- (1905 - 1929) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1905) Stage Play: Moonshine. Musical. Book by Edwin Milton Royle and George V. Hobart. Music by Silvio Hein [earliest Broadway credit]. Lyrics by George V. Hobart and Edwin Milton Royle. Scenic Design by Frank E. Gates and Edward A. Morange. Costume Design by Eaves Costume Co. Choreographed by Gertrude Hoffman. Directed by Frederick Perry. Liberty Theatre (moved to the Majestic Theatre on 25 Dec 1905 to close): 30 Oct 1905-6 Jan 1906 (53 performances). Cast: Leona Anderson (as "Countess of Broadlawns"), Franklyn Ardell (as "Chorus") [Broadway debut], Roy Atwell (as "Lord Dumgarven"), Therese Baron (as "Chorus"), George Beban (as "Marcel Barbier"), Margaret Berrien (as "Chorus"), Ernestine Brady (as "Chorus"), Margaret Brooks (as "Chorus"), Marie Cahill (as "Molly Moonshine"), Whitlock Davis (as "Chorus"), Leslie Deane (as "Chorus"), Mabel Douglas (as "Chorus"), Alfred DuChemin (as "Chorus"), Frances Gordon (as "Lady Gweneth"), Sadie Harris (as "Sadie Short"), William Ingersoll (as "Plunger Dawson"), J. Ward Kett (as "Earl of Broadlawns"), James E. Ludwig (as "Chorus"), George Lyman (as "Chorus"), James Lyons (as "Chorus"), Edith MacBride (as "Chorus"), Anella Martin (as "Chorus"), Olga May (as "Chorus"), Louise McDonald (as "Chorus"), Lucille Monroe (as "Chorus"), Anna Mooney (as "Chorus"), Marion Mosby (as "Chorus"), Clara Palmer (as "Lola Charmion"), Frederick Paulding (as "Baron Hosaki"), H.R. Roberts (as "Terence O'Fogg"), Dore Rogers (as "Chorus"), Virginia Steinhart (as "Chorus"), Dick Temple (as "Hon. Lionel Longacre"), Harriet Van Buren (as "Chorus"), Marion Watts (as "Chorus"), Blanche West (as "Chorus"), William B. Wood (as "Chorus"), H. Guy Woodward (as "General Moroff"). Produced by Daniel V. Arthur.
- (1906) Stage Play: Marrying Mary. Musical. Music by Silvio Hein. Book by Edwin Milton Royle. Based on the play "My Wife's Husbands" by Edwin Milton Royle. Lyrics by Benjamin Hapgood Burt. Musical Director: Silvio Hein. Featuring songs by Chris Smith. Featuring songs with lyrics by Cecil Mack. Daly's Theatre: 27 Aug 1906- 6 Oct 1906 (43 performances). Cast: Franklyn Ardell (as "Eph"), Roy Atwell (as "Willie Drinkwater"), George Backus (as "Reverend Thorley Throcmorton"), Annie Buckley (as "Fleurette"), Marie Cahill (as "Mary Montgomery"), Frances Carruthers (as "Miss Keene"), William Courtleigh (as "Ormsby Kelpepper"), Eugene Cowles (as "Colonel Henry Clay Kulpepper"), Annabelle Gordon (as "Miss Smith"), Bessie Graham (as "Miss Brown"), Ben. F. Grennell (as "M. Archambeau"), William Herman (as "Head Waiter"), Jane Hewitt (as "Miss Morton"), Elizabeth King (as "Miss Wiley"), Sadie Long (as "Miss Verdon"), George Lyman (as "Bell-Boy"), Olga May (as "Miss Savage"), Anna Mooney (as "Miss Greene"), James A. Reid (as "Porter"), Elsie Shaw (as "Miss Longfront"), Ethel Shaw (as "Miss Arbuckle"), Mark Smith (as "Bishop Brigham Smudge"), Virginia Staunton (as "Kitty Kulpepper"), Virginia Steinhardt (as "Miss Longsince"), Blanche West (as "Miss Curley"), H. Guy Woodward (as "Senator David Bunchgrass"). Produced by Daniel V. Arthur.
- (1913) Stage Play: The Family Cupboard. Written by Owen Davis. Playhouse Theatre: 21 Aug 1913- Jun 1915 (closing date unknown/140 performances). Cast: Louise Aichel, Franklyn Ardell, Ruth Benson, Alice Brady, Wallace Erskine, Irene Fenwick, Frank Hatch, Barney Johnson, Alice Lindahl, William Morris, Harry Redding, Irene Romaine, Olive Harper Thorne, Forrest Winant, Douglas J. Wood. Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1915) Stage Play: Stolen Orders. Written by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton. Manhattan Opera House: 24 Sep 1915- Oct 1915 (closing date unknown/19 performances). Cast: Franklyn Ardell, Robert Ayrton, Flora Cocran, Connie Ediss, Walter D. Greene, Charles M. Hallard, John Halliday, Clarence Handyside, Galwey Herbert, Arthur Laceby, Gilda Leary, A. Loftus, Ivy Marshall, George McSweeny, Edward Morgan, Eva Randolph.
- (1915) Stage Play: Katinka.
- (1917) Stage Play: Here Comes the Bride.
- (1918) Stage Play: The Crowded Hour. Written by Edgar Selwyn and Channing Pollock. Selwyn Theatre: 22 Nov 1918- Mar 1919 (closing date unknown/139 performances). Cast: Franklyn Ardell, Andy Aubrey, John Black, Michelette Burani, Orme Caldara, Henry Call, Jane Cowl, Jules Epailly, Mabel Godding, Sidney Hall, George LeSoir, Christine Norman, Burni Prevost, Cyril Raymond, Rae Selwyn, Henry Stephenson, Edward Tierney. Produced by Selwyn & Co.Produced by Selwyn & Co. Note: Filmed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as The Crowded Hour (1925).
- (1919) Stage Play: The Lady in Red.
- (1919) Stage Play: First is Last. Comedy. Written by Samuel Shipman and Percival Wilde. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 17 Sep 1919- Nov 1919 (closing date unknown/62 performances). Cast: Franklyn Ardell (as "Lowell"), Elise Bartlett (as "Helen"), Kathleen Comegys (as "Ethel"), Richard Dix, Phoebe Foster (as "Madge"), James Kearney (as "Selby, A butler"), Mary Newcombe (as "Annabelle"), Edward G. Robinson (as "Steve"), Hassard Short (as "Doug"), Robert Strange. Produced by William Harris Jr..
- (1922) Stage Play: George White's Scandals. Musical revue.
- (1924) Stage Play: Sweet Little Devil.
- (1928) Stage Play: Cross My Heart. Musical comedy.
- (1929) Stage Play: She Got What She Wanted. Comedy/farce. Written by George Rosener. Directed by Edward Elsner. Wallack's Theatre: 4 Mar 1929- Jun 1929 (closing date unknown/120 performances). Cast: Franklyn Ardell (as "Eddie") [final Broadway role], Aubrey Beattie (as "Dugan"), Alan Brooks (as "Boris"), Galina Kopernak (as "Mahnya"), William Pike (as "Dave"). Produced by George E. Wintz and Edward Elsner.
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