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Oscar Apfel

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedJan 16, 1878 (Died at 60)
Zodiac Sign♑Capricorn
Place of BirthCleveland, Ohio, USA
Career Span1921 – 1938
Known Credits186 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 0.9

Oscar Apfel

Also known as:Oscar C. Apfel
Total Works

186

186 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

6.2 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Manhattan Melodrama
7.0
as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Five Star Final
6.6
Five Star Final
1931•movie
as Bernard Hinchecliffe
The Story of Temple Drake
6.5
as District Attorney (uncredited)

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 186 titles featuring Oscar Apfel

Manhattan Melodrama
7.0

as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

Five Star Final
6.6
Five Star Final
1931•movie

as Bernard Hinchecliffe

The Story of Temple Drake
6.5

as District Attorney (uncredited)

Abraham Lincoln
5.5
Abraham Lincoln
1930•movie

as Secretary of War Stanton

Bordertown
5.9
Bordertown
1935•movie

as Judge Rufus Barnswell

Employees' Entrance
6.2

as Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)

Call Her Savage
5.7
Call Her Savage
1932•movie

as Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)

Hot Saturday
6.5
Hot Saturday
1932•movie

as Mr. Randolph

The House of Rothschild
6.2

as Prussian Officer

The Squaw Man
6.0
The Squaw Man
1914•movie

Role: Writer

Our Blushing Brides
5.6

as Floorwalker (uncredited)

Man on the Flying Trapeze
6.3

as President Malloy

Hell's Highway
6.1
Hell's Highway
1932•movie

as William Billings

I Dream Too Much
5.4
I Dream Too Much
1935•movie

as Cafe Owner (uncredited)

Liliom
6.8
Liliom
1930•movie

as Stefen Kadar

The Yellow Ticket
5.1
The Yellow Ticket
1931•movie

as British Embassy Butler

The Old-Fashioned Way
7.2

as Mr. Livingston (uncredited)

The Big Shakedown
5.9
The Big Shakedown
1934•movie

as Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)

Gabriel Over the White House
6.8

as German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)

Romance in Manhattan
7.8

as Judge

Skyscraper Souls
5.5
Skyscraper Souls
1932•movie

as Brewster's Associate (uncredited)

Shopworn
6.7
Shopworn
1932•movie

as Judge Forbes

The Toast of New York
6.2

as Wallack (uncredited)

Crack-Up
5.9
Crack-Up
1936•movie

as Alfred Knuxton

The Texan
6.1
The Texan
1930•movie

as Abner Thacker

Conspiracy
4.9
Conspiracy
1930•movie

as Tourist Husband (uncredited)

One Man's Journey
6.7
One Man's Journey
1933•movie

as John Radford

Street of Chance
6.8
Street of Chance
1930•movie

as Bartender (uncredited)

Two Against the World
5.5

as District Attorney Howard Mills

The Bowery
5.4
The Bowery
1933•movie

as Ivan Rummel

Tomorrow at Seven
6.2
Tomorrow at Seven
1933•movie

as Asa Marsden

Quick Millions
7.3
Quick Millions
1931•movie

as Police Detective Capp (uncredited)

Blondie of the Follies
6.3

as Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)

High Pressure
5.8
High Pressure
1932•movie

as Mr. Hackett

The Man Who Played God
7.2

as Appleby - the Lip Reader

Before Dawn
5.7
Before Dawn
1933•movie

as Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara

The Plot Thickens
6.3
The Plot Thickens
1936•movie

as Robbins

Sidewalks of New York
6.2

as Judge

Helping Grandma
7.0
Helping Grandma
1931•movie

as Mr. Pennypacker

Inspiration
5.9
Inspiration
1931•movie

as M. Vignaud

Whirlpool
6.4
Whirlpool
1934•movie

as Editor

Marianne
6.5
Marianne
1929•movie

as Major Russart (uncredited)

Tugboat Annie
7.3
Tugboat Annie
1933•movie

as Reynolds (uncredited)

State's Attorney
6.9
State's Attorney
1932•movie

as Mr. Ulrich

It's a Great Life
5.0
It's a Great Life
1929•movie

as Bit Role

Du Barry, Woman of Passion
6.0

as Bit role

The World Changes
4.8
The World Changes
1933•movie

as Mr. Morley, a Banker

Auction of Souls
4.9
Auction of Souls
1919•movie

Role: Director

Pick-up
5.1
Pick-up
1933•movie

as The Warden

Way Back Home
6.3
Way Back Home
1931•movie

as Wobbling Duffy

The Virtuous Sin
4.8
The Virtuous Sin
1930•movie

as Ivanoff

The Finger Points
6.4
The Finger Points
1931•movie

as Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler

Page Miss Glory
6.7
Page Miss Glory
1935•movie

as Tailor (uncredited)

The Famous Ferguson Case
6.6

as Mr. Brooks

That Girl from Paris
6.9

as Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)

A Successful Calamity
5.6

as President of the United States

Only Yesterday
7.1
Only Yesterday
1933•movie

as Mr. Lane

Symphony of Six Million
5.7

as Conferring Doctor

36 Hours to Kill
6.1
36 Hours to Kill
1936•movie

as Man in Wash Room

Emergency Call
6.3
Emergency Call
1933•movie

as Dr. Schwarz

Madame Racketeer
5.3
Madame Racketeer
1932•movie

as J. Harrington Hagney

It's Tough to Be Famous
6.4

as S.J. Boynton

O'Shaughnessy's Boy
6.2

as Attorney

The Best Man Wins
6.6
The Best Man Wins
1935•movie

as Chief of Police

Jim Hanvey, Detective
6.5

as Lambert

Men in Her Life
6.1
Men in Her Life
1931•movie

as Blake

I Am a Thief
6.2
I Am a Thief
1934•movie

as Auctioneer

We Who Are About to Die
7.0

as Mr. Armitage (uncredited)

The Menace
5.6
The Menace
1932•movie

as Dr. Horgenson

Storm at Daybreak
6.6
Storm at Daybreak
1933•movie

as Counselor Velasch (uncredited)

You Said a Mouthful
5.8

as Armstrong (uncredited)

Make Me a Star
6.4
Make Me a Star
1932•movie

as Henshaw

Attorney for the Defense
6.6

as Managing Editor

The Road to Reno
4.0
The Road to Reno
1931•movie

as Mr. Ash

Another Face
4.8
Another Face
1935•movie

as Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)

Born to Gamble
5.2
Born to Gamble
1935•movie

as Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)

Big Business Girl
6.8
Big Business Girl
1931•movie

as Walter T. Morley

The Heart of New York
6.8

as Otto

Rainbow's End
5.0
Rainbow's End
1935•movie

as Neil Gibson Sr.

Shadows of the Orient
6.0

as Judge Avery

Bulldog Edition
4.2
Bulldog Edition
1936•movie

as Taggart

Crimson Romance
5.5
Crimson Romance
1934•movie

as John Fleming

Huckleberry Finn
7.0
Huckleberry Finn
1931•movie

as The King

Mary Jane's Pa
6.8
Mary Jane's Pa
1935•movie

as Chief Bailey

Take the Stand
5.5
Take the Stand
1934•movie

as Mr. Nevin

Hollywood Boulevard
4.5

as Dr. Inslow

The Right to Love
6.0
The Right to Love
1930•movie

as William Kellogg

Wicked
5.5
Wicked
1931•movie

as Judge Edwin Luther

Phil-for-Short
7.0
Phil-for-Short
1919•movie

Role: Producer

The Call of the North
5.2

Role: Director

Murder at Glen Athol
7.0

as Reuben Marshall

The Woman from Monte Carlo
6.3

as Dr. Rabeouf

Fifteen Wives
3.0
Fifteen Wives
1934•movie

as Dist. Atty. Kerry

Death Flies East
7.0
Death Flies East
1935•movie

as Wallace P. Burroughs

Party Wire
8.3
Party Wire
1935•movie

as Thomas P. Sherman

Half Way to Heaven
6.0
Half Way to Heaven
1929•movie

as Circus Manager

The World and the Flesh
7.7

as Banker

Angel of Mercy
7.7
Angel of Mercy
1939•movie

as Red Cross Representative (uncredited)

The Soldier and the Lady
7.3

as Tsar's General (Uncredited)

The Calling of Dan Matthews
4.7

as District Attorney (uncredited)

Thirty Days at Hard Labor
5.7

Role: Director

Trouble in Morocco
6.5
Trouble in Morocco
1937•movie

as DeRouget

Are We Civilized?
6.0
Are We Civilized?
1934•movie

as Dr. Leonard Gear

The Impatient Maiden
9.0

as Dr. Wilcox

The Nut Farm
9.0
The Nut Farm
1935•movie

as Bob Bent, Helen's Husband

The Bridge of Sighs
8.0

as Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell

Man Trouble
7.5
Man Trouble
1930•movie

as Eddie

Wild Company
7.0
Wild Company
1930•movie

as Prosecuting Attorney

Madame Spy
7.5
Madame Spy
1934•movie

as Pahlke

The Perfect Tribute
7.0

as Stratton (uncredited)

Romance of the Underworld
5.8

as Champagne Joe

When a Feller Needs a Friend
5.5

as Doctor

Sooky
5.0
Sooky
1931•movie

as Krausmyer

White Lies
7.5
White Lies
1935•movie

as Hunter (uncredited)

The Passer-by
5.5
The Passer-by
1912•movie

Role: Director

The Call of the Klondike
6.8

Role: Director

Bondage
7.0
Bondage
1933•movie

as Judge (uncredited)

His Night Out
7.0
His Night Out
1935•movie

as Dr. Kraft

True Heaven
7.0
True Heaven
1929•movie

as German General

Sutter's Gold
7.0
Sutter's Gold
1936•movie

as Bartender

Not Quite Decent
9.0
Not Quite Decent
1929•movie

as Canfield

The Woman in Room 13
8.0
Misbehaving Ladies
9.0
Misbehaving Ladies
1931•movie

as Mayor Twitchell

And Sudden Death
8.0
And Sudden Death
1936•movie

as Defense Counsel

Carnival
8.0
Carnival
1935•movie

as Mr. Lawson

Fifty Roads to Town
10.0

as Smorgen

Back to Nature
9.0
Back to Nature
1936•movie

as Hotel Manager

Every Saturday Night
7.0

as Mr. Dayton

9.0

as Dan Phillips

The Bargain
9.0
The Bargain
1931•movie

as G.T. Warren

Beloved
9.0
Beloved
1934•movie

as Henry Burrows

It Happened One Day
8.0

as A.L. Boyd

You Said a Hatful!
7.0
You Said a Hatful!
1934•movie

as Anderson

Smiling Irish Eyes
9.0
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929•movie

as Max North

The Sporting Chance
8.0
Perils of the Coast Guard
8.0

as Carlton Aldridge

Ladies Must Love
8.0
Ladies Must Love
1933•movie

as Herman Nussbauer

The Heart of Broadway
10.0

as Dave Richards

Code of the Cow Country
10.0

Role: Director

The Oakdale Affair
9.0
The Oakdale Affair
1919•movie

Role: Director

Bulldog Drummond
8.0
Bulldog Drummond
1922•movie

Role: Director

Brewster's Millions
6.0

Role: Director

The Social Code
10.0
The Social Code
1923•movie

Role: Director

The Man Who Paid
10.0
The Man Who Paid
1922•movie

Role: Director

The Trail of the Law
7.0

Role: Director

In Search of a Thrill
7.0

Role: Director

The Only Son
1.0
The Only Son
1914•movie

Role: Director

The Grouch
9.0
The Grouch
1918•movie

Role: Director

A Leech of Industry
7.0

Role: Director

Me and Captain Kidd
10.0

Role: Director

Ten Nights in a Bar Room
10.0

Role: Director

The Midnight Limited
9.0

Role: Director

Somebody's Mother
8.0
Somebody's Mother
1926•movie

Role: Director

The Thoroughbred
10.0
The Thoroughbred
1925•movie

Role: Director

The Rough Neck
10.0
The Rough Neck
1919•movie

Role: Director

The Heart Bandit
8.0
The Heart Bandit
1924•movie

Role: Director

When Seconds Count
8.0
When Seconds Count
1927•movie

Role: Director

The Wolf's Fangs
10.0
The Wolf's Fangs
1922•movie

Role: Director

The Lion's Mouse
8.0
The Lion's Mouse
1923•movie

Role: Director

Mandarin's Gold
7.0
Mandarin's Gold
1919•movie

Role: Director

The Little Intruder
8.0

Role: Director

Hold the Press
Hold the Press
1933•movie

as Bishop

Fires of Conscience

Role: Director

Bringing Up Betty
Bringing Up Betty
1919•movie

Role: Director

The Ghost Breaker
The Ghost Breaker
1914•movie

Role: Director

The Making of Bobby Burnit

Role: Director

The Rug Maker's Daughter

Role: Director

Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt
1915•movie

Role: Director

The Circus Man
The Circus Man
1914•movie

Role: Director

Cameo Kirby
Cameo Kirby
1914•movie

Role: Director

Kilmeny
Kilmeny
1915•movie

Role: Director

Ready Money
Ready Money
1914•movie

Role: Director

The Bells
The Bells
1913•movie

Role: Director

After Five
After Five
1915•movie

Role: Director

Snobs
Snobs
1915•movie

Role: Director

The Awakening of John Bond

Role: Director

The Master Mind
The Master Mind
1914•movie

Role: Director

The Wild Olive
The Wild Olive
1915•movie

Role: Director

The Hidden Children

Role: Director

The Turn of a Card
The Turn of a Card
1918•movie

Role: Director

The Battle of Hearts

Role: Director

The Little Gypsy
The Little Gypsy
1915•movie

Role: Director

A Man's Man
A Man's Man
1917•movie

Role: Director

A Soldier's Oath
A Soldier's Oath
1915•movie

Role: Director

The Man from Bitter Roots

Role: Director

The Price of Her Soul

Role: Director