Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, where he played the lead role; Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas; Ernst Lubitsch's The Marriage Circle; The Sheik with Rudolph Valentino; Morocco with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper; and A Star Is Born with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, and was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Filmography

• 1960Pollyanna — Mr. Pendergast
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson — Fitch
• 1958I Married a Woman — Frederick W. Sutton
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• 1957Paths of Glory — Gen. George Broulard
• 1957The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown — Arthur Martin
• 1956Bundle of Joy — J. B. Merlin
• 1956The Ambassador's Daughter — Senator Jonathan Carwright
• 1955Timberjack — 'Sweetwater' Tilton
• 1953Man on a Tightrope — Fesker
• Your Favorite Story — Host
• 1952The Sniper — Frank Kafka
• 1951Across the Wide Missouri — Pierre
• 1951The Tall Target — Caleb Jeffers
• 1950To Please a Lady — Gregg
• 1949Dancing in the Dark — Melville Crossman
• 1949My Dream Is Yours — Thomas Hutchins
• 1948State of the Union — Jim Conover
• 1947I'll Be Yours — J. Conrad Nelson
• 1947Mr. District Attorney — Craig Warren
• 1947The Hucksters — Mr. Kimberly
• 1946Heartbeat — Ambassador
• 1946The Bachelor's Daughters — Alexander Moody
• 1945Man Alive — Kismet
• 1944Step Lively — Wagner
• 1943Hi Diddle Diddle — Hector Phyffe
• 1943Sweet Rosie O'Grady — Tom Moran
• 1942Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
• 1942Roxie Hart — Billy Flynn
• 1942Syncopation — George Latimer
• 1942You Were Never Lovelier — Eduardo Acuña
• 1941Father Takes a Wife — Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
• 1941Road Show — Col. Carleton Carroway
• 1940A Bill of Divorcement — Hilary Fairfield
• 1940Turnabout — Phil Manning
• 1939Golden Boy — Tom Moody
• 1939King of the Turf — Jim Mason
• 1939That's Right – You're Wrong — Stacey Delmore
• 1939The Housekeeper's Daughter — Deakon Maxwell
• 1938Letter of Introduction — John Mannering
• 1938Thanks for Everything — J. B. Harcourt
• 1938The Goldwyn Follies — Oliver Merlin
• 1937A Star Is Born — Oliver Niles
• 1937Café Metropole — Monsieur Victor
• 1937One Hundred Men and a Girl — John Cardwell
• 1937One in a Million — Tad Spencer
• 1937Stage Door — Anthony Powell
• 1936Sing, Baby, Sing — Bruce Farraday
• 1936The Milky Way — Gabby Sloan
• 1936Wives Never Know — J. Hugh Ramsey
• 1935Broadway Gondolier — Professor Eduardo de Vinci
• 1935Gold Diggers of 1935 — Nicolai Nicoleff
• 1934Easy to Love — John
• 1934Journal of a Crime — Paul Mollet
• 1934Little Miss Marker — Sorrowful Jones
• 1934The Great Flirtation — Stephan Karpath
• 1934The Human Side — Gregory Sheldon
• 1934The Mighty Barnum — Bailey Walsh
• 1934The Trumpet Blows — Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez
• 1933Convention City — T.R. (Ted) Kent
• 1933Morning Glory — Louis Easton
• 1933The Circus Queen Murder — Thatcher Colt
• 1933The Worst Woman in Paris? — Adolphe Ballou
• 1932A Farewell to Arms — Major Rinaldi
• 1932Bachelor's Affairs — Andrew Hoyt
• 1932Diamond Cut Diamond — Dan McQueen
• 1932Forbidden — Robert Grover
• 1932Prestige — Capt. Remy Bandoin
• 1932The Night Club Lady — Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
• 1932Two White Arms — Maj. Carey Liston
• 1931Friends and Lovers — Captain Geoffrey Roberts
• 1931Let Us Be Gay — Bob Brown
• 1931Men Call It Love — Tony
• 1931The Easiest Way — William Brockton
• 1931The Front Page — Walter Burns
• 1931The Great Lover — Paurel
• 1930Bold Love
• 1930Morocco — Monsieur La Bessiere
• 1930My Kid of a Father — Jérôme Rocheville
• 1930Mysterious Mr. Parkes — Courtenay Parkes
• 1930New Moon — Governor Boris Brusiloff
• 1929Fashions in Love — Paul de Remy
• 1929Marquis Preferred — Marquis d'Argenville
• 1928A Night of Mystery
• 1928His Private Life — Georges St. Germain
• 1928His Tiger Lady — Henri
• 1927A Gentleman of Paris — Marquis de Marignan
• 1927Blonde or Brunette — Henri Martel
• 1927Evening Clothes — Lucien d'Artois
• 1927Serenade — Franz Rossi
• 1927Service for Ladies — Albert Leroux
• 1926A Social Celebrity — Max Haber
• 1926Fascinating Youth — Adolphe Menjou
• 1926The Ace of Cads
• 1926The Grand Duchess and the Waiter — Albert Durant
• 1926The Sorrows of Satan — Prince Lucio de Rimanez
• 1925A Kiss in the Dark — Walter Grenham
• 1925Are Parents People? — Mr. Hazlitt
• 1925The King On Main Street — Serge IV
• 1925The Swan — Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
• 1924Broadway After Dark — Ralph Norton
• 1924Broken Barriers — Tommy Kemp
• 1924Forbidden Paradise — Chancellor
• 1924Open All Night — Edmund Durverne
• 1924Shadows of Paris — Georges de Croy
• 1924Sinners in Silk — Arthur Merrill
• 1924The Fast Set — Ernest Steel
• 1924The Marriage Cheat — Bob Canfield
• 1924The Marriage Circle — Professor Josef Stock
• 1923A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate — Pierre Revel
• 1923Bella Donna — Mr. Chepstow
• 1923Rupert of Hentzau — Count Rischenheim
• 1923The Spanish Dancer — Don Salluste
• 1923The World's Applause — Robert Townsend
• 1922Arabian Love — Captain Fortine (uncredited)
• 1922Clarence — Hubert Stein
• 1922Head Over Heels — Sterling
• 1922Is Matrimony a Failure? — Dudley King
• 1922Pink Gods — Louis Barney
• 1922Singed Wings — Bliss Gordon
• 1922The Eternal Flame — Duc de Langeais
• 1922The Fast Mail — Cal Baldwin
• 1921Queenie — Count Michael
• 1921The Faith Healer — Dr. Littlefield
• 1921The Sheik — Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
• 1921The Three Musketeers — Louis XIII
• 1921Through the Back Door — James Brewster
• 1920The Silent Barrier — Producer
• 1917The Moth — Teddy Marbridge / The Husband
• 1917The Valentine Girl — Joe Winder
• 1916A Parisian Romance — Julianai
• 1916Manhattan Madness — Country Club Patron (uncredited)
• 1916Nearly a King — Baron
• 1916The Blue Envelope Mystery — Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1916The Crucial Test — Count Nicolai
• 1916The Devil at His Elbow — Wilfred Carleton
• 1916The Habit of Happiness — Society Man (uncredited)
• 1916The Reward of Patience — Paul Dunstan

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self
• The George Gobel Show — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• 1931We’re Switching to Hollywood — Self
• 1928The Circus: Premiere — Self