Other works

Played Bill Reynolds in the original Broadway production of "Tea and Sympathy", a role he repeated on film.

Played the role of Patrick O'Toole in the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hart's "Higher and Higher".

Often narrated the Easter sunrise service at the Hollywood Bowl.

The Cream in the Well (1941). Written by Lynn Riggs. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Martin Gabel. Booth Theatre: 20 Jan 1941- 8 Feb 1941 (24 performances). Cast: Harry Morgan (as "Blocky Lockhart") (credited as Harry Bratsburg), Virginia Campbell, Leif Erickson (as "Clabe"), Myron McCormick (as "Gard Dunham"), Mary Morris, Martha Sleeper (as "Julie"), Ralph Theodore (as "Mr. Sawters"), Perry Wilson. Produced by Carly Wharton and Martin Gabel.

Margin for Error (1939). Melodrama. Written by Clare Boothe Luce. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Isaac Benesch. Directed by Otto Preminger. Plymouth Theatre: 3 Nov 1939- 1 Jun 1940 (closing date unknown/264 performances). Cast: Sam Levene (as "Officer Finkelstein"), Otto Preminger (as "Karl Baumer"), Matt Briggs (as "Otto B. Horst"), Elspeth Eric (as "Sophie Baumer"), Leif Erickson (as "Thomas S. Denny"), Bramwell Fletcher (as "Baron Max von Alvenstor"), Bert Lytell (as "Dr. Jennings"), Edward McNamara (as "Capt. Mulrooney"), Evelyn Wahl. Replacement cast: Philip Coolidge (as "Otto B. Horst"), Hugh Marlowe (as "Thomas S. Denny"), William Mendrek (as "Captain Mulrooney"). Produced by Richard Aldrich and Richard Myers. Note: Filmed as Margin for Error (1943).

Tea and Sympathy (1953). Drama. Written by Robert Anderson. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Elia Kazan. Ethel Barrymore Theatre (moved to The Longacre Theatre: from 9 Feb 1955- 18 Jun 1959 Apr 1955 then moved to The 48th Street Theatre from 11 Apr 1955 to close): 30 Sep 1953- 18 Jun 1955 (712 performances). Cast: Deborah Kerr, Leif Erickson, John Kerr, Richard Franchot, Florida Friebus, John McGovern, Richard Midgley, Arthur Steuer, Alan Sues, Yale Wexler, Dick York. Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, Robert Anderson, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Roger L. Stevens, John F. Wharton). Produced in association with Mary K. Frank.

(September 5 to 10, 1960) He acted in Norman Corwin's adaptation, "The World of Carl Sandburg," in a John Lane and Armand Deutsch Production at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Bette Davis and Clark Allen in the cast. Norman Corwin was also director.