Oscar Apfel
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1878-01-16
Day of Death
1938-03-21 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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
Acting
(1939)
Angel of Mercy
as Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
(1937)
We Who Are About to Die
as Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
(1937)
The Soldier and the Lady
as Tsar's General (Uncredited)
(1937)
The Toast of New York
as Wallack (uncredited)
(1937)
Trouble in Morocco
as DeRouget
(1937)
Jim Hanvey, Detective
as Lambert
(1937)
Fifty Roads to Town
as Smorgen
(1936)
And Sudden Death
as Defense Counsel
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Dr. Inslow
(1936)
36 Hours to Kill
as Man in Wash Room
(1936)
Every Saturday Night
as Mr. Dayton
(1936)
The Bridge of Sighs
as Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
(1936)
The Plot Thickens
as Robbins
(1936)
Sutter's Gold
as Bartender
(1936)
Murder at Glen Athol
as Reuben Marshall
(1936)
That Girl from Paris
as Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
(1936)
Bulldog Edition
as Taggart
(1936)
Crack-Up
as Alfred Knuxton
(1936)
Back to Nature
as Hotel Manager
(1935)
The Best Man Wins
as Chief of Police
(1935)
Shadows of the Orient
as Judge Avery
(1935)
His Night Out
as Dr. Kraft
(1935)
Bordertown
as Judge Rufus Barnswell
(1935)
Death Flies East
as Wallace P. Burroughs
(1935)
Carnival
as Mr. Lawson
(1935)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as President Malloy
(1935)
Another Face
as Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
(1935)
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
as Attorney
(1935)
Party Wire
as Thomas P. Sherman
(1935)
The Perfect Tribute
as Stratton (uncredited)
(1935)
Mary Jane's Pa
as Chief Bailey
(1935)
Page Miss Glory
as Tailor (uncredited)
(1935)
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as District Attorney (uncredited)
(1935)
I Dream Too Much
as Cafe Owner (uncredited)
(1935)
Cappy Ricks Returns
as T. Osgood Blake
(1935)
Rainbow's End
as Neil Gibson Sr.
(1935)
Born to Gamble
as Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
(1935)
Romance in Manhattan
as Judge
(1935)
The Nut Farm
as Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
(1935)
The Fire-Trap
as R.A. Rawson
(1934)
The Big Shakedown
as Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
(1934)
Are We Civilized?
as Dr. Leonard Gear
(1934)
Crimson Romance
as John Fleming
(1934)
The Old-Fashioned Way
as Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
(1934)
Beloved
as Henry Burrows
(1934)
Madame Spy
as Pahlke
(1934)
Whirlpool
as Editor
(1934)
Manhattan Melodrama
as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
(1934)
The House of Rothschild
as Prussian Officer
(1934)
It Happened One Day
as A.L. Boyd
(1934)
Fifteen Wives
as Dist. Atty. Kerry
(1934)
Take the Stand
as Mr. Nevin
(1934)
You Said a Hatful!
as Anderson
(1934)
I Am a Thief
as Auctioneer
(1934)
You Bring the Ducks
as Governor
(1933)
One Man's Journey
as John Radford
(1933)
The Story of Temple Drake
as District Attorney (uncredited)
(1933)
Storm at Daybreak
as Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
(1933)
Emergency Call
as Dr. Schwarz
(1933)
The Bowery
as Ivan Rummel
(1933)
Gabriel Over the White House
as German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
(1933)
Employees' Entrance
as Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
(1933)
Tomorrow at Seven
as Asa Marsden
(1933)
Only Yesterday
as Mr. Lane
(1933)
Before Dawn
as Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
(1933)
Pick-up
as The Warden
(1933)
Bondage
as Judge (uncredited)
(1933)
Hold the Press
as Bishop
(1932)
Symphony of Six Million
as Conferring Doctor
(1932)
Skyscraper Souls
as Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
(1932)
Attorney for the Defense
as Managing Editor
(1932)
The Heart of New York
as Otto
(1932)
State's Attorney
as Mr. Ulrich
(1932)
High Pressure
as Mr. Hackett
(1932)
A Successful Calamity
as President of the United States
(1932)
(1932)
The Menace
as Dr. Horgenson
(1932)
The Impatient Maiden
as Dr. Wilcox
(1932)
Madame Racketeer
as J. Harrington Hagney
(1932)
Hell's Highway
as William Billings
(1932)
The Man Who Played God
as Appleby - the Lip Reader
(1932)
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Dr. Rabeouf
(1932)
Make Me a Star
as Henshaw
(1932)
You Said a Mouthful
as Armstrong (uncredited)
(1932)
Hot Saturday
as Mr. Randolph
(1932)
Two Against the World
as District Attorney Howard Mills
(1932)
Call Her Savage
as Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
(1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Mr. Brooks
(1932)
The World and the Flesh
as Banker
(1932)
Shopworn
as Forbes
(1932)
It's Tough to Be Famous
as S.J. Boynton
(1932)
Blondie of the Follies
as Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
(1932)
When a Feller Needs a Friend
as Doctor
(1931)
Huckleberry Finn
as The King
(1931)
The Bargain
as G.T. Warren
(1931)
Helping Grandma
as Mr. Pennypacker
(1931)
Misbehaving Ladies
as Mayor Twitchell
(1931)
Quick Millions
as Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
(1931)
Five Star Final
as Bernard Hinchecliffe
(1931)
Way Back Home
as Wobbling Duffy
(1931)
Inspiration
as M. Vignaud
(1931)
Wicked
as Judge Edwin Luther
(1931)
The Road to Reno
as Mr. Ash
(1931)
The Finger Points
as Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
(1931)
Sooky
as Krausmyer
(1931)
The Yellow Ticket
as British Embassy Butler
(1931)
Men in Her Life
as Blake
(1931)
Sidewalks of New York
as Judge
(1931)
Big Business Girl
as Walter T. Morley
(1930)
Man Trouble
as Eddie
(1930)
Abraham Lincoln
as Secretary of War Stanton
(1930)
Conspiracy
as Tourist Husband (uncredited)
(1930)
The Right to Love
as William Kellogg
(1930)
Liliom
as Stefen Kadar
(1930)
Street of Chance
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1930)
The Texan
as Thacker
(1930)
The Virtuous Sin
as Ivanoff
(1930)
Wild Company
as Prosecuting Attorney
(1930)
Our Blushing Brides
as Floorwalker (uncredited)
(1930)
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as Bit role
(1929)
Half Way to Heaven
as Circus Manager
(1929)
Smiling Irish Eyes
as Max North
(1929)
It's a Great Life
as Bit Role
(1929)
Marianne
as Major Russart (uncredited)
(1929)
Not Quite Decent
as Canfield
(1929)
True Heaven
as German General
(1928)
The Valley Of Hunted Men
as Dan Phillips
(1928)
Romance of the Underworld
as Champagne Joe
(1926)
Crew
(1927)
Code of the Cow Country
Director
(1927)
Race Wild
Director
(1926)
The Call of the Klondike
Director
(1926)
The Last Alarm
Director
(1926)
The Midnight Limited
Director
(1925)
Borrowed Finery
Director
(1924)
The Trail of the Law
Director
(1923)
The Social Code
Director
(1923)
In Search of a Thrill
Director
(1922)
Bulldog Drummond
Director
(1922)
The Man Who Paid
Director
(1921)
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
Director
(1919)
Bringing Up Betty
Director
(1919)
The Oakdale Affair
Director, Producer
(1919)
Auction of Souls
Director
(1919)
Phil-for-Short
Producer, Director
(1919)
Me and Captain Kidd
Director, Producer
(1919)
An Amateur Widow
Director
(1918)
Tinsel
Director
(1918)
The Grouch
Director
(1916)
Fires of Conscience
Director
(1915)
The Rug Maker's Daughter
Director
(1915)
Peer Gynt
Director, Writer
(1915)
Kilmeny
Director
(1915)
After Five
Director
(1915)
Snobs
Director
(1915)
The Wild Olive
Director
(1914)
The Last Volunteer
Director
(1914)
The Ghost Breaker
Director, Writer
(1914)
Brewster's Millions
Director
(1914)
The Making of Bobby Burnit
Director
(1914)
The Squaw Man
Writer, Director
(1914)
The Circus Man
Director
(1914)
Cameo Kirby
Director
(1914)
The Call of the North
Director
(1914)
Ready Money
Director
(1914)
The Only Son
Director
(1914)
A Leech of Industry
Director
(1914)
In the Mesh of Her Hair
Director
(1914)
The Man on the Box
Director
(1914)
The Master Mind
Director
(1913)
The Bells
Director
(1912)
Thirty Days at Hard Labor
Director
(1912)
The Passer-by
Director
(1911)
Aida
Director
(1911)
The Awakening of John Bond
Director