- (1909 - 1931) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1909) Stage Play: The Return of Eve. Musical/fantasy. Written by Lee Wilson Dodd. Directed by Edith Ellis. Herald Square Theatre: 17 Mar 1909- Apr 1909 (closing date unknown/29 performances). Cast: Richard Buhler (as "Adam"), Bertha Galland (as "Eve"), Fanchon Campbell, Nora Donor, Maude Turner Gordon, Lenore Halstead, Kara Kiliani, Eleanor Lawson, Lester Lonergan [Broadway debut], Frank Losee, Willis Martin, Dodson Mitchell, Kate Rolla, Ruth Simmons, Hugh Smith, Edward Warner. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1916) Stage Play: Justice. Written by John Galsworthy. Candler Theatre: 3 Apr 1916- Jul 1916 (closing date unknown/104 performances). Cast: John Barrymore (as "William Falder"), F. Cecil Butler, Wallis Clark, Cecil Clovelly (as "Sweedle"), Charles Dodsworth, Charles Francis, Walter Geer, Rupert Harvey, O.P. Heggie (as "Robert Cokeson"), Warren F. Hill, Lester Lonergan, Thomas Louden, John S. O'Brien, Henry Stephenson (as "James How"), Ashton Tonge, Watson White (as "Cowley") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Corey-Williams-Riter Inc.
- (1916) Stage Play: Major Pendennis. Written by Langdon Mitchell. Based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. Criterion Theatre: 26 Oct 1916- Mar 1917 (closing date unknown/75 performances). Cast: Alice Chapin, John Drew, Jane Houston, Walter Kingsford, Lester Lonergan, Helen MacKellar, Helen Menken, John S. O'Brien, Edith Shayne, Alison Skipworth, Brandon Tynan, Leonard Willey, Mary Worth. Produced by John D. Williams.
- (1917) Stage Play: The Very Minute. Written by John Meehan. Belasco Theatre: 9 Apr 1917- May 1917 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Leon E. Brown, John W. Cope, Arnold Daly, Lester Lonergan, William Morris, Cathleen Nesbitt, Forrest Robinson, Robert Vivian, Marie Wainwright. Produced by David Belasco.
- (1917) Stage Play: The Torches. Written by Henri Bataille. Translated by Charlton Andrews [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Bijou Theatre: 24 Oct 1917- Nov 1917 (closing date unknown/29 performances). Cast: Sara Biala, Richard Carlyle, Paul Doucet, Eugene Du Bois, Jules Epailly [Broadway debut], Harry Hadfield, Ethelbert Hales, Harry Huguenot, Hudson Liston, Lester Lonergan, John S. O'Brien, Amy Ricard, Gladys Wynne. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1918) Stage Play: The Woman on the Index. Written by Lillian Trimble Bradley and George Broadhurst. 48th Street Theatre: 29 Aug 1918- Oct 1918 (closing date unknown/52 performances). Cast: Lee Baker, Eugenie Blair, Camilla Dalberg, Julia Dean, Constance Du Vois, James Grace, Harry Hadfield, Curtis Karpe, George Le Soir, Lester Lonergan, George Probert, Amy Ricard, Walter Ringham, Alison Skipworth, Bennett Southard, T. Tamamoto. Produced by George Broadhurst.
- (1918) Stage Play: East is West.
- (1919) Stage Play: Abraham Lincoln. Drama.
- (1920) Stage Play: The Bad Man. Comedy/satire. Written by Porter Emerson Browne [final Broadway credit]. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Comedy Theatre: 30 Aug 1920- Jun 1921 (closing date unknown/342 performances). Cast: James H. Bell (as "Venustiano"), Frank Bixby (as "A Mexican Cook"), Holbrook Blinn (as "Pancho Lopez"), Frances Carson (as "Lucia Pell"), Chief Whitehawk (as "Alvarado"), Frank Conroy (as "Gilbert Jones"), James A. Devine (as "Henry Smith"), Charles Gibney (as "Bradley"), John Harrington (as "Red Giddings"), Herbert Heywood (as "Pedro"), Edna Hibbard (as "Angela Hardy"), Indian Joe (as "Felip"), James B. Lenhart (as "Blake"), Wilson Reynolds (as "Jasper Hardy"), Fred Tiden [credited as Fred L. Tiden] (as "Morgan Pel"). Produced by William H. Harris Jr. Note: Filmed as The Bad Man (1930).
- (1921) Stage Play: Bluebeard's Eighth Wife. Comedy. Book adapted by Charlton Andrews. Based on the French of Alfred Savoir. Directed by Lester Lonergan and Robert Milton. Ritz Theatre: 19 Sep 1921- Feb 1922 (closing date unknown/155 performances). Cast: Barry Baxter (as "Albert De Marceau"), Edmund Breese (as "John Brandon"), Ina Claire (as "Monna"), Jules Epailly (as "M. Kay"), Leonore Harris (as "Mlle. George"), Anne Meredith (as "Lucienne"), Ernest Stallard (as "The Marquis de Briac"), Philip Tonge (as "A Secretary"). Produced by William Harris Jr. Note: Produced on film as Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1923) and Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938).
- (1917) Stage Play: The Deluge. Drama (revival). Written by Henning Berger. Adaptation by Frank Allen. Plymouth Theatre: 27 Jan 1922- Mar 1922 (closing date unknown/45 performances). Cast: William Dick, Charles Ellis, Arthur Hurley, Lester Lonergan, Kathlene MacDonell, Robert McWade, Robert Emmett O'Connor, John Ravold, Edward G. Robinson, James Spottswood. Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1923) Stage Play: Jitta's Atonement. Comedy/tragedy.
- (1923) Stage Play: The Woman on the Jury. Drama. Written by Bernard K. Burns. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 15 Aug 1923- Oct 1923 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: Elwood Fleet Bostwick (as "Emmet"), Mabel Colcord (as "Mrs. Pierce"), John Craig (as "Nellis'), Henry Daniell' (as "Fred Masters"), Jules Ferrar (as "Baliff"), Adelaide Fitz-Allen (as "Miss Matilda Slade"), Florence Flinn (as "Grace Pierce") [final Broadway role], Thomas Hood (as "Clerk of Court"), Frieda Inescort (as "Marion Masters"), Stanley Jessup (as "Judge Davis"), Mary Newcombe (as "Betty Brown"), Wilson Reynolds (as "Garrity"), John Sharkey (as "James McGuire"), Bennett Southard (as "Tom Lewis"), Royal Tracy (as "Mr. Simons"), Harry Vokes (as "Otto Schmidt"), Fleming Ward (as "George Wayne"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1924) Stage Play: The Outsider. Drama. Written by Dorothy Brandon. 49th Street Theatre: 3 Mar 1924- Jun 1924 (closing date unknown/104 performances). Cast: Lionel Atwill (as "Anton Ragatzy"), John Blair, Katharine Cornell (as "Lalage Sturdee"), Florence Edney, Fernanda Eliscu, Kenneth Hunter, Whitford Kane, Lester Lonergan (as "Mr. Jasper Sturdee, M.S."), T. Wigney Percyval, Pat Somerset. Produced by William H. Harris
- (1925) Stage Play: The Sapphire Ring. Written by László Lakatos. Book adapted by Isabel Leighton. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Selwyn Theatre: 15 Apr 1925- Apr 1925 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Frank Conroy (as "Karoly"), Mildred Florence (as "Elsa"), Helen Gahagan (as "Krista"), Libby Holman [credited as Elizabeth Holman/Broadway debut](as "Mari"), Kenneth MacKenna (as "Dr. Erno Nemeth"), Marcel Rousseau (as "Garzo"), Beau Tilden [credited as Milano Tilden] (as "Jossef"). Produced by George Choos.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Morning After. Comedy. Written by Len D. Hollister and Leona Stephens. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Hudson Theatre: 27 Jul 1925- Aug 1925 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Arthur Aylesworth (as "Ambrose Guthrie"), Constance Beaumar, Donald Foster, Kay Johnson, Anne Morrison, Gypsy O'Brien (as "Mrs. Lamb"), Zolya Talma (as "Mrs. Dickie Deming"), Verree Teasdale (as "Mrs. Madera"), A.H. Van Buren (as "Will Sumner"), Emma Wise. Produced by L.M. Simmons.
- (1926) Stage Play: Accused.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Noose.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Road to Rome. Written by Robert E. Sherwood. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Playhouse Theatre: 31 Jan 1927- Jan 1928 (closing date unknown/392 performances). Cast: Charles Brokaw (as "Scipio"), Fairfax Burger, Joyce Carey, Jane Cowl (as "Amytis"), Louis Hector, Lionel Hogarth, Barry Jones, Walter Kinsella (as "Third Guard"), Ben Lackland (as "Second Guard"), Richie Ling (as "Fabius"), Lewis Martin, Jock McGraw, John McNulty, Peter Meade, Philip Merivale (as "Hannibal"), Harold Moffet (as "Carthalo"), Clement O'Loghlen, William Pearce, Gert Pouncy, Jessie Ralph (as "Fabia"), William R. Randall, Alfred Webster. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman. Theatrical trivia: The Playhouse Theatre was a 865 seat venue at 137 W 48th Street, NY. Built by William A. Brady, it opened in 1911. It was sold upon Brady's death to the Shuberts in 1944. ABC leased it from them from 1949- 52, using it as a radio station. It was demolished in 1969 and incorporated as part of Rockefeller Center.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Command to Love. Comedy.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Stairs.
- (1928) Stage Play: A Free Soul. Written by Willard Mack. Based on the novel by Adela Rogers St. Johns. Directed by George Cukor. Playhouse Theatre: 12 Jan 1928- Apr 1928 (closing date unknown/100 performances). Cast: E.J. Barrett (as "Bailiff"), William E. Barry (as "Hooper"), George Baxter (as "Dwight Sutro"), James H. Bell (as "Bill Wilfong"), George Benson (as "Clerk of the Court"), George Christie (as "Ramsay Joliffe/Judge Beasley"), John Costello (as "Mullaly"), Ellen Dorr (as "Gwennie Wilfong"), Melvyn Douglas (as "Ace Wilfong") [Broadway debut], Jane Houston (as "Mrs. Dorothea Joliffe"), John Irwin (as "Fresno Kelly"), Kay Johnson (as "Jan Ashe"), Joseph Kennedy (as "Dean, Foreman of Jury"), Hugh Lester (as "Carroll"), Charles F. Lewis (as "Big Mack"), Lester Lonergan (as "Stephen Ashe"), Frank McGlynn (as "Nolan, District Attorney"), John Morris (as "Mullins"), John Daly Murphy (as "Abe Sloan"), Walter Powers (as "Red"), Adelaide Prince (as "Mrs. Deborah Ashe"), Edward F. Roseman (as "Nelson"), Charles Stanley (as "Patrolman"), Spencer Stoddart (as "Another Officer"), Lou Turner (as "A Gambler/ "Jack"), Ann Winston (as "Grace Carling"). Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Golden Age. Written by Lester Lonergan and Charlton Andrews. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Longacre Theatre: 24 Apr 1928- Apr 1928 (closing date unknown/6 performances). Cast: John Anthony (as "Elmer Barnes"), Walton Butterfield (as "The Pilot"), Leila Frost (as "Peggy Barnes"), Donald Gallaher (as "The Mechanician"), Selene Johnson (as "Margaret Barnes"), David Landau (as "Clifford Barnes"), George F. Marion (as "Chief Silver Cloud"), Warren McCullom (as "Little Cliff"), Diantha Pattison (as "Golden Voice"), Warren William (as "The Stranger"). Produced by John Tuerk.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Road to Rome. Comedy (revival). Written by Robert E. Sherwood. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Playhouse Theatre: 21 Jan 1928- Jun 1929 (closing date unknown/440 performances). Cast: Laurence W. Adams, Charles Brokaw (as "Scipio"), Fairfax Burger (as "Varius"), 'Joyce Carey' (qv (as "Meta"), Jane Cowl (as "Amytis"), Daniel Coxe, Lionel Hogarth (as "Sertorius/Thotmes"), Barry Jones, Walter Kinsella (as "Third Guard"), Ben Lackland (as "Second Guard"), Richie Ling (as "Fabius"), Lewis Martin, Jock McGraw, John McNulty, Hale Norcross (as "Hasdrubal"), Clement O'Loghlen, Gert Pouncy, Jessie Ralph (as "Fabia"), William R. Randall, Guy Standing (as "Hannibal"), George Tobias (as "Carthalo"), Alfred Webster. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman.
- (1928) Stage Play: Tin Pan Alley. Written by Hugh Stanislaus Stange. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Biltmore Theatre: 1 Nov 1928- Dec 1928 (closing date unknown/69 performances). Cast: John Abrams (as "One of the Three Jolly Good Fellows"), Ward Argo (as "One of the Rialto Rounders"), Roger Bacon (as "Her Son"), George Bleasdale (as "One of the Three Jolly Good Fellows"), Claudette Colbert, Dorthy Farnum (as "Old Lady"), Claire Farrell (as "One of the Small Timers"), Richard Finley (as "One of the Three Jolly Good Fellows"), Marian Florance (as "Suburbanite"), Norman Foster (as "Fred Moran"), Arthur Gaby (as "One of the Small Timers"), Arnold Goodrow (as "Escort"), John Graham (as "Suburbanite"), Alton Hamilton (as "Suburbanite"), Henry Hammond (as "Escort"), Horbert Harwood (as "Gyp"), John O. Hewitt (as "Brakeman"), Herbert Heywood (as "Pete"), Marjorie Hubert (as "Mrs."), Charlotte Hunt (as "Dumb Dora"), Mortimer Hunt (as "Mr."), Curtis Karpe (as "Tony Costero"), Donald Lashley (as "Porter"), Melvin Leewood (as "One of the Small Timers"), Sam Levene (as "Telephone Troublehunter"), Arline Lloyd (as "Suburbanite"), George M. Lloyd (as "Conductor"), David Manning (as "Jake"), Marica Manning (as "Ruthie Day"), Constance McKay (as "Peggy Loree"), William Nally (as "Bull"), Edgar Nelson (as "Johnny Dolan"), William A. Norton (as "Sgt. Dillon"), Walter Powers (as "Wop"), Marie Preston (as "Suburbanite"), Ramon Racomar (as "Georgie Dunn"), George Rogers (as "Detective Hogan"), Irving Sklar (as "Old Lady"), William Truda (as "One of the Rialto Rounders"), Grace Walsh (as "Rio Rita Girl"), Mildred Waterbury (as "Rio Rita Girl"), Marion Waters (as "One of the Small Timers"), Ben Welden (as "Isadore Marks"), Bert Wilcox (as "Charlie Roseberg"), John Wray (as "Joe Prividi"), Donald Wynne (as "Porter"). Produced by Harry Lang and Henry B. Forbes. Note: Filmed by Joseph M. Schenck Productions [distributed by United Artists] as New York Nights (1929)
- (1929) Stage Play: House Unguarded.
- (1930) Stage Play: This Man's Town. Drama.
- (1930) Stage Play: That's the Woman.
- (1931) Stage Play: Brass Ankle. Drama.
- (1943) Stage Play: I'll Take the High Road.
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