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Speak Easily (1932) -- Naive, bookish Professor Post (of Potts College) inherits a huge amount of money and decides that now he can afford to go out and enjoy life...
Shadows of the Orient (1935) -- A classic "B" featurette about "smugglin' in Chinamen for $300 a load"
Hearts in Bondage (1936) -- Hearts in Bondage
Abraham Lincoln (1930) -- An episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.
Speak Easily (1932) -- Naive, bookish Professor Post (of Potts College) inherits a huge amount of money and decides that now he can afford to go out and enjoy life...

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Date of Death:
21 March 1938, Hollywood, California, USA more
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Entering the film industry almost at its beginning, Oscar Apfel began... more
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Screen and stage actor, film and stage director, and stage producer. more
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Alternate Names:
Oscar C. Apfel

Filmography

Actor:
  1. Angel of Mercy (1939) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
    ... aka Passing Parade No. 5: Angel of Mercy (USA: series title)
  2. Conquest (1937) (uncredited) .... Count Potocka
    ... aka Marie Walewska (UK)
  3. The Toast of New York (1937) .... Wallack
  4. Fifty Roads to Town (1937) .... Smorgen
    ... aka Fifty Races to Town
  5. The Soldier and the Lady (1937) (uncredited) .... Tsar's General
    ... aka Michael Strogoff (UK)
    ... aka The Adventures of Michael Strogoff (UK)
    ... aka The Bandit and the Lady (USA: reissue title)
  6. Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937) .... Lambert
  7. Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937) (uncredited) .... Judge
  8. Trouble in Morocco (1937) .... DeRouget
  9. We Who Are About to Die (1937) (uncredited) .... Mr. Armitage
  10. That Girl from Paris (1936) (uncredited) .... Judge at Second Wedding
  11. Career Woman (1936) (uncredited) .... Medical Examiner
  12. Crack-Up (1936) .... Alfred Knuxton
  13. The Plot Thickens (1936) .... H. G. Robbins
    ... aka The Swinging Pearl Mystery (UK)
  14. Fifteen Maiden Lane (1936) (uncredited) .... Jan Waltman - Diamond Cutter
  15. Bulldog Edition (1936) .... Taggart, Daily News Publisher
    ... aka Lady Reporter (UK)
  16. Missing Girls (1936) (uncredited) .... Jury Foreman
    ... aka When Girls Leave Home
  17. Hollywood Boulevard (1936) .... Dr. Inslow
  18. Back to Nature (1936) (uncredited) .... Hotel Manager
  19. 36 Hours to Kill (1936) (uncredited) .... Man in Wash Room
    ... aka Thirty-six Hours to Live
  20. San Francisco (1936) (uncredited) .... Founders' Club Member
  21. And Sudden Death (1936) .... Defense Counsel
  22. Hearts in Bondage (1936) .... Captain Gilman
  23. Till We Meet Again (1936) (uncredited) .... German General
  24. Every Saturday Night (1936) .... Mr. Dayton
  25. The Farmer in the Dell (1936) (uncredited) .... H.F. Davis
  26. Sutter's Gold (1936) (uncredited) .... Bartender
  27. Murder at Glen Athol (1936) .... Reuben Marshall
    ... aka The Criminal Within
  28. The Bridge of Sighs (1936) .... Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
  29. White Lies (1935) .... Hunter
  30. The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935) (uncredited) .... District Attorney
  31. I Dream Too Much (1935) (uncredited) .... Cafe Owner
  32. The Fire Trap (1935) .... R.A. Rawson
  33. Another Face (1935) (uncredited) .... Dr. H. J. Buler
    ... aka It Happened in Hollywood (UK)
  34. This Is the Life (1935) (uncredited) .... Kendall - Department of Justice Chief
  35. His Night Out (1935) .... Dr. Kraft
  36. O'shaughnessy's Boy (1935) .... Martha's Lawyer
  37. Cappy Ricks Returns (1935) .... T. Osgood Blake
  38. Page Miss Glory (1935) (uncredited) .... Tailor
  39. The Perfect Tribute (1935) (uncredited) .... Stratton
  40. Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) .... President Malloy
    ... aka The Memory Expert (UK)
  41. Dante's Inferno (1935) (uncredited) .... Mr. Williams
  42. Rainbow's End (1935) .... Neil Gibson Sr.
  43. Silk Hat Kid (1935) (uncredited) .... School Principal
  44. Shadows of the Orient (1935) .... Judge Avery
  45. Ginger (1935) (uncredited) .... Bill Collector
  46. Mary Jane's Pa (1935) .... Chief Bailey
    ... aka Wanderlust (UK)
  47. Party Wire (1935) .... Tom Sherman
  48. The Nut Farm (1935) .... Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
  49. Death Flies East (1935) .... Wallace P. Burroughs
  50. Carnival (1935) (uncredited) .... Mr. Lawson
    ... aka Carnival Nights (UK)
  51. Bordertown (1935) (uncredited) .... Judge Rufus Barnswell, law school speaker
  52. Romance in Manhattan (1935) .... The Judge
  53. The Best Man Wins (1935) (uncredited) .... Chief of Police
  54. I Am a Thief (1934) .... Auctioneer
  55. You Bring the Ducks (1934) .... Governor
  56. The Firebird (1934) (uncredited) .... Police Desk Sergeant
  57. You Said a Hatful! (1934) .... J.P. Anderson
  58. Crimson Romance (1934) .... John Fleming
  59. Take the Stand (1934)
    ... aka The Great Radio Mystery (UK)
  60. Fifteen Wives (1934) .... Dist. Atty. Kerry
    ... aka 15 Wives (USA: poster title)
    ... aka The Man with the Electric Voice (UK)
  61. The Old Fashioned Way (1934) (uncredited) .... Mr. Livingston
  62. It Happened One Day (1934) .... A. L. Void
  63. Let's Try Again (1934) (scenes deleted)
    ... aka The Marriage Symphony (UK)
  64. Are We Civilized? (1934) .... Dr. Leonard Gear
  65. Manhattan Melodrama (1934) (uncredited) .... Speaker of Assembly
  66. Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934) (uncredited) .... Walcott, Hotel Manager
  67. Whirlpool (1934) .... Newspaper Editor
  68. The House of Rothschild (1934) .... Prussian Officer
  69. Madame Spy (1934) .... Pahlke
  70. Beloved (1934/I) .... Henry Burrows
  71. The Big Shakedown (1934) (uncredited) .... Digitalis Doctor
  72. The World Changes (1933) .... Mr. Morley, a Banker
  73. Only Yesterday (1933) .... Mr. Lane
  74. Hold the Press (1933) .... Mr. Bishop, Managing Editor
  75. The Bowery (1933) .... Ivan Rummel
  76. Ladies Must Love (1933) .... Nussbauer
  77. One Man's Journey (1933) .... John Radford
  78. Before Dawn (1933) .... Police Chief John F. O'Hara
  79. Tugboat Annie (1933) (uncredited) .... Reynolds
  80. Storm at Daybreak (1933) (uncredited) .... Counselor Velasch
  81. Tomorrow at Seven (1933) .... Asa Marsden
  82. Emergency Call (1933) .... Dr. Schwarz
  83. The Story of Temple Drake (1933) (uncredited) .... District Attorney
  84. Song of the Eagle (1933) (uncredited) .... New York Boss
    ... aka The Beer Baron
  85. Bondage (1933) (uncredited) .... Judge
  86. Gabriel Over the White House (1933) (uncredited) .... German delegate to debt conference
  87. Pick-up (1933) .... The Warden
  88. Employees' Entrance (1933) (uncredited) .... Board of Directors Member #5
  89. The Match King (1932) (uncredited) .... Uncle Gustav
  90. Rasputin and the Empress (1932) (uncredited)
    ... aka Rasputin the Mad Monk (UK)
  91. Call Her Savage (1932) (uncredited) .... Doctor Treating Crosby
  92. You Said a Mouthful (1932) (uncredited) .... Armstrong
  93. Madison Sq. Garden (1932) (uncredited) .... Harrison (the promoter)
  94. Hot Saturday (1932) .... Ed W. Randolph
  95. False Faces (1932) .... Fineberg
    ... aka What Price Beauty? (UK)
  96. A Parisian Romance (1932) (uncredited)
  97. Hell's Highway (1932) .... William Billings
  98. A Successful Calamity (1932) .... President of the United States
  99. Two Against the World (1932) .... District Attorney Howard Mills
  100. Blondie of the Follies (1932) (uncredited) .... Doctor attending Pop
  101. Speak Easily (1932) (uncredited) .... Lawyer's Representative
  102. Madame Racketeer (1932) (uncredited) .... J. Harrington Hagney
    ... aka The Sporting Widow (UK)
  103. Skyscraper Souls (1932) (uncredited) .... Brewster's Associate
  104. The Washington Masquerade (1932) (uncredited) .... Hank Larrimore
    ... aka Mad Masquerade (UK)
  105. Make Me a Star (1932) .... Director Henshaw
  106. Attorney for the Defense (1932) (uncredited) .... Managing Editor
  107. The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
  108. The Famous Ferguson Case (1932) .... Mr. Brooks
  109. State's Attorney (1932) .... Mr. Ulrich
    ... aka Cardigan's Last Case (UK)
  110. When a Fellow Needs a Friend (1932) .... Doctor
    ... aka When a Feller Needs a Friend (USA: review title)
  111. World and the Flesh (1932) .... Banker
  112. Symphony of Six Million (1932) .... Conferring Doctor
    ... aka Melody of Life
  113. It's Tough to Be Famous (1932) .... S.J. Boynton
  114. The Heart of New York (1932) .... Otto Gassenheim
  115. Shopworn (1932) .... Judge Forbes
  116. Business and Pleasure (1932) .... P.D. Weatheright
    ... aka The Plutocrat
  117. The Impatient Maiden (1932) .... Dr. Wilcox
  118. Alias the Doctor (1932) .... Keller
  119. The Man Who Played God (1932) .... The Lip Reader
    ... aka The Silent Voice (UK)
  120. High Pressure (1932) .... Mr. Hackett - Better Business Bureau Manager
  121. The Menace (1932) (uncredited) .... Dr. H. Horgenson - Plastic Surgeon
  122. The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932) .... Dr. Rabeouf
  123. Mad Masquerade (1932/I)
  124. Sooky (1931) .... Krausmyer
  125. Her Majesty, Love (1931) (uncredited) .... Marriage License Bureau Manager
  126. Way Back Home (1931) .... Wobbling Duffy
    ... aka Old Greatheart (UK)
  127. Men in Her Life (1931) .... Blake
  128. The Yellow Ticket (1931) (uncredited) .... British Embassy Butler
    ... aka The Yellow Passport (UK)
  129. Wicked (1931) .... Judge Luther
  130. Five Star Final (1931) .... Bernard Hinchecliffe
  131. Sidewalks of New York (1931) .... The Judge
  132. The Bargain (1931) .... G.T. Warren
  133. Huckleberry Finn (1931) .... The King
  134. Big Business Girl (1931) .... Walter T. Morley
  135. Misbehaving Ladies (1931) .... Mayor Twitchell
    ... aka Once There Was a Princess (UK)
  136. Quick Millions (1931) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
  137. The Finger Points (1931) .... Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
  138. What a Time (1931)
  139. Fighting Caravans (1931) (uncredited) .... Minor Role
    ... aka Blazing Arrows (USA: TV title)
  140. Inspiration (1931) .... M. Vignaud
  141. Helping Grandma (1931) .... Mr. Pennypacker
  142. The Right to Love (1930) .... William Kellogg
  143. The Virtuous Sin (1930) .... Maj. Ivanoff
    ... aka Cast Iron
  144. Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
    ... aka Dubarry
  145. Liliom (1930) (uncredited) .... Stefen Kadar - Train Passenger
    ... aka Frank Borzage's Liliom by Franz Molnar (USA: complete title)
  146. The Spoilers (1930) .... Struve
  147. Abraham Lincoln (1930) .... Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
    ... aka D.W. Griffith's 'Abraham Lincoln' (USA: alternative title)
  148. Man Trouble (1930) .... Eddie
  149. Our Blushing Brides (1930) (uncredited) .... Floorwalker
  150. Wild Company (1930) (uncredited) .... Prosecuting Attorney
  151. The Texan (1930) .... Thacker
  152. High Society Blues (1930) (uncredited) .... Divine's Stock Broker
  153. Puttin' on the Ritz (1930) (uncredited) .... House Manager
  154. Street of Chance (1930) .... Bartender

  155. Halfway to Heaven (1929) .... Manager
  156. It's a Great Life (1929) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
    ... aka Imperfect Ladies
  157. Marianne (1929/I) (uncredited) .... Maj. Russart
  158. Smiling Irish Eyes (1929) .... Max North
  159. Waltzing Around (1929) (uncredited) .... Mayor
  160. Hurdy Gurdy (1929/I)
  161. Not Quite Decent (1929) .... Canfield
  162. True Heaven (1929) .... German General
  163. Marianne (1929/II) .... Major
  164. Romance of the Underworld (1928) .... Champagne Joe
    ... aka Romance and Bright Lights
  165. The Valley of Hunted Men (1928) .... Dan Phillips
  166. The Heart of Broadway (1928) .... Dave Richards
    ... aka Restless Youth (UK)
  167. The Last Alarm (1926)
  168. Perils of the Coast Guard (1926) .... Carlton Aldridge
  169. The Sporting Chance (1925)
  170. The Man Who Paid (1922) (uncredited)

  171. Seven Days (1914)
  172. The Fight for Right (1913/II)
  173. The Bells (1913/I)
Director:
  1. Code of the Cow Country (1927)
  2. When Seconds Count (1927)
  3. Cheaters (1927)
  4. In Search of a Thrill (1927)
  5. Race Wild (1926)
  6. The Last Alarm (1926)
  7. The Call of the Klondike (1926)
  8. Perils of the Coast Guard (1926)
  9. Somebody's Mother (1926)
  10. The Midnight Limited (1926)
  11. Borrowed Finery (1925)
  12. The Thoroughbred (1925)
  13. The Sporting Chance (1925)
  14. The Trail of the Law (1924)
  15. The Heart Bandit (1924)
  16. In Search of a Thrill (1923)
  17. The Social Code (1923)
  18. A Man's Man (1923)
  19. The Lion's Mouse (1923)
    ... aka De leeuw en de muis (Netherlands)
    ... aka Een listige vrouw (Netherlands)
    ... aka Vrouwenlist (Netherlands)
  20. Bulldog Drummond (1922)
    ... aka De bloedhond van het geheimzinnig sanatorium (Netherlands)
    ... aka Het geheimzinnig sanatorium (Netherlands)
  21. The Wolf's Fangs (1922)
  22. The Man Who Paid (1922)
  23. Ten Nights in a Bar Room (1921)

  24. The Steel King (1919)
  25. Me and Captain Kidd (1919)
  26. The Oakdale Affair (1919)
    ... aka Bringing Up Baby (USA)
  27. Bringing Up Betty (1919)
  28. Phil-for-Short (1919)
  29. An Amateur Widow (1919)
  30. The Little Intruder (1919)
  31. The Crook of Dreams (1919)
  32. Mandarin's Gold (1919)
  33. The Rough Neck (1919)
    ... aka The Roughneck (USA: copyright title)
  34. Ravished Armenia (1919)
    ... aka Auction of Souls (USA: new title)
  35. The Grouch (1918/I)
  36. To Him That Hath (1918)
  37. Merely Players (1918)
  38. Tinsel (1918)
  39. The Interloper (1918) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  40. The Turn of a Card (1918)
  41. A Man's Man (1918)
  42. The Price of Her Soul (1917)
  43. The Hidden Children (1917) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  44. The Fires of Conscience (1916)
  45. The End of the Trail (1916) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  46. The Man from Bitter Roots (1916) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  47. The Battle of Hearts (1916)
    ... aka A Battle of Hearts (copyright title)
  48. A Man of Sorrow (1916) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  49. Fighting Blood (1916) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
    ... aka His Fighting Blood (USA)
  50. A Soldier's Oath (1915) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  51. The Broken Law (1915) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  52. The Little Gypsy (1915) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  53. Peer Gynt (1915)
  54. Kilmeny (1915)
  55. The Rug Maker's Daughter (1915)
  56. The Wild Olive (1915)
  57. Snobs (1915)
  58. After Five (1915)
  59. Cameo Kirby (1914) (uncredited)
  60. The Ghost Breaker (1914) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  61. The Circus Man (1914)
  62. Ready Money (1914)
  63. The Making of Bobby Burnit (1914)
    ... aka Bobby Burnit (review title)
  64. The Last Volunteer (1914) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  65. The Call of the North (1914)
  66. The Man on the Box (1914) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  67. The Only Son (1914)
  68. The Master Mind (1914) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  69. Brewster's Millions (1914) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  70. A Leech of Industry (1914)
  71. The Squaw Man (1914) (uncredited)
    ... aka The White Man (UK)
  72. In the Mesh of Her Hair (1914)
  73. Success (1913)
  74. The Fight for Right (1913/II)
  75. The Higher Justice (1913)
  76. Her Rosary (1913)
  77. The Tangled Web (1913)
  78. Half a Chance (1913)
  79. The Master Cracksman (1913)
  80. The Bawlerout (1913)
  81. Held for Ransom (1913/II)
  82. For Love of Columbine (1913)
  83. The Judge's Vindication (1913)
  84. The Man from Outside (1913)
  85. The Lure of the City (1913)
  86. The Bells (1913/I)
  87. The Strike Leader (1913)
  88. The Open Road (1913)
  89. Duty and the Man (1913)
  90. The Fires of Conscience (1912)
  91. Hazel Kirke (1912)
  92. The Winner and the Spoils (1912)
  93. The Passer-By (1912)
  94. Martin Chuzzlewit (1912)
  95. A Romance of the Ice Fields (1912)
  96. The Boss of Lumber Camp Number Four (1912)
    ... aka The Boss of Lumber Camp No. 4 (USA: alternative title)
  97. The Corsican Brothers (1912)
  98. Thirty Days at Hard Labor (1912)
  99. Uncle Hiram's List (1911) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  100. The Awakening of John Bond (1911) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  101. A Man for All That (1911)
  102. Home (1911) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
    ... aka Home, a Thanksgiving Story (USA: alternative title)
  103. The Black Arrow (1911) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  104. Foul Play (1911) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  105. Then You'll Remember Me (1911) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  106. The Battle of Bunker Hill (1911) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
    ... aka United States History Series #3: The Battle of Bunker Hill (USA: series title)
  107. The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (1911) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
    ... aka United States History Series #2: The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (USA: series title)
  108. The Minute Man (1911) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  109. Aida (1911/I)
  110. The Wedding Bell (1911) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
Writer:
  1. Somebody's Mother (1926) (scenario) (story)

  2. The Hidden Children (1917) (as Oscar C. Apfel) (scenario)
  3. The End of the Trail (1916) (writer) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  4. The Man from Bitter Roots (1916) (as Oscar C. Apfel) (scenario)
  5. The Battle of Hearts (1916) (writer)
    ... aka A Battle of Hearts (copyright title)
  6. A Man of Sorrow (1916) (writer)
  7. Fighting Blood (1916) (writer) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
    ... aka His Fighting Blood (USA)
  8. A Soldier's Oath (1915) (scenario) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  9. The Broken Law (1915) (story) (as Oscar C. Apfel) (writer) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  10. Peer Gynt (1915) (scenario)
  11. The Ghost Breaker (1914) (writer) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
  12. The Squaw Man (1914) (picturizer) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
    ... aka The White Man (UK)
Producer:
  1. The Trail of the Law (1924) (producer)
  2. The Wolf's Fangs (1922) (producer)

  3. The Steel King (1919) (producer)
  4. Me and Captain Kidd (1919) (producer)
  5. The Oakdale Affair (1919) (producer)
    ... aka Bringing Up Baby (USA)
  6. Phil-for-Short (1919) (producer)

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