- (1950 - 1975) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1950) Stage Play: Alive and Kicking. Musical revue. Music by Hal Borne, Irma Jurist, Sammy Fain, Hoagy Carmichael and Harold Rome. Additional music by Sonny Burke, Leo Schumer and Ray Golden. Dance music by Billy Kyle. Sketches by Ray Golden, I.A.L. Diamond, Henry Morgan, Jerome Chodorov, Joseph Stein, Will Glickman and Michael Stuart. "Abou Ben Adhem" adapted from a poem by Leigh Hunt. Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, Ray Golden and Harold Rome. Additional lyrics by Leonard Gershe, Sid Kuller and Michael Stuart. Musical Director: Lehman Engel. Vocal arrangements by Lehman Engel. Vocal arrangements for "Alive and Kicking" by George Bassman. Music orchestrated by George Bassman. Additional numbers by Lucille Kallen, Max Liebman and Mickey Deems. Scenic Design by Raoul Pène Du Bois. Costume Design by 'Raoul Pène Du Bois'. Lighting Design by Mason Arvold. Choreographed by Jack Cole. Directed by Robert H. Gordon.
- (1954) Stage Play: On Your Toes. Musical comedy (revival). Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Book by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart and George Abbott. Musical Director: Salvatore Dell'Isola. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Scenic Design by Oliver Smith. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Directed by George Abbott. 46th Street Theatre: 11 Oct 1946- 4 Dec 1954 (64 performances). Cast: Bobby Van (as "Junior, 15 years later"), Vera Zorina (as "Vera Barnova"), Elaine Stritch (as "Peggy Porterfield"), Ted Adkins, Marvin Arnold, Ben Astar (as "Sergei Alexandrovitch"), Johnny Bowen, Phyllis Campbell, George Church, Kay Coulter (as "Frankie Frayne") [final Broadway role], Lillian D'Honau, Patricia Drylie, Timmy Everett, Nathaniel Frey, Katia Geneznova, Carolyn George, Arthur Grahl, Marilyn Hale, Edward Kerrigan, Dorene Kilmer, Helen Kramer, Jack Leigh, Robert Lindgren, Sonya Lindgren, Paula Lloyd, Barbara Michaels, John Nola, Nicholas Orloff, Edward Pfeiffer, Lois Platt, Nina Popova, John Robb, Joshua Shelley, Sigyn, Ruth Sobotka, Mary Stanton, Carol Stevens, Patrick Welch, Patricia Wilkes, Eleanor Williams, Jack Williams, Wendy Winn, David Winters, Bertram Wood. Produced by George Abbott.
- (1971) Stage Play: No, No, Nanette. Musical comedy. Music by Vincent Youmans. Lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto A. Harbach. Book by Otto A. Harbach and Frank Mandel. Book adapted by Burt Shevelove. Musical Director: Buster Davis. Vocal arrangements by Buster Davis. Music orchestrated by Ralph Burns. Dance arrangements by Luther Henderson. Incidental music by Luther Henderson. Revival originally conceived for production by Harry Rigby. Musical Staging by Donald Saddler. Choreographed by Donald Saddler. Production Manager: May Muth. Production Design by 'Raoul Pène Du Bois'. Lighting Design by Jules Fisher. Sound Design by Jack Shearing. Principals' Coiffures by Vidal Sassoon. Production Supervised by Busby Berkeley [final Broadway credit]. Directed by Burt Shevelove. 46th Street Theatre: 19 Jan 1971- 3 Feb 1973 (861 performances + 13 previews). Cast: Helen Gallagher (as "Lucille Early, Billy's Wife"), Jack Gilford (as "Jimmy Smith"), Ruby Keeler (as "Sue Smith, Jimmy's Wife"), Patsy Kelly (as "Pauline, Cook at the Smiths"), Bobby Van (as "Billy Early, a Lawyer"), Susan Watson, Loni Zoe Ackerman, Pat Lysinger, Roger Rathburn, K.C. Townsend, Bob Becker, John Beecher, Joretta Bohannon, Roger Braun, Marcia Brushingham, Kenneth Carr, Jennie Chandler, Kathy Conry, Christine Cox, Kevin Daly, Ed Dixon, Ellen Elias, Mercedes Ellington, Jon Engstrom, Marian Haraldson, Gregg Harlan, Jamie Haskins, Gwen Hillier, Sayra Hummel, Scott Hunter, Dottie Lester, Cheryl Locke, Joanne Lotsko, Mary Ann Niles, Kate O'Brady, Sue Ohman, Jill Owens, Ken Ploss, John Roach, Linda Rose, Ron Schwinn, Sonja Stuart, Monica Tiller, Pat Trott, Phyllis Wallach. Replacement actors: Benny Baker (as "Jimmy Smith"), Cindi Bulak, Barbara Heuman (as "Nanette") [Broadway debut], Joy Hodges (as "Sue Smith"), Mike Mitchell, Frank Newell (as "Nanette's Friend"), Sandra O'Neill, Shelly Rann (as "Nanette's Friend"), Martha Raye (as "Pauline"), James Robinson, Penny Singleton (as "Sue Smith") [replaced Ruby Keeler], Dana Swenson, Anthony S. Teague. Produced by Pyxidium, Ltd.
- (1975) Stage Play: Doctor Jazz. Musical.
- (Summer 1977) He acted in Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse's musical, "Anything Goes," in a Kenley Players production at the Packard Music Hall Theatre in Warren; the Veterans Memorial Theatre in Columbus and Memorial Hall in Dayton, Ohio with Ann Miller in the cast. John Kenley was artistic director.
- (Summer 1978) He acted in Robin Miller and George Haimsohn's musical, "Dames at Sea," in a Cherry County Playhouse production under the Dome at the Park Palace Hotel in Traverse City, Michigan. Pat Paulsen and Neil Rosen were artistic directors.
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