- (1901 - 1928) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1901) Stage Play: The Widow Jones (Revival).
- (1902) Stage Play: The Belle of Broadway. Musical comedy. Book by Brian Hooker. Directed by Ned Wayburn. New York Winter Garden Theatre: 15 Mar 1902- 29 Mar 1902 (17 performances). Cast included: Lou Abrams, Lilian Bond, Donald Brian, Charles Caverly, Alexander Clark, Toby Claude, Bob Cole, Lille Collins, George Evers, Effie Hamilton.
- (1903) Stage Play: My Wife's Husbands. Farce. Written by Edwin Milton Royle. Directed by William H. Post. Hoyt's Theatre: 24 Aug 1903- Sep 1903 (closing date unknown/41 performances). Cast: Edward Abeles (as "Mr. Drinkwater"), Louise Bates [only Broadway role], Robert Peyton Carter [Broadway debut], Ralph Delmore, Moses Fairfax, Madeleine Hazlett, Grace Henderson, Charlotte Lander, Cam. Mauvel, William H. Post, Edwin Milton Royle (as "Ralph Kirtley"), Selena Royle (as "Gwendolin Winston"), Jennie Satterly, Edward See, Hugo Toland, Laura Wood.
- (1912) Stage Play: Never Say Die. Comedy. Written by William H. Post and William Collier Sr. 48th Street Theatre: 12 Nov 1912- Mar 1913 (151 performances). Cast: William Collier Sr. (as "Dionysius Woodbury"), John Adam, Jesse Arnold, Herbert Ayling, Charles Dow Clark, Emily Fitzroy, Nicholas Judels, John Junior, Paula Marr, Thomas McGrath, James Sheeran, Grant Stewart. Produced by Lew Fields. Note: Filmed by William MacLean Productions as Never Say Die (1924) and [significantly reworked] by Paramount Pictures as Never Say Die (1939) as a Bob Hope vehicle.
- Marjolaine (1922). Musical. Directed by William H. Post and Russell Janney. Broadhurst Theatre: 24 Jan 1922- 20 May 1922 (136 performances).
- (1921) Stage Play: June Love. Musical comedy. Music by Rudolf Friml. Book by Otto A. Harbach and William H. Post. Lyrics by Brian Hooker [earliest Broadway credit]. Based on a story by Charlotte Thompson [final Broadway credit]. Musical Director: Gene Salzer. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by George Vivian. Knickerbocker Theatre: 25 Apr 1921- 4 Jun 1921 (48 performances). Cast: Harold Abbey (as "Ensemble"), Else Adler (as "Mrs. June Love"), Nancy Bateman (as "Ensemble"), Bertee Beaumont (as "Belle Bolton"), James Billings (as "Geoffrey Love"), Caroline Cali (as "Ensemble"), Betty Campbell (as "Ensemble"), Leon Chrystal (as "Ensemble"), Lotta Corri (as "Ensemble"), W.B. Davidson (as "Jack Garrison"), Johnny Dooley (as "Eddie Evans"), Goldie Foley (as "Ensemble"), Rita Frederick (as "Ensemble"), Winifred Gibson (as "Ensemble"), Sam Goodman (as "Ensemble"), Alice Gordon (as "Kitty Smith/Ensemble"), Ann Greenway (as "Ensemble"), Mabel Grete (as "Ensemble"), Fred Grod (as "Ensemble"), Eve Hackett (as "Ensemble"), Robert Heft (as "Butler/Ensemble"), Dorothy Irving (as "Ensemble"), Irma Irving (as "Ensemble"), Lois Josephine (as "Tiny Golden"), Doris Landy (as "Polly Smith/Ensemble"), Louis Laub (as "Ensemble"), Paul Logan (as "Ensemble"), Constance Madison (as "Miss Elisman/Ensemble"), Ralfe Manning (as "Ensemble"), Martha Mayo (as "Mrs. Martia Golden"), Harry Miller (as "Ensemble"), Clarence Nordstrom (as "Bobbie Foster"), Lionel Pape (as "Thompson"), Bobby Renys (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Rice (as "Ensemble"), Boris Scott (as "Ensemble"), Billie Shilling (as "Miss Summers/Ensemble"), Mabel Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Tosbelle (as "Ensemble"), Norman Williams (as "Ensemble"), Martha Wood (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Sherman Brown.
- A Lonely Romeo (1919). Musical comedy. Music by Malvin M. Franklin and Robert Hood Bowers. Book by Harry B. Smith and Lew Fields. Lyrics by Robert B. Smith and Lorenz Hart. Additional music by Otis Spencer and Richard Rodgers. Musical Director: Robert Hood Bowers. Orchestrations for Malvin Franklin's numbers Charles Grant. Scenic Design by P. Dodd Ackerman. Costume Design by Cora MacCreachy. Choreographed by Jack Mason. Directed by William H. Post. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 28 Jul 1919 to close): 10 Jun 1919- 10 Nov 1919 (215 performances). Cast: Arthur Ball, Julia Barnette, Ellen Best, Frank Billings, Frank Binns (as "Mr. Cheatham"), Helen Blake, Hazel Bowman, Jessica Brown, Toots Bryce, Robert Calley, Frances Cameron, Clara Carroll, Octavia Broske, Jean Carroll, Edna Chase, Harry Clarke, George Coogan, Jeannette Cooke, Frank Cornell, Louise Dale, Jim Dalton, Marjorie Day, Virginia De Lillies, Frank Doane (as "Ichabod Wintergreen"), Marion Dorr, Herbert Fields (as "Milton"), Lew Fields (as "Augustus Tripp"), Margaret Finley, Gladys Fisher, Helen Fox, Pauline Garon, Alan Hale (as "Gilbert Grant"), Eleanor Henry, Nan Hope, Jack Kellar, Gladys Lang, Elsie Lange, Artie Leeming, Clarence Levy, Muriel Lodge (as "Madame Flambauex/Bessie Bonstella/Mrs. Lenox/Customer"), Charlie Mitchell, Gypsy Mooney, Ruth Reavis, Richard Russ, Willie Solar, Nellie St. Clair, Willie St. Clair, Lauretta Stanley, Louise Strong, Fay Tunis, Catherine Van Pelt, Alton Weber, Joe Wilmot Niemeyer, Violet Wilson. Produced by Lee Shubert, J.J. Shubert and Lew Fields.
- Some Night! (1918). Musical comedy. Based on material by Harry Delf (also music, lyricist and musical director). Directed by William H. Post. Harris Theatre: 23 Sep 1918- 5 Oct 1918 (24 performances).
- Go to It (1916). Based on "A Milk White Flag" by Charles A. Hoyt; adapted by John L. Golden, John E. Hazzard and Anne Caldwell. Directed by William H. Post. Princess Theatre: 24 Oct 1916- Nov 1916 (closing date unknown/23 performances).
- The Road to Mandalay (1916). Musical comedy. Source material by William H. Post. Directed by William J. Wilson. Park Theatre: 1 Mar 1916- 18 Mar 1916 (21 performances).
- All Aboard (1913). Musical comedy. Directed by William H. Post and William J. Wilson. Lew Fields' 44th Street Theatre: 5 Jun 1913- 6 Sep 1913 (108 performances). Produced by Lew Fields.
- The Necken/The Guilty Conscience (1913). Drama. Lyceum Theatre: 15 Apr 1913 (1 performance). [comprised of two shows] The Guilty Conscience: Written by Robert H. Davis. Cast: Alberta Gallatin, Frederick Perry, William H. Post. The Necken: Written by Elizabeth Crane. Directed by Sydney Rosefeld. Cast: Isabel Calder, George Cameron, Conrad Cantzen [credited as Conrad Cantzen], George Currie, Marion Earnshaw, Lawrence Eyre, Lettie Ford, Alberta Gallatin, Emily V. Lawshe, Kate Mayhew, Alice Newell, William H. Post, Ernest Weir, Edith Yeager. Produced by Sydney Rosenfeld.
- Never Say Die (1912). Comedy. Written by William H. Post and William Collier. 48th Street Theatre: 12 Nov 1912- Mar 1913 (closing date unknown/151 performances). Produced by Lew Fields.
- Beauty and the Barge (1905). Farce. Written by W.W. Jacobs and Louis N. Parker. Directed by William Seymour. Lyceum Theatre: 6 Sep 1905- 16 Sep 1905 (12 performances). Undetermined role. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- The Usurper (1904). Comedy-melodrama. Written by I.N. Morris. Directed by George J. Appleton. Knickerbocker Theatre: 28 Nov 1904-Dec 1904 (closing date unknown/28 performances). Undetermined role. Cast: Ethel Beale, Felix Edwardes, Ina Goldsmith, Nat C. Goodwin (also producer), Ruth MacKay, Georgie Mendum, Eille Norwood, Neil O'Brien, May Sargent, Norman Tharp.
- My Wife's Husbands (1903). Farce. Written by Edwin Milton Royle. Directed by William H. Post. Hoyt's Theatre: 24 Aug 1903- Sep 1903 (closing date unknown/41 performances). Cast: Edward Abeles (as "Mr. Drinkwater"), Louise Bates [only Broadway role], Robert Peyton Carter [Broadway debut], Ralph Delmore, Moses Fairfax, Madeleine Hazlett, Grace Henderson, Charlotte Lander, Cam. Mauvel, W.H. Post, Edwin Milton Royle (as "Ralph Kirtley"), Selena Royle (as "Gwendolin Winston"), Jennie Satterly, Edward See, Hugo Toland, Laura Wood.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Vagabond King. Musical comedy. Music by Rudolf Friml. Book by Brian Hooker and William H. Post. Based on "If I Were King" by Justin Huntly McCarthy. Lyrics by Brian Hooker and William H. Post. Musical Director: Anton Heindl. Book adapted by R.H. Russell. Scenic Design by James Reynolds. Entire Production Under Personal Supervision of Russell Janney and Richard Boleslawski. Musical Staging by Julian Alfred. Directed by Max Figman. Casino Theatre (moved to The Century Theatre from 15 Nov 1936- close): 21 Sep 1925- 4 Dec 1926 (511 performances). Cast: Fern Adrian (as "Court Lady "), Marion Alta (as "First Court Lady"), Grace Angelau (as "Court Lady"), Ann Austin (as "Second Court Lady"), Francis Baldwin (as "Scotch Archer"), E.H. Barlab (as "Tavern Man"), Joseph Batistich (as "Scotch Archer"), Triny Broekman (as "Tavern Girl"), Caroline Cantlon (as "Tavern Girl"), Jane Carroll (as "Huguette du Hamel"), Charles Carver (as "Captain of Scotch Archers "), Betty Chapin (as "Page/Dancer"), Harry Clark (as "Scotch Archer"), Earl Clayton (as "Scotch Archer"), Alfred Cortez (as "Courtier"), Tamm Cortez (as "The Queen"), Herbert Corthell (as "Guy Tabarie"), Florence Courtney (as "Page/Dancer"), Robert Craik (as "Rene de Montigny"), Herbert Crane (as "Scotch Archer"), Walter Cross (as "First Courtier"), Leon Cunningham (as "Casin Cholet/An Astrologer"), Madeleine Dare (as "Page/Dancer"), Fanille Davies (as "Court Lady"), Muriel Dawn (as "Page/Dancer"), Florence DeBarde (as "Court Lady"), Herbert Delmore (as "Noel Le Jolys"), Helen Ely (as "Court Lady"), Ross Ericksen (as "Tavern Man"), Michael Evans (as "Scotch Archer"), Cynthia Farr (as "Court Lady"), Max Figman (as "Louis XIth"), Dorothy Fitzgibbon (as "Page/Dancer"), Dolores Frank (as "Page/Dancer"), Miriam Franken (as "Tavern Girl"), Ruth Gieber (as "Court Lady"), Helen Grenelle (as "The Dancer"), Margaret Grove (as "Court Lady"), Catherine Hayes (as "Margot"), Mimi Hayes (as "Jehanneton/Tavern Girl"), Walter Higgins (as "Tavern Man"), Arthur Hoyt (as "Scotch Archer"), Therese Hyle (as "Tavern Girl"), William Johnson (as "The Hangman"), Arthur Kellar (as "Tavern Man"), Virginia Kelley (as "Page/Dancer"), Vivian Kelley (as "Isabeau"), Dennis King (as "Francois Villon"), Margaret La Motte (as "Court Lady"), Lucy Lawlor (as "Tavern Girl"), Melba Lee (as "Page/Dancer"), Bryan Lycan (as "Thibaut D'Aussigny"), Glenn Macauley (as "Courtier"), Beatrice Marsh (as "Court Lady"), H.H. McCullum (as "Tristan L'Hermite"), John Mealey (as "Second Courtier/Scotch Archer"), Estelle Mercier (as "Page/Dancer"), Joseph Miller (as "Trois Echelles/Tavern Man"), Margot Miller (as "Page/Dancer"), George Mortimer (as "Tavern Man/The Bishop"), Eona Murillo (as "Tavern Girl"), Carlton Neville (as "Courtier, Colin de Cayeul"), Louise Olary (as "Courtier"), Nellie Paley (as "Page/Dancer"), Ethel Rea (as "Tavern Girl"), Kathryne Richmond (as "Tavern Girl"), Marius Rogati (as "Jehan Le Loup, Tavern Man"), Edwin Rogers (as "Courtier"), Jack Rose (as "Courtier"), Muriel Seaman (as "Court Lady"), Edward Sheldon (as "Tavern Man"), Merle Stevens (as "Blanche"), Evelyn Stockton, Carolyn Thomson (as "Katherine de Vaucelles"), Olga Treskoff (as "Lady Mary"), Theola Vincent (as "Court Lady"), Earl Waldo (as "Toison D'or, Burgundian Herald"), Julian Winter (as "Oliver Le Dain"), John York. Produced by Russell Janney. Note: Filmed as The Vagabond King (1930) and The Vagabond King (1956).
- (1926) Stage Play: Sweetheart Time. Musical comedy. Source material by William H. Post (based on his work, "Never Say Die"). Directed by William Collier Sr.. Imperial Theatre: 19 Jan 1926- 22 May 1926 (143 performances). Cast included: Marcel Rousseau. Produced by Rufus Le Maire.
- (1927) Stage Play: Ballyhoo. Written by Kate Horton. Directed by Richard Boleslawski. 49th Street Theatre: 4 Jan 1927- Jan 1927 (unknown closing date/7 performances).
- (1927) Stage Play: White Eagle. Musical. Music by Rudolf Friml. Book by Brian Hooker and William H. Post. Lyrics by Brian Hooker and William H. Post. Based on "The Squaw Man" by Edwin Milton Royle. Musical Director: Anton Heindl. Music orchestrated by Joseph Majer. Staged by Richard Boleslawski. Choreographed by Busby Berkeley. Directed by Russell Janney and Olga Treskoff. Casino Theatre: 26 Dec 1927- 4 Feb 1928 (48 performances). Cast: Lucille Arden (as "Chorus"), Rowena Baker (as "Chorus"), Olyvve Bakke (as "Chorus"), Wallace Banfield (as "Chorus"), Elmer Barleb (as "Chorus"), Helen Berger (as "Chorus"), Rene Berteau (as "Chorus"), Ruth Bieber (as "Chorus"), Grace Cantrell (as "Chorus"), Shirley Carlton (as "Chorus"), Nat Christensen (as "Chorus"), Madeline Clancy (as "Chorus"), Lucille Constant (as "Chorus"), Walter Cross (as "Bates"), Leon Cunningham (as "Pete"), Harold Currier (as "Chorus"), Roberta Curry (as "Lady Mary/Chorus"), Royal Cutter (as "Andy"), Dorothy Davis (as "Chorus"), Muriel Dawn (as "Chorus"), June Day (as "Chorus"), Grace DeViney (as "Chorus"), Lawrence D'Orsay (as "Sir John Applegate") [final Broadway role], Constance Durand (as "Chorus"), Eldon Edwards (as "Chorus"), Ernest Ehler (as "Mr. Chiswick"), Helen Ely (as "Chorus"), Ross Ericksen (as "Chorus"), Michael Evans (as "Thunder Face/Chorus"), Jay Fassett (as "Happy"), Carlos Fessler (as "Chorus"), Blanche Fleming (as "Lady Mabel"), Dorothy Forsythe (as "Chorus"), John Fredericks (as "Chorus"), Randall Freyer (as "Chorus"), Charles Froom (as "Chorus"), Charles E. Galagher (as "Tabywana"), Hazel Glen (as "Countess of Kerhill"), Mildred Gordon (as "Chorus"), Helen Grenelle (as "English Dancer"), Margaret Grove (as "Chorus"), Florence Gunther (as "Chorus"), Edith Gwenn (as "Chorus"), William Hagen (as "Chorus"), Barton Hall (as "Chorus"), Pauline Hall (as "Chorus"), Vida Hanna (as "Chorus"), Alice Harper (as "Chorus"), Kay Hawley (as "Sadie"), Charles Henderson (as "Bud Hardy"), Lamar Hessenberg (as "Chorus"), Peggy Horan (as "Chorus"), Forrest Huff (as "Cash Hawkins"), Alice Huntington (as "Chorus"), Harry James (as "Chorus"), Earl Kardux (as "Chorus"), Aysa Kaz (as "The Indian Dancer"), Marion Keeler (as "Silverwing"), Arthur Kellar (as "Lieut. Alex. McGrath"), Elizabeth Kelly (as "Chorus"), George Kingsley (as "Chorus"), Helena Koffler (as "Chorus"), Edna Kulker (as "Chorus"), Sue Lake (as "Chorus"), Billie Lanctot (as "Chorus"), Helen Landis (as "Chorus"), George Leach (as "Chorus"), Paula Lind (as "English Dancer/Lily"), William MacDargh (as "Chorus"), Joan Marren (as "Chorus"), Beatrice Marsh (as "Chorus"), Bessie Masters (as "Chorus"), Earl Mayne (as "Gloomy"), Jock McGraw (as "Captain Leslie"), John Mealey (as "The Medicine Man of the Utes"), Thomas Mengert (as "Chorus"), Theresa Miller (as "Chorus"), Ralph Moana (as "The Sun Watcher"), Mary Morris (as "Chorus"), Armin Mueller (as "Chorus"), Virginia Nachant (as "Chorus"), Carlton Neville (as "Lieut. Henry George"), Ruth Norris (as "Chorus"), Laura Novea (as "Chorus"), Alice Olsen (as "Chorus"), Isabel O'Madigan (as "The Dowager Lady Kerhill"), Caroline Phillips (as "Chorus"), Horace Pollock (as "Malcolm Petrie"), Allan Prior (as "Capt. James Wynnegate"), Mabel Purdy (as "Chorus"), Mary Quinn (as "Chorus"), Rae Ring (as "Chorus"), Mae Robinson (as "Chorus"), Marius Rogati (as "Punk"), Fred Rogers (as "Chorus"), Jack Rose (as "Chorus"), Richard Rowley (as "Chorus"), Simeon Sabra (as "Chorus"), Albert Shaw (as "Little Hal"), Edward Sheldon (as "Chorus"), George Shields (as " Nick"), Alex Shishman (as "Chorus"), Mark Smith (as "Big Bill"), Harriet Standon (as "Chorus"), Evelyn Stockton (as "Chorus"), Fred Tiden (as "Earl of Kerhill"), Raymond Toben (as "Chorus"), Charles Trott (as "Chorus"), Florence Turner (as "Chorus"), Catherine Van Brunt (as "Chorus"), William Venus (as "Chorus"), Serge Vino (as "Chorus"), Efim Vitis (as "Chorus"), William Wally (as "Chorus"), Jewel Welter (as "Chorus"), Paul Winnell (as "Chorus"), Arthur Young (as "Chorus"). Produced by Russell Janney.
- (April 24, 1927) He and Brian Hooker wrote the book and lyrics for the musical play, "The Vagabond King," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Dennis King (Crancois Villon); Arthur Deagon; Berna Deane; George Robert; Daily Belmore; David London; Raymond O'Brien; Hazel Drury, Mildred Gordon; David Bogart; Martin Sheppard; Mary Bell; Joan Marren; Andrew George; Byron Russell; Ben Roberts; Ivan Arbuckle; Aleta Edwards; Joseph Latham; Alexander F. Frank; Vida Hanna; Olga Leigh; William Sunderman; Eileen Bowers; Collette; Charles Sutton; Albert Shrubb; Vlademir Dorman; George Leach; William Hagen; and Henrietta Abrams in the cast. Rudolf Friml was composer. Based on the story by Justin Huntley McCarthy. James Reynolds was set and costume designer. Royal Cutter and Helen Grenellie were choreographers. Fred Walz was orchestra conductor. Richard Boleslawsky was director. Russell Janney was producer.
- (September 21, 1925) Rudolf Friml, Brian Hooker, and his musical, "The Vagabond King," was performed at the Casino Theatre in New York City for 511 performances.
- (1954) Brian Hooker and his musical, "The Vagabond King," was performed at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Dorothy Sandlin, Ted Scott, and Clarence Nordstrom in the cast. Frank Carrington and Agnes Morgan were directors.
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