Name
Oscar Apfel
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1878-01-16
Deathday
1938-03-21 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
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- 1937 Trouble in Morocco as DeRouget
- 1931 Five Star Final as Bernard Hinchecliffe
- 1932 Hot Saturday as Mr. Randolph
- 1934 Are We Civilized? as Dr. Leonard Gear
- 1932 High Pressure as Mr. Hackett
- 1935 Man on the Flying Trapeze as President Malloy
- 1932 Hell's Highway as William Billings
- 1935 I Dream Too Much as Cafe Owner (uncredited)
- 1932 Symphony of Six Million as Conferring Doctor
- 1933 Bondage as Judge (uncredited)
- 1931 Inspiration as M. Vignaud
- 1926 The Last Alarm
- 1937 The Toast of New York as Wallack (uncredited)
- 1931 Big Business Girl as Walter T. Morley
- 1932 The Man Who Played God as Appleby - the Lip Reader
- 1933 Before Dawn as Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
- 1932 The Impatient Maiden as Dr. Wilcox
- 1932 The Heart of New York as Otto
- 1933 Pick-up as The Warden
- 1935 Rainbow's End as Neil Gibson Sr.
- 1935 The Nut Farm as Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
- 1935 Shadows of the Orient as Judge Avery
- 1931 Way Back Home as Wobbling Duffy
- 1936 Murder at Glen Athol as Reuben Marshall
- 1930 The Virtuous Sin as Ivanoff
- 1932 Two Against the World as District Attorney Howard Mills
- 1934 Romance in Manhattan as Judge
- 1932 It's Tough to Be Famous as S.J. Boynton
- 1936 Bulldog Edition as Taggart
- 1936 The Bridge of Sighs as Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
- 1935 O'Shaughnessy's Boy as Attorney
- 1935 The Fire-Trap as R.A. Rawson
- 1935 The Best Man Wins as Chief of Police
- 1937 Jim Hanvey, Detective as Lambert
- 1934 Crimson Romance as John Fleming
- 1933 The Bowery as Ivan Rummel
- 1933 One Man's Journey as John Radford
- 1931 The Finger Points as Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
- 1936 Crack-Up as Alfred Knuxton
- 1934 Whirlpool as Editor
- 1932 The Woman from Monte Carlo as Dr. Rabeouf
- 1931 Men in Her Life as Blake
- 1935 His Night Out as Dr. Kraft
- 1932 State's Attorney as Mr. Ulrich
- 1934 I Am a Thief as Auctioneer
- 1929 True Heaven as German General
- 1934 Fifteen Wives as Dist. Atty. Kerry
- 1935 Death Flies East as Wallace P. Burroughs
- 1930 Abraham Lincoln as Secretary of War Stanton
- 1930 Man Trouble as Eddie
- 1933 Hold the Press as Bishop
- 1933 Tomorrow at Seven as Asa Marsden
- 1931 Huckleberry Finn as The King
- 1936 The Plot Thickens as Robbins
- 1931 Sidewalks of New York as Judge
- 1932 Skyscraper Souls as Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
- 1935 Party Wire as Thomas P. Sherman
- 1930 Wild Company as Prosecuting Attorney
- 1933 The Story of Temple Drake as District Attorney (uncredited)
- 1937 We Who Are About to Die as Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
- 1936 Sutter's Gold as Bartender
- 1936 36 Hours to Kill as Man in Wash Room
- 1929 It's a Great Life as Bit Role
- 1929 Not Quite Decent as Canfield
- 1932 The Menace as Dr. Horgenson
- 1929 Half Way to Heaven as Circus Manager
- 1933 Employees' Entrance as Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
- 1933 Storm at Daybreak as Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
- 1935 Page Miss Glory as Tailor (uncredited)
- 1935 Mary Jane's Pa as Chief Bailey
- 1932 The Famous Ferguson Case as Mr. Brooks
- 1932 You Said a Mouthful as Armstrong (uncredited)
- 1930 Liliom as Stefen Kadar
- 1930 Our Blushing Brides as Floorwalker (uncredited)
- 1934 Take the Stand as Mr. Nevin
- 1931 The Yellow Ticket as British Embassy Butler
- 1936 Hollywood Boulevard as Dr. Inslow
- 1932 Shopworn as Judge Forbes
- 1932 Make Me a Star as Henshaw
- 1935 Bordertown as Judge Rufus Barnswell
- 1932 Call Her Savage as Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
- 1935 Cappy Ricks Returns as T. Osgood Blake
- 1932 The Woman in Room 13
- 1932 The World and the Flesh as Banker
- 1931 Quick Millions as Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
- 1934 Madame Spy as Pahlke
- 1936 That Girl from Paris as Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
- 1933 Emergency Call as Dr. Schwarz
- 1932 A Successful Calamity as President of the United States
- 1933 Gabriel Over the White House as German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
- 1930 Street of Chance as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1939 Angel of Mercy as Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
- 1934 The Old-Fashioned Way as Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
- 1929 Marianne as Major Russart (uncredited)
- 1931 Misbehaving Ladies as Mayor Twitchell
- 1936 And Sudden Death as Defense Counsel
- 1932 Madame Racketeer as J. Harrington Hagney
- 1932 Attorney for the Defense as Managing Editor
- 1931 The Road to Reno as Mr. Ash
- 1935 Carnival as Mr. Lawson
- 1931 Helping Grandma as Mr. Pennypacker
- 1930 Du Barry, Woman of Passion as Bit role
- 1932 Blondie of the Follies as Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
- 1937 The Soldier and the Lady as Tsar's General (Uncredited)
- 1930 The Texan as Abner Thacker
- 1934 You Bring the Ducks as Governor
- 1930 The Right to Love as William Kellogg
- 1937 Fifty Roads to Town as Smorgen
- 1931 Wicked as Judge Edwin Luther
- 1936 Back to Nature as Hotel Manager
- 1936 Every Saturday Night as Mr. Dayton
- 1928 The Valley Of Hunted Men as Dan Phillips
- 1933 Only Yesterday as Mr. Lane
- 1934 The Big Shakedown as Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
- 1935 The Calling of Dan Matthews as District Attorney (uncredited)
- 1935 The Perfect Tribute as Stratton (uncredited)
- 1934 Manhattan Melodrama as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
- 1935 Another Face as Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
- 1935 Born to Gamble as Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
- 1931 The Bargain as G.T. Warren
- 1930 Conspiracy as Tourist Husband (uncredited)
- 1928 Romance of the Underworld as Champagne Joe
- 1934 Beloved as Henry Burrows
- 1932 When a Feller Needs a Friend as Doctor
- 1931 Sooky as Krausmyer
- 1934 It Happened One Day as A.L. Boyd
- 1934 You Said a Hatful! as Anderson
- 1929 Smiling Irish Eyes as Max North
- 1934 The House of Rothschild as Prussian Officer
- 1935 White Lies as Hunter (uncredited)
- 1925 The Sporting Chance
- 1926 Perils of the Coast Guard as Carlton Aldridge
- 1933 Ladies Must Love as Herman Nussbauer
- 1933 The World Changes as Mr. Morley, a Banker
- 1928 The Heart of Broadway as Dave Richards
- 1933 Tugboat Annie as Reynolds (uncredited)
