- (1902) Stage: Appeared (Broadway debut) in "The New Clown", produced on Broadway. Farce. Written by H.M. Paull. Scenic Design by Edward G. Unitt. Directed by Joseph Humphries. Garrick Theatre: 25 Aug 1902-Sep 1902 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Harrison Armstrong, Frederick E. Bean, Jessie Busley, Thomas Davis, Ralph Delmore, Helen Douglas, Elsie Ferguson, Jameson Lee Finney, C.J. Garrigan, Margaret Gordon, Leonore Harris, George S. Irving, Blanche Landers, Carrie Landers, Inez Marcel, Beatrice Burton Morgan, Maud Raymond, May Seeley, Frederick Spencer, Caroline Starbuck, Alexander Taylor, Julius Witmark. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1902) Stage: "The Two Schools" on Broadway. Written by Alfred Capus. Hoyt's Theatre: 30 Sep 1902-Nov 1902 (closing date unknown/56 performances). Cast: Harrison Armstrong, Frederick E. Bean, Jessie Busley, Ida Conquest, Stanley Dark, Jameson Lee Finney, Leonore Harris, George S. Irving, M.A. Kennedy, Edna Luby, Frederick Mann, Beatrice Morgan, Walter Scott, Frederick Spencer, Ida Waterman. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1903) Stage: Appeared (as "Joseph") in "The Girl from Kay's", produced on Broadway. Musical. Music by Ivan Caryll. Additional numbers by Clare Kummer [earliest Broadway credit], Maurice J. Stonehill, Paul Rubens, Adrian Ross, Claude Aveling, J. Hickory Wood, Howard Talbot, Percy Greenbank, Bernard Rolt, Cecil Cook, Ernest Bucalossi and A.D. Cammeyer. Book by Owen Hall. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Herald Square Theatre (recessed during summer of 1904 and moved to The Grand Opera House from 20 Mar 1905 to close): 2 Nov 1903-Mar 1905 (closing date unknown/231 performances). Cast: Elise Barney (as "Hilda French"), Sam Bernard, Vera Cameron, Mabel Clarke, Harry Davenport, Paul Decker, Belva Don Kersley, Marie Doro (as "Nancy Lowley"), Teddie DuCoe, Grace Dudley, Elsie Ferguson, Grace Freeman, Maud Granger (as "Mrs. Chalmers"), Homer Granville (as "Theodore Quench"), May Harding, Leonore Harris, Emil Heusel, Ernest Lambart, Maurice Lavigne, Margaret Malcolm, Sadie Peters, Lillian Seville, Winchell Smith (as "Joseph"), George R. Sprague, Olive Ullrich, Hattie Williams, Blanche Wood. Produced by Charles Frohman with George Edwardes-Hall.
- (1905) Stage: Appeared (as 'The Lieutenant") in "The Man of Destiny" on Broadway (revival/played in repertory with "You Never Can Tell", "John Bull's Other Island", "Mrs. Warren's Profession", "Candida"). Written by George Bernard Shaw. Garrick Theatre: 18 Sep 1905-23 Sep 1905 (unknown performances). Cast: Arnold Daly (as "Napoleon Bonaparte"), John Findlay (as "The Innkeeper"), Mary Hampton (as "The Lady"). Produced by Liebler & Co.
- (1905) Stage: Appeared (as "Matt Haffigan") in "John Bull's Other Island" on Broadway (played in repertory with "How He Lied to Her Husband", "The Man of Destiny", "You Never Can Tell", "Mrs. Warren's Profession", "Candida"). Written by George Bernard Shaw. Garrick Theatre: 9 Oct 1905-21 Oct 1905 (unknown performances). Cast: Rose A. Anthon (as "Aunt Judy"), Charles Crosby (as "Cornelius Doyle"), Arnold Daly (as "Larry Doyle"), George Farren (as "Peter Keegan"), John Findlay (as "Tim Haffigan"), L.M. Gallager (as "Barney Doran"), Harry Harwood (as "Father Dempsey"), Chrystal Herne (as "Nora Reilly"), Joseph Maddern (as "Patsy Farrell"), Dodson Mitchell (as "Thomas Broadbent"), Frederick Tyler (as "Hodson"). Produced by Liebler & Co.
- (1906) Stage: Wrote (w/Byron Ongley) "Brewster's Millions", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Based on the novel by George Barr McCutcheon. Directed by Frederic Thompson and Winchell Smith. New Amsterdam Theatre (moved to The Hudson Theatre from 25 Feb 1907-close): 31 Dec 1906-unknown (163 performances). Cast: Edward Abeles (as "Montgomery Brewster"), Leslie Bassett, Gaston Bell, Cecile Breton, George Clare, Walter Clifton, Jack Devereaux, Willie Frank, Sumner Gard, Martin Hoag, John Hodge, Willard Howe, Nestor Lennon, Emily Lytton, Darle MacBoyle, Arthur Morris, Olive Murray, Josephine Park, George Probert, Roy Prosser, William Rawson, Eugene Redding, Albert Sackett, George Spelvin, Albert Sperry, Amy Sumers, Joseph Turpin, Joseph Woodburn, George Wright. Produced by Thompson and Dundy.
- (1907) Stage: "Mrs. Warren's Profession" on Broadway. Comedy (revival). Written by George Bernard Shaw. Manhattan Theatre: 9 Mar 1907-Mar 1907 (closing date unknown/25 performances). Cast: Catherine Countiss (as "Vivie Warren"), John Findlay (as "Rev. Samuel Gardner"), Dodson Mitchell (as "Mr. Praed"), E.J. Ratcliffe (as "Sir George Crofts"), Mary Shaw (as "Mrs. Kitty Warren"), Walter Thomas (as "Frank Gardner"). Produced by The S.W. Gumpertz Amusement Co.
- (1908) Stage: Wrote (w/Paul Armstrong) "Via Wireless", produced on Broadway. Melodrama. Liberty Theatre: 2 Nov 1908-Jan 1909 (88 performances). Cast: Edwin Arden (as "Lt. Sommers, U.S.N."), Arthur Ellsworth, Maude Granger, William B. Mack, Vera McCord (as "Frances Durant"), Francis D. McGinn, Robert McWade, Georgie Drew Mendum, John Miltern (as "Edward Pinkney"), Frank Monroe, Louis Morrell, Edgar Robbins, William Stone, Walter Thomas, Richard E. Webster, Ethel Wright. Produced by Frederic Thompson. NOTE: Filmed as Via Wireless (1915).
- (1909) Stage: Wrote / directed "The Fortune Hunter" on Broadway. Comedy. Gaiety Theatre: 4 Sep 1909-Jul 1910 (closing date unknown/345 performances). Cast: Sidney Ainsworth [final Broadway role], John Barrymore (as "Nathaniel Duncan"), John Charles Brownell, Eda Bruna, Charles H. Crosby, Edward Ellis, Charles Fisher, Hale Hamilton (as "Henry Kellogg"), Walter Horton, Kathryn Marshall, James Montgomery, Edgar Nelson, Forrest Robinson (as "Mr. Graham"), David Rosenthal, Mary Ryan, John Sutherland, George Loane Tucker. Produced by George M. Cohan and Sam Harris. NOTES: (1) Filmed as The Fortune Hunter (1927), The Fortune Hunter (1920), The Fortune Hunter (1914), The Fortune Hunter (1952). (2) One of the most successful productions of early 20th-century Broadway.
- (1910) Stage: Wrote / directed "Love Among the Lions" on Broadway. Based on the novel by Thomas Anstey Guthrie. Garrick Theatre: 8 Aug 1910-Sep 1910 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: George T. Barber, May Blayney, Elsie Clarens, Ernest Cossart, Clarence Handyside, A.E. Matthews, John Miltern, Jane Oaker, Ivan Simpson, Ernest Stallard, Richard Sterling, Amy Sumers. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1910) Stage: Wrote "Bobby Burnit", produced on Broadway. From the novel by George Randolph Chester. Directed by Ira Hards. Theatre Republic: 22 Aug 1910-Sep 1910 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Leslie Bassett, Sidney Bent, Henry Carlin, Harvey T. Clark, Frank Daniels, Laurence Eddinger, Wallace Eddinger, Thomas Findlay, Frank Hughes, Charles Lane, John D. O'Hara, John S. Robertson, Fred Strong, John Webster, George A. Wright. Produced by Henry B. Harris. NOTE: Filmed as The Making of Bobby Burnit (1914).
- (1911) Stage: Wrote "The Only Son", produced on Broadway. Gaiety Theatre: 16 Oct 1911-Nov 1911 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Produced by Cohan & Harris. NOTE: Filmed as The Only Son (1914).
- (1913) Stage: Revised (w/Victor Mapes) "The New Henrietta", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Bronson Howard. Directed by Joseph Brooks. Knickerbocker Theatre: 22 Dec 1913-Feb 1914 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: William H. Crane (as "Nicholas Van Alstyne" / "Old Nick"), Amelia Bingham, Malcolm Bradley, Halbert W. Brown, Lyster Chambers (as "Mark Turner, Nick's son-in-law"), Patricia Collinge (as "Agnes Gates, Nick's Ward"), Eileen Errol, Douglas Fairbanks (as "Bertie Van Alstyne, Nick's Son"), Arthur Stuart Hull (as "Dr. George Wainwright"), J.H. Huntley, Edward Poland, Zeffie Tilbury (as "Hattie, A strange young woman"), Bud Woodthorpe. Produced by Charles Frohman and Klaw & Erlanger. NOTE: Filmed as The Saphead (1920), The Lamb (1915).
- (1915) Stage: Wrote (w/Victor Mapes) "The Boomerang". Comedy. Belasco Theatre: 0 Aug 1915-Nov 1916 (closing date unknown/522 performances). Cast: William Boag (as "Hartley"), Arthur Byron (as "Dr. Gerald Sumner"), Margaret Cadman (as "Guest"), John Clements (as "Mr. Stone"), 'Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh' (as "Mrs. Creighton Woodbridge"), Gilbert Douglas (as "Preston De Witt"), Betty Dwight (as "Guest"), Cecil Dwight (as "Guest"), Wallace Eddinger (as "Budd Woodbridge"), Earl Evans (as "Guest"), Martha Hedman (as "Virginia Xelva"), Richard Malchien (as "Heinrich"), Helen Marche (as "Guest"), Dorothy Megrew (as "Gertrude Ludlow"), Josephine Parks (as "Marion Sumner"), Ruth Shepley (as "Grace Tyler"), James Ward (as "Guest"), Robert Wynn. Produced by David Belasco. NOTE: Filmed as The Boomerang (1925), The Love Doctor (1929). Playwright: "The City Chap".
- (1916) Stage: Wrote (w/Jack E. Hazzard [credited as John E. Hazzard]) / produced "Turn to the Right!" on Broadway. Gaiety Theatre: 18 Aug 1916-Sep 1917 (closing date unknown/435 performances). Cast: Justine Adams (as "Katie"), Ruth Chester (as "Mrs. Bascom"), Lucy Cotton (as "Bettie Bascom"), Roy Fairchild (as "Lester Morgan"), Alice Hastings (as "Jessie Strong"), Harry Humphrey (as "Callahan"), William E. Meehan (as "Muggs"), Edgar Nelson (as "Sam Martin"), Frank Nelson (as "Gilly"), Samuel Reed (as "Deacon Tillinger"), Louise Rutter (as "Elsie Tillinger"), Abraham Sincoff (as "Isadore"), Forrest Winant (as "Joe Bascom").
- (1918) Stage: Wrote (w/Frank Bacon) "Lightnin'", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Gaiety Theatre: 26 Aug 1918-27 Aug 1921 (1291 performances). Cast: Frank Bacon (as "Lightnin' Bill Jones"), Bessie Bacon (as "Mrs. Harper"), E.J. Blunkall (as "Everett Hammond"), Sidney Coburn (as "Teddy Peters"), Sam Coit (as "Nevin Blodgett"), Fred Conklin (as "Liveryman"), Harry Davenport (as "Rodney Harper"), Mary Duryea (as "Mrs. Brainerd"), William F. Granger (as "Walter Lennon"), Frances Kennan (as "Mrs. Starr"), James C. Lane (as "Hotel Clerk"), Thomas MacLarnie (as "Lemuel Townsend"), Beth Martin (as "Freda"), Ralph Morgan (as "John Marvin"), Beatrice Nichols (as "Mildred Buckley"), Jane Oaker (as "Margaret Davis"), Minnie Palmer (as "Mrs. Jordan"), Jessie E. Pringle (as "Mrs. Jones"), Phyllis Rankin (as "Mrs. Moore"), George Spelvin [actor who wished to remain anonymous] (as "Zeb Crothers"), Paul Stanton (as "Raymond Thomas"), Helen Story (as "Mrs. Brewer"), George Thompson (as "Oscar Nelson"), Ruth Towle (as "Mrs. Corshall"), Sue Wilson (as "Emily Jarvis"). Replacement cast: Julio Brown (as "Mrs. Corshall"), Margaret Campbell (as "Mrs. Brewer"), Walter Ducart (as "Liveryman"), John Hamilton (as "Rodney Harper"), Helen Hutchens (as "Mrs. Starr"), William Lamb (as "Teddy Peters"), Georgie Drew Mendum (as "Mrs. Moore"), Alice Quigley (as "Emily Jarvis"), Jason Robards Sr. (as "John Marvin"), George Spelvin [actor who wished to remain anonymous] (as "Oscar Nelson"), George Thompson (as "Zeb Crothers"), Beth Varden (as "Freda"). Produced by John Golden. NOTE: Filmed as Lightnin' (1930), Lightnin' (1925).
- (1918) Stage: Produced (w/John Golden) "Three Wise Fools" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Austin Strong. Criterion Theatre: 31 Oct 1918-Aug 1919 (closing date unknown/316 performances). Cast: J. Moy Bennett (as "Douglas"), Stephen Colby (as "Benjamin Surratt"), Harry Davenport (as "Dr. Richard Gaunt"), Harry M. Forsman (as "Gray"), Claude Gillingwater (as "Mr. Theodore Findley"; final Broadway role), Hayward Ginn (as "Poole"), William Ingersoll (as "Judge James Trumbull"), Leavitt James (as "Clancy"), Charles Laite (as "Gordon Schuyler"), Helen Menken (as "Miss Fairchild"), Phyllis Rankin (as "Mrs. Saunders"), George Spelvin [actor who wished to remain anonymous] (as "Policeman"), Charles Wells (as "John Crawshay"). NOTE: Filmed as Three Wise Fools (1923).
- (1921) Stage: "Dear Me" on Broadway. Comedy.
- (1921) Stage: Wrote / directed "The Wheel" on Broadway. Drama. Gaiety Theatre: 29 Aug 1921-Sep 1921 (closing date unknown/49 performances). Cast: Leila Bennett (as "Norah Rooney"), Frank Burbeck (as "Theodore Morton"), John Clements (as "Mr. G."), Stuart Fox (as "Harry Parke"), Julius Johnson (as "George"), Frank Keogh (as "Dave"), Charles Laite (as "Theodore Morton Jr."), Richard Malchien (as "Mr. D."), Frank Miller (as "Tony"), J. Francis O'Reilly (as "Jack LeRoy"), Albert Roccardi (as "Monty"), Thomas W. Ross (as "Edward Baker"), David Sabel (as "Fred"), Herbert Saunders (as "Mr. S."), George Spelvin (as "Jake"), Ida St. Leon (as "Kate O'Hara"), Rodney Thompson (as "Charlie"), Harold Waldrige (as "Sam Marks"), Josephine Williams (as "Bridget Rooney"), Margot Williams (as "Stella Wittstein"). Produced by John Golden.
- (1921) Stage: Wrote "Thank You, A Play in Three Acts". NOTE: Filmed as Thank You (1925).
- (1923) Stage: "Polly Preferred". Comedy.
- (1925) Stage: Wrote (w/George Abbott / directed "A Holy Terror", produced on Broadway. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 28 Sep 1925-Oct 1925 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: George Abbott (as "Dirk Yancey"), Elizabeth Allen, Leila Bennett, Emerin Campbell, D.J. Carew, Richard Carlyle, Harry M. Cooke, William Goddard, Ralph Hackett, Leona Hogarth, Edward T. Holland, Frederic Malcolm, Ben Meigs, Arthur Miles, Millard Mitchell (as "Tremper"), Frank Monroe, John F. Morrissey, Dan Moyles, Bennett Musson, William Pawley, Ed Savold, Harry Schaefer, G. Albert Smith, George Thompson, Frank Verigun, Charles Wagenheim, George J. Williams. Produced by John Golden.
- (1925) Stage: "These Charming People". Comedy.
- (1925) Stage: "The City Chap" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Jerome Kern. Book by James Montgomery. Lyrics by Anne Caldwell. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Liberty Theatre: 26 Oct 1925-26 Dec 1925 (72 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Sam Graham"), Betty Block, Bobbie Breslaw, Constance Brown, Katherine Burnside, Phyllis Cleveland, Betty Compton (as "Betty"), Myrtle Cox, Ursula Dale, Frisco Devere, Frank Doane (as "Blinkey Lockwood"), Peggy Dolan, Francis X. Donegan, Irene Dunne (as "Grace Bartlett"), Pearl Eaton (as "Pearl"), Helyn Eby Rock, Jeanne Edwards, Kathleen Erroll, Rita Farrell, Patricia Fitzpatrick, Edythe Flynn, Georges Fontanna, 'Richard "Skeets' Gallagher' (as "Nat Duncan"), Eddie Girard, Danzi Goodell, Ona Hamilton, Muriel Harrison, Beatrice Hughes, Mary Jane, Nell Kincaid, Katherine Kohler, Gladys Lake, Jane Lane, Fred Lennox, Joan Lindsay, Hallie Manning, Jerry Markham, Beth Meakins, Lucy Monroe, Margaret Morris, Marjorie Moss, Bessie Mulligan, Robert Emmett O'Connor (as "Pete"), Mary Pierce, Nickie Pitell, George Raft (as "George Spelvin"), Jack Rutherford (credited as John Rutherfordl as "Stephen Kellogg"), Autumn Sims, Mildred Sinclair, Blossom Vreeland, Ina Williams, Hansford Wilson, Betty Winslow. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1925) Stage: "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney". Comedy.
- (1925) Stage: Directed (w/Priestly Morrison) "Alias the Deacon" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 24 Nov 1925-Jul 1926 (closing date unknown/277 performances). Cast: Kaye Barnes (as "Slim Sullivan"), Anna Bentley (as "Mrs. Boynton"), Berton Churchill (as "The Deacon"), Jerry Devine (as "Willie Clark"), Donald Foster (as "John Adams"), Averell Harris (as "Luella Gregory"), Sneb Howard (as "Brakeman"), Virginia Howell (as "Mrs. Gregory"), Leo A. Kennedy (credited as Leo Kennedy; as "Brick McGoorty"), Marie Loring (as "Mrs. Howgert"), Mayo Methot (as "Phyllis Halliday"), Frank Monroe (as "Jim Cunningham"), Ralph Morehouse (as "Deputy"), Viola Morrison (as "Mrs. Pike"), John F. Morrissey (as "Ed King"), Al Roberts (as "Bull Moran"), Betty Rutland (as "Mrs. Clayton"), Arline Tucker (as "Fanny Pike"), Frances Underwood (as "Mrs. Clark"), Clyde Veaux (as "Tony"). Produced by Samuel Wallach. NOTE: Filmed as Alias the Deacon (1927), Alias the Deacon (1940), Half a Sinner (1934).
- (1926) Stage: "The Wisdom Tooth". Comedy.
- (1926) Stage: "Two Girls Wanted". Comedy.
- (1926) Stage: "Waterloo Bridge" on Broadway. Drama
- (1930) Stage: Directed "The Vinegar Tree" on Broadway (final Broadway credit). Comedy. Written by Paul Osborn. Playhouse Theatre: 19 Nov 1930-Jun 1931 (closing date unknown/229 performances). Produced by Dwight Wiman [credited as Dwight Deere Wiman].
- (7/18/38) Stage: Wrote (w/Frank Bacon) "Lightnin'," performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA, with Fred Stone and Mary Brian in the cast.
- (September 29 to October 4, 1919) His play, "The Fortune Hunter," was performed in a Pasadena Community Playhouse production at the Savoy Theatre in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director and director.
- (September 27 to October 1, 1932) Frank Bacon and his play, "Lightnin'," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. T.B. Henry was director. Gilmor Brown was artistic director.
- (June 22 to 25, 1942) His play, "The Fortune Hunter," was performed in the Eighth Midsummer Festival (50 Years of American Comedy) production at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. George Phelps was director.
- (July 26 to 31, 1949) Frank Bacon and his play, "Lightnin'," was performed in the Fifteenth Midsummer Festival (California Playwrights) production at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Morris Ankrum and James Tracy were directors.
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