- (1942 - 1952) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1942) Stage Play: Mr. Sycamore [The Saga of John Gwilt in Eight Verses]. Comedy. Written by Ketti Frings [earliest Broadway credit], from a story by Robert Ayre. Directed by Lester Vail. Guild Theatre: 13 Nov 1942- 28 Nov 1942 (19 performances). Cast: Stuart Erwin (as "John Gwilt") [Broadway debut], Lillian Gish (as "Jane Gwilt"), Enid Markey (as "Estelle Benlow"), Walter F. Appler (as "Mr. Fernfield") [Broadway debut], Harry Bellaver, Albert Bergh (as "Mr. Oikle"), Helen Brown (as "People of Smeed"), Russell Collins (as "Reverand Doctor Doody"), Barbara Dale (as "People of Smeed"), Helen Dodson (as "People of Smeed"), Jed Dooley (as "Mr. Hammond"), Franklyn Fox (as "Fletcher Pingpank"), Kenneth Hayden (as "Second Milkman/People of Smeed"), Mary Heckart (as "Emily/People of Smeed"), Pearl Herzog (as "Daisy Staines"), Otto Hulett (as "Fred Staines"), Ray J. Largay (as "Mr. Hoop"), Louise McBride (as "Julie Fish/People of Smeed"), Peggy Opdycke (as "People of Smeed"), John Philliber (as "Abner Coote"), Rupert Pole (as "Third Milkman/People of Smeed"), Leona Powers (as "Myrtle Staines"), Harry Sheppard (as "Ned Fish"), Buddy Swan (as "Albert Fernfield"), Ernest Theiss (as "First Milkman/People of Smeed"), Harry Townes (as "Tom Burton"), Albert Vees (as "People of Smeed"). Produced by The Theatre Guild. Notes: (1) One of the biggest flops of the 1942 Broadway season. (2) Filmed by Capricorn Productions [distributed by Film Ventures International (FVI)] as Mr. Sycamore (1975).
- (1943) Stage Play: Victory Belles. Comedy/farce. Written by Alice Gerstenberg. Scenic Design by Edward De Forrest. Directed by Henry Adrian. Mansfield Theatre (moved to The Ambassador Theatre from 5 Dec 1943- close): 26 Oct 1943- 22 Jan 1944 (32 performances). Cast: Walter F. Appler (as "Sergeant Joe Collier"), Barbara Bennett (as "Miss Flo Hilliard"), Ralph Clanton (as "Lieutenant James Richardson"), Philip Denman (as "Donald Bacchus"), Margaret Eckman (as "June Winkle"), Marie Gale (as "Miss Mary Breton"), Sally Gracie (as "Miss Kathlene Stirling"), Burton Mallory (as "Mr. Popa"), Ellen Merrill (as "Miss Ann Stewart"), Jessie Miller (as "Mrs. Mildred Stirling"), Oscar Miller (as "Policeman"), Robert Ober (as "Thomas Richardson"), William Paul (as "Policeman"), Stanley Phillips (as "Private Eric Stanley"), Addison Randall (as "Geejan"), Mabel Taliaferro (as "Mrs. Grace Stewart"), Raymond Van Sickle (as "Colonel Edward Horton"). Produced by Henry Adrian.
- (1945) Stage Play: Polonaise. Musical.
- (1948) Stage Play: Joy to the World. Written by Allan Scott. Directed by Jules Dassin. Plymouth Theatre: 16 Mar 1948- 3 Jul 1948 (124 performances). Cast: Alfred Drake, Marsha Hunt (as "Ann Wood"), Morris Carnovsky (as "Sam Blumenfeld"), Myron McCormick (as "J. Newton Mckeon, Head of Publicity"), Walter F. Appler (as "Henry Saintsbury"), Sam Bonnell (as "Harry"), Harris Brown, Vicki Carlson, Clay Clement, Michael Dreyfuss, Bert Freed, Hal Gerson, Lois Hall, Jeanne Jorden, Kurt Kasznar (as "Dmitri Oumansky"), Leslie Litomy, Peggy Maley, Theodore Newton, Lucille Patton, Herb Ratner, Hugh Rennie (as "Richard Stanton Of the Legal Department"), Beverly Thawl, Mary Welch, Blanche Zohar. Produced by John Houseman and William R. Katzell.
- (1949) Stage Play: King Richard III. Historical drama (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Scenic Design by Richard Whorf. Costume Design by Richard Whorf. Directed by Richard Barr. Booth Theatre: 8 Feb 1949- 26 Feb 1949 (23 performances). Cast: Philip Bourneuf (as "Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham"), Grace Coppin, Frances Reid (as "Lady Anne, widow of Edward, son to King Henry VI; afterward married to Richard"), Polly Rowles (as "Elizabeth, Queen to Edward IV, Walter F. Appler (as "Lord Mayor of London"), Warren Burmeister (as "Sir Thomas Vaughan, cousin to Queen Elizabeth"), Robert Carricart (as "Tressel"), David Clive, Joseph Foley, Alan Frost (as "Sir Robert Brackenbury, Lieutenant of the Tower"), Robert H. Harris, Ed Hoffman, Will Kuluva (as "George, Duke of Clarence, brother to the King"), Connie Lessard (as "Citizen"), Charles Nahabedian, William Nichols, Nehemiah Persoff (as "Sir James Tyrrel"), Orrin Redfield (as "Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby"), Milton Selzer (as "Berkeley"), Michael Sivy (as "Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, afterwards King Henry VII"), Ray Walston (as "Sir Richard Ratcliffe"), Douglass Watson (as "Marquis of Dorset. son to Queen Elizabeth by her first marriage to John Grey"), Glenn Wilson (as "Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers, brother to Queen Elizabeth"). Produced by Herman Levin. Note: This version first presented by the Boston Repertory Association at the Copley Theatre.
- (1950) Stage Play: The Liar. Musical comedy. Music by John Mundy. Based on material by Alfred Drake and Edward Eager. Lyrics by Edward Eager. Directed by Alfred Drake. Broadhurst Theatre: 18 May 1950- 27 May 1950 (12 performances). Cast: Walter F. Appler (as "Innkeeper"), Barbara Ashley (as "Cleonice Anselmi"), Martin Balsam (as "Servingman"), Edward Bryce (as "Guard"), Glenn Burris (as "Florindo Pallido"), Stanley Carlson (as "Ottavio Ossimorsi"), Leonardo Cimino (as "Servingman"), David Coliver (as "Vino"), Russell Collins (as "Brighelia"), Melville Cooper, William Eythe, William Hogue, Paula Laurence, Walter Matthau, Barbara Moser, May Muth (as "Woman at Window"), William Myers (as "Urchin"), Marybelle Norton (as "Vegetabili"), Margery Oldroyd (as "Fiori"), Robert Penn, Joshua Shelley, Lawrence Weber, Lee Wilcox. Produced by Dorothy Willard and Thomas Hammond.
- (1951) Stage Play: The Wild Duck. Drama (revival). Written by Henrik Ibsen. Book adapted by Max Faber. Scenic Design by Peter Larkin. Costume Design by Noel Taylor. Directed by Morton DaCosta. City Center: 26 Dec 1951- 6 Jan 1952 (15 performances). Produced by New York City Theatre Company.
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