- (1955 - 1960) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1955) Stage Play: No Time for Sergeants. Comedy. Written by Ira Levin. Adapted from the novel by Mac Hyman. Scenic Design by Peter Larkin. Directed by Morton DaCosta. Alvin Theatre: 20 Oct 1955- 14 Sep 1957 (796 performances). Cast: Carl Albertson (as "Inductee/Lt. Gardella/Co-Pilot"), Royal Beal (as "General Pollard"), Floyd Buckley (as "Pa Stockdale") [died during production run], Maree Dow (as "Rosabelle/Cigarette Girl/A Nurse"), Rex Everhart (as "A Colonel/Lt. Abel"), Howard Freeman (as "General Bush"), Hazen Gifford (as "Lt. Bridges/Pilot"), Andy Griffith (as "Will Stockdale") [Broadway debut], William Hinnant (as "Lt. Cover/Navigator"), Earle Hyman (as "A Lieutennant"), Ray Johnson (as "Classification Corporal/Aide to General Pollard"), Edmund Johnston (as "Lt. Baker"), Arthur P. Keegan (as "An Infantryman/Inductee"), Don Knotts (as "Preacher/Corporal, Manual Dexterity") [Broadway debut], Myron McCormick (as "Sergeant King"), Roddy McDowall (as "Ben Whitledge"), Robert McQuade (as "Inductee"), James Millhollin (as "A Psychiatrist") [Broadway debut], Wynn Pearce (as "Capt. Charles/Inductee") [Broadway debut], Ed Peck (as "A Captain"), Jules Racine (as "Inductee/Air Force Policeman"), Cecil Rutherford (as "Inductee/Lt. Kendall/Engineer"), Michael Thoma (as "Bus Driver"), O. Tolbert-Hewitt (as "Draft Man/A Senator"), Robert Webber (as "Irvin Blanchard"), Van Williams (as "Inductee"). Replacement actors: Louis Beachner (as "Ben Whitledge"), Jack Collins (as "A Senator/Draft Man"), Ossie Davis (as "A Lieutennant"), Rex Everhart (as "Sergeant King") [Broadway debut], Eric Fleming (as "Irvin Blanchard"), Will Geer (as "Pa Stockdale"), Charles Hohman (as "Will Stockdale"), Arte Johnson (as "Ben Whitledge"), Ray Johnson (as "A Colonel/Inductee/Lt. Abel"), Vincent Lynne (as "Lt. Cover/Navigator"), Robert McQuade (as "Classification Corporal"), William Mullaney (as "Corporal, Manual Dexterity/Preacher"), Karl K. Redcoff (as "Lt. Baker"), Alfred Sander (as "A Captain"), Elwood Smith (as "A Lieutennant"), Elwood Thompson (as "A Lieutennant"), John Topa (as "A Senator"), J. Robert Victor (as "Inductee/Lt. Gardella/Co-Pilot"), Van Williams (as "Aide to General Pollard"). Produced by Maurice Evans. Produced in association with Emmett Rogers. Notes: (1) Griffith was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor. (2) Filmed by Warner Bros. as No Time for Sergeants (1958) and inspired a short-lived TV series, No Time for Sergeants (1964).
- (1958) Stage Play: The Girls in 509. Comedy. Written by Howard Teichmann. Scenic and Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Directed by Bretaigne Windust [final Broadway credit]. Belasco Theatre: 15 Oct 1958- 24 Jan 1959 (117 performances). Cast: Laurinda Barrett (as "Miss Freud"), William Bush (as "Johnson"), Imogene Coca (as "Mimsy"), Les Damon (as "Ryan"), King Donovan (as "Pusey"), Robert Emhardt (as "Winthrop Allen/Francis X. Nella") [final Broadway role], Will Hussung (as "Summers"), James Millhollin (as "Aubrey McKittridge"), Sam Schwartz (as "Rosenthal"), Fred Stewart (as "Old Jim"), Peggy Wood (as "Aunt Hettie"). Produced by Alfred De Liagre Jr..
- (1959) Stage Play: Saratoga. Musical. Dramatized by Morton DaCosta. Based on "Saratoga Trunk" by Edna Ferber. Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Musical Director: Jerry Arlen. Vocal arrangements by Herbert Greene. Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang. Dance arrangements by Genevieve Pitot. Scenic Design by Cecil Beaton. Choreographed by Ralph Beaumont. Directed by Morton DaCosta. Winter Garden Theatre: 7 Dec 1959- 13 Feb 1960 (80 performances). Cast: Howard Keel (as "Clint Maroon"), Carol Lawrence (as "Clio Dulaine"), Odette Myrtil (as "Belle Piquery"), Socrates Birsky (as "Ensemble"), John Blanchard (as "Ensemble"), Carol Brice (as "Kakou"), Betsy Bridge (as "Ensemble"), Beatrice Bushkin (as "Madame Dulaine/Ensemble"), Virginia Capers (as "The Charwoman/Ensemble"), Natalie Core (as "Grandmother Dulaine/Mrs. Porcelain"), Joseph Crawford (as "Ensemble"), Lanier Davis (as "M. LaFosse/Ensemble"), Paul Dixon (as "Ensemble"), Ray Dooley (as "Bart Van Steed"), Vito Durante (as "Ensemble"), José Falcion (as "Ensemble"), Julius Fields (as "Ensemble"), John Ford (as "Ensemble"), Jerry Fries (as "Ensemble"), Truman Gaige (as "Editor/M. Begué/Mr. Gould"), Gene Gavin (as "Ensemble"), Richard Graham (as "M. Augustin Haussey"), Frank Green (as "Haberdashery Clerk/Ensemble"), Isabella Hoopes (as "Clarissa Van Steed"), Nathaniel Horne (as "Ensemble"), Barney Johnston (as "Fabric Salesman/Ensemble"), Edith King (as "Mrs. Sophie Bellop"), Martha King (as "Mrs. LeClerc/Ensemble"), Louis Kosman (as "Ensemble"), Ina Kurland (as "Ensemble"), Brenda Long (as "Maudey/Child"), Jeannine Masterson (as "Ensemble/Charlotte Thérèse"), Jack Matthew (as "Ensemble"), James Millhollin (as "Mr. Bean") [final Broadway role], Oran Osburn (as "Ensemble"), John Pero (as "Ensemble"), Harold Pierson (as "Ensemble'), Albert Popwell (as "The Carpenter/Ensemble"), Charles Queenan (as "Ensemble"), Gerrianne Raphael (as "Daisy Porcelain/Ensemble"), Augie Rios (as "Shorty/Child"), Wayne Robertson (as "Child"), Carol Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Merritt Thompson (as "Ensemble"), Tun Tun (as "Cupide"), Lois Van Pelt (as "Ensemble"), Janyce Wagner (as "Miss Diggs/Ensemble"), Beverly Jane Welch (as "Ensemble"), Linda Wright (as "Child"), Mark Zeller (as "Léon, a waiter/The Drapery Man/Ensemble"). Understudies: Louise Buckley (as "Clarissa Van Steed"), Beatrice Bushkin (as "Mrs. Porcelain"), Virginia Capers (as "Kakou"), Natalie Core (as "Belle Piquery/Mrs. Sophie Bellop"), Lanier Davis (as "Bart Van Steed"), Ray Dooley (as "Clint Maroon"), Truman Gaige (as "M. Augustin Haussey/Mr. Bean"), Gerrianne Raphael (as "Clio Dulaine"), Sammy Ross (as "Cupide") and Carol Taylor (as "Daisy Porcelain"). Produced by Robert Fryer.
- (January 26, 1959 - February 2, 1959) He acted in Howard Teichmann's play, "Girls in 509," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Peggy Wood, Imogene Coca, King Donovan, Robert Emhardt, Fred Stewart, Les Damon, Laurinda Barrett, William Bush and Sam Schwartz in the cast. Donald Oenslager was set designer. Lucinda Ballard was costume designer. Bretaigne Windust was director. Alfred De Liagre Jr. was producer.
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