- Was a long-time stage performer in Chicago, Cinncinnatti, and in summer stock at Whalom Park in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. Was a pioneer in "open air" theatre at Whalom Park and at his summer home in Ashburnham, Mass., where other performers were frequent guests, including Ainsworth Arnold and Bette Davis.
- (1919 - 1938) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1912) Stage Play: The High Road. Melodrama. Written by Edward Sheldon. Directed by Harrison Grey Fiske and Mrs. Fiske. Hudson Theatre: 19 Nov 1912- Jan 1913 (closing date unknown/71 performances). Cast: A.S. 'Pop' Byron (as "John Stephen Maddock"), Mrs. Fiske (as "Mary Page"), Frederick Perry (as "Winfield Barnes"), Aldrich Bowker (as "Cornelius Murray") [Broadway debut], Barrett Clark (as "Harvey Lawrence"), Charles Fisher (as "Mr. Page"), Harry J. Holliday (as "Scott"), Lewis Howard (as "Martin Denison"), Nina Melville (as "Esther"), Joseph Selman (as "Leslie Farley"), F. Van Rensaelaer (as "James R. Kenyon"), Charles Waldron (as "Alan Wilson"). Produced by Harrison Grey Fiske and Mrs. Fiske. Note: Filmed as The High Road (1915).
- (1936) Stage Play: Bury the Dead/Prelude [repertory production]. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 18 Apr 1936- Jul 1936 (closing date unknown/97 performances). Bury the Dead: Written by Irwin Shaw [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Worthington Miner and Walter Hart. Cast: Jay Adler (as "Charlie"), Paula Bauersmith (as "Martha Webster"), France Bendsten (as "Second General"), Aldrich Bowker (as "First General"), Dorothy Brackett (as "First Whore"), Norma Chambers (as "Katherine Driscoll"), Edwin Cooper (as "Priest"), Will Geer (as "Reporter"), Samson Gordon (as "Rabbi"), Kathryn Grill (as "as "Bess Schelling"), William Hunter (as "A Voice"), Rose Keane (as "Joan"), Joseph A. Kramm (as "Third Soldier"), Gordon Nelson (as "Editor"), Neill O'Malley (as "Captain"), John O'Shaughnessy (as "First Soldier"), Douglas Parkhurst (as "Private Dean"), Mary Perry (as "Mrs. Dean"), Robert Porterfield (as "Second Soldier"), David Sands (as "Private Morgan"), James Shelburne (as "Private Webster"), Garland F. Smith (as "Bevins"), Lesley Stafford (as "Julia Blake"), George Oliver Taylor (as "Third General"), Robert Thomsen (as "Private Driscoll"), Bertram Thorn (as "Private Levy"), Frank Tweddell (as "Private Schelling"), Erik Walz (as "Doctor/Radio Announcer"), Herta Ware (as "Second Whore"), Booth Whitfield (as "Stenographer"), Robert Williams (as "Sergeant"), Joseph Wolff (as "Fourth Soldier"). Replacement actor: David Clarke. Prelude: Dialogue arranged by J. Edward Shugrue and John O'Shaughnessy. Music arranged by Fred Stewart. Directed by Worthington Miner and Walter Hart. Cast: Jay Adler (as "Ensemble"), Paula Bauersmith (as "Ensemble"), France Bendsten (as "Ensemble"), Aldrich Bowker (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Brackett (as "Ensemble"), Norma Chambers (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Cooper (as "Ensemble"), Zelda Cotton (as "Ensemble"), Will Geer (as "Poppy"), Samson Gordon (as "Ensemble"), Kathryn Grill (as "Ensemble"), William Hunter (as "Ensemble"), Rose Keane (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Kramm (as "Ensemble"), Gordon Nelson (as "Ensemble"), Neill O'Malley (as "Ensemble"), Douglas Parkhurst (as "Ensemble"), Mary Perry (as "Ensemble"), Robert Porterfield (as "Ensemble"), Anthony Ross (as "Ensemble"), David Sands (as "Ensemble"), James Shelburne (as "Ensemble"), Garland F. Smith (as "Ensemble"), Lesley Stafford (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Strudwick (as "Ensemble"), George Oliver Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Robert Thomsen (as "Blinky"), Bertram Thorn (as "Ensemble"), Frank Tweddell (as "Basket"), Erik Walz (as "Ensemble"), Herta Ware (as "Ensemble"), Sally Washington (as "Ensemble"), Booth Whitfield (as "Ensemble"), Robert Williams (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Wolff (as "Ensemble"). Entire production produced by Alexander Yokel.
- (1919) Stage Play: A Night in Avignon. Music by Herbert E. Hyde. Written by Cale Young Rice. Punch and Judy Theatre: 15 Jan 1919- 22 Mar 1919 (unknown performances). Cast: Elizabeth Black, Aldrich Bowker, Leon Cunningham, Lael Davis, Morgan Farley, Richard Farrell [Broadway debut], George Gaul, Joseph Graham, Beatrice Maude, Donald McClelland, McKay Morris, Margaret Mower, Elizabeth Patterson, George Somnes, Edgar Stehli, Harold Winston. Produced by The Walker Portmanteau Season.
- (1936) Stage Play: You Can't Take It With You. Comedy. Written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Techncial Assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Isaac Benesch. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Booth Theatre (moved to The Imperial Theatre from 19 Sep 1938- close): 14 Dec 1936- 3 Dec 1938 (838 performances). Cast: Ruth Attaway (as "Rheba"), Jess Barker, Frank Conlan (as "Mr. DePinna"), Mitzi Hajos, Virginia Hammond, Franklin Heller, George Heller, Ralph Holmes (as "G-Man"), Josephine Hull (as "Penelope Sycamore"), William J. Kelly, George Leach, Anna Lubowe, Oscar Polk (as "Donald"), Hugh Rennie (as "Wilbur C. Henderson"), Margot Stevenson (as "Alice Sycamore"), George Tobias (as "Boris Kolenkhov"), Henry Travers (as "Martin Vanderhof/Grandpa") [final Broadway role], Paula Trueman (as "Essie"), Frank Wilcox. Replacement actors during Booth Theatre run: Aldrich Bowker (as "Martin Vanderhof, Grandpa"), George Calvert (as "G-Man"), C.M. Clough (as "G-Man"), Muni Seroff (as "Boris Kolenkhov"), Fred Stone. Replacement actors during Imperial Theatre run: None. Produced by Sam Harris. Note: Filmed as You Can't Take It with You (1938).
- (1936) Stage Play: 200 Were Chosen. Drama. Written by E.P. Conkle. Directed by Worthington Miner and J. Edward Shugrue. 48th Street Theatre: 20 Nov 1936- Dec 1936 (closing date unknown/35 performances). Cast: Richard Allen, Paula Bauersmith (as "Jeannie Walters"), Ramon Blackburn, Royce Blackburn, Aldrich Bowker, Dorothy Brackett, Norma Chambers, William H. Chambers, David Clarke, Richard Fredericks, Will Geer (as "Farley Sprinkle"), Kathryn Grill, Charles Jordan, Rose Keane, Edward Mann, Gordon Nelson, Neill O'Malley, John O'Shaughnessy, Douglas Parkhurst, Everett A. Perez, Robert Porterfield, Robert Reeves, Patricia Roe, Anthony Ross, Lesley Stafford, Fred Stewart (as "Herb Collins"), Lucille Strudwick, Bertram Thorn, Frank Tweddell (as "Per Solum"), Eric Walz, Herta Ware, Robert B. Williams. Produced by Sidney Harmon and The Actors Repertory Company.
- (194?). Stage: Appeared (as "Grandpa") in George S. Kaufman's "You Can't Take It With You", Chicago, IL.
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