Oscar Apfel
Known for Acting · 135 credits
- Born
- 1878-01-16
- Died
- 1938-03-21
- Place of birth
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Oscar C. 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
Movies (135)
Before Dawn
1933
as Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
True Heaven
1929
as German General
Shopworn
1932
as Forbes
State's Attorney
1932
as Mr. Ulrich
Pick-up
1933
as The Warden
Bondage
1933
as Judge (uncredited)
Marianne
1929
as Major Russart (uncredited)
Call Her Savage
1932
as Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
Blondie of the Follies
1932
as Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937
as Lambert
The Nut Farm
1935
as Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
The House of Rothschild
1934
as Prussian Officer
Abraham Lincoln
1930
as Secretary of War Stanton
Mary Jane's Pa
1935
as Chief Bailey
Not Quite Decent
1929
as Canfield
I Am a Thief
1934
as Auctioneer
It's Tough to Be Famous
1932
as S.J. Boynton
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
1933
as Mr. Lane
Crack-Up
1936
as Alfred Knuxton
The Heart of Broadway
1928
as Dave Richards
The Story of Temple Drake
1933
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Big Business Girl
1931
as Walter T. Morley
Emergency Call
1933
as Dr. Schwarz
The Bowery
1933
as Ivan Rummel
The Yellow Ticket
1931
as British Embassy Butler
Way Back Home
1931
as Wobbling Duffy
Rainbow's End
1935
as Neil Gibson Sr.
Five Star Final
1931
as Bernard Hinchecliffe
His Night Out
1935
as Dr. Kraft
The Toast of New York
1937
as Wallack (uncredited)
Misbehaving Ladies
1931
as Mayor Twitchell
Sidewalks of New York
1931
as Judge
The Last Alarm
1926
Hold the Press
1933
as Bishop
Men in Her Life
1931
as Blake
The World and the Flesh
1932
as Banker
Our Blushing Brides
1930
as Floorwalker (uncredited)
The Woman in Room 13
1932
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
as Tsar's General (Uncredited)
Party Wire
1935
as Thomas P. Sherman
The Man Who Played God
1932
as Appleby - the Lip Reader
The Impatient Maiden
1932
as Dr. Wilcox
The Sporting Chance
1925
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
as Attorney
Inspiration
1931
as M. Vignaud
Skyscraper Souls
1932
as Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
Romance in Manhattan
1934
as Judge
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932
as Dr. Rabeouf
Hell's Highway
1932
as William Billings
The Plot Thickens
1936
as Robbins
Bordertown
1935
as Judge Rufus Barnswell
The World Changes
1933
as Mr. Morley, a Banker
Attorney for the Defense
1932
as Managing Editor
The Right to Love
1930
as William Kellogg
The Road to Reno
1931
as Mr. Ash
Bulldog Edition
1936
as Taggart
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930
as Bit role
Two Against the World
1932
as District Attorney Howard Mills
The Finger Points
1931
as Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
You Said a Mouthful
1932
as Armstrong (uncredited)
Madame Spy
1934
as Pahlke
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Dr. Inslow
The Texan
1930
as Abner Thacker
Storm at Daybreak
1933
as Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
Wicked
1931
as Judge Edwin Luther
The Big Shakedown
1934
as Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
Gabriel Over the White House
1933
as German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
A Successful Calamity
1932
as President of the United States
Ladies Must Love
1933
as Herman Nussbauer
Whirlpool
1934
as Editor
The Best Man Wins
1935
as Chief of Police
Street of Chance
1930
as Bartender (uncredited)
Another Face
1935
as Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
Quick Millions
1931
as Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
When a Feller Needs a Friend
1932
as Doctor
I Dream Too Much
1935
as Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Employees' Entrance
1933
as Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
Hot Saturday
1932
as Mr. Randolph
Madame Racketeer
1932
as J. Harrington Hagney
High Pressure
1932
as Mr. Hackett
Sutter's Gold
1936
as Bartender
The Perfect Tribute
1935
as Stratton (uncredited)
One Man's Journey
1933
as John Radford
Carnival
1935
as Mr. Lawson
Liliom
1930
as Stefen Kadar
Make Me a Star
1932
as Henshaw
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
as District Attorney (uncredited)
The Virtuous Sin
1930
as Ivanoff
Back to Nature
1936
as Hotel Manager
Tomorrow at Seven
1933
as Asa Marsden
That Girl from Paris
1936
as Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934
as Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Tailor (uncredited)
Death Flies East
1935
as Wallace P. Burroughs
Symphony of Six Million
1932
as Conferring Doctor
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
as President Malloy
The Heart of New York
1932
as Otto
36 Hours to Kill
1936
as Man in Wash Room
The Menace
1932
as Dr. Horgenson
Half Way to Heaven
1929
as Circus Manager
Wild Company
1930
as Prosecuting Attorney
Conspiracy
1930
as Tourist Husband (uncredited)
Murder at Glen Athol
1936
as Reuben Marshall
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as Mr. Brooks
Huckleberry Finn
1931
as The King
Crimson Romance
1934
as John Fleming
Beloved
1934
as Henry Burrows
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929
as Max North
Take the Stand
1934
as Mr. Nevin
Cappy Ricks Returns
1935
as T. Osgood Blake
The Bridge of Sighs
1936
as Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
It's a Great Life
1929
as Bit Role
We Who Are About to Die
1937
as Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
Fifty Roads to Town
1937
as Smorgen
Are We Civilized?
1934
as Dr. Leonard Gear
Shadows of the Orient
1935
as Judge Avery
And Sudden Death
1936
as Defense Counsel
Fifteen Wives
1934
as Dist. Atty. Kerry
Helping Grandma
1931
as Mr. Pennypacker
About Oscar Apfel
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 yo… With 135 credits spanning from 1925 to 1939, Oscar Apfel has appeared in 135 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Before Dawn (1933) — as Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
- True Heaven (1929) — as German General
- Shopworn (1932) — as Forbes
- State's Attorney (1932) — as Mr. Ulrich
- Pick-up (1933) — as The Warden
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