- (1924 - 1936) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1924) Stage Play: Beggar on Horseback. Written by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. Broadhurst Theatre: 12 Feb 1924- 23 Aug 1924 (223 performances). Cast: Edwin Argus (as "Jerry/A Policeman"), Marion Ballou (as "Mrs. Cady"), Richard Barbee (as "Dr. Albert Rice"), George Barbier, Spring Byington (as "First Lady in Waiting/Miss Hey") [Broadway debut], Anne Carpenger (as "Gladys Cady"), Chappell Cory Jr. (as "A Song-Writer"), Pascal Cowan (as "A Butler"), Drake De Kay (as "First Lord of the Bed Chamber"), Bertrand O. Dolson (as "A Novelist"), Walker M. Ellis (as "A Guide"), Joseph Hamilton (as "Caesar"), Charles A. House (as "A Waiter"), Herbert James (as "Pompey"), Kay Johnson (as "Cynthia Mason"), Hamilton MacFadden (as "A Poet"), Henry Meglup (as "An Artist"), George Mitchell (as "H.R.H. The Crown Prince of Xanadu"), Osgood Perkins (as "Homer Cady") [Broadway debut], Tom Raynor (as "A Lamplighter"), Grethe Rutz-Nissen (as "H.R.H. The Crown Princess of Xanadu"), Maxwell Selzer (as "A Business Man"), James Sumner (as "A Reporter"), Norman Sweetser (as "A Sightseer"), Fay Walker (as "Miss You"), Paul Wilson (as "A Juror"), Roland Young. Produced by Winthrop Ames.
- (1925) Stage Play: Beggar on Horseback (Revival). Written by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. Shubert Theatre: 23 Mar 1925- Apr 1925 (closing date unknown/16 performances).
- (1925) Stage Play: Weak Sisters. Comedy. Written and directed by Lynn Starling. Booth Theatre: 13 Oct 1925- Nov 1925 (closing date unknown/31 performances). As "Siegfried Strong." Cast included: Spring Byington, Louise Galloway, Rowena West. Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Masque of Venice. Comedy. Written by George Dunning Gribble. Directed by Brock Pemberton. Mansfield Theatre: 2 Mar 1926- Mar 1926 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Nera Badalin (as "Annunziata"), Arnold Daly (as "Jonathan Mumford"), Kenneth MacKenna (as "Jack Cazeneuve"), Osgood Perkins, Antoinette Perry, Selena Royle (as "Egeria"), William Seagram (as "Don Pedro"), Elizabeth Taylor (as "Madge Cox"). Produced by Brock Pemberton, William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Fall Guy. Melodrama. Written by James Gleason and George Abbott. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 10 Mar 1925- Jun 1925 (closing date unknown/95 performances). Cast: Joseph Baird, Joseph R. Garry, Henry Mortimer, Beatrice Noyes (as "Bertha Quinlan"), Dorothy Peterson, Hartley Power, Ralph Sipperly, Ernest Truex (as 'Johnny Quinlan"), Alf Weinberger. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with George B. McLellan. Note: Filmed by Radio Pictures as The Fall Guy (1930) [UK title: "Trust Your Wife"].
- (1926) Stage Play: Loose Ankles. Written by Sam Janney. Directed by Brock Pemberton. Biltmore Theare: 16 Aug 1926- Jan 1927 (closing date unknown/168 performances). Cast: George W. Barnier, Charles D. Brown, Moon Carroll, Kathleen Comegys, Robert Lucius Cook, Jeanne De Me, Barbara Gray, Fred House, Carlotta Irwin, Kenneth Lawton, Frank Lyon, Ethel Martin, Osgood Perkins, Lavinia Shannon, Leonore Sorsby, Harold Vermilyea. Replacement actor: Ernest Cossart (as "Major Ainsworth Elling"). Produced by Brock Pemberton. Notes: (1) One of the biggest hits of the 1926 theatrical season. (2) Filmed as by First National Pictures [Warner Bros.] twice, first as a silent, Ladies at Play (1926) and again as a talkie, Loose Ankles (1930).
- (1926) Stage Play: Say it with Flowers. Comedy/farce. Written by Luigi Pirandello. Garrick Theatre: 3 Dec 1926- Dec 1926 (closing date unknown/2 performances). As "Professor Paolino." Produced by Brock Pemberton.
- (1927) Stage Play: Spread Eagle. Drama. Written by George S. Brooks and Walter B. Lister. Directed by George Abbott. Martin Beck Theatre: 4 Apr 1927- Jun 1927 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Brenda Bond (as "Lois Henderson"), Charles D. Brown (as "Bill Davis"), Harry Cooke (as "Sentry"), Herbert Courtney (as "Captain"), Frank Dae (as "Theatre Manager"), Malcolm Duncan (as "Father Estrella"), Virginia Farmer (as "Grace"), Fred House (as "Brig. Gen. Wagner, U.S.A."), Felix Krembs (as "Gen. Ramon Angel de Castro"), Aline MacMahon (as "Rosalie Kent"), Donald Meek (as "Mike Riordan"), Lester Nielson (as "Peter"), Osgood Perkins (as "Joe Cobb"), Jose Rivas (as "Col. Rojas"), Eduardo Sanchez (as "Manuel"), Allen Vincent (as "Charles Parkman"), Fritz Williams (as "Martin Henderson"), Vincent Yorke (as "Radio Announcer"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1927) Stage Play: Women Go On Forever. Written by Daniel Nathan Rubin. Directed by John Cromwell. Forrest Theatre: 7 Sep 1927- Dec 1927 (closing date unknown/117 performances). Cast: Mary Boland (as "Miss Daisy Bowman"), James Cagney (as "Eddie"), Willard Foster (as "Dr. Bevin"), Edwin Kasper, David Landau (as "Daly"), Mary Law (as "Mabel"), Constance McKay, Douglass Montgomery (as "Harry"), Myron Paulson (as "Hulbert"), Osgood Perkins (as "Pete"), Francis Pierlot (as "Mr. Givner"), Hans Sandquist (as "Sven"), Elizabeth Taylor, Edna Thrower, Morgan Wallace (as "Jake"), Sam Wren. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman. Produced in association with John Cromwell.
- (1928) Stage Play: Salvation.
- (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. Note: Filmed as The Front Page (1931) and The Front Page (1974). Film adaptation as His Girl Friday (1939).
- (1930) Stage Play: Uncle Vanya. Drama (revival). Written by Anton Chekhov, as adapted by Rose Caylor. Directed by Jed Harris. Booth Theatre: 22 Sep 1930- Oct 1930 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Ilya Ilyich Telegin, Waffles"), Walter Connolly (as "Ivan Petrovich Voinitsky, Vanya"), Lillian Gish (as "Yelena Andreyevna"), Isabel Irving (as "Maria Vasilyevna Voinitskaya"), Harold Johnsrud (as "Servant"), Kate Mayhew (as "Maryina, Nanny"), Osgood Perkins (as "Mikhail lvovich Astrov"), Eugene Powers (as "Alexander Vladimirovich Serebryakov"), Joanna Roos (as "Sofya Alexandrovna, Sonya"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1930) Stage Play: Uncle Vanya. (Revival). Written by Anton Chekhov, as adapted by Rose Caylor. Booth Theatre: 22 Sep 1930- Oct 1930 (closing date unknown/16 performances).
- (1931) Stage Play: Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Drama. Written by Philip Barry. Directed by Gilbert Miller. Henry Miller's Theatre: 13 Jan 1931- Jul 1931 (closing date unknown/206 performances). Cast: Marie Bruce (as "Ella"), Eileen Byron, John T. Doyle, Mary Elizabeth Forbes, Zita Johann (as "Eve Redman"), Alice MacIntosh, Herbert Marshall (as "Nicholas Hay"), Osgood Perkins (as "Samuel Gillespie"), Drew Price, Adele Schuyler, Harvey Stephens (as "Gail Redman"). Produced by Gilbert Miller.
- (1931) Stage Play: The Wiser They Are. Written by Sheridan Gibney. Directed by Jed Harris. Plymouth Theatre: 6 Apr 1931- May 1931 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Geoffrey Bryant, Terry Carroll, Ruth Gordon, Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Dario"), Julia Hoyt, Ben Lackland (as "Jerry Goodrich"), Osgood Perkins (as "Bruce Ingram"), G. Albert Smith (as "Jack Taft"), Joseph Spree, Charlotte Wynters. Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1932) Stage Play: Wild Waves. Comedy. Written by William Ford Manley. Directed by Worthington Miner. Times Square Theatre: 19 Feb 1932- Mar 1932 (closing date unknown/25 performances). Cast: Wallace Acton (as "Chauffeur"), Violet Barney, St. Clair Bayfield, John Beal, Helen Blair, Stuart Brown, Maurice Cass (as "Dr. Hammerhoch"), Irene Cattell (as "Battle Sister"), Dan Charlier, Edward Craven, Gerald Davis, William Friend (as "Tragedian") [final Broadway role], George Graham, Jessie Graham, Edith Gravetta, Richard Huey, Larry Jason, Mary Kemble, Alvin Kerr, Joseph King, Bruce MacFarlane, Fred Malcolm, Bertram Marburgh, Neil McFee, Horace McMahon (as "Gus"), Charles O'Connor (as "Potter, Ward Heeler"), Osgood Perkins (as "Mitch Gratwick"), Paul Porter (as "Brix"), Roger Ramsdell, Anne Revere, Jack Rigo, Mary Robinson, Robert Shayne, Frances Simon, Horace Sinclair (as "Mr. Thwacker"), Betty Starbuck, Charles Thompson, Virginia Tracy, Edith Van Cleve, Frank Verigun, Tallulah Wesley. Produced by Doran, Ray and Hewes.
- (1932) Stage Play: Foreign Affairs. Romantic comedy.
- (1932) Stage Play: Chrysalis. Written by Rose Albert Porter. Directed by Theresa Helburn. Martin Beck Theatre: 15 Nov 1932- Dec 1932 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Arling Alcine, Wihelmina Barton, Humphrey Bogart (as "Don Ellis"), Fannie Bourke [credited as Fan Bourke] (as "Blondie") [final Broadway credit], Lalive Brownell, Lily Cahill, Kathleen Comegys (as "Mrs. Haron"), Elisha Cook Jr. (as "Honey Rogers"), Gilberte Frey, Jessie Graham, Georgie Lee Hall, Thurston Hall (as "Judge Halman"), Hazel Hanna, Florence Heller, Henrietta Kaye, Elia Kazan (as "Louis") [Broadway debut], George Kinsey, Frank Layton, Phyllis Loughton, Jean MacIntyre, Kathryn McClure, Jock Munro, Mary Orr, Osgood Perkins (as "Michael Haverill"), Beta Rothafel, Toni Sorel, Harry D. Southard, Margaret Sullavan (as "Lyda Cose"), Russell Thayer, June Walker (as "Eve Haron"), Harold Woodall, Edmund Ziman. Produced by Martin Beck. Produced in association with Lawrence Langner and Theresa Helburn.
- (1932) Stage Play: Goodbye Again. Written by Allan Scott and George Haight. Directed by Arthur Beckhard. Theatre Masque: 28 Dec 1932- Jul 1933 (closing date unknown/216 performances). Cast included: Myron McCormick, Nellie Burt, Osgood Perkins (as "Kenneth Bixby"), James Stewart. Produced by Arthur Beckhard.
- (1933) Stage Play: The School For Husbands. Musical comedy. Music by Edmond W. Rickett. Book by Arthur Guiterman and Lawrence Langner. Based on the play "L'École des maris" by Molière. Music arranged by Edmond W. Rickett. Lyrics by Arthur Guiterman. Musical Director: Edmond W. Rickett. Scenic Design by Lee Simonson. Costume Design by Lee Simonson. Directed by Lawrence Langner. Empire Theatre: 16 Oct 1933- 20 Jan 1934 (116 performances/production rotated with "The Dream of Sganarelle"). Cast: Michael Bartlett (as "Valere"), Marcus Blechman (as "Bear"), Kenneth Bostock, Joan Carr, Stuart Casey, John Cherry, Stanley Harrison (as "Magistrate"), Doris Humphrey (as "Street Dancer/Columbine"), James Jolley (as "Ergaste"), Janice Joyce, Flora Le Breton, George Macready (as "Lysander/1st Bravo"), Lewis Martin, Virginia Marvin, William Miley, Osgood Perkins (as "Sganarelle"), Dorothea Petgen, Robert Reinhart, Horace Sinclair (as "Notary"), Parker Steward, Francis Tyler, June Walker (as "Isabelle"), Charles Weidman, Lee Whitney. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1935) Stage Play: Point Valaine. Melodrama.
- (1935) Stage Play: Ceiling Zero. Written by Frank Wead [only Broadway credit]. Scenic Design by John Root. Directed by Antoinette Perry. Music Box Theatre: 10 Apr 1935- Jul 1935 (closing date unknown/104 performances). Cast: John Bohn (as "Les Bogan"), John Boruff, Geoffrey Bryant (as "Bob Wilkins"), Chester Clute (as "Baldy Wright") [final Broadway role], John Drew Colt (as "Dick Peterson"), Joseph Downing, Walter Greaza (as "Al Stone"), Gladys Griswold (as "Dodo Harvey"), Alan Hale Jr. (as "Tay Lawson"), John F. Hamilton (as Mike Owens"), Nedda Harrigan (as "Mary Lee"), John Huntington (as "Joe Allen"), Hope Lawder, John Litel, Osgood Perkins (as "Jake Lee"), Margaret Perry (as "Tommy Thomas"), Philip Remar (as "Jerry Stevens"), Grandon Rhodes (as "Fred Adams"), G. Albert Smith (as "Texas Clark"), Ben Starkie (as "Eddie Payson"), James Todd (as "Smiley Johnson"). Produced by Brock Pemberton. Note: Filmed by Cosmopolitan Productions [distributed by Warner Bros.] as Ceiling Zero (1936) and by Warner Bros. as International Squadron (1941).
- (1935) Stage Play: On Stage. Comedy. Written by B.M. Kaye. Directed by Robert Ross. Mansfield Theatre: 29 Oct 1935- Dec 1935 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Harry Gresham, Louis Hector, Donald MacDonald, Alan Marshall, Claudia Morgan, Osgood Perkins (as "Morgan Crawford"), Selena Royle, Frederic Worlock.
- (1936) Stage Play: End of Summer. Comedy. Written by S.N. Behrman. Scenic Design by Lee Simonson. Directed by Philip Moeller. Guild Theatre: 17 Feb 1936- Jun 1936 (closing date unknown/153 performances). Cast: Ina Claire (as "Leonie Frothingham"), Kendall Clark (as "Robert"), Doris Dudley (as "Paula Frothingham"), Van Heflin (as "Dennis McCarthy"), Mildred Natwick (as "Mrs. Wyler"), Osgood Perkins (as "Dr. Kenneth Rice") [final Broadway role], Tom Powers (as "Boris, Count Mirsky"), Shepperd Strudwick (as "Will Dexter"), Minor Watson (as "Sam Frothingham"), Barry O'Moore (as "Dr. Dexter"). Produced by Theatre Guild Inc.
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