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