Adolphe Menjou
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-02-18
Day of Death
1963-10-29 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Adolphe Menjou
Biography
Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, where he played the lead role; Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas; Ernst Lubitsch's The Marriage Circle; The Sheik with Rudolph Valentino; Morocco with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper; and A Star Is Born with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, and was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known For
Acting
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1961)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'A Star Is Born' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1960)
Pollyanna
as Mr. Pendergast
(1958)
I Married a Woman
as Frederick W. Sutton
(1957)
Paths of Glory
as Gen. George Broulard
(1957)
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Arthur Martin
(1956)
The Ambassador's Daughter
as Senator Jonathan Carwright
(1956)
Bundle of Joy
as J. B. Merlin
(1955)
Timberjack
as 'Sweetwater' Tilton
(1953)
Man on a Tightrope
as Fesker
(1952)
The Sniper
as Frank Kafka
(1951)
Across the Wide Missouri
as Pierre
(1951)
The Tall Target
as Caleb Jeffers
(1950)
To Please a Lady
as Gregg
(1949)
My Dream Is Yours
as Thomas Hutchins
(1949)
Dancing in the Dark
as Melville Crossman
(1948)
State of the Union
as Jim Conover
(1947)
The Hucksters
as Mr. Kimberly
(1947)
Mr. District Attorney
as Craig Warren
(1947)
I'll Be Yours
as J. Conrad Nelson
(1946)
Heartbeat
as Ambassador
(1946)
The Bachelor's Daughters
as Alexander Moody
(1945)
Man Alive
as Kismet
(1944)
Step Lively
as Wagner
(1943)
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Hector Phyffe
(1943)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Tom Moran
(1942)
You Were Never Lovelier
as Eduardo Acuña
(1942)
Roxie Hart
as Billy Flynn
(1942)
Syncopation
as George Latimer
(1942)
(1941)
Father Takes a Wife
as Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
(1941)
Road Show
as Col. Carleton Carroway
(1940)
Turnabout
as Phil Manning
(1940)
A Bill of Divorcement
as Hilary Fairfield
(1939)
Golden Boy
as Tom Moody
(1939)
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Deakon Maxwell
(1939)
That's Right – You're Wrong
as Stacey Delmore
(1939)
King of the Turf
as Jim Mason
(1938)
Letter of Introduction
as John Mannering
(1938)
The Goldwyn Follies
as Oliver Merlin
(1938)
Thanks for Everything
as J. B. Harcourt
(1937)
A Star Is Born
as Oliver Niles
(1937)
Stage Door
as Anthony Powell
(1937)
One Hundred Men and a Girl
as John Cardwell
(1937)
Café Metropole
as Monsieur Victor
(1937)
One in a Million
as Tad Spencer
(1936)
The Milky Way
as Gabby Sloan
(1936)
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Bruce Farraday
(1936)
Wives Never Know
as J. Hugh Ramsey
(1935)
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Nicolai Nicoleff
(1935)
Broadway Gondolier
as Professor Eduardo de Vinci
(1934)
Little Miss Marker
as Sorrowful Jones
(1934)
The Mighty Barnum
as Bailey Walsh
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Paul Mollet
(1934)
Easy to Love
as John
(1934)
The Great Flirtation
as Stephan Karpath
(1934)
The Human Side
as Gregory Sheldon
(1934)
The Trumpet Blows
as Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez
(1933)
Morning Glory
as Louis Easton
(1933)
Convention City
as T.R. (Ted) Kent
(1933)
The Circus Queen Murder
as Thatcher Colt
(1933)
The Worst Woman in Paris?
as Adolphe Ballou
(1932)
A Farewell to Arms
as Major Rinaldi
(1932)
Forbidden
as Robert Grover
(1932)
Prestige
as Capt. Remy Bandoin
(1932)
Diamond Cut Diamond
as Dan McQueen
(1932)
Bachelor's Affairs
as Andrew Hoyt
(1932)
Two White Arms
as Maj. Carey Liston
(1932)
The Night Club Lady
as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
(1931)
The Front Page
as Walter Burns
(1931)
Men Call It Love
as Tony
(1931)
The Easiest Way
as William Brockton
(1931)
The Great Lover
as Paurel
(1931)
Let Us Be Gay
as Bob Brown
(1931)
Friends and Lovers
as Captain Geoffrey Roberts
(1931)
We're switching to Hollywood
as Self
(1930)
Morocco
as Monsieur La Bessiere
(1930)
New Moon
as Governor Boris Brusiloff
(1930)
My Kid of a Father
as Jérôme Rocheville
(1930)
(1929)
Marquis Preferred
as Marquis d'Argenville
(1929)
Fashions in Love
as Paul de Remy
(1928)
His Private Life
as Georges St. Germain
(1928)
His Tiger Lady
as Henri
(1928)
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
(1928)
(1927)
Evening Clothes
as Lucien d'Artois
(1927)
Blonde or Brunette
as Henri Martel
(1927)
Service for Ladies
as Albert Leroux
(1927)
Serenade
as Franz Rossi
(1927)
A Gentleman of Paris
as Marquis de Marignan
(1926)
Fascinating Youth
as Adolphe Menjou
(1926)
The Sorrows of Satan
as Prince Lucio de Rimanez
(1926)
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
as Albert Durant
(1926)
A Social Celebrity
as Max Haber
(1926)
(1925)
The Swan
as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
(1925)
The King On Main Street
as The King
(1925)
Are Parents People?
as Mr. Hazlitt
(1925)
A Kiss in the Dark
as Walter Grenham
(1924)
The Marriage Circle
as Professor Josef Stock
(1924)
Forbidden Paradise
as Chancellor
(1924)
Broken Barriers
as Tommy Kemp
(1924)
Open All Night
as Edmund Durverne
(1924)
The Fast Set
as Ernest Steel
(1924)
Shadows of Paris
as Georges de Croy
(1924)
Sinners in Silk
as Arthur Merrill
(1924)
Broadway After Dark
as Ralph Norton
(1923)
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Pierre Revel
(1923)
The Spanish Dancer
as Don Salluste
(1923)
Rupert of Hentzau
as Count Rischenheim
(1923)
The World's Applause
as Robert Townsend
(1923)
Bella Donna
as Mr. Chepstow
(1922)
The Eternal Flame
as Duc de Langeais
(1922)
Head Over Heels
as Sterling
(1922)
Singed Wings
as Bliss Gordon
(1922)
Pink Gods
as Louis Barney
(1922)
Clarence
as Hubert Stein
(1922)
The Fast Mail
as Cal Baldwin
(1921)
The Sheik
as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
(1921)
The Three Musketeers
as Louis XIII
(1921)
Through The Back Door
as James Brewster
(1921)
The Faith Healer
as Dr. Littlefield
(1917)
The Moth
as Teddy Marbridge / The Husband
(1916)
The Habit of Happiness
as Society Man (uncredited)
(1916)
The Devil at His Elbow
as Wilfred Carleton
(1916)
Manhattan Madness
as Country Club Patron (uncredited)
(1916)
Nearly a King
as Baron
(1916)
The Crucial Test
as Count Nicolai
(1916)
A Parisian Romance
as Julianai
(1916)
The Blue Envelope Mystery
as Bit Part (uncredited)