- (1900 - 1942) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1900) Stage Play: The Storm. Drama. Written by Alexander Nikolaievitch Ostrovsky. Carnegie Lyceum: 2 Feb 1900 (1 performance). Cast: Gage Bennett, Samuel Claggett, Jeannette Connor, Kate Hassett, Stanley Jessup [Broadway debut], Florence Kahn, Frederick Lewis, William G. Romaine, Ethel Chase Sprague, Josephine Wyndham.
- (1900) Stage Play: King Henry V. Historical drama (revival).
- (1902) Stage Play: Life. Drama. Written by Anson Pond. Garden Theatre: 31 Mar 1902- Apr 1902 (closing date unknown/7 performances).
- (1903) Stage Play: Romeo and Juliet. Tragedy.
- (1903) Stage Play: Lord and Lady Algy. Comedy (revival). Written by R.C. Carton. Criterion Theatre: 14 Dec 1903- Dec 1903 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: John Armstrong, E.Y. Backus, Charles Bertram, Marian Childers, Albert Cowles [credited as Albert Cowels] (Broadway debut), William Faversham, Edwin Hale, Charles Harbury, Ira Hards, Maud Hosford, Stanley Jessup, Louis La Bey, Rose Le Moine, Percy Lyndal, H. Carlton Redding, Madelaine Rives, Madeline Rives, Mabel Roebuck, Hilda Spong, John C. Tremayne. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1904) Stage Play: The Two Orphans. Drama (revival).
- (1905) Stage Play: Monna Vanna. Written by Maurice Maeterlinck. Translated by John Severance. Manhattan Theatre: 23 Oct 1905- Dec 1905 (closing date unknown/50 performances). Cast: Stanley Jessup (as "Torello"), Henry Jewett (as "Prinzivalle"), Bertha Kalich (as "Giovanna, Monna Vanna"), Henry Kolker (as "Guido Colonna"), Joseph O'Meara (as "Borso"), Frederick Perry (as "Marco Colonna") Leonard Shepherd (as "Trivulzio"), Frank Lea Short (as "Vedio"). Produced by Harrison Grey Fiske. Note: Filmed by Bavaria Filmstudios [Germany] as Monna Vanna (1922).
- (1906) Stage Play: The Greater Love. Drama.
- (1907) Stage Play: From Across the Pond. Musical comedy.
- (1910) Stage Play: The Arcadians. Musical. Music by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot. Book by Mark Ambient and Alex Thompson. Lyrics by Arthur Wimperis. Additional lyrics by Lionel Monckton. Musical Director: Watty Hydes. Featuring songs with lyrics by Adrian Ross. Directed by Thomas Reynolds. Liberty Theatre (moved to The Knickerbocker Theatre from 16 May 1910- 2 Jul 1910, then moved to The Grand Opera House from 21 Nov 1910- close): 17 Jan 1910- Nov 1910 (closing date unknown/201 performances). Cast: Mollie Alexander (as "Chorus"), Josephine Angela (as "Chorus"), Vivian Blackburn (as "Lady Barclay"), Esther Brunette (as "Lucy Selwyn"), Beatrice Burrows (as "Chorus"), Ethel Cadman (as "Sombra"), Frances Ceratt (as "Chorus"), Viola Clark (as "Chorus"), Sam Collins (as "James Withers"), Tom Collins (as "Harry Desmond"), Mae D'Arcy (as "Chorus"), J. Gunnis Davis (as "Time "), Connie DeTournie (as "Chorus"), Grace Eddington (as "Marion"), Connie Ediss (as "Mrs. Smith"), Helen Edwards (as "Chorus"), Gerturde Fursman (as "Chorus"), Cherry Gildea (as "Chorus"), Lawrence Grant (as "Sir George Paddock"), Jane Hall (as "Amaryllis"), Josephine Howard (as "Beatrice"), Stanley Jessup (as "Astrophel"), Alfred Kappeler (as "Bobby"), Eithel Kelly (as "Lady Jim"), Elise Kimber (as "Chorus"), Percival Knight (as "Peter Doody"), Myrtle Lawton (as "Chorus"), Antoinette LeComte (as "Chorus"), Jeannette Lewis (as "Chorus"), Mollie Lorraine (as "Chorus"), E.H. Lyle (as "Sir Timothy Ryan"), Audrey Maple (as "Chrysea"), Ruth Mason (as "Chorus"), Harry H. Meyer (as "Strephon"), H.H. Meyer (as "Reggie"), Marion Mosby (as "Daphne"), Frank Moulan (as "James Smith/Simplicitas"), Alan Mudie (as "Jack Meadows"), Millie Murray (as "Chorus"), Bessie Nelligan (as "Chorus"), John O'Hanlon (as "Damoetas"), Carol Oty (as "Chorus"), Muriel Parker (as "Chorus"), Lucile Parsons (as "Chorus"), John Paulton (as "Percy Marsh"), Eleanor Pendleton (as "The Hon. Maud Barclay"), Mary Pendleton (as "Chorus"), Alice Randolph (as "Chorus"), Julia Sanderson (as "Eileen Cavanaugh"), Jeanette Singer (as "Chorus"), Dixie Tabor (as "Chorus"), Ethel Vivian (as "Chorus"), Irene Von Muller (as "Chorus"), Helen Wheeler (as "Chorus"), Leslie Zannere (as "Chorus"). Produced by Charles Frohman. Note: Filmed as The Arcadians (1927) by Gaumont (UK Production).
- (1913) Stage Play: Potash and Perlmutter. Written by Montague Glass [earliest Broadway credit] and Charles Klein. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 16 Aug 1913- Sep 1915 (closing date unknown/441 performances). Cast: Barney Bernard (as "Abe Potash"), Alexander Carr (as "Mawruss Perlmutter"), Marguerite Anderson (as "Irma"), Fred Carter, Leo Donnelly, Louise Dresser (as "Ruth Snyder"), Grace Fielding, Edward Gillespie, Stanley Jessup, Joseph Kilgour (as "Feldman"), Lee Kohlmar, Dorothy Landers, Gertrude Millington, Albert Parker (as "Boris Andrieff") [final Broadway role], Arthur J. Pickens, Russell Pincus, Dore Rogers. Produced by A.H. Woods. Notes: (1) One of the biggest hits on Broadway prior to WWI (2) Filmed by Goldwyn Pictures Corp. [distributed by Associated First National Pictures] as Potash and Perlmutter (1923).
- (1917) Stage Play: One of Us. Written by Jack Lait and Jo Swerling. Bijou Theatre: 9 Sep 1918- Sep 1918 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Arthur Ashley, William Balfour, Ruth Donnelly. Charles Gotthold, Mrs. Edmund Gurney, Harry Hart, Isabella Jason, Stanley Jessup, Frank Livingston, Bertha Mann, Helene Montrose, Frank Raymond, Murray Stevens, Millard Vincent. Produced by Oliver Morosco.
- (1918) Stage Play: The Gentile Wife. Written by Rita Weiman. Vanderbilt Theatre: 24 Dec 1918- Jan 1919 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Mrs. A. Asheroff, Frank Conroy, Virginia Curtis, Amy Dennis, Vera Gordon, Charles Hammond, Stanley Jessup, Litta Mabie, Eleanor Montell, David Powell, Emily Stevens, William H. Thompson. Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1919) Stage Play: His Honor: Abe Potash. Comedy. Written by Montague Glass and Jules Eckert Goodman. Bijou Theatre: 14 Oct 1919- Apr 1920 (closing date unknown/215 performances). Cast: George Barnum (as "Henry Gooding"), Barney Bernard (as "Abe Potash"), Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Rosie Potash"), Robert Cummings (as "Robert Stafford"), Lucille English (as "Irma Potash"), Ted W. Gibson (as "Harry Potash"), Stanley Jessup (as "Rothwell"), Frank J. Kirke (as "Evans"), Kalman Matus (as "Riggs"), Bertram Miller (as "Crawford"), Edwin Mordant (as "Henry Block"), James Spottswood (as "George Block"), William Vaughn (as "Detective Baker"), Harold Vosburgh (as "Mr. Brady"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1921) Stage Play: Two Little Girls in Blue. Musical comedy. Music by Paul Lannin and Vincent Youmans. Lyrics by Arthur Francis. Book by Fred Jackson. Musical Director: Charles Previn. Music orchestrated by Stephen Jones and Paul Lannin. Directed by Ned Wayburn. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 3 May 1921- 27 Aug 1921 (135 performances). Cast: Patricia Clarke, Daisy Daniels, Edith Decker, Carolyn Erwin, Madeleine Fairbanks, Marion Fairbanks, Helen Gates, Etienne Girardot (as "Dudley La Fleur"), Ellwood Gray, Frank Hall, Fred Hall, Otis Harper, Dorothy Harrison, Kay Harrison, Vanda Hoff, Olin Howland, Jacquelyn Hunter, Emma Janvier, Stanley Jessup (as "Captain Morrow"), Julie Kelety, Edith Kessler, Evelyn Law, Muriel Lodge, Leonora Lukens, George Mack, Gayle Mays, Beulah McFarland, Margery Morrison, Paul Porter, Jobyna Ralston (as "Ensemble") [only Broadway appearance], Fred Rogers, Fred Santley (as "Jerry Lloyd"), Oscar Shaw (as "Robert Barker"), Rosemary Sill, Taylor, Harold Thompson, Jack Tomson, Tommy Tomson, Peggy Underwood, Fay West. Produced by Abraham L. Erlanger.
- (1922) Stage Play: Madame Pierre. Comedy. Adapted from the French of 'Eugene Brieux'. Book adapted by Arthur Hornblow Jr.. Directed by Robert Milton. Ritz Theatre: 15 Feb 1922- Mar 1922 (closing date unknown/37 performances). Cast: Marsh Allen (as "Ferdinand Brochot"), Evelyn Carter Carrington (as "Mme. Bodier"), Stanley Jessup (as "A Boatman"), Alice John (as "Phrasie"), Fuller Mellish (as "Bodier"), Estelle Winwood (as "Charlotte"), Marjorie Wood (as "Isabelle"), Cecil Yapp (as "Henri Limouzin"), Roland Young (as "Pierre Cottrel"). Produced by William Harris Jr.
- (1922) Stage Play: Shore Leave. Comedy.
- (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") [Broadway debut], Fleming Ward (as "George Wayne"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1924) Stage Play: Bluffing Bluffers. Comedy.
- (1925) Stage Play: Starlight. Comedy.
- (1925) Stage Play: Cradle Snatchers. Comedy/Farce. Written by Norma Mitchell and Russell G. Medcraft. Scenic Design by Clark Robinson. Directed by Sam Forrest. Music Box Theatre: 7 Sep 1925- Jun 1925 (closing date unknown/332 performances). Cast: Mary Boland (as "Susan Martin"), Willard Barton (as "Roy Ladd"), Humphrey Bogart (as "Jose Vallejo"), Moon Carroll (as "Jackie"), Margaret Dale (as "Kitty Ladd"), Gene Raymond (credited as Raymond Guion] (as "Oscar Nordholm"), Raymond Hackett (as "Henry Winton"), Myra Hampton (as "Elinor"), Stanley Jessup (as "Howard Drake"), Mary Loane (as "Anne Hall"), Margaret Moreland (as "Maid"), Mary Murray (as "Francine"), Edna May Oliver (as "Ethel Drake"), Cecil Owen (as "George Martin"), Gerald Phillips (as "Paul"). Produced by Sam Harris. Produced by arrangement with Hassard Short.
- (1926) Stage Play: Sandalwood. Drama. Written by Owen Davis and Fulton Oursler. Directed by Robert Milton. Gaiety Theatre: 22 Sep 1926- Oct 1926 (closing date unknown/39 performances). Cast: Marion Ballou, Joseph Brennan, Eva Condon, William Harrigan, Stanley Jessup (as "Joe Spindell"), Gilda Leary, Pauline Lord, Mabel Montgomery, James Seeley, Robert Strange, Douglas Wood. Produced by Robert Milton.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Love Call. Musical. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Book by Edward Locke and Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Based on the play "Arizona" by Augustus Thomas. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Musical Staging by Earl Lindsay. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Ernest Schrapps and Charles LeMaire. Directed by J.C. Huffman and Lew Morton. Majestic Theatre: 24 Oct 1927- 7 Jan 1928 (88 performances). Cast: Margaret Alexander (as "Ensemble"), William Balfour (as "White Horse"), John Barker (as "Lieutenant Denton"), Roberta Beatty (as "Estrella-Canby-Bonham"), Leonard Berry (as "Ensemble"), Shep Camp (as "Slim Carter"), William T. Carleton (as "Colonel Bonham") [final Broadway role], Violet Carlson (as "Miss McCullagh"), Yolanda Casazza (as "Fietsa Dancer"), Margaret Clark (as "Ensemble"), Violet Code (as "Ensemble"), Kitty Coleman (as "Ensemble"), Henry Corsell (as "Ensemble"), Gerry Dean (as "Ensemble"), Berna Deane (as "Bonita Canby"), Vera Deane (as "Ensemble"), Carmen DeBois (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy DeLukas (as "Ensemble"), Helen Detrich (as "Ensemble"), Evan Doctoroff (as "Ensemble"), Marion Dollbeare (as "Ensemble"), Dick Doober (as "Ensemble"), Agatha Dowd (as "Ensemble"), Ed Drake (as "Ensemble"), Elina DuVal (as "Ensemble"), Jane Egbert (as "Lena Keller"), Richard Ellis (as "Ensemble"), Frank Erwin (as "Joe/Ensemble"), Harry Erwin (as "Ensemble"), Alice Fischer (as "Mrs. Canby "), Al Fontain (as "Ensemble"), Ann Gilbert (as "Ensemble"), Isadore Gladston (as "Ensemble"), Eddy Green (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Hansel (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Harvey (as "Ensemble"), Jean Haven (as "Ensemble"), Jack Jendrek (as "Ensemble"), William Jennings (as "Ensemble"), Stanley Jessup (as "Black Hawk"), Frederick Kaufman (as "Red Crow"), Kathlyn Kerrigan (as "Ensemble"), Robert Kienast (as "Ensemble"), Frank King (as "Manuel "), John L. King (as "Tim/Ensemble"), Nick Krissuk (as "Ensemble"), Bradley F. Lane (as "Mike/Ensemble"), Frank Lane (as "Ensemble"), Charles Lawrence (as "Doctor Fenlon"), Richard Lee (as "Sergeant Keller"), Barry Lupino (as "Reginald Pargester"), Joseph Macauley (as "Tony Mustano"), William Magill (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Mausier (as "Ensemble"), Vivian McGill (as "Ensemble"), Charles McGrath (as "Ensemble"), Carlos Mejia (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Merer (as "Ensemble"), John Muccio (as "Ensemble"), Jeannette O'Connor (as "Ensemble"), Peggy O'Connor (as "Ensemble"), Claudia Papineau (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Poirier (as "Ensemble"), Nadine Prescott (as "Ensemble"), Frank Quigley (as "Ensemble"), Jack Ribaude (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Richmond (as "Ensemble"), Lee Roltman (as "Ensemble"), Nina Romano (as "Ensemble"), Louis Rottman (as "Ensemble"), John Rutherford (as "Captain Hodgman"), Guinevere Sandy (as "Ensemble"), Bart Shilling (as "Ensemble"), Peggy E. South (as "Ensemble"), Ellen Sparks (as "Ensemble"), Emil Stetz (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Szabo (as "Ensemble"), Annette Taylor (as "Ensemble"), W.L. Thorne (as "Henry Canby"), Clare Toy (as "Ensemble"), Florence Tynor (as "Ensemble"), Ruby Udell (as "Ensemble"), Frank Veloz (as "Fietsa Dancer"), Lawrence Watts (as "Ensemble"), John Weeple (as "Ensemble"), Emily Wentz (as "Ensemble"), Princess Wynneman (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with L. Lawrence Weber.
- (1930) Stage Play: Nina Rosa. Musical comedy.
- (1934) Stage Play: Ode to Liberty. Comedy. Written by Sidney Howard, from a novel by Michel Duran. Directed by Sidney Howard. Lyceum Theatre: 21 Dec 1934- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/67 performances). Cast: Ina Claire, Hal K. Dawson, Allen Fagan, Colin Hunter, Stanley Jessup, Nicholas Joy (as "Barnaud"), Paul McGrath, Walter Slezak, Katherine Stewart. Produced by Gilbert Miller.
- (1936) Stage Play: Ten Million Ghosts. Drama. Written by Sidney Kingsley. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Directed by Sidney S. Kingsley. St. James Theatre: 23 Oct 1936- Nov 1936 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast: Lester Alden (as "Balkan/Waiter"), Dave Arthur (as "Spewack"), Carroll Ashburn (as "General Louvet"), Lee Baker (as "Francois de Kruif"), Peter Barry (as "Telegraph Boy"), Felton Bickley (as "Armed Guard/Bonnard"), Philip Bourneuf (as "Lessay"), Charles Bowden (as "Messenger Boy"), George Coulouris (as "Zacharey"), Stuart Ferguson (as "Soldier"), Martin Gabel (as "Peter"), Myles Geoffrey (as "Louis/Aide to Louvet"), John Harding (as "Orderly"), Ray Harper (as "Gabry"), Alfred Hesse (as "Muller"), Otto Hulett (as "Ryan"), Stanley Jessup (as "Shore"), George Justin (as "Messenger Boy"), David Leight (as "French Worker/Butler"), Bernard Lenrow (as "Red Cross Sergeant"), David Merrill (as "Thomas"), Dodson Mitchell (as "Otto von Kruif"), Meg Mundy (as "Secretary"), Barbara O'Neil (as "Madeleine"), C. Russell Sage (as "General Dumont/Jones"), James Sidney (as "Anderson"), Joseph Singer (as "German Worker"), Howard Solness (as "Foreman"), Kurt Stall (as "Intelligence Officer"), John Walker (as "Dr. La Marr/Roberts"), Orson Welles (as "Andre"), Robert X. Williams (as "Schmidt"). Produced by Sidney Kingsley.
- (1937) Stage Play: Call Me Ziggy. Farce.
- (1939) Stage Play: Sea Dogs.
- (1941) Stage Play: Mr. and Mrs. North. Written by Owen Davis, from the stories by Frances Lockridge and Richard Lockridge. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Alfred De Liagre Jr. Belasco Theatre: 12 Jan 1941- 31 May 1941 (163 performances). Cast: Wylie Adams, William Barry, Carter Blake, Peggy Conklin (as "Mrs. North"), Horace Cooper (as "Fuller Brush Man"), Owen Davis Jr., Gordon Duff, Harold Grau, Albert Hackett (as "Mr. North"), Don Haggerty, Stanley Jessup (as "Inspector O'Malley"), Catherine Lawrence, Lex Lindsay, Joan Marlowe, Lewis Martin, Millard Mitchell (as "Detective Mullins"), Philip Ober, Tito Vuolo, Fank Wilcox, Barbara Woodell. Produced by Alfred De Liagre Jr.
- (1941) Stage Play: Candle in the Wind. Drama. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Miss Hayes' clothes designed and executed by Valentina. Production Supervisor: Maxwell Anderson. Directed by Alfred Lunt. Shubert Theatre: 22 Oct 1941- 10 Jan 1942 (95 performances). Cast: Helen Hayes (as "Madeline Guest"), George Andre, Louis Borell, Michelette Burani, Brian Connaught, Bruce Fernald, Mario Gang, Nell Harrison (as "Mercy"), Robert Harrison, Ferdi Hoffman, Stanley Jessup (as "M. Fleury"), Knud Kreuger, Lotte Lenya, Benedict MacQuarrie, William Malten, Harro Meller, Guy Moneypenny, Leona Roberts (as "Charlotte"), Tonio Selwart, Evelyn Varden, John Wengraf (as "Col. Erfurt") [Broadway debut], Philip White, Joseph Wiseman (as "Corporal Mueller"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard, Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors).
- (1942) Stage Play: Count Me In. Musical revue. Music by Ann Ronell. Based on material by Walter Kerr and Leo Brady. Lyrics by Ann Ronell. Music orchestration by Russell Bennett. Special orchestral arrangements by Hans Spialek and Don Walker. Vocal arrangements by Buck Warnick. Choreographed music by Will Irwin. Directed by Robert Ross. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 8 Oct 1942- 21 Nov 1942 (61 performances). Cast: Charles Butterworth (as "Papa"), Luella Gear (as "Mama"), Leonard Adriance, Jean Arthur (as "Jean" and "Dancing Girl"), Carolyn Ayers, Jim Barron, Robert Bay, Mary Alice Bigham, Whit Bissell (as "First Draftee"), Richard Brasno, Vincent Carbone, Gower Champion (as "Teddy Roosevelt Brandywine"), Willis Claire, Julie Colt, Kay Coulter, Danny Daniels, Jean Darling, Alice Dudley, Lew Eckles (as "F.B.I. Man"), Luella Gear, Johanna Gillman, Dorothy Griffin, Victor Griffin, Mary Healy, Stanley Jessup (as "F.B.I. Man") [final Broadway role], Charles Julian, Agnes Kane, Cornelia Kilbourn, June Kim, Cookey Kley, Jack Lambert, Alfred Latell, Hal Le Roy (as "Alvin York Brandywine" and "Dancer"), Kay Lewis, Claire Loring, Bubbles Mandl, Joe E. Marks, Melissa Mason, John McCauley, Dolores Milan, Janie New, Olga Novosel, William O'Shay, Jeanette Owens, Gibbs Penrose, June Preisser, (as "Tommy" and "Dancer"), Don Richards, Jack Riley, Harry Rogue, Betsy Ross, Dixie Ross, Vicki Ross, Elizabeth Ryan, Margaret Ryan, William Sharon, Robert Shaw, Nina Starkey, Marian Sumetz, Alice Tyrell, Joe Viggiano, Milton Watson, Pat Weakley, Don Weissmuller, Marie Wilson, Willard Woolsey. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert, Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Richard W. Krakauer and W. Horace Schmidlapp. Production supervised by Harry Kaufman.
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