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