- (1919 - 1956) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1919) Stage Play: The Velvet Lady. Musical comedy. Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Fred Jackson. Lyrics by Henry Martyn Blossom. Book adapted by Henry Martyn Blossom. Musical Director: Frederic Stalberg. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor and Julian Mitchell. New Amsterdam Theatre: 3 Feb 1919- Jun 1919 (closing date unknown/136 performances). Cast: Dolly Alwyn (as "Dolly, A Bridesmaid"), Helen Borden (as "Helen, A Bridesmaid"), Henrietta Brewster (as "Guest"), Trixie Bush (as "Guest"), Minerva Coverdale (as "Bubbles, Ottilie's Sister"), Florence Cripps (as "Florence, A Bridesmaid"), Eddie Dowling (as "Mooney, A New Cop") [Broadway debut], Marie Finney (as "Guest"), Una Fleming (as "Una, A Bridesmaid"), Marie Flynn (as "Ottilie Howell, A Bride"), Alfred Gerrard (as "Ned Pembroke"), Eleanor Gordon (as "Miss Winnacker, Auntie"), Teddy Hudson (as "Teddy, A Bridesmaid"), Eleanor Innes (as "Guest"), Gladys Jordan (as "Guest"), Marjorie Lee (as "Guest"), Roy Lewis (as "Policeman"), Elsie Malstad (as "Guest"), Fay Marbe (as "Vera Vernon"), Tess Mayer (as "Tess, A Bridesmaid"), Janet McIlwaine (as "Spooky Ookum"/Janet, A Bridesmaid"), Clyde Miller (as "Policeman"), Georgia O'Ramey (as "Susie"), Lucine Paula (as "Lucine, A Bridesmaid"), Jed Prouty (as "Nicholas King"), Ray Raymond (as "George Howell"), Mignon Reed (as "Mignon, A Bridesmaid"), Gene Richards (as "Policeman"), Daniel Sullivan (as "Sergeant"), Ernest Torrence (as "Parks"), Billie Vernon (as "Guest"), Eda Von Buelow (as "Mrs. Pembroke"), Jack Whalen (as "Policeman"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1922) Stage Play: Sally, Irene and Mary. Musical comedy. Book by Eddie Dowling and Cyrus Wood. Music by J. Fred Coots. Lyrics by Raymond Klages. Musical Director: Charles Drury. Musical Staging by Allan K. Foster. Directed by Frank Smithson. Casino Theatre (moved to The 44th Street Theatre from 5 Feb 1923 to Apr 1923 then moved to The Century Theatre from 23 Apr 1923- close): 4 Sep 1922- 2 Jun 1923 (313 performances).
- (1923) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Vanities. Musical revue. Music/lyrics by Earl Carroll. Musical Director: William Daly. Music orchestrated by Arthur Lange. Choreographed by Sammy Lee. Ballet by Frederick Renoff. Directed by William Collier. Earl Carroll Theatre: 5 Jul 1923- 29 Dec 1923 (204 performances). Cast: Joe Cook, Thelma Addison, Charles Alexander, Florence Ames, Abner Barnhart, Billy Blythe, Ola Borowska, Graham Brewer, Violet Bristow, Ethel Bryant, Harry Burns, Callahan Boys, Mary Carney, Jean Caswell, Sarah Cavais, Lota Cheeck, Al Clair, Albert Coleman, Alden Cooke, Alan Dale, Margaret Davies, Al Davis, Delmore and Lee, Thelma DeLorez, Carlena Diamond, Eddie Dowling (as "Chorus"), Jimmy Duffy, Bernice Elen, Claire Elgin, Vera Featherly, Betty Fitch, Amy Frank, Frances Frost, Florence Gillingham, Roy Giusti, Myrtle Glenn, Bernard Granville, Bennet Green, Brooks Hall, Ruth Hargraves, Dolla Harkins, Carlos Hatvary, Sam Hermann, Harry Howell, Jean Huntington, Gladys Jones, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Dorothy Knapp, Mr. Lashly, Gertrude Lemmon, J. Frank Leslie, Emily Lorraine, Polly Lux, Muriel Manners, Russell Markert, Loretta Marks, George McCormick, Margaret McKay, Helen Menette, Marjorie Miller, Babette Mitchell, Mae Mitchell, Lucille Moore, Poppy Morton, Dennis Murray, Elsie Neal, Dorothy Neville, Alfred Oakley, Richard Oakley, William O'Rourke, Lester Ostrander, Edith Parker, Jack Patton, Cardinal Piearo, Charlotte Pleshette, Lucille Pryor, Pat Quinten, Rekoma, Renoff & Renova, Irene Ricardo, Amy Rivere, Sunny Saunders, Charles Senna, Daniel Sparks, Robert Spencer, Rose Stone, Lillian Sutherland, Florence Tempest, Al Thomas, Jean Watson, George West, Flo White, Hazel Wilder, Harry Williams, Tracy Wood, Betty Wright, Patricia Wright, Mr. Wyatt, Marion Youron. Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1923) Stage Play: Kid Boots. Musical comedy ("A Musical Comedy of Palm Beach and Golf"). Music by Harry Tierney. Material by William Anthony McGuire and Otto A. Harbach. Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. Musical Direction by Louis Gress. Music orchestrated by Frank E. Barry. Directed by Edward Royce. Earl Carroll Theatre: (moved to The Selwyn Theatre from 1 Sep 1924 to close): 31 Dec 1923- 21 Feb 1925 (489 performances). Cast: Eddie Cantor (as "Kid Boots, Caddy Master"), Mary Eaton, Jack Andrews, Dove Atkinson, Robert Barrat (as "Randolph Valentine"), Beth Beri, William Blett, Eugenie Brew, Violet Brown, Marie Callahan, Eleanor Dell, Doris Dixon, Harland Dixon, Elizabeth Dougher, Juanita Erickson, Rass Erickson, Paul Everton, Harry Fender, Joan Gardner, Mareta George, Pearl Germond, Thomas Green, Betty Grey, Eunice Hall, Carlos Hatvary, Jobyna Howland, Sonia Ivanoff, Gladys Keck, Lloyd Keyes, Lily Kimari, Sylvia Kingsley, Edna Locke, Jessie Madison, William Maguire, Alma Mamay, Muriel Manners, Morton McConnachie, Frances McHugh (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Madelyn Morrisey, Victor Munroe, Dennis Murray, Polly O'Claire, George Olsen, John Patterson, Jessie Payne, Elva Pomfret, Violet Regal, Waldo Roberts, John Rutherford, Evelyn Sayers, Harry Short, Carolyn Smith, Robert Spencer, Diana Stegman, Katharine Stuart, Ayres Tavitt, Mrs. Taylor, Carola Taylor, Ethelind Terry, Blossom Vreeland, Dick Ware, Florence Ware, Rella Winn, Velma Ziegler, Frank Zolt. Replacement actor: Eddie Dowling (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble") [31 Dec 1923- 31 Aug 1924]. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Note: This production was one of the biggest hits of the Roaring 20's and is considered by many critics to be the quintessential Jazz Age Broadway musical.
- (1925) Stage Play: Sally, Irene and Mary. Musical comedy (revival). Book by Eddie Dowling and Cyrus Wood. Music by J. Fred Coots. Lyrics by Raymond Klages. Musical Director: Charles Drury. Musical Staging by Allan K. Foster. Directed by Frank Smithson. 44th Street Theatre: 23 Mar 1925- 4 Apr 1925 (16 performances). Cast: Lois Arnold, Lillian Bell, Frank Binns, Walter Blair, Monica Boulais, Isabelle Brown, Louise Brown, Dorothy Cavanaugh, Frank Connor, Grace DeViney, Frances Dewey, Betty Dupre, George Eising, Ida Fitzhugh, Burford Hampden, Patrick Henry, Herbert Hoey, Anna Hooks, Josie Intropodi, Ray Lloyd, William Mason, Joseph McGurgan, Beulah Merritt, Edna Morn, Gertrude Mudge, Kathleen MulQueen, Margaret O'Connor, Olga O'Dell, James Ormonde, Fred Packard, Rebecca Reford, Fred R. Stanton, Grace Studiford, D.J. Sullivan, Hazel Vernon, Thomas Weldon. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1925) Stage Play: Tell Me More. Musical comedy. Directed by John Harwood. Gaiety Theatre: 13 Apr 1925- 11 Jul 1925 (100 performances). Produced by Alex Aarons.
- (1926) Stage Play: Honeymoon Lane. Musical comedy. Music by James F. Hanley. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Knickerbocker Theatre; 20 Sep 1926- 23 Jul 1927 (353 performances). Large cast included: Ethel Allis, Kay Annis, Leo Beers, Gordon Dooley, Eddie Dowling (as "Tim Murphy"), Florentine Gosnova, Josie Intropodi, Johnny Marvin, Jerre McAuliffe, John McAvoy, Florence O'Denishawn (as "herself"), [final Broadway role], Ivy Palmer, Adelaide Seaman, Kate Smith (as "Tiny Little"), Dick Wheaton. Produced by Abraham L. Erlanger.
- (1927) Stage Play: Sidewalks of New York. Musical comedy. Music by Eddie Dowling and James F. Hanley. Book by Eddie Dowling and James F. Hanley. Lyrics by Eddie Dowling and James F. Hanley. Musical Director: Arthur Lange. Featuring songs by C.B. Lawlor. Featuring songs with lyrics by J.W. Blake. Musical Staging by Earl Lindsay. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Knickerbocker Theatre: 3 Oct 1927- 7 Jan 1928 (112 performances). Cast included: Gladys Ahern, Will Ahern, John Alexander, Irving Beaman, Dick Bennett, Pearl Bradley, Sybil Bursk, George Byrne, Alex Calm, Walter Carson, Virginia Clark, Hal Clovis, Ray Dooley, Emil Cote, Charles Dale, Charles Davis, Ray Dooley, Henry Dowling, Jeanne Edwards, Vance Elliott, Barney Fagan, Evelyn Farrell, Adeline Foley, Carl Francis, Charles Gale, Jack Gargin, Dolly Gilbet, Marjorie Gilbet, Melvin Halpern, Winifred Harris, Hal Hennessey, Kathryn Hereford, Lester Hope, Ruby Keeler, Dick Keene, Frank Kingdon, Donald Lee, Helen MacDonald, Edward Marshall, Edward Maurelli, Bob Maxwell, Stanley McClelland, Sam Morton, Elizabeth Murray, George Murray, Carolyn Nolte, Peter Nugent, Fiske O'Hara, Billy O'Rorke, Cecil Owen, Elva Pomfret, George Rand, Anna Rex, Phyllis Reynolds, Josephine Sabel, Edward Shanault, Billy Shepperd, Bobby Shields, Harry Short, Francis X. Sinnott, Joe Smith, Louise Stark, Ward Tallman, T.F. Thomas, Jim Thornton, Peggy Timmons, Lorraine Webb, Virginia Webb, Paul A. Weber, Gene West, Fred Wilson, Joe Wilson, Woodey Lee Wilson, Wanda Woods, Betty Wright, Ross Wright. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1929) Stage Play: Stepping Out. Farce. Written by Elmer Harris. Fulton Theatre: 20 May 1929- Jun 1929 (closing date unknown/24 performances).
- (1934) Stage Play: Big Hearted Herbert. Comedy. Book adapted by Sophie Kerr and Anna Steese Richardson. Based on a story by Sophie Kerr. Directed by Daniel Jarrett. Biltmore Theatre: 1 Jan 1934- May 1934 (closing date unknown/154 performances). Cast: Alan Bunce (as "Andrew Goodrich"), Claudia Carlstedt (as "Mrs. Havens"), Guy D'Ennery (as "Mr. Havens"), Gertrude Fowler (as "Mrs. Goodrich"), Betty Lancaster (as "Alice Kalness"), George Lessey (as "Jim Lawrence"), David Morris (as "Herbert Kalness Jr."), J.C. Nugent (as "Herbert Kalness"), Forrest Orr (as "Mr. Goodrich"), Elisabeth Risdon (as "Elizabeth Kalness"), Dorothy Walter (as "Martha"), Norman Williams (as " Robert Kalness"), Marjorie Wood (as "Amy Lawrence"). Produced by Eddie Dowling.
- (1934) Stage Play: Life Begins at 8:40. Musical revue. Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and E.Y. Harburg. Comedy scenes directed by Philip Loeb. Stage Director: Eddie Dowling. Principal director: John Murray Anderson. Winter Garden Theatre: 27 Aug 1934- 16 Mar 1935 (237 performances). Cast: Ray Bolger, Luella Gear, Bert Lahr, Frances Williams, Eugene Ashley, Jack Barrett, Mary Bay, Regina Beck, Vicki Belling, Helen Bennett, George Bockman, Hazel Boffinger, Edward Browne, Sally Bynum, Mary Ann Carr, Noreen Carr, Jean Carson, Geri Chopin, Frances Comstock, Aida Conkey, Hope Dare, Maxine Darrell, Aline Davis, Brian Donlevy [final Broadway role], Tom Draper, Dixie Dunbar, Helene Ecklund, William Ehlers, Marjorie Ezequelle, Charles Fowler, Darley Fuller, Peggy Gallimore, Williem Gerard, Sally Gibbs, Ilse Gronau, Kai Hansen, Pearl Harris, Winifred Harros, Josephine Houston, Mary Howard, Julie Jenner, Esther Junger, Jane Lane, Michael Logan, Arthur Manning, Adrienne Matzenauer, James McColl, Ethel Medsker, Jane Moxon, Ofelia & Pimento, Emmett Oldfield, Earl Oxford, Jessica Pepper, Gloria Pierre, Sid Salzer, Betty Schlaffer, Josephine Schwarz, Bartlett Simmons, Grena Sloan, Jack Starr, Donald Stewart, Sherry Stuart, Anya Taranda, Peggy Thomas, Ethel Thorsen, Walter Wahl, Mildred Webb (as "The Chorus (1880)/Dancer"), The Charles Weidman Dancers, Grover Whalen, Robert Wildhack. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1934) Stage Play: Thumbs Up! Musical revue. Music by James Hanley and Henry Sullivan. Based on material by H.I. Phillips, Harold Atteridge and Alan Baxter. Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Earle Crooker. Musical Director: Gene Salzer. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek, Conrad Salinger and David Raksin. Vocal arrangements by Jane Pickens. Additional music by Vernon Duke, Gerald Marks and Steve Child. Additional lyrics by Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin, Karl Stark, Jean Herbert, James Hanley, John Murray Anderson and Irving Caesar. Choreographed by Robert Alton. Directed by Edward C. Lilley. St. James Theatre: 27 Dec 1934- 11 May 1935 (156 performances). Cast: Margaret Adams, Robert Alan, Louene Ambrosius, Adrian Anthony, Sheila Barrett, Helen Bent, Prescott Brown, Hugh Cameron, William Chandler, George Church, Bobby Clark, Jack Cole, The Delmars, The Demnati Troupe, Henry Dick, Ray Dooley, Eddie Dowling, Paul Draper, Alice Dudley, Althea Elder, Dolly Falla, Holly Falla, Dionne Farrelle, John Fearnley, Agnes Franey, Emerson Frone, Ruben Garcia, Eddie Garr, Sandra Gould, Dawn Greenwood, Eunice Healy, Rose King, Don Knobloch, Hal Le Roy, Phyllis Lind, Lucy Mann, Vida Manuel, Yvonne Marchand, Irene McBride, Paul McCullough, Howard Morgan, J. Harold Murray, Joan Nelson, Frances Nevins, Ruth Nicholson, Barnett Parker, Helen Pickens, Jane Pickens, Patti Pickens, Frances Rand, Stanley Rash, Marty Rhiele, Beth Roland, Al Sexton, Phil Shaw, Marion Vannemann, Billie Worth. Produced by Eddie Dowling.
- (1936) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1936. Musical revue. Music by Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Based on material by David Freeman. Musical Director: John McManus. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek, Conrad Salinger, Russell Bennett and Don Walker. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Vincente Minnelli. Ballets directed by George Balanchine. Sketches directed by Eddie Dowling. Directed by John Murray Anderson and Edward C. Lilley. Winter Garden Theatre: 30 Jan 1936- 9 May 1936 (115 performances). Cast: Fanny Brice, Bob Hope, Gertrude Niesen, Eve Arden, Gene Ashley, Josephine Baker, Milton Barnett, Vicki Belling, Herman Belmonte, Prescott Brown, Edward Browne, Florine Callahan, Judy Canova, George Church, Stella Clauson, Evelyn Dale, Dorothy Daly, Maxine Darrell, Roger Davis, Nancy Dolan, Tom Draper, Althea Elder, George Enz, Helene Fromson, Thomas Gleason, Vera Haal, Georgia Hiden, Harriet Hoctor, Gay Hoff, John Hoyt, Stan Kavanaugh, Irene Kelly, Lyn Leslie, Ula Love, Elena Marano, Helene Marchand, Duke McHale, Rodney McLennan, Betty McMahon, Mary Alice Moore, Jean Moorhead, Howard Morgan, Jane Moxon, Paul Nelson, The Nicholas Brothers, Fayard Nicholas, Harold Nicholas, Hugh O'Connell, Eileen O'Driscoll, Jessica Pepper, Gloria Pierre, Cherry Preisser, June Preisser, Isabel Pulsford, William Quentmeyer, Peggy Quinn, J. Ramos, Erminie Randolph, Frances Rands, Cornelia Rogers, J. Sastere, Marion Semler, Thelma Shearon, Didi Skoug, Marlyn Stuart, Ricki Tanzi, Peggy Thomas, Ethel Thorsen, Gerard Willem Van Loon, Marie Vanneman, Everette West, Irving West, Ben Yost. Produced by Billie Burke (Ziegfeld), Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1936) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1936. Musical revue.
- (1937) Stage Play: King Richard II. History (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Margaret Webster and Charles Alan. St. James Theatre: 5 Feb 1937- Jun 1937 (closing date unknown/133 performances). Produced by Eddie Dowling and Robinson Smith.
- (1937) Stage Play: King Richard II. History (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Margaret Webster. St. James Theatre: 15 Sep 1937- Oct 1937 (closing date unknown/38 performances). Cast included: Wesley Addy (as "The Earl of Salisbury"), Lee Baker, Neal Barry, Maurice Evans (title role), Philip Truex, Rhys Williams. Produced by Eddie Dowling and Robinson Smith.
- (1937) Stage Play: Between the Devil. Musical comedy.
- (1938) Stage Play: Madame Capet. Drama. Written by Marcelle Maurette, as adapted by George Middleton. Directed by José Ruben (also appearing as "Herman"). Cort Theatre: 25 Oct 1938- Oct 1938 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Eva Le Gallienne, Charita Bauer, Anne Baxter, George Baxter, Barbara C. Brown, Staats Cotsworth, George Coulouris, Diane De Brett, Elizabeth Dewing, Diana Donnenwirth, Carol Evans, Marion Evanson, Harold Gould, W.J. Hackett, Phyllis Holden, Alice John, Merle Maddern, Mary Michael, Warren Miller, Earle Mitchell, Elizabeth Murray, Bram Nossen, LeRoi Operti, William Post, Louis Veda Quince, Fred Redulic, Helen Renee, Blanche Ring, William Webb Sanders, Fred Sears, Frederic Tozere, Harvey Welch, Craig Williams. Produced by Eddie Dowling.
- (1939) Stage Play: The White Steed. Drama. Written by Paul Vincent Carroll. Directed by Hugh Hunt. Cort Theatre (moved to The John Golden Theatre from 1 Apr 1939 to close): 10 Jan 1939- unknown (136 performances). Produced by Eddie Dowling.
- (1938) Stage Play: Hellzapoppin. Musical revue/vaudeville. Directed by Eddie Dowling [credited as Edward Duryea Dowling]. Musical Staging by Gae Foster.
- (1940) Stage Play: The Time of Your Life. [Return engagement]. Comedy. Written and co-directed by William Saroyan. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Co-directed by Eddie Dowling. Booth Theatre: 23 Sep 1940- 19 Oct 1940 (32 performances). Cast: William Bendix (as "Krupp"), Eddie Dowling (as "Joe"), Celeste Holm (as "Mary L."), Gene Kelly (as "Harry"). Replacement cast: Edward Andrews (as "Tom"), Ainsworth Arnold (as "Society Gentleman"), Ross Bagdasarian (as "Willie"), Reginald Beane (as "Wesley"), Eva Leonard Boyne (as "Society Lady"), Ann Brody (as "Nick's Ma"), Grover Burgess (as "Blick"), Leo Chalzel (as "Nick"), John Farrell (as "Another Cop/Drunkard"), Evelyn Geller (as "Killer"), Seymour Gross (as "A Cop/Sailor"), Julie Haydon (as "Kitty Duval"), Arthur Hunnicutt (as "Kit Carson"), Henry Jones (as "Dudley"), Fred Kelly [credited as Fredric N. Kelly] (as "Harry") [role increased from original run], Frances McHugh (as "Killer's sidekick"), Marylin Monk (as "Elsie"), Blackie Shackner (as "Newsboy"), Houseley Stevenson (as "Arab"), Tom Tully (as "McCarthy"), Nene Vibber (as "Lorene"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1941) Stage Play: Sons o' Fun. Musical comedy/musical revue. Directed by Eddie Dowling. Winter Garden Theatre (moved to The 46th Street Theatre from 29 Mar 1943- close): 1 Dec 1941- 29 Aug 1943 (742 performances). Cast included: Chic Johnson, Ole Olsen, Wynne Murray. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1942) Stage Play: Magic/Hello Out There. Comedy (revival). "Magic" written by G.K. Chesterton. "Hello Out There" written by William Saroyan. Directed by Eddie Dowling. Belasco Theatre: 29 Sep 1942- 7 Nov 1942 (47 performances). Produced by Eddie Dowling.
- (1943) Stage Play: This Rock. Written by Walter Livingston Faust. Directed by Eddie Dowling. Longacre theatre: 18 Feb 1943- 20 Mar 1943 (37 performances). Cast included: Billie Burke, Nicholas Joy, Zachary Scott, Joyce Van Patten, Lois Volkman. Produced by Eddie Dowling.
- (1943) Stage Play: Manhattan Nocturne. Written by Roy Walling. Directed by Stella Adler. Forrest Theatre: 26 Oct 1943- 13 Nov 1943 (23 performances).
- (1944) Stage Play: Men to the Sea. Written by Herbert Kubly. Directed by Eddie Dowling. National Theatre: 3 Oct 1944- 21 Oct 1944 (23 performances). Cast: James Alexander (as "Howard Moore"), Richard Camp, Marguerite Clifton, Mary Jean Copeland, Paul Crabtree (as "Harry"), Randolph Echols, James Elliott (as "French Sailor"), Maurice Ellis (as "Reuben"), Frank Etherton, Susana Garnett, Toni Gilman, Maggie Gould, Bill Hunt, Joyce Mathews, Grace Mills, Tommy Noonan (as "Joe Foster"), Mildred Joanne Smith, Michael Strong, Joe Verdi. Produced by David L. Wolper.
- (1948) Stage Play: Produced (first two works) "Hope's the Thing" on Broadway. Playhouse Theatre: 11 May 1948-15 May 1948 (7 performances). NOTE: Multiple show composition; comprised of "Hope's The Thing with Feathers", "Gone Tomorrow" and "Home Life of a Buffalo".
- (1948) Stage Play: Minnie and Mr. Williams. Comedy. Written by Richard Hughes. Directed by Eddie Dowling. Morosco Theatre: 27 Oct 1948- 30 Oct 1948 (5 performances). Cast: Clarence Derwent, Josephine Hull, Geoffrey Lumb, Elizabeth Ross. Produced by John Glassner and David Dietz.
- (1938) Stage Play: Shadow and Substance. Written by Paul Vincent Carroll. Directed by Peter Godfrey. John Golden Theatre: 26 Jan 1938- Sep 1938 (closing date unknown/274 performances). Produced by Eddie Dowling.
- (1952) Stage Play: Evening With Beatrice Lillie. Special production.
- (1939) Stage Play: The Time of Your Life. Comedy. Written by William Saroyan. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Directed by Eddie Dowling and William Saroyan. Booth Theatre: 25 Oct 1939- 6 Apr 1940 (185 performances). Cast: Edward Andrews (as "Tom"), Ainsworth Arnold (as ""Society Gentleman"), Ross Bagdasarian (as "Newsboy"), Cathie Bailey, Reginald Beane (as "Wesley"), William Bendix (as "Officer Krupp"), Eva Leonard Boyne (as "Society Lady"), Mme. Michelette Burani (as "Nick's Ma"), Grover Burgess, Mary Cheffey, Curt Conway, Charles De Sheim, Len Doyle, John Farrell, Evelyn Geller, Julie Haydon, Celeste Holm (as "Mary L."), Gene Kelly (as "Harry"), Will Lee, Houseley Stevenson (as "Arab"), Tom Tully, Nene Vibber, Randolph Wade. Produced by The Theatre Guild. Note: Bendix would be hired for the same role in the film of this play, The Time of Your Life (1948), produced by Cagney Productions, which was a major flop.
- (1951) Stage Play: Angel in the Pawnshop. Comedy. Written by A.B. Shiffrin. Incidental music by Will Irwin. Directed by John Larson. Booth Theatre: 18 Jan 1951- 31 Mar 1951 (85 performances). Cast: Eddie Dowling, Jason Evers (as "Timothy Spangle") [credited as Herbert Evers], John Farrell (as "Tom/Drunk"), Elizabeth Kerr (as "Priscilla Nash"), Joseph Laurner (as "Joe"), Willie Lewis (as "Duke Jones"), Joan McCracken (as "Lizzie Shaw"), Arthur Oshlag (as "Young Man"), Clark Williams (as "Danny O'Keefe"). Produced by Eddie Dowling and Anthony Brady Farrell.
- (1951) Stage Play: Paint Your Wagon. Musical comedy. Based on material by Alan Jay Lerner (who also wrote lyrics). Music by Frederick Loewe. Directed by Daniel Mann. Shubert Theatre: 12 Nov 1951- 19 Jul 1952 (289 performances). Cast: James Barton (as "Ben Rumson"), Tony Bavaar, James Mitchell, Olga San Juan, Richard Aherne, Tom Aim, Delbert Anderson, John Anderson, Gino Baldi, Edward Becker, Ralph Bunker, Mary Burr, Tamara Chapman, Stephen Cheng, Jack Dabdoub, Gemze de Lappe, Gordon Dilworth, Joan Djorup, John Faulkner, Robert Flavellem, Katia Geleznova, Lorraine Havercroft, Dorothy Hill, Stuart Hodes, Jean Houloose, Carmelita Lanza, Marijane Maricle, Bert Mattews, Kay Medford, Robert Morrow, Ilona Murai, Paul Olson, Robert Penn, Dick Price, John Randolph, Charlotte Ray, Mavis Ray, Jared Reed, Frederick Schaeffen, John Schickling, John Schmidt, John Sheehan (as "Dutchie"), Jan Sherwood, Rufus Smith, John Smolko, John Spach, Guy Stanbaugh, Newton Sullivan, Gisella Svetlik, James Tarbutton, Feodore Tedick, David Thomas, Edgar Thompson, Ted Thurston, Norman Weise, Josh Wheeler. Replacement actors: Eddie Dowling [replaced James Barton (as "Ben Rumson", 11/12/51-). Produced by Cheryl Crawford. Note: Burl Ives would later replace Dowling in role. Louis B. Mayer would buy the rights to this hit play but would be unable to produce it independently after his forced departure from MGM. It would be brought to the screen in drastically altered form (Paint Your Wagon (1969)) with disastrous box-office results.
- (1955) Stage Play: The Righteous Are Bold. Drama. Written by Frank Carney. Holiday Theatre: 22 Dec 1955- 18 Feb 1956 (68 performances).
- (1947) Stage Play: Our Lan'. Directed by Eddie Dowling and Edward R. Mitchell. Royale Theatre: 27 Sep 1947- 1 Nov 1947 (41 performances). Cast included: Nathan Adler, Irving Barnes, Service Bell, Harold Concklin, Estelle Rolle Evans, Julie Haydon. Produced by Eddie Dowling and Louis J. Singer.
- (1946) Stage Play: The Iceman Cometh. Drama. Written by Eugene O'Neill. Production Design and Lighting Design by Robert Edmond Jones. Directed by Eddie Dowling. Martin Beck Theatre: 9 Oct 1946- 15 Mar 1947 (136 performances). Cast: James Barton, Jeanne Cagney, Leo Chalzel, Russell Collins, Paul Crabtree, Dudley Digges (as "Harry Hope"), Ruth Gilbert, Charles Hart, Nicholas Joy, Marcella Markham, Joe Marr, John Marriott, E.G. Marshall (as "Willie Oban"), Al McGranary, Tom Pedi (as "Rocky Pioggi"), Carl Benton Reid, Morton Stevens, Frank Tweddell, Michael Wyler. Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner. Administrative Directors). Associate Producer: Armina Marshall.
- (1945) Stage Play: The Glass Menagerie. Drama (original production). Written by Tennessee Williams. Directed by Eddie Dowling and Margo Jones. Playhouse Theatre (moved to The Royale Theatre from 1 Jul 1946- close): 31 Mar 1945- 3 Aug 1946 (563 performances). Cast: Julie Haydon, Anthony Ross, Laurette Taylor. Understudy: Betsy Blair. Produced by Eddie Dowling and Louis J. Singer.
- (1944) Stage Play: Little Women. Drama (revival). Written by Marian De Forest, adapted from the book by Louisa May Alcott. Directed by Jessie Royce Landis. City Center: 12 Dec 1944- 30 Dec 1944 (23 performances). Cast included: Susana Garnett, Grace Mills, Margot Stevenson, Mary Welch, Clark Williams. Produced by Eddie Dowling.
- (1939) Stage Play: Streets of Paris. Musical revue. Music by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics by Al Dubin. Additional numbers by Harold Rome. Sketches by Charles Sherman, Eddie Dowling [credited as Edward Duryea Dowling], Tom McKnight, S. Jay Kaufman, James La Ver, Frank Eyton and Lee Brody. Music arranged by Hans Spialek. Vocal arrangements by Hugh Martin. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Scenic Design by Lawrence L. Goldwasser. Dances and Ensembles Staged by 'Robert Alton (I)'. Broadhurst Theatre: 19 Jun 1939- 10 Feb 1940 (274 performances). Cast: Bud Abbott (as "Customs" Performer / "On the Boulevard" Performer / Manager / "Rest Cure" / Capi / "That's Music" / "The French Have a Word for It" Featured Performer), Bobby Clark (as "The Photographer / "Is It Possible?" Singer / "Marie's Father" / "The Convict's Return"--"Michael" / "The Convict's Return"--"Armand" / "The Convict's Return"--"Warden" / "The Convict's Return"--"Man" / "A Noel Coward Custom" / "Robert the Roue" Performer / "Mr. Migglesworth" / "The Spy" / "Mr. Prout" / "That's Music" / "The French Have a Word for It" Featured Performer), Lou Costello (as "Customs" Performer / "On the Boulevard" Performer / "Searcher" / "Rest Cure" / "Marcel" / "That's Music" / "The French Have a Word for It" Featured Performer"), Luella Gear, Carmen Miranda (as "South American Way" Featured Performer / "The French Have a Word for It" Featured Performer), Yvonne Bouvier, Billy Branch, Gower Champion, Ben Dova, Gloria Gilbert, Hylton Sisters, Margaret Irving, Magda Kari, Della Lind, John McCauley, Jeanne Readinger, Jo Readinger, Buddy Roberts, Jeanne Tyler, Ward & Van, Milton Watson, Lincoln Wilmerton, Mary Ann, Alice Anthony, Bill Aubrey, Betty Bartley, Barbara Beech, FLora Boes, Trudy Burke, Lucy Chandler, Aina Constant, Richard D'Arcy. Shannon Dean, Enez Early, Hugh Ellsworth, Peggy Galimore, Jackie Gateley, Arthur Grahl, Lynda Grey, Margaret Hall, William Hawley, Mildred Hughes, Henning Irgens, Marguerite James, Charles La Torre, Edith Lambot, Nancy Lewis, Lillian Lillemy, Hugh Martin (as "Monsieur" / "The Ensemble Speaks"), Maxine Martin, Michael Moore, Frederic Nay, Olive Nicholson, Mary Ann O'Brien, Frances O'Day, Leona Olsen, Mischa Pompianov, Jean Sablon, Bernice Smith, Tony Stuart, Ramon Vinay, Edward Wells, Lincoln Wilderton. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson.
- (1938) Stage Play: Come the Clowns. Drama. Written by Philip Barry. Directed by Robert Milton. Booth Theatre: 7 Dec 1938- Feb 1939 (closing date unknown/88 performances). Cast: Hortense Alden (as "Gert Marble"), Jerry Austin, Ralph Bunker (as "Ma Speedy"), Leo Chalzel (as "Max Pabst"), Russell Collins (as "John Dickinson"), Eddie Dowling, Doris Dudley, Madge Evans (as "Connie Ryan"), Frank Gaby, James Hagan, Eve March, Thomas Palmer, Bertram Thorn, A.H. Van Buren (as "Freddie Ballantine"). Produced by Eddie Dowling.
- (1940) Stage: Producer / co-director of "Love's Old Sweet Song" on Broadway. Comedy. Written / co-directed by William Saroyan. Plymouth Theatre: 2 May 1940-8 Jun 1940 (44 performances).
- (1940) Stage Play: Keep Off the Grass. Musical revue. comedy.
- (1919) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1919. Musical revue. Sketches by Dave Stamper, Gene Buck and Rennold Wolf. Music and Lyrics: Irving Berlin, Gene Buck, Rennold Wolf, Dave Stamper, Joseph McCarthy and Harry Tierney. Ballet composed by Victor Herbert. Musical Director: Frank Darling. Music orchestrated by Stephen Jones (for Buck and Stamper songs). Featuring songs with lyrics by Joseph Tierney, Joe Young, Sam Lewis, Walter Donaldson, Eddie Cantor, Harry Ruby, Francis DeWitt, Robert Hood Bowers, Nat Vincent and Darle MacBoyle. Featuring songs by Marshall Walker. Directed by Ned Wayburn. New Amsterdam Theatre: 16 Jun 1919- 6 Dec 1919 (171 performances). Cast: Delyle Alda, Eddie Cantor, Johnny Dooley, Ray Dooley, Eddie Dowling, Phil Dwyer, The Fairbanks Twins, George LeMaire, Marilyn Miller, Jessie Reed, John Steel, Van and Schenck, Bert Williams, Walter Baker, Margie Bell, Monica Boulais, Alma Braham, George Burggraf, Hubert Butler, Bernard Carples, Jerry Childs, Viola Clarens, William Conrad, Florence Crane, Simone D'Herlys, Peggy Dana, Lois Davison, Bernice Dewey, Bruce Douglas, Fred DuBall, Winnie Dunn, Marcelle Earle, Carolyn Erwin, Joe Evans, Ruth Foster, Betty Francesco, Amy Frank, Gene Garrick, May Graney, Ethel Hallor, Minnie Harrison, Mabel Hastings, Edith Hawes, Mary Hay, Thomas Howard, Margaret Irving, Helen Jesmer, Margaret John, Grace Jones, Edith Kessler, Alta King, Raymond Klages, Lee LaBlanc, Nancy Larned, Kenneth Lawrence, Lucille Levant, Edna Lindsey, Felise Lomont, Jack Lynch, Virginia Lyon, William Mathews, Mauresette, Laura Maverick, Peter McArthur, Beulah McFarland, Lillian McKenzie, Harry Meyers, Betty Morton, Jack Natter, Willie Newsome, George Otis, Corone Paynter, Kathryn Perry, Wesley Pierce, Martha Pierre, Edna Rochelle, Helen Shea, Mildred Shelly, Heloise Sheppard, Eddie Sims, Mildred Sinclair, Peggy Smith, Ruth Taylor, Olive Vaughn, Madeline Wales, Florence Ware, Hazel Washburn, Mary Washburn, Jack Waverly, Fay West, Elsie Westcott, Martha Wood. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (December 27, 1944) He played Tom Wingfield in Tennessee Wiliams' play, "The Glass Menagerie," at the Civic Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Laurette Taylor (Amanda Wingfield); Julie Haydon (Laura Wingfield); and Anthony Ross (Gentleman caller) in the cast. Claudia Cassidy reviewed this production for the Chicago Tribune.
- (November 23, 1924) He acted in his play, "Sally, Irene, and Mary," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio.
- (November 27, 1939 to December 4, 1939) He produced Paul Vincent Carroll's play, "The White Steed," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Whitford Kane, Grania O'Malley, Tom Bate, Ralph Cullinan, Gertrude Flynn, William H. Malone, Farrell Pelly, Grace Mills, Elizabeth Malone, William Cragin, Thomas P. Dillon, Eleanore Laurence, and Patrick Henry in the cast. Watson Barratt was set designer. Hugh Hunt was director.
- (December 30, 1940) He acted and directed William Saroyan's musical comedy, "The Time of Your Life," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Julie Haydon, Fred Kelly (Harry), Blackie Shackner, John Farrell, Ross Bagdasarian, Leo Chalzel, Edward Andrews, Henry Jones, Reginald Beane, Nene Vibber, Grover Burgess, Houseley Stevens Sr., Hene Damur, William Bendix, Tom Tully, Arthur Hunnicutt, Ann Brody, Howard Barnhart, Marilyn Monk, Evelyn Geller, Frances McHugh, Eva Leonard Boyne, Tony Albert, and Ainsworth Arnold in the cast. Reginald Beane was composer. Watson Barratt was set designer. Gene Kelly was choreographer. William Saroyan was also director in a Theatre Guild production.
- (July 20, 1943) He acted in Robert E. Sherwood's play, "The Petrified Forest," the Hanna Theater in Cleveland, Ohio.
- (December 21-28, 1953) He produced and directed the revue, "An Evening with Beatrice Lillie," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Beatrice Lillie, Reginald Gardiner, Eadie and Rack, Xenia Bank, Shannon Dean and John Philip in the cast. Saxie Dowell and Bud McCreery were writers. Rolf Gerard was set designer.
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