- (1903 - 1949) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1903) Stage Play: Happy Hooligan. Musical comedy/farce. Book by Frank Dumont. Music by Nicholas Brown. Based on the comic strip by Frederick Opper. Star Theatre: 4 May 1903- 12 May 1903 (8 performances). Cast: James Cardiff (as "Isaac Kahn"), Belle Darling (as "Liz Snow"), Jennie Donna, Winnie Erlanger, Wilfred Gerdes, William Halliday, Alice Hornig, P.A. Kennedy, J.F. Leonard, Adelaide Marsden, Rita Merrill, Bessie Montgomery, Frank Otto (as "Peter Gugenheimer") [Broadway debut], Dora Price, Paul Quinn, Rossita Rivera, Nellie Sawyer, Minnie Searles, J. Jay Shaw, Ross Snow (as "Happy Hooligan"), Edwin Stockwell, Eleanore Telford, Maggie Weston, Chris Whelan, Marie Young, William Zinell. Produced by Gus Hill.
- (1917) Stage Play: Going Up. Musical comedy. Book by Otto Hauerbach. Music by Louis A. Hirsch. Lyrics by Otto A. Harbach. Based on "The Aviator" by James Montgomery. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Directed by Edward Royce and James Montgomery. Liberty Theatre: 25 Dec 1917- 26 Oct 1918 (351 performances). Cast: Charles Andrews, Willard F. Barger, Ed Begley (as "Sam Robinson"), Lee Campbell, Jeanette Cook, Frank Craven (as "Robert Street"), Phoebe Crossley, Edith Day, Henry Dempsey, Ruth Donnelly (as "Miss Zonne"), Beatrice Dwight, Allen K. Fagen, Edgar Gates, Harold Grau (as "Ensemble"), Nancy Griffith, Lillian Gurley, Arthur Stuart Hull (as "James Brooks"), Louise Kelley, Joseph Lertora, Paul Lester, Kitty Mahoney, Vivian May, Thomas Maynard, Josephine McNichol, Donald Meek (as "F.H. Douglas"), Helen Miller, Alexander Morrissey, Helen Neary, Catherine O'Neil, Frank Otto (as "Hopkinson Brown"), John Park, Eleanor Pendleton, Grace Peters, Emily Russ, Eunice Sizer, Neida Snow, Marion Sunshine, Francois Vaulry, Maurice Walker, Mary Ward, Virginia Watson, Richard Weeman. Produced by Cohan & Harris.
- (1920) Stage Play: Genius and the Crowd. Comedy. Written by John T. McIntyre and Francis Hill. Directed by George M. Cohan. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 6 Sep 1920- Sep 1920 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Charlet Bartlett (as "Luigi Baccigalupo"), Constance Beaumar (as "Vera Cleeve"), Howard Boulden (as "Salvatore Venneto"), Ralph Brainard (as "Tenor Soloist"), Dorothy Clay (s "Miss Vanderslip"), H. Cooper Cliffe (as "Harrison Lloyd"), Marion Coakley (as "Mira Van Ness"), Marie Cummings (as "Miss Westerveldt"), Max Froelich (as "Giovanni Sataro"), Frank Hollins (as "Dickson"), Wright Kramer (as "Edouard Barna"), Viola Leach (as "Madame Trava"), Adele Leroy (as "Miss Arlingham"), Oretta Lewis (as "Miss De Puyster"), Dorothy Loraine (as "Miss Bellamy"), Helen Lovett (as "Miss Van Orden"), Kay MacCausland (as "Mrs. Brooks-Vinton"), Marion Warring Manley (as "Miss Buck"), Fuller Mellish (as "Gasparo Tagliani"), Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Rosamond Lanham"), Leonora Ottinger (as "Mrs. Lanham"), Frank Otto (as "Robert G. Burr"), Marie Pecheur (as "Louise Gribert"), Dorothea Quigley (as "Mrs. Mc-Duff-Powell"), Georges Renavent (as "Philippe Trava"), Rita Romilly (as "Bessie"), Frank Ross (as "Parker"), Helene Shaw (as "Miss Leffings"), Adelaide Starr (as "Mrs. Boyd-Jones"), Katherine Stewart (as "Madame Serafina Loriola"), Rubi Trelease (as "Mrs. Berners"). Produced by George M. Cohan.
- (1922) Stage Play: Little Nellie Kelly.
- Howdy, King (1926). Comedy.
- The Merry Malones (1927). Musical comedy.
- (1929) Stage Play: June Moon.
- (1932) Stage Play: Air Minded. Comedy. Written by Nathaniel Davis. Directed by Harry McRae Webster. Ritz Theatre: 10 Feb 1932- Feb 1932 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Pat Collins (as "Butch Emery"), Bernard Craney(as "Doctor Mitchell"), Belle D'Arcy (as "Emma Clements"), George MacQuarrie (as "Joseph Clements"), Edgar Mason (as "The Man with a Silk Hat"), Harry McNaughton (as "The Man with a Derby Hat"), Edwin Mills (as "Freddy Cameron"), Frank Otto (as "Shorty Quinn"), Bernard Paté (as "Simon Spring"), Charlotte Wynters (as "Joyce Cameron"). Produced by Davenport Productions Inc.
- (1934) Stage Play: Queer People. Comedy. Written by John Floyd, from a novel by Carroll Graham and Garrett Graham. Directed by Melville Burke. National Theatre: 15 Feb 1934- Feb 1934 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Frank Allworth (as "Edward Worth, A Policeman"), Flavia Arcaro (as "Madame Frankie Lee") [final Broadway role], Joseph Burton, Kay Carlin, Helen Claire, Colleen Cooper, "Peppy" D'Albrew, Willard Dashiell (as "John Grew"), Frank De Sylva, James Fallon, Walter Fenner, Dwight Frye, Gladys George, Wesley Givens (as "Bartender"), Jerry Hausner (as "Sammy Schmaltz"), Marga Herden, Herbert Heywood, Milly June, Lawrence Keating, Billie Kemp, Walter Kevan, Ruth Lee, James Levers, Leonard Lord, Sylvia Manners, Edna Mears, Nita Naldi, Charles O'Connor, Frank Otto (as "Henry McGinnis"), Clara Palmer, Arthur Pierson (as "Gilbert Vance"), William Roselle, W.W. Shuttleworth, Hal Skelly, Ming Soy, Harry Vokes (as "Pop Schmaltz"), J. Arthur Young. Produced by Galen Boque.
- The Sun Field (1942).
- Marriage Is for Single People (1945).
- (1946) Stage Play: Born Yesterday (1946). Comedy. Written by Garson Kanin. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Costume Design by Ruth Kanin. Assistant Scenic Design: Charles Elson. Directed by Garson Kanin. Lyceum Theatre (moved to The Henry Miller's Theatre from 9 Nov 1948- close): 4 Feb 1946- 31 Dec 1949 (1642 performances). Cast: Paul Douglas (as "Harry Brock"), Judy Holliday (as "Billie Dawn"), Gary Merrill (as "Paul Verrall"), Carroll Ashburn (as "The Assistant Manager"), Mona Bruns (as "Mrs. Hedges"), C.L. Burke (as "A Waiter"), Ellen Hall (as "Helen/A maid"), William Harmon (as "A Bellhop"), Otto Hulett (as "Ed Devery"), Rex King (as "A Bellhop"), Mary Laslo (as "A Manicurist"), Ted Mayer (as "A Barber"), Paris Morgan (as "A Bootblack"), Larry Oliver (as "Senator Norval Hedges"), Frank Otto (as "Eddie Brock") [final Broadway role]. Replacement cast (during Lyceum Theatre run): John S. Clubley (as "The Assistant Manager"), Harry Cooke (as "Eddie Brock") [final Broadway role], James Daly (as "A Bellhop"), Jan Sterling (as "Billie Dawn"). Replacement cast (during Henry Miller's Theatre run): Scott McKay (as "Paul Verrall"), Jean Parker (as "Billie Dawn"). Produced by Max Gordon. Notes: (1) Filmed as Born Yesterday (1950) and Born Yesterday (1993). (2) Mr. Otto reprised his role in the original film version.
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