- (1914 - 1946) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1914) Stage Play: The Heart of Paddy Whack. Musical/drama. Written by Rachel Crothers. Music by Ernest Ball [credited as Ernest R. Ball]. Lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan; Musical Director: George Lyding. Featuring songs with lyrics by J. Edward Killalea. Directed by Henry Miller. Grand Opera House: 23 Nov 1914- 5 Dec 1914 (17 performances). Cast: Stephen Davis (as "Michael"), Edith Luckett (as "Mona Cairn"), Chauncey Olcott (as "Dennis O'Malley"), Charles E. Verner (as "Squire Linnering"), Fleming Ward (as "Lawrie Linnering") [Broadway debut], Maud Hosford (as "Miss Margaret Flinn"), Walter Colligan (as "Mr. McGinnis"), Jessie Crommette (as "Granny"), Jennie Lamont (as "Bridget O'Riley"), Bessie Lea Lestina (as "Mrs. O'Dowd"), Richard Quilter (as "Mr. O'Dowd"), Nina Seville (as "Mrs. McGinniss"). Produced by Henry Miller.
- (1918) Stage Play: Humpty Dumpty.
- (1920) Stage Play: He and She. Drama. Written by Rachel Crothers. Little Theatre: 12 Feb 1920- Mar 1920 (closing date unknown/28 performances). Cast: Faire Binney (as "Millicent") [Broadway debut], Frances Bryant (as "Ellen"), Ethel Cozzens (as "Ruth Creel"), Rachel Crothers (as "Ann Herford"), Arthur Elliott (as "Dr. Remington"), Margaret Vivian Johnson (as "Daisy Herford"), Cyril Keightley (as "Tom Herford"), Fleming Ward (as "Keith McKenzie"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1920) Stage Play: Martinique. Romance. Written by Laurence Eyre. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 26 Apr 1920- May 1920 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Margaret Bird (as "Yzore"), Helen Blair, Liane Byron, Vincent Coleman, Donald Coll, Emmett Corrigan (as "Pere Benedict"), Juliette Crosby, Frank Dawson, Marion Dyer (as "Loulouze"), Stewart Evans (as "The Pastry Seller"), Edwin Hensley (as "Fabien Larides"), Robert Heyworth (as "Doctor Arnauld"), Arthur Hohl (as "Rufz Quembo"), Roy Hunt (as "Diogenes"), Charles Kraus, Mercides Lee, Mary Laura Moore, Elsa Roem, Maidel Turner (as "Azaline"), Josephine Victor (as "Zabette De Chauvalons"), Fleming Ward (as "Paul Vauclin"), Ida Waterman (as "Madame De Chauvalons"). Produced by Walter Hast.
- (1921) Stage Play: Wake Up, Jonathan! Comedy (Puppets). Written by Hatcher Hughes and Elmer Rice. Marionette prologue by Remo Bufano. Directed by Harrison Grey Fiske. Henry Miller's Theatre: 17 Jan 1921- Apr 1921 (closing date unknown/105 performances). Cast: Lois Bartlett (as "Peggy Blake"), Donald Cameron (as "Bernard Randall"), Charles Dalton, Mrs. Fiske (as "Marion Blake"), Edith Fitzgerald, Nadia Gary (as "Chippy Blake"), Freddie Goodrow, Frank Hearn, Helen Maud Holt, Howard Lang (as "Adam West"), Fleming Ward (as "Douglas Brent"). Produced by Sam Harris.
- (1922) Stage Play: Lady Bug. Farce. Written by Frances Nordstrom. Directed by Priestly Morrison. Apollo Theatre: 17 Apr 1922- Apr 1922 (closing date unknown/5 performances). Cast: John Cumberland, Ida Fitzhugh, Leila Frost (as "Dorothy Meredith"), Leon Gordon (as "J. Claude Ruthford"), Denman Maley, Marie Nordstrom, Edward Poland, Lilyan Tashman (as "Pauline Manning"), Hilda Vaughn, Fleming Ward (as "Robert Manning"). Produced by Philip Klein.
- (1923) Stage Play: The Woman on the Jury. Drama. Written by Bernard K. Burns. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 15 Aug 1923- Oct 1923 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: Elwood Fleet Bostwick (as "Emmet"), Mabel Colcord (as "Mrs. Pierce"), John Craig (as "Nellis'), Henry Daniell' (as "Fred Masters"), Jules Ferrar (as "Baliff"), Adelaide Fitz-Allen (as "Miss Matilda Slade"), Florence Flinn (as "Grace Pierce") [final Broadway role], Thomas Hood (as "Clerk of Court"), Frieda Inescort (as "Marion Masters"), Stanley Jessup (as "Judge Davis"), Mary Newcombe (as "Betty Brown"), Wilson Reynolds (as "Garrity"), John Sharkey (as "James McGuire"), Bennett Southard (as "Tom Lewis"), Royal Tracy (as "Mr. Simons"), Harry Vokes (as "Otto Schmidt") [Broadway debut], Fleming Ward (as "George Wayne"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1924) Stage Play: Gypsy Jim. Drama. Written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Milton Herbert Gropper. 49th Street Theatre: 14 Jan 1924- Feb 1924 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Martha-Bryan Allen, George Anderson, Leo Carrillo (as "Gypsy Jim"), George Farren, Wallace Ford (as "Tom Blake"), Averell Harris, Harry Mestayer (as "Worthing"), Elizabeth Patterson, Joseph Spence, Fleming Ward (as "Dan"), Ethel Wilson, Virginia Wilson. Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.
- (1924) Stage Play: High Stakes. Melodrama.
- (1925) Stage Play: One of the Family. Comedy.
- (1927) Stage Play: Romancin' Round. Comedy/drama.
- (1928) Stage Play: Carry On.
- (1928) Stage Play: Little Accident. Comedy. Written by Floyd Dell [earliest Broadway credit] and Thomas Mitchell. Directed by Joseph Graham and Arthur Hurley. Morosco Theatre: 9 Oct 1928- Jul 1929 (closing date unknown/303 performances). Cast: Katharine Alexander [credited as Katherine Alexander] (as "Isabel Drury"), Patricia Barclay (as "Monica Case"), Madelaine Barr (as "Katie"), Florence Brinton (as "Janet Parke"), Elizabeth Bruce (as "Miss Hemingway"), John Butler (as "Hicks"), Katherine Carrington (as "Lucinda Overbeck"), Elvia Enders (as "Madge Ferris"), Harry Forsman (as "Rev. Doctor Gifford"), Olga Hanson (as "Miss Clark"), Susanne Jackson (as "Mrs. Overbeck"), Desmond Kelley (as "Doctor Zernecke"), Thomas Mitchell (as "Norman Overbeck"), Helen Myrnes (as "Emily Crane"), Adrian Rosely (as "Rudolpho Amendelaro"), Geraldine Wall (as "Doris Overbeck"), Fleming Ward (as "Gilbert Rand"), Malcolm Williams (as "J.J. Overbeck"), Clare Woodbury (as "Mrs. Case"). Produced by Crosby Gaige. Note: Filmed by International Pictures (I)/Christie Corporation and Nunnally Johnson Productions [distributed by RKO] as Casanova Brown (1944) (this was a notable flop for star Gary Cooper).
- (1933) Stage Play: Keeper of the Keys. Drama.
- (1934) Stage Play: Ragged Army. Drama. Written by Beulah Marie Dix [final Broadway credit] and Bertram Millhauser. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Crosby Gaige. Selwyn Theatre: 26 Feb 1934- Feb 1934 (closing date unknown/2 performances). Cast: Alice Ann Baker, Lee Baker (as "Henry Stockwell"), Mathilde Baring, Richard Bartel (as "Sandy McGregor"), Lalive Brownell, Justine Wayne, Roy Roberts, Irby Marshall (as "Cordelia Page"), Lloyd Nolan (as "Geoffrey Carver"), Emily Lowry (as "Alethea Page"), Johnny Downs, Ann Dere, Thomas Chalmers (as "William Page"), Roy Gordon, Fleming Ward, Edwin Vickery, Forrest Taylor, Philip Van Zant, Edwin Vickery, Fleming Ward (as "Eliot Lovejoy"), Phillip Van Zant. Produced by Crosby Gaige.
- (1935) Stage Play: Three Men on a Horse. Comedy. Written by George Abbott and John Cecil Holm. Directed by George Abbott. Playhouse Theatre (moved to Fulton Theatre in Nov 1936 to close): 30 Jan 1935- 9 Jan 1937 (835 performances). Cast: Joyce Arling, Shirley Booth (as "Mabel"), Frank Camp, Teddy Hart (as "Frankie"), Richard Huey, Garson Kanin (as "Al"), James Lane, Sam Levene (as "Patsy"), William H. Lynn (as "Erwin Trowbridge"), Millard Mitchell (as "Charlie"), J. Ascher Smith, Susan Smithers, Edith Van Cleve, Fleming Ward (as "Clarence Dobbins"), Nick Wiger. Replacement actors: Jack Arnold (as "Al"), Gloria Blondell (as "Hotel Maid"), Louise Campbell (as "Hotel Maid"), Edward Craven (as "Frankie"), Len Doyle (as "Patsy"), Clifford Dunston (as "Clarence Dobbins"), Kathleen Fitz (as "Gloria"), Ross Hertz (as "Frankie"), Ruth Lee (as "Mabel"), Kay Loring (as "Audrey Trowbridge"), Horace McMahon (as "Charlie"), Katherine Squire (as "Audrey Trowbridge"), Ezra Stone (as "Al"). Produced by Alex Yokel. Note: Filmed as Three Men on a Horse (1936), Drei Mann auf einem Pferd (1957), Trois hommes sur un cheval (1969). Also see 1943 stage revival.
- (1939) Stage Play: See My Lawyer. Musical comedy. Written by Richard Maibaum [final Broadway credit] and Harry Clork. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Directed by Ezra Hunt. Biltmore Theatre: 27 Sep 1939- 6 Apr 1940 (224 performances). Cast: Carroll Ashburn, Ralph Bell, Milton Berle (as "Arthur Lee"), Robert Griffith, Teddy Hart, George Hirose (as "Ichiro Kato"), David Hoffman (as Seymore Tyler"), Richard Lee, Gary Merrill (as "Peter Russo") [Broadway debut], Millard Mitchell (as "Joseph O'Rourke"), Edward J. Nugent (as "Robert Carlin"), Robin Raymond, Mary Rolfe, John Shellie (as "A Man"), Norman Tokar, Walter Wanger (as "Shoeshine Boy"), Fleming Ward. Produced by George Abbott..
- (1941) Stage Play: Best Foot Forward. Musical. Book by John Cecil Holm. Music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. Music orchestrated by Don Walker and Hans Spialek. Overture by Robert Russell Bennett. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Miles White. Choreographed by Gene Kelly. Directed by George Abbott. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 1 Oct 1941- 4 Jul 1942 (326 performances). Cast: Buddy Allen, June Allyson (as "Minerva"), Van Atkins, John Balian, Wilbur Baron, Eileen Barton, Kenneth Bowers, Frances Bryan, Kenneth Buffett, Maureen Cannon, Marianne Cude, Danny Daniels, Richard Dick, Tommy Dix, Stanley Donen (as "Ensemble/Dancing Boy"), Dorothy Eden, Peggy Anne Ellis, Bee Farnum, Mary Ganley, Harvey Gould, Barbara Grant, Robert Griffith, Ann Guier, Kay Guier, Bobby Harrell, Roger Hewlett, Rhoda Hoffman, Carol Horton, Beverly Hosier, Gil Johnson, Jack Jordan Jr., Perry Jubelirer, Terry Kelly, Rosemary Lane (as "Gale Joy"), Stuart Langley, Norma Lehn, Eugene Martin, Marty May, Betty McCloskey, Elaine Miller, Betty Anne Nyman, Billy Parsons, Kaye Popp, Penny Porter, Lee Roberts, Renee Rochelle, Marilyn Ross, Rosemary Schaefer, Rose Marie Schiller, Victoria Schools, Audrey Sperling, George Staisey, Gil Stratton Jr., Buddy Styles, Lenore Thomas, Elmer Vernon, Nancy Walker (as "Blind Date") [Broadway debut], Fleming Ward (as "Dr. Reeber"), Art Williams, Lou Wills Jr., Doris York, Vincent York. Produced by George Abbott.
- (1942) Stage Play: Three Men on a Horse. Comedy (revival). Written by George Abbott and John Cecil Holm. Directed by John Cecil Holm. Forrest Theatre: 9 Oct 1942- 31 Oct 1942 (28 performances). Cast: William Balfour (as "Mr. Carver"), Jean Casto (as "Mabel"), Don Darcy (as "Delivery Boy"), William Foran (as "Harry"), Iris Hall (as "Gloria"), Teddy Hart (as "Frankie"), Richard Huey (as "Moses"), Kay Loring (as "Audrey Trowbridge"), William H. Lynn (as "Erwin Trowbridge"), Horace McMahon (as "Charlie"), Gay Seabrook (as "Hotel Maid"), J. Ascher Smith (as "The Tailor"), Sid Stone (as "Patsy"), James Truex (as "Al"), Fleming Ward (as "Clarence Dobbins"). Produced by Alexander Yokel. Note: Previously filmed by Warner Bros. as Three Men on a Horse (1936), Drei Mann auf einem Pferd (1957), Trois hommes sur un cheval (1969). Also see 1943 stage revival.
- (1943) Stage Play: The Snark Was a Boojum. Comedy. Written by Owen Davis. Based on the novel by Richard Shattuck. 48th Street Theatre: 1 Sep 1943- 4 Sep 1943 (5 performances). Produced by Alexander Yokel in association with Jay Faggen.
- (1944) Stage Play: Chicken Every Sunday. Written by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein [final Broadway credit]. Based on the novel by Rosemary Taylor. Directed by Lester Vail [final Broadway credit]. Henry Miller's Theatre (moved to The Plymouth Theatre from 20 May 1944- close): 5 Apr 1944- 6 Jan 1945 (unknown performances). Cast: Wyrley Birch (as "Rev. Wilson"), Austin Coghlan (as "Mr. Willard"), Viola Dean (as "Evie May"), Hope Emerson (as "Milly Moon"), Roy Fant (as "Jake"), Jean Gillespie (as "Rosemary Blachman"), Carolyn Hummel (as "Ruthie Blachman"), David McKay (as "Harold"), Mary Philips (as "Emily Blachman"), Ethel Remey (as "Mrs. Lawson"), Diana Rivers (as "Miss Gilley"), Martin Skapik (as "Eagle"), Katherine Squire (as "Mrs. Lynch/Miss Sally"), Guy Stockwell (as "Oliver Blachman"), Ann Thomas (as "Rita Kirby"), Frank M. Thomas (as "George Kirby"), Hugh Thomas (as "Jeffrey Lawson"), Tino Valenti (as "Carlos"), Raymond Van Sickle (as "Clem"), Fleming Ward (as "Mr. Robinson"), Rhys Williams (as "Jim Blachman"). Produced by Edward Gross. Note: Filmed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation as Chicken Every Sunday (1949).
- (1945) Stage Play: Too Hot for Maneuvers. Comedy. Written by Les White and Bud Pearson. Scenic Design by Wolfgang Roth. Costume Design by Lou Eisele. Directed by Les White and Bud Pearson. Broadhurst Theatre: 2 May 1945- 6 May 1945 (5 performances). Produced by James S. Elliott.
- (1946) Stage Play: The Magnificent Yankee. Written by Emmet Lavery. Stage Manager: Paul Porter [final Broadway credit]. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Woodman Thompson. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Royale Theatre: 22 Jan 1946- 8 Jun 1946 (159 performances). Cast: Louis Calhern (as "Mr. Justice Holmes"), Dorothy Gish (as "Fanny Dixwell Holmes"), Edgar Barrier (as "Mr. Justice Brandeis"), Bruce Bradford (as "Halloran, a former secretary"), Mason Curry (as "Dixon, a real estate broker"), Sylvia Fields (as "Fanny Dixwell Holmes") [Alternate], Robert Healy (as "Hamilton, a secretary"), Edward Hudson (as "Rogers, a secretary"), Christopher Marvin (as "Copeland, a secretary"), Sherling Oliver (as "Owen Wister"), William Roerick (as "Mr. Palmer, of "The Transcript"), Nicholas Saunders (as "Mason, a secretary"), Grey Stafford (as "Mapes, a secretary"), Eleanor Swayne (as "Mary, housekeeper"), Philip Truex (as "Northrop, a secretary"), Fleming Ward (as "Henry Adams") [final Broadway role], Edwin Whitner (as "Jackson, a former secretary"). Replacement actor: Richard Bowler (as "Mr. Justice Brandeis"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins. Note: Filmed by MGM as The Magnificent Yankee (1950). Mr. Calhern reprised his role in this film, which would be his only true starring film role.
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