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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 16, 1878
Place of Birth:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Oscar Apfel
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oscar C. Apfel (January 17, 1878 – March 21, 1938) was an American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He appeared in 167 films between 1913 and 1939, and also directed 94 films between 1911 and 1927.
Apfel was born in Cleveland, Ohio. After a number of years in commerce, he decided to adopt the stage as a profession. He secured his first professional engagement in 1900, in his hometown. He rose rapidly and soon held a position as director and producer and was at the time noted as being the youngest stage director in America.[1] He spent eleven years on the stage on Broadway then joined the Edison Manufacturing Company. Apfel first directed for Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in 1911–12, where he made the innovative short film The Passer-By (1912). He also did some experimental work at Edison's laboratory in Orange, on the Edison Talking Pictures devices.
After many years as a director, he gradually returned to acting. On March 21, 1938, Apfel died in Hollywood from a heart attack.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Angel of Mercy | Red Cross Representative (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Trouble in Morocco | DeRouget |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York | Wallack (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Jim Hanvey, Detective | Lambert |
| 1937 | We Who Are About to Die | Mr. Armitage (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Soldier and the Lady | Tsar's General (Uncredited) |
| 1937 | Fifty Roads to Town | Smorgen |
| 1936 | Murder at Glen Athol | Reuben Marshall |
| 1936 | Bulldog Edition | Taggart |
| 1936 | The Bridge of Sighs | Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell |
| 1936 | Crack-Up | Alfred Knuxton |
| 1936 | The Plot Thickens | H. G. Robbins |
| 1936 | Sutter's Gold | Bartender |
| 1936 | 36 Hours to Kill | Man in Wash Room |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Dr. Inslow |
| 1936 | That Girl from Paris | Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited) |
| 1936 | And Sudden Death | Defense Counsel |
| 1936 | Every Saturday Night | Mr. Dayton |
| 1936 | Back to Nature | Hotel Manager |
| 1935 | Man on the Flying Trapeze | President Malloy |
| 1935 | I Dream Too Much | Cafe Owner (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Rainbow's End | Neil Gibson Sr. |
| 1935 | The Nut Farm | Bob Bent, Helen's Husband |
| 1935 | Shadows of the Orient | Judge Avery |
| 1935 | Romance in Manhattan | Judge |
| 1935 | O'Shaughnessy's Boy | Attorney |
| 1935 | The Fire-Trap | R.A. Rawson |
| 1935 | The Best Man Wins | Chief of Police |
| 1935 | His Night Out | Dr. Kraft |
| 1935 | Death Flies East | Wallace P. Burroughs |
| 1935 | Party Wire | Thomas P. Sherman |
| 1935 | Page Miss Glory | Tailor (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Mary Jane's Pa | Chief Bailey |
| 1935 | Bordertown | Judge Rufus Barnswell |
| 1935 | Cappy Ricks Returns | T. Osgood Blake |
| 1935 | Carnival | Mr. Lawson |
| 1935 | The Calling of Dan Matthews | District Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Perfect Tribute | Stratton (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Another Face | Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Born to Gamble | Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Are We Civilized? | Dr. Leonard Gear |
| 1934 | Crimson Romance | John Fleming |
| 1934 | Whirlpool | Newspaper Editor |
| 1934 | I Am a Thief | Auctioneer |
| 1934 | Fifteen Wives | Dist. Atty. Kerry |
| 1934 | Take the Stand | Mr. Nevin |
| 1934 | Madame Spy | Pahlke |
| 1934 | The Old-Fashioned Way | Mr. Livingston (uncredited) |
| 1934 | You Bring the Ducks | Governor |
| 1934 | The Big Shakedown | Digitalis Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama | Speaker of Assembly (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Beloved | Henry Burrows |
| 1934 | It Happened One Day | A.L. Boyd |
| 1934 | You Said a Hatful! | Anderson |
| 1934 | The House of Rothschild | Prussian Officer |
| 1933 | Bondage | Judge (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Before Dawn | Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara |
| 1933 | Pick-up | The Warden |
| 1933 | The Bowery | Ivan Rummel |
| 1933 | One Man's Journey | John Radford |
| 1933 | Hold the Press | Bishop |
| 1933 | Tomorrow at Seven | Asa Marsden |
| 1933 | The Story of Temple Drake | District Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Employees' Entrance | Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Storm at Daybreak | Counselor Velasch (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Emergency Call | Dr. Schwarz |
| 1933 | Gabriel Over the White House | German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Only Yesterday | Mr. Lane |
| 1932 | Hot Saturday | Mr. Randolph |
| 1932 | High Pressure | Mr. Hackett |
| 1932 | Hell's Highway | William Billings |
| 1932 | Symphony of Six Million | Conferring Doctor |
| 1932 | The Man Who Played God | Appleby - the Lip Reader |
| 1932 | The Impatient Maiden | Dr. Wilcox |
| 1932 | The Heart of New York | Otto |
| 1932 | Two Against the World | District Attorney Howard Mills |
| 1932 | It's Tough to Be Famous | S.J. Boynton |
| 1932 | The Woman from Monte Carlo | Dr. Rabeouf |
| 1932 | State's Attorney | Mr. Ulrich |
| 1932 | Skyscraper Souls | Brewster's Associate (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Menace | Dr. Horgenson |
| 1932 | The Famous Ferguson Case | Mr. Brooks |
| 1932 | You Said a Mouthful | Armstrong (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Shopworn | Forbes |
| 1932 | Make Me a Star | Henshaw |
| 1932 | Call Her Savage | Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Woman in Room 13 | |
| 1932 | The World and the Flesh | Banker |
| 1932 | A Successful Calamity | President of the United States |
| 1932 | Madame Racketeer | J. Harrington Hagney |
| 1932 | Attorney for the Defense | Managing Editor |
| 1932 | Blondie of the Follies | Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited) |
| 1932 | When a Feller Needs a Friend | Doctor |
| 1931 | Five Star Final | Bernard Hinchecliffe |
| 1931 | Inspiration | M. Vignaud |
| 1931 | Big Business Girl | Walter T. Morley |
| 1931 | Way Back Home | Wobbling Duffy |
| 1931 | The Finger Points | Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler |
| 1931 | Men in Her Life | Blake |
| 1931 | Huckleberry Finn | The King |
| 1931 | Sidewalks of New York | Judge |
| 1931 | The Yellow Ticket | British Embassy Butler |
| 1931 | Quick Millions | Police Detective Capp (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Misbehaving Ladies | Mayor Twitchell |
| 1931 | The Road to Reno | Mr. Ash |
| 1931 | Helping Grandma | Mr. Pennypacker |
| 1931 | Wicked | Judge Edwin Luther |
| 1931 | The Bargain | G.T. Warren |
| 1931 | Sooky | Krausmyer |
| 1930 | The Virtuous Sin | Ivanoff |
| 1930 | Abraham Lincoln | Secretary of War Stanton |
| 1930 | Man Trouble | Eddie |
| 1930 | Wild Company | Prosecuting Attorney |
| 1930 | Liliom | Stefen Kadar |
| 1930 | Our Blushing Brides | Floorwalker (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Street of Chance | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Du Barry, Woman of Passion | Bit role |
| 1930 | The Texan | Thacker |
| 1930 | The Right to Love | William Kellogg |
| 1930 | Conspiracy | Tourist Husband (uncredited) |
| 1929 | True Heaven | German General |
| 1929 | It's a Great Life | Bit Role |
| 1929 | Not Quite Decent | Canfield |
| 1929 | Half Way to Heaven | Circus Manager |
| 1929 | Marianne | Major Russart (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Smiling Irish Eyes | Max North |
| 1928 | The Valley Of Hunted Men | Dan Phillips |
| 1928 | Romance of the Underworld | Champagne Joe |
| 1926 | The Last Alarm |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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