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