- (1940 - 1964) Performed in the following Broadway productions:
- (1940) Stage Play: Glamour Preferred. Written by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements. Scenic Design by John Root. Directed by Antoinette Perry. Booth Theatre: 15 Nov 1940- 23 Nov 1940 (11 performances). Cast: Thomas Babcock (as "Silver-Fish Exterminator"), Flora Campbell (as "Lynn Eldridge "), Haskell Coffin (as "Henry"), Irene Corlett (as "Angela Vaughn"), Robert Craven (as "Sir Hubert Towyn"), Elsie Mae Gordon (as "Loula"), James Gregory (as "Officer Hanan"), Loring Smith (as "Max Musick") [Broadway debut], Louis Sorin (as "Bernard C. Goldwater"), Maidel Turner (as "Mrs. Florinda Mott Pengilly"), Henry Vincent (as "Webster"). Produced by Brock Pemberton.
- (1942) Stage Play: The Life of Reilly. Comedy. Written by William Roos. Directed by Roy Hargrave. Broadhurst Theatre: 29 Apr 1942- 2 May 1942 (5 performances). Cast: Charita Bauer (as "Mildred Walker"), Theodora Bender (as "Miss Collins"), John Call (as "Snake Foote"), Guerita Donnelly (as "Harriett"), Glenda Farrell (as "Jackie Moultrie"), Peter Hobbs, Len Hollister, George Mathews, Francis Nielsen, John Shellie, Howard Smith, Loring Smith (as "Horace Moultrie"), Norman Tokar, Polly Waters. Produced by Day Tuttle and Harald Bromley.
- (1943) Stage Play: All for All. Written by Norman Bruce. Based on "Give and Take" by Aaron Hoffman [posthumous credit]. Directed by Harry Green. Bijou Theatre: 29 Sep 1943- 11 Dec 1943 (85 performances). Cast: Lyle Bettger (as "John Bauer, Jr."), Wyrley Birch (as "Daniel Drum"), Flora Campbell (as "Marion Kruger"), Harry Green (as "Albert Kruger"), Jack Pearl (as "John Bauer, Sr."), Loring Smith (as "Thomas W. Craig"). Produced by A.L. Berman. Note: Previously filmed by Universal Pictures as Give and Take (1928) (Norman Bruce's play adaption was not credited).
- (1944) Stage Play: Over 21. Comedy. Written by Ruth Gordon. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Music Box Theatre: 3 Jan 1944- 8 Jul 1944 (221 performances). Cast: Ruth Gordon (as "Paula Wharton"), Kay Aldridge (as "Miss Manley"), Carroll Ashburn (as "Colonel H.C. Foley"), Jessie Busley (as "Mrs. Armina Gates"), Eddie Hodge (as "An Elderly Gent"), Philip Loeb (as "Joel I. Nixon"), Dennie Moore (as "Mrs. Foley"), Beatrice Pearson (as "Jan Lupton"), Tom Seidel (as "Roy Lupton"), Loring Smith (as "Robert Drexel Gow'), Harvey Stephens (I)' (as "Max Wharton"). Understudies: George Blackwood, Emily Ross. Produced by 'Max Gordon'.
- (1946) Stage Play: A Joy Forever. Written by Vincent McConnor. Scenic Design by Stewart Chaney. Directed by Reginald Denham. Biltmore Theatre: 7 Jan 1946- 19 Jan 1946 (16 performances). Cast: Frieda Altman (as "Mrs. Tillery"), Seth Arnold (as "Old Dan"), Rollin Bauer (as "Guard"), Charles Boaz (as "Model"), Loïs Bolton (as "Mrs. Danforth"), Joe Johnson (as "Wallace"), Nicholas Joy (as "Archer Barrington"), Guy Kibbee (as "Benjamin Vinnieum") [final Broadway role], Fred Knight (as "Delivery Man"), Ottilie Kruger (as "Constance Sherman"), Charles Laffin (as "Frith"), William Nunn (as "Young Dan") [final Broadway credit], Dorothy Sands (as "Tina"), Natalie Schafer (as "Allora Eames"), Lucian Self (as "Assistant Delivery Man"), Loring Smith (as "Harrison Eames"). Produced by Blevins Davis and Archie Thomson.
- (1952) Stage Play: Of Thee I Sing. Musical comedy (revival). Book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind (final Broadway credit). Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Musical Director: Maurice Levine. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Dance arrangements by David Baker. Assistant Musical Dir.: John Morris. Assistant Orchestrator: Seymour Ginzler. Scenic Design by Albert Johnson. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Lighting Design by Peggy Clark. Assistant to Irene Sharaff: Florence Klotz. Musical Numbers and Ensembles Staged by Jack Donohue. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Ziegfeld Theatre: 5 May 1952- 5 Jul 1952 (72 performances). Cast: Jack Carson (as "John P. Wintergreen") [only Broadway role], Paul Hartman (as "Alexander Throttlebottom"), Florenz Ames (as "The French Ambassador"), Arlene Anderson (as "Showgirl"), Ken Ayers (as "Flunkie/Singer"), Vicki Barrett (as "Dancer"), Jean Bartel (as "Beauty Contestant/Showgirl"), Betty Buday (as "Dancer"), Claudia Campbell (as "Singer"), Louise Carlyle (as "Chambermaid/Singer"), Norman Clayton (as "Singer"), Georgine Darcy (as "Dancer"), Crandall Diehl (as "Dancer"), Gregg Evans (as "Showgirl"), Charlotte Foley (as "Showgirl"), Donald Foster (as "Senator Robert E. Lyons"), Howard Freeman (as "Senator Carver Jones"), Warren Galjour (as "Singer"), J. Corkey Geil (as "Dancer"), Skeet Guenther (as "Dancer"), Jay Harwick (as "Singer"), Keith Kaldenberg (as "Singer"), Joe Kerrigan (as "Singer"), Michael King (as "Flunkie/Singer"), William Krach (as "Flunkie/Singer"), Lenore Lonergan (as "Diana Devereaux"), Jonathan Lucas (as "Sam Jenkins"), Joan Mann (as "Emily Benson"), Mort Marshall (as "Announcer/Chief Senate Clerk"), James McCracken (as "Singer"), Al McGranary (as "Chief Flunkey"), Peggy Merber (as "Dancer"), Betty Oakes (as "Mary Turner"), J. Pat O'Malley (as "Francis X. Gilhooley"), Bob Oran (as "Yusef Yussevitch"), Helen Rice (as "Singer"), Dorothy Richards (as "Showgirl"), Jeanne Schlegel (as "Singer"), Frank Seabolt (as "Dancer"), Robert F. Simon (as "Louis Lippman"), Siri (as "Showgirl"), Loring Smith (as "Matthew Arnold Fulton"), Joanne Spiller (as "Singer"), Pat Stanley (as "Dancer"), Abe Stein (as "Vladimir Vidovitch"), Bob Tucker (as "Dancer"), Jeanne Tyler (as "Showgirl"), Gloria Van Dorpe (as "Singer"), Charlotte Van Lein (as "Showgirl"), Larry Weber (as "Singer"), Tom Wells (as "Attaché"), Jack Whiting (as "The Chief Justice/Guide/Senator from Massachusettes"), Parker Wilson (as "A Sightseer/Dancer"). Understudies: Vicki Barrett (as "Emily Benson"), Jean Bartel (as "Diana Devereaux"), J. Corkey Geil (as "Sam Jenkins"), Mort Marshall (as "Alexander Throttlebottom"), Al McGranary (as "Matthew Arnold Fulton"), Helen Rice (as "Mary Turner"), Tom Wells (as "Announcer/Chief Senate Clerk/Francis X. Gilhooley"), Jack Whiting (as "John P. Wintergreen"). Produced by Chandler Cowles and Ben Segal.
- (1949) Stage Play: Texas Li'l Darlin'. Muscial comedy. Music by Robert Emmett Dolan. Book by John Whedon and Sam Moore. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Will Irwin. Choreographed by Al White, Jr. Scenic Design by Theodore Cooper. Directed by Paul Crabtree. Mark Hellinger Theatre: 25 Nov 1949- 9 Sep 1950 (293 performances). Cast: Kenny Delmar (as "Hominy Smith"), Mary Hatcher (as "Dallas Smith"), Danny Scholl (as "Easy Jones"), Loring Smith (as "Harvey Small"), Alden Aldrich (as "Parker Stuart Eliot/Engineer"), William Ambler (as "Duane Fawcett/Texas Ranger"), Cameron Andrews (as "Sherm/Joe Raker"), Charles Bang (as "John Baxter Trumbull/Texas Ranger/Radio Announcer"), Bob Bernard (as "Jack Prow"), Muriel Bullis (as "Neighbor"), Carl Conway (as "One of Three Prospectors/Neighbor"), Dante Di Paolo (as "Amos Hall/Cowboy"), Arlene Ethane (as "Sarah Boone"), Jo Gibson (as "Neighbor"), Edmund Hall (as "One of Three Prospectors/Stan/Football Player"), Ronnie Hartmann (as "Delia Pratt/"Trend" Secretary"), Merrill Hilton (as "Red/Cowboy"), Bill Horan (as "Muleshoes, One of The Three Coyotes"), Jaqueline James (as "Drum Majorette/"Trend" Secretary"), Patricia Jennings (as "Neighbor"), B.J. Keating (as "Trend" Secretary"), Betty Lou Keim (as "Dogie Smith"), Lloyd Knight (as "Neighbor"), Marion Lauer (as "Trend" Secretary"), Carol Lee (as "Rebecca Bass/One of Three Little Maids/Oil Worker"), Ray Long (as "Branch Pedley/Cowboy/Guard"), Dorothy Love (as "Calico Munson/One of Three Little Maids"), Tommy Maier (as "Oil Worker"), Elliott Martin (as "One of Three Prospectors/Neighbor"), Joel McConkey (as "Fred, One of The Three Coyotes"), Kate Murtah (as "Melissa Tatum"), Ruth Ostrander (as "Sally Tucket"), Ralph Patterson (as "Herb/Texas Ranger"), Edward Platt (as "William Dean Benson, Jr./Texas Ranger/Voice of "Trend"), Jack Purcell (as "Oil Worker"), Jared Reed (as "Sam"), Dorothy Mary Richards (as "Trend" Secretary"), Doris Schmitt (as "Sue Crocket"), Eddy Smith (as "Bunkhouse, One of The Three Coyotes/The Texas Rhythm Boys/The Three Coyotes"), Joey Thomas (as "Harry Stern"), Yvonne Tibor (as "Belle Cooper"), Fredd Wayne (as "Brewster Ames II"), Elyse Weber (as "Jo Ann Woods/One of Three Little Maids/Cheer Leader/"Trend" Secretary"), Ned Wertimer (as "Frothingham Fry"). Understudies: Alden Aldrich (as "Frothingham Fry/Joe Raker"), Cameron Andrews (as "Hominy Smith"), Jo Gibson (as "Melissa Tatum"), Edmund Hall (as "Easy Jones"), Susan Harris (as "Dogie Smith"), Jaqueline James (as "Dallas Smith"), Edward Platt (as "Harvey Small"), Elyse Weber (as "Dallas Smith") and Ned Wertimer (as "Brewster Ames II"). Replacement actors: Carl Conway (as "Football Player"), Dante Di Paolo (as "Branch Pedley/Guard"), James Elsegood (as "Cowboy/Neighbor"), Robert Evans (as "Amos Hall/Oil Worker"). Produced by Studio Productions and Anthony Brady Farrell Productions.
- (1949) Stage Play: The Happiest Years. Comedy. Written by Thomas Coley and William Roerick. Directed by James Nielsen. Lyceum Theatre: 25 Apr 1949- 30 Apr 1949 (8 performances). Cast: Peggy Wood, Richard Bishop, Jessie Busley, James Goodwin, Louisa Horton, Judy Parrish, Loring Smith (as "Morton Graves"), June Walker, Douglas Watson.
- (1947) Stage Play: John Loves Mary. Comedy/farce. Written by Norman Krasna. Scenic Design by Frederick Fox. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Directed by Joshua Logan. Booth Theatre (moved to The Music Box Theatre from 17 Mar 1947- close): 4 Feb 1947- 7 Feb 1948 (423 performances). Cast: Harry Bannister (as "Harwood Biddle"), Lyle Bettger (as "Lt. Victor O'Leary"), Ralph W. Chambers (as "Oscar Dugan"), Tom Ewell (as "Fred Taylor"), Nina Foch (as "Mary McKinley"), Ann Mason (as "Mrs. Phyllis McKinley"), William Prince (as "John Lawrence"), Max Showalter (as "George Beechwood"), Loring Smith (as "Senator James McKinley"). Produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Produced in association with Joshua Logan. Note: Filmed by Warner Bros. as John Loves Mary (1949).
- (1953) Stage Play: The Solid Gold Cadillac. Comedy. Written by Howard Teichmann) and George S. Kaufman. Thanks to the narrator, Fred Allen. Special thanks for his contribution of "Spartacus to the Gladiators" to Marc Connelly. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Belasco Theatre (moved to the Music Box Theatre on 10 May 1954 to close): 5 Nov 1953- 12 Feb 1955 (526 performances). Cast: Josephine Hull, Loring Smith (as "Edward L. McKeever"), Howard Adelman (as "I.N.S."), Fred Allen [narration; recorded voice only], Mark Allen (as "Dwight Brookfield, News Broadcaster"), Reynolds Evans (as "Warren Gillie"), Henry Jones, Carl Judd (as "The A.P."), Geoffrey Lumb (as "T. John Blessington"), Lorraine MacMartin (as "Estelle Evans, News Broadcaster"), Gloria Maitland, Al McGranary (as "The U.P."), Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Miss Logan"), Henry Norell (as "Bill Parker, News Broadcaster"), Wendell K. Phillips (as "Alfred Metcalfe"), Jack Ruth (as "Mark Jenkins"), Charlotte Van Lein (as "Miss L'Arriere"), Mary Welch (as "Miss Amelia Shotgraven"). Produced by Max Gordon. Note: Filmed as The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956). Music Box Theatre owned and operated by Irving Berlin who had no direct involvement in production.
- (1953) Stage Play: Be Your Age. Comedy. Directed and co-written (with Mary Orr) by Reginald Denham. 48th Street Theatre: 14 Jan 1953- 17 Jan 1953 (5 performances). As "Archibald K. Holly." Cast included: Conrad Nagel, Hildy Parks, Lee Remick.
- (1955) Stage Play: The Matchmaker. Comedy. Written by Thornton Wilder. Based on a work by Johann Nestroy. Directed by Tyrone Guthrie. Royale Theatre (moved to the Booth Theatre on 12 Nov 1956 to close): 5 Dec 1955- 2 Feb 1957 (486 performances). Cast: Ruth Gordon, Eileen Herlie, Peter Bayliss, Esme Church, Rosamund Greenwood, Arthur Hill, Patrick McAlinney, Alexander Davion, Charity Grace, William Lanteau, Phil Leeds, John Milligan, Robert Morse, Loring Smith (as "Horace Vandergelder"), Christine Thomas. Produced by The Theatre Guild and David Merrick.
- (1964) Stage Play: A Murderer Among Us. Written by Yves Jamiaque. Adaption by George White. Directed by Sam Wanamaker. Morosco Theatre: 25 Mar 1964 (1 performance + 12 previews). As "Mayor." Cast: Tom Bosley, Severn Darden, Dana Elcar, Mike Flanagan, Jane Hoffman, George S. Irving, Pierre Olaf, Lauri Peters, Jon Richards.
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