- Stage work includes lead roles in the Broadway productions of:
- (1953) Stage Play: The Teahouse of the August Moon. Comedy. Written by John Patrick. Based on the novel by Vern J. Sneider. Music composed by Dai-Keong Lee. Directed by Robert Lewis. Martin Beck Theatre: 15 Oct 1953- 24 Mar 1956 (1027 performances). Cast: John Forsythe (as "Capt. Fisby"), David Wayne (as "Sakini"), Paul Ford (as "Col. Wainright Purdy III"), Larry Gates (as "Capt. McLean"), William Hansen, Mariko Niki, Richard Akagi, Joyce Chen, Norman Chi, Kaie Deei, Jerry Fujikawa (as "A Villager") [Broadway debut], Kikuo Hiromura, Kame Ishikawa, Harry Jackson, Laurence Kim, Mara Kim, Naoe Kondo, Chuck Morgan, Shizu Moriya, Frank Ogawa, Mary Ann Reeve, Saki, Kuraji Seida, Yuki Shimoda, Moy Moy Thom, Vivian Thom, Haim Winant, Kenneth Wong. Produced by Maurice Evans. Produced in association with George Schaefer. Note: Filmed by MGM as The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956).
- "The Love Of Four Colonels" (directed by Rex Harrison).
- "Hamlet" as Polonius
- "Bell, Book, And Candle" as Redlitch
- In 1962, he co-starred in an unsold pilot for a proposed TV series called "Dateline" which featured Rod Taylor as a San Francisco-based newspaper columnist. The pilot cost $200,000 and was shot on location.
- (1959) Stage Play: The Highest Tree. Written by Dore Schary. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Costume Design by Marvin Reiss. Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager. Assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Klaus Holm. Directed by Dore Schary. Longacre Theatre: 4 Nov 1959- 21 Nov 1959 (21 performances). Cast: Diana Douglas (as "Mary Macready"), Kenneth MacKenna (as "Aaron Cornish"), William Prince (as "Dr. Robert Leigh"), Howard St. John (as "Frederick Ashe"), Richard Anderson (as "Caleb Cornish"), Joe De Santis (as "Bronislau Partos"), Larry Gates (as "John Devereaux"), Frank Milan (as "Steven Cornish"), Natalie Schafer (as "Susan Ashe") [final Broadway role], Elizabeth Cole (as "Jane Ashe"), Miriam Goldina (as "Isabel"), Gloria Hoye (as "Amy Cornish"), Robert Redford, Shirley Smith (as "Gloria Cornish"). Understudies: Joe De Santis (as "John Devereaux"), Gloria Hoye (as "Mary Macready") [only Broadway role], Nicholas Pryor (as "Arkady Clark/Frederick Ashe, Jr. (Buzz)"), Shirley Smith (as "Amy Cornish/Jane Ashe") and Dee Victor (as "Isabel/Susan Ashe"). Produced by The Theatre Guild and Dore Schary. Associate Producer: Walter Reilly.
- (1971) He acted in Lillian Hellman's play, "Another Part of the Forest," at the Ivanhoe Theater in Chicago, Illinois with John Saxon and Nancy Coleman in the cast.
- (July 1980) He acted in D.L. Coburn's play, "The Gin Game," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Phyllis Thaxter in the cast.
- (1973 season) Lee Allen, Paul Ballantyne, Bernard Behrens, Fran Bennett, Dori Brenner, Ivar Brogger, Barbara Bryne, James Cahill, Jeff Chandler, Oliver Cliff, Lance Davis, Libby Dean, Harold Dixon, Pauline Flanagan, Erick Fredericksen, Peter Michael Goetz, Donna Haley, Douglas Hamilton, June Havoc, Dennis Jay Higgins, Joy Javits, Nicholas Kepros, Marie Lillo, J.R. Marks, Fred Pinkard, Gerald J. Quimby, Wilberto Rosario, Sheridan Thomas, George Vogel, Cynthia Wells, Kenneth Welsh and he were members of the ensemble acting company at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- (1973 to 1974 season) He played Vladimir in Samuel Beckett's play, "Waiting for Godot," at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater, 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, Minnesota with Bernard Behrens (Estragon) in the cast. Eugene Lion was director. Gregory Hill was set designer. Patricia Zipprodt was costume designer. Richard William Tidwell was lighting designer. Dick Whitbeck was composer.
- (1974 season) Maureen Anderman, Paul Ballantyne, Bernard Behrens, Fran Bennett, Drew Birns, James Blendick, Ivar Brogger, Blair Brown, Barbara Bryne, Len Cariou, Jeff Chandler, Oliver Cliff, Patricia Connolly, Valery Daemke, Lance Davis, Robert Engels, Katherine Ferrand, Peter Michael Goetz, James Harris, Henry J. Jordan, Nicholas Kepros, Mark Lamos, Gary Martinez, Macon McCalman, Eda Reiss Merlin, John Newcombe, August Schellenger, William Schoppert, Frank S. Scott, Cleo Simonett, Sheridan Thomas, Kenneth Welsh and he were members of the ensemble acting company at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- (1974 to 1975 season) He acted in Moliere's play, "Tartuffe," at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater, 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, Minnesota with Ken Ruta in the cast. Michael Bawtreet was director. Lowell Detweiler was set designer. Sam Kirkpatrick was costume designer. Richard William Tidwell was lighting designer. Henry Mollicone was composer.
- (1974 to 1975 season) He acted in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play, "The School for Scandal," at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota with Kenneth Welsh, Oliver Cliff, Katherine Ferrand, Patricia Connolly, Valery Daemke, Mark Lamos, Barbara Byrne and Maureen Anderman in the cast. Michael Langham was artistic director and director. Jack Barkla was set designer. Sam Kirkpatrick was costume designer. Duane Schuler was lighting designer. Stanley Silverman and Dick Whitbeck were composers.
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