Just for fun, because I enjoy the history so much, I have a partially compiled list of actors from the 1920's & 1930's who spent time at Lakewood Theater, and then 'went on' as they say, to other things. Of course the most recognizable are Humphrey Bogart (1928, 29, 31, 35) Groucho Marx (1934) and Vincent Price (1937, 40) but depending on a person's particular interest in theater and cinema, there are several other stand-out names
Hardie Albright (1930) Went on to play Walter Meeker in "The Jade Mask" a 1945 Charlie Chan movie, and other film credits
Murray Alper (1926) Known for "The Maltese Falcon" 1941, and other movies
Joyce Arling (1931, 32) Went on to several acting roles, and married actor James H. Bell
Aubrey Beattie (1928) Canadian stage actor
Victor Beecroft (1931) Went on to play on the "Philco Television Playhouse" and other acting credits
James. H. Bell (1926 - 29, 31, 32) Broadway and television actor
Dorothy Bernard (1935 - 39) Previous silent screen actor, went on to television roles including the made for tv adaptation of "Life With Father" based upon the Broadway play directed by her husband A.H. VanBuren
Raymond Bramley (1935) Broadway and television actor
Clifford Brooke (1931, 32) Movie and television actor
Joe Brown Jr (1935) Movie and television actor
Alan Bunce (1926, 49, 54) Stage and movie actor
Dorothy Burgess (1922) Broadway and movie actor
Fairfax Burgher [Burger] (1924, 51) Broadway and movie actor
Adelyn Bushnell (1929) Playwright
Sam Byrd (1933, 37) Broadway actor
Arthur Byron (1928 - 33, 37, 38) Broadway and movie actor. Member of the Lambs Theatrical Social Club, and founder/president of the Actor's Equity Association
Eileen Byron (1926, 28 - 32, 35 - 37)
Kate Byron (1926, 28 - 31, 46 - 50)
Helen Carew (1936) Broadway and movie actor
Suzanne Caubaye [Caubet] (1932, 33) Broadway actor and playwright. God daughter of Sarah Berndhart
Wallis Clark (1925, 28 - 31, 46 - 50) Broadway and movie actor, most known for "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935) and "Penny Serenade" 1941. Married actress Kate Byron. Performed on Broadway in "Life With Father", 1939
Walter Connally (1926, 27) Stage and movie actor. Married actress Nedda Harrigan.
Edna Conroy (1929) Broadway actor. Second wife of William Courtleigh, mother of Stephen & Robert Courtleigh
Elisha Cook, Jr. (1933) Stage and movie actor, appearing in "The Maltese Falcon" 1941 and more. Worked with several other Lakewood actors on Broadway.
Frazer Coulter (1925, 27, 29) Stage and movie actor
Robert Courtleigh (1929) Television and movie actor, son of Edna Conroy and William Courtleigh
Stephen Courtleigh (1929) Television actor, known for "The Philco Television Playhouse" 1948. Son of Edna Conroy and William Courtleigh.
William Courtleigh (1929) Broadway, vaudeville, and silent film actor. Member of the Lambs Theatrical Social Club, and credited with naming the Actor's Equity Association. Married Edna Conroy, father of Stephen & Robert Courtleigh
Edith Craig (1939) Movie actor
Boyd Crawford (1936) Movie and television actor, known for "The Philco Television Playhouse" 1948
John Hammond Dailey (1933 - 39) Broadway and movie actor
Doris Dalton (1938) Stage, movie, and television actor
Donald Davis (1932) Screenwriter and playwright. Son of Owen Davis, brother of Owen Davis Jr.
Owen Davis Maine-born Pulitzer Prize winning playwright spent several summers at Lakewood and had several plays produced there.
Owen Davis Jr (1931 - 41) Broadway and movie actor, known for "All Quiet on the Western Front" 1930.
Pedro de Cordoba (1926) Broadway actor
Jack Devereaux (1934, 46) Broadway and movie actor. Married Louise Drew
John Drew Devereaux (1934 - 39, 46 - 48, 50, 52, 57, 66) Broadway actor and stage manager. Son of Jack Devereaux and Lousise Drew Devereaux. Performed in the Broadway production of "Life With Father", 1939.
Louise Drew Devereaux (1935, 46) Broadway actor. Her mother was stage actress Josephine Baker, her father was the Shakespearean actor John Drew Jr, who was known as "The First Gentleman of the American Stage". Grandmother of Lionel, Ethel, and John Barrymore. Ethel Barrymore appeared on the Lakewood stage in 1940.
Jean Dixon (1932 -34) Broadway and movie actress. First appeared on stage with Sarah Bernhardt
Charles Farrell (1937) Movie and television actor
Parker Fennelly (1933, 36, 49, 55) Movie actor. Born in Maine.
Sylvia Field (1931, 33, 39) Movie and television actor. Best known for her role on "Dennis the Menace" from 1959 - 1962
Ross Forrester (1929) Movie actor
Claiborn Foster (1929) Broadway actor, and writer on the "The Philco Television Playhouse"
Irene Franklin (1932) Movie actor
Viola Frayne (1932) Broadway and movie actor
George Gaul (1932) Stage actor
Frances Goodrich (1929, 30) Actor and writer, nominated for four academy awards for screenwriting along with husband Albert Hackett.
Albert Hackett (1925, 26, 31, 40) Actor and writer, nominated for five academy awards for screenwriting; four with wife Frances Goodrich.
Nedda Harrigan (1926 - 28) Broadway and movie actor, daughter of vaudevillian and writer Edward Harrigan. One of the founders of wartime 'Stage Door Canteen'. Married to actor Walter Connally.
Martha Hedman (1927) Broadway actor
Louis Jean Heydt (1932 - 34) Broadway and movie actor. Married Leona Maricle
Gladys Hurlbut (1931, 32) Stage and movie actor, writer.
Robert Keith (1933,34) Stage and movie actor, father of actor Brian Keith.
Jessie Royce Landis (1934, 36, 39, 48, 69) Stage and movie actress, best known for her work with Alfred Hitchcock
Howard Lindsey (1925 - 29, 39) Broadway and movie actor. Wrote and performed the Broadway production of "Life With Father", 1939. Married actress Dorothy Stickney
Joseph MacCaulay (1939) Broadway and movie actor.
Nila Mack (1923, 25 - 29) Vaudeville, and Broadway actor, as well as writer. She wrote material for Fanny Brice, and worked on radio. Married actor and writer Roy Briant
George Macready (1938,39) Broadway, movie and television actor, movie director.
Leona Maricle (1932 - 34,48) Broadway and movie actor. Married actor Louis Jean Heydt
Don Marquis (1926) Playwright
Grant Mills (1935 - 42,45) Broadway and film actor, appearing also on the UK stage in London theater. Former President of Lakewood Theater.
James Perkins (1932 - 40) Son of Lakewood set designer Charles Perkins
Brandon Peters (1927,31 - 34) Broadway actor. Performed on Broadway in "Life With Father", 1939
Mary Phillips (1928,31,34,35) Broadway and movie actor. Married to Humphry Bogart from 1928 - 1938
Stanley Ridges (1931,32) Broadway and movie actor.
Richard Simon (1939) Broadway actor, performed in "Life With Father" 1939
Dorothy Stickney (1923 - 26, 28 - 30,39) Broadway actress. Married to Howard Lindsey, playwright and actor. Performed in her husband's play on Broadway "Life With Father", 1939
Tom Tempest (1927-38, 40 -42,45,47 - 52) Movie actor, "The Path Forbidden" and "When Fate Leads Trump" both from 1914, and "The Toilers" from 1916. He passed away at age 79 in Skowhegan, Maine.
Kenneth Thomson (1920 - 23) Assistant stage manager at Lakewood Theater, often taking ensemble roles. Broadway and movie actor, married fellow stage actor Alden Gay and together were original members of the Screen Actors Guild.
Harland Tucker (1931,32,34) Movie actor. Married Marie Walcomp.
A. H. Van Buren (1935 - 39) Broadway actor and director, actor, stage manager and later director of "Life With Father", 1939
Marie Walcomp (1931,32) Movie actor. Married Harland Tucker.
Blanche Yurka (1926, 37) Broadway and movie actor. Married actor Ian Keith.
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