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