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