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