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