- (1903 - 1928) Active on Broadway [sometimes credited as Billie B. Van] in the following productions:
- (1903) Stage Play: The Jersey Lily. Musical comedy. Music by Reginald De Koven. Lyrics by George V. Hobart. Book by George V. Hobart. Additional lyrics by William Jerome. Additional music by Jean Schwartz and Max Hoffman. Musical Director: Daniel Dore. Featuring songs by Ernest Hanegan. Choreographed by Joseph C. Smith. Directed by George W. Lederer. Victoria Theatre: 14 Sep 1903- 3 Oct 1903 (24 performances). Cast: George Ali (as "Pretty Polly"), Arthur Arthur (as "Bill Dawson"), Rose Beaumont (as "Senorita Marquita"), Jehan Bedini (as "Offenbach Veriverdi"), Octavia Broske (as "Maizette"), Harriet Burt (as "Florine de Vries"), William Cameron (as "Max Bennett"), Joseph S. Chailee (as "Philippe"), Reine Davies (as "Estelle de Vries"), D.L. Don (as "Edam d'Brie"), Wheeler Earl (as "James"), Sybil Ellwood (as "Lizette"), James A. Furey (as "Dan Petrel"), Wilfred Gerdes (as "Paul"), Bessie Evelyn Gibson (as "Gwendolyn"), Mignon Hardt (as "Fifi de Vries"), Louis Harrison (as "Don Pedro de la Platza"), Aida Hemmi (as "Sara de Vries"), Milo Joyce (as "Anthony"), Joe Kane (as "Baron Bourgeois"), Maude Raymond (as "Rosie Bauer"), Blanche Ring (as "Liliandra"), Cecil Summers (as "Joseph"), Billee Taylor (as "Lieutenant Edgar Jefferson"), Billy B. Van (as "Doctor Bolivar") [Broadway debut], Charles Wentz (as "John"). Produced by George W. Lederer.
- (1904) Stage Play: The Errand Boy. Musical comedy. Book by George Totten Smith. Musical Director: Edwin L. Walker. Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward P. Moran. Haverly's 14th Street Theatre: 31 Oct 1904- 5 Nov 1904 (8 performances). Cast: M.J. Anderson, William Arcall, Rose Beaumont, Clem Bevans, May Bishop, Florence Brooks, Maud Cecil, W.S. Cetti, Charles Clovet, Marguerite Cogan, Dave Coogan, Helena DaNourie, Dave Davis, Abbot Davison, Sylvia Diamond, Frank C. Evans, Ida Gerard, Rose Gilday, Amy Gillette, Edith Hart, William S. Hart (as "R.T.D. Boggs"), Lola Hilton, Francis King, Blanche Latell, William Lawrence, Mary Lloyd, Marcia Loraine, Joe Mack, Agnes Marsh, Lilyan Marsh, J.A. Mullen, Pauline Pearl, Kitty Pope, Charles Saxon, E.R. Scrimshaw, Frankie Seymour, Lizzie Southwalk, Richard Stubbs, Florinne Sweetman, Mark Tomsen, Billy B. Van [credited as Billie B. Van], Gladys Walker, Stella Warner, Nettie Wheeler, W.E. Whitehall. Produced by Sam Harris, A.H. Woods and P.H. Sullivan.
- (1907) Stage Play: Patsy in Politics. Musical. Lyrics by Seymour Furth. Book by Joe Doe. Music by Carl Hand. Musical Director: Carl Hand. Scenery by Charles E. Boss. Costumes by Frank Hayden and Lord and Taylor. Dances arranged by Al. White. Haverly's 14th Street Theatre: 2 Sep 1907- 7 Sep 1907 (8 performances). Cast: Rose Beaumont (as "Gloriana Bird, star of a stranded opera company"), Florence Brooks (as "Jerusha Pickens, the town tattler and temperance advocate"), Frank C. Evans (as "Silas Hemlock, candidate for supervisor"), Mabel Reed (as "Sally Hemlock, Silas' daughter"), Charles Saxon (as "FitzMaurice Vincent, an English nobleman"), Billy B. Van (as "Patsy Bolivar, the Tabasco Kid"), Clem Bevins (as "Pinkereton Pinch, county sheriff"), Charles Gray (as "Joel Sprout, the postmaster"), Mae Hilliard (as "Aggie Stammers, she talks in chunks"), Blanche Latell (as "Becky Skinner, the village help"), William Stewart (as "Yank Trunck, the village drayman"), Nat Whitestone (as "Jimmy Swift, a messenger"), J.H. Wright (as "Adam Grouch, a Money lender"). Produced by the P.H. Sullivan Amusement Company.
- (1908) Stage Play: Little Nemo. Musical comedy. Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Harry B. Smith. Based on the cartoons of Winsor McCay. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Orchestra under the direction of Max Hirschfeld. Directed by Herbert Gresham. New Amsterdam Theatre: 20 Oct 1908- 23 Jan 1909 (111 performances). Cast: Dave Abrams (as "Gladys, the cat/Teddy, the bear/ Nutty, the squirrel"), W.W. Black (as "Morpheus, King of Poppyland"), Joseph Cawthorn (as "Dr. Pill, physician to King Morpheus"), Sim Collins (as "Mons Graeso, Olympian wrestler"), Master Gabriel (as "Little Nemo"), Louis Hart (as "Mons Roma, Olympian wrestler"), Harry Kelly (as "The Dancing Missionary"), Florence Tempest (as "The Candy Kid, Messenger of King Morpheus"), Billy B. Van (as Flip, nephew of the Guard of the Dawn"), Louis F. Barnes (as "Ruler of the Isle of Table d'Hote"), Rose Beaumont (as "Mrs. Nemo"), Albertine Benson (as "The Valentine Fairy/The Barometer Girl"), Aimee Ehrlich (as "The Little Princess"), A.H. Hendricks (as "An Officer in the Continentals"), Sunshine James (as "Betty, a traveler in Slumberland"), Edward B. Kramer (as "Aide to Officer of the Continentals"), Mildred Manning (as "Tilly, a traveler in Slumberland"), Madeline Marshall (as "Sally, a traveler in Slumberland"), Elphye Snowden (as "The Weather Vane"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger. Note: Winsor McCay (1867-1934) was a stellar American cartoonist and animator. His strip, Little Nemo ran in the New York Herald from 1905-14 and were set in the dreams of the title character. [refer: The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, Vols. I-VI: 1905-1914; Fantagraphics ISBN 0-930193-63-6 (Vol. 1)].
- (1917) Stage Play: Have a Heart. Musical comedy. Music by Jerome Kern. Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Lyrics by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Musical Direction by Gus Salzer. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Additional lyrics by Schuyler Greene, James Kendis, Charles Bayha and Jerome Kern. Additional music by James Kendis and Charles Bayha. Directed by Edward Royce. Liberty Theatre: 11 Jan 1917- 17 Mar 1917 (76 performances). Cast: Flavia Arcaro (as "Mrs. Pyne"), Annette Besuden (as "Ensemble"), Belle Bowman (as "Ensemble"), James Bradbury (as "Matthew Pyne"), Walter Burke (as "Ensemble"), Dazie Burton (as "Ensemble"), Will Cobb (as "Ensemble"), William Deacon (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Del Puente (as "Yussuf"), Helen Donohue (as "Ensemble"), Louise Dresser (as "Dolly Brabazon"), Grace DuBoise (as "Ensemble"), Helen Eby-Rock (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Eley (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Fears (as "Georgia"), Margaret Fritts (as "Ensemble"), Charmain Furlong (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Gateson (as "Lizzie O'Brien"), Roy Gordon (as "Captain Charles Owen"), Mabel Guilford (as "Ensemble"), Thurston Hall (as "Rutherford Schoonmaker"), Marie Hollywell (as "Ensemble"), Earl Jordon (as "Ensemble"), Eugene Keith (as "Detective Baker"), Helen Lane (as "Ensemble"), Donald MacDonald (as "Ted Sheldon"), Alice Maurice (as "Ensemble"), Rosalie Mellette (as "Ensemble"), Paul Mountaney (as "Ensemble"), Leonora Novasio, Martha Parsons (as "Ensemble"), Doris Predo (as "Ensemble"), Bert Pullaney (as "Ensemble"), Eugene Revere (as "Maitre d'Hotel"), Jules Rigoni (as "Ensemble"), Anne Sands (as "Ensemble"), Will Smith (as "Ensemble"), Billy B. Van (as "Henry"), Eileen Van Biene (as "Peggy Schoonmaker"), Roy Wells (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Henry W. Savage.
- (1918) Stage Play: The Rainbow Girl. Music by Louis A. Hirsch. Material by Rennold Wolf. From a comedy by Jerome K. Jerome. Lyrics by Rennold Wolf. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Directed by Julian Mitchell and Herbert Gresham. New Amsterdam Theatre (moved to The Gaiety Theatre from 17 Jun 1918- close): 1 Apr 1918- Aug 1918 (closing date unknown/160 performances). Cast: Miss Barry, Miss Beach, Harry Benham, Carlisle Blackton, Polly Bowman, Jane Burby, Jane Callan, Miss Callon, William Clifton, Miss Daly, Peggy Dana, Miss Day, Harry Delf, Ethel Delmar, Julie Eastman, Charles Fulton, Sydney Greenstreet (as "Martin Bennett, a Butler") Claire Grenville, Charles Hall, Laura Hamilton, Kathleen Lindley, Miss Livermore, Beth Lydy, Miss Mann, Miss Mantell, Mariam Medie, Margaret Merriman, Lenora Novasio, Robert G. Pitkin, May Roche, Marion Sitgreaves, Frederick Soloman, Dorothy St. Clair, Marguerite St. Clair, Edna Stillwell, Billy B. Van (as "Buck Evans, A Comedian"), Florence Ware, Jesse Willingham, Miss Woodworth. Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1923) Stage Play: Adrienne. Musical comedy.
- (1924) Stage Play: The Dream Girl. Musical. Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Rida Johnson Young and Harold Atteridge. Additional lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Lyrics by Rida Johnson Young. Based on a play by Beulah Marie Dix and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland. Musical Director: Oscar Bradley. Additional music by Sigmund Romberg. Choreographed by David Bennett. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt and Eleanor Abbott. Directed by J.C. Huffman and Laura Hope Crews. Ambassador Theatre: 20 Aug 1924- 29 Nov 1924 (117 performances). Cast: Virginia Allen (as "Ensemble"), Fay Bainter (as "Elspeth"), Kathleen Barrow (as "Ensemble"), Edward Basse (as "Ken Paulton"), Barbara Bennet (as "Specialty Dancer"), Fred Bush (as "Ensemble"), Chandler Christy (as "Ensemble"), John Clarke (as "Will Levison"), Dorothy Cola (as "Ensemble"), Ripples Covert (as "Ensemble"), Jeanette Dawley (as "Ensemble"), Dan Douglas (as "Ensemble"), Loretta Duffy (as "Specialty Dancer"), Edmund Fitzpatrick (as "Cristoforo"), Evelyn Grieg (as "Specialty Dancer"), Virginia Griffiths (as "Ensemble"), Lebanon Hoffa (as "Ensemble"), Sofie Jackson (as "Ensemble"), Velma Joffre (as "Ensemble"), Frank Kimball (as "Ensemble"), Joan Kroy (as "Ensemble"), Maurice Kuhlman (as "Ensemble"), George LeMaire (as "Wilson Addison"), Thomas Manahan (as "Ensemble"), Frank Masters (as "Bobby Thompkins"), Lida May (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth Mears (as "Specialty Dancer/Ensemble"), Rena Miller (as "Ensemble"), Alice Moffat (as "Elinor Levison"), May O'Brien (as "Ensemble"), Maude Odell (as "Aunt Harriet"), William Oneal (as "Mr. Gillette/Antonio"), Clara Palmer (as "Nora"), Jack Parker (as "Ensemble"), Victoria Reigel (as "Ensemble"), Wyn Richmond (as "Dolly Follis"), Aimee Salter (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Sharr (as "Specialty Dancer"), Penn Thornton (as "Ensemble"), Billy B. Van [credited as Billie B. Van] (as "Jimmie Van Dyke"), Vivara (as "Malena"), Walter Woolf (as "Jack Warren"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert, by arrangement with Harold Atteridge.
- (1925) Stage Play: Artists and Models. Musical revue. Music by Alfred Goodman, J. Fred Coots, Maurice Ruebens [credited as Maurice Rubens] and Sigmund Romberg. Book by Harold Atteridge and Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Lyrics by Clifford Grey. Music orchestrated by Emil Gerstenberger. Musical Director: Oscar Bradley. Choreographed by Jack Haskell and Gertrude Hoffman [credited as Gertrude Hoffmann]. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Erté and George Barbier. Directed by J.J. Shubert and Alexander Leftwich. Winter Garden Theatre: 24 Jun 1925- 7 May 1926 (416 performances). Cast: May Alexander, Al Allison, Herbert Ashton, Yvonne Bacon, Phil Baker, Leon Barte, Leon Bartels, Louise Blackburn, Jay Brennan, Murray Browne, Dorothy Burnell, Joseph Caits, Louis Caits, Grace Cantrell, Thelma Carlton, Jane Carroll, Marion Case, Gloria Christy, Teddy Claire, Morine Clarke, Herbert Corthell, Arthur Craig, Eileen Culshaw, Marguerite Dalby, Claire de Figaniere, Patricia DeLong, Ferral Dewees, Billy DeWolf, Jane Dobbin, Mildred Douglas, Dorothy Drum, Pudgie Duker, Dottie Ellis, Jean English, Mildred Espy, Alberta Faust, Miriam Fine, Harriet Fowler, Helene Frederic, Catherine Gallimore, Janice Glenn, Gladys Granzow, Sarah Granzow, Toots Gregory, Florence Gunther, Joe Higgins, Shari Hockman, Llora Hoffman, Margie Hoffman, Gertrude Hoffman Girls, Dorothy Hordern, Sunshine Jarrman, Andrew Joachim, May Judels, Kathleen Karr, Thelma Kay, John Kenny, Mary Kissell, Emma Kleigge, Florence Kolinsky, Ada Landis, Betty Lawrence, Alice MacDonald, Aline MacMahon, Carol Maybury, Lulu McConnell, Billy McKay, Margaret McKay, Margaret Merle, Margie Minor, Maxine Morton, Helen Murray, Evelyn Nelson, Jack Oakie [final Broadway role], Gene Owens, Agatha Phillips, Frank Phillips, Florence Quinn, Stanley Rogers, George Rosener, Marion Ross, Agnes Schroeder, Sid Silvers, Margaret Sloan, Charlotte Suddath, Jacquelin Surprise, Beatrice Swanson, Penn Thornton, Peggy Timmons, Eric Titus, Katrina Trask, Billy B. Van, Dorothy Van Heft, Lew Walker, June Wall, Gene Wallin, Dorothy Weber, Eleanor Willems, Frances Willems, Minerva Wilson, Walter Woolf King [credited as Walter Woolf], Ruth Zackey. Replacement actor: Al Jolson [from 21 Mar 1926- ?]. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1925) Stage Play: Gay Paree. Musical revue. Music by Alfred Goodman, Maurice Ruebens and J. Fred Coots. Book by Harold Atteridge. Lyrics by Clifford Grey. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Music orchestrated by Emil Gerstenberger. Additional lyrics by Harold Atteridge, Henry Creamer, Buddy G. DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald, Lester Allen, Harry Woods [earliest Broadway credit], Charles Tobias and Al Sherman. Additional music by Harry Woods, Charles Tobias, Al Sherman, James F. Hanley, Walter Donaldson and Joseph Meyer. Musical Staging by Earl Lindsay. Choreographed by Alexis Kosloff. Directed by J.J. Shubert and Charles Judels. Shubert Theatre: 18 Aug 1925- 30 Jan 1926 (181 performances). Cast: Newton Alexander, Betty Allen, Lucille Arden, William Baden, Dorothy Barber, Pauline Blair, Frances Blythe, Richard Bold, Ilsi Bott, Alice Boulden, Carol Boyer, William Brainerd, Lorraine Brooks, Camille, Jean Caswell, Chandler Christy, Helen Claire, Eddie Conrad, Claire Daniels, Isabel Dawn, Claudia Dell, Johnny Dove, Louise Dove, Clarice Durham, Mabel Earle, Beth Elliott, Byrdeatta Evans, Florence Fair, Rosemary Farmer, Margie Finley, Walton Ford, Ruth Gillette, Florence Golden, Viola Griffith, Texas Guinan, Jack Haley, Ruth Hamilton, Thalie Hamilton, Edith Higgens, Alice Hooke, Edna Hopper, Florence Horne, Gus Hyland, Katherine Janeway, Frank Kimball, Marty Kolinsky, Lillian Lane, George LeMaire, Fern LeRoy, Winnie Lightner, Martha Linn, Gertrude Lowe, Viola Marshall, Betty Maurice, Arthur May, Verdi Milli, Marie Price, Prosper & Maret, Dorothy Rae, Nora Reed, Camille Renault, Charles 'Chic' Sale, Salt and Pepper, Wilfred Seagram, Winifred Seale, Dorothy Shepard, Jeanette Simard, Bartlett Simmons, Marie Simpson, Bernadette Spencer, Louise Taylor, Billy B. Van, Lorraine Weimar, Margaret Wilson. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with Rufus Le Maire.
- (1928) Stage Play: Sunny Days. Musical comedy. Music by Jean Schwartz. Book by Clifford Grey and William Carey Duncan. From the French of Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber. Lyrics by Clifford Grey and William Carey Duncan. Musical Director: John L. McManus. Choreographed by Ralph Reader. Scenic Design by Watson Barrett. Directed by Hassard Short. Imperial Theatre: 8 Feb 1928- 5 May 1928 (101 performances). Cast: Charlotte Walton Ayres [credited as Charlotte Ayers] (as "Premier Dancer"), Donald Black (as "Mircourt"), Maxine Carson (as "Lulu"), Rosalie Claire (as "Angele Larue"), George Clidd (as "Ensemble"), Aida Conkey (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Cornell (as "Babette"), Doris deLanti (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Dixon (as "Ensemble"), Jacqueline Feeley (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Finley (as "Nanine"), Harry Gordon (as "A Thief"), Sophia Grebow (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Hartman (as "Ensemble"), Sid Hawkins (as "Robert"), Maury Holland (as "Victor Duval"), Claire Hooper (as "Countess D'Exmore/Ensemble"), Verenetta Hoots (as "Ensemble"), Charlotte Joyce (as "Ensemble"), Sidney Kane (as "Ensemble"), Irene Kelly (as "Ensemble"), Fraun Koski (as "Ensemble"), Robert Lee (as "Ensemble"), Bob Lively (as "Bergeot"), Esther Lloyd (as "Ensemble"), Jeanette MacDonald (as "Ginette Bertin "), Vida Manuel (as "Ensemble"), Audrey Maple (as "Madame Dorsay"), Trude Marr (as "Ensemble"), Isobel Mason (as "Ensemble"), Virginia May (as "Ensemble"), Fred Mayon (as "Ensemble"), Reed McClelland (as "Ensemble"), Frank McIntyre (as "Leon Dorsay"), Liane Memet (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Otis (as "Ensemble"), Lynne Overman (as "Maurice Vane "), Jane Patrick (as "Ensemble"), Alli Raddigan (as "Ensemble"), Evangeline Raleigh (as "Georgette"), Carl Randall (as "Paul Morel"), Leonard Reid (as "Ensemble"), Helen Rich (as "Ensemble"), Edna Starck (as "Ensemble"), William Tasek (as "Ensemble"), Billy B. Van (as "Rudolph Max"), Ada Winston (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Hassard Short.
- (1928) Stage Play: Sunny Days. Musical comedy (revival). Music by Jean Schwartz [final Broadway credit]. Book by Clifford Grey and William Carey Duncan. From the French of Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber. Lyrics by Clifford Grey and William Carey Duncan. Musical Director: John L. McManus. Choreographed by Ralph Reader. Century Theatre: 1 Oct 1928- 27 Oct 1928 (32 performances). Cast: George Clidd (as "Bergeot"), Edward Cobham (as "Butler"), Elsie Elliott (as "Babette"), Harry Gordon (as "A Thief"), Verenetta Hoots (as "Countess D'Exmore"), Gattison Jones (as "Paul Morel"), Mildred Keats (as "Ginette Bertin"), Elyse La Deaux (as "Nanine"), Douglas Leavitt (as "Leon Dorsay"), Bob Lively (as "Victor Duval"), Ruth Lockwood (as "Angele Larue"), Audrey Maple (as "Madame Dorsay"), Jack Sheehan (as "Maurice Vane"), Billy B. Van (as "Rudolph Max") [final Broadway role], Phoebe Wallace (as "Georgette"). Produced by Montmartre Productions Inc.
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