Other works

(1936 - 1946) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1936) Stage Play: Johnny Johnson. Musical comedy. Written by Paul Green. Music by Kurt Weill. Musical Direction by Lehman Engel. Directed by Lee Strasberg. 44th Street Theatre: 19 Nov 1936- 16 Jan 1937 (68 performances). Cast: Luther Adler (as "English Sergeant"), Peter Ainsley, Kate Allen, James Blake, Roman Bohnen (as "Grandpa Joe"), Phoebe Brand, Grover Burgess, Jean Burton, Morris Carnovsky (as "Chief of the Allied High Command"), William Challee (as "Private Fairfax"), Lee J. Cobb (as "Dr. McBray"), Russell Collins (as "Johnny Johnson"), Curt Conway, John Garfield [credited as Jules Garfield](as "Johann Lang"), Judson Hall, Orin Jannings (as "His Majesty, The King") [Broadway debut], Robert Joseph, Elia Kazan (as "Private Kearns" and "Dr. Frewd"), Thomas C. Kennedy, Tony Kraber, Will Lee, Bob Lewis, Paul Mann, Sanford Meisner (as "Captain Valentine"), Paula Miller, John Most, Ruth Nelson, Joseph Pevney (as "West Point Lieutenant"), Herbert Ratner, Eddie Ryan, Jack Saltzman, Alfred Saxe, Susanna Senior, Art Smith, Eunice Stoddard, Albert Dekker (credited as Albert Van Dekker) (as "Corporal George"). Produced by The Group Theatre.

(1943) Stage Play: Counterattack. Drama. Written by Janet Stevenson and Philip Stevenson. Based on a Russian Play by Ilya Vershinin and Mikhail Ruderman. Directed by Margaret Webster. Windsor Theatre: (moved to The Adelphi Theatre from 20 Mar 1943- close): 4 Feb 1943- 17 Apr 1943 (85 performances). Cast: Rudolph Anders, Morris Carnovsky (as "Kulkov"), Barbara O'Neil, Martin Wolfson (as "Stillmann"), Richard Basehart (as "Weiler") [Broadway debut], Bert Freed, Douglas Hubbard, John Ireland (as "Krafft"), Orin Jannings (as "Barsky"), Karl Malden (as "Giltzparer"), Phillip Pine, Richard Rudi, Richard Sanders, Harold J. Stone (as "German Sergeant"), John Thomas, Sam Wanamaker (as "Kirichenko"). Produced by Lee Sabinson.

(1943) Stage Play: The Innocent Voyage. Written by Paul Osborn. Based on the novel by Richard Hughes. Scenic Design by Stewart Chaney. Directed by Paul Osborn. Belasco Theatre: 15 Nov 1943- 18 Dec 1943 (40 performances). Cast: Herbert Berghof (as "Otto"), Denis Brennan (as "Emily Thornton"), Alcides Briceno (as "Chorus"), James J. Coyle (as "Chorus"), Ralph Cullinan (as "Captain Marlpole"), Nick Dennis (as "Chorus"), Clarence Derwent (as "Mr. Mathias"), William Foran, Mary Ellen Glass (as "Laura Thornton"), Harron Gordon, Bruce Halsey (as "Chorus"), John O. Hewitt (as "Chorus"), Oscar Homolka, Norah Howard (as "Mrs. Thornton"), Carolyn Hummel (as "Rachel Thornton"), Orin Jannings (as "Chorus"), Peter Kass (as "Chorus") [Broadway debut], Edgar Kent (as "Mate of the Clorinda"), Don Lee (as "Chorus"), Dan Lounsberry (as "Chorus"), Boris Marshalov (as "Magistrate"), Arvid Paulson (as "Swedish Captain") [final Broadway role], John Roche (as "Chorus"), Norman Scheffer (as "Chorus"), Philip Sheridan (as "Chorus"), Guy Spaull (as "Mr. Thornton"), Dean Stockwell (as "John Thornton") [Broadway debut], Guy Stockwell (as "Edward Thornton") [Broadway debut], Lois Wheeler. Produced by The Theatre Guild. Note: Filmed by Twentieth Century-Fox Productions as A High Wind in Jamaica (1965).

(1946) Stage Play: Hear That Trumpet. Drama. Written by Orin Jannings [final Broadway credit]. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Playhouse Theatre: 7 Oct 1946- 12 Oct 1946 (8 performances). Cast: Sidney Bechet (as "Mumford, Clarinet"), Raymond Bramley (as "Cleasy"), Lynne Carter (as "Sally Belle"), Frank Conroy (as "Alonzo Armonk"), Bart Edwards (as "Abba/Bass Viol"), Philip Layton (as "Skippy/Trombone"), Audra Lindley (as "Erica Marlowe"), Marty Marsala (as "Rocco/Drums"), Ray Mayer (as "Floyd Amery/Piano"), Bobby Sherwood (as "Dinger Richardson/Trumpet"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.