- (1912 - 1958) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1912) Stage Play: King Henry V. Historical drama (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Daly's Theatre: 30 Sep 1912- 14 Oct 1912 (16 performances). Cast: Henry Carvill, Suzette Cotta, Reginald Dane, M. Delaney, Wallace Erskine, Annie Hughes, Herbert Jarman, Nicholas Joy [Broadway debut], Frank McEntee, J.H. Owen, Dixon Peters, Douglas Ross, Ina Rorke [credited as Ina Rourke], Dion Titheradge [Broadway debut], Madge Titheradge, Lewis Waller, J.M. Wright, Arthur Wylie.
- (1912) Stage Play: Hamlet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare.
- (1913) Stage Play: The Merchant of Venice. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Harris Theatre: 20 Jan 1913- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Eric Blind, Gordon Burbe [credited as Gordon Burby], Harry Calver, Margaret Cambell, Elwyn Eaton, Roydon Erlynne, Amelia Gardner, George Gat, Charles Howson, Nicholas Joy, John E. Kellerd, Edward MacKay, Isobel Merson, Ernest Rowan [Broadway debut], John Wray [Broadway debut].
- (1913) Stage Play: Oedipus Rex. Tragedy (revival). Written by Sophocles. Garden Theatre: 3 Feb 1913- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Eric Blind, Gordon Burbe [credited as Gordon Burby], Edith Chase, Elwyn Eaton, Roydon Erlynne, Henry Fearing, Lila Dell Frost, Marie Gale, Amelia Gardner, Charles Howson, Nicholas Joy, John E. Kellerd (as "Oedipus Rex"), Isobel Merson, Jessie Murray, Ernest Rowan, Harry Walsh.
- (1913) Stage Play: Hamlet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Garden Theatre: 4 Feb 1913- Feb 1913 (closing date unknown/unknown performances). Cast: Thomas Barry, Eric Blind, Gordon Burbe [credited as Gordon Burby] (as "Claudius, King of Denmark"), Elwyn Eaton (as "Polonius, Lord Chamberlain"), Arthur Edwards, Roydon Erlynne, Henry Fearing (as "Laertes, son to Polonius"), Lila Dell Frost, Amelia Gardner (as "Gertrude, Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet"), David George, Charles Howson, Arthur James, Nicholas Joy, John E. Kellerd (as "Hamlet, son to the late, and nephew to the present King"), Isobel Merson (as "Ophelia, daughter to Polonius"), George Pleydall, Theodore Reyner, Ernest Rowan (as "Ghost"), John Wray.
- (1916) Stage Play: The Great Pursuit. Written by C. Haddon Chambers. Shubert Theatre: 22 Mar 1916- Apr 1916 (closing date unknown/29 performances). Cast: Cynthia Brooke, W. Grham Browne, Charles Cherry, Jeanne Eagels, Dorthea Frisby, Gordon Gunniss, W.S. Helder, Alexandra Herbert, Arthur Holbrook, Nicholas Joy, Edith King, Montagu Love, Bruce McRae, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Eric Nelson, Marie Tempest. Produced by Joseph Brooks.
- (1924) Stage Play: Carnival. Written by Ferenc Molnár. Translated by Melville Baker. Directed by Frank Reicher. Cort Theatre: 29 Dec 1924- Jan 1925 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Henry Bloomfield (as "Police Secretary"), Richard Bowler (as "Secret Service Man"), Edith Harding Brown (as "Second Coat Room Woman"), Leo L. Carroll (as "Matyas Oez"), Berton Churchill (as "Sandor Oroszy"), Elsie Ferguson (as "Camilla"), Franklyn Fox (as "A Cavalry Captain"), Anna Gray (as "Liszka"), Basil Hanbury (as "Doorman"), Margaret Hutchins (as "A Girl"), Nicholas Joy (as "Edmund/Police Commissaire"), Kenneth Lawton (as "Lackey"), Stanley Logan (as "Rudolf"), Tom Nesbitt (as "Nicholas Kornady"), Mignon O'Doherty (as "First Coat Room Woman"), Mildred Wall (as "Third Coat Room Woman"). Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.
- (1926) Stage Play: Embers. Written by A.E. Thomas. Adapted from the French of Henri Duvernois and Pierre Wolff. Henry Miller's Theatre: 1 Feb 1926- Feb 1926 (closing date unknown/25 performances). Cast: Elmer Brown, Ilka Chase, Laura Hope Crews, Norma Havey, Betty Horgan, Nicholas Joy (as "Fournier"), Katherine Meredith, Henry Miller, Albert Morrison, Leonard Mudie (as "Edouard"), Edwin Nicander (as "Martelet"), Florence Shirley.
- (1926) Stage Play: No Trespassing. Comedy. Written by John Hunter Booth. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 7 Sep 1926- Sep 1926 (closing date unknown/23 performances).Cast: Juliette Day, Josephine Drake, Kay Johnson, Nicholas Joy, W.E. Lawrence, Edwin Nicander, Diantha Pattison, C.W. Ritchie [credited as Charles Ritchie], Basil Smith. Produced by Hassard Short.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Nightingale. Romance. As "Stephen Rutherford."
- (1928) Stage Play: Wings Over Europe. As "Halliburton."
- (1930) Stage Play: Topaze. Comedy. Written by Marcel Pagnol. Book adapted by Benn W. Levy. Directed by Stanley Logan. Music Box Theatre: 12 Feb 1930- Aug 1930 (closing date unknown/215 performances). Cast: Dauna Allen (as "Second Stenographer"), Peter Boylan (as "Pitart-Vergniolles"), George Canto-Janis (as "Jusserand"), Cecil Clovelly (as "Officer"), Harry Davenport, Clarence Derwent (as "Castel-Bernac"), Catherine Doucet (as "Baroness Pitart-Vergniolles"), Hubert Druce (as "Muche"), Phoebe Foster (as "Suzy Courtois"), James Guiname (as "Bertin"), Alf Helton (as "An Old Man"), Nicholas Joy (as "Roger de Berville"), Warren McCollum, Frank Morgan, Aldeah Wise (as "First Stenographer"), Eddie Wragge (as "Bleriot"). Produced by Lee Shubert.
- (1930) Stage Play: Topaze. Comedy (revival). Written by Marcel Pagnol. Book adapted by Benn W. Levy. Staged by Stanley Logan. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 18 Aug 1930- Sep 1930 (unknown closing date/16 performances). Cast: Dauna Allen (as "Second Stenographer"), Barbara Barondess (as "Ernestine Muche"), Hallam Bosworth (as "An Old Man"), Peter Boylan (as "Pitart-Vergniolles"), George Canto-Janis (as "Jusserand"), Essex Dane (as "Baroness Pitart-Vergniolles"), Harry Davenport (as "Tamise"), Clarence Derwent (as "Castel-Bernac"), Hubert Druce (as "Muche Tamise"), James Guiname (as "Bertin"), Nicholas Joy (as "Roger de Berville"), Stapleton Kent, Warren McCollum, Frank Morgan, Harry Murray (as "Seguedille"), Richard Offer (as "Blondet"), Martin Postal (as "Mentez"), Leslie Smith (as "Butler"), Freddie Stange (as "Durant-Victor"), Catherine Willard (as "Suzy"), Aldeah Wise (as "First Stenographer"). Produced by Lee Shubert.
- (1931) Stage Play: A Modern Virgin. Comedy.
- (1931) Stage Play: The Bride the Sun Shines On. Comedy. Written by Will Cotton. Directed by Knowles Entrikin. Fulton Theatre: 26 Dec 1931- Mar 1932 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: Alvin Barrett (as "Wedding Guest"), Anton Bundsmann, Jessie Busley, Muriel Chase (as "Bridesmaid"), Barbara Child, Frank Conlan (as "Dr. Blair"), Helen Dedens, Dorothy Gish (as "Psyche Marbury"), H. Dudley Hawley (as "Everett Marbury"), Anita Heller, Henry Hull (as "Hubert Burnet"), Ronald Jones, Nicholas Joy (as "Meredith Lane"), Janet Langhorne, Fania Marinoff, Armina Marshall (as "Dorine"), Jock Munro (as "Wedding Guest"), Russell Rhodes (as "Treloar"), Eleanor Shaler, Ann Tewksbury, Robert Turney, Mervin Williams, Sam Wren (as "Alfred Satterlee"). Produced by New York Repertory Company.
- (1932) Stage Play: Music in the Air. Musical comedy. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II (also material and lyrics) and Jerome Kern (also music). Alvin Theatre (moved to The 44th Street Theatre on 31 Mar 1933 to close): 8 Nov 1932- 16 Sep 1933 (342 performances). Cast included: Nicholas Joy (as "Ernst Weber"), Marjorie Main, Walter Slezak.
- (1934) Stage Play: Ode to Liberty. Comedy. Written by Sidney Howard, from a novel by Michel Duran. Directed by Sidney Howard. Lyceum Theatre: 21 Dec 1934- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/67 performances). Cast: Ina Claire, Hal K. Dawson, Allen Fagan, Colin Hunter, Stanley Jessup, Nicholas Joy (as "Barnaud"), Paul McGrath, Walter Slezak, Katherine Stewart. Produced by Gilbert Miller.
- (1935) Stage Play: Rain. Drama (revival). Written by John Colton and Clemence Randolph. Based on "Miss Sadie Thompson" by W. Somerset Maugham. Directed by Sam Forrest. Music Box Theatre: 12 Feb 1935- Mar 1935 (closing date unknown/47 performances). Cast: Tallulah Bankhead (as "Sadie Thompson"), Granville Bates (as "Joe Horn, Trader of Pago Pago") [final Broadway role], Harold De Becker, Frank De Silva, Elizabeth Dewing, K.A. Fernando, Walter Gilbert, Ethel Intropidi (as "Mrs. McPhail"), Nicholas Joy (as "Dr. McPhail"), Jack McKee, Herbert Ransom (as "Rev. Alfred Davidson"), Kent Thurber, John Waller, Emma Wilcox [final Broadway role], Ethel Wilson. Produced by Sam Harris.
- (1935) Stage Play: A Journey By Night. Drama. Written by Arthur Goodrich from the German of Leo Perutz. Scenic Design by Rollo Wayne. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Shubert Theatre: 16 Apr 1935- Apr 1935 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Sarah Allen (as "Guest at the Night Bar"), Hobart Amory (as "Guardsman"), George Barr (as "Policeman"), Mimi Bontemps (as "Hedwig"), Jane Buchanan (as "Janet Fleming"), Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Max"), Martin Corne (as "Guest at the Night Bar"), Tom Coyle Guest at the Night Bar"), Isabel Delehanty (as "Trudie"), Ann Dere (as "Guest at the Night Bar"), Annette Downes (as "Vilma"), Harold Eidelseim (as "Guest at the Night Bar"), Jack Hartley (as "Schimke"), Nicholas Joy, Elizabeth Kendall (as "Anna"), Waldemar Klavun (as "Otto"), Jerome Leng (as "Guest at the Night Bar"), Greta Maren (as "Claire"), Kate Mayhew (as "Weinigl"), Joseph McInerney (as "Police Officer"), John Meehan (as "Guest at the Night Bar"), Fuller Mellish (as "Fritz"), Mary Murray (as "Hilda"), P. Phillips (as "Guest at the Night Bar"), Francis Pierlot (as "Adolph"), John Ray (as "Guest at the Night Bar"), Otis Schaeffer (as "Lisa"), James Stewart (as "Carl"), Beatrice Swanson (as "Julie"), Richard Taber (as "Ferdie"), Albert Dekker (as "Franz Urban") [credited as Albert Van Dekker], Frank Wilcox (as "Warren Fleming"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1935) Stage Play: Knock on Wood. Comedy. Written by Allen Rivkin. Directed by John Hayden. Cort Theatre: 28 May 1935- Jun 1935 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast included: Nicholas Joy (as "The Major"), Horace McMahon, Lee Patrick, Harold Seton, James Spottswood, Richard Taber, Calvin Thomas, Albert Dekker (credited as Albert Van Dekker).
- (1935) Stage Play: The Ragged Edge. Melodrama. Written by Mary Heathfield. Directed by A.H. Van Buren. Fulton Theatre: 25 Nov 1935- Dec 1935 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Wylie Adams, Dorothy Bernard, Glen Boles, Edward Craven, Leo Curley, Nancy Dover, Lillian Emerson, Frederick Graham, Robert Harrison, Nicholas Joy (as "Henry Farraday"), Percy Kilbride (as "Russell Parker"), Edward Lester, Frank Monroe, Clara Palmer. Produced by A.H. Woods, Ltd.
- (1935) Stage Play: The Season Changes. Comedy. Written by Arthur Richman. Directed by Robert Milton. Booth Theatre: 23 Dec 1935- Dec 1935 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Eliot Cabot, Zamah Cunningham, Doris Dudley, Beatrice Hendricks, Nicholas Joy, Phyllis Joyce, Hope Landin, James Spottswood. Produced by Robert Milton.
- (1936) Stage Play: Alice Takat. Drama. Written by José Ruben, from the Hungarian of Dezso Szomory. Directed by Frank Merlin. John Golden Theatre: 10 Feb 1936- Feb 1936 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Percy Ames (as "Homer Horeb") [final Broadway role], A.G. Andrews (as "Fritz"), Florence Auer (as "Mrs. Dubra"), Al Baron (as "A Patient"), Mady Christians, Leo Curley (as "Professor Glotz"), Florence Earle (as "Miss Haus"), John Emery (as "George Kroos"), Lloyd Gough (as "Max Durak"), Russell Hardie, Nicholas Joy (as "Zuard Takat"), Arnold Korff (as "Prof. Tardy Kroos"), Kate Mayhew (as "Mrs. Helvet"), Howard Emmett Rogers, Peggy Shannon (as "Kitty Linderman"), Edna West (as "Mrs. Baneyi"), Marjorie Wood (as "Mrs. Gantz"). Produced by Ed Wynn.
- (1937) Stage Play: Yes, My Darling Daughter. Comedy. Written by Mark Reed. All musical arrangements and orchestra by Alexander Haas. Directed by Alfred De Liagre Jr. Playhouse Theatre: 9 Feb 1937- Jan 1938 (closing date unknown/405 performances). Cast: Peggy Conklin (as "Ellen Murray"), Violet Heming (as "Constance Nevins"), Lucile Watson (as "Ann Whitman Murray"), Charles Bryant (as "Lewis Murray"), Boyd Crawford (as "Douglas Hall"), Margaret Curtis (as "Martha"), Nicholas Joy (as "Titus Jaywood"). Produced by Alfred De Liagre Jr. Note: Playhouse Theatre Owned by Brady Enterprises Inc. (William A. Brady [who had no other involvement with production]).
- (1938) Stage Play: Good Hunting. Satire. Written by Nathanael West and Joseph Schrank. Directed by Jerome Mayer. Hudson Theatre: 21 Nov 1938- Nov 1938 (closing date unknown/2 performances). Cast: John Barrington, George Brandt, Dennis Gurney, Edward Harvey, Marcel Journet (as "Lieutenant Frenique"), Nicholas Joy (as "Lt. Colonel Jarvis, D.S.O."), Alfred Kappeler (as "General Liebfrau"), Susi Lanner, James Larmore, Aubrey Mather, LeRoi Operti (as "Monsieur Jervais"), Tracey D. Rutledge, Horace Sinclair (as "Major General Sir Arthur Reynolds, D.S.O."), Ben Smith, Guy Spaull (as "Willliam Lewis"), Jess Thomassen, George Tobias (as "Hank Russo"), Derek Williams, J.P. Wilson, Estelle Winwood (as "Grace Hargreaves"). Produced by Jerome Mayer and Leonard Field.
- (1939) Stage Play: The Philadelphia Story. Comedy. Written by Philip Barry. Scenic Design by Robert Edmond Jones. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Shubert Theatre: 28 Mar 1939- 30 Mar 1940 (417 performances). Cast: Vera Allen, Lorraine Bate, Shirley Booth (as "Elizabeth Imbrie"), Owen Coll (as "Thomas"), Joseph Cotten (as "C.K. Dexter Haven") [appeared courtesy of The Mercury Theatre/Orson Welles], Frank Fenton (as "George Kittredge"), Philip Foster, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn (as "Tracy Samatha Lord"), Nicholas Joy (as "Seth Lord"), Lenore Lonergan, Hayden Rorke (as "Mac"), Forrest Orr (as "William Tracy/Uncle Willy"), Myrtle Tannehill (as "May"), Dan Tobin. Produced by The Theatre Guild. Note: Filmed by MGM as The Philadelphia Story (1940).
- (1941) Stage Play: The Walrus and the Carpenter. Comedy. Written by A.N. Langley. Directed by Alfred De Liagre Jr. Cort Theatre: 8 Nov 1941- 15 Nov 1941 (9 performances). Cast: 'Frank Albertson (I)' (as "Yipper Pickford"), Mary Boylan (as "Nurse Pyngar"), Frances Heflin (as "Bickey"), Alan Hewitt (as "Wilfred Marks"), Nicholas Joy (as "Doctor Drew"), Charles Knox (as "Policeman"), Harold Landon (as "Roland Wayne"), Pauline Lord (as "Essie Stuyvesant"), Karen Morley (as "Gerda"), Gordon Oliver (as "Grant Magill"), Ivan Triesault (as "Corder"). Produced by Alfred De Liagre Jr.
- (1942) Stage Play: All the Comforts of Home. Farce. Written by William Gillette. Revised by Helen Jerome. Directed by Arthur Sircom. Longacre Theatre: 25 May 1942- 30 May 1942 (8 performances). Cast: Wallace Acton (as "Christopher Dabney"), William David, Percy Helton (as "Augustus McSnath") [final Broadway role], Celeste Holm (as "Fifi Oritanski"), Gene Jerrold, Nicholas Joy (as "Theodore Bender, Esq."), Stuart Lancaster, Jordie McLean, Grace McTarnahan, Olive Prickett, John Regan, Virginia Runyon, Dorothy Sands (as "Josephine Bender"), Guy Spaull (as "Judson Langhorne"), Richard Stevens, Peggy Van Fleet, Florence Williams. Produced by Edith C. Ringling and Mollie B. Steinberg.
- (1942) Stage Play: The Morning Star.
- (1942) Stage Play: Bird in Hand. Comedy (revival). Written by John Drinkwater. Directed by Ronald Hammond. Morosco Theatre: 19 Oct 1942- 24 Oct 1942 (8 performances). Cast: J.W. Austin (as "Sir Robert Arnwood") [final Broadway role], Henry Barnard, Romney Brent(as "Cyril Beverley"), Harry Irvine, Nicholas Joy (as "Ambrose Godolphin, K.C."), Frances Reid (as "Thomas Greenleaf"), Viola Roache (as "Alice Greenleaf"), Harry Sothern (as "Mr. Blanquet"), Elizabeth Sutton (as "Barmaid"). Produced by Ronald T. Hammond.
- (1944) Stage Play: Mrs. January and Mr. X. Comedy. Written by Zoe Akins [final Broadway credit]. Scenic Design by Paul Morrison. Costume Design by Adrian. Directed by Elliott Nugent and Arthur Sircom. Belasco Theatre: 31 Mar 1944- 6 May 1944 (43 performances). Cast: Henry Barnard, Barbara Bel Geddes (as "Wilhelmina"), Billie Burke, Helen Carew (as "Miss Belle"), Frank Craven (as "Martin Luther Cooper"), Susana Garnett (as "Miss Peck"), Nicholas Joy, Dorothy Lambert (as "Clancy"), Edward Nannery (as "Charley Blaine"), Bobby Perez (as "Rolando"), Therese Quadri (as "Germaine"), Phil Sheridan, Robert F. Simon (as "2nd Expressman"), Henry Vincent (as "Burdette"), Roderick Winchell (as "1st Expressman"). Produced by Richard Meyers.
- (1944) Stage Play: Ten Little Indians. Mystery. Written by Agatha Christie. Directed by Albert de Courville. Broadhurst Theatre (moved to The Plymouth Theatre from 9 Jan 1945- close): 27 Jun 1944- 30 Jun 1945 (426 performances). Cast: Neil Fitzgerald (as "Rogers"), Georgia Harvey (as "Mrs. Rogers"), Halliwell Hobbes (as "Sir Lawrence Wargrave"), Nicholas Joy (as "General Mackenzie"), Anthony Kemble-Cooper (as "Anthony Marston"), Claudia Morgan (as "Vera Claythorne"), Patrick O'Connor (as "Fred Narracott"), J. Pat O'Malley (as "William Blore"), Michael Whalen (as "Philip Lombard"), Estelle Winwood (as "Emily Brent"), Harry Worth (as "Dr. Armstrong"). Replacement actor: Beverly Roberts (as "Vera Claythorne"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert and Albert De Courville. Produced by arrangement with Farndale Ltd. and B.A. Meyer. Notes: (1) Filmed by Rene Clair Productions [distributed by 20th Century Fox] as And Then There Were None (1945). (2) Arthur Hopkins was credited as the operator of the Plymouth Theatre [known as Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre since 2005] with no additional participation in this production.
- (1946) Stage Play: A Joy Forever.
- (1946) Stage Play: The Iceman Cometh. Drama.
- (1949) Stage Play: Caesar and Cleopatra. Comedy (revival). Written by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Cedric Hardwicke. National Theatre: 21 Dec 1949- 29 Apr 1950 (151 performances). Cast included: Cedric Hardwicke (as "Julius Caesar"), Lilli Palmer, Nicholas Joy (as "Ponthinus"), Ivan F. Simpson (as "Theodotus"), Arthur Treacher, Ernest Butler, Jules Getlin, Ronald Telfer, John Ware. Produced by Richard Aldrich and Richard Meyers. Produced in association with Julius Fleischmann.
- (1952) Stage Play: Dear Barbarians. Comedy.
- (1957) Stage Play: Small War on Murray Hill. Comedy.
- (1958) Stage Play: The Family Reunion.
- (August 1946) He acted in Agatha Christie's play, "Ten Little Indians," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.
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