Oscar Apfel
- Acting
- January 16, 1878 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- March 21, 1938
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
Filmography
- Angel of Mercy · Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
- The Toast of New York · Wallack (uncredited)
- Fifty Roads to Town · Smorgen
- The Soldier and the Lady · Tsar's General (Uncredited)
- Jim Hanvey, Detective · Lambert
- Trouble in Morocco · DeRouget
- We Who Are About to Die · Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
- That Girl from Paris · Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
- Crack-Up · Alfred Knuxton
- The Plot Thickens · Robbins
- Bulldog Edition · Taggart
- Hollywood Boulevard · Dr. Inslow
- Back to Nature · Hotel Manager
- 36 Hours to Kill · Man in Wash Room
- And Sudden Death · Defense Counsel
- Every Saturday Night · Mr. Dayton
- Sutter's Gold · Bartender
- Murder at Glen Athol · Reuben Marshall
- The Bridge of Sighs · Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
- White Lies · Hunter (uncredited)
- Another Face · Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
- The Calling of Dan Matthews · District Attorney (uncredited)
- I Dream Too Much · Cafe Owner (uncredited)
- The Fire-Trap · R.A. Rawson
- His Night Out · Dr. Kraft
- O'Shaughnessy's Boy · Attorney
- Cappy Ricks Returns · T. Osgood Blake
- Page Miss Glory · Tailor (uncredited)
- The Perfect Tribute · Stratton (uncredited)
- Man on the Flying Trapeze · President Malloy
- Rainbow's End · Neil Gibson Sr.
- Born to Gamble · Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
- Shadows of the Orient · Judge Avery
- Party Wire · Thomas P. Sherman
- Mary Jane's Pa · Chief Bailey
- The Nut Farm · Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
- Death Flies East · Wallace P. Burroughs
- Carnival · Mr. Lawson
- Bordertown · Judge Rufus Barnswell
- The Best Man Wins · Chief of Police
- Romance in Manhattan · Judge
- I Am a Thief · Auctioneer
- You Bring the Ducks · Governor
- You Said a Hatful! · Anderson
- Crimson Romance · John Fleming
- Take the Stand · Mr. Nevin
- Fifteen Wives · Dist. Atty. Kerry
- The Old-Fashioned Way · Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
- It Happened One Day · A.L. Boyd
- Are We Civilized? · Dr. Leonard Gear
- Manhattan Melodrama · Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
- Whirlpool · Editor
- The House of Rothschild · Prussian Officer
- Madame Spy · Pahlke
- Beloved · Henry Burrows
- The Big Shakedown · Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
- The World Changes · Mr. Morley, a Banker
- Only Yesterday · Mr. Lane
- Hold the Press · Bishop
- The Bowery · Ivan Rummel
- Ladies Must Love · Herman Nussbauer
- One Man's Journey · John Radford
- Before Dawn · Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
- Tugboat Annie · Reynolds (uncredited)
- Emergency Call · Dr. Schwarz
- Storm at Daybreak · Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
- Tomorrow at Seven · Asa Marsden
- The Story of Temple Drake · District Attorney (uncredited)
- Bondage · Judge (uncredited)
- Gabriel Over the White House · German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
- Pick-up · The Warden
- Employees' Entrance · Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
- You Said a Mouthful · Armstrong (uncredited)
- Call Her Savage · Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
- Hot Saturday · Mr. Randolph
- Hell's Highway · William Billings
- A Successful Calamity · President of the United States
- Two Against the World · District Attorney Howard Mills
- Blondie of the Follies · Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
- Madame Racketeer · J. Harrington Hagney