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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.
Movie | Angel of Mercy | Red Cross Representative (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
Movie | We Who Are About to Die | Mr. Armitage (uncredited) | 1937-01-08 |
Movie | The Soldier and the Lady | Tsar's General (Uncredited) | 1937-04-09 |
Movie | Jim Hanvey, Detective | Lambert | 1937-04-05 |
Movie | Fifty Roads to Town | Smorgen | 1937-06-03 |
Movie | The Toast of New York | Wallack (uncredited) | 1937-07-22 |
Movie | Shadows of the Orient | Judge Avery | 1937-08-18 |
Movie | Every Saturday Night | Mr. Dayton | 1936-03-13 |
Movie | Sutter's Gold | Bartender | 1936-03-01 |
Movie | Murder at Glen Athol | Reuben Marshall | 1936-02-27 |
Movie | The Bridge of Sighs | Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell | 1936-02-14 |
Movie | And Sudden Death | Defense Counsel | 1936-06-16 |
Movie | 36 Hours to Kill | Man in Wash Room | 1936-07-24 |
Movie | Crack-Up | Alfred Knuxton | 1936-12-14 |
Movie | That Girl from Paris | Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited) | 1936-12-31 |
Movie | Bulldog Edition | Taggart | 1936-09-13 |
Movie | The Plot Thickens | H. G. Robbins | 1936-12-11 |
Movie | Hollywood Boulevard | Dr. Inslow | 1936-08-20 |
Movie | Back to Nature | Hotel Manager | 1936-08-14 |
Movie | The Nut Farm | Bob Bent, Helen's Husband | 1935-03-24 |
Movie | Mary Jane's Pa | Chief Bailey | 1935-04-27 |
Movie | Party Wire | Thomas P. Sherman | 1935-04-27 |
Movie | Death Flies East | Wallace P. Burroughs | 1935-02-28 |
Movie | Romance in Manhattan | Judge | 1935-01-11 |
Movie | Born to Gamble | Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited) | 1935-07-09 |
Movie | The Best Man Wins | Chief of Police | 1935-01-14 |
Movie | Bordertown | Judge Rufus Barnswell | 1935-01-23 |
Movie | Carnival | Mr. Lawson | 1935-02-15 |
Movie | Man on the Flying Trapeze | President Malloy | 1935-08-03 |
Movie | The Fire-Trap | R.A. Rawson | 1935-11-26 |
Movie | The Calling of Dan Matthews | District Attorney (uncredited) | 1935-12-10 |
Movie | Rainbow's End | Neil Gibson Sr. | 1935-07-16 |
Movie | O'Shaughnessy's Boy | Attorney | 1935-09-27 |
Movie | I Dream Too Much | Cafe Owner (uncredited) | 1935-11-29 |
Movie | Cappy Ricks Returns | T. Osgood Blake | 1935-09-25 |
Movie | The Perfect Tribute | Stratton (uncredited) | 1935-08-15 |
Movie | Another Face | Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited) | 1935-12-20 |
Movie | Page Miss Glory | Tailor (uncredited) | 1935-09-07 |
Movie | Whirlpool | Newspaper Editor | 1934-04-10 |
Movie | Manhattan Melodrama | Speaker of Assembly (uncredited) | 1934-05-04 |
Movie | The Big Shakedown | Digitalis Doctor (uncredited) | 1934-01-06 |
Movie | Are We Civilized? | Dr. Leonard Gear | 1934-06-05 |
Movie | Beloved | Henry Burrows | 1934-01-22 |
Movie | Madame Spy | Pahlke | 1934-02-10 |
Movie | Take the Stand | Mr. Nevin | 1934-08-07 |
Movie | The Old-Fashioned Way | Mr. Livingston (uncredited) | 1934-07-13 |
Movie | You Bring the Ducks | Governor | 1934-11-24 |
Movie | I Am a Thief | Auctioneer | 1934-11-24 |
Movie | Crimson Romance | John Fleming | 1934-10-12 |
Movie | Fifteen Wives | Dist. Atty. Kerry | 1934-07-15 |
Movie | Tomorrow at Seven | Asa Marsden | 1933-06-01 |
Movie | The Story of Temple Drake | District Attorney (uncredited) | 1933-05-06 |
Movie | Pick-up | The Warden | 1933-03-24 |
Movie | Employees' Entrance | Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited) | 1933-02-11 |
Movie | Gabriel Over the White House | German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited) | 1933-03-31 |
Movie | Bondage | Judge (uncredited) | 1933-04-22 |
Movie | The Bowery | Ivan Rummel | 1933-10-07 |
Movie | Storm at Daybreak | Counselor Velasch (uncredited) | 1933-06-14 |
Movie | One Man's Journey | John Radford | 1933-08-31 |
Movie | Only Yesterday | Mr. Lane | 1933-11-01 |
Movie | Before Dawn | Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara | 1933-08-04 |
Movie | Emergency Call | Dr. Schwarz | 1933-06-24 |
Movie | The Famous Ferguson Case | Mr. Brooks | 1932-04-19 |
Movie | It's Tough to Be Famous | S.J. Boynton | 1932-04-02 |
Movie | The World and the Flesh | Banker | 1932-04-22 |
Movie | When a Feller Needs a Friend | Doctor | 1932-04-30 |
Movie | The Heart of New York | Otto | 1932-03-26 |
Movie | Symphony of Six Million | Conferring Doctor | 1932-04-29 |
Movie | The Menace | Dr. Horgenson | 1932-01-29 |
Movie | High Pressure | Mr. Hackett | 1932-01-10 |
Movie | The Woman in Room 13 | 1932-05-15 | |
Movie | The Man Who Played God | Appleby - the Lip Reader | 1932-02-09 |
Movie | The Impatient Maiden | Dr. Wilcox | 1932-03-01 |
Movie | Shopworn | Forbes | 1932-03-25 |
Movie | The Woman from Monte Carlo | Dr. Rabeouf | 1932-01-09 |
Movie | Hell's Highway | William Billings | 1932-09-23 |
Movie | A Successful Calamity | President of the United States | 1932-09-17 |
Movie | You Said a Mouthful | Armstrong (uncredited) | 1932-11-18 |
Movie | Call Her Savage | Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited) | 1932-11-24 |
Movie | State's Attorney | Mr. Ulrich | 1932-05-20 |
Movie | Two Against the World | District Attorney Howard Mills | 1932-09-03 |
Movie | Hot Saturday | Mr. Randolph | 1932-10-28 |
Movie | Blondie of the Follies | Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited) | 1932-09-01 |
Movie | Attorney for the Defense | Managing Editor | 1932-05-21 |
Movie | Make Me a Star | Henshaw | 1932-07-01 |
Movie | Skyscraper Souls | Brewster's Associate (uncredited) | 1932-07-16 |
Movie | Madame Racketeer | J. Harrington Hagney | 1932-07-23 |
Movie | Quick Millions | Police Detective Capp (uncredited) | 1931-04-17 |
Movie | Huckleberry Finn | The King | 1931-08-07 |
Movie | Misbehaving Ladies | Mayor Twitchell | 1931-04-16 |
Movie | Helping Grandma | Mr. Pennypacker | 1931-01-03 |
Movie | The Road to Reno | Mr. Ash | 1931-09-25 |
Movie | Inspiration | M. Vignaud | 1931-01-31 |
Movie | The Finger Points | Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler | 1931-04-11 |
Movie | Big Business Girl | Walter T. Morley | 1931-06-12 |
Movie | Sooky | Krausmyer | 1931-12-26 |
Movie | Sidewalks of New York | Judge | 1931-09-26 |
Movie | Men in Her Life | Blake | 1931-11-10 |
Movie | Way Back Home | Wobbling Duffy | 1931-11-13 |
Movie | The Yellow Ticket | British Embassy Butler | 1931-10-30 |
Movie | Wicked | Judge Edwin Luther | 1931-10-04 |
Movie | Five Star Final | Bernard Hinchecliffe | 1931-09-26 |
Movie | Our Blushing Brides | Floorwalker (uncredited) | 1930-07-19 |
Movie | Wild Company | Prosecuting Attorney | 1930-07-05 |
Movie | Street of Chance | Bartender (uncredited) | 1930-02-08 |
Movie | Conspiracy | Tourist Husband (uncredited) | 1930-08-10 |
Movie | The Texan | Thacker | 1930-05-10 |
Movie | Liliom | Stefen Kadar | 1930-09-27 |
Movie | Man Trouble | Eddie | 1930-08-24 |
Movie | Abraham Lincoln | Secretary of War Stanton | 1930-11-08 |
Movie | The Right to Love | William Kellogg | 1930-12-27 |
Movie | The Virtuous Sin | Ivanoff | 1930-10-24 |
Movie | Du Barry, Woman of Passion | Bit role | 1930-10-10 |
Movie | Marianne | Major Russart (uncredited) | 1929-08-24 |
Movie | It's a Great Life | Bit Role | 1929-12-06 |
Movie | Half Way to Heaven | Circus Manager | 1929-12-14 |
Movie | The Valley Of Hunted Men | Dan Phillips | 1928-02-19 |
Movie | Romance of the Underworld | Champagne Joe | 1928-11-10 |