Oscar Apfel

Birthday:
01/16/1878
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.

Credits

Angel of Mercy (1939)
as Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
The Toast of New York (1937)
as Wallack (uncredited)
Fifty Roads to Town (1937)
as Smorgen
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
as Tsar's General (Uncredited)
Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937)
as Lambert
Trouble in Morocco (1937)
as DeRouget
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
as Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
That Girl from Paris (1936)
as Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
Crack-Up (1936)
as Alfred Knuxton
The Plot Thickens (1936)
as Robbins
Bulldog Edition (1936)
as Taggart
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
as Dr. Inslow
Back to Nature (1936)
as Hotel Manager
36 Hours to Kill (1936)
as Man in Wash Room
And Sudden Death (1936)
as Defense Counsel
Every Saturday Night (1936)
as Mr. Dayton
Sutter's Gold (1936)
as Bartender
Murder at Glen Athol (1936)
as Reuben Marshall
The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
as Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
White Lies (1935)
as Hunter (uncredited)
Another Face (1935)
as Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935)
as District Attorney (uncredited)
I Dream Too Much (1935)
as Cafe Owner (uncredited)
The Fire-Trap (1935)
as R.A. Rawson
His Night Out (1935)
as Dr. Kraft
O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935)
as Attorney
Cappy Ricks Returns (1935)
as T. Osgood Blake
Page Miss Glory (1935)
as Tailor (uncredited)
The Perfect Tribute (1935)
as Stratton (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
as President Malloy
Rainbow's End (1935)
as Neil Gibson Sr.
Born to Gamble (1935)
as Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
Shadows of the Orient (1935)
as Judge Avery
Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
as Chief Bailey
Party Wire (1935)
as Thomas P. Sherman
The Nut Farm (1935)
as Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
Death Flies East (1935)
as Wallace P. Burroughs
Carnival (1935)
as Mr. Lawson
Bordertown (1935)
as Judge Rufus Barnswell
The Best Man Wins (1935)
as Chief of Police
Romance in Manhattan (1935)
as Judge
You Bring the Ducks (1934)
as Governor
I Am a Thief (1934)
as Auctioneer
You Said a Hatful! (1934)
as Anderson
Crimson Romance (1934)
as John Fleming
Take the Stand (1934)
as Mr. Nevin
Fifteen Wives (1934)
as Dist. Atty. Kerry
The Old-Fashioned Way (1934)
as Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
It Happened One Day (1934)
as A.L. Boyd
Are We Civilized? (1934)
as Dr. Leonard Gear
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Whirlpool (1934)
as Editor
The House of Rothschild (1934)
as Prussian Officer
Madame Spy (1934)
as Pahlke
Beloved (1934)
as Henry Burrows
The Big Shakedown (1934)
as Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
The World Changes (1933)
as Mr. Morley, a Banker
Only Yesterday (1933)
as Mr. Lane
Hold the Press (1933)
as Bishop
The Bowery (1933)
as Ivan Rummel
Ladies Must Love (1933)
as Herman Nussbauer
One Man's Journey (1933)
as John Radford
Before Dawn (1933)
as Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
Emergency Call (1933)
as Dr. Schwarz
Storm at Daybreak (1933)
as Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
as Asa Marsden
The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Bondage (1933)
as Judge (uncredited)
Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
as German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
Pick-up (1933)
as The Warden
Employees' Entrance (1933)
as Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
You Said a Mouthful (1932)
as Armstrong (uncredited)
Call Her Savage (1932)
as Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
Hot Saturday (1932)
as Mr. Randolph
Hell's Highway (1932)
as William Billings
A Successful Calamity (1932)
as President of the United States
Two Against the World (1932)
as District Attorney Howard Mills
Blondie of the Follies (1932)
as Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
Madame Racketeer (1932)
as J. Harrington Hagney
Skyscraper Souls (1932)
as Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
Make Me a Star (1932)
as Henshaw
Attorney for the Defense (1932)
as Managing Editor
State's Attorney (1932)
as Mr. Ulrich
The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932)
as Doctor
Symphony of Six Million (1932)
as Conferring Doctor
The World and the Flesh (1932)
as Banker
The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
as Mr. Brooks
It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
as S.J. Boynton
The Heart of New York (1932)
as Otto
Shopworn (1932)
as Forbes
The Impatient Maiden (1932)
as Dr. Wilcox
The Man Who Played God (1932)
as Appleby - the Lip Reader
The Menace (1932)
as Dr. Horgenson
High Pressure (1932)
as Mr. Hackett
The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932)
as Dr. Rabeouf
Sooky (1931)
as Krausmyer
Way Back Home (1931)
as Wobbling Duffy
Men in Her Life (1931)
as Blake
The Yellow Ticket (1931)
as British Embassy Butler
Wicked (1931)
as Judge Edwin Luther
Sidewalks of New York (1931)
as Judge
Five Star Final (1931)
as Bernard Hinchecliffe
The Road to Reno (1931)
as Mr. Ash
Huckleberry Finn (1931)
as The King
The Bargain (1931)
as G.T. Warren
Big Business Girl (1931)
as Walter T. Morley
Quick Millions (1931)
as Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
Misbehaving Ladies (1931)
as Mayor Twitchell
The Finger Points (1931)
as Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
Inspiration (1931)
as M. Vignaud
Helping Grandma (1931)
as Mr. Pennypacker
The Right to Love (1930)
as William Kellogg
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
as Secretary of War Stanton
The Virtuous Sin (1930)
as Ivanoff
Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930)
as Bit role
Liliom (1930)
as Stefen Kadar
Man Trouble (1930)
as Eddie
Conspiracy (1930)
as Tourist Husband (uncredited)
Our Blushing Brides (1930)
as Floorwalker (uncredited)
Wild Company (1930)
as Prosecuting Attorney
The Texan (1930)
as Abner Thacker
Street of Chance (1930)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Half Way to Heaven (1929)
as Circus Manager
It's a Great Life (1929)
as Bit Role
Marianne (1929)
as Major Russart (uncredited)
Smiling Irish Eyes (1929)
as Max North
Not Quite Decent (1929)
as Canfield
True Heaven (1929)
as German General
Romance of the Underworld (1928)
as Champagne Joe
The Valley Of Hunted Men (1928)
as Dan Phillips
The Heart of Broadway (1928)
as Dave Richards
The Last Alarm (1926)
Perils of the Coast Guard (1926)
as Carlton Aldridge
The Sporting Chance (1925)
Code of the Cow Country
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Race Wild
Director
When Seconds Count
Director
The Call of the Klondike
Director
The Last Alarm
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Somebody's Mother
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Somebody's Mother
Writer
Perils of the Coast Guard
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The Midnight Limited
Director
Borrowed Finery
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The Sporting Chance
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The Thoroughbred
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The Trail of the Law
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The Heart Bandit
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In Search of a Thrill
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The Social Code
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The Lion's Mouse
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Bulldog Drummond
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The Wolf's Fangs
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The Wolf's Fangs
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The Man Who Paid
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Ten Nights in a Bar Room
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The Steel King
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The Steel King
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Me and Captain Kidd
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Me and Captain Kidd
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The Oakdale Affair
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The Oakdale Affair
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Bringing Up Betty
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Phil-for-Short
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Phil-for-Short
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An Amateur Widow
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The Little Intruder
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Mandarin's Gold
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The Rough Neck
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Auction of Souls
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The Grouch
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Tinsel
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The Turn of a Card
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A Man's Man
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The Price of Her Soul
Director
The Hidden Children
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The Hidden Children
Writer
Fires of Conscience
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The Man from Bitter Roots
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The Man from Bitter Roots
Writer
The Battle of Hearts
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The Battle of Hearts
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The Battle of Hearts
Producer
A Soldier's Oath
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A Soldier's Oath
Writer
The Little Gypsy
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Peer Gynt
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Peer Gynt
Writer
Kilmeny
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The Rug Maker's Daughter
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The Wild Olive
Director
Snobs
Director
After Five
Director
Cameo Kirby
Director
The Ghost Breaker
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The Ghost Breaker
Writer
The Circus Man
Director
Ready Money
Director
The Making of Bobby Burnit
Director
The Last Volunteer
Director
The Call of the North
Director
The Man on the Box
Director
The Only Son
Director
The Master Mind
Director
Brewster's Millions
Director
A Leech of Industry
Director
The Squaw Man
Writer
The Squaw Man
Director
In the Mesh of Her Hair
Director
The Bells
Director
The Passer-by
Director
Thirty Days at Hard Labor
Director
The Awakening of John Bond
Director
Aida
Director

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