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Oscar Apfel
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
Died March 21, 1938 (60 years)
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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.
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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Filmography
| 1937 | Conquest · as Count Potocka |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York · as Wallack (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Fifty Roads to Town · as Smorgen |
| 1937 | The Soldier and the Lady · as Tsar's General (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Jim Hanvey, Detective · as Lambert |
| 1937 | Nancy Steele Is Missing! · as Judge |
| 1936 | We Who Are About to Die · as Mr. Armitage (uncredited) |
| 1936 | That Girl from Paris · as Judge At Second Wedding (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Career Woman · as Medical Examiner |
| 1936 | Crack-Up · as Alfred Knuxton |
| 1936 | The Plot Thickens · as H. G. Robbins |
| 1936 | 15 Maiden Lane · as Jan Waltman - Diamond Cutter |
| 1936 | Bulldog Edition · as Taggart |
| 1936 | Missing Girls · as Jury Foreman |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard · as Dr. Inslow |
| 1936 | 36 Hours to Kill · as Man In Wash Room |
| 1936 | San Francisco · as Founders' Club Member |
| 1936 | And Sudden Death · as Defense Counsel |
| 1936 | Hearts in Bondage · as Capt. Gilman |
| 1936 | Till We Meet Again · as German General |
| 1936 | Sutter's Gold · as Bartender |
| 1936 | The Criminal Within · as Reuben Marshall |
| 1936 | The Bridge of Sighs · as Judge 'teddy' Blaisdell |
| 1935 | Another Face · as Dr. H.j. Buler (uncredited) |
| 1935 | I Dream Too Much · as Cafe Owner (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Fire-Trap · as R.a. Rawson |
| 1935 | This Is the Life · as Kendall - Department Of Justice Chief |
| 1935 | O'Shaughnessy's Boy · as Attorney |
| 1935 | Page Miss Glory · as Tailor (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Dante's Inferno · as Mr. Williams |
| 1935 | Man on the Flying Trapeze · as President Malloy |
| 1935 | Rainbow's End · as Neil Gibson Sr. |
| 1935 | Born to Gamble · as Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Shadows of the Orient · as Judge Avery |
| 1935 | Ginger · as Bill Collector |
| 1935 | Party Wire · as Thomas P. Sherman |
| 1935 | Mary Jane's Pa · as Chief Bailey |
| 1935 | The Nut Farm · as Bob Bent, Helen's Husband |
| 1935 | Carnival · as Mr. Lawson |
| 1935 | Bordertown · as Judge Rufus Barnswell |
| 1935 | The Best Man Wins · as Chief Of Police |
| 1934 | Romance in Manhattan · as Judge |
| 1934 | I Am a Thief · as Auctioneer |
| 1934 | The Firebird · as Police Desk Sergeant |
| 1934 | Crimson Romance · as John Fleming |
| 1934 | The Old Fashioned Way · as Mr. Livingston (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Let's Try Again · as Undetermined Secondary Role |
| 1934 | Are We Civilized? · as Dr. Leonard Gear |
| 1934 | Twenty Million Sweethearts · as Walcott |
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama · as Speaker Of Assembly (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Whirlpool · as Newspaper Editor |
| 1934 | The House of Rothschild · as Prussian Officer |
| 1934 | Beloved · as Henry Burrows |
| 1934 | The Big Shakedown · as Digitalis Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The World Changes · as Mr. Morley - Banker |
| 1933 | Only Yesterday · as Mr. Lane |
| 1933 | Hold the Press · as Bishop |
| 1933 | The Bowery · as Ivan Rummel |
| 1933 | One Man's Journey · as John Radford |
| 1933 | Tugboat Annie · as Reynolds |
| 1933 | Before Dawn · as Chief Of Detectives John F. O'hara |
| 1933 | Storm at Daybreak · as Counselor Velasch (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Tomorrow at Seven · as Asa Marsden |
| 1933 | Emergency Call · as Dr. Schwarz |
| 1933 | The Story of Temple Drake · as District Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Gabriel Over the White House · as German Delegate To Debt Conference (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Pick-up · as The Warden |
| 1933 | Employees' Entrance · as Board Of Directors Member #5 (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Rasputin and the Empress · as Undetermined Secondary Role |
| 1932 | The Match King · as Uncle Gustav |
| 1932 | You Said a Mouthful · as Armstrong (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Call Her Savage · as Doctor Treating Crosby (uncredited) |
| 1932 | That's My Boy · as District Attorney |
| 1932 | Hot Saturday · as Mr. Randolph |
| 1932 | False Faces · as Fineberg |
| 1932 | A Parisian Romance · as Cast |
| 1932 | Hell's Highway · as William Billings |
| 1932 | A Successful Calamity · as President Of The United States |
| 1932 | Two Against the World · as District Attorney Howard Mills |
| 1932 | Blondie of the Follies · as Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Speak Easily · as Lawyer's Representative |
| 1932 | Madame Racketeer · as J. Harrington Hagney |
| 1932 | Skyscraper Souls · as Brewster's Associate (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Washington Masquerade · as Hank Larrimore |
| 1932 | Make Me a Star · as Henshaw |
| 1932 | Attorney for the Defense · as Managing Editor |
| 1932 | State's Attorney · as Mr. Ulrich |
| 1932 | The Famous Ferguson Case · as Mr. Brooks |
| 1932 | When a Feller Needs a Friend · as Doctor |
| 1932 | Symphony of Six Million · as Conferring Doctor |
| 1932 | The World and the Flesh · as Banker |
| 1932 | It's Tough to Be Famous · as S.j. Boynton |
| 1932 | Alias the Doctor · as Keller |
| 1932 | The Heart of New York · as Otto |
| 1932 | Shopworn · as Forbes |
| 1932 | Business and Pleasure · as P.d. Weatheright |
| 1932 | The Impatient Maiden · as Dr. Wilcox |
| 1932 | The Man Who Played God · as Appleby - The Lip Reader |
| 1932 | High Pressure · as Mr. Hackett |
| 1932 | The Menace · as Dr. Horgenson |
| 1932 | The Woman from Monte Carlo · as Dr. Rabeouf |
| 1931 | Sooky · as Krausmyer |
| 1931 | Her Majesty, Love · as Marriage License Bureau Manager |
| 1931 | Men in Her Life · as Blake |
| 1931 | Way Back Home · as Wobbling Duffy |
| 1931 | The Yellow Ticket · as British Embassy Butler |
| 1931 | Wicked · as Judge Edwin Luther |
| 1931 | Five Star Final · as Bernard Hinchecliffe |
| 1931 | Sidewalks of New York · as Judge |
| 1931 | The Road to Reno · as Mr. Ash |
| 1931 | The Bargain · as G.t. Warren |
| 1931 | Huckleberry Finn · as The King |
| 1931 | Big Business Girl · as Walter T. Morley |
| 1931 | Quick Millions · as Police Detective Capp (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Finger Points · as Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler |
| 1931 | Fighting Caravans · as Minor Role |
| 1931 | Inspiration · as M. Vignaud |
| 1931 | Helping Grandma · as Mr. Pennypacker |
| 1930 | The Right to Love · as William Kellogg |
| 1930 | The Virtuous Sin · as Ivanoff |
| 1930 | Du Barry, Woman of Passion · as Bit Role |
| 1930 | Liliom · as Stefen Kadar |
| 1930 | Abraham Lincoln · as Secretary Of War Stanton |
| 1930 | The Spoilers · as A. Struve |
| 1930 | Conspiracy · as Tourist Husband (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Our Blushing Brides · as Floorwalker (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Wild Company · as Prosecuting Attorney |
| 1930 | The Texan · as Thacker |
| 1930 | Puttin' on the Ritz · as House Manager |
| 1930 | Street of Chance · as Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Marianne · as Major |
| 1929 | Smiling Irish Eyes · as Max North |
| 1929 | Half Way to Heaven · as Circus Manager |
| 1929 | It's a Great Life · as Bit Role |
| 1929 | Marianne · as Major Russart (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Romance of the Underworld · as Champagne Joe |