- (1903 - 1948) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1903) Stage Play: Three Little Maids. Musical. Music by Paul A. Rubens. Book by Paul Rubens. Lyrics by Paul Rubens. Additional numbers by Percy Greenbank, Howard Talbot, Walter Rubens and Frank Tours [credited as Frank E. Tours] (earliest Broadway credit). Scenic Design by Edward G. Unitt. Daly's Theatre (moved to the Garden Theatre on 16 Nov 1903 to close): 1 Sep 1903- 20 Dec 1903 (130 performances). Cast: Sherwood Alston, Miss Brooks, Jennie Callan, George Carroll, Madge Crichton, Roy Cutter, Vera Edwardine, Pollie Emery, Maurice Farkoa, George Featherstone, J. Edward Fraser, Maud Hobson, Barbara Huntley, G.P. Huntley, Eva Kelly, Delia Mason, May Maurice, Maggie May, Fred Ozab, Elsa Ryan, R. St. George, May Tunison, Vera Vallis, Kathleen Warren, Marion Watts, Marie West. Produced by Charles Frohman and George Edwardes-Hall.
- (1906) Stage Play: The Little Cherub. Musical comedy. Music by Ivan Caryll. Book by Owen Hall. Musical Director: William T. Francis. The song "The Doggie in Our Yard" by Marie Doro. Lyrics by Owen Hall. Additional music by Charles Collins, Jerome Kern, Frank Tours and Jean Schwartz. Additional lyrics by Charles Collins, Adrian Ross, George Grossmith Jr., C.H. Bovill, Clifford Harris and William Jerome. Scenic Design by Ernest M. Gros. Costume Design by Mrs. Robert Osborn and Pascaud. Directed by Ben Teal. Criterion Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House from 30 Dec 1906- Jan 1907. On hiatus during most of Jan 1907 and reopened in Feb 1907 to close): 6 Aug 1906- Feb 1907 (closing date unknown/176 performances). Cast: David Bennett, James Blakeley, Richard Chawner, Grace Field, Emily Francis, Charles Gibson, Martin Haydon, Harold F. Hendee, Andrew Higginson, Mabel Hollins, Eithel Kelly, Grace Kimball, John Mayon, May Naudain, Clara Pitt, Elsa Reinhardt, John F. Rogers, Edna Sidney, Beth Stone, Will West, Hattie Williams, Winona Winter, Thomas A. Wise (credited as Tom Wise). Dorothy Zimmerman. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1907) Stage Play: The Dairymaids. Musical farce. Music by Paul Rubens and Frank Tours. Lyrics by Arthur Wimperis. Book by Alexander M. Thompson and Robert Courtneidge. Featuring songs by Jerome Kern. Featuring songs with lyrics by M.E. Rourke. Featuring "It's Naughty to Be Kissed" by William T. Francis and J.B. Loughrey. Music and lyrics for "Quarrel Duet" with J.J. Montague. Featuring "Down the Strand" by E.G. McLellan and Bernard Rolt. Featuring "Barcelona" by Eustace Baynes, James W. Tate and Vernon Roy. Featuring "Oh, Mr. Brown" by Harry von Tilzer and Andrew B. Sterling. Featuring "Dat Friend of Mine" by Egbert Van Alstyne and Harry Williams. Featuring "In the Twi-Twi-Twilight" by Herman E. Darewski, Jr. and Charles Wilmot. Musical Director: William T. Francis. Dances arranged by Adolph Neuberger. Directed by A.E. Dodson. Criterion Theatre: 26 Aug 1907- 16 Nov 1907 (86 performances). Cast: George Gregory, Donald Hall, Thelma Raye, Julia Sanderson, Huntley Wright, Bessie De Voie, Edna Dodsworth, Emily Francis, May Gerson, Dorothy Gibson, Enid Gibson, Flossie Hope, Lanford Kirby, John Laughlin, Lillian LeRoy, Maude LeRoy, Rose Leslie, Grace Lindsay, Hatty Lorraine, Minna Martrit, Beatrice McKay, Isabelle Meyers, Hazel Neason, Eugene O'Rourke, Ruby Ray, Frieda Weigold, Florence Wilson, Wilma Wood, May Yerby. Produced by Charles Frohman. Trivia: Sheet music for this show appears on the wall of the writer's office of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
- (1911) Stage Play: La Belle Paree/Bow-Sing/Tortajada [joint production]. Winter Garden Theatre: 20 Mar 1911- 10 Jun 1911 (96 performances).
- (1911) Stage Play: La Belle Paree. Musical.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Kiss Waltz.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Rose of China. Musical comedy. Music by Armand Vecsey. Material adaption by Guy Bolton. Lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse. Based on a play by Samuel Shipman. Featuring songs with lyrics by Oscar Shaw. Musical Direction by Frank Tours. Directed by Robert Milton and Julian Mitchell. Lyric Theatre: 25 Nov 1919- 7 Jan 1920 (47 performances). Cast: Dolly Alwin, Marjorie Bailey, Jean Barnett, Gene Billington, Jane Brown, Louise Brownel, Blanche Christen, Cecil Cunningham, Marion Cushion, Percy Davenport, Nelly Day, Georgie Decker, Ed Dwyer, Leo Dwyer, Mabelle Elliott, Marie Hebold, Madeline Hurlock, Paul Irving, Billy Izzard, Thomas E. Jackson (as "Chung"), Perry Lindbloom, Larry Mack, Frank McIntyre, Bessie More, Robert Morey, Bessie Mulligan, Olive O'Brien, Edna May Oliver (as "Mrs. Hobson"), Cynthia Perot, Ed Pierce, William H. Pringle, Thelma Richards, Jane Richardson, Virginia Richmond, Gus Richton, Stanley Ridges (as "Ting-Fang-Lee"), Virginia Roche, Mona Sartoris, Eleanor Scott, Georgie Scott, Mary Scott, Oscar Shaw (as "Tommy Tilford"), Beatrice Singer, Grace West, Swan Wood. Produced by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest.
- (1918) Stage Play: Follow the Girl. Musical comedy. Based on material by Henry Blossom. Music by Zoel Parenteau. Lyrics by Henry Blossom. Musical Direction by Frank Tours. Featuring songs by Sigmund Romberg and Buddy G. DeSylva. Additional lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Choreography by Walter Brooks. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Lew Fields' 44th Street Roof Garden (moved to The Broadhurst Theatre from 18 Mar 1918 to close): 2 Mar 1918- 23 Mar 1918 (25 performances). Cast: Roy Adams, Claude E. Archer, Anna Berg, Jane Berlyn, George L. Bickel, Walter Catlett (as "Buck Sweeney"), Charles Clear, William Danforth, Peggy Dempsey, Tom Doolan, Nancy Everett, William Everett, Rita Faust, Harry Fender, Dorothy Godfrey, Byrd Goolsby, Bessie Gross, Jobyna Howland, Mae Jennings, Mercedes Lorenze, Maurie Madison, Ernestine Myers, Ralph Nairn, Nita Naldi, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Helen O'Day, Courtney Palmer, Frank Peters, Phyllis Prince, Jean Rebara, Ethel Rinehart, Aileen Rooney, Frances Ross, Alice Ryan, Louise Saunders, Ivy Sherer, Albert Shrubb, Marie Stone, Richard Tabor, Eileen Van Biene, Claire Vernon, Ann Warrington, Grace Weeks, Louise White, Arthur Wilson. Produced by Raymond Hitchcock and E. Ray Goetz.
- (1933) Stage Play: As Thousands Cheer. Musical revue. Music by Irving Berlin. Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Moss Hart. Musical Director: Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Adolph Deutsch, Frank Tours, Ed Powell, Russell Wooding and Helmy Kresa. Choreographed by Charles Weidman. Directed by Hassard Short. Music Box Theatre: 30 Sep 1933- 8 Sep 1934 (400 performances). Cast: Helen Broderick (as "Mrs. Andrews, "Mrs. Hoover," "Majestic Sails at Midnight" Singer, "Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.," "Mrs. Williams," "Aimee Semple MacPherson," "Mrs. Fisher," "Queen Mary"), Marilyn Miller, Ethel Waters (as "Ella," "Josephine Baker"), Leslie Adams, Helen Bache, Jack Barnes, Jeanette Bradley, Robert Castaine, Debby Coleman, Peggy Cornell, Jerome Cowan (as "Editor," "Second Reporter," "Majestic Sails at Midnight" Singer), Arthur Craig, Dorothy Dodd, Elsie Duffy, Helen Ericson, Hal Forde (as "Langley"), Robert Gorham, Thomas Hamilton, Hamtree Harrington, Jay Hunter, Letitia Ide, Harry Joyce, Jose Limon, Katherine Litz, William Matons, Fred Mayon, Irene McBride, Katherine Mulowney, Jeanette Mundell, Harry Murray (as "Prince DeLuneville," "First Reporter," "Camera Man," "Second Bellboy"), Chester O'Brien, Mortimer O'Brien, John Perkins, Paul Pierce, Margaret Sande, Toni Sorel, Harry Stockwell, Ward Tallmon, Lucille Tayloe, Harold Voeth, Jack Voeth, Elsa Walbridge, Teddy West, Paula Yasqour. Produced by Sam Harris.
- (1915) Stage Play: Miss Information. Comedy. Written by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Elsie Janis. Additional music by Cole Porter, Frank Tours, Herman Finck and Riccardo Drigo. Additional lyrics by Cole Porter, Fred E. Weatherly and Arthur Wimperis. Musical Director: Harold Vickers. Directed by Robert Milton. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 5 Oct 1915- 13 Nov 1915 (47 performances). Cast: Sinead Alvord (as "A Nihilist"), Paulette Antoine (as "The Crystal Reader"), Julia Beaubien (as "Chorus"), Irene Bordoni (as "Elaine Foazane"), Julia Bruns (as Marie"), Nan Carter (as "Chorus"), Mel Craig (as "Chorus"), Marion Davies (as "Chorus"), Thomas De Vassey (as "Radeau"), Melville Ellis (as "Jules Bancourt"), Annie Esmond (as "Mrs. Cadwalder"), Howard Estabrook (as "Jack Cadwalder"), Maurice Farkoa (as "Francois Fychere"), Frank Furlong (as "A Sculptor"), Leavitt James (as "Benny"), Elsie Janis (as "Dot"), Albert Lamson Messenger Boy"), Lorayne Leslie (as "Chorus"), Irving Levy (as "Chorus"), Harry Lewis (as "Chorus"), Hazel Lewis (as "Chorus"), Francis D. McGinn (as "Dennis Gillicuddy"), Diane Oste (as "Dorothy Marsden"), Rodger Perry (as "Chorus"), Harry Pooley (as "Chorus"), Frank Rainger (as "Michael Breschnehan"), Eugene Revere (as "Bob Dunstan"), Vivian Rushmore (as "Joan"), Eleanor St. Clair (as "Chorus"), Albert Stuart (as "An Artist"), Reynolds Sweetland (as "A Poet"), David Todd (as "Ewing Francis"), Harry Ward (as "Chorus"). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1918) Stage Play: Girl o' Mine. Musical comedy. Book by Philip Bartholomae. Music by Frank Tours. Lyrics by Philip Bartholomae. Choreographed by Edward Hutchinson and Allan K. Foster. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Directed by Clifford Brooke and Edward P. Temple. Bijou Theatre: 28 Jan 1918- 9 Mar 1918 (48 performances). Cast: Charles Burrows (as "A Waiter"), Irving Carter (as "Ensemble"), Robert H. Casey (as "Ensemble"), Sylvia Cassell (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Curtis (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Dickson (as "Betty"), Frank Ervin (as "Ensemble"), Frank Fay (as "Jack")[Broadway debut], Barrett Greenwood (as "Charlie"), Virginia Gunther (as "Ensemble"), Edna Wallace Hopper (as "Lulu"), Leo Howe (as "Ensemble"), Carl Hyson (as "Toby"), Helen Lee (as "Mildred"), James Lounsbery (as "Duc de Bouvais"), Carlton Macy (as "Greene"), Joseph McCallion (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth Moffat (as "Ensemble"), Marie Nordstrom (as "Lily"), Carolyn Nunder (as "Ensemble"), Ernest Perrin (as "Chef de Gare, Maitre d'Hotel"), Kathleen Quain (as "Ensemble"), David Quixano (as "Teddy"), Kathryn Rahn (as "Ensemble"), Cynthia Randolph (as "Ensemble"), Stanley Rayburn (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Rollins (as "Ensemble"), Clarissa Stem (as "Ensemble"), Charlotte Stevenson (as "Ensemble"), Charlotte Wakefield (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Elisabeth Marbury. Produced in association with Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
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