Oscar Apfel
Acting • Born 1878-01-16 – Died 1938-03-21
Biography
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
135 credits
Trouble in Morocco
Movie • 1937
DeRouget
Five Star Final
Movie • 1931
Bernard Hinchecliffe
Hot Saturday
Movie • 1932
Mr. Randolph
Are We Civilized?
Movie • 1934
Dr. Leonard Gear
High Pressure
Movie • 1932
Mr. Hackett
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Movie • 1935
President Malloy
Hell's Highway
Movie • 1932
William Billings
I Dream Too Much
Movie • 1935
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Symphony of Six Million
Movie • 1932
Conferring Doctor
Inspiration
Movie • 1931
M. Vignaud
Bondage
Movie • 1933
Judge (uncredited)
The Last Alarm
Movie • 1926
The Toast of New York
Movie • 1937
Wallack (uncredited)
Big Business Girl
Movie • 1931
Walter T. Morley
The Man Who Played God
Movie • 1932
Appleby - the Lip Reader
Before Dawn
Movie • 1933
Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
The Impatient Maiden
Movie • 1932
Dr. Wilcox
The Heart of New York
Movie • 1932
Otto
Pick-up
Movie • 1933
The Warden
Rainbow's End
Movie • 1935
Neil Gibson Sr.
The Nut Farm
Movie • 1935
Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
Shadows of the Orient
Movie • 1935
Judge Avery
Way Back Home
Movie • 1931
Wobbling Duffy
Murder at Glen Athol
Movie • 1936
Reuben Marshall
The Virtuous Sin
Movie • 1930
Ivanoff
Two Against the World
Movie • 1932
District Attorney Howard Mills
Romance in Manhattan
Movie • 1935
Judge
It's Tough to Be Famous
Movie • 1932
S.J. Boynton
Bulldog Edition
Movie • 1936
Taggart
The Bridge of Sighs
Movie • 1936
Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Movie • 1935
Attorney
The Fire-Trap
Movie • 1935
R.A. Rawson
The Best Man Wins
Movie • 1935
Chief of Police
Jim Hanvey, Detective
Movie • 1937
Lambert
Crimson Romance
Movie • 1934
John Fleming
The Bowery
Movie • 1933
Ivan Rummel
One Man's Journey
Movie • 1933
John Radford
The Finger Points
Movie • 1931
Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
Crack-Up
Movie • 1936
Alfred Knuxton
Whirlpool
Movie • 1934
Editor
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Movie • 1932
Dr. Rabeouf
Men in Her Life
Movie • 1931
Blake
His Night Out
Movie • 1935
Dr. Kraft
State's Attorney
Movie • 1932
Mr. Ulrich
I Am a Thief
Movie • 1934
Auctioneer
True Heaven
Movie • 1929
German General
Fifteen Wives
Movie • 1934
Dist. Atty. Kerry
Death Flies East
Movie • 1935
Wallace P. Burroughs
Abraham Lincoln
Movie • 1930
Secretary of War Stanton
Man Trouble
Movie • 1930
Eddie
Hold the Press
Movie • 1933
Bishop
Tomorrow at Seven
Movie • 1933
Asa Marsden
The Plot Thickens
Movie • 1936
Robbins
Huckleberry Finn
Movie • 1931
The King
Sidewalks of New York
Movie • 1931
Judge
Skyscraper Souls
Movie • 1932
Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
Party Wire
Movie • 1935
Thomas P. Sherman
Wild Company
Movie • 1930
Prosecuting Attorney
The Story of Temple Drake
Movie • 1933
District Attorney (uncredited)
We Who Are About to Die
Movie • 1937
Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
Sutter's Gold
Movie • 1936
Bartender
36 Hours to Kill
Movie • 1936
Man in Wash Room
It's a Great Life
Movie • 1929
Bit Role
Not Quite Decent
Movie • 1929
Canfield
The Menace
Movie • 1932
Dr. Horgenson
Half Way to Heaven
Movie • 1929
Circus Manager
Employees' Entrance
Movie • 1933
Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
Storm at Daybreak
Movie • 1933
Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory
Movie • 1935
Tailor (uncredited)
Mary Jane's Pa
Movie • 1935
Chief Bailey
The Famous Ferguson Case
Movie • 1932
Mr. Brooks
You Said a Mouthful
Movie • 1932
Armstrong (uncredited)
Liliom
Movie • 1930
Stefen Kadar
Our Blushing Brides
Movie • 1930
Floorwalker (uncredited)
Take the Stand
Movie • 1934
Mr. Nevin
The Yellow Ticket
Movie • 1931
British Embassy Butler
Hollywood Boulevard
Movie • 1936
Dr. Inslow
Shopworn
Movie • 1932
Forbes
Bordertown
Movie • 1935
Judge Rufus Barnswell
Make Me a Star
Movie • 1932
Henshaw
Call Her Savage
Movie • 1932
Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
Cappy Ricks Returns
Movie • 1935
T. Osgood Blake
The Woman in Room 13
Movie • 1932
The World and the Flesh
Movie • 1932
Banker
Quick Millions
Movie • 1931
Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
Madame Spy
Movie • 1934
Pahlke
That Girl from Paris
Movie • 1936
Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
Emergency Call
Movie • 1933
Dr. Schwarz
A Successful Calamity
Movie • 1932
President of the United States
Gabriel Over the White House
Movie • 1933
German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
Street of Chance
Movie • 1930
Bartender (uncredited)
Angel of Mercy
Movie • 1939
Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
Movie • 1934
Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
Marianne
Movie • 1929
Major Russart (uncredited)
Misbehaving Ladies
Movie • 1931
Mayor Twitchell
And Sudden Death
Movie • 1936
Defense Counsel
Madame Racketeer
Movie • 1932
J. Harrington Hagney
Attorney for the Defense
Movie • 1932
Managing Editor
The Road to Reno
Movie • 1931
Mr. Ash
Carnival
Movie • 1935
Mr. Lawson
Helping Grandma
Movie • 1931
Mr. Pennypacker
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Movie • 1930
Bit role
Blondie of the Follies
Movie • 1932
Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
The Soldier and the Lady
Movie • 1937
Tsar's General (Uncredited)
The Texan
Movie • 1930
Abner Thacker
You Bring the Ducks
Movie • 1934
Governor
The Right to Love
Movie • 1930
William Kellogg
Fifty Roads to Town
Movie • 1937
Smorgen
Wicked
Movie • 1931
Judge Edwin Luther
Every Saturday Night
Movie • 1936
Mr. Dayton
Back to Nature
Movie • 1936
Hotel Manager
The Valley Of Hunted Men
Movie • 1928
Dan Phillips
Only Yesterday
Movie • 1933
Mr. Lane
The Big Shakedown
Movie • 1934
Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Movie • 1935
District Attorney (uncredited)
The Perfect Tribute
Movie • 1935
Stratton (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
Movie • 1934
Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Another Face
Movie • 1935
Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
Born to Gamble
Movie • 1935
Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
The Bargain
Movie • 1931
G.T. Warren
Conspiracy
Movie • 1930
Tourist Husband (uncredited)
Romance of the Underworld
Movie • 1928
Champagne Joe
Beloved
Movie • 1934
Henry Burrows
Sooky
Movie • 1931
Krausmyer
When a Feller Needs a Friend
Movie • 1932
Doctor
It Happened One Day
Movie • 1934
A.L. Boyd
You Said a Hatful!
Movie • 1934
Anderson
Smiling Irish Eyes
Movie • 1929
Max North
The House of Rothschild
Movie • 1934
Prussian Officer
White Lies
Movie • 1935
Hunter (uncredited)
The Sporting Chance
Movie • 1925
Perils of the Coast Guard
Movie • 1926
Carlton Aldridge
Ladies Must Love
Movie • 1933
Herman Nussbauer
The World Changes
Movie • 1933
Mr. Morley, a Banker
The Heart of Broadway
Movie • 1928
Dave Richards