- Played the role of Captain Carbon de Castel-Jaloux in the 1946 Broadway revival of "Cyrano de Bergerac".
- (1928) Stage Play: March Hares. Satire (revival). Written by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Directed by Daniel Frawley. Little Theatre: 2 Apr 1928- Apr 1928 (closing date unknown/60 performances). Cast: Richard Bird (as "Geoffrey Wareham"), Francis Compton (as "Oliver") [Broadway debut], Bruce Evans (as "Edgar Fuller"), Margaret Hinton (as "The Cook"), Josephine Hull (as "Mrs. Janet Rodney"), Ryder Keane (as "Mr. Brown"), Natalie Schafer (as "Ethel"), Dorothy Stickney (as "Claudia Kitts"), Vivian Tobin (as "Mrs. Janet Rodney"). Produced by Charles L. Wagner.
- (1943) Stage Play: Susan and God. Drama (revival). Written by Rachel Crothers. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Robert Burton. City Center Theatre: 13 Dec 1943- 18 Dec 1943 (8 performances). Cast: Eleanor Audley (as "Charlotte Marley"), Jeannette C. Chinley, Francis Compton (as "Hutchins Stubbs"), Doris Day (as "Leonora Stubbs") [not Doris Day of films], Douglas Gilmore, Gertrude Lawrence (as "Susan Trexel"), Earl McDonald, Conrad Nagel (as "Barrie Trexel"), Jean Sampson, William Weber. Produced by John Golden.
- (1951) Stage play: The Green Bay Tree. Drama (revival). Written by Mordaunt Shairp. Directed by Shepard Traube. John Golden Theatre: 1 Feb 1951- 17 Feb 1951 (20 performances). Cast: Anne Crawford (as "Leonora Yale"), Denholm Elliott (as "Julian"), Joseph Schildkraut (as "Mr. Dulcimer"), Francis Compton (as "Trump"), Mercer McLeod (as "Mr. Owen"). Produced by Shepard Traube.
- (1931) Stage Play: The Silent Witness. Drama (revival). Written by Jack DeLeon and Jack Celestin. Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Morosco Theatre: 23 Mar 1931- Jun 1931 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Lionel Atwill (as "Sir Austin Howard") [final Broadway role], Reginald Barlow (as "Inspector Robins"), Thurlow Bergen, Fortunio Bonanova, Francis Compton (as "Clerk of the Court"), Harold De Becker (as "Henry Hammer"), George Graham, Geoffrey Harwood, Anthony Kemble-Cooper, T. Jerome Lawler, Kathleen Lowry, Thomas Wigney Percyval (as "Sir John Lawson, K.C."), Ann Shoemaker, Herbert Standing (as "Augustus Percy Carlton"), Kay Strozzi (as "Doreen Smith"), Milano Tilden. Produced by [error]. Note: Filmed as The Silent Witness (1932).
- (1934) Stage Play: Yellow Jack. Written by Sidney Howard and Paul De Kruif. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Martin Beck Theatre: 6 Mar 1934- May 1934 (closing date unknown/79 performances). Cast: Eddie Acuff, Wylie Adams, Jack Carr, Eduardo Ciannelli, Francis Compton (as "A Major of the Royal Air Force"), Charles Gerard, Lloyd Gough, Harold Hoffat, Colin Hunter, Bernard Jukes, Whitford Kane (as "Dr. Carlos Finlay"), Robert Keith, Geoffrey Kerr, Sam Levene, Richie Ling (as "Col. Tory"), Barton MacLane (as "James Carroll") [final Broadway appearance], Myron McCormick (as "Brinkerhof"), John Miltern (as "Walter Reed"), Millard Mitchell (as "William H. Dean, Pvt., U.S.A."), Jock Munro, George Nash, Robert Shayne, James Stewart (as "O'Hara"), Frank Stringfellow, Clyde Walters, Katherine Wilson. Produced by Guthrie McClintic. Note: Filmed by MGM as Yellow Jack (1938).
- (1957) Stage Play: Small War on Murray Hill. Comedy. Written by Robert E. Sherwood. Scenic Design by Boris Aronson. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Directed by Garson Kanin. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 3 Jan 1957- 12 Jan 1957 (12 performances). Cast: Jonelle Allen (as "Daisy"), Bill Becker (as "Sentry"), Leo Bloom (as "Soldier"), Patricia Bosworth (as "Susan Lindley"), Vinnette Carroll (as "Amelie"), Francis Compton (as "Samuel Judah"), Peter Foy (as "Orderly"), George Francis (as "John"), Leo Genn (as "General Sir William Howe"), Joseph Holland (as "Robert Murray"), Jan Jarrett (as "A Girl"), Nicholas Joy (as "Major Clove"), Warner LeRoy (as "Soldier"), Michael Lewis (as "Hessian"), Daniel Massey (as "Lt. Lord Frederick Beckenham"), Susan Oliver (as "Abigail Torpen") [Broadway debut], Sharon Porter (as "Cora"), Nicholas Pryor [credited as Nicholas Probst] (as "Captain DuPont"), Stefan Schnabel (as "General Graf von Donop"), Harry Sheppard (as "Sam Pieters"), Jan Sterling (as "Mary Murray"), Allan Stevenson (as "Corporal Mullet"), William Strange (as "Hawley, Batman to General Howe"), Elliot Sullivan (as "Sergeant Galway"), Marc Sullivan (as "A Boy"), Sally Walker (as "Mrs. Torpen"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).
- (1949) Stage Play: Mrs. Gibbons' Boys. Written by Will Glickman and Joseph Stein. Scenic Design by John Root. Costume Design by John Robert Lloyd. Directed by George Abbott. Music Box Theatre: 4 May 1949- 7 May 1949 (5 performances). Cast: Edward Andrews (as "Woodrow Grupp"), Loïs Bolton (as "Mrs. Peggy Gibbons"), Richard Carlyle (as "Francis X. Gibbons"), Francis Compton (as "Lester MacMichaels"), Royal Dano (as "Ernie "Horse" Wagner"), William David (as "Coles"), Glenda Farrell (as "Myra Ward"), Tom Lewis (as "Rudy Gibbons"), Helen Mayon (as "Pearl"), Richard Taber (as "Mr. Rausch"), Ray Walston (as "Rodla Gibbons"). Produced by George Abbott.
- (1954) Stage Play: Witness for the Prosecution. Drama/mystery. Written by Agatha Christie. Production Design by Raymond Sovey. Costume Design by Kathryn B. Miller. Production Stage Manager: John Effrat. Assistant Stage Mgr: Eugene Stuckmann. Directed by Robert Lewis. Henry Miller's Theatre: 16 Dec 1954- 30 Jun 1956 (645 performances). Cast: Mary Barclay (as "Greta"), Jack Bittner, Horace Braham (as "Mr. Justice Wainwright"), Ernest Clark, R. Cobden-Smith, Brace Conning, Robin Craven, Ronald Dawson, Andrew George, Ruth Greene, Bryan Herbert, Claude Horton, Patricia Jessel, Sam Kramer, Ralph Leonard, Gene Lyons, Michael McAloney, Franklyn Monroe, Henry Craig Nelson, Gordon Nelson (as "Carter"), Una O'Connor (as "Janet Mackenzie"), Arthur Oshlag, Dolores Rashid, Albert Richards, Ralph Roberts, Guy Spaull (as "Dr. Wyatt"), Dawn Steinkamp, Francis L. Sullivan, W.H. Thomas, Harold Webster. Replacement cast: Francis Compton (as "Mr. Justice Wainwright"), John Dooley (as "Warder"), Neil Fitzgerald (as "Carter"), MacGregor Gibb (as "Court Usher"), Will Hare (as "Court Stenogapher"), Charles Hart (as "Barrister"), Geoffrey Lumb (as "Mr. Myers, Q.C."), John Malcolm (as "Foreman of the Jury/Mr. Mayhew"), Dawn Mathison (as "The Other Woman"), Doris Patston (as "Greta"), Henry Sherwood (as "Barrister"). Produced by Gilbert Miller and Peter Saunders. Note: Filmed as Witness for the Prosecution (1957).
- (1940) Stage Play: Leave Her To Heaven. Drama. Written by John Van Druten. Directed by Auriol Lee. Longacre Theatre: 27 Feb 1940- 9 Mar 1940 (15 performances). Cast: A.G. Andrews (as "Mr. Henstridge"), Bettina Cerf (as "Mrs. Lake"), Ruth Chatterton (as "Madge Monckton"), Francis Compton (as "Dr. Collins"), Reynolds Denniston (as "Mr. Monckton"), J. Malcolm Dunn (as "First Officer"), Neil Fitzgerald (as "Martin Reardo") [Broadway debut], Franklyn Fox (as "Mr. Rolleston"), Lowell Gilmore (as "Rogers"), Eldon Gorst (as "David"), Esther Mitchell (as "Mrs. Henstridge"), Margaret Moffat (as "Mrs. Williams"), Edmond O'Brien (as "Robert Ewen"), William Packer (as "Second Officer"), Hilda Plowright (as "Grace Henstridge") [final Broadway role], Harry Sothern (as "Mr. Williams"), Guy Spaull (as "Davis"), Edmond Stevens (as "Morgan"). Produced by Dwight Wiman. Note: Play is not to be confused with 1945 20th Century Fox film of same name.
- (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).
- (1950) He acted in George Bernard Shaw's play, "Caesar and Cleopatra," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Paulette Goddard and Hurd Hatfield in the cast.
- (March 15, 1937) He acted in Robert E. Sherwood's play, "Idiot's Delight," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, George Meader, Stephen Sandes, Barry Thomson, S. Thomas Gomes, Edgar Barrier, Edward Raquello, Sydney Greenstreet, Bretaigne Windust, Jean MacIntyre, Jacqueline Paige, Connie Crowell, Frances Foley, Etna Ross, Marjorie Baglin, Ruth Timmons, Charles Ansley, Winston Ross, Gilmore Bush, David Selva, Richard Whorf, LeRoi Operti, Ernestine De Becker, Gordon Nelson and Una Val in the cast. Lee Simonson was set designer. Morgan Lewis was choreographer. Bretaine Windust was director.
- (January 13, 1959) He acted in Edward Chodorov's play, "Listen To The Mocking Bird," in the Playwrights Company production at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Eva Le Gallienne, Billie Burke, Una Merkel, Cavada Humphrey, Anthony Kemble-Cooper, Angela Thornton, Felix Deebank, Biff McGuire and Donald Moffat in the cast. Leo Kerz was set designer. Guy Kent was costume designer. Edward Chodorov was also director.
- (August 1944) He acted in Terrence Rattigan's play, "French Without Tears," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.
- (August 1944) He acted in Lawrence Langer and Armina Marshall's play, "Pursuit of Happiness," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Eugenia Rawls and Maxine Stuart in the cast.
- (June 23, 1947) He acted in Ruth Gordon's play, "Years Ago," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Daisy Atherton in the cast.
- (August 1949) He acted in Margaret Curtis' play, "A Highland Fling," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Noel Leslie and John McQuade in the cast.
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