- (1925) Stage: Directed (w/Freddie Johnson) "Lucky Sambo" (earliest stage credit) on Broadway. Musical comedy [all-black cast]. Music / book / lyrics by Porter Grainger and Freddie Johnson. Musical Director: Fred Tunstall. Choreographed by Freddie Johnson. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. New Colonial Theatre: 6 Jun 1925-13 Jun 1925 (7 performances). Cast: Abdeen M. Ali, Lottie Ames, Mae Barnes, Mildred Brown, Joe Byrd, Brownie Campbell, Billy Ewing, Margaret Fiall, James Gaines, Porter Grainger (as "Hitt Keys"), James Harrison, Westley Hill, Johnny Hudgins, Freddie Johnson, Adelaide Jones, Louis Keene, Evelyn Keyes (as "Ensemble"), Florence Laster, Amelia Loomis, Roberta Lowery, Creola Mays, Grace Michael, Julia F. Mitchell, Anna Moore, Gertie Moore, Monette Moore, Tim Moore (as "Sambo Jenkins"), Edith Oliver, Arthur Porter, Clarence Robinson, David Robinson, Charley Saltus, Alice Samons, Julie Sanchez, Edward Shinault, Jean Starr, Elizabeth Still, Herbert Walker, Anna White, Jerry Wiley, "Happy" Williams, Dorothy Wilson, Lena Wilson, Edna Young. Produced by Harlem Productions, Inc.
- (1927) Stage: Appeared (as "Crab Man") in "Porgy" on Broadway. Written by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian [earliest Broadway credit]. Guild Theatre: 10 Oct 1927-Aug 1928 (closing date unknown/367 performances). Cast: Jack Carter (as "Crown"), Peter Clark (as "Jim"), Stanley DeWolfe (as "A Dectective"), Evelyn Ellis (as "Crown's Bess"), Lloyd Gray, Georgette Harvey (as "Maria"), Wesley Hill (as "Jake"), Richard Huey (as "Mingo"), Rose MacClendon (as "Serena"), Ella Madison, Maurice McRae (as "Policeman"), Garrett Minturn (as "The Coroner"), Dorothy Paul (as "Lily"), Hayes Pryor (as "Peter"), Hugh Rennie (as "Policeman"), Percy Verwayne (as "Sporting Life"), Frank H. Wilson (as "Porgy"), Marie Young (as "Clara"). Produced by The Theatre Guild. NOTE: This was the original non-musical version.
- (1929) Stage: Appeared (as "Crab Man" / "Undertaker") in "Porgy" on Broadway (revival). Written by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Martin Beck Theatre: 13 Sep 1929-Oct 1929 (unknown closing date/34 performances). Cast: Jack Carter (as "Crown"), Peter Clark (as "Jim"), A.B. DeComathiere (as "Simon Frazier"; credited as A.B. Comatheire), Evelyn Ellis (as "Crown's Bess"), Georgette Harvey (as "Maria"), Wallace Hill (as "Scipio"), Wesley Hill (as "Jake"), Richard Huey (as "Mingo"), Felix Jacoves (as "Policeman"), Rose MacClendon (as "Serena"), Ella Madison, Morris McKenny, Garrett Minturn (as "The Coroner"), Dorothy Paul (as "Lily"), Hayes Pryor (as "Peter"), Wayland Rudd (as "Nelson"), Erskine Sanford (as "Alan Archdale"), Frederick Smith (as "A Dectective"), Edna Thomas, Percy Verwayne (as "Sporting Life"), Walter Warner, Frank H. Wilson (as "Porgy"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1930) Stage: Appeared (as "Evergreen Peppers") in "Change Your Luck" on Broadway. Musical [all-black cast]. Music / lyrics by J.C. Johnson. Book by Garland Howard. Musical Director: Stanley Bennett. Music / Lyrics of "St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy. Choreographed by Lawrence Deas and Speedy Smith. Directed / produced by Cleon Throckmorton. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 6 Jun 1930-19 Jun 1930 (16 performances). Cast: Buster Bowie (as "Shake a Leg"), Yank Bronson, Alice Cannon, Gertie Chambers, Billy Cole, Sylvia Collins, Lillian Cowan, Sam Cross, DeWitt Davis, Henry Davis, James Davis, Ida Dewey, Charles H. Downz, Dorothy Embry, Mabel Gant, Charles Gill, Sally Goldman, Sterling Grant, Hamtree Harrington, Mae Haywood, Luther Henderson, Millie Holmes, Garland Howard (as "Hot Stuff Jackson"), Alberta Hunter, Pauline Jackson, Van Jackson, J. Lewis Johnson, Chester Jones, Cora La Redd, Angeline Lawson, Alex Lovejoy, Emma Maitland, Mary Mason, Fred McCoy, Chick McKenney, James McPeters, J.W. Mobley, Alberta Perkins, Bertha Roe, Ida Rowley, Neeka Shaw, Louis Simms, Speedy Smith (as "Skybo Snowball"), Emma Thomas, Jimmy Thomas, Sammy Van, C.P. Wade, S.W. Warren, Harry Watkins, Aurelia Wheeldin, Frederick Wheeldin, Cy Williams.
- (1932) Stage: Appeared (as "Neighbor") in "Never No More" on Broadway. Tragedy. Written by James Knox Millen. Directed by Chester Erskine. Hudson Theatre: 7 Jan 1932-Jan 1932 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: William L. Andrews (as "Joe"), Viola Dean (as "Laura"), James Dunmore, Rose McClendon (as "Mammy"), Morris McKenney, Dorothy Paul, Lew Payton, Enid Raphael, Rudolph Toombs.
- (1932) Stage: Wrote (w/Billy Mills) book for / appeared (as "Razor Jim" / "Racketeer" / "Ticket Agent") in "Yeah Man", produced on Broadway. Special production/Revue [all-black cast]. Music / lyrics by Al Wilson, Charles Weinberg, Ken Macomber and Porter Grainger. Musical Director: \Billy Butler. Music orchestrated by Billy Butler, Charles L. Cooke and Lorenzo Caldwell. Choreographed by Marcus Slayter. Directed by Walter Campbell. Park Lane Theatre: 26 May 1932-27 May 1932 (2 performances). Cast: "Yeah Man" Stevedores, Eloise Bennett, Walter Brogsdale, Annie Davis, Harry Fiddler, Russell Graves, Bernice Gray, Adele Hargraves, Helen Heartwell, Rose Henderson, Millie Holmes, Jack Hutchins, Jarahal, Larry Lorear, The Melodee Four, Billy Mills, Mantan Moreland (as Brother Soblack" / "The Beer Parader" / "Patient" / "Lowdown" / "Porter"), Hilda Perleno, Pansey Peryment, Peggy Phillips, Harry Priolieu, Rastus [of Roy and Rastus], Eddie Rector, Roy [of Roy and Rastus], Marcus Slayter, Shorty Snowden, Lily Yuen. Produced by Walter Campbell and Jesse Wank.
- (1934) Stage: Appeared (as "Jim Veal") in "Stevedore" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Paul Peters and George Sklar. Scenic Design by Sointu Syrjala. Directed by Michael Blankfort and Irving Gordon. Civic Repertory Theatre: 18 Apr 1934-Jul 1934 (closing date unknown/111 performances). Cast: Dewey Armstrong, Cal Bellaver, G.I. Harry Bolden (as "Joe Crump"), C.M. Bootsie Davis, Gena May Brown (as "Nanny"), Arthur Bruce, Robert Caille, Jack Carter (as "Lonnie Thompson"), Jack Daley, William C. Elkins, Alonzo Fenderson, Frank Gabrielson, Roy Gillespie, Irving Gordon (as "Charley Freeman"), Millicent Green (as "Florrie"), Esther Hall, Jack Hartley, Georgette Harvey (as "Binnie"), Rex Ingram (as "Blacksnake"), Carrington Lewis (as "Bobo Valentine"), Dodson Mitchell (as "Walcott"), Henry Moy, William Myers, Neill O'Malley, Emily Patterson, I. Peters, Susie Sutton, Edna Thomas, Al Watts, Jack Williams, Ray Yeates. Produced by Theatre Union, Inc.
- (1934) Stage: Appeared (as "Jim Veal") in "Stevedore" on Broadway. Drama (revival). Written by Paul Peters and George Sklar. Scenic Design by S. Syrjala. Directed by Michael Blankfort and Irving Gordon. Civic Repertory Theatre: 1 Oct 1934-Nov 1934 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Dewey Armstrong (as "Ensemble"), Cal Bellaver (as "Ensemble"), Donald Black (as "Detective" / "Marty Fox" / "Cop"), G.I. Harry Bolden (as "Joe Crump"), Arthur Bruce (as "Victor"), Robert Caille (as "Freddy Reynolds" / "Mike" / "Pons"), Jack Carter (as "Lonnie Thompson"), Thomas Coffin Cooke (as "Walcott"), Jack Daley (as "Sergeant"), Anis Davis (as "Ensemble"), William C. Elkins (as "Uncle Cato" / "Mose Venable"), Roy Gillespie (as "Ensemble "), Irving Gordon (as "Charley Freeman"), Millicent Green (as "Florrie"), Esther Hall (as "Ensemble "), Juanita Hall (as "Bertha Williams"), Canada Lee )as "Blacksnake"), David Lesan (as "Bill Larkin" / "Mitch"), Carrington Lewis (as "Bobo Valentine"), Henry May (as "Ensemble"), Abbey Mitchell (as "Binnie"), Tom Mosley (as "Rag Williams"), William Myers (as "Ensemble"), Emily Patterson (as "Ensemble"), I. Peters (as "Ensemble"), Robert Simpson (as "Steve" / "Al Regan"), Edna Thomas (as "Ruby Oxley"), Al Watts (as "Sam Oxley"), Martin Wolfson (as "Detective"), Ray Yeates (as "Angrum"). Produced by Theatre Union Inc.
- (1936) Stage: Appeared (as "A Negro Minister") in "White Man" on Broadway. Written by Samson Raphaelson. Directed by Melville Burke. National Theatre: 17 Oct 1936-Oct 1936 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Adolph Aiken (as "Negroes of Harlem"), Eddie Baer (as "Negroes of Harlem"), George Baxter (as "Richard Arlington"), Sam Byrd (as "Paul Grimm"; also producer), Louise Campbell (as "Mary Nile"), Nancy Cushman (as "Greta"), Clarence Evans (as "Negroes of Harlem"), Sylvia Field (as "Pansy Washington"), Harold Gould (as "Rufus Nile"), William Coley Grant (as "Archie"), Mary Jeffery (as "A Nurse"), Edward Mathews (as "Negroes of Harlem"), Patsy Ruth Miller (as "Lucy Arlington"), Jessamine Newcombe (as "Countess Fillipe"), Louise Reynolds (as "Negroes of Harlem"), Frank Swift (as "Negroes of Harlem"), William Walker (as "Stanley"), Marietta Warren (as "Archie's Wife").
- (1937) Stage: Appeared (as "Aloes") in "How Come, Lawd?" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Donald Heywood [final Broadway credit]. Scenic Design by Stagecraft Studios. Directed by Charles J. Adler. 49th Street Theatre: 30 Sep 1937-Oct 1937 (closing date unknown/2 performances). Cast: Dorothy Cadoza (as "Babes"), James Fuller (as "Jackknife"), Mercedes Gilbert (as "Mom"), George L. Ingram (as "Yamacraw"), Harry D. Ingram (as "Sammy"), Rex Ingram (as "Big Boy"), Columbus Jackson, Alex Lovejoy, Edgar Martin, Dan Michaels, Hilda Rogers (as "Clorinda"), Homer Tutt (as "Pa"). Produced by The Negro Theatre Guild.
- (1937) Stage: Appeared (as "Crooks") in "Of Mice and Men" on Broadway. Drama. Written by John Steinbeck. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Costume production by John Hambleton. Technical assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Isaac Benesch. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Music Box Theatre: 23 Nov 1937-May 1938 (closing date unknown/207 performances). Cast: Walter Baldwin (as "Whit"), Sam Byrd (as "Curley"), Broderick Crawford (as "Lennie"), Thomas Findley (as "The Boss"), Wallace Ford (as "George"), Will Geer (as "Slim"), John F. Hamilton (as "Candy"), Claire Luce (as "Curley's Wife"), Charles Slattery (as "Carlson"). Produced by Sam Harris. NOTES: (1) Theatre owned and operated by Sam Harris and Irving Berlin [who did not have direct involvement in production]. (2) Filmed as Of Mice and Men (1939), Of Mice and Men (1981), Of Mice and Men (1968), Of Mice and Men (1992).
- (1940) Stage: Appeared (as "Eli") in "Medicine Show" on Broadway. Incidental music by Hanns Eisler. Written by Oscar Saul and H.R. Hays. Directed by Jules Dassin. New Yorker Theatre: 12 Apr 1940-11 May 1940 (35 performances). Cast: Isabel Bonner (as "Mrs. Sullivan"), Philip Bourneuf (as "Jackson"), Perry Bruskin (as "Ben"), Virginia Campbell (as "Chorine"), Richard Clark (as "Kennedy "), Grace Coppin (as "Mrs. Jackson"), Zamah Cunningham (as "Mrs. Young"), Olive Deering (as "Rose"), Joseph M. Dixon (as "Andrew"), Sara Floyd (as "Ellie"), Melbourne Ford (as "John"), Peter Frye (as "Pete"), Martin Gabel (as "Statistician"), Pearl Gaines (as "Sarah"), Coburn Goodwin (as "Hall"), Norma Green, William Hansen (as "Dr. Mackenzie"), J. Richard Jones (as "Clinic Doctor"), Linda Lee, Harry Lessin, Norman Lloyd (as "Quack"), Dorothy McGuire (as "Dora"), Bram Nossen (as "Dr. White"), John Randolph (as "Mac"), Ronald Reiss, Ben Ross, Alfred Ryder. Produced by Carly Wharton and Martin Gabel.
- (1946) Stage: Appeared (as "Leader of Old Men's Chorus") in "Lysistrata" on Broadway. Comedy (revival). Written by Aristophanes. Book adapted by Gilbert Seldes. Incidental music by Harry Brandt. Choreographed by Felicia Sorel. Directed by James Light. Belasco Theatre: 17 Oct 1946-19 Oct 1946 (4 performances). Cast: Olive Ball, Service Bell, Valerie Black, Harry Bolden, C.M. Bootsie Davis (as "Senator"), Theresa Brooks, Geri Bryan, George F. Carroll, Marie Cooke, John De Battle, George Dozier, James H. Dunmore, Hanson W. Elkins, Maurice Ellis, Louise E. Evans, Geneva H. Fitch, Pearl Gaines, Minnie Gentry, Mercedes Gilbert, Frank Green, Jackie Greene, Laphfawn Gumbs, Gwyn Hale, Erona Harris, Marble Hart, Ann Henry, Rex Ingram (as "President of the Senate"), Tica Janine, Larri Lauria, Eunice Eleanora Miller, Etta Moten (as "Lysistrata"), Hilda Offley, Courtenaye Olden, Bill O'Neil, Lora Pierce, Sidney Poitier (as "Probulos"; Broadway debut-, Albert Popwell (as "Dancer"), Ethel Purnello, Andrew Ratousheff, Edyth Reid, Emory S. Richardson, Jay Riley, Wardell Saunders, Archie Savage (as "Satyr"), H. Roderick Scott, Louis Sharp, P. Jay Sidney (as "Senator"), Mildred Joanne Smith, Hettie Stephens, Jean Stovall, Lou Sealia Swarz, George Thomas, Cherokee Thornton, Margaret Tynes, Beatrice Wade, Phyllis Walker, Emett "Babe" Wallace, Royce Wallace, Fredi Washington, Larry Williams, Milton J. Williams, Wilhelmina Williams, Miles Winbush, Wilson Woodbeck. Produced by James Light and Max J. Jelin.
- (1948) Stage: Appeared (as "The Judge") in "Volpone" on Broadway. Comedy (revival). Written by Ben Jonson. Book adapted by Richard Whorf, Richard Barr (also director) and José Ferrer. City Center: 8 Jan 1948-18 Jan 1948 (14 performances). Cast: Capt. Sidney Bassler, Bobby Busch, Marjorie Byers, Frank Campanella (as "Commendatori, a Court Officer"), John Carradine (as "Voltore"), Susan Center, Leonardo Cimino, Walter Coy, Lou Gilbert, Bob Harrison, Phyllis Hill, Earl Jones, Paula Laurence, Richard McMurray, Charles Mendick, LeRoi Operti (as "Corvino"), Fred Stewart, Victor Thorley, Richard Whorf (as "Mosca"). Produced by New York City Theatre Company. Co-operation by Theatre Incorporated (Richard Aldrich, Managing Director).
- (1948) Stage: Appeared (as "Gullah Jack") in "Set My People Free" on Broadway. Written by Dorothy Heyward. Directed by Martin Ritt. Hudson Theatre: 3 Nov 1948-27 Nov 1948 (29 performances). Cast: Somer Alberg (as "Trader Henri"), Thomas Anderson (as "Jesse Blackwood"), Edith Atuka-Reid (as "Tina"), Harry Bolden (as "Belleisle"), Alonzo Bosan (as "Pompey"), John Bouie (as "Perault Prioleau"), Samuel Brown (as "1st Drummer"), Eric Burroughs (as "Mingo Harth"), Tyler Carpenter (as "Patrolman"), Blaine Cordner (as "Capt. Wilson"), Harold Des Verney (as "Blind Philip"), George Dosher (as "Jemmy"), Gail Gladstone (as "Eliza"), Juano Hernandez (as "Denmark"), Theodore Hines (as "Cuppy"), Earl Jones (as "Ned Bennett"), Wanza L. King (as "Benbow"), Canada Lee (as "George" / "Head Slave"), Urylee Leonardos (as "Blanche"), Fredye Marshall (as "Rachel"), William Marshall (as "Rolla Bennett"), William McDaniel (as "Pharaoh"), Charles McRae (as "Monday Gell"), Moses Mianns (as "2nd Drummer"), Bertha T. Powell (as "The Mauma"), Marion Scanlon (as "Phyllis"), Louis Sharp (as "Lot"), Richard Silver (as "Frank Ferguson"), Merritt Smith (as "Adam"), Mildred Joanne Smith (as "Rose"), Earl Sydnor (as "Peter Poyas"), William Warfield (as "Aneas"), Musa Williams (as "Sinah"), Frank Wilson (as "Morris Brown"). Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors). Associate Producer: Allyn Rice.
- (1949) Stage: Appeared (as "Al Gaige") in "How Long Till Summer". Written by Sarett Tobias and Herbert Rudley (also director). Scenic Design / Lighting Design by Ralph Alswang. Costume Design by Enid Smiley. Playhouse Theatre: 27 Dec 1949-31 Dec 1949 (7 performances). Cast: Peter Capell (as "A Man"), Evelyn Davis (as "Mary"), Sam Gilman (as "Mr. Burns"), Maxwell Glanville (as "Harlan"), Ida James (as "Kate Jeffers"), Arthur O'Connell (as "Fred Johnson"), Charles Taylor (as "Johnny Burns"), Fredi Washington (as "Dr. Dan Benson"), Josh White (as "Mathew Jeffers"), Josh White Jr. (as "Josh Jeffers"), Milton Williams (as "Harold Carver"), Frank Wilson (as "Dr. Dan Benson"). Produced by Leon J. Bronesky and Edward M. Gilbert.
- (1952) Stage: Appeared (as "Frank Carlisle") in "The Shrike" on Broadway. Drama. Written / directed by Joseph A. Kramm. Scenic Design / Lighting design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by Edith Lutyens. Cort Theatre: 15 Jan 1952-31 May 1952 (161 performances). Cast: Judith Evelyn (as "Ann Downs"), José Ferrer (as "Jim Downs"; also producer), Somar Alberg (as "Dr. Schlesinger"), James Hawthorne Bay (as "Perkins"), Mary Bell (as "Miss Wingate"), Isabel Bonner (as "Dr. Barrow"), William Bush (as "Grossberg"), Kendall Clark (as "Dr. Bellman"), Joe Comadore (as "Joe Major"), Vincent J. Donehue (as "Patient"), Jeanette Dowling (as "Miss Hansen"), Stephen Elliott (as "Dr. Kramer"), Billy M. Greene (as "William Schloss"), Phyllis Hill (as "Miss Cardell"), Philip Huston (as "Don Gregory"), Arthur Jarrett (as "Tom Blair"), Will Kuluva (as "John Ankoritis"), Will Lee (as "Sam Tager"), Martin Newman (as "George O'Brien"), Edward Platt (as "Harry Downs"), Tom Reynolds (as "Fleming"). Replacement actors during run: Mary Fletcher (as "Miss Hansen"), Simon Oakland, Eugenia Rawls, Mary Jane Shea (as "Miss Cardell"). Produced in association with Milton Baron. NOTE: Filmed as The Shrike (1955).
- (1952) Stage: Appeared (as "Frank Carlisle"; final Broadway role) in "The Shrike" on Broadway. Drama (revival). Directed (w/José Ferrer / written by Joseph A. Kramm. Scenic Design / Lighting Design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by Emeline Roche. City Center: 25 Nov 1953-6 Dec 1953 (15 performances). Cast: Somar Alberg (as "Dr. Schlesinger"), Jacques Aubuchon (as "John Ankoritis"), Mary Bell (as "Miss Wingate"), Isabel Bonner (as "Dr. Barrow"), Jane Buchanan (as "Miss Hansen"), William Bush (as "Grossberg"), James Clark (as "Visitor"), Kendall Clark (as "Dr. Bellman"), Vincent J. Donehue (as "Patient"), Judith Evelyn (as "Ann Downs"), José Ferrer (as "Jim Downs"), Donald Foster (as "Tom Blair"), Carl Frank (as "Harry Downs"), Arny Freeman (as "Sam Tager"), Billy Greene (as "William Schloss"), Antoinette Griffith (as "Visitor"), Philip Huston (as "Don Gregory"), Thomas J. King (as "Attendant"), Rica Martens (as "Miss Cardell"), Martin Newman (as "George O'Brien"), Leonard Patrick (as "Dr. Kramer"), Addison Powell (as "Attendant"; Broadway debut), Van Prince (as "Joe Major"), Tom Flatley Reynolds (as "Fleming"), Margaret Ropp (as "Visitor"), Kenneth Sleeper (as "Visitor"), Ellsworth Wright (as "Perkins"). Produced by New York City Theatre Company.
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