- (1919 - 1927) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1919) Stage Play: Cappy Ricks (1919). Written by Edward E. Rose. Based on the novel by Peter B. Kyne. Directed by Edward E. Rose and Franklin Underwood. Morosco Theatre: 13 Jan 1919- May 1919 (closing date unknown/128 performances). Cast: Elmer Ballard, Marion Coakley, William Courtenay, Edward H. Horner, Norval Keedwell [Broadway debut], Philip Lord, Helen Lowell, Percival Moore, Elizabeth Parkes, Thomas Shearer, Helen Mar Stewart, Bert West, Thomas A. Wise. Produced by Oliver Morosco.
- (1920) Stage Play: The Checkerboard. Comedy. Written by Fanny Hatton and Frederic Hatton. Directed by Clifford Brooke. 39th Street Theatre: 19 Aug 1920- Sep 1920 (closing date unknown/29 performances). Cast: Sydney Booth (as "Townsend Kellogg"), William Evill, Leo Frankel, Norval Keedwell (as "Jeremiah Emery"), Donald MacDonald, Jack MacKenzie, Kate Mayhew (as "Mrs. Taylor"), Henry Myers, Jack Raffael, José Ruben (as "Feodor Masimoff"), Miriam Sears, Dorothy Smoller, Zolya Talma, Dorothy Tierney, Eda Von Buelow, William Williams. Produced by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest.
- (1920) Stage Play: The Meanest Man in the World. Comedy. Written by Augustin MacHugh. Based on a skit by Everett Ruskay. Directed by John Meehan. Hudson Theatre: 12 Oct 1920-Apr 1921 (closing date unknown/202 performances). Cast: George M. Cohan (as "Richard Clarke"), Elwood Fleet Bostwick (as "Frederick Leggitt"), Howard Boulden (as "Andy Oatman"), George W. Callahan, Hugh Cameron, Alice Chapin, Marion Coakley, Leo Donnelly (as "Carlton Childs"), Ruth Donnelly (as "Kitty Crockett"), John T. Doyle, Fletcher Harvey (as "Franklyn Fielding"), Leona Hogarth, Norval Keedwell (as "Ned Stephens"), Peter Raymond, Ralph Sipperly (as "Bart Nash"). Note: Filmed by Sol Lesser Productions [distributed by Associated First National Pictures] as The Meanest Man in the World (1923), and by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation as The Meanest Man in the World (1943).
- (1921) Stage Play: Main Street. Drama. Book adapted by Harvey O'Higgins and Harriet Ford. Based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis. National Theatre: 5 Oct 1921- Dec 1921 (closing date unknown/86 performances). Cast: Boyd Agin, Charles P. Bates, Everett Butterfield, Ruth G. Clark, William T. Clark, Helen Cromwell, Elmer Grandin (as "Ezra Stowbody"), Clifford Heckinger, Hilda Helstrom, Marion Hutchins, Norval Keedwell (as "Erik Valborg"), Eva Lang, Bert Melville, McKay Morris, Maude Nolan, Marie Pettes, Marvee Snow, Alma Tell. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1922) Stage Play: Why Men Leave Home. Comedy. Written by Avery Hopwood. Directed by Collin Kemper. Morosco Theatre: 12 Sep 1922- Jan 1923 (closing date unknown/135 performances). Cast: Theresa Maxwell Conover, Paul Everton, Audrey Hart, Norval Keedwell (as "Billy"), Isabel Leighton, Wauna Loraine, Peggy Lytton, John McFarlane, Florence Shirley, Jessie Villars, Minor Watson (as "Butler"), Barry O'Moore. Produced by Wagenhals and Collin Kemper.
- (1923) Stage Play: Out of the Seven Seas. Drama. Written by Kilbourn Gordon and Arthur Caesar. Frazee Theatre: 19 Nov 1923- Dec 1923 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Wallis Clark (as "An Englishman"), John Q. Dunn (as "A Sailor"), Audrey Hart (as "Phyllis Stanton"), Ray Hart (as "Another Sailor"), Norval Keedwell (as "Ted Mason"), Stapleton Kent (as "Leonard Mason"), Olga Lee (as "A Woman"), George F. Marion (as "Papa Dubois"), William A. Norton (as "Hanson"), Walter Plunkett (as "Li Sing"), Lotus Robb (as "Anne Stanton"), Joseph Selman (as "Chang"). Produced by Kilbourn Gordon.
- (1924) Stage Play: Two Strangers From Nowhere. Drama. Written by Myron C. Fagan. Punch and Judy Theatre: 7 Apr 1924- May 1924 (closing date unknown/56 performances). Cast: Peggy Allenby (as "Louise Huldane"), Frank Allworth (as "Bryerly"), Theodore Babcock (as "Jerome Hessler"), James Bradbury (as "John Gordon"), Richard Gordon (as "Dr. Allan Gordon"), Gail Kane (as "Helen Hessler"), Norval Keedwell (as "Bob Grant"), Thais Lawton (as "Aunt Martha"), Fritz Leiber (as "Angelo Desdichado"), Frances McGrath (as "Florence Gordon"). Produced by Myron C. Fagan.
- (1924) Stage Play: The Sap. Comedy. Written by William Grew. Directed by Arthur Hurley. Apollo Theatre: 15 Dec 1924- Jan 1925 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Peggy Allenby, Doris Eaton (as "Jane Mason"), Raymond Hitchcock (as "William (Bill) Small"), Russell Johnstone, Norval Keedwell (as "Edward Mason"), Miriam Sears, A.H. Van Buren. Produced by George H. Nicolai and Jack M. Welch. Note: Produced by Warner Brothers in 1929 as a talkie starring Edward Everett Horton.
- (1925) Stage Play: Laff That Off. Comedy. Written by Don Mullally. Directed by Roy Walling. Wallack's Theatre (moved to The 39th Street Theatre from ? Dec 1925- close): 2 Nov 1925- Jun 1925 (closing date unknown/263 performances). Cast: Wyrley Birch (as "Mike Connelly"), Shirley Booth (as "Peggy Bryant"), Alan Bunce (as "Leo Mitchell"), Pauline Drake (as "Emmy, "Mopupus"), Hattie Foley (as "Mrs. Connelly'), Norval Keedwell (as "Arthur Lindau"), Thomas W. Ross (as "Robt. Elton Morse, "Remorse"). Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1926) Stage Play: Square Crooks. Drama.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Gossipy Sex. Farce. Written by Lawrence Grattan. Directed by Sam Forrest. Mansfield Theatre: 19 Apr 1927- May 1927 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Philip Barrison, Joan Carvel, John Cherry, Eva Condon (as "Hilda Norris"), Harry Forsman, Norval Keedwell (as "Gerald Kenyon") [final Broadway role], Florence Mason, Grace Menken, Una Merkel (as "Anna Sterling"), Lynne Overman (as "Danny Grundy"), Thomas W. Ross, George Spelvin, Ralph Theodore, Helen Weir. Produced by John Golden.
- (September 12, 1927) He played Jake in Maurine Dallas Watkins' play, "Chicago," at the Harris Theater in Chicago, Illinois with Francine Larrimore (Roxie Hart); Charles Halton (Amos Hart); James Coyle (Fred); Jack Roseleigh (Flynn); William Crimane (Sergeant Murdock); Eda Heineman (Mary Sunshine); Dorothy Stickney (Velma); Caroline Morrison (Maggie); Griffin Crafts (Prosecutor Harrison); Isabelle Winlocke (Mrs. Morton); William Gargan (Babe) and George Cowell (Slats) in the cast.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content