- (1949 - 1981) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1949) Stage Play: Regina. Musical drama.
- (1950) Stage Play: Great to Be Alive! Musical. Music by Abe Ellstein and Robert Russell Bennett. Based on material by Walter Bullock and Sylvia Regan. Lyrics by Walter Bullock. Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and Don Walker. Musical Direction by Max Meth. Arrangements for "Headin' for a Weddin'," "Dreams Ago" Waltz and "The Riddle" by Genevieve Pitot. Vocal arrangements by Crane Calder. Scenic Design and costume design by Stewart Chaney. Musical staging by Helen Tamiris. Directed by Mary Hunter. Winter Garden Theatre: 23 Mar 1950-6 May 1950 (52 performances). Cast: Rod Alexander, Valerie Bettis, Mark Dawson, Stuart Erwin (as "Woodrow Twig"), Bambi Linn, Vivienne Segal, Martha Wright, Leigh Allen, Jeanne Bal, Lulu Bates, Chuck Brunner, Fred Bryan, Aleen Buchanan, Ted Cappy, Ken Carroll, Virginia Curtis, Eleanor Fairchild, Roscoe French, Ed Gombos, Eleanore Gregory, Barbara Heath, Ann Hutchinson, John Juliano, Norma Kaiser, Don Kennedy, Betty Low, Jay Marshall, J.C. McCord, Ruth McVayne, Joyce Mitchell, David Nillo, ;Russell Nype', Earl Oxford, Marjorie Peterson, Paul Reed, Harry Lee Rogers, Janice Rule, Swen Swenson, Robert Wallace, Julia Williams. Produced by Vinton Freedley [final Broadway credit]. Produced in association with Anderson Lawler and Russell Markert.
- (1950) Stage Play: Call Me Madam. Musical comedy. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Musical Director: Jay Blackton. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Dance arrangements by Genevieve Pitot and Jesse Meeker. Additional orchestrations by Joe Glover. Vocal arrangements by Jay Blackton. Piano Arrangements by Helmy Kresa. Scenic Design by Raoul Pene Du Bois. Directed by George Abbott. Imperial Theatre: 12 Oct 1950- 3 May 1952 (644 performances). Cast: Ethel Merman (as "Mrs. Sally Adams"), Paul Lukas (as "Cosmo Constantine"), Rae Abruzzo (as "Singer"), Jeanne Bal (as "Secretary to Mrs. Adams/Singer"), Aristide Bartis (as "Singer"), Muriel Bentley (as "Principal Dancer"), Ralph Chambers (as "Senator Gallagher"), Owen Coll (as "Supreme Court Justice/Grand Duke Otto"), William David (as "Henry Gibson/Court Chamberlain"), Trudy Deluz (as "Singer"), Ollie Engebretson (as "Potato Bug"), Shellie Farrell (as "Dancer"), Richard Fjellman (as "Potato Bug"), Lydia Fredericks (as "Singer"), Nina Frenkin (as "Dancer"), Nathaniel Frey (as "Singer"), Estelle Gardner (as "Singer"), William Hail (as "Butler/Singer"), Patricia Hammerlee (as "Dancer"), Pat Harrington Sr. (as "Congressman Wilkins"), Fred Hearn (as "Dancer"), Barbara Heath (as "Dancer"), Alan Hewitt (as "Pemberton Maxwell"), Norma Kaiser (as "Dancer/Principal Dancer"), Allan Knolls (as "Dancer"), E.A. Krumschmidt (as "Hugo Tantinnin"), Henry Lascoe (as "Sebastian Sebastian"), Kenneth Le Roy (as "Dancer"), Virginia Le Roy (as "Dancer"), Ralph Linn (as "Dancer"), Albert Linville (as "Singer") [Broadway debut], Geoffrey Lumb (as "The Secretary of State"), Ruth McVayne (as "Singer"), Douglas Moppert (as "Dancer"), Russell Nype (as "Kenneth Gibson"), Lily Paget(as "A Maid/Singer"), Arthur Partington (as "Principal Dancer"), Noella Peloquin (as "Singer"), Robert Penn (as "Singer"), Stowe Phelps (as "Clerk"), Tommy Rall (as "Principal Dancer"), Tom Reider (as "Singer"), John Sheehan (as "Singer"), Stanley Simmonds (as "Singer"), Lilia Skala (as "Grand Duchess Sophie"), Ray Stephens (as "Singer"), Galina Talva (as "Princess Maria"), Bobby Tucker (as "Dancer"), Kirsten Valbor (as "Dancer"), Jay Velie (as "Senator Brockbank"), William Weslow (as "Dancer"), Helene Whitney (as "Singer"). Standby: Elaine Stritch (as "Mrs. Sally Adams"). Produced by Leland Hayward.
- (1957) Stage Play: Carousel. Musical drama (revival).
- (1958) Stage Play: Goldilocks. Musical comedy.
- (1963) Stage Play: Brigadoon. Musical comedy (revival).
- (1963) Stage Play: Once for the Asking. Farce.
- (1964) Stage Play: Hello, Dolly! Musical comedy. Book by Michael Stewart. Music by Jerry Herman. Lyrics by Jerry Herman. Suggested by "The Matchmaker" by Thornton Wilder. Musical Director: Shepard Coleman. Vocal arrangements by Shepard Coleman. Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang. Dance and incidental music arranged by Peter Howard. Choreographed by Gower Champion. Scenic Design by Oliver Smith. Costume Design by Freddy Wittop. Directed by Gower Champion. St. James Theatre: 16 Jan 1964- 27 Dec 1970 (2844 performances + 2 previews that were held on 15 Jan 1964). Cast: Carol Channing (as "Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi"), Eileen Brennan (as "Irene Molloy"). Produced by David Merrick and Champion-Five Inc.
- (1967) Stage Play: The Girl in the Freudian Slip. Comedy.
- (1980) Stage Play: Morning's at Seven. Comedy (revival). Written by Paul Osborn [final credit during lifetime]. Directed by Vivian Matalon. Lyceum Theatre: 10 Apr 1980- 16 Aug 1981 (564 performances + 16 previews that began on 27 Mar 1980). Cast: Nancy Marchand (as "Ida Bolton"), Maureen O'Sullivan (as "Esther Crampton"), Elizabeth Wilson (as "Aaronetta Gibbs"), Teresa Wright (as "Cora Swanson"), Maurice Copeland Theodore Swanson"), Lois De Banzie (as "Myrtle Brown"), Richard Hamilton (as "Carl Bolton"), Gary Merrill (as "David Crampton"), David Rounds (as "Homer Bolton"). Replacement actors during run: King Donovan (as "Carl Bolton"), Nancy Kulp (as "Aaronetta Gibbs"), Carmen Mathews(as "Cora Swanson"), Robert Moberly (as "Homer Bolton"), Charlotte Moore (as "Myrtle Brown"), Russell Nype (as "David Crampton") [final Broadway role], Kate Reid (as "Ida Bolton"), Harriet Rogers (as "Ida Bolton"), Shepperd Strudwick (as "David Crampton"). Produced by Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent and Ray Larsen.
- (1960) He acted in Philip Barry's play, "Paris Bound," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Julia Meade in the cast.
- (August 1976) He acted in Samuel A. Taylor's play, "Sabrina Fair," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Anita Gillette, David O'Brien and Maureen O'Sullivan in the cast.
- (Sunday August 11, 1996) He acted in the musical revue, "Thank You, John Lane (Artistic Director)," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Maureen Brennan, Kitty Carlisle, George Dvorsky, Betsy Palmer, John Raittk, Lee Roy Reams, Jo Sullivan, Karen Ziemba and the company of "Five Guys Named Moe" in the cast.
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