Oscar Apfel

Born: 1878-01-16 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died: 1938-03-21

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1939

Angel of Mercy as Red Cross Representative (uncredited)

1937

Jim Hanvey, Detective as Lambert
The Toast of New York as Wallack (uncredited)
The Soldier and the Lady as Tsar's General (Uncredited)
Fifty Roads to Town as Smorgen
We Who Are About to Die as Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
Trouble in Morocco as DeRouget

1936

Crack-Up as Alfred Knuxton
Bulldog Edition as Taggart
36 Hours to Kill as Man in Wash Room
Hollywood Boulevard as Dr. Inslow
Sutter's Gold as Bartender
That Girl from Paris as Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
The Plot Thickens as Robbins
Murder at Glen Athol as Reuben Marshall
And Sudden Death as Defense Counsel
The Bridge of Sighs as Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
Back to Nature as Hotel Manager
Every Saturday Night as Mr. Dayton

1935

His Night Out as Dr. Kraft
Mary Jane's Pa as Chief Bailey
Rainbow's End as Neil Gibson Sr.
The Nut Farm as Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
Page Miss Glory as Tailor (uncredited)
Death Flies East as Wallace P. Burroughs
The Best Man Wins as Chief of Police
Bordertown as Judge Rufus Barnswell
I Dream Too Much as Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze as President Malloy
O'Shaughnessy's Boy as Attorney
Shadows of the Orient as Judge Avery
Carnival as Mr. Lawson
Another Face as Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
Party Wire as Thomas P. Sherman
The Perfect Tribute as Stratton (uncredited)
The Calling of Dan Matthews as District Attorney (uncredited)
Cappy Ricks Returns as T. Osgood Blake
White Lies as Hunter (uncredited)
Born to Gamble as Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
The Fire-Trap as R.A. Rawson

1934

I Am a Thief as Auctioneer
Manhattan Melodrama as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
The House of Rothschild as Prussian Officer
Beloved as Henry Burrows
The Big Shakedown as Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way as Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
Whirlpool as Editor
Take the Stand as Mr. Nevin
Romance in Manhattan as Judge
Are We Civilized? as Dr. Leonard Gear
Crimson Romance as John Fleming
Madame Spy as Pahlke
You Bring the Ducks as Governor
You Said a Hatful! as Anderson
It Happened One Day as A.L. Boyd
Fifteen Wives as Dist. Atty. Kerry

1933

Before Dawn as Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
Pick-up as The Warden
Emergency Call as Dr. Schwarz
The Story of Temple Drake as District Attorney (uncredited)
The World Changes as Mr. Morley, a Banker
Bondage as Judge (uncredited)
Storm at Daybreak as Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
Only Yesterday as Mr. Lane
Hold the Press as Bishop
Ladies Must Love as Herman Nussbauer
The Bowery as Ivan Rummel
Employees' Entrance as Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
Tomorrow at Seven as Asa Marsden
One Man's Journey as John Radford
Gabriel Over the White House as German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)

1932

Call Her Savage as Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
Shopworn as Forbes
Blondie of the Follies as Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
Skyscraper Souls as Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
State's Attorney as Mr. Ulrich
Make Me a Star as Henshaw
Hot Saturday as Mr. Randolph
It's Tough to Be Famous as S.J. Boynton
The Woman from Monte Carlo as Dr. Rabeouf
The Impatient Maiden as Dr. Wilcox
The Man Who Played God as Appleby - the Lip Reader
The Famous Ferguson Case as Mr. Brooks
A Successful Calamity as President of the United States
Two Against the World as District Attorney Howard Mills
The Menace as Dr. Horgenson
You Said a Mouthful as Armstrong (uncredited)
Madame Racketeer as J. Harrington Hagney
The Woman in Room 13
Hell's Highway as William Billings
High Pressure as Mr. Hackett
The Heart of New York as Otto
Symphony of Six Million as Conferring Doctor
When a Feller Needs a Friend as Doctor
The World and the Flesh as Banker
Attorney for the Defense as Managing Editor

1931

Five Star Final as Bernard Hinchecliffe
Way Back Home as Wobbling Duffy
Sidewalks of New York as Judge
Big Business Girl as Walter T. Morley
Huckleberry Finn as The King
Misbehaving Ladies as Mayor Twitchell
Quick Millions as Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
Sooky as Krausmyer
Inspiration as M. Vignaud
The Yellow Ticket as British Embassy Butler
The Bargain as G.T. Warren
Men in Her Life as Blake
The Finger Points as Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
Wicked as Judge Edwin Luther
Helping Grandma as Mr. Pennypacker
The Road to Reno as Mr. Ash

1930

Abraham Lincoln as Secretary of War Stanton
Our Blushing Brides as Floorwalker (uncredited)
Liliom as Stefen Kadar
Wild Company as Prosecuting Attorney
Du Barry, Woman of Passion as Bit role
Street of Chance as Bartender (uncredited)
Conspiracy as Tourist Husband (uncredited)
The Texan as Abner Thacker
The Right to Love as William Kellogg
Man Trouble as Eddie
The Virtuous Sin as Ivanoff

1929

Marianne as Major Russart (uncredited)
True Heaven as German General
It's a Great Life as Bit Role
Half Way to Heaven as Circus Manager
Not Quite Decent as Canfield
Smiling Irish Eyes as Max North

1922

The Man Who Paid ... (Director)
The Wolf's Fangs ... (Director)
Bulldog Drummond ... (Director)

1921

Ten Nights in a Bar Room ... (Director)

1919

Phil-for-Short ... (Producer)
Auction of Souls ... (Director)
Bringing Up Betty ... (Director)
Mandarin's Gold ... (Director)
The Steel King ... (Director)
The Little Intruder ... (Director)
The Rough Neck ... (Director)
Me and Captain Kidd ... (Director)
An Amateur Widow ... (Director)
The Oakdale Affair ... (Director)

1918

The Grouch ... (Director)
Tinsel ... (Director)
The Turn of a Card ... (Director)

1917

The Price of Her Soul ... (Director)
The Hidden Children ... (Director)
A Man's Man ... (Director)

1916

The Battle of Hearts ... (Director)
The Man from Bitter Roots ... (Director)
Fires of Conscience ... (Director)

1915

Peer Gynt ... (Director)
The Little Gypsy ... (Director)
A Soldier's Oath ... (Director)
Kilmeny ... (Director)
After Five ... (Director)
Snobs ... (Director)
The Rug Maker's Daughter ... (Director)
The Wild Olive ... (Director)

1914

In the Mesh of Her Hair ... (Director)
The Man on the Box ... (Director)
The Only Son ... (Director)
The Last Volunteer ... (Director)
The Ghost Breaker ... (Director)
Brewster's Millions ... (Director)
The Squaw Man ... (Writer)
The Circus Man ... (Director)
The Call of the North ... (Director)
Cameo Kirby ... (Director)
The Making of Bobby Burnit ... (Director)
Ready Money ... (Director)
The Master Mind ... (Director)
A Leech of Industry ... (Director)

1913

The Bells ... (Director)

1912

The Passer-by ... (Director)
Thirty Days at Hard Labor ... (Director)

1911

Aida ... (Director)
The Awakening of John Bond ... (Director)