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

1936

Crack-Up as Alfred Knuxton
That Girl from Paris as Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
The Plot Thickens as Robbins
Hollywood Boulevard as Dr. Inslow
Murder at Glen Athol as Reuben Marshall
36 Hours to Kill as Man in Wash Room
Sutter's Gold as Bartender
Bulldog Edition as Taggart
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

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

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

1922

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

1921

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

1919

The Rough Neck ... (Director)
The Steel King ... (Director)
Mandarin's Gold ... (Director)
Me and Captain Kidd ... (Director)
Bringing Up Betty ... (Director)
Auction of Souls ... (Director)
The Little Intruder ... (Director)
Phil-for-Short ... (Producer)
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)
A Man's Man ... (Director)
The Hidden Children ... (Director)

1916

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

1915

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

1914

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