Stage Play: No Time for Sergeants. Comedy. Written by
Ira Levin. Adapted from the novel by
Mac Hyman. Scenic Design by Peter Larkin. Directed by
Morton DaCosta. Alvin Theatre: 20 Oct 1955- 14 Sep 1957 (796 performances). Cast: Carl Albertson (as "Inductee/Lt. Gardella/Co-Pilot"),
Royal Beal (as "General Pollard"),
Floyd Buckley (as "Pa Stockdale") [died during production run], Maree Dow (as "Rosabelle/Cigarette Girl/A Nurse"), Rex Everhart (as "A Colonel/Lt. Abel"), Howard Freeman (as "General Bush"),
Hazen Gifford (as "Lt. Bridges/Pilot"),
Andy Griffith (as "Will Stockdale") [Broadway debut],
William Hinnant (as "Lt. Cover/Navigator"),
Earle Hyman (as "A Lieutennant"), Ray Johnson (as "Classification Corporal/Aide to General Pollard"), Edmund Johnston (as "Lt. Baker"), Arthur P. Keegan (as "An Infantryman/Inductee"),
Don Knotts (as "Preacher/Corporal, Manual Dexterity") [Broadway debut],
Myron McCormick (as "Sergeant King"),
Roddy McDowall (as "Ben Whitledge"), Robert McQuade (as "Inductee"),
James Millhollin (as "A Psychiatrist") [Broadway debut],
Wynn Pearce (as "Capt. Charles/Inductee") [Broadway debut],
Ed Peck (as "A Captain"), Jules Racine (as "Inductee/Air Force Policeman"), Cecil Rutherford (as "Inductee/Lt. Kendall/Engineer"), Michael Thoma (as "Bus Driver"), O. Tolbert-Hewitt (as "Draft Man/A Senator"),
Robert Webber (as "Irvin Blanchard"),
Van Williams (as "Inductee"). Replacement actors: Louis Beachner (as "Ben Whitledge"), Jack Collins (as "A Senator/Draft Man"),
Ossie Davis (as "A Lieutennant"),
Rex Everhart (as "Sergeant King"), Eric Fleming (as "Irvin Blanchard"),
Will Geer (as "Pa Stockdale"), Charles Hohman (as "Will Stockdale"),
Arte Johnson (as "Ben Whitledge"), Ray Johnson (as "A Colonel/Inductee/Lt. Abel"), Vincent Lynne (as "Lt. Cover/Navigator"),
Robert McQuade (as "Classification Corporal"), William Mullaney (as "Corporal, Manual Dexterity/Preacher"), Karl K. Redcoff (as "Lt. Baker"), Alfred Sander (as "A Captain"), Elwood Smith (as "A Lieutennant"), Elwood Thompson (as "A Lieutennant"), John Topa (as "A Senator"), J. Robert Victor (as "Inductee/Lt. Gardella/Co-Pilot"), Van Williams (as "Aide to General Pollard"). Produced by
Maurice Evans. Produced in association with
Emmett Rogers. Notes: (1) Griffith was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor. (2) Filmed by Warner Bros. as
No Time for Sergeants (1958) and inspired a short-lived TV series,
No Time for Sergeants (1964).
