- (1913 - 1944) Performed on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1913) Stage Play: Anna Held's All Star Variete Jubilee. Special/musical revue/vaudeville. Book by Stanley Murphy. Music by Henry I. Marshall; Lyrics by Stanley Murphy. Directed by Frank Smithson. Casino Theatre: 29 Dec 1913- 3 Jan 1914 (8 performances). Cast: Eileen Adaire, Charles Ahearn, Richard Bartlett, George Beban, Harry T. Belmont, Roland Bottomley [Broadway debut], Sadie Carr, Pearl Cook, Nellie Crawford, Florence Daniels, Gladys Fox, Francis & Florette, Anna Held, Hirschel Hendler, Imperial Pekinese Acrobats (as "6 Mongolian Gymnasts"), Leslie Jones, Charles Judels, Jean L'Estrange, Frank Lynch, Edith MacBride, Felix McCabe, Samuel J. Murphy, Leslie Raleigh, Marion Roth, Victor Snyder, Julia Sullivan, Ward and Curran, Charles H Yorkshire. Produced by John Cort.
- (1920) Stage Play: Lassie. Musical comedy. Music by Hugo Felix. Book by Catherine Chisholm Cushing. Lyrics by Catherine Chisholm Cushing. Musical Director: Erno Rapee. Based on a play by Catherine Chisholm Cushing. Directed by Edward Royce. Nora Bayes Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 2 Aug 1920- close): 6 Apr 1920- 21 Aug 1920 (159 performances). Produced by Lassie Inc.
- (1921) Stage Play: Nemesis. Melodrama. Written by Augustus Thomas. Directed by John Meehan. Hudson Theatre: 4 Apr 1921- May 1921 (closing date unknown/56 performances). Cast: Charles P. Bates, Roland Bottomley (as "Dr. Simpson"), Emmett Corrigan (as "Mr. Kallan"), John Craig, Robert Cummings (as "Officer Conlon"), Pedro de Cordoba (as "Mr. Jovaine"), Jennie Dickerson, Clayton Frye, Marie Goff, Jerry Hart, Howard Nugent, Frank M. Readick, Olive Tell (as "Marcia Kallan"), John M. Thoughton, Ethel Winthrop (as "Mrs. Purdy"), Eleanor Woodruff. Produced by George M. Cohan.
- (1922) Stage Play: The Yankee Princess. Musical comedy.
- (1927) Stage Play: Julius Caesar. Tragedy (revival).
- (1927) Stage Play: Her First Affaire. Comedy.
- (1929) Stage Play: Death Takes a Holiday. Drama/fantasy. Written by Alberto Casella. Book adapted by Walter Ferris. Directed by Lawrence Marston. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 26 Dec 1929- Jun 1930 (closing date unknown/180 performances). Cast: Thomas Bate Fedele Olga Birkbeck (as "Stephanie"), Viva Birkett (as "Princess of San Luca"), Roland Bottomley (as "Eric Fenton"), Martin Burton (as "Corrado"), James Dale (as "Duke Lambert"), Wallace Erskine (as "Baron Cesarea"), Florence Golden (as "Cora"), Frank Greene (as "Major Whitred"), Rose Hobart (as "Grazia"), Philip Merivale (as "His Serene Highness, Prince Sirki of Vitalba Alexa"), Anna Orr (as "Alda"), Lenore Sorsby (as "Rhoda Fenton"). Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures as Death Takes a Holiday (1934) and Meet Joe Black (1998).
- (1931) Stage Play: Death Takes a Holiday. Drama (revival). Written by Alberto Casella. Book adapted by Walter Ferris. Directed by Lawrence Marston. Ambassador Theatre: 16 Feb 1931- Mar 1931 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Frances Amherst (as "A Maid"), Charlotte Andrews (as "Rhoda Fenton"), Thomas Bate (as "Fedele"), Olga Birkbeck (as "Stephanie"), Roland Bottomley (as "Eric Fenton"), Wallace Erskine (as "Baron Cesarea"), Frank Greene (as "Major Whitred"), Irby Marshall (as "Princess of San Luca"), Philip Merivale (as "His Serene Highness, Prince Sirki of Vitalba Alexa"), Julian Royce (as "Duke Lambert"), Eleanor Stuart (as "Alda"), Helen Vinson (as "Grazia"), Alan Willey (as "Corrado"). Produced by Lee Shubert. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures as Death Takes a Holiday (1934) and Meet Joe Black (1998).
- (1932) Stage Play: Gay Divorce.
- (1934) Stage Play: Hotel Alimony. Comedy.
- (1934) Stage Play: Mother Lode. Drama. Written by Dan Totheroh and George O'Neil. Directed by Melvyn Douglas. Cort Theatre: 22 Dec 1934- Dec 1934 (closing date unknown/9 performances). Cast: Ivan Arbuckle (as "Yank"), Frank Baer (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Bayley (as "Ensemble"), Louise Beaudet (as "Mrs. Schiller"), Beulah Bondi (as "Mrs. Kate Hawkins "), Roland Bottomley (as "Lord Berkeley Beresfield"), Barbara Brown (as "Ensemble"), Orrin Burke (as "Irish Johnnie "), Dorothea Cadwallader (as "Ensemble"), Frank Camp (as "Thomas Carter"), Thomas Chalmers (as "Frank O'Malley"), Cynthia Dane (as "Ensemble"), Clifford Dempsey (as "Whiskey Truman, Later, Senator Truman"), Melvyn Douglas (as "Carey Ried "), Alice Dowd (as "Ensemble"), Willis Duncan (as "Ensemble"), Edythe Elliott (as "Mrs. Thomas Carter"), Gertrude Flynn (as "Julia Musette"), William Franklin (as "Cassius, A Sailor"), Helen Freeman (as "Madame Lorska"), Helen Gahagan (as "Hannah Hawkins "), Al Guin (as "Ensemble"), Carolyn Hun (as "Ensemble"), J. James (as "Ensemble"), Lida Kane (as "Mother O'Brien"), Robert Kellard (as "A Young Man/Slim"), George Lamar (as "Curley/Dick Condon"), Frank Lambert (as "Ensemble"), Lenore Lonergan (as "Clarissa Ried"), Lester Lonergan III (as "Little Breeches"), Booth Ried/A Man "), Jean Marwood (as "Ensemble"), Barbara O'Neil (as "A Woman "), Arvid Paulson (as "Sing"), Paul Porter (as "Ensemble"), Franklin Reber (as "Ensemble"), Mary Reilly (as "Ensemble"), Tex Ritter (as "Red Dog/Another Man"), C. Russell Sage (as "Speed Jake/Mike"), Robert Shayne (as "Horace Fields"), Einar Svalbe (as "Swede, A Lieutenant"), Valerie Tempest (as "Ensemble"), Robert Thorne (as "Pious Pete"), John Troughton (as "Brutus"), Rosalie Van der Stucken (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Walker (as "A Young Woman/Another Woman"), Kate Warriner (as "Evelyn"), Sam Worth (as "Ensemble"). Produced by George Bushar and John Tuerk.
- (1935) Stage Play: Othello. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Henry Herbert. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 27 Sep 1935- Oct 1935 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast: Roland Bottomley (as "Roderigo"), Betty Bourjaily (as "Bianca"), Edward Broadley (as "Sailor"), Alexandra Carlisle (as "Emilia"), Hannam Clark (as "Gratiano"), Gladys Cooper (as "Desdemona"), Staats Cotsworth (as "Gentleman of Cyprus"), Margaret English (as "Woman of Cyrus"), Charles Francis (as "Lodovico"), Harold Gould (as "Brabantio"), Joseph Holland (as "Gentleman of Cyprus"), Kenneth Hunter (as "Cassio"), T. Jerome Lawler (as "Montano"), Connie Lent (as "Woman of Cyrus"), Kenneth MacKenna (as "Iago"), Maurice Manson (as "Messenger"), Philip Merivale (as "Othello"), Henry Morrell (as "Duke of Venice"), Ralph Nelson (as "Officer"), Bram Nossen (as "Gentleman of Cyprus"), Constance Pellissier [credited as Constance Pelissier] (as "Woman of Cyrus"). Produced by Crosby Gaige/Crosby Gaige Inc.
- (1935) Stage Play: Macbeth. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Henry Herbert. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 7 Oct 1935- Oct 1935 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Thomas Bate (as "Servant"), Roland Bottomley (as "Angus, a nobleman"), Betty Bourjaily (as "Court Lady"), Edward Broadley (as "Old Man/Third Witch"), Catherine Cale (as "Court Lady"), Alexandra Carlisle (as "Lady Macduff"), Hannam Clark (as "Porter/Second Witch"), Gladys Cooper (as "Lady Macbeth"), Staats Cotsworth (as "Donalbain, son of Duncan/Messenger"), Margaret English (as "Boy"), Charles Francis (as "Banquo, a general of the Scottish army"), Harold Gould (as "Siward/First Witch"), Joseph Holland (as "Lennox, a nobleman"), Kenneth Hunter (as "Ross, a nobleman"), T. Jerome Lawler (as "Malcolm, son of Duncan"), Connie Lent (as "Fleance, son of Banquo"), Kenneth MacKenna (as "Macduff, a nobleman of Scotland"), Maurice F. Manson (as "Seton, an officer attending on Macbeth"), Philip Merivale (as "Macbeth, a general of the Scottish army"), Henry Morrell (as "Duncan, King of Scotland/Doctor"), Ralph Nelson (as "Young Seyward"), Bram Nossen (as "Captain/First Murderer"), Edward Oldfield, Constance Pellissier (as "Gentlewoman"). Produced by Crosby Gaige/Crosby Gaige Inc.
- (1936) Stage Play: The Laughing Woman.
- (1937) Stage Play: Cross-Town. Comedy.
- (1939) Stage Play: The White Steed. Drama.
- (1941) Stage Play: The Wookey. Written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Plymouth Theatre: 10 Sep 1941- 3 Jan 1942 (134 performances). Cast: Edmund Gwenn (as "Mr. Wookey"), Heather Angel (as "Primrose Wookey"), Victor Beecroft, Milton Blumenthal, Roland Bottomley (as "A.R.P. Warden"), Grace Collins, Sean Dillon, Neil Fitzgerald, Charles Francis, Carol Goodner, Nora Howard, Stephen McNally (as "Rory McSwiggin") (credited as Horace McNally), John Moore, Henry Mowbray (as "Constable Simpson"), Olive Reeves-Smith (as "The Vack Lady"), Everett Ripley, Byron Russell (as "Mr. Archibald"), Gilbert Russell, Allen Shaw, Cora Smith, Harry Sothern (as "First-Aid Man"), George Sturgeon, John Trevor. Produced by Edgar Selwyn.
- (1942) Stage Play: A Kiss for Cinderella. (Revival).
- (1944) Stage Play: Slightly Scandalous.
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