Dorothy Dianne (as "Alice Lewis"), Jackson Halliday (as "Gene Gibson"), Alfred Hesse (as "Baron von Konitz"), Virginia Lloyd (as "Betty Biddle"), Percy Moore (as "John Gibson"), David Morris (as "Jimmy Stephens"), Paddy Reynolds (as "Maggie Maguire"), Frank Shannon (as "Tom Maguire"), Hilda Spong (as "Mrs. Sinclair"), Freddie Stange (as "Tim"), Ralph Sumpter (as "Manager of Apartment House"). Produced by Thomas Kilpatrick. Produced by Thomas Kilpatrick. Note: Filmed by Fox Film Corp. as Young Sinners (1931).
- (1934) Stage Play: Between Two Worlds. Drama. Written by Elmer Rice. Scenic Design by Aline Bernstein. Directed by Elmer Rice. Belasco Theatre: 25 Oct 1934- Nov 1934 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Osceola Archer (as "Rose Henneford"), Edilou Bailhe, 'Samuel Bonnell' (as "The Photographer's Assistant"), Elmer Brown, Joe Brown Jr., Rose Burdick (as "Eunice Stafford"), John Cambridge, Francis Compton (as "The Smoke-room Steward"), Polly De Loos, Josephine Dunn, Lee Ellsworth, Buddy Farley, Gladys Feldman, Clyde Fillmore (as "Captain John Whalley"), Janet Fox, Ned Glass (as "A News-Photographer"), Rachel Hartzell, Alfred Hesse (as "The Deck Steward"), Jack Leslie, Lester Lonergan III, Tucker Maguire, Nelly Malcolm, Thomas H. Manning, Frank Marino, Constance McKay, Sue Moore, Diantha Pattison (as "Hilda Bowen"), Leonard Penn, Sara Peyton, Buddy Proctor, R. Birrell Rawls, Wells Richardson, Cledge Roberts, Ralph Sanford, Joseph Schildkraut (as "N.N. Kovolev"), James Spottswood, Ruth Tomlinson, Anne Tonetti, Margaret Waller, Conway Washburne, Maurice Wells, Eric Wollencott. Produced by Elmer Rice.
- (1935) Stage Play: Prisoners of War. Drama. Written by J.R. Ackerly. Directed by Frank Merlin. Ritz Theatre: 28 Jan 1935- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Daisy Belmore (as "Mrs. Prendergast"), Francis Compton (as "Lieutenant Adelby"), Lowell Gilmore (as "Lieutenant Tetford"), Barton Hepburn (as "Captain Conrad'), Alfred Hesse (as "Dr. Croz"), Charles McClelland (as "Captain Rickman"), Dorothee Nolan (as "Marie"), John Parrish (as "Jellerton"), Ben Starkie (as "Second Lieutenant Grayle"), Zolya Talma (as "Madame Louis"). Produced by Frank Merlin.
- (1935) Stage Play: There's Wisdom in Women.
- (1936) Stage Play: Ten Million Ghosts.
- (1938) Stage Play: American Landscape. Drama. Written and directed by Elmer Rice. Cort Theatre: 3 Dec 1938-Jan 1939 (closing date unknown/43 performances). Cast: Jules Bennett (as "Paul Kutno"), Donald Cook (as "Gerald Spinner"), John Hammond Dailey (as "Patrick O'Brien"; final Broadway role), Pierre D'Ennery (as "Henri Dupont"), Charles Dingle (as "Capt. Samuel Dale"), Isobel Elsom (as "Moll Flanders"), Lillian Foster (as "Harriet Beecher Stowe"), Phoebe Foster (as "Carlotta Dale"), Rachel Hartzell (as "Frances Dale Spinner"), Alfred Hesse (as "Klaus Stillgebauer"), Ethel Intropidi (as "Abby Kutno"), George Macready (as "Captain Anthony Dale"), Con MacSunday (as "Capt. Heinrich Kleinschmidt"), Howard Miller (as "William Fiske"), Theodore Newton (as "Joe Kutno"), Patricia Palmer (as "Betty Kutno"), Emory Richardson (as "Rev. Jasper Washington"), Philip Singer (as "Abraham Cohen"), Aage Steenshorne (as "Nils Karenson"), Charles Waldron (as "Capt. Frank Dale"), Sylvia Weld (as "Constance Dale"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).
- (1940) Stage Play: The Burning Deck.
- (1941) Stage Play: Letters to Lucerne.
- (1944) Stage Play: The Searching Wind.
- (1945) Stage Play: The Stranger. Written by Leslie Reade. Directed by Shepard Traube. Playhouse Theatre: 12 Feb 1945- 24 Feb 1945 (16 performances). Cast: Wendy Atkin (as "Maggie MacAndrews"), Stanley Bell (as "Police Constable Hood"), Eduard Franz (as "David Mendelsohn"), Alfred Hesse (as "Jean Prunier"), Eva Leonard Boyne (as "Mrs. Gregory"), Eugene Sigaloff (as "Napoleon Mickalieff"), Kim Spalding (as "Bill Humphreys"), Morton Stevens (as "A Gentleman"), Stella Todd (as "Liz"), Perry Wilson (as "Christina Thomson"). Produced by Shepard Traube.
- (1953) Stage Play: Sherlock Holmes. (Revival). Written by Ouida Rathbone. Based on the original stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. Incidental music by Alexander Steinert. Directed by Reginald Denham. New Century Theatre: 30 Oct 1953- 31 Oct 1953 (3 performances). Produced by Bill Doll.
- (1954) Stage Play: Reclining Figure. Comedy. Written by Harry Kurnitz. Directed by Abe Burrows.
- (1959) Stage Play: Golden Fleecing. Comedy.
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