- (1960) Unsold pilot: Starred in a pilot for a sitcom for Paramount called "Hometown", in which he played a high school gym teacher and father to four rambunctious daughters.
- (1961) Unsold pilot: Starred in a sitcom pilot for CBS called "Daddy O", playing a handyman who, after being discovered by a producer, suddenly must cope with the newfound fame that comes with TV stardom.
- (1954-55) President, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
- (1938) Stage Play: Where Do We Go From Here? Written by William Bowers. Scenic Design by Hugh Willoughby. Directed by Anatol Winogradoff. Vanderbilt Theatre: 15 Nov 1938- Nov 1938 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Cathie Bailey (as "Carole Lester"), Stanley Becker (as "Tex"), Richard S. Bishop (as "Bailiff"), George M. Carleton (as "Doc Saunders"), Don DeFore (as "Rennie") [Broadway debut], Will Dean (as "Einie"), Gilbert Fates (as "Ken"), James Fuller (as "Frank"), Edmund Glover (as "Perc"), Paul Hammond (as "Joe King"), Ralph Holmes (as "Nels"), John James (as "Jones"), John Laird (as "Blackie"), Theodore Leavitt (as "Harry Harris"), Hugh Martin (as "Phil"), Charles Mendick (as "Ted Miller"), Michael Owen (as "Jack Hanley"), Ed. Sabol (as "Butch"), James Truex (as "Bill"). Produced by Oscar Hammerstein II and Dwight Taylor.
- (2/66) Stage: Appeared in "Born Yesterday" at Melodyland Theatre, Anaheim, CA, with Pamela Britton.
- (9/67) Stage: Appeared in "Generation" at Pheasant Run Playhouse, St. Charles, IL, with Penny DeFore (his daughter).
- (10/15/66) "Reagan Team Bar-B-Que", broadcast live from the Reagan ranch and broadcast on KNXT-TV Channel 2, a campaign rally to elect Ronald Reagan Governor of California.
- (1951) Stage: Appeared (as "Clark Redfield" / "Mexican") in "Dream Girl" on Broadway. Comedy (revival). Written b Elmer Rice. Scenic Design by Eldon Elder. Costume Design by Emeline C. Roche. Music by William Brooks. Directed by 'Morton Da Costa'. City Center: 9 May 1951-20 May 1951 (15 performances). Cast: Joseph Dooley (as "Other Mexican" / "Chauffeur"), Arny Freeman (as "Other Mexican" / "Luigi"), Judy Holliday (as "Georgina Allerton"), Walter Klavun (as "Jim Lucas"), William LeMassena (as "Radio Announcer" / "District Attorney" / "Headwaiter"), William A. Lee (as "Dr. J. Gilmore Percival" / "George Allerton" / "Obstetrician" / "Judge" / "Theatre Manager" / "Justice of the Peace Billings"), Sarah Marshall (as "Usher"), Adrienne Moore (as "Miss Delehanty"), Edmon Ryan (as "George Hand"), Ann Shoemaker (as "Lucy Allerton" / "Nurse"), J. English Smith (as "Policeman" / "Waiter"), Donald Symington (as "Bert" / "Doctor" / "Antonio"), Sylvia Syms (as "Stout Woman"), Theodore Tenley (as "Salarino" / "Waiter"), Mary Welch (as "Claire Blakeley"), Marian Winters (as "Miriam Allerton Lucas" / "Arabella"). Produced by New York City Theatre Company.
- (1940) Stage: Appeared (as "Wally Myers") in "The Male Animal" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent (also in cast as "Tommy Turner"). Directed / produced by Herman Shumlin. Cort Theatre: 9 Jan 1940-3 Aug 1940 (243 performances). Cast: Leon Ames (as "Joe Ferguson"), Richard Beckhard, John Boruff (as "Newspaper Reporter"), Matt Briggs, Ruth Matteson, Minna Phillips (as "Mrs. Blanche Damon"), Amanda Randolph, Robert Scott, Ivan Simpson, Gene Tierney (as "Patricia Stanley"), Regina Wallace.
- (1939) Stage Play: Steel. Drama. Written by Harold Igo. Directed by Ad Karns. Provincetown Playhouse: 19 Dec 1939- 30 Dec 1939 (9 performances). Cast: Richard Cahill (as "O'Toole/First Shoveler/Bill the Riveter"), Donald Campbell (as "Third Shoveler"), Don DeFore (as "Hunky"), Evelyn Evers (as "Second Neighbor"), Edward Fitzpatrick (as "Mike Shine"), Allan Frank (as "Pete/Guard"), Oma Hagar (as "First Neighbor"), Priscilla Jamison (as "Marya"), Helen Kanapielka (as "Third Neighbor"), Ad Karns (as "Shorty"), Will Kuluva (as "Butch Mullins"), Arthur Lithgow (as "Davies"), John Manners (as "Second Shoveler"), Jay Putney (as "Pit Boss"), Paul H. Rohmann (as "Stan"), Vito Scotti (as "Joe") [final Broadway role], Kenneth Cooper (as "Sloan Yanez"), Bertha Van Zee (as "Fourth Neighbor"), Allan Vaughan (as "Boy"), Paul Weaver (as "Foreman/Old Peter"). Produced by The Producers Theatre (Robert Whitehead, Louis A. Lotito, Robert W. Dowling and Roger L. Stevens).
- (1964) Print ad: RCA Color TV's with Hazel (1961) costar Shirley Booth.
- TV commercial: Oldsmobile.
- (1/7/46) Radio: Appeared in a "Lux Radio Theater" broadcast of "You Came Along".
- (1963) He acted in Steve Fisher and Alex Gottlieb's play, "Susan Slept Here," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Sandra Church in the cast.
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