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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 16, 1878
Died
March 21, 1938
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Oscar C. Apfel
Oscar Apfel
0.2 Popularity
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
6.0
Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
Angel of Mercy
1939
5.8
Wallack (uncredited)
The Toast of New York
1937
0.0
Smorgen
Fifty Roads to Town
1937
6.5
Tsar's General (Uncredited)
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
5.9
Lambert
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937
6.0
DeRouget
Trouble in Morocco
1937
6.8
Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
We Who Are About to Die
1937
6.6
Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
That Girl from Paris
1936
5.5
Alfred Knuxton
Crack-Up
1936
5.9
Robbins
The Plot Thickens
1936
Credits
Angel of Mercy
as Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
1939
6.0
The Toast of New York
as Wallack (uncredited)
1937
5.8
Fifty Roads to Town
as Smorgen
1937
0.0
The Soldier and the Lady
as Tsar's General (Uncredited)
1937
6.5
Jim Hanvey, Detective
as Lambert
1937
5.9
Trouble in Morocco
as DeRouget
1937
6.0
We Who Are About to Die
as Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
1937
6.8
That Girl from Paris
as Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
1936
6.6
Crack-Up
as Alfred Knuxton
1936
5.5
The Plot Thickens
as Robbins
1936
5.9
Bulldog Edition
as Taggart
1936
2.3
Hollywood Boulevard
as Dr. Inslow
1936
2.7
Back to Nature
as Hotel Manager
1936
0.0
36 Hours to Kill
as Man in Wash Room
1936
5.3
And Sudden Death
as Defense Counsel
1936
0.0
Every Saturday Night
as Mr. Dayton
1936
0.0
Sutter's Gold
as Bartender
1936
0.0
Murder at Glen Athol
as Reuben Marshall
1936
6.5
The Bridge of Sighs
as Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
1936
6.0
White Lies
as Hunter (uncredited)
1935
6.0
Another Face
as Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
1935
4.2
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as District Attorney (uncredited)
1935
3.0
I Dream Too Much
as Cafe Owner (uncredited)
1935
5.1
🎬
The Fire-Trap
as R.A. Rawson
1935
5.0
His Night Out
as Dr. Kraft
1935
0.0
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
as Attorney
1935
6.0
🎬
Cappy Ricks Returns
as T. Osgood Blake
1935
4.5
Page Miss Glory
as Tailor (uncredited)
1935
6.3
The Perfect Tribute
as Stratton (uncredited)
1935
0.0
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as President Malloy
1935
6.0
Rainbow's End
as Neil Gibson Sr.
1935
3.3
Born to Gamble
as Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
1935
4.8
Shadows of the Orient
as Judge Avery
1935
4.8
Party Wire
as Thomas P. Sherman
1935
8.0
Mary Jane's Pa
as Chief Bailey
1935
6.0
The Nut Farm
as Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
1935
8.0
Death Flies East
as Wallace P. Burroughs
1935
5.0
Carnival
as Mr. Lawson
1935
0.0
Bordertown
as Judge Rufus Barnswell
1935
5.9
The Best Man Wins
as Chief of Police
1935
5.8
Romance in Manhattan
as Judge
1935
7.8
I Am a Thief
as Auctioneer
1934
6.0
🎬
You Bring the Ducks
as Governor
1934
0.0
You Said a Hatful!
as Anderson
1934
0.0
Crimson Romance
as John Fleming
1934
5.0
Take the Stand
as Mr. Nevin
1934
4.7
Fifteen Wives
as Dist. Atty. Kerry
1934
1.0
The Old-Fashioned Way
as Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
1934
7.1
It Happened One Day
as A.L. Boyd
1934
0.0
Are We Civilized?
as Dr. Leonard Gear
1934
4.0
Manhattan Melodrama
as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
1934
7.0
Whirlpool
as Editor
1934
5.9
The House of Rothschild
as Prussian Officer
1934
6.2
Madame Spy
as Pahlke
1934
6.0
Beloved
as Henry Burrows
1934
0.0
The Big Shakedown
as Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
1934
5.6
The World Changes
as Mr. Morley, a Banker
1933
4.3
Only Yesterday
as Mr. Lane
1933
6.8
Hold the Press
as Bishop
1933
0.0
The Bowery
as Ivan Rummel
1933
5.0
Ladies Must Love
as Herman Nussbauer
1933
0.0
One Man's Journey
as John Radford
1933
6.5
Before Dawn
as Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
1933
5.6
Emergency Call
as Dr. Schwarz
1933
5.8
Storm at Daybreak
as Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
1933
5.8
Tomorrow at Seven
as Asa Marsden
1933
6.0
The Story of Temple Drake
as District Attorney (uncredited)
1933
6.4
Bondage
as Judge (uncredited)
1933
0.0
Gabriel Over the White House
as German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
1933
6.8
Pick-up
as The Warden
1933
4.0
Employees' Entrance
as Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
1933
6.1
You Said a Mouthful
as Armstrong (uncredited)
1932
5.0
Call Her Savage
as Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
1932
5.5
Hot Saturday
as Mr. Randolph
1932
6.4
Hell's Highway
as William Billings
1932
5.9
A Successful Calamity
as President of the United States
1932
5.2
Two Against the World
as District Attorney Howard Mills
1932
5.1
Blondie of the Follies
as Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
1932
6.0
Madame Racketeer
as J. Harrington Hagney
1932
4.8
Skyscraper Souls
as Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
1932
5.3
Make Me a Star
as Henshaw
1932
5.5
Attorney for the Defense
as Managing Editor
1932
6.0
State's Attorney
as Mr. Ulrich
1932
6.7
The Woman in Room 13
1932
0.0
When a Feller Needs a Friend
as Doctor
1932
2.0
Symphony of Six Million
as Conferring Doctor
1932
5.4
The World and the Flesh
as Banker
1932
6.5
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Mr. Brooks
1932
6.2
It's Tough to Be Famous
as S.J. Boynton
1932
5.7
The Heart of New York
as Otto
1932
6.7
Shopworn
as Forbes
1932
6.5
The Impatient Maiden
as Dr. Wilcox
1932
0.0
The Man Who Played God
as Appleby - the Lip Reader
1932
7.2
The Menace
as Dr. Horgenson
1932
4.5
High Pressure
as Mr. Hackett
1932
5.4
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Dr. Rabeouf
1932
5.0
Sooky
as Krausmyer
1931
1.0
Way Back Home
as Wobbling Duffy
1931
6.2
Men in Her Life
as Blake
1931
5.2
The Yellow Ticket
as British Embassy Butler
1931
4.7
Wicked
as Judge Edwin Luther
1931
4.7
Sidewalks of New York
as Judge
1931
6.1
Five Star Final
as Bernard Hinchecliffe
1931
6.6
The Road to Reno
as Mr. Ash
1931
3.2
Huckleberry Finn
as The King
1931
6.7
The Bargain
as G.T. Warren
1931
0.0
Big Business Girl
as Walter T. Morley
1931
6.0
Quick Millions
as Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
1931
7.1
Misbehaving Ladies
as Mayor Twitchell
1931
0.0
The Finger Points
as Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
1931
5.8
Inspiration
as M. Vignaud
1931
5.5
Helping Grandma
as Mr. Pennypacker
1931
6.7
The Right to Love
as William Kellogg
1930
5.3
Abraham Lincoln
as Secretary of War Stanton
1930
5.4
The Virtuous Sin
as Ivanoff
1930
4.3
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as Bit role
1930
5.4
Liliom
as Stefen Kadar
1930
6.8
Man Trouble
as Eddie
1930
5.0
Conspiracy
as Tourist Husband (uncredited)
1930
4.8
Our Blushing Brides
as Floorwalker (uncredited)
1930
5.4
Wild Company
as Prosecuting Attorney
1930
5.0
The Texan
as Abner Thacker
1930
5.8
Street of Chance
as Bartender (uncredited)
1930
6.6
Half Way to Heaven
as Circus Manager
1929
5.0
It's a Great Life
as Bit Role
1929
4.0
Marianne
as Major Russart (uncredited)
1929
6.3
Smiling Irish Eyes
as Max North
1929
0.0
Not Quite Decent
as Canfield
1929
0.0
True Heaven
as German General
1929
0.0
Romance of the Underworld
as Champagne Joe
1928
4.5
🎬
The Valley Of Hunted Men
as Dan Phillips
1928
0.0
🎬
The Last Alarm
1926
0.0
Perils of the Coast Guard
as Carlton Aldridge
1926
0.0
The Sporting Chance
1925
0.0