Other works

(1939) Album: He was the narrator in the first English-language recording of Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf". This was a three-disc, 78-RPM record album made by RCA Victor, and featured Serge Koussevitzky conducting Boston Symphony Orchestra.

(1947) Album: He narrated and played several roles in Lionel Barrymore's MGM recording of Charles Dickens' s "A Christmas Carol".

(1943) Stage: Appeared (as "Dr. Brooks") in "Lady in the Dark" on Broadway (revival).

Stage: Appeared (as "Count Joseph Hoyos") in the original Broadway production of Maxwell Anderson's "A Masque of Kings".

(1931) Stage: Appeared (as "Jeeter Fry") in "Green Grow the Lilacs" on Broadway. Written by Lynn Riggs. Directed by Herbert J. Biberman. Guild Theatre: 26 Jan 1931-Mar 1931 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Jane Alden, A.L. Bartolot, Carl Beasley, Gordon Bryant, Elmo Carr, Slim Cavanaugh (as "Cowboy"), Everett Cheetham, Ruth Chorpenning (as "Ado Annie Carnes"), William Chosnyk, Tex Cooper, Alice Frost, Chick Hannan, Peggy Hannan, William T. Hays, John Hibbard, Faith Hope, Roy Ketcham, Orlando Lee, Lois Lindon, Jack Miller, Tommy Pladget, Eleanor Powers, Paul Ravell, Woodward Ritter, Pete Schwartz, Lee Strasberg (as "Peddler"), Franchot Tone (as "Curly McClain"), June Walker (as "Laurey Williams"), Helen Westley (as "Aunt Eller Murphy"), Joe Wilson, Jean Wood, Norton Worden. Produced by The Theatre Guild. NOTE: Although a flop, this served as the basis for the monster 1943 hit musical "Oklahoma!"

(1933) Stage: Appeared (as "Stephen Rolf") in "The Comic Artist" on Broadway. Written by Susan Glaspell and Norman Matson. Directed by Arthur J. Beckhard. Morosco Theatre: 19 Apr 1933-May 1933 (closing date unknown/21 performances). Cast: Robert Allen, Lora Baxter, Lea Penman (as "Luella McClure"), Blanche Yurka (as "Eleanor Rolf"). Produced by The Comic Artist, Inc.

(1930) Stage: Appeared in "The Vikings" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Blanche Yurka and Thomas Wilfred. New Yorker Theatre: 12 May 1930-May 1930 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Richard Bowler, Robert Christy, O.T. Crawford, Herschel Cropper, Britton Diller, Robert C. Fischer, William Gear, Adele Gilbert, Evelyn Hill, Helen Howe, Richard Jack, Chester Leighty, Jay Lindsey, Peggy McNaught, Catherine Meredith, John Moran, Margaret Mower, Edwin Philips, Monty Priddy, Thomas Rimshart Watkins, Jr., Arthur Row, Frank Ryan, Charles Waldron (as "Gunnar"), Warren William (as "Sigrid"), William Warren, Blanche Yurka (as "Hjordis"). Produced by Richard Herndon.

(1928) Stage: Appeared (as "Israel Du Bois") in "Goin' Home" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Ransom Rideout. Directed by Antoinette Perry and Brock Pemberton (also producer). Hudson Theatre: 23 Aug 1928-Oct 1928 (closing date unknown/76 performances). Cast: Ferdinand J. Accooe, Leo Bailey, Charles Benjamin, Charles H. Brown, Barbara Bulgakova, Brevard Burnett, Ralph Cullinan (as "Bill, U.S. Military Police"), Ray Giles, Russell Hicks (as "Maj. Edward Powell of the A.E.F."), John Irwin, Fred H. Jennings, Snippy Mason, J. William Maxwell, Frederick D. McCoy, Thomas Mosely, Arvid Paulson, Seifert C. Pyle, Clarence Redd, Georges Renavent, F. Barclay Trigg, Alexander Zaroubine.

(1949) Stage: Appeared (as "Pontius Pilate") in "Pilgrimage Play", Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA.