A brief list of genre-related actors who appeared in horror. thriller, sci-fi and fantasy plays. For the purpose of brevity, I've narrowed this list down to Broadway and West End productions only (no non-NY/London, musical, touring, or pre-1915 productions). Comments and suggestions are welcome.
ANGEL STREET (1941): Vincent Price (also 1958 Matinee Theatre TV production), Leo G. Carroll
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1941): Boris Karloff/ (1975 revival): John Carradine
BERKELEY SQUARE (1926): Leslie Howard (also 1933 film)
THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1922): Henry Hull
CLAIR DE LUNE (1921): John Barrymore, Henry Daniell
THE CLUTCHING CLAW (1928): Ralph Morgan
THE CREAKING CHAIR (1926): E.E. Clive (who also directed)
CRIMINAL AT LARGE (1931): Emlyn Williams (also 1932 film).
THE DEVIL IN THE CHEESE (1926): Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, Fredric March
THE DEVIL PASSES (1930): Ernest Thesiger appeared in both the WE/NY productions. Basil Rathbone (1932, NY)
DORIAN GRAY (1936): Written by and starring Criswell.
DOUBLE DOOR (1933): Mary Morris (also 1934 film)
DRACULA (1927): Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan, Herbert Bunston (all also 1931 film)/ 1977 revival: Frank Langella (also 1979 film)
FRANKENSTEIN (1981): John Carradine
THE GOAT SONG (1926): Dwight Frye
HAND IN GLOVE (1944): Skelton Knaggs, directed by James Whale
HIDE AND SEEK (1957): Basil Rathbone
HE (1931): Claude Rains
HOW I WONDER (1947): Raymond Massey
INVITATION TO A MURDER (1934): Gale Sondergaard
THE IVORY DOOR (1927): Helen Chandler
KONGO (1926): Walter Huston (also 1932 film).
LADIES IN RETIREMENT (1940): Evelyn Ankers
LO AND BEHOLD (1951): Leo G. Carroll
THE MAN WHO RECLAIMED HIS HEAD (1932): Claude Rains (also 1934 film)
A MAN WITH RED HAIR (1928): Charles Laughton, James Whale
THE MONKEY TALKS (1925): Jacques Lerner (also 1927 film).
THE MONSTER (1922): Walter James (also 1925 film)
NIGHT MUST FALL (1936) Emlyn Williams
OUTWARD BOUND (1923): Leslie Howard (also 1930 film)/ (1938 revival): Vincent Price
RASPUTIN (1929): Martita Hunt
RED PLANET (1932): Bramwell Fletcher
THARK (1965 WE revival): Peter Cushing
THEY WALK ALONE (1941): Elsa Lanchester
THE UNKNOWN PURPLE (1918): Edward Van Sloan
WHO IS HE? (1917): Lionel Atwill
THE WOODEN IDOL (1933, WE): George Zucco
ANGEL STREET (1941): Vincent Price (also 1958 Matinee Theatre TV production), Leo G. Carroll
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1941): Boris Karloff/ (1975 revival): John Carradine
BERKELEY SQUARE (1926): Leslie Howard (also 1933 film)
THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1922): Henry Hull
CLAIR DE LUNE (1921): John Barrymore, Henry Daniell
THE CLUTCHING CLAW (1928): Ralph Morgan
THE CREAKING CHAIR (1926): E.E. Clive (who also directed)
CRIMINAL AT LARGE (1931): Emlyn Williams (also 1932 film).
THE DEVIL IN THE CHEESE (1926): Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, Fredric March
THE DEVIL PASSES (1930): Ernest Thesiger appeared in both the WE/NY productions. Basil Rathbone (1932, NY)
DORIAN GRAY (1936): Written by and starring Criswell.
DOUBLE DOOR (1933): Mary Morris (also 1934 film)
DRACULA (1927): Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan, Herbert Bunston (all also 1931 film)/ 1977 revival: Frank Langella (also 1979 film)
FRANKENSTEIN (1981): John Carradine
THE GOAT SONG (1926): Dwight Frye
HAND IN GLOVE (1944): Skelton Knaggs, directed by James Whale
HIDE AND SEEK (1957): Basil Rathbone
HE (1931): Claude Rains
HOW I WONDER (1947): Raymond Massey
INVITATION TO A MURDER (1934): Gale Sondergaard
THE IVORY DOOR (1927): Helen Chandler
KONGO (1926): Walter Huston (also 1932 film).
LADIES IN RETIREMENT (1940): Evelyn Ankers
LO AND BEHOLD (1951): Leo G. Carroll
THE MAN WHO RECLAIMED HIS HEAD (1932): Claude Rains (also 1934 film)
A MAN WITH RED HAIR (1928): Charles Laughton, James Whale
THE MONKEY TALKS (1925): Jacques Lerner (also 1927 film).
THE MONSTER (1922): Walter James (also 1925 film)
NIGHT MUST FALL (1936) Emlyn Williams
OUTWARD BOUND (1923): Leslie Howard (also 1930 film)/ (1938 revival): Vincent Price
RASPUTIN (1929): Martita Hunt
RED PLANET (1932): Bramwell Fletcher
THARK (1965 WE revival): Peter Cushing
THEY WALK ALONE (1941): Elsa Lanchester
THE UNKNOWN PURPLE (1918): Edward Van Sloan
WHO IS HE? (1917): Lionel Atwill
THE WOODEN IDOL (1933, WE): George Zucco
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