- (1901 - 1935) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1901) Stage Play: The Lash of a Whip/The Shades of Night. Lyceum Theatre: 25 Feb 1901- Apr 1901 (closing date unknown/40 performances). The Shades of Night: Fantasy. Written by Captain R. Marshall. Cast: Arnold Daly, Elsie de Wolfe, Grace Elliston, E.M. Holland. The Lash of a Whip: Farce. Written by Maurice Hennequin and Georges Duval. Directed by Joseph Humphreys. Cast: Roy Atwell [Broadway debut], Nellie Butler, Marie Derickson, Maggie Holloway Fischer, Katherine Florence, E.M. Holland, James Kearney, May Lambert, Fritz Williams, Jay Wilson. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1901) Stage Play: The Shades of Night/On and Off. Lyceum Theatre: 1 Apr 1901- Apr 1901 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Note: Originally paired with "The Lash of a Whip" (play replaced by "On and Off" on 1 Apr 1901). Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1905) Stage Play: Moonshine. Musical. Based on material by Edwin Milton Royle. 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 included: Roy Atwell (as "Lord Dumgarven"), Marie Cahill.
- (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.
- (1908) Stage Play: The Mimic World. Musical revue. Music by Ben M. Jerome and Seymour Furth. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edward Madden and Addison Burkhardt. Featuring "Mary Carey" by Benjamin Hapgood Burt and John B. Lovitz. Music for "When Johnny Comes March Home (From College) Again" and "Rag Man, Music Man" by Louis A. Hirsch. Music for "My Lady Wine" by Carl Rehman. Orchestra under the direction of Oscar Radin. Scenic Design by H. Robert Law and Arthur Voegtlin. Costume Design by William H. Matthews, Mme. Freisinger and Mme. Ripley. Musical numbers conceived and executed by Ned Wayburn. Directed by James C. Huffman. Casino Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House on 29 Sep 1908- close): 9 Jul 1908- 3 Oct 1908 (100 performances). Cast: Roy Atwell (as "Lord Dundreary, a ghost from the humorous past"), Irene Bentley, William Bonelli, Vernon Castle (as "Mrs. Guilford, a society leader"), Harry Corson Clark, Lotta Faust, Seymour Felix (as "George Cohan, a pop-up clip-up"), Charles King, Walter Lawrence, Dave Lewis, George W. Monroe, Grace Tyson, Theresa Bercien, Doris Cameron, Gladys Claire, Sam Collins, Marjorie Cortland, Dorothy Davidson, Miss V. Earl, Etta Franklin, Lottie Franklin, Louis Franklin, Miss P. Franklin, Bert French (as "Henri Montmarty"), Elizabeth Gardner, Ada Gordon, Jack Gordon, Lillian Graham, Joe Hadley, Marian Hartman, Mazie King, Nellie King, Jack Laughlin, Hattie Lorraine, Frank Mayne (as "Richard Thief, a worthy gentleman"), Arthur McWaters, Gladys Moore (as "Salome/American Daisy"), William Moore, George C. Pierce, Miss H. Pillard, Grace Shannon, Charles Sharp, Sam Sidman, Bessie Stevens, Frank Thomas, Grace Van Studdiford, Bert Von Klein, Will West, Ellen Worth. Produced by Sam Shubert, Lee Shubert and Lew Fields.
- (1908) Stage Play: Mlle. Mischief. Musical operetta. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Musical numbers directed by Ned Wayburn. Lyric Theatre (moved to the Casino Theatre on 30 Nov 1908- close): 28 Sep 1908- 19 Dec 1908 (98 performances). Cast: Roy Atwell (as "Freddy Meline"), William T. Carleton (as "Lieutenant Berner"), Alexander Clark (as "Meline"), Robert Dempster (as "Andre Claire, an artist"), Ada Henry (as "Mrs. Meline"), Josie Intropodi (as "Susanne, Andre's aunt"), William Arnold (as "Paul, an art student"), Elizabeth Brice (as "Lola"), Robert Broderick (as "Colonel Romber"), Gertrude Darrell (as "Mimi"), Frank Farrington (as "Sergeant Dubaer"), Oliver Follansbee (as "Gaston, a cadet"), Lulu Glaser (as "Rosette"), J. Ryder Glyn (as "Victor"), Mark Harrison (as "Policeman"), Ethel Intropidi (as "Charlotte"), Jean Newcombe (as "Lucie, Romber's wife"). Produced by the Shubert Organization.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Only Son. Written by Winchell Smith. Gaiety Theatre: 16 Oct 1911- Nov 1911 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Alice Andres, Roy Atwell, Camilla Crume, Wallace Eddinger, Claude Gillingwater, Charles Goodrich, Elmer Grandin, Leslie Grandin, Leslie Kenyon, Vivian Martin, Alice Putnam, Louise Randolph, William Stone, Ethel Grey Terry, Ida Waterman, Olive Wyndham. Produced by Cohan & Harris.
- (1912) Stage Play: The Firefly. Musical comedy/opera. Book by Otto A. Harbach (also lyrics). Music by Rudolf Friml [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Frederick G. Latham. Lyric Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre on 30 Dec 1912 to close): 2 Dec 1912- 15 Mar 1913 (120 performances). Cast: Roy Atwell (as "Jenkins"). Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.
- (1914) Stage Play: The Laughing Husband. Musical comedy. Book by Arthur Wimperis. Music by Edmund Eysler. Lyrics by Arthur Wimperis. From the German 'Der lachende ebemann' by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. Featuring songs by Pedro de Zulueta. Musical Director: Gustave Selzer. Directed by Edward Royce. Knickerbocker Theatre: 2 Feb 1914- 14 Mar 1914 (46 performances). Cast: Roy Atwell (as "Lutz Nachtigall"), Nigel Barry, Betty Callish, Frances Demarest, Leonard Feiner, Venita Fitzhugh, Josie Intropodi, Bert B. Melville, John Daly Murphy, William Norris, Irene Palmer, Courtice Pounds, Fred Walton, Gustave Werner. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1915) Stage Play: Alone at Last. Book adapted by Edgar Smith and Joseph Herbert. Music by Franz Lehár. Lyrics by Edgar Smith and Joseph Herbert. Based on an original Viennese book 'Endlicht Allein' by Robert Bodansky and Dr. A.M. Willner. Additional music by Gaetano Merola and Silvio Hein. Additional lyrics by Matthew Woodward, Roy Atwell and Benjamin Hapgood Burt. Musical Director: Gaetano Merola. Choreographed by Allan K. Foster. Directed by J.H. Benrimo. Shubert Theatre: 19 Oct 1915- 18 Mar 1916 (180 performances. Cast: Roy Atwell (as "Count Willigard"), Mabel Blake (as "Chorus"), Marie Blucher (as "Chorus"), Olga Britton (as "Chorus"), Mildred Bronell (as "Mrs. Jeffry/Chorus"), Ernest Brunniviora (as "Chorus"), Adele Christy (as "Chorus"), Jose Collins (as "Tilly Dachau") [final Broadway role], Harry Conor (as "Count Max Splenningen"), Walter Croft (as "Rudiman/Chorus"), Eleanor Dayne (as "Chorus"), Clara DeBeers (as "Chorus"), Ann Delmore (as "Chorus"), Tracy Elbert (as "Chorus"), Eugene Elliott (as "Chorus"), Harold Everts (as "von Flamberg/Chorus"), Rudolph Fink (as "Chorus"), Maud Florenz (as "Chorus"), Miriam Folger (as "Chorus"), Maurice Gardener (as "Chorus"), Blanche Georgi (as "Chorus"), James Georgi (as "A Waiter"), Mazie Gilmore (as "Chorus"), Helen Glenmore (as "Chorus"), Elizabeth Goodall (as "Mrs. Phoebe Cloverdale"), Charles Guidion (as "Professor Dinglebender"), Gursham Hall (as "Chorus"), Gene Hamilton (as "Chorus/Bondi"), Lillian Horn (as "Chorus"), Virginia Lee (as "Chorus"), Beth Lydy (as "Dolly Cloverdale [Alternate]"), Mazie Lyon (as "Chorus"), Vivian Macdonell (as "Chorus"), Marie Mann (as "Chorus"), Lucy Maurelli (as "Chorus"), Helen Mesereau (as "Chorus"), Edward Mulcahy (as "Hans Ketterer"), Marguerite Namara (as "Dolly Cloverdale"), Lili Patay (as "Chorus"), Helen Ray (as "Chorus"), Harry Rose (as "Chorus"), Eleanor Ryley (as "Chorus"), Barbara Schaefer (as "Yvonne Everett"), Henry Schiff (as "Chorus"), Julius Schwartz (as "Chorus"), Frank Sheppard (as "Chorus"), Gladys Siddons (as "Chorus"), Lillie Simpson (as "Chorus"), Sol Singlust (as "Chorus/A Waiter"), Frank Sparling (as "A Guide/Chorus"), Mildred Stokes (as "Chorus"), Alice Stratton (as "Chorus Ethel Stuart (as "Chorus"), John Charles Thomas (as "Baron Franz von Hansen"), S. Paul Vernon (as "Morel/Head Porter"), Margarite Vingut (as "Chorus"), George Vogner (as "von Mannheim"), George Wagner (as "Chorus"), William Warren (as "Chorus"), Constance Werner (as "Chorus"), Vivian White (as "Chorus"), Robert Whitehouse (as "Chorus"), Harold Wright (as "Hotel Porter/Chorus"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1916) Stage Play: Fast and Grow Fat. Written by George Broadhurst. From the story "Five Fridays" by Frank Adams. Directed by T. Daniel Frawley and George Broadhurst. Globe Theatre: 1 Sep 1916- Sep 1916 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast: Roy Atwell, Frank Deshon, Nellie Fillmore, Myles McCarthy, Frank McIntyre, Aileen Poe [Broadway debut], Vivian Rushmore, Zelda Sears, Howard Sinclair, Marion Vantine, John Wessell. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham and George Broadhurst.
- (1917) Stage Play: Here Comes the Bride. Written by Roy Atwell and Max Marcin. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 25 Sep 1917- Nov 1917 (closing date unknown/63 performances). Cast: Franklyn Ardell, Mildreth Booth, Maude Eburne, Walter Fenner, William Holden, Keith Hitchcock [credited as Kenneth Keith], Otto Kruger, Francine Larrimore, William Lennox, Mario Majeroni, Thomas Meegan, George Parsons, Albert Reed, Jean Shelby, Frank Walsh. Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1918) Stage Play: Oh, My Dear! Musical comedy. Written by P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton. Music by Louis A. Hirsch. Directed by Robert Milton and Edward Royce. Princess Theatre (moved to The 39th Street Theatre on 21 Apr 1919- close): 27 Nov 1918- May 1919 (closing date unknown/189 performances). Cast: Joseph Allen, Roy Atwell, Dorothy Bailey, Helen Barnes, Marjorie Bentley, Georgia Caine, Clara Carroll, Gene Carroll, Frances Chase, Helen Clarke, Miriam Collins, Frank Conlan (as "Joe Plummer"), Juliette Day (as "Jennie Wren"), Evelyn Dorn, Sven Erick, Robert Gebhardt, Patricia Gordon, Frederic Graham, Dorothy La Rue, Alfa Lanee, Victor Le Roy (as "Willie Love"), Rene Manning, Florence McGuire, Victoria Miles, Bessie More, Joseph Santley, Ivy Sawyer, Jennifer Sinclair, Jacques Stone. Produced by William Elliott and F. Ray Comstock.
- (1919) Stage Play: Apple Blossoms. Musical operetta. Book by William LeBaron. Directed by Fred G. Latham and Edward Royce. Globe Theatre: 7 Oct 1919- 24 Apr 1920 (256 performances). Cast included: Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire, Roy Atwell (as "Harvey"), Charles Townshend. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1923) Stage Play: Helen of Troy, New York. Musical comedy. Music by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Book by George S. Kaufman and 'Marc Connelly. Directed by Bertram Harrison and Bert French. Selwyn Theatre (moved to the Times Square Theatre on 8 Oct 1923 to close): 19 Jun 1923- 1 Dec 1923 (191 performances). Cast included: Roy Atwell (as "C. Warren Jennings"), Elise Bonwit, Joan Clement, Helen Ford, Paul Frawley, Stella Hoban, Tom Lewis, Queenie Smith. Produced by Rufus Le Maire and George Jessel.
- (1926) Stage Play: Americana. Musical revue. Directed by Alan Dinehart and Larry Ceballos. Belmont Theatre: 26 Jul 1926- Feb 1927 (closing date unknown/224 performances). Cast: Roberta Bellinger, Lew Brice, Harriette Burke, Charles Butterworth, Tom Button, Betty Compton, Maryon Dale, Arline Gardner, Edgar Gardner, Georgia Ingram. Produced by Richard Herndon.
- (1929) Stage Play: Murray Anderson's Almanac. Musical revue. Based on material by Noël Coward, Rube Goldberg, Ronald Jeans, Paul Gerard Smith (credited as Paul Gerard Smith), Harry Ruskin, John McGowan, Peter Arno and Anna Wynne. Directed by John Murray Anderson, William Holbrook and Harry Ruskin. Erlanger's Theatre: 14 Aug 1929- 12 Oct 1929 (69 performances). Cast included: Roy Atwell (as "Ensemble"), Fred Keating, Warren Lassiter, Frankie Mann (credited as Frances Mann), Helen Thompson. Produced by The Almanac Theatrical Corp.
- (1929) Stage Play: How's Your Health. Comedy. Written by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Vanderbilt Theatre: 26 Nov 1929- Jan 1930 (closing date unknown/47 performances). Cast: Roy Atwell (as "Lawrence Satterleigh"), Donald Brian (as "Dr. Pepper"), John Carmody (as "Francis"), Herbert Corthell (as "Sam Catterson"), Virginia Eastman (as "Miss Mary Hickson"), Floyd English (as "A Harlequin"), Rita Glynde (as "A Columbine"), Elinor Millard (as "A Folly"), Eddie Morgan (as "Jimmie"), Virginia O'Brien (as "Miss Helen McCoy"), Phyllis Rae (as "A Pierrette"), Eleanor Shaler (as "Miss Pusey"), Robert Spencer (as "A Pirate"). Produced by Lyle D. Andrews and R.H. Burnside.
- (1933) Stage Play: Strike Me Pink. Musical Revue. Written by Ray Henderson and Lew Brown. Additional dialog by Mack Gordon. Majestic Theatre: 4 Mar 1933- 10 Jun 1933 (122 performances). Cast included: The Aber Twins [ Arline Abers, Charlene Aber (final Broadway role)], Roy Atwell (as "Ernest"), Emmy Bock, Norma Butler, Barbara Casswell, Mary Chappelle, Frank Conlan, Wilma Cox, Dorothy Dare, George Duke, Jimmy Durante, Hal Le Roy, Olaf Olson, Lupe Velez, Gil White, Hope Williams. Produced by Ray Henderson, Lew Brown and Waxey Gordon.
- (1935) Stage Play: On to Fortune. Written by Lawrence Langner and Armina Marshall. Directed by Worthington Miner. Fulton Theatre: 4 Feb 1935- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Glenn Anders, Roy Atwell (as "Talbot Sloan") [final Broadway role], Edward Broadley, Ilka Chase, Robert T. Haines, Percy Helton, Martha Hodge, Josephine Hull, Myron McCormick, Worthington Miner (as "Tracy"), Hugh Rennie, Mary Rogers. Produced by Crosby Gaige and Charles P. Heidt.
- (January 1910) He acted in Eugene Walter's play, "Paid in Full," at the Illinois Theater in Chicago, Illinois with Grace Griswold in the cast.
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