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