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

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

Marianne as Major Russart (uncredited)
True Heaven as German General
Half Way to Heaven as Circus Manager
It's a Great Life as Bit Role
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

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

1918

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

1917

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

1916

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

1915

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

1914

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

1913

The Bells ... (Director)

1912

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

1911

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