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Oscar Apfel (1878–1938)

Actor | Director | Writer

Entering the film industry almost at its beginning, Oscar Apfel began his career in 1911 as a director. He hit the big leagues in 1914 when he was given many prestigious assignments for Paramount Pictures, often in collaboration with Cecil B. DeMille. In 1916, he switched to Fox, and then freelanced for many smaller studios... See full bio »

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in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died:

(age 60) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1939 Angel of Mercy (short)
Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
 
1937 Conquest
Count Potocka (uncredited)
 
1937 The Toast of New York
Wallack (uncredited)
 
1937 Fifty Roads to Town
Smorgen
 
1937 The Soldier and the Lady
Tsar's General (uncredited)
 
1937 Jim Hanvey, Detective
Lambert
 
1937 Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Judge (uncredited)
 
1937 Trouble in Morocco
DeRouget
 
1937 We Who Are About to Die
Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
 
1936 That Girl from Paris
Judge at 2nd Wedding (uncredited)
 
1936 Career Woman
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
 
1936 Crack-Up
Alfred Knuxton
 
1936 The Plot Thickens
H. G. Robbins
 
1936 Fifteen Maiden Lane
Jan Waltman - Diamond Cutter (uncredited)
 
1936 Bulldog Edition
Taggart, Daily News Publisher
 
1936 Missing Girls
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
 
1936 Hollywood Boulevard
Dr. Inslow
 
1936 Back to Nature
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
 
1936 36 Hours to Kill
Man in Wash Room (uncredited)
 
1936 San Francisco
Founders' Club Member (uncredited)
 
1936 And Sudden Death
Defense Counsel
 
1936 Hearts in Bondage
Capt. Gilman
 
1936 Till We Meet Again
German General (uncredited)
 
1936 Every Saturday Night
Mr. Dayton
 
1936 The Farmer in the Dell
H.F. Davis (uncredited)
 
1936 Sutter's Gold
Bartender (uncredited)
 
1936 Murder at Glen Athol
Reuben Marshall
 
1936 The Bridge of Sighs
Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
 
1935 White Lies
Hunter
 
1935 The Calling of Dan Matthews
District Attorney (uncredited)
 
1935 I Dream Too Much
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
 
1935 The Fire-Trap
R.A. Rawson
 
1935 Another Face
Dr. H. J. Buler (uncredited)
 
1935 This Is the Life
Kendall - Department of Justice Chief (uncredited)
 
1935 His Night Out
Dr. Kraft
 
1935 O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Martha's Lawyer
 
1935 Cappy Ricks Returns
T. Osgood Blake
 
1935 Page Miss Glory
Tailor (uncredited)
 
1935 The Perfect Tribute (short)
Stratton (uncredited)
 
1935 Man on the Flying Trapeze
President Malloy
 
1935 Dante's Inferno
Mr. Williams (uncredited)
 
1935 Rainbow's End
Neil Gibson Sr.
 
1935 Born to Gamble
Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
 
1935 Silk Hat Kid
School Principal (uncredited)
 
1935 Shadows of the Orient
Judge Avery
 
1935 Ginger
Bill Collector (uncredited)
 
1935 Mary Jane's Pa
Chief Bailey
 
1935 Party Wire
Thomas P. Sherman
 
1935 The Nut Farm
Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
 
1935 Death Flies East
Wallace P. Burroughs
 
1935 Carnival
Mr. Lawson (uncredited)
 
1935 Bordertown
Judge Rufus Barnswell (uncredited)
 
1935 Romance in Manhattan
The Judge
 
1935 The Best Man Wins
Chief of Police (uncredited)
 
1934 I Am a Thief
Auctioneer
 
1934 You Bring the Ducks (short)
Governor
 
1934 The Firebird
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
 
1934 You Said a Hatful! (short)
J.P. Anderson
 
1934 Crimson Romance
John Fleming
 
1934 Take the Stand
 
1934 Fifteen Wives
Dist. Atty. Kerry
 
1934 The Old Fashioned Way
Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
 
1934 It Happened One Day (short)
A. L. Void
 
1934 Let's Try Again (scenes deleted)
 
1934 Are We Civilized?
Dr. Leonard Gear
 
1934 Manhattan Melodrama
Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
 
1934 Twenty Million Sweethearts
Walcott (uncredited)
 
1934 Whirlpool
Newspaper Editor
 
1934 The House of Rothschild
Prussian Officer
 
1934 Madame Spy
Pahlke
 
1934 Beloved
Henry Burrows
 
1934 The Big Shakedown
Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
 
1933 The World Changes
Mr. Morley, a Banker
 
1933 Only Yesterday
Mr. Lane
 
1933 Hold the Press
Mr. Bishop, Managing Editor
 
1933 The Bowery
Ivan Rummel
 
1933 Ladies Must Love
Herman Nussbauer
 
1933 One Man's Journey
John Radford
 
1933 Before Dawn
O'Hara
 
1933 Tugboat Annie
Reynolds (uncredited)
 
1933 Storm at Daybreak
Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
 
1933 Tomorrow at Seven
Asa Marsden
 
1933 Emergency Call
Dr. Schwarz
 
1933 The Story of Temple Drake
District Attorney (uncredited)
 
1933 Song of the Eagle
New York Boss (uncredited)
 
1933 Bondage
Judge (uncredited)
 
1933 Gabriel Over the White House
German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
 
1933 Pick-up
The Warden
 
1933 Employees' Entrance
Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
 
1932 The Match King
Uncle Gustav (uncredited)
 
1932 Rasputin and the Empress (uncredited)
 
1932 Call Her Savage
Doctor Treating Crosby (uncredited)
 
1932 You Said a Mouthful
Armstrong (uncredited)
 
1932 Madison Sq. Garden
Harrison the Promoter (uncredited)
 
1932 Hot Saturday
Ed W. Randolph
 
1932 False Faces
Fineberg
 
1932 A Parisian Romance (uncredited)
 
1932 Hell's Highway
Billings
 
1932 A Successful Calamity
President of the United States
 
1932 Two Against the World
District Attorney Howard Mills
 
1932 Blondie of the Follies
Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
 
1932 Speak Easily
Lawyer's Representative (uncredited)
 
1932 Madame Racketeer
J. Harrington Hagney (uncredited)
 
1932 Skyscraper Souls
Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
 
1932 The Washington Masquerade
Hank Larrimore (uncredited)
 
1932 Make Me a Star
Henshaw
 
1932 Attorney for the Defense
Managing Editor (uncredited)
 
1932 The Woman in Room 13
 
1932 The Famous Ferguson Case
Mr. Brooks
 
1932 State's Attorney
Mr. Ulrich
 
1932 When a Fellow Needs a Friend
Doctor
 
1932 World and the Flesh
Banker
 
1932 Symphony of Six Million
Conferring Doctor
 
1932 It's Tough to Be Famous
S.J. Boynton
 
1932 The Heart of New York
Otto Gassenheim
 
1932 Shopworn
Judge Forbes
 
1932 Business and Pleasure
P.D. Weatheright
 
1932 The Impatient Maiden
Dr. Wilcox
 
1932 Alias the Doctor
Keller
 
1932 The Man Who Played God
Appleby - the Lip Reader
 
1932 High Pressure
Mr. Hackett
 
1932 The Menace
Dr. H. Horgenson - Plastic Surgeon (uncredited)
 
1932 The Woman from Monte Carlo
Dr. Rabeouf
 
1932 Mad Masquerade
 
1931 Sooky
Krausmyer
 
1931 Her Majesty, Love
Marriage License Bureau Manager (uncredited)
 
1931 Way Back Home
Wobbling Duffy
 
1931 Men in Her Life
Blake
 
1931 The Yellow Ticket
British Embassy Butler (uncredited)
 
1931 Wicked
Judge Edwin Luther
 
1931 Sidewalks of New York
Judge
 
1931 The Road to Reno
Mr. Ash - Jackie's Attorney (uncredited)
 
1931 Five Star Final
Hinchecliffe
 
1931 The Bargain
G.T. Warren
 
1931 Huckleberry Finn
The King
 
1931 Big Business Girl
Walter T. Morley
 
1931 Misbehaving Ladies
Mayor Twitchell
 
1931 Quick Millions
Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
 
1931 The Finger Points
Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
 
1931 What a Time (short)
 
1931 Fighting Caravans
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1931 Inspiration
M. Vignaud
 
1931 Helping Grandma (short)
Mr. Pennypacker
 
1930 The Right to Love
William Kellogg
 
1930 The Virtuous Sin
Maj. Ivanoff
 
1930 Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1930 Liliom
Stefen Kadar (uncredited)
 
1930 The Spoilers
Struve
 
1930 Abraham Lincoln
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
 
1930 Man Trouble
Eddie
 
1930 Our Blushing Brides
Floorwalker (uncredited)
 
1930 Wild Company
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
 
1930 The Texan
Thacker
 
1930 High Society Blues
Divine's Stock Broker (uncredited)
 
1930 Puttin' on the Ritz
House Manager (uncredited)
 
1930 Street of Chance
Bartender (uncredited)
 
1929 Halfway to Heaven
Circus Manager
 
1929 It's a Great Life
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1929/I Marianne
Maj. Russart (uncredited)
 
1929 Smiling Irish Eyes
Max North
 
1929 Waltzing Around (short)
Mayor (uncredited)
 
1929/I Hurdy Gurdy (short)
Mr. Schnitzmeyer
 
1929 Not Quite Decent
Canfield
 
1929 True Heaven
German General
 
1929/II Marianne
Major
 
1928 Romance of the Underworld
Champagne Joe
 
1928 The Valley of Hunted Men
Dan Phillips
 
1928 The Heart of Broadway
Dave Richards
 
1926 The Last Alarm
 
1926 Perils of the Coast Guard
Carlton Aldridge
 
1925 The Sporting Chance
 
1922 The Man Who Paid (uncredited)
 
1914 Seven Days (short)
 
1913/II The Fight for Right (short)
 
1913/I The Bells (short)
 
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1927 Code of the Cow Country
 
1927 When Seconds Count
 
1927 Cheaters
 
1927 In Search of a Thrill
 
1926 Race Wild
 
1926 The Last Alarm
 
1926 The Call of the Klondike
 
1926 Perils of the Coast Guard
 
1926 Somebody's Mother
 
1926 The Midnight Limited
 
1925 Borrowed Finery
 
1925 The Thoroughbred
 
1925 The Sporting Chance
 
1924 The Trail of the Law
 
1924 The Heart Bandit
 
1923 In Search of a Thrill
 
1923 The Social Code
 
1923 A Man's Man
 
1923 The Lion's Mouse
 
1922 Bulldog Drummond
 
1922 The Wolf's Fangs
 
1922 The Man Who Paid
 
1921 Ten Nights in a Bar Room
 
1919 The Steel King
 
1919 Me and Captain Kidd
 
1919 The Oakdale Affair
 
1919 Bringing Up Betty
 
1919 Phil-for-Short
 
1919 An Amateur Widow
 
1919 The Little Intruder
 
1919 The Crook of Dreams
 
1919 Mandarin's Gold
 
1919 The Rough Neck
 
1919 Auction of Souls
 
1918/I The Grouch
 
1918 To Him That Hath
 
1918 Merely Players
 
1918 Tinsel
 
1918 The Interloper (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1918 The Turn of a Card
 
1918 A Man's Man
 
1917 The Price of Her Soul
 
1917 The Hidden Children (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1916 The Fires of Conscience
 
1916 The End of the Trail (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1916 The Man from Bitter Roots (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1916 The Battle of Hearts
 
1916 A Man of Sorrow (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1916 Fighting Blood (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1915 A Soldier's Oath (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1915 The Broken Law (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1915 The Little Gypsy (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1915 Peer Gynt
 
1915 Kilmeny
 
1915 The Rug Maker's Daughter
 
1915 The Wild Olive
 
1915 Snobs
 
1915 After Five
 
1914 Cameo Kirby (uncredited)
 
1914 The Ghost Breaker (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1914 The Circus Man
 
1914 Ready Money
 
1914 The Making of Bobby Burnit (short)
 
1914 The Last Volunteer (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1914 The Call of the North
 
1914 The Man on the Box (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1914 The Only Son
 
1914 The Master Mind (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1914 Brewster's Millions (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1914 A Leech of Industry (short)
 
1914 The Squaw Man
 
1914 In the Mesh of Her Hair (short)
 
1913 Success (short)
 
1913/II The Fight for Right (short)
 
1913 The Higher Justice (short)
 
1913 Her Rosary (short)
 
1913 Ashes (short)
 
1913 The Tangled Web (short)
 
1913 Half a Chance (short)
 
1913 The Master Cracksman (short)
 
1913 The Bawlerout (short)
 
1913/II Held for Ransom (short)
 
1913 For Love of Columbine (short)
 
1913 The Judge's Vindication (short)
 
1913 The Man from Outside (short)
 
1913 The Lure of the City (short)
 
1913/I The Bells (short)
 
1913 The Strike Leader (short)
 
1913 The Open Road (short)
 
1913 Duty and the Man (short)
 
1912 The Fires of Conscience (short)
 
1912 Hazel Kirke (short)
 
1912 The Winner and the Spoils (short)
 
1912 Caleb West (short)
 
1912 The Passer-By (short)
 
1912 Martin Chuzzlewit (short)
 
1912 A Romance of the Ice Fields (short)
 
1912 The Bank President's Son (short)
 
1912 The Guilty Party (short)
 
1912 The Boss of Lumber Camp Number Four (short)
 
1912 How Washington Crossed the Delaware (short)
 
1912 The Heir Apparent (short)
 
1912 Tony's Oath of Vengeance (short)
 
1912 The Corsican Brothers (short)
 
1912 Thirty Days at Hard Labor (short)
 
1911 Uncle Hiram's List (short) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1911 The Awakening of John Bond (short) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1911 A Man for All That (short)
 
1911 Home (short) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1911 The Black Arrow (short) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1911 Foul Play (short) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1911 Then You'll Remember Me (short) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1911 The Battle of Bunker Hill (short) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1911 The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (short) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1911 The Minute Man (short) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1911/I Aida (short)
 
1911 The Wedding Bell (short) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
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1926 Somebody's Mother (scenario / story)
 
1917 The Hidden Children (as Oscar C. Apfel / scenario)
 
1916 The End of the Trail (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1916 The Man from Bitter Roots (as Oscar C. Apfel / scenario)
 
1916 The Battle of Hearts
 
1916 A Man of Sorrow
 
1916 Fighting Blood (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1915 A Soldier's Oath (scenario / as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1915 The Broken Law (as Oscar C. Apfel / story / as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1915 Peer Gynt (scenario)
 
1914 The Ghost Breaker (as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1914 The Squaw Man (picturized by / as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
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1924 The Trail of the Law (producer)
 
1922 The Wolf's Fangs (producer)
 
1919 The Steel King (producer)
 
1919 Me and Captain Kidd (producer)
 
1919 The Oakdale Affair (producer)
 
1919 Phil-for-Short (producer)
 
1916 The Battle of Hearts (producer)
 
1916 A Man of Sorrow (producer - as Oscar C. Apfel)
 
1914 Rose of the Rancho (assistant director)
 

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Entered films with Edison and Reliance in 1911. See more »

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Capricorn