famous theater names of the 20's & 30's

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

Jean Adair (1920, 24, 28)   Went on to play Martha Brewster in "Arsenic & Old Lace" in the 1942 movie with Cary Grant and other film credits

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.