Oscar Apfel

Acting · Directing · Production · Writing

Born January 16, 1878, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.

Filmography

• 1939Angel of Mercy — Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
• 1937Fifty Roads to Town — Smorgen
• 1937Jim Hanvey, Detective — Lambert
• 1937The Soldier and the Lady — Tsar's General (Uncredited)
• 1937The Toast of New York — Wallack (uncredited)
• 1937Trouble in Morocco — DeRouget
• 1937We Who Are About to Die — Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
• 193636 Hours to Kill — Man in Wash Room
• 1936And Sudden Death — Defense Counsel
• 1936Back to Nature — Hotel Manager
• 1936Bulldog Edition — Taggart
• 1936Crack-Up — Alfred Knuxton
• 1936Every Saturday Night — Mr. Dayton
• 1936Hollywood Boulevard — Dr. Inslow
• 1936Murder at Glen Athol — Reuben Marshall
• 1936Sutter's Gold — Bartender
• 1936That Girl from Paris — Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
• 1936The Bridge of Sighs — Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
• 1936The Plot Thickens — Robbins
• 1935Another Face — Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
• 1935Bordertown — Judge Rufus Barnswell
• 1935Born to Gamble — Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
• 1935Cappy Ricks Returns — T. Osgood Blake
• 1935Carnival — Mr. Lawson
• 1935Death Flies East — Wallace P. Burroughs
• 1935His Night Out — Dr. Kraft
• 1935I Dream Too Much — Cafe Owner (uncredited)
• 1935Man on the Flying Trapeze — President Malloy
• 1935Mary Jane's Pa — Chief Bailey
• 1935O'Shaughnessy's Boy — Attorney
• 1935Page Miss Glory — Tailor (uncredited)
• 1935Party Wire — Thomas P. Sherman
• 1935Rainbow's End — Neil Gibson Sr.
• 1935Shadows of the Orient — Judge Avery
• 1935The Best Man Wins — Chief of Police
• 1935The Calling of Dan Matthews — District Attorney (uncredited)
• 1935The Fire-Trap — R.A. Rawson
• 1935The Nut Farm — Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
• 1935The Perfect Tribute — Stratton (uncredited)
• 1935White Lies — Hunter (uncredited)
• 1934Are We Civilized? — Dr. Leonard Gear
• 1934Beloved — Henry Burrows
• 1934Crimson Romance — John Fleming
• 1934Fifteen Wives — Dist. Atty. Kerry
• 1934I Am a Thief — Auctioneer
• 1934It Happened One Day — A.L. Boyd
• 1934Madame Spy — Pahlke
• 1934Manhattan Melodrama — Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
• 1934Romance in Manhattan — Judge
• 1934Take the Stand — Mr. Nevin
• 1934The Big Shakedown — Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
• 1934The House of Rothschild — Prussian Officer
• 1934The Old-Fashioned Way — Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
• 1934Whirlpool — Editor
• 1934You Bring the Ducks — Governor
• 1934You Said a Hatful! — Anderson
• 1933Before Dawn — Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
• 1933Bondage — Judge (uncredited)
• 1933Emergency Call — Dr. Schwarz
• 1933Employees' Entrance — Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
• 1933Gabriel Over the White House — German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
• 1933Hold the Press — Bishop
• 1933Ladies Must Love — Herman Nussbauer
• 1933One Man's Journey — John Radford
• 1933Only Yesterday — Mr. Lane
• 1933Pick-up — The Warden
• 1933Storm at Daybreak — Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
• 1933The Bowery — Ivan Rummel
• 1933The Story of Temple Drake — District Attorney (uncredited)
• 1933The World Changes — Mr. Morley, a Banker
• 1933Tomorrow at Seven — Asa Marsden
• 1933Tugboat Annie — Reynolds (uncredited)
• 1932A Successful Calamity — President of the United States
• 1932Attorney for the Defense — Managing Editor
• 1932Blondie of the Follies — Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
• 1932Call Her Savage — Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
• 1932Hell's Highway — William Billings
• 1932High Pressure — Mr. Hackett
• 1932Hot Saturday — Mr. Randolph
• 1932It's Tough to Be Famous — S.J. Boynton
• 1932Madame Racketeer — J. Harrington Hagney
• 1932Make Me a Star — Henshaw
• 1932Shopworn — Judge Forbes
• 1932Skyscraper Souls — Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
• 1932State's Attorney — Mr. Ulrich
• 1932Symphony of Six Million — Conferring Doctor
• 1932The Famous Ferguson Case — Mr. Brooks
• 1932The Heart of New York — Otto
• 1932The Impatient Maiden — Dr. Wilcox
• 1932The Man Who Played God — Appleby - the Lip Reader
• 1932The Menace — Dr. Horgenson
• 1932The Woman from Monte Carlo — Dr. Rabeouf
• 1932The Woman in Room 13
• 1932The World and the Flesh — Banker
• 1932Two Against the World — District Attorney Howard Mills
• 1932When a Feller Needs a Friend — Doctor
• 1932You Said a Mouthful — Armstrong (uncredited)
• 1931Big Business Girl — Walter T. Morley
• 1931Five Star Final — Bernard Hinchecliffe
• 1931Helping Grandma — Mr. Pennypacker
• 1931Huckleberry Finn — The King
• 1931Inspiration — M. Vignaud
• 1931Men in Her Life — Blake
• 1931Misbehaving Ladies — Mayor Twitchell
• 1931Quick Millions — Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
• 1931Sidewalks of New York — Judge
• 1931Sooky — Krausmyer
• 1931The Bargain — G.T. Warren
• 1931The Finger Points — Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
• 1931The Road to Reno — Mr. Ash
• 1931The Yellow Ticket — British Embassy Butler
• 1931Way Back Home — Wobbling Duffy
• 1931Wicked — Judge Edwin Luther
• 1930Abraham Lincoln — Secretary of War Stanton
• 1930Conspiracy — Tourist Husband (uncredited)
• 1930Du Barry, Woman of Passion — Bit role
• 1930Liliom — Stefen Kadar
• 1930Man Trouble — Eddie
• 1930Our Blushing Brides — Floorwalker (uncredited)
• 1930Street of Chance — Bartender (uncredited)
• 1930The Right to Love — William Kellogg
• 1930The Texan — Abner Thacker
• 1930The Virtuous Sin — Ivanoff
• 1930Wild Company — Prosecuting Attorney
• 1929Half Way to Heaven — Circus Manager
• 1929It's a Great Life — Bit Role
• 1929Marianne — Major Russart (uncredited)
• 1929Not Quite Decent — Canfield
• 1929Smiling Irish Eyes — Max North
• 1929True Heaven — German General
• 1928Romance of the Underworld — Champagne Joe
• 1928The Heart of Broadway — Dave Richards
• 1928The Valley Of Hunted Men — Dan Phillips
• 1927Code of the Cow Country — Director
• 1927Race Wild — Director
• 1927When Seconds Count — Director
• 1926Perils of the Coast Guard — Carlton Aldridge, Director
• 1926Somebody's Mother — Director, Writer
• 1926The Call of the Klondike — Director
• 1926The Last Alarm — Director
• 1926The Midnight Limited — Director
• 1925Borrowed Finery — Director
• 1925The Sporting Chance — Director
• 1925The Thoroughbred — Director
• 1924The Heart Bandit — Director
• 1924The Trail of the Law — Director
• 1923In Search of a Thrill — Director
• 1923The Lion's Mouse — Director
• 1923The Social Code — Director
• 1922Bulldog Drummond — Director
• 1922The Man Who Paid — Director
• 1922The Wolf's Fangs — Director, Producer
• 1921Ten Nights in a Bar Room — Director
• 1919An Amateur Widow — Director
• 1919Auction of Souls — Director
• 1919Bringing Up Betty — Director
• 1919Mandarin's Gold — Director
• 1919Me and Captain Kidd — Director, Producer
• 1919Phil-for-Short — Producer, Director
• 1919The Little Intruder — Director
• 1919The Oakdale Affair — Director, Producer
• 1919The Rough Neck — Director
• 1919The Steel King — Director, Producer
• 1918The Grouch — Director
• 1918The Turn of a Card — Director
• 1918Tinsel — Director
• 1917A Man's Man — Director
• 1917The Hidden Children — Director, Writer
• 1917The Price of Her Soul — Director
• 1916Fires of Conscience — Director
• 1916The Battle of Hearts — Director, Writer, Producer
• 1916The Man from Bitter Roots — Director, Writer
• 1915A Soldier's Oath — Director, Writer
• 1915After Five — Director
• 1915Kilmeny — Director
• 1915Peer Gynt — Director, Writer
• 1915Snobs — Director
• 1915The Little Gypsy — Director
• 1915The Rug Maker's Daughter — Director
• 1915The Wild Olive — Director
• 1914A Leech of Industry — Director
• 1914Brewster's Millions — Director
• 1914Cameo Kirby — Director
• 1914In the Mesh of Her Hair — Director
• 1914Ready Money — Director
• 1914The Call of the North — Director
• 1914The Circus Man — Director
• 1914The Ghost Breaker — Director, Writer
• 1914The Last Volunteer — Director
• 1914The Making of Bobby Burnit — Director
• 1914The Man on the Box — Director
• 1914The Master Mind — Director
• 1914The Only Son — Director
• 1914The Squaw Man — Writer, Director
• 1913The Bells — Director
• 1912The Passer-by — Director
• 1912Thirty Days at Hard Labor — Director
• 1911Aida — Director
• 1911The Awakening of John Bond — Director