- Stage actor and film director.
- (1914 - 1949) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1914) Stage Play: To-Night's the Night. Musical comedy.
- (1916) Stage Play: Justice. Written by John Galsworthy. Candler Theatre: 3 Apr 1916- Jul 1916 (closing date unknown/104 performances). Cast: John Barrymore (as "William Falder"), F. Cecil Butler, Wallis Clark, Cecil Clovelly (as "Sweedle"), Charles Dodsworth, Charles Francis, Walter Geer, Rupert Harvey, O.P. Heggie (as "Robert Cokeson"), Warren F. Hill, Lester Lonergan, Thomas Louden, John S. O'Brien, Henry Stephenson (as "James How"), Ashton Tonge, Watson White (as "Cowley") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Corey-Williams-Riter Inc.
- (1917) Stage Play: Peter Ibbetson.
- (1919) Stage Play: Good Morning, Judge. Musical. Music by Lionel Monckton[final Broadway credit] and Howard Talbot. Book by Fred Thompson. Based on the farce "The Magistrate" by Arthur Wing Pinero. Lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank. Musical Director: Frank P. Paret. Additional music by Bert Grant, George Gershwin and Louis Silvers. Additional lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva, Irving Caesar, Al Bryan, Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. Shubert Theatre: 6 Feb 1919- 6 Jun 1919 (140 performances). Cast: Katharine Alexander [credited as Katherine Alexander] (as "Rose Ingleby"), Frederick Annerley (as "Inspector Eason") [final Broadway credit], Georgine Baker (as "Margaret Hayes"), Claire Benedict (as "Chorus"), May Borden (as "Chorus"), Mary Brittain (as "Chorus"), Shep Camp (as "Mr. Burridge"), Cecil Clovelly (as "Cuthbert Sutten"), Yvonne Clovelly, Eileen Cotty (as "Turner"), Harold Crane (as "Albany Pope"), Cunningham and Clements (as "Artists"), Margaret Dale (as "Millicent Meebles"), Norma Dale (as "Chorus"), Grace Daniels (as "Diana Fairlie"), Gladys Davis (as "Chorus"), Jean De La Valle (as "Juniori Fratti"), Peggy Dempsey (as "Chorus"), Aleth Dore (as "Dance Specialty"), Sadye Everett (as "Chorus"), Dorothy Flamm (as "Chorus"), Gene Fleming (as "Chorus"), Nellie Graham-Dent (as "An Elderly Lady"), Harriet Gustin (as "Chorus"), Harriete Gustine (as "Chorus"), Elma Gylden (as "Chorus"), Peggy Hansel (as "Chorus"), Ellyn Harcourt (as "Attendant"), S. Harvey (as "Chorus"), George Hassell (as "Horatio Meebles"), Alfred Hesse (as "Napoleon"), Charles M. Hinton (as "Sergeant Dix"), Constance Huntington (as "Chorus"), Robert Hurst (as "Chorus"), Lola Joyce (as "Chorus"), Charles King (as "Hughie Cavanaugh"), Mollie King (as "Joy Chatterton"), Nellie King (as "Winnie Sweet"), Emilie Lea (as "Jene"), Betty Marshall (as "Chorus"), Edward Martindel (as "Colonel Bagot"), Robert McClellan (as "Constable Styles"), L.R. Nelson (as "Chorus"), Raymond Oakes (as "Lyall Heeson-Gallway"), Hal Peel (as "Chorus"), Jesse Phillip (as "Chorus"), Betty Pierce (as "Katie Muirhead"), Edith Pollack (as "Chorus"), Peggy Radford (as "Chorus"), Josephine Ray (as "Chorus"), William Raymond (as "Chorus"), Eva Rutherford (as "Chorus"), Helene Shaw (as "Elsie Erskine"), Laila Stanley (as "Chorus"), H. Ashton Tonge [credited as Ashton Tonge] (as "Mr. Honeyball"), Helen Trainer (as "Chorus"), Helen Trainor (as "Chorus"), Robert Vivian (as "Cash"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Jest. Comedy/tragedy.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Jest. Comedy/tragedy (revival). Adapted from the Italian of Sem Benelli. Material adaption by Edward Sheldon. Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1919) Stage Play: Night Lodging. Drama. Written by Maxim Gorky. Plymouth Theatre: 22 Dec 1919- Jan 1920 (closing date unknown/14 performances). Cast: Louis Alter, E.J. Ballantine (as "Aloyshka"), Cecil Clovelly (as "Baron"), Alan Dinehart (as "Vaska Pepel"), William E. Hallman, Rosalind Ivan, Charles Kennedy, Lillian Kingsbury, Pauline Lord (as "Nastia"), Eva McDonald, Edwin Nicander, Alexis M. Polianov, Hans Robert, Edward G. Robinson (as "Satin"), W.H. Thompson, Gilda Varesi Archibald (as "Vassilisa Karpovna, Michael's Wife), Cecil Yapp (as "Bubnov"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1920) Stage Play: King Richard III. Historical drama (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Plymouth Theatre: 6 Mar 1920- Mar 1920 (closing date unknown/27 performances). Cast included: John Barrymore (as "Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III, brother to the King"), Denis Auburn (as "Lord Grey, son to Queen Elizabeth by her first marriage to John Grey"), E.J. Ballantine (as "George, Duke of Clarence, brother to the King"), Malcolm Barrett (as "Sir James Blunt"), Tracy Barrow (as "First Murderer"), Lois Bartlett (as "Child of Clarence"), Raymond Bloomer (as "Richmond"), Helen Chandler (as "Child of Clarence/Richard"), Cecil Clovelly (as "Second Murderer"), Reginald Denny, William Keighley (as "Sir William Blackenbury"), Arthur Row (as "King Henry VI"), Montague Rutherford (as "Cardinal Bourchier/Sir Richard Ratcliffe"), Lewis Sealy (as "Lord Hastings, Lord Chamberlain to Edward IV"), John M. Troughton (as "Sir James Tyrrel"), Marshall Vincent (as "Richard, Duke of York, younger son to the King"), Stanley Warmington (as "Sir William Catesby"), Robert Whitehouse (as "John Howard, Duke of Norfolk/Earl of Westmoreland"), Mrs. Thomas A. Wise Duchess of York, mother to Edward IV, Gloucester and Clarence"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1922) Stage Play: Hamlet. Tragedy.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Dreamy Kid/The Emperor Jones.
- (1925) Stage Play: Love for Love. Comedy.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Buccanee. Written by Laurence Stallings, and Maxwell Anderson. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Plymouth Theatre: 2 Oct 1925- Oct 1925 (closing date unknown/20 performances). Cast: Claude Allister (as "Henry Marmion"), Gene Carvel (as "Lady Pierson"), Cecil Clovelly (as "James Townshend"), J. Colvin Dunn (as "Don Jacinto De Esmeraldo"), William Farnum (as "Capt. Henry Morgan"), Ethel Fisher (as "Lady Francis"), Irene Freeman (as "Mrs. Westley"), Ferdinand Gottschalk (as "Charles II"), Jeanne Greene (as "Carmencita"), William R. Gregory (as "Basilio Fernandez"), Frank Hearn (as "An Ensign"), Galwey Herbert (as "George Castle"), Harry Kendall (as "Dave/A Councillor"), Beatrice Maude (as "Maria"), Leslie Palmer (as "Commodore Wright"), Lionel Percival (as "A Herald"), Brandon Peters (as "Capt. Manuel Montalvo"), Edmund Waller (as "Eliphalet Skipworth, Esq."), Estelle Winwood (as "Dona Lisa/Lady Elizabeth Neville"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1925) Stage Play: In a Garden. Comedy.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Jest. Comedy/tragedy (revival). From the Italian of Sem Benelli. "Madrigal of May" composed by Maurice Nitke. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Plymouth Theatre: 4 Feb 1926- Apr 1926 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: E.J. Ballantine (as "Fazio, Gianetto's Servant"), Malcolm Barrett, Richard Bengali (as "Camus, Calandra's Servant"), Cecil Clovelly (as "The Doctor"), Madeline Delmar, Maude Durand, Alphonse Ethier, Alexander Frank, Pancho Fuentes, Ferdinand Gottschalk (as "Tornaquinci, A Friend of the Medici"), William Griffith, Violet Heming, Jacob Kingsberry, John Knight, Martha MacGraw, Maria Ouspenskaya (as "Fiametta"), Basil Sydney (as "Giannetto Malespini, A Young Painter"), Millard Vincent. Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Dybbuk. Drama (revival).
- (1927) Stage Play: Hearts Are Trumps. Comedy.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Wild Duck. Drama (revival).
- (1929) Stage Play: The Lady from the Sea. Drama (revival). Written by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Cecil Clovelly. Bijou Theatre: 18 Mar 1929- Apr 1929 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Dallas Anderson (as "Professor Arnholm"), G. Pat Collins (as "Friman-Johnston"), Edward Fielding (as "Dr. Wangel"), Florida Friebus (as "Hilda"), John Daly Murphy (as "Ballested"), Walter Speakman (as "Lyngstrand"), Linda Watkins (as "Boletta"), Blanche Yurka (as "Ellida"). Produced by the Actors Theatre.
- (1929) Stage Play: Cape Cod Follies. Musical revue.
- (1929) Stage Play: Family Affairs. Comedy.
- (1930) Stage Play: Topaze. Comedy. Written by Marcel Pagnol. Material adapted by Benn W. Levy. Directed by Stanley Logan. Music Box Theatre: 12 Feb 1930- Aug 1930 (closing date unknown/215 performances). Cast: Dauna Allen, Peter Boylan, George Canto-Janis, Cecil Clovelly (as "Officer"), Harry Davenport (as "Tamise"), Clarence Derwent (as "Castel-Bernac"), Catherine Doucet (as "Baroness Pitart-Vergniolles"), Hubert Druce (as "Muche"), Phoebe Foster, James Guiname, Alf Helton, Nicholas Joy (as "Roger de Berville"), Warren McCollum, James McGuire, Mildred Mitchell, Frank Morgan (as "Topaze"), Harry Murray (as "Seguedille"), Richard Offer, Martin Postal, Freddie Stange, elius Vezin, Aldeah Wise, Eddie Wragge. Produced by Lee Shubert
- (1930) Stage Play: The Tyrant. Drama/romance. Written by Rafael Sabatini. Directed by Horace Sinclair. Longacre Theatre: 12 Nov 1930- Nov 1930 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Charles Ashley (as "Micheletto da Corella"), Leslie Bailey (as "Page"), Victor Bozart (as "Counselor of Solignola"), Edward Brown (as "Page"), Hubert Brown (as "Executioner"), Lily Cahill (as "Panthasilea Degli Speranzoni"), Louis Calhern (as "Cesare Borgia"), Burr Caruth (as "Paviano"), Cecil Clovelly (as "Counselor of Solignola"), Clay Cody (as "Counselor of Solignola"), Herschel Cropper (as "A Swiss Guard"), Gregory Deane (as "Monk"), Edward Douglas (as "Counselor of Solignola"), Victor Esker (as "Gentleman of Assisi"), Edward Field (as "Lackey"), Arthur Geary (as "Scipione"), Patrick Glasgow (as "Simonetta"), Hugh Gordon (as "Mariano"), Averell Harris (as "Prince Ercole Sinibaldi"), Herbert Hasluck (as "Counselor of Solignola"), Robert Henderson (as "Gianluce Della Pieve"), John Kramer (as "Swiss Guard"), Martin Lane (as "Gentleman of Assisi"), John Lyons (as "Chamberlain"), J. Harold Machon (as "Gino"), Arthur Marlowe (as "Agabito Gherardi"), James Maurier (as "Giovanni"), Arthur Metcalfe (as "Capello"), Florence Metcalfe (as "Lady of Assisi"), Helen Milligan (as "Lady of Assisi"), J.S. Murray (as "Del Campo"), John Park (as "Ramirez"), Leslie Pearsall (as "Swiss Guard"), Frank Terry [credited as Walter Plinge] (as "Gaspara"), Hugh Pollock (as "Lackey"), Ivan Ramer (as "Swiss Guard"), Herbert Ranson (as "Count Guido Degli Speranzoni"), Cecil Reynolds (as "Niccolo Macchiavelli"), George Riddell (as "D'Aldi"), Iven Ross (as "Gentleman of Assisi"), Frederick Rudin (as "Cardinal Remolino"), Byron Russell (as "Santafiora"), Ada Sinclair (as "Giulia"), Ben Small (as "Executioner"), C. Ellsworth Smith (as "Seneschal of Solignola"), Sam Smith (as "Lackey"), Ed Smythe (as "Gentleman of Assisi"), Clara Stager (as "Lady of Assisi"), Lloyd Taylor (as "Ferrante"), Daniel E. Washington (as "Executioner"), Willie Watson (as "Lackey"), Willie Williams (as "Lady of Assisi"), Walter Williams (as "Monk"). Produced by Charles L. Wagner.
- (1933) Stage Play: They All Come to Moscow. Comedy. Written by John Washburne and Ruth Kennell. Directed by William J. O'Neill. Lyceum Theatre: 11 May 1933- May 1933 (closing date unknown/20 performances). Cast: Natasha Boleslavsky (as "Dunya Sulich"), Cecil Clovelly (as "Victor Markov"), Michael Dalsky (as "Kolenko"), Marjorie Dalton (as "Laura"), Jack Davis (as "John McNair"), Rani Jovanowitsch (as "Dr. Sergey Strogov"), Olga Krolow (as "Diana Richardson"), Maurice Manson (as "Jim Hardy"), Boris Marshalov (as "Joseph Lebetz"), Roger G. Moore (as "An O.G.P.U. Officer"), Marie Nevills (as "Mary Collins"), Clifford Odets (as "Andrey Brikin"), Thomas Paradine (as "Earl Collins"), Aileen Poe (as "Molly Mintz"), George Spelvinsky (as "An O.G.P.U. Officer"), Tamara (as "Natalya Brikin"), Lillian Walters (as "Betty Granfield"), Cornel Wilde (as "Dimitri Nekrasov") [Broadway debut], Produced by The Players Theatre.
- (1939) Stage Play: Life With Father. Comedy. Based on stories by Clarence Day. Dramatized by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Executive Stage Manager: A.H. Van Buren. Stage Manager: Cecil Clovelly. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Empire Theatre (moved to The Bijou Theatre from 10 Sep 1945 to 15 Jun 1947, then moved to The Alvin Theatre from 17 Jun 1947 to close): 8 Nov 1939- 12 Jul 1947 (3224 performances). Cast: Katharine Bard (as "Annie"), Dorothy Bernard, Nellie Burt (as "Nora"), John Drew Devereaux, Ruth Hammond, Timothy Kearse, John C. King, Howard Lindsay (as "Father"), Portia Morrow, Larry Robinson, Raymond Roe, Richard Simon, Richard Sterling, Dorothy Stickney (as "Vinnie"), A.H. Van Buren (as "Dr. Humphreys"), Teresa Wright (as "Mary Skinner"). Replacement cast during Empire Theatre run: Gertrude Beach (as "Mary Skinner"), Marianne Byer (as "Mary Skinner"), Lily Cahill (as "Vinnie") [final Broadway role], Teddy Casey (as "Whitney"), Wallis Clark (as "Father"), Charles Collier (as "Dr. Sommers"), Harvey Collins (as "Clarence"), Ben Cooper (as "Harlan"), Jack Dimond (as "Harlan") [from Sep 1943- circa May 1945], Robert Donnelly (as "John"), Michael Dreyfuss (as "John") [from 1943- ?], Virginia Dunning (as "Annie"), Grace Grinnell (as "Delia"), John Grinnell (as "Whitney"), Elaine Ivans (as "Nora"), Dean Kenny (as "John"), Mary McNamee (as "Annie"), Norman Miller (as "Dr. Sommers"), Brandon Peters (as "Father"), Artie Quinn (as "John"), Margaret Randall (as "Maggie"), Donald Randolph (as "Father"), Paul Wells (as "Harlan"). Replacement cast during Bijou Theatre run: David Anderson (as "Harlan"), Jacquelin Daniels (as "Delia"), David Garden (as "Whitney"), Pamela Gillespie (as "Mary Skinner"), Ruth McArthur (as "Maggie"), Paul Wells (as "Whitney"). Replacement cast during Alvin Theatre run: Barbara Barton (as "Maggie"), Jim Christie (as "John"), Cecil Clovelly (as "Dr. Sommers"), Tommy Dineen (as "Harlan"), David Frank (as "Whitney"), Gene Fuller (as "Clarence"), Ellen Humphrey (as "Mary Skinner/Delia"), Kathleen McLean (as "Delia"). Produced by Oscar Serlin. Note: Filmed as Life with Father (1947).
- (1948) Stage Play: Anne of the Thousand Days. Historical drama. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Incidental music by Lehman Engel. Directed by H.C. Potter. Shubert Theatre: 8 Dec 1948- 8 Oct 1949 (288 performances). Cast: Rex Harrison, Joyce Redman, Terence Anderson, Kathleen Bolton, Cecil Clovelly (as "Servant/Prior Houghton") [final Broadway role], Donald Conrad, Fred A. Cotton, Robert Duke, Charles Ellis, Charles Francis, Russell Gaige, Margaret Garland (as "Madge Shelton") [final Broadway role], Harry Irvine (as "Bishop Fisher"), Viola Keats (as "Elizabeth Boleyn"), Monica Lang (as "Jane Seymour"), Richard Leone (as "Singer"), Ludlow Maury (as "Servant"), Harold McGee (as "Bailiff/Musician/Royal Servant"), John Merivale (as "Mark Smeaton"), Frank Myers (as "Singer"), Wendell K. Phillips (as "Thomas Cromwell"), Louise Platt (as "Mary Boleyn"), Harry Selby, Allan Stevenson (as "Henry Norris"), Percy Waram (as "Cardinal Wolsey"), Malcolm Wells, John Williams (as "Duke of Norfolk"). Replacement actors: Francis Bethencourt (as "Royal Servant"), George Collier (as "Prior Houghton"), Walter Matthau (as "Royal Servant/Servant") [Broadway debut], Polly Rowles (as "Mary Boleyn"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company and Leland Hayward. Note: Filmed as Anne of the Thousand Days (1969).
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