Other works

(1929 - 1940) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1929) Stage Play: Jerry-for-Short. Comedy. Written by William Grew. Directed by William Grew. Waldorf Theatre: 12 Aug 1929- Oct 1929 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Harold Bolton (as "Perkins"), John Brewster (as "Cyril Forbish"), Lorna Carroll as "Betty Hartwell"), Don Costello (as "Anthony La Vere") [Broadway debut], Marie Louise Dana (as "Minerva Manners"), Joseph Fay (as "Robert Manners"), Dorothy Greene (as "Mary"), Cameron Mathews (as "Bascom Jenkins"), Fiske O'Hara (as "John Hartwell"), Patricia Quinn (as "Geraldine Jenkins"). Produced by Eugene Productions, Inc.

(1930) Stage Play: The Last Mile. Tragedy. Written by John Wexley. Directed by Chester Erskine. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 13 Feb 1930- Oct 1930 (closing date unknown/289 performances). Cast: Richard Abbott (as "Harris"), James Bell (as "Richard Walters"), Clarence Chase (as "Evangelist"), Don Costello (as "Drake"), Orville Harris (as "Peddie"), Herbert Heywood (as "O'Flaherty"), George Leach (as "Eddie Werner"), Bruce MacFarlane (as "Frost"), Hale Norcross (as "Red Kirby"), Henry O'Neill (as "Father O'Connors"), Howard Phillips (as "Fred Mayor"), Joseph Calleia [credited as Joseph Spurin-Calleia] (as "Tom D'Amoro"), Ralph Theodore (as "Principal Keeper Callahan"), Spencer Tracy (as "John 'Killer' Mears"), Albert West (as "Brooks"), Ernest Whitman (as "Vincent Jackson"). Produced by Herman Shumlin. Note: Filmed by K.B.S. Productions Inc. [distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures] as The Last Mile (1932), and by Vanguard Productions [distributed by United Artists] as The Last Mile (1959).

(1931) Stage Play: Paid Companions. Comedy.

(1933) Stage Play: Face the Music. Musical comedy revue (revival). Music by Irving Berlin. Book by Moss Hart. Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Music orchestrated by Russell Bennett, Frank Tours and Maurice De Packh. Scenic Design by Albert R. Johnson. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Costume Design by Kiviette and Weld. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Production staged by Hassard Short. Book directed by George S. Kaufman. 44th Street Theatre: 31 Jan 1933- 25 Feb 1933 (31 performances). Cast: Mary Boland (as "Mrs. Meshbesher"), Joan Abbey (as "Girl"), Margot Adams (as "Miss Eisenheimer/Girl"), George Anderson (as "Mr. O'Rourke"), Kay Apgar (as "Girl"), Thomas Arace (as "Detective"), James Babbitt (as "Boy"), Bob Baldwin (as "Bartender"), John Barker (as "Pat Mason, Jr."), Janet Biesantz (as "Girl"), Alice Brent (as "Girl"), Janet Carver (as "The Albertina Rasch Dancers"), Carol Clyde (as "Girl"), Frank Conway (as "Boy"), Don Costello (as "Louis/Mr. O'Ryan"), Ed Crosswell (as "Boy"), Guy Daly (as "Boy"), Peggy Dell (as "The Albertina Rasch Dancers"), Martin Dennis (as "Boy"), Frank Dobson (as "Sheriff"), Bert Doughty (as "Boy"), Dorothy Drum (as "Mme. Elise"), John W. Ehrle (as "Rodney St. Clair, Prosecuting Attorney"), Betty Eisner (as "The Albertina Rasch Dancers/Leading Dancer"), Margaret Fitzpatrick (as "Girl"), Vera Fredericks (as "The Albertina Rasch Dancers/Captain"), Marie Gale (as "Girl"), Inez Goetz (as "A Sister Team/Girl"), Jack Good (as "Joe"), Bob Grey (as "Boy"), E.D. Howell (as "Boy"), Robert Emmett Keane (as "Hal Reisman"), Charles Lawrence (as "Martin van Buren Meshbesher"), Margaret Lee (as "Pickles"), Bob Long (as "Boy"), Virginia Mandracia (as "Girl"), George Marshall (as "Stage Doorman"), Nancy McCord (as "Kit Baker"), Martha Merrill (as "The Albertina Rasch Dancers"), Howard Morgan (as "Boy"), Ed Murray (as "Boy"), Fred Nay (as "Boy"), Pat O'Keefe (as "May/Girl"), Oscar Polk (as "Rivington"), Thomas Reynolds (as "Judge Furioso"), Marty Rhiele (as "Boy"), Jack Richards (as "Boy"), Vivian Roscoe (as "Girl"), Ray Santos (as "Boy"), Peter Sargent (as "Mrs. Meshbesher's Footman"), Daniel Sullivan (as "Postman"), Louise Taylor (as "Girl"), Martha Tibbetts (as "Mme. Elise's Assistant/Girl"), Colleen Ward (as "A Sister Team/Girl"), Dolly Widell (as "Girl"), Jack Wolfe (as "Boy"). Produced by Producing Associates, Inc. Produced by arrangement with Sam Harris.

(1933) Stage Play: Crucible. Drama. Written by D. Hubert Connelly. Directed by Guy Bragdon. Forrest Theatre: 4 Sep 1933- Sep 1933 (closing date unknown/8 performances).

(1934) Stage Play: The Bride of Torozko. Comedy. Written by 'Otto Indig'. Material adapted by Ruth Langner. Directed by Herman Shumlin. Henry Miller's Theatre: 13 Sep 1934- Sep 1934 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Jean Arthur (as "Klari"), Genevieve Belasco, Harry M. Cooke, Don Costello (as "Jonel"), Van Heflin (as "Andreas") [disputed Broadway debut], Sam Jaffe (as "Herschkowitz"), Rose Keane, Victor Kilian (as "Mate"), Francis Pierlot (as "Comsa"), Lionel Stander (as "Stephan"), Frank Verigun. Produced by Gilbert Miller and Herman Shumlin.

(1937) Stage Play: The Ghost of Yankee Doodle. Drama.

(1938) Stage Play: Censored. Melodrama.

(1938) Stage Play: Come Across. Comedy. Written by Guy Beauchamp and Michael Pertwee. Directed by Edward C. Lilley. Playhouse Theatre: 14 Sep 1938-Sep 1938 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Arling Alcine (as "Detective Sgt. Foray"), Don Costello (as "Ratkin"), Cameron Hall (as "Lacey"), Mary Heberden (as "Probationer"), Claude Horton (as "Sir John Twining"), Charles Jordan (as "Duggan"), A.P. Kaye (as "Chief Inpsector Wentworth"), May Marshall (as "Sister"), Owen Martin (as "Lefty Grey"), David Orrick McDearmon (credited as David Orrick; as "Dr. Richards"), Byron Russell (as "George"), Bernard Savage (as "Constable Mahon"), Richard Taber (as "Scratch"), Harold Thomas (as "Attendant"), Helen Trenholme (as "Janet Kemp"), Arthur Vinton (as "Mark Ryder"), Richard Waring (as "Dr. Peter Willens"). Produced by George Bushar and John Tuerk. Produced in association with William A. Brady.

(1940) Stage Play: The Weak Link. Comedy.