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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 18, 1890
Place of Birth:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Adolphe Menjou
Biography
Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, where he played the lead role; Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas; Ernst Lubitsch's The Marriage Circle; The Sheik with Rudolph Valentino; Morocco with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper; and A Star Is Born with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, and was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 'A Star Is Born' (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Pollyanna | Mr. Pendergast |
| 1958 | I Married a Woman | Frederick W. Sutton |
| 1957 | Paths of Glory | Gen. George Broulard |
| 1957 | The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown | Arthur Martin |
| 1956 | Bundle of Joy | J. B. Merlin |
| 1956 | The Ambassador's Daughter | Senator Jonathan Carwright |
| 1955 | Timberjack | 'Sweetwater' Tilton |
| 1953 | Man on a Tightrope | Fesker |
| 1952 | The Sniper | Frank Kafka |
| 1951 | The Tall Target | Caleb Jeffers |
| 1951 | Across the Wide Missouri | Pierre |
| 1950 | To Please a Lady | Gregg |
| 1949 | My Dream Is Yours | Thomas Hutchins |
| 1949 | Dancing in the Dark | Melville Crossman |
| 1948 | State of the Union | Jim Conover |
| 1947 | The Hucksters | Mr. Kimberly |
| 1947 | I'll Be Yours | J. Conrad Nelson |
| 1947 | Mr. District Attorney | Craig Warren |
| 1946 | Heartbeat | Ambassador |
| 1946 | The Bachelor's Daughters | Alexander Moody |
| 1945 | Man Alive | Kismet |
| 1944 | Step Lively | Wagner |
| 1943 | Hi Diddle Diddle | Hector Phyffe |
| 1943 | Sweet Rosie O'Grady | Tom Moran |
| 1942 | You Were Never Lovelier | Eduardo Acuña |
| 1942 | Roxie Hart | Billy Flynn |
| 1942 | Syncopation | George Latimer |
| 1942 | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | |
| 1941 | Father Takes a Wife | Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior |
| 1941 | Road Show | Col. Carleton Carroway |
| 1940 | A Bill of Divorcement | Hilary Fairfield |
| 1940 | Turnabout | Phil Manning |
| 1939 | Golden Boy | Tom Moody |
| 1939 | That's Right – You're Wrong | Stacey Delmore |
| 1939 | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Deakon Maxwell |
| 1939 | King of the Turf | Jim Mason |
| 1938 | Letter of Introduction | John Mannering |
| 1938 | Thanks for Everything | J. B. Harcourt |
| 1938 | The Goldwyn Follies | Oliver Merlin |
| 1937 | A Star Is Born | Oliver Niles |
| 1937 | Stage Door | Anthony Powell |
| 1937 | One Hundred Men and a Girl | John Cardwell |
| 1937 | One in a Million | Tad Spencer |
| 1937 | Café Metropole | Monsieur Victor |
| 1936 | The Milky Way | Gabby Sloan |
| 1936 | Sing, Baby, Sing | Bruce Farraday |
| 1936 | Wives Never Know | J. Hugh Ramsey |
| 1935 | Broadway Gondolier | Professor Eduardo de Vinci |
| 1935 | Gold Diggers of 1935 | Nicolai Nicoleff |
| 1934 | Little Miss Marker | Sorrowful Jones |
| 1934 | The Mighty Barnum | Bailey Walsh |
| 1934 | The Trumpet Blows | Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez |
| 1934 | Easy to Love | John |
| 1934 | Journal of a Crime | Paul Mollet |
| 1934 | The Great Flirtation | Stephan Karpath |
| 1934 | The Human Side | Gregory Sheldon |
| 1933 | Morning Glory | Louis Easton |
| 1933 | The Circus Queen Murder | Thatcher Colt |
| 1933 | Convention City | T.R. (Ted) Kent |
| 1933 | The Worst Woman in Paris? | Adolphe Ballou |
| 1932 | A Farewell to Arms | Major Rinaldi |
| 1932 | Forbidden | Robert Grover |
| 1932 | Prestige | Capt. Remy Bandoin |
| 1932 | The Night Club Lady | Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt |
| 1932 | Bachelor's Affairs | Andrew Hoyt |
| 1932 | Diamond Cut Diamond | Dan McQueen |
| 1932 | Two White Arms | Maj. Carey Liston |
| 1931 | The Front Page | Walter Burns |
| 1931 | The Easiest Way | William Brockton |
| 1931 | The Great Lover | Paurel |
| 1931 | Friends and Lovers | Captain Geoffrey Roberts |
| 1931 | Men Call It Love | Tony |
| 1931 | We're switching to Hollywood | Self |
| 1931 | Let Us Be Gay | Bob Brown |
| 1930 | Morocco | Monsieur La Bessiere |
| 1930 | New Moon | Governor Boris Brusiloff |
| 1930 | Bold Love | |
| 1930 | My Kid of a Father | Jérôme Rocheville |
| 1929 | Fashions in Love | Paul de Remy |
| 1929 | Marquis Preferred | Marquis d'Argenville |
| 1928 | A Night of Mystery | |
| 1928 | The Circus: Premiere | Self |
| 1928 | His Tiger Lady | Henri |
| 1928 | His Private Life | Georges St. Germain |
| 1927 | Blonde or Brunette | Henri Martel |
| 1927 | Serenade | Franz Rossi |
| 1927 | A Gentleman of Paris | Marquis de Marignan |
| 1927 | Service for Ladies | Albert Leroux |
| 1927 | Evening Clothes | Lucien d'Artois |
| 1926 | The Sorrows of Satan | Prince Lucio de Rimanez |
| 1926 | The Grand Duchess and the Waiter | Albert Durant |
| 1926 | A Social Celebrity | Max Haber |
| 1926 | Fascinating Youth | Adolphe Menjou |
| 1926 | The Ace of Cads | |
| 1925 | A Kiss in the Dark | Walter Grenham |
| 1925 | Are Parents People? | Mr. Hazlitt |
| 1925 | The Swan | Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels |
| 1925 | The King On Main Street | The King |
| 1924 | Broken Barriers | Tommy Kemp |
| 1924 | The Marriage Circle | Professor Josef Stock |
| 1924 | The Fast Set | Ernest Steel |
| 1924 | Forbidden Paradise | Chancellor |
| 1924 | Sinners in Silk | Arthur Merrill |
| 1924 | Broadway After Dark | Ralph Norton |
| 1924 | Shadows of Paris | Georges de Croy |
| 1924 | Open All Night | Edmund Durverne |
| 1923 | A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate | Pierre Revel |
| 1923 | Rupert of Hentzau | Count Rischenheim |
| 1923 | The Spanish Dancer | Don Salluste |
| 1923 | The World's Applause | Robert Townsend |
| 1923 | Bella Donna | Mr. Chepstow |
| 1922 | Clarence | Hubert Stein |
| 1922 | Head Over Heels | Sterling |
| 1922 | Pink Gods | Louis Barney |
| 1922 | The Eternal Flame | Duc de Langeais |
| 1922 | The Fast Mail | Cal Baldwin |
| 1922 | Singed Wings | Bliss Gordon |
| 1921 | The Three Musketeers | Louis XIII |
| 1921 | Through The Back Door | James Brewster |
| 1921 | The Faith Healer | Dr. Littlefield |
| 1921 | The Sheik | Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert |
| 1917 | The Moth | Teddy Marbridge / The Husband |
| 1916 | The Devil at His Elbow | Wilfred Carleton |
| 1916 | Nearly a King | Baron |
| 1916 | Manhattan Madness | Country Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1916 | The Habit of Happiness | Society Man (uncredited) |
| 1916 | The Blue Envelope Mystery | Bit Part (uncredited) |
| 1916 | The Crucial Test | Count Nicolai |
| 1916 | A Parisian Romance | Julianai |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Fitch |
| 1958 | Target (US) | |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self |
| 1954 | The George Gobel Show | Self |
| 1953 | Your Favorite Story | Host |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Panelist |