- (1931) Stage Play: Perfectly Scandalous. Comedy. Written by Hutcheson Boyd. Directed by Robert Webb Lawrence. Hudson Theatre: 13 May 1931- May 1931 (closing date unknown/5 performances). Cast: Antonio (as "Antonio"), Ann Dere (as "Frances Drake"), Grant Gordon (as "Oliver Drake"), Jeanne Greene (as "Fay North"), Theodore Hecht (as "Philip Moreno"), Henry W. Pemberton (as "Sydney North"), Natalie Schafer (as "Viva North"). Produced by Ray Gallo.
- (1930 - 1961) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1930) Stage Play: Twelfth Night [or What You Will]. Comedy (revival/production played in repertory with Hamlet, Macbeth). Written by William Shakespeare. Shubert Theatre: 24 Mar 1930- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Robert Allen (as "Valentine, attendant of Orsino"), Virginia Allen (as "Viola"), Virginia Bronson (as "Maria, Olivia's waiting woman"), John Burke (as "Antonio, a sea captain"), Lawrence H. Cecil (as "Sir Toby Belch, Olivia's kinsman"), Kathryn Collier (as "Olivia, a countess"), Charles Desheim (as "Curio, attendant of Orsino"), Grant Gordon (as "Sebastian, Viola's twin brother") [Broadway debut], Hart Jenks (as "Orsino, Duke of Illyria"), Fritz Leiber (as "Malvolio, Olivia's steward"), Wilfred Mallory (as "First Officer"), Ralph Menzing (as "Sea Captain"), Claudius Mintz (as "Second Officer"), James Neill (as "Sir Andrew Aguecheek, companion of Sir Toby"), Thayer Roberts (as "Feste, a jester in Olivia's household"), Robert Strauss (as "Fabian, inhabitant of Illyria") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Chicago Civic Shakespeare Society.
- (1930) Stage Play: Hamlet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Fritz Leiber. Shubert Theatre: 24 Mar 1930- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Robert Allen (as "Marcellus, Officer"), Vera Allen (as "Player Queen"), Virginia Bronson (as "Gertrude, Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet"), John Burke (as "Horatio, friend to Hamlet"), Marie Carroll (as "Ophelia, daughter to Polonius"), Lawrence H. Cecil (as "Laertes, son to Polonius"), William Courtleigh (as "Claudius, King of Denmark"), Charles Desheim (as "Osric, a Courtier/Second Player"), Grant Gordon (as "Guildenstern, Courtier"), Hart Jenks (as "Ghost"), Fritz Leiber (as "Hamletson to the late, and nephew to the present King"), Wilfred Mallory (as "Francisco, Officer/Priest"), Ralph Menzing (as "Bernardo. Officer"), Claudius Mintz (as "Second Gravedigger"), James Neill (as "First Player"), Philip Quin (as "Polonius, Lord Chamberlain"), Thayer Roberts (as "Rosencrantz, Courtier"), Robert Strauss (as "Gravedigger"). Produced by Chicago Civic Shakespeare Society.
- (1931) Stage Play: Mourning Becomes Electra. Drama. Written by Eugene O'Neill. Directed by Philip Moeller. Guild Theatre: 26 Oct 1931- Mar 1932 (closing date unknown/150 performances). Cast: Mary Arbanz (as "Hazel Niles"), Lee Baker (as "Brig. General Ezra Mannon"), James Boshell, Alice Brady (as "Lavinia Mannon"), Jack Byrne, Thomas Chalmers, Augusta Durgeon (as "Emma Borden, Josiah Borden's wife"), Bernice Elliott, Philip Foster, Grant Gordon (as "Joe Silva"), John Hendricks (as "Chantyman"), Arthur Hughes (as "Seth Beckwith"), Emily Lorraine, Earle Larrimore, Alla Nazimova, Oliver Putnam, Erskine Sanford (as "Dr. Joseph Blake/Abner Small"), Janet Young (as "Mrs. Hills, Everett Hills' wife"). Produced by the Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn [earliest Broadway credit], Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors).
- (1932) Stage Play: The Great Lover. Romantic comedy (revival).
- (1933) Stage Play: The Monster.
- (1934) Stage Play: Brittle Heaven. Drama. Written by Vincent York and Frederik Pohl. Incidental music by Rudolf Forst. Scenic Design by P. Dodd Ackerman. Directed by Clarence Derwent. Vanderbilt Theatre: 13 Nov 1934- Dec 1934 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Edith Atwater (as "Helen Hunt"), Dorothy Gish (as "Emily Dickinson"), Grant Gordon (as "Horatio Turnbull"), Elizabeth Heaslip (as "Maggie"), Katherine Hirsch (as "Lavinia Dickinson"), Helen Huberth, Robert Le Seuer, Earl McDonald (as "Austin Dickinson"), Helen Ray, Edward Ryan Jr., Albert Dekker [credited as Albert Van Dekker] (as "Captain Edward Bissell Hunt"), Herbert Warren (as "Samuel Bowles"). Producer by Dave Schooler.
- (1934) Stage Play: Loose Moments. Comedy.
- (1935) Stage Play: Romeo and Juliet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Choreographed by Martha Graham. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Martin Beck Theatre: 23 Dec 1935- Jan 1936 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Evelyn Abbott, Carl Allan, Albert Allen, Robert Champlain, Arthur Chatterdon (as "Montague"), John Cornell, Katharine Cornell (as "Juliet, daughter to Capulet"), John Cromwell (as "Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the prince"), Charles Dalton, Shelton Earp, Maurice Evans (as "Romeo, son of Montague"), Reynolds Evans (as "Escalus, prince of Verona"), Charlotte Fitch, Anne Froelick, Grant Gordon (as "Abraham, servant to Montague"), Richard Graham, Lois Jameson, Alice John, Ruth March, Harriott Marshall, Irby Marshall (as "Lady Capulet, wife to Capulet"), Gabrielle Morgan, Irving Morrow, David Orrick, Tyrone Power (as "Benvolio, nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo"), Florence Reed, Ralph Richardson (as "Mercutio, kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo" and "Chorus"), Joseph Roeder, William Roehrick, Hudson Shotwell, Kurt Steinbart, Fred Thompson, David Vivian, Charles Waldron (as "Friar Laurence"). Produced by Katharine Cornell.
- (1956) Stage Play: The Great Sebastians [A Melodramatic Comedy]. Melodrama/comedy. Written by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Assistant Director: James Adams. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Cast: Lynn Fontanne (as "Essie Sebastian"), Alfred Lunt (as "Rudi Sebastian"), Ben Astar (as "General Otokar Zandek"), Martin Brandt (as "Second Security Policeman"), Michael Egan (as "Second Soldier"), Doris Fesette (as "Marie Balzar"), Anne Francine (as "Colonel Bradacova"), Susan Frank (as "Manya"), Arny Freeman (as "Josef"), Grant Gordon (as "Novotny"), Peter Gumeny (as "First Soldier"), Ted Gunther (as "Corporal"), Ben Hammer (as "Pavlat"), Joseph Holland (as "Bacilek"), Sheppard Kerman (as "Third Soldier"), Edward Moor (as "Dr. Balzar"), Peg Murray (as "Vlasta Habova"), Simon Oakland (as "Sergeant Javorsky"), Burns Oliver (as "First Security Policeman"), Eugenia Rawls (as "Sophie Cerny"), José Ruben (as "Karel Cerny") [final Broadway credit]. Replacement actor: Sy Travers (as "First Security Policeman"). Produced by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
- (1958) Stage Play: The Marriage Go-Round. Comedy. Written by Leslie Stevens. Stage Manager: Grant Gordon. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager. Miss Colbert's Dresses by Lanvin-Castillo. Directed by Joseph Anthony. Plymouth Theatre: 29 Oct 1958- 13 Feb 1960 (431 performances). Cast: Charles Boyer (as "Paul Delville, Ph.D., M.Sc., D.Litt., M.F.A., C.B.E., F.R.S., Professor of Cultural Anthropology"), Claudette Colbert (as "Content Lowell, Ph.D.,D.Litt.,M.F.A., Soc.Sc., Dean of Women, Mrs. Paul Delville"), Julie Newmar (as "Katrin Sveg"), Edmon Ryan (as "Ross Barnett, Ph.D., M.Sc., LI.D., M.F.A., Maitland Chair"). Produced by Paul Gregory. Note: Colbert was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress.
- (1961) Stage Play: Julia, Jake and Uncle Joe. Written by Howard Teichmann. Based on "Over at Uncle Joe's" by Oriana Atkinson. Directed by Richard Whorf [final Broadway credit]. Booth Theatre: 28 Jan 1961 (1 performance). Cast: Miles Baker, Maurice Brenner, Claudette Colbert (as "Julia Ryan"), Don Briggs, Lynne Charnay, Tony Cichoke, Alexander Clark, Myles Eason, F.S. Fisher, John Garner, Grant Gordon [final Broadway role], Jim Holder, Herbert Jones, Laryssa Lauret, Joseph Leon, R.K. Lowry, Boris Marshalov, Kelly McCormick, Eigil Silju, Ludmilla Tchor. Produced by Roger L. Stevens and John Shubert. Produced in association with Sherman S. Krellberg.
- (February 18, 1946) He acted in Patsy Ruth Miller's play, "Windy Hill," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Kay Francis, Roger Pryor, Eileen Heckart, Donald McClelland, Lawrence Fletcher, Ruth Conley, Eulabelle Moore, Earle Mayo, and James Hagan in the cast. Edward Gilbert was set designer. Ruth Chatterton was producer and director.
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