- (1919 - 1944) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1919) Stage Play: The Greenwich Village Follies [1919]. Musical revue. Book by Philip Bartholomae and John Murray Anderson. Lyrics by John Murray Anderson and Arthur Swanstrom. Music by A. Baldwin Sloane. Musical Director: Hilding Andersson. Music orchestrated by Hilding Andersson. Additional lyrics by Philip Bartholomae. Featuring songs by Bill Munro, Jimmy Morgan, Ted Lewis, Byron Gay, Irving Berlin, Al Herman, A. Behr, Alex Gerber and Abner Silver. Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward Lewis, Andrew B. Sterling, Benny Davis, Byron Gay, Irving Berlin, Al Herman, Alex Gerber and Abner Silver. Directed by John Murray Anderson. Greenwich Village Theatre (moved to The Nora Bayes Theatre from 9 Sep 1919- close): 15 Jul 1919- 31 Jan 1920 (232 performances). Cast: Arjamand, Babette Busey, Jane Carroll, Dorothy Clay, Anna Mae Clift, Cecil Cunningham, Virginia Curtis, Bessie McCoy Davis, Jacqueline Delaine, Jere Delaney, Harry Delf, Charles Derickson, Gordon Drexel, Robert Edwards, Doris Faithful, William Foran [Broadway debut], Ada Forman, Helen Frances, Warner Gault, Alden Gay, Al Herman, Virginia Lee, Ted Lewis, Edmund Makalif, Irene Marcellus, Rita Marshall, Irene Mathews, Susanne Morgan, Irene Olsen, Cynthia Perot, Homer Rosine, Rex Story, Edgar Thornton, Willard Ward, James Watts, Ruth Weeks, Billie Weston, Rita Zalmani, Olga Ziceva. Produced by The Bohemians Inc. and John Murray Anderson. Note: First of the long-running revue series (it would run, with no productions for 1926 and 1927, until 1928).
- (1925) Stage Play: Florida Girl. Musical comedy.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Wisdom Tooth. Comedy.
- (1926) Stage Play: Broadway. Drama. Written by Philip Dunning and George Abbott. Directed by Philip Dunning and George Abbott. Broadhurst Theatre: 16 Sep 1926- 11 Feb 1928 (603 performances). Cast: Constance Brown, Sylvia Field (as "Billie Moore"), William Foran (as "Porky Thompson"), Robert Gleckler (as "Steve Crandall"), Thomas E. Jackson (as "Dan McCorn"), Roy R. Lloyd, Millard Mitchell (as "Larry"), Paul Porcasi (as "Nick Verdis") [final Broadway role], Ann Preston, Molly Ricardel, Henry Sherwood, Joseph Calleia (as "Joe, a waiter") [credited as Joseph Spurin-Calleia], Eloise Stream, Lee Tracy (as "Roy Lane"), Edith Van Cleve, Frank Verigun, Mildred Wall, Clare Woodbury, John Wray. Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Front Page. Comedy. Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Times Square Theatre: 14 Aug 1928- Apr 1929 (closing date unknown/276 performances). Cast: Walter Baldwin (as "Bensinger, of The Tribune"), George Barbier (as "The Mayor"), Violet Barney, Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Diamond Louis"), Frank Conlan, Claude Cooper, Jessie Crommette, Matthew Crowley, Larry Doyle, George Fleming, William Foran (as "McCue, City Press"), Frances Fuller, Allen Jenkins (as "Endicott, of The Post"), George Leach, Osgood Perkins (as "Walter Burns"), Willard Robertson, Joseph Calleia (as "Kruger, of The Journal of Commerce"), Dorothy Stickney (as "Mollie Malloy"), Lee Tracy (as "Hildy Johnson, of The Herald Examiner"), Carrie Weller, Gene West, Jay Wilson, Vincent York (as "Wilson, of The American"), Tammany Young (as "Schwartz, of The Daily News"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1929) Stage Play: Remote Control. Drama. Directed and co-written by Clyde North. Co-written by Albert C. Fuller and Jack T. Nelson. 48th Street Theatre: 10 Sep 1929- Nov 1929 (closing date unknown/79 performances). Cast: Dave Abrams, Patricia Barclay, Louise Barrett, Frank Beaston, Audrey Berry, Hobart Cavanaugh, Polly Clarke, Alice Davenport, Consuelo Flowerton (as "Anges Joyce"), William Foran, William Honohan, Raleigh Kennedy, Donald Kirke, George Leach, Mimi Lehman, Lawrence Leslie, George Lessey (as "W.L. Oakwood"), Michael Markham, James V. Nolan, Claire Nolte, Al Ochs (as "Professor Murrey"), Arthur Pierson (as "Charles Golden") [Broadway debut], Edward Van Sloan (as "Doctor A.P. Workman"), Harold Woolf. Produced by A.L. Jones and Morris Green. Note: Produced as a William Haines vehicle by MGM as Remote Control (1930) (released 15 Nov 1930). The characters' names were altered completely for the film and re-written as a comedy.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Up and Up. Comedy.
- (1930) Stage Play: Overture. Drama.
- (1931) Stage Play: Privilege Car. Melodrama.
- (1933) Stage Play: Both Your Houses. Drama.
- (1933) Stage Play: Double Door. Melodrama.
- (1933) Stage Play: The Drums Begin. Drama. Written by Howard Irving Young. Directed and co-produced by George Abbott. Shubert Theatre: 24 Nov 1933- Dec 1933 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast: Walter Abel, Judith Anderson, Oliver Barbour, Mathilda Baring, C.C. Charles, Harry Cooke, Pierre De Ramey, Joseph Downing, William Foran (as "George Patterson"), Robert Gleckler, F. Cliff Jewell, Moffat Johnston, Alexander Lewis, José Ruben (as "Gaston Corday"), William Shea, J. Ascher Smith, Kent Smith, Lionel Stander, Ingeborg Tillisch, Juan Varro, William Wadsworth, Alf Weinberg. Co-produced by Philip Dunning.
- (1934) Stage Play: Mahogany Hall. Drama.
- (1934) Stage Play: The Milky Way. Comedy. Written by Lynn Root and Harry Clork. Directed by William Schorr. Cort Theatre: 8 May 1934- Jul 1934 (closing date unknown/63 performances). Cast: John Brown, Leo Donnelly (as "Gabby Sloan") [final Broadway role], Edward Emerson, William Foran, Gladys George (as "Anne Westey"), Emily Lowry, Hugh O'Connell (as "Burleigh Sullivan"), Bernard Pathe. Produced by Sidney Harmon and James R. Ullman. Note: Considering it did not recoup it's investment, this play proved surprising durable on film. It was purchased rather cheaply by Paramount--recently out of receivership--and produced as a Harold Lloyd vehicle as The Milky Way (1936) (a notable flop) and reworked a decade later by Samuel Goldwyn as The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) (a major hit) with Danny Kaye in the starring role.
- (1934) Stage Play: Kill That Story. Comedy. Written by Harry Madden and Philip Dunning. Booth Theatre: 29 Aug 1934- Dec 1934 (closing date unknown/117 performances).
- (1937) Stage Play: Call Me Ziggy. Farce.
- (1937) Stage Play: Excursion. Comedy. Written by Victor Wolfson. Directed by Worthington Miner [credited as C. Worthington Miner]. Vanderbilt Theatre: 9 Apr 1937- Jul 1937 (closing date unknown/116 performances). Cast: Shirley Booth (as "Mrs. Loschavio"), Dorothy Brackett, Flora Campbell, Irene Cattell, William H. Chambers, John Cherry, Henry Clark, J. Hammond Dailey, Marilyn Erskine, William Foran (as "Pop"), Frances Fuller, Connie Gilchrist, Kathryn Grace, Jackie Grimes, Mae Grimes, Whitford Kane (as "Obediah Rich"), John L. Kearney, Richard Kendrick, Julie Lawrence, Sylvia Leigh, William H. Malone, Jennie Moscowitz, Joseph Olney, John O'Shaughnessy, William Redfield (as "Passenger"), Anthony Ross, 'Fred Stewart (I)' (as "Stevens"), Robert Thomsen, Nellie Thorne, Lester Wald, Eric Walz, Conway Washburne, James R. Waters, Sylvia Weld, Robert Williams, Lesley Woods. Produced by John C. Wilson.
- (1937) Stage Play: One Thing After Another. Drama. Written by Sheldon Noble. Directed by Walter Craig. Fulton Theatre: 28 Dec 1937- Jan 1938 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Richard Bishop [credited as Richard S. Bishop] (as "Boss Gilray"), Kenneth Daigneau (as "Morgan"), Kathleen Fitz (as "Judy Canfield"), William Foran (as "Gus"), Kathryn Givney (as "Kay Trevor"), Fred Howard (as "Chatterbox"), John Kane (as "Myron"), Stephen Kent (as "Harry Dill"), Louise Larabee (as "Marcia Hancock"), Ben Laughlin (as "Lefty"), Charles Lawrence (as "Winkie Butts"), Ann Mason (as "Eloise Woodward"), Edward J. Nugent (as "Don Weston"), William Nunn (as "Sheriff Casper Blakesley"), Brandon Peters (as "Jack Thompson"), Arthur Pierson (as "Bob Barnard"), Joseph Bates Smith (as "A Waiter"), Joseph Vitale (as "Pete"). Produced by Walter Craig.
- (1938) Stage Play: Schoolhouse on the Lot. Comedy. Written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov. Directed by Philip Dunning. Ritz Theatre: 22 Mar 1938- May 1938 (closing date unknown). Cast: Walter Armin (as "Herman Godansky"), Buford Armitage (as "Sampson"), Nancy Barnwell, Edward Barry, Carter Blake, Donald Brown, Joe Brown Jr., Frederic Clark, Hylah Coley, Gerald A. Cornell, June Curtis, Virginia Dunning, Eleanor Flagg, William Foran (as "Frank"), Averell Harris, Jean Harris (as "Dolly Shepard/Alternate"), Robert H. Harris, Eda Heinemann (as "Miss Fish"), Jack Kelly, Natalynne LaGoff, Lucille Low, Sidney Lumet (as "Mickey"), Richard Manning, Mary Mason, James Moore, David Pelham, Robert Pelham, Betty Philson, Paton Price, Edward Ryan Jr., Julanne Sack, Nate Sack, Nancy Sheridan, Gerard Sloane, Houseley Stevenson (as "J.G. Hamilton"), Onslow Stevens (as "Peter Driscoll"), Thomas F. Tracey (as "Mr. Zarbel"), Charles Wagenheim. Produced by Philip Dunning. Produced by arrangement with George Jessel.
- (1938) Stage Play: Knights of Song.
- (1939) Stage Play: Family Portrait. Drama. Written by Lenore J. Coffee and William J. Cowen. Incidental music by Lehman Engel. Scenic Design by Harry Horner. Costume Design by Harry Horner. Directed by Margaret Webster. Morosco Theatre: 8 Mar 1939- Jun 1939 (closing date unknown/111 performances). Cast: Judith Anderson (as "Mary"), Lois Austin (as "Reba"), Neal Berry (as "Joshua"), Virginia Campbell (as "Naomi"), Ruth Chorpenning (as "Anna"), Philip Coolidge (as "James"), Leonard Elliott (as "Disciple"), Tom Ewell (as "Simon"), William Foran (as "Mordecai"), Kathryn Grill (as "Selima"), Eula Guy (as "Hepziba"), Ronald Hammond (as "Nathan"), James Harker (as "Juda"), Lois Jameson (as "Woman of Jerusalem"), Max Leavitt (as "Shepherd"), Will Lee (as "Mendel"), Josephine McKim (as "Esther"), Bram Nossen (as "Rabbi Samuel"), Ronald Reiss (as "Daniel"), Hugh Rennie (as "Mathias"), Guy Spaull (as "Appius Hadrian/Leban of Damascus"), Norman Stuart (as "Joseph"), Philip Truex (as "Eben/Daniel, at age 16"), Evelyn Varden (as "Mary Cleophas"), Margaret Webster (as "Mary of Magdala "). Produced by Cheryl Crawford. Produced in association with Day Tuttle and Richard Skinner.
- (1942) Stage Play: Johnny on a Spot. Comedy. Written by Charles MacArthur. Based on a story by Parke Levy [final Broadway credit]. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Frederick Fox. Directed by Charles MacArthur. Plymouth Theatre: 8 Jan 1942- 10 Jan 1942 (4 performances). Cast: Edith Atwater (as "Julie Glynn"), Sanford Bickart (as "Creeper"), Jack Brainard (as "Cameraman"), William Foran (as "Danny"), Will Geer (as "Doc Blossom"), G. Swayne Gordon (as "Chief of Police"), Michaell Harris (as "Colonel Wigmore"), Paul Huber (as "Ben Kusick"), Richard Karlan (as "Chronicle Reporter"), Burton Mallory (as "Chronicle Cameraman"), Arthur Marlowe (as "McClure"), Jack McCauley (as "Salesman"), Harry Meehan (as "Flanagan"), Dennie Moore (as "Pearl Lamonte"), Tom Morrison (as "Heeler"), Charles Olcott (as "Mayor Lovett"), John O'Malley (as "Sergeant of State Troopers"), Olvester Polk (as "Lucius"), Ben Roberts (as "Warden"), Phil Sheridan (as "Captain of State Troopers"), Florence Sundstrom (as "Barbara Webster"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Judge Webster"), Tito Vuolo (as "Pepi Pisano"), Garney Wilson (as "Dapper"), Keenan Wynn (as "Nicky Allen"). Produced by John Shubert.
- (1942) Stage Play: They Should Have Stood in Bed. Written by Leo Rifkin, Frank Tarloff and David Shaw. Directed by Luther Adler. Mansfield Theatre: 13 Feb 1942- 21 Feb 1941 (11 performances). Cast: Norman Budd (as "Third Man"), John Call, Tony Canzoneri, William Foran (as "Mike Gilroy"), Jack Gilford, Richard Irving, Topper Jordan, George Matthews, Sanford Meisner, Katherine Meskill, Russell Morrison, LeRoi Operti (as "Mr. Cooper"), Edwin Philips, Randolph Preston, Grant Richards, Martin Ritt (as "Second Man"), Arnold Spector, Florence Sundstrom, Robert Williams. Produced by Sam H. Grisman. Produced in association with Alexander H. Cohen.
- (1942) Stage Play: Three Men on a Horse. Comedy (revival). Written by George Abbott and John Cecil Holm. Directed by John Cecil Holm. Forrest Theatre: 9 Oct 1942- 31 Oct 1942 (28 performances). Cast: William Balfour (as "Mr. Carver"), Jean Casto (as "Mabel"), Don Darcy (as "Delivery Boy"), William Foran (as "Harry"), Iris Hall (as "Gloria"), Teddy Hart (as "Frankie"), Richard Huey (as "Moses"), Kay Loring (as "Audrey Trowbridge"), William Lynn (as "Erwin Trowbridge"), Horace McMahon (as "Charlie"), Gay Seabrook (as "Hotel Maid"), J. Ascher Smith (as "The Tailor"), Sid Stone (as "Patsy"), James Truex (as "Al"), Fleming Ward (as "Clarence Dobbins"). Produced by Alexander Yokel.
- (1943) Stage Play: The Innocent Voyage. Comedy. Written by Paul Osborn. Based on the novel by Richard Hughes. Directed by Paul Osborn. Belasco Theatre: 15 Nov 1943- 18 Dec 1943 (40 performances).
- (1944) Stage Play: Pick-up Girl. Written by Elsa Shelley. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Directed by Roy Hargrave. 48th Street Theatre: 3 May 1944- 21 Oct 1944 (198 performances). Cast: William Harrigan (as "Judge Bentley"), Dorothy Blackburn (as "Miss Russell"), Zachary A. Charles (as "Larry Webster"), Vito Christi (as "Peter Marti"), Toni Favor (as "Ruby Lockwood"), William Foran (as "Door Attendant") [final Broadway role], Kathryn Grill (as "Mrs. Collins"), Joe Johnson (as "Jackie Polumbo"), Douglas Keaton (as "Court Clerk"), David Kernan (as "Mr. Brill"), Morty Martell (as "Policeman Owens"), Doro Merande (as "Miss Porter"), Edmonia Nolley (as "Mrs. Busch"), Bram Nossen (as "Alexander Elliot"), Pamela Rivers (as "Elizabeth Collins"), Frank Tweddell (as "Mr. Collins"), Lili Valenty (as "Mrs. Marti"), Lois Wheeler (as "Mary"), Bernice Winters (as "Jean"). Produced by Michael Todd's Staff. Note: Play was adapted on UK television for ITV Television Playhouse telecast on 6 Dec 1957 (Season 3, Episode 14) and produced by Welbeck Films Ltd. [UK] as Too Young to Love (1960).
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