Adolphe Menjou
Acting • Born 1890-02-18 – Died 1963-10-29
Biography
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
145 credits
Paths of Glory
Movie • 1957
Gen. George Broulard
Pollyanna
Movie • 1960
Mr. Pendergast
My Dream Is Yours
Movie • 1949
Thomas Hutchins
A Farewell to Arms
Movie • 1932
Major Rinaldi
A Star Is Born
Movie • 1937
Oliver Niles
Morning Glory
Movie • 1933
Louis Easton
The Devil at His Elbow
Movie • 1916
Wilfred Carleton
The Sniper
Movie • 1952
Frank Kafka
State of the Union
Movie • 1948
Jim Conover
The Tall Target
Movie • 1951
Caleb Jeffers
Across the Wide Missouri
Movie • 1951
Pierre
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Movie • 1923
Pierre Revel
The Milky Way
Movie • 1936
Gabby Sloan
Heartbeat
Movie • 1946
Ambassador
Morocco
Movie • 1930
Monsieur La Bessiere
The Front Page
Movie • 1931
Walter Burns
Bundle of Joy
Movie • 1956
J. B. Merlin
Little Miss Marker
Movie • 1934
Sorrowful Jones
Step Lively
Movie • 1944
Wagner
You Were Never Lovelier
Movie • 1942
Eduardo Acuña
Broadway Gondolier
Movie • 1935
Professor Eduardo de Vinci
Golden Boy
Movie • 1939
Tom Moody
Nearly a King
Movie • 1916
Baron
Stage Door
Movie • 1937
Anthony Powell
Gold Diggers of 1935
Movie • 1935
Nicolai Nicoleff
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Movie • 1937
John Cardwell
A Night of Mystery
Movie • 1928
Broken Barriers
Movie • 1924
Tommy Kemp
Forbidden
Movie • 1932
Robert Grover
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 1921
Louis XIII
Father Takes a Wife
Movie • 1941
Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
Dancing in the Dark
Movie • 1949
Melville Crossman
Hi Diddle Diddle
Movie • 1943
Hector Phyffe
A Kiss in the Dark
Movie • 1925
Walter Grenham
Roxie Hart
Movie • 1942
Billy Flynn
The Marriage Circle
Movie • 1924
Professor Josef Stock
Syncopation
Movie • 1942
George Latimer
The Ambassador's Daughter
Movie • 1956
Senator Jonathan Carwright
The Hucksters
Movie • 1947
Mr. Kimberly
Clarence
Movie • 1922
Hubert Stein
Letter of Introduction
Movie • 1938
John Mannering
A Bill of Divorcement
Movie • 1940
Hilary Fairfield
Rupert of Hentzau
Movie • 1923
Count Rischenheim
The Mighty Barnum
Movie • 1934
Bailey Walsh
Through the Back Door
Movie • 1921
James Brewster
Man on a Tightrope
Movie • 1953
Fesker
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
I Married a Woman
Movie • 1958
Frederick W. Sutton
Are Parents People?
Movie • 1925
Mr. Hazlitt
I'll Be Yours
Movie • 1947
J. Conrad Nelson
The Circus Queen Murder
Movie • 1933
Thatcher Colt
Turnabout
Movie • 1940
Phil Manning
One in a Million
Movie • 1937
Tad Spencer
Blonde or Brunette
Movie • 1927
Henri Martel
Manhattan Madness
Movie • 1916
Country Club Patron (uncredited)
The Easiest Way
Movie • 1931
William Brockton
Road Show
Movie • 1941
Col. Carleton Carroway
Mr. District Attorney
Movie • 1947
Craig Warren
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
Movie • 1957
Arthur Martin
The Habit of Happiness
Movie • 1916
Society Man (uncredited)
The Great Lover
Movie • 1931
Paurel
That's Right – You're Wrong
Movie • 1939
Stacey Delmore
Prestige
Movie • 1932
Capt. Remy Bandoin
The Trumpet Blows
Movie • 1934
Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez
Café Metropole
Movie • 1937
Monsieur Victor
To Please a Lady
Movie • 1950
Gregg
Easy to Love
Movie • 1934
John
Friends and Lovers
Movie • 1931
Captain Geoffrey Roberts
Journal of a Crime
Movie • 1934
Paul Mollet
The Sorrows of Satan
Movie • 1926
Prince Lucio de Rimanez
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Movie • 1939
Deakon Maxwell
Sing, Baby, Sing
Movie • 1936
Bruce Farraday
The Bachelor's Daughters
Movie • 1946
Alexander Moody
Man Alive
Movie • 1945
Kismet
The Night Club Lady
Movie • 1932
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
Serenade
Movie • 1927
Franz Rossi
Convention City
Movie • 1933
T.R. (Ted) Kent
The Faith Healer
Movie • 1921
Dr. Littlefield
The Spanish Dancer
Movie • 1923
Don Salluste
Thanks for Everything
Movie • 1938
J. B. Harcourt
Men Call It Love
Movie • 1931
Tony
The Fast Set
Movie • 1924
Ernest Steel
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
Movie • 1926
Albert Durant
New Moon
Movie • 1930
Governor Boris Brusiloff
The Blue Envelope Mystery
Movie • 1916
Bit Part (uncredited)
Forbidden Paradise
Movie • 1924
Chancellor
The World's Applause
Movie • 1923
Robert Townsend
Timberjack
Movie • 1955
'Sweetwater' Tilton
Bachelor's Affairs
Movie • 1932
Andrew Hoyt
The Circus: Premiere
Movie • 1928
Self
The Goldwyn Follies
Movie • 1938
Oliver Merlin
Head Over Heels
Movie • 1922
Sterling
Sinners in Silk
Movie • 1924
Arthur Merrill
Broadway After Dark
Movie • 1924
Ralph Norton
The Swan
Movie • 1925
Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
The King On Main Street
Movie • 1925
The King
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Movie • 1943
Tom Moran
Bold Love
Movie • 1930
We’re Switching to Hollywood
Movie • 1931
Self
Shadows of Paris
Movie • 1924
Georges de Croy
Bella Donna
Movie • 1923
Mr. Chepstow
Pink Gods
Movie • 1922
Louis Barney
A Gentleman of Paris
Movie • 1927
Marquis de Marignan
Service for Ladies
Movie • 1927
Albert Leroux
Fashions in Love
Movie • 1929
Paul de Remy
Open All Night
Movie • 1924
Edmund Durverne
The Moth
Movie • 1917
Teddy Marbridge / The Husband
The Eternal Flame
Movie • 1922
Duc de Langeais
Diamond Cut Diamond
Movie • 1932
Dan McQueen
Two White Arms
Movie • 1932
Maj. Carey Liston
A Social Celebrity
Movie • 1926
Max Haber
The Sheik
Movie • 1921
Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
Fascinating Youth
Movie • 1926
Adolphe Menjou
King of the Turf
Movie • 1939
Jim Mason
The Fast Mail
Movie • 1922
Cal Baldwin
Singed Wings
Movie • 1922
Bliss Gordon
His Tiger Lady
Movie • 1928
Henri
His Private Life
Movie • 1928
Georges St. Germain
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Movie • 1942
Wives Never Know
Movie • 1936
J. Hugh Ramsey
The Great Flirtation
Movie • 1934
Stephan Karpath
The Worst Woman in Paris?
Movie • 1933
Adolphe Ballou
The Human Side
Movie • 1934
Gregory Sheldon
The Ace of Cads
Movie • 1926
Evening Clothes
Movie • 1927
Lucien d'Artois
Marquis Preferred
Movie • 1929
Marquis d'Argenville
My Kid of a Father
Movie • 1930
Jérôme Rocheville
The Crucial Test
Movie • 1916
Count Nicolai
Let Us Be Gay
Movie • 1931
Bob Brown
A Parisian Romance
Movie • 1916
Julianai
The Valentine Girl
Movie • 1917
Joe Winder
Is Matrimony a Failure?
Movie • 1922
Dudley King
The Marriage Cheat
Movie • 1924
Bob Canfield
The Reward of Patience
Movie • 1916
Paul Dunstan
Arabian Love
Movie • 1922
Captain Fortine (uncredited)
Mysterious Mr. Parkes
Movie • 1930
Courtenay Parkes
Queenie
Movie • 1921
Count Michael
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Target (US)
TV • 1958
Your Favorite Story
TV • 1953
Host
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
Fitch
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
The George Gobel Show
TV • 1954
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Panelist