- (1917 - 1952) Active on Broadway [sometimes credited as Elmer H. Brown] in the following productions:
- (1917) Stage Play: The Rescuing Angel. Written by Clare Kummer. Hudson Theatre: 8 Oct 1917- Nov 1917 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Richard Barbee, Rhoda Beresford, Elmer Brown [Broadway debut], Billie Burke, Dana Desboro, Claude Gillingwater, Robert McWade, Frederick Perry, Walter Schellin, Marie Wainwright, Roland Young. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. and Arthur Hopkins. Note: Filmed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation/Paramount Pictures] as The Rescuing Angel (1919).
- (1919) Stage Play: Please Get Married.
- (1922) Stage Play: La Tendresse. Drama. Written by Henri Bataille. Directed by Henry Miller. Empire Theatre: 25 Sep 1922- Nov 1922 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: A.G. Andrews (as "Guerin"), Elmer Brown, Ruth Chatterton (as "Marthe Dellieres"), H. Cooper Cliffe (as "Fernal"), Ronald Colman (as "Alain Sergyll"), Jean De La Cruz (as "Count de Jalligny"), Florence Fair, Elfin Finn, Mary Fowler, William Hanley (as "Julian d'Ablincourt"), Norma Havey, Louis Le Bay, Edward MacKay (as "Legardier"), Henry Miller (as "Paul Barnac"), William Pearce, Sidney Riggs, Marguerite St. John.
- (1923) Stage Play: Pasteur. Drama. Written by Sacha Guitry. Book adapted by Arthur Hornblow Jr.. Empire Theatre: 12 Mar 1923- Mar 1923 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: A. G. Andrews Theodore Meister David Belbridge (as "Henri"),Elmer Brown (as "Dr. Balard"), Albert Bruning (as "Dr. Grancher"), Edward Fielding (as "President of the French Republic"), Frank Hay (as "Beclard"), Hubbard Kirkpatrick (as "Roux"), Howard Kyle (as "President of the Academy of Medicine"), Frederick Lewis (as "Dalimier"), Edward MacKay (as "Bergeron") [final Broadway role], Henry Miller (as "Louis Pasteur"), William Pearce (as "Joseph Meister"), Hartley Power (as "Bigo"), Louis Renault (as "Professor Colin"), Wilson Reynolds (as "Dr. Poggiale"), Leslie Stowe (as "Dr. Guerin"), Lyons Wickland (as "Raulin"), Stephen Wright (as "Baron Larray"). Produced by Charles Frohman Inc. Note: The play has no connection to the later film The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936).
- (1923) Stage Play: The Changelings. Comedy. Written by Lee Wilson Dodd. Henry Miller's Theatre: 17 Sep 1923- Jan 1924 (closing date unknown/128 performances). Cast: Walter Baldwin (as "Degan"), Blanche Bates (as "Karen Aldcroft"), Elmer Brown (as "Fisher"), Ruth Chatterton (as "Fay Faber"), Laura Hope Crews (as "Dora Faber"), Geoffrey Kerr (as "Wicky Faber"), Felix Krembs (as "Clyde Halstead"), Reginald Mason (as "Fenwick Faber"), Henry Miller (as "Wallace Aldcroft"). Produced by Henry Miller's Theater Co.
- (1924) Stage Play: Hassard Short's Ritz Revue. Musical revue. Conceived and directed by Hassard Short. Ritz Theatre: 17 Sep 1924- Dec 1924 (closing date unknown/109 performances). Cast: Jay Brennan, Dorothy Brown, Elmer Brown, Tom Burke, Eddie Conrad, Madeline Fairbanks, Hal Forde, Charlotte Greenwood, Chester Hale, Raymond Hitchcock, Jackie Hurlbut, William Ladd, Adele McHatton, Leila Ricard, Stanley Rogers, Myrtle Schaaf, William Simpson, Albertina Vitak.
- (1924) Stage Play: The Man in Evening Clothes. Comedy. Written by André Picard and Yves Mirandeis. Translated by Ruth Chatterton. Henry Miller's Theatre: 5 Dec 1924- Dec 1924 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast: Joseph Bingham (as "A Man Patron"), Elmer Brown (as "Louis"), P.L. Carpenter (as "A Gentleman"), Irene Freeman (as "Coat Girl"), Marjorie Gateson (as "Gaby Cordier"), Alden Gay (as "A Lady"), Norma Havey (as "Cashier"), Valerie Jones (as "Margot"), Hubbard Kirkpatrick (as "Aristede/Orchestra Leader"), Irma Kornelia (as "Blanche"), Louis La Bey (as "First Waiter/Barkeeper"), William Lorenze (as "Maitre d'hôtel"), Reginald Mason (as "D'Allouville"), Kathryn Meredith (as "A Lady Patron"), Henry Miller (as "Count De Lussange"), L'Estrange Millman (as "Monjardin"), Carlotta Monterey (as "Germaine De Lussange"), Louis Morrell (as "Soyer"), Leonard Mudie (as "Guilde"), Grant Stewart (as "Buffetaute"), Lark Taylor (as "Secretary"), Ann Winston (as "Helene"), Marjorie Wood (as "Ninnette"). Produced by Henry Miller. Produced by arrangement with David Belasco and Charles B. Cochran.
- (1925) Stage Play: Sunny. Musical comedy. Book by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Director: Gustave Salzer. Music arranged by Russell Bennett. Scenic Design by James Reynolds. Costume Design by James Reynolds. Dances arranged by Julian Mitchell and Dave Bennett. Marilyn Miller's Hunt Ball dance arranged by Alexis Kosloff. Eight Marilyn Miller Cocktails' dances arranged by Dorothy Tiller. Marilyn Miller's dances with Boys produced by Fred Astaire. Directed by Hassard Short. New Amsterdam Theatre: 22 Sep 1925- 11 Dec 1926 (517 performances). Cast: Marilyn Miller, Charles Angelo, Alfred Arnold, Russell Ash, Jean Audree, William Bennett, Alice Brady, Mary Brady, Elmer Brown, Irving Carter, Gordon B. Clarke, Virginia Clark, Joan Clement, Vera Colburn, May Cornes, Miriam Crosby, Elizabeth Darling, Beatrice De Shaw, Frank Doane, Jack Donohue, Nellie Douglas, Dorothy Durland, Walter Fairmont, Jeanne Fonda, Paul Frawley, Dean Freeman, Helene Gardner, Eddie Graham, Pauline Hall, Louis Harrison, Mary Hay, Grace Holt, Esther Howard, Wensley Johnston, Ray Justus, Pert Kelton, Julia Lane, Myrtle Lane, Helen McDonald, Trude Marr, Lucy Monroe, Lee Moore, Roy Moore, Bill O'Donnell, Donald Oltrash, 'Elsa Peterson', Nickie Pittell, Elva Pomfret, Richard Renaud, Phyllis Reynolds, Leila Riley, Minard Roosa, Don Rowen, Rita Royce, William Scholar Jr., Iris Smith, Peggy Soden, Harry Spencer, Hilda Wynn Stanley, Jet Stanley, Louise Starck, Marshall D. Sullivan, Marion Swords, Ward Tallman, Ayres Tavitt, Norma Taylor (as "Dancer") [Broadway debut], Billy Walsh, Clifton Webb, Maxine Wells, Ted Wenning, Doris Wentworth, James Wilson, Louis Yaeckel. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham. Note: Filmed by Suffolk Productions [distributed by RKO Radio Pictures] as Sunny (1941).
- (1925) Stage Play: The Grand Duchess and the Waiter. Written by Alfred Savoir. Directed by Frank Reicher. Lyceum Theatre: 13 Oct 1925- Nov 1925 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Geraldine Beckwith (as "A Lady"), Elmer Brown (as "Matard"), Lawrence Cecil (as "Cloche/Prince Barovski"), Elsie Ferguson (as "The Grand Duchess Xenia"), E.M. Hast (as "Baron Nikolaieff"), Norma Havey (as "Another Lady"), Olga Lee (as "Henriette"), Paul McAllister (as "The Grand Duke Paul"), Basil Rathbone (as "Albert"), Frank Roberts (as "Another Man"), Alison Skipworth (as "Countess Avaloff"), Ernest Stallard (as "Monsieur Hess"), Olga Tristjansky (as "Baroness Nikolaievna"), Converse Tyler (as "A Man"), Frederic Worlock (as "The Grand Duke Peter"). Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.
- (1926) Stage Play: Embers. Written by A.E. Thomas. Adapted from the French of Henri Duvernois and Pierre Wolff. Henry Miller's Theatre: 1 Feb 1926- Feb 1926 (closing date unknown/25 performances). Cast: Elmer Brown (as "Emile"), Ilka Chase (as "Madame Cleremont"), Laura Hope Crews (as "Gabrielle Laurent"), Norma Havey, Betty Horgan, Nicholas Joy (as "Fournier"), Katherine Meredith, Henry Miller (as "Francois Laurent"), Albert Morrison, Leonard Mudie (as "Edouard"), Edwin Nicander, Florence Shirley.
- (1929) Stage Play: The House of Fear. Mystery/farce.
- (1931) Stage Play: Counsellor-at-Law. Drama. Written by Elmer Rice. Directed by Elmer Rice. Plymouth Theatre: 6 Nov 1931- Jul 1932 (closing date unknown/292 performances). Cast: Paul Muni (as "George Simon"), Sam Bonnell, Elmer Brown, Jack Collins, June Cox, J. Hammond Dailey, Dorothy Dodge (as "Lillian Larue"), Gladys Feldman, Ned Glass (as "A Postman/David Simon"), Jane Hamilton, Angela Jacobs, Marvin Kline, Malka Kornstein, Anna Kostant, Jack Leslie, T.H. Manning, Constance McKay, Jennie Moscowitz, Buddy Proctor, Louise Prussing, John M. Qualen, Lester Salkow, William Vaughn, David Vivian, Conway Washburne, Martin Wolfson (as "Harry Becker"), Victor Wolfson (as "A Tall Man"). Produced by Elmer Rice. Note: Filmed by Universal Pictures as Counsellor at Law (1933).
- (1932) Stage Play: Counsellor-at-Law. Drama (revival). Written by Elmer Rice. Directed by Elmer Rice. Plymouth Theatre: (moved to The 46th Street Theatre from 15 May 1933- close): 12 Sep 1932- May 1933 (closing date unknown/120 performances). Cast: Sam Bonnell (as "John P. Tedesco"), Elmer Brown (as "Francis Clark Baird"), Jack Collins, June Cox, John Crump, J. Hammond Dailey (as "Charles McFadden"), Dorothy Day (as "Bessie Green"), John Garfield (as "Henry Susskind [credited as Jules Garfield], Ned Glass (as "David Simon"), Jane Hamilton, Angela Jacobs, Malka Kornstein, Jack Leslie, T.H. Manning, Harry Mervis, Sue Moore, Jennie Moscowitz, James Mullin, Paul Muni (as "George Simon"), Buddy Proctor (as "An Errand Boy"), John Qualen (as "Johann Breitstein"), Mary Servoss (as "Cora Simon"), Ann Teeman, Doris Underwood, William Vaughn, David Vivian (as "Richard Dwight Jr."), Conway Washburne (as "Arthur Sandler"), Martin Wolfson (as "Harry Becker"), Victor Wolfson (as "A Tall Man"). Produced by Elmer Rice. Note: Filmed by Universal Pictures as Counsellor at Law (1933).
- (1934) Stage Play: Between Two Worlds. Drama. Written and 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 (as "Dr. David MacKnight"), 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 "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. Note: Not to be confused with Warner Bros.' Between Two Worlds (1944).
- (1937) Stage Play: A House in the Country. Comedy. Written by Melvin Levy. Scenic Design by P. Dodd Ackerman. Directed by Melville Burke. Vanderbilt Theatre: 11 Jan 1937- Jan 1937 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast : Leon Ames (as "Mac"), Teddy Bergman (as "Joe"), Elmer Brown (as "Bean"), Louise Campbell, Will Geer (as "Mr. Mooney"), Roy Gordon (as "Mr. Knox"), Alfred Herrick (as "Herman Sigafoos"), Puck Powers (as "President, Frankie's dog"), Tom Powers (as "Frankie Lotzgazel"), Fredrica Slemons (as "Gramma Alladay Lotzgazel"). Produced by Murray Jay Queen.
- (1938) Stage Play: Abe Lincoln in Illinois. Drama. Written by Robert E. Sherwood. Stage Manager: Elmer Brown. Assistant Stage Mgr: John Triggs. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Elmer Rice. Plymouth Theatre: 15 Oct 1938- Dec 1939 (closing date unknown/472 performances). Cast: Raymond Massey (as "Abraham Lincoln"), Ora Alexander, Dorothy Allan (as "The Edwards' Maid"), Frank Andrews (as "Mentor Graham"), Lloyd Barry (as "Tad Lincoln"), Bette Benfield (as "Ensemble"), Hubert Brown, Everett Charlton (as "Bab/Cavalry Captain/Militia Captain"), George Christie, David Clarke (as "Feargus/Donner"), May Collins, Glenn Coulter, Howard Da Silva (as "Jack Armstrong"), Dearon Darnay (as "Ensemble"), Robert Fitzsimmons (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Foster (as "Nancy Green"), John Gerard (as "Barrick"), Dorothy Greeley (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Griffin, David Hewes (as "Ensemble"), Alfred Jenkins (as "Ensemble"), Walter Kapp (as "Ensemble"), Muriel Kirkland (as "Mary Todd"), Harry Levian, Adele Longmire (as "Ann Rutledge"), George Malcolm, Lewis Martin, Kevin McCarthy (as "Jasp/Phil"), Lex Parrish (as "Willie Lincoln"), John Payne (as "Robert Lincoln"), Albert Phillips, Wendell K. Phillips (as "William Herndon"), McKinley Reeves, Elizabeth Reller, Marion Rooney, Herbert Rudley, Bert Schorr, Allen Shaw, Howard Sherman, Lotte Stawisky, Anne Stevenson, Calvin Thomas (as "Joshua Speed"), Thomas F. Tracey (as "Sturveson"), John Triggs (as "Ogleby"), Frank Tweddell (as "Crimmin"), Iris Whitney, Dolores Williams (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Wiseman (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Harrison Woodhull (as "Ensemble"). Replacement cast: Alexander Clark (as "Ninian Edwards"), John Corington (as "Ensemble"), Augusta Dabney (as "The Edwards' Maid"), Thomas Daly (as "Ensemble"), Edward Downes (as "Kavanaugh"), Robert Fitzsimmons (as "Feargus"), Peter Flint (as "Ensemble"), Richard Gaines (as "Abe Lincoln"), Fred Herrick (as "Seth Gale"), Wardell Jennings (as "Jasp"), Ted Kral (as "Ensemble"), Louis Marsh (as "Ensemble"), Mary Michael (as "Nancy Green"), James Moore (as "Sturveson"), Paul Nevens (as "Robert Lincoln"), William Norton (as "Ben Mattling"), Robert Porterfield (as "Jack Armstrong"), Grandon Rhodes (as "Joshua Speed"), Marion Rooney (as "Nancy Green"), Joanna Roos (as "Mary Todd"), Richard Ross (as "Ensemble"), Lewis L. Russell (as "Judge Bowling Green"), Margaret Stallings (as "Ensemble"), Anne Stevenson (as "The Lincolns' Maid"), David Stevenson (as "Ensemble"), Conway Washburn (as "Jed/Trum Cogdal"), Iris Whitney (as "Aggie Gale, The Edwards' Maid"), Jesse Wynne (as "Ensemble"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard). Note: Filmed as Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940).
- (1942) Stage Play: Counsellor-at-Law (Revival). Written by Elmer Rice. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Royale Theatre: 24 Nov 1942- 10 Jul 1942 (258 performances). Cast: Frieda Altman (as "Goldie Rindskopf"), Leslie Barrett (as "Henry Susskind"), Samuel Bonnell (as "John P. Tedesco"), Elmer Brown [credited as Elmer H. Brown] (as "Francis Clark Baird"), Buddy Buehler (as "Richard Dwight Jr."), Alexander Clark Jr. (as "Roy Darwin"), Norma Clerc (as "Dorothy Dwight"), Olive Deering (as "Regina Gordon"), Phillip Gordon (as "David Simon"), Caleb Gray (as "A Boy"), Jane Hamilton (as "A Woman"), Edwin Hugh (as "A Stout Man"), John L. Kearney (as "Peter J. Malone"), Betty Kelley (as "Zedorah Chapman"), Clara Langsner (as "Sarah Becker"), John McQuade (as "Arthur Sandler"), Jennie Moscovitz (as "Lena Simon"), Paul Muni (as "George Simon"), Joseph Pevney (as "Harry Becker"), Kurt Richards (as "Herbert Howard Weinberg"), Jack Sheehan (as "Charles McFadden"), Frances Tannehill (as "Lillian Larue"), Ann Thomas (as "Bessie Green"), William Vaughan (as "A Bootblack"), Jay Velie (as "A Tall Man"), Barrie Wanless (as "Johann Breitstein"), Joan Wetmore (as "Cora Simon"). Produced by John Golden. Note: Previously filmed by Universal Pictures as Counsellor at Law (1933).
- (1945) Stage Play: Dream Girl. Comedy.
- (1949) Stage Play: The Father. Drama.
- (1950) Stage Play: Affairs of State. Comedy.
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