Oscar Apfel
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
DeRouget
Trouble in Morocco
Bernard Hinchecliffe
Five Star Final
Mr. Randolph
Hot Saturday
Dr. Leonard Gear
Are We Civilized?
Mr. Hackett
High Pressure
President Malloy
Man on the Flying Trapeze
William Billings
Hell's Highway
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
I Dream Too Much
Conferring Doctor
Symphony of Six Million
M. Vignaud
Inspiration
Judge (uncredited)
Bondage
The Last Alarm
Wallack (uncredited)
The Toast of New York
Walter T. Morley
Big Business Girl
Appleby - the Lip Reader
The Man Who Played God
Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
Before Dawn
Dr. Wilcox
The Impatient Maiden
Otto
The Heart of New York
The Warden
Pick-up
Neil Gibson Sr.
Rainbow's End
Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
The Nut Farm
Judge Avery
Shadows of the Orient
Wobbling Duffy
Way Back Home
Reuben Marshall
Murder at Glen Athol
Ivanoff
The Virtuous Sin
District Attorney Howard Mills
Two Against the World
Judge
Romance in Manhattan
S.J. Boynton
It's Tough to Be Famous
Taggart
Bulldog Edition
Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
The Bridge of Sighs
Attorney
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
R.A. Rawson
The Fire-Trap
Chief of Police
The Best Man Wins
Lambert
Jim Hanvey, Detective
John Fleming
Crimson Romance
Ivan Rummel
The Bowery
John Radford
One Man's Journey
Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
The Finger Points
Alfred Knuxton
Crack-Up
Editor
Whirlpool
Dr. Rabeouf
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Blake
Men in Her Life
Dr. Kraft
His Night Out
Mr. Ulrich
State's Attorney
Auctioneer
I Am a Thief
German General
True Heaven
Dist. Atty. Kerry
Fifteen Wives
Wallace P. Burroughs
Death Flies East
Secretary of War Stanton
Abraham Lincoln
Eddie
Man Trouble
Bishop
Hold the Press
Asa Marsden
Tomorrow at Seven
H. G. Robbins
The Plot Thickens
The King
Huckleberry Finn
Judge
Sidewalks of New York
Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
Skyscraper Souls
Thomas P. Sherman
Party Wire
Prosecuting Attorney
Wild Company
District Attorney (uncredited)
The Story of Temple Drake
Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
We Who Are About to Die
Bartender
Sutter's Gold
Man in Wash Room
36 Hours to Kill
Bit Role
It's a Great Life
Canfield
Not Quite Decent
Dr. Horgenson
The Menace
Circus Manager
Half Way to Heaven
Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
Employees' Entrance
Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
Storm at Daybreak
Tailor (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory
Chief Bailey
Mary Jane's Pa
Mr. Brooks
The Famous Ferguson Case
Armstrong (uncredited)
You Said a Mouthful
Stefen Kadar
Liliom
Floorwalker (uncredited)
Our Blushing Brides
Mr. Nevin
Take the Stand
British Embassy Butler
The Yellow Ticket
Dr. Inslow
Hollywood Boulevard
Forbes
Shopworn
Judge Rufus Barnswell
Bordertown
Henshaw
Make Me a Star
Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
Call Her Savage
T. Osgood Blake
Cappy Ricks Returns
The Woman in Room 13
Banker
The World and the Flesh
Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
Quick Millions
Pahlke
Madame Spy
Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
That Girl from Paris
Dr. Schwarz
Emergency Call
President of the United States
A Successful Calamity
German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
Gabriel Over the White House
Bartender (uncredited)
Street of Chance
Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
Angel of Mercy
Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
Major Russart (uncredited)
Marianne
Mayor Twitchell
Misbehaving Ladies
Defense Counsel
And Sudden Death
J. Harrington Hagney
Madame Racketeer
Managing Editor
Attorney for the Defense
Mr. Ash
The Road to Reno
Mr. Lawson
Carnival
Mr. Pennypacker
Helping Grandma
Bit role
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
Blondie of the Follies
Tsar's General (Uncredited)
The Soldier and the Lady
Thacker
The Texan
Governor
You Bring the Ducks
William Kellogg
The Right to Love
Smorgen
Fifty Roads to Town
Judge Edwin Luther
Wicked
Mr. Dayton
Every Saturday Night
Hotel Manager
Back to Nature
Dan Phillips
The Valley Of Hunted Men
Mr. Lane
Only Yesterday
Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
The Big Shakedown
District Attorney (uncredited)
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Stratton (uncredited)
The Perfect Tribute
Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
Another Face
Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
Born to Gamble
G.T. Warren
The Bargain
Tourist Husband (uncredited)
Conspiracy
Champagne Joe
Romance of the Underworld
Henry Burrows
Beloved
Krausmyer
Sooky
Doctor
When a Feller Needs a Friend
A.L. Boyd
It Happened One Day
Anderson
You Said a Hatful!
Max North
Smiling Irish Eyes
Prussian Officer
The House of Rothschild
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
129
Gender
Male
Birthday
1878-01-16
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
Oscar C. Apfel