- (1925 - 1939) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1925) Stage Play: Bridge of Distances. Drama. Written by Ella Scrysmour and John Scrysmour. Directed by Ullrich Haupt. Morosco Theatre: 28 Sep 1925- Oct 1925 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Barbara Allen (as "Lady Herryot"), Ray Collins (as "Captain Aylmer Herryot"), Polly Craig (as "Kwang-Mei"), Clarence Derwent (as "Earl Herryot"), Wheeler Dryden (as "Lieut. Rodney Mainwaring") [Broadway debut], Katherine Grey (as "The Princess Li Sang"), Ullrich Haupt (as "Li Wenk Lok"), Wallie Howe (as "Yee Kee"), William Janney (as "A Hotel Boy"), Mary Newcombe (as "Lady Susan Herryot"), Paul Wilson (as "Tang Ku, a Lama Priest"), Harold Winston (as "A Messenger from the Emperor"), Stephen Wright. Produced by International Playhouse.
- (1925) Stage Play: Morals. Written by Ludwig Thoma. Material adapted by Charles Recht. Directed by Dudley Digges. Comedy Theatre: 30 Nov 1925- Jan 1926 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Marion Allen, Joseph Allenton, Mischa Auer (as "An Officer" and "A Footman"), Henry Carvill, Elise Cavanna, Thomas Chalmers (as "Commissioner"), John Craig, Wheeler Dryden (as "Herr Hans Jacob Dobler"), Jennie A. Eustace, Millicent Grayson, Stanley Howlett, Alice John, Cecil Kern, Hermann Lieb, Edward Nicander, Edward Van Sloan (as "Herr Hauser"), Marian Warring-Manley. Produced by The Actors Theatre.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Great Adventure. Comedy (revival).
- (1928) Stage Play: Wings Over Europe. Written by Robert Nichols and Maurice Brown. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Martin Beck Theatre (moved to the Alvin Theatre on unknown date to close): 10 Dec 1929- unknown (90 performances). Cast: Lionel Bevans (as "St. Man"), Thomas Braidon (as "Cossington"), Hugh Buckler (as "Stapp"), Charles Carden (as "Taggert"), Frank Conroy (as "Arthur"), Wheeler Dryden (as "Plimsoll"), John Dunn (as "Sunningdale"), Frank Elliott (as "Dedham"), Charles Francis (as "Faulkiner"), George Graham (as "Pascoe"), Nicholas Joy (as "Haliburton"), A.P. Kaye (as "Rummel"), Joseph Kilgour (as "Grindle"), Alexander Kirkland (as "Lightfoot"), Ernest Lawford (as "Grantby"), Edward Lester (as "Hand"), Robert Rendel (as "Vere"), Gordon Richards (as "Dunn"), Grant Stewart (as "Blount"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1929) Stage Play: The Humbug. Drama. Written by Max Marcin. Directed by Max Marcin. Ambassador Theatre: 27 Nov 1929- Dec 1929 (13 performances). Cast: Jack Bennett, King Calder (as "Dr. Norman Ware"), Margaret Doty, Wheeler Dryden (as "Lawson Coombs"), Eleanor Griffith, John Halliday, Paul Harvey, Dorothy Lyons, John Lyons, Corinne Ross, P.R. Scammon, Myrtle Stanton, Kay Strozzi (as "Mrs. Valerie Loft"). Produced by Max Marcin.
- (1930) Stage Play: Oh, Professor! Comedy. Written by Edward W. Harris. Directed by Giuseppe Sterni and Wheeler Dryden. Belmont Theatre: 1 May 1930- May 1930 (closing date unknown/2 performances). Cast: Walter Cartwright (as "Prof. E.W. Clark"), Wheeler Dryden (as "Charles"), Knox Herold (as "Sam Pratzman"), Mary Kay (as "Rose"), William E. Lemuels (as "Joe Cummins"), Maida Reade (as "Isabel"), Frank Reyman (as "J.F. Merrill"), Giuseppe Sterni (as "Prof. Robert Garati"), Margery Swem (as "Frances"), Max Von Mitzel (as "Seth Rosen"). Produced by Edward W. Harris.
- (1934) Stage Play: Come of Age. Drama/fantasy. Written by Clemence Dane. Music by Richard Addinsell [earliest Broadway credit]. Lyrics by Clemence Dane. Musical Director: Macklin Morrow. Pianists: Morton Gould [earliest Broadway credit] and Bert Shefter. Scenic Design by James Reynolds. Directed by Clemence Dane. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 12 Jan 1934- 10 Feb 1934 (35 performances). Cast: Judith Anderson (as "Woman"), John W. Austin (as "Man") [Broadway debut], Jeremy Bowman (as "Friend of the Woman"), Judd Carrel (as "Friend of the Woman"), Wheeler Dryden (as "Friend of the Woman"), Mabel Gore (as "Friend of the Woman"), Stephen Haggard (as "Boy"), Edna James (as "Friend of the Woman"), Dorothy Johnson (as "Friend of the "Woman/Singer for the Woman"), Frederick Lewis (as "Shadow of Death") [final Broadway role], Clara Palmer (as "Friend of the Woman"), Muriel Rahn (as "An Entertainer"), Malcolm Soltan (as "Friend of the Woman"), Ralph Stuart (as "Friend of the Woman/Singer for the Boy"), Alice Swanson (as "Friend of the Woman"), Katherine Tracy (as "Friend of the Woman"), Virginia Volland (as "Friend of the Woman"), Harold Webster (as "Friend of the Woman"), Helen Wills (as "Friend of the Woman"). Produced by Delos Chappell.
- (1935) Stage Play: A Touch of Brimstone. Written by Leonora Kaghan and Anita Philips. Directed by Frank Craven. John Golden Theatre: 22 Sep 1935- Dec 1935 (closing date unknown/98 performances). Cast: Reed Brown, Jr., Bob Burton, Reginald Carrington, Hancey Castle, Jas. Dowd, Wheeler Dryden (as "Geoffrey Smythe"), Basil Hanbury, Ryder Keane, Malcolm Laing, Mary Philips, William Post, William Postance, Richard Sterling, Cora Witherspoon (as "Isabel Cobb"), Roland Young (as "Mark Faber"). Produced by John Golden.
- (1937) Stage Play: Frederika. Musical operetta.
- (1937) Stage Play: Three Waltzes. Musical romance. Book by Clare Kummer and Rowland Leigh. Based on the play by Paul Knepler and Armin Robinson. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Connie De Pinna. Dances Staged by Chester Hale. Directed by Hassard Short. Majestic Theatre: 25 Dec 1937- 9 Apr 1938 (122 performances). Cast: Michael Bartlett (as "Count Rudolph von Hohenbrunn/Count Otto von Hohenbrunn Rudolph's Son/Count Max von Hohenbrunn, Rudolph's Grandson"), Gladys Baxter (as "Marie Hiller [Alternate]/Charlotte Hiller, Marie Hiller's Daughter [Alternate]/Franzi Corot Hiller, Grand-daughter of Marie Hiller [Alternate]"), Kitty Carlisle (as "Marie Hiller/Charlotte Hiller, Marie Hiller's Daughter/Franzi Corot Hiller, Grand-daughter of Marie Hiller"), Glenn Anders (as "Karl Brenner"), Ann Andrews (as "Baroness Delaunay"), John Barker (as "Viscount Rene Duval"), Rosie Moran (as "Steffi Castelli, Lilli's Daughter"), Victor Morley (as "Baron Delaunay"), Marion Pierce (as "Marchesa del Campo"), Anita Arden (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Charles Arnt (as "Leopold von Hohenbrunn"), Phyllis Avery (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Milton Barnett (as "The Ballet Boys"), George Baxter (as "Field Marshall Count Maximilian von Hohenbrunn/Dr. Cavaneau/Sackville, a Film Director"), Marion Broske (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Ralph Bunker (as "Herr Beltramini/Author"), Boris Butleroff (as "The Ballet Boys"), Wanda Cochran (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Ted Daniels (as "Eight Men of Manhattan"), Richard D'Arcy (as "The Ballet Boys"), Dana Doran (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Wheeler Dryden (as "Herr Difflinger, a painter/Louis, a waiter at Maxime's/Musical Director"), Larry Douglas (as "Eight Men of Manhattan") [credited as Lipman Duckat], Joan Engel (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Truman Gaige (as "Conductor/Leo, an Actor"), Roger Gerry (as "Eight Men of Manhattan"), Ellen Gibb (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Gene Greenlaw (as "Eight Men of Manhattan"), Barry Gunn (as "The Ballet Boys"), Dorothy Hardy (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Alfred Kappeler (as "Herbert von Hohenbrunn/Manager/Cameraman"), Paula Kaye (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Walter Lewis (as "Eight Men of Manhattan"), Sylvia Liggett (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Ruth MacDonald (as "Lilli Castelli"), Ralph Magelssen (as "Andre Corot, a Baritone at the Theatre"), Michael Mann (as "The Ballet Boys"), Jayne Manners (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Earl McDonald (as "Felix von Hohenbrunn/Reporter/Trevor"), Alice McWhorter (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Len Mence (as "Sebastian/Counterman, at the Commissary"), Harry Mestayer (as "Egon von Hohenbrunn"), Dolly Miller (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), William Newgord (as "Orderly/Page Boy"), William Parker (as "Eight Men of Manhattan"), Jack Phillips (as "Eight Men of Manhattan"), Mischa Pompianov (as "The Ballet Boys"), David Preston (as "Gendarme/The Ballet Boys"), Frances Rands (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Fred Ratliffe (as "Eight Men of Manhattan"), Adele Rich (as "Barmaid/Miss Waring/Script Girl"), Lila Royce (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Diana Rutherford (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"), Ivy Scott (as "Kalliwoda"), Jean Sharp (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), June Sharpe (as "The Ballet Girls/The Can-Can Girls"), Fred Sherman (as "Freddie"), Louis Sorin (as "W. Wagstaff Wolf, of Hollywood"), Marguerita Sylva (as "Countess von Hohenbrunn"), Harold Taub (as "The Ballet Boys"), Kay York (as "Scandal Girls/The Ladies"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1938) Stage Play: Blossom Time. Musical comedy/operetta (revival). Written by Dr. A.M. Willner and Heinz Reichert. Book adapted by Dorothy Donnelly [posthumous credit]. Music by Franz Schubert. Music adapted by Sigmund Romberg. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Directed by Edward J. Scanlon. 46th Street Theatre: 26 Dec 1938- Jan 1939 (closing date unknown/19 performances). Cast: Alyce Chapelle (as "Emmy Danseuse"), Roy Cropper (as "Baron Franz Schober"), Betti Davis (as "Flower Girl"), 'Wheeler Dryden (as "Count Sharntoff") [final Broadway role], Marjorie Ford (as "Fritzi"), Ernest Goodhart (as "Erkmann"), Neville Landor (as "Kuepelweiser"), Charlotte Lansing (as "Bella Bruna"), Douglas Leavitt (as "Kranz"), Ruth Lockwood (as "Mrs. Coberg"), Everett Marshall (as "Schubert"), Mary McCoy (as "Mitzi"), Harry K. Morton (as "Novotny"), Burt Raeburn (as "Binder"), Allen Raymond (as "Vogel"), Zella Russell (as "Mrs. Kranz"), Joseph Toner (as "Von Schwind"), Virginia Vonne (as "Rose"), John Wheeler (as "Domeyer"), Gracie Worth (as "Kitzi"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
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