Oscar Apfel
Age: N/A | From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Oscar C. Apfel
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Movie Involvements: 123
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Manhattan Melodrama
(1934) Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln
(1930) Secretary of War Stanton
Five Star Final
(1931) Bernard Hinchecliffe
The Story of Temple Drake
(1933) District Attorney (uncredited)
Liliom
(1930) Stefen Kadar
Bordertown
(1935) Judge Rufus Barnswell
Conspiracy
(1930) Tourist Husband (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
(1933) Mr. LaneActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Red Cross Representative (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Judge Avery | |
| Wallack (uncredited) | ||
| Smorgen | ||
| Tsar's General (Uncredited) | ||
| Lambert | ||
| DeRouget | ||
| Mr. Armitage (uncredited) | ||
| 1936 | Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited) | |
| Alfred Knuxton | ||
| H. G. Robbins | ||
| Taggart | ||
| Dr. Inslow | ||
| Hotel Manager | ||
| Man in Wash Room | ||
| Defense Counsel | ||
| Mr. Dayton | ||
| Bartender | ||
| Reuben Marshall | ||
| Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell | ||
| 1935 | Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited) | |
| District Attorney (uncredited) | ||
| Cafe Owner (uncredited) | ||
| R.A. Rawson | ||
| Dr. Kraft | ||
| Attorney | ||
| T. Osgood Blake | ||
| Tailor (uncredited) | ||
| Stratton (uncredited) | ||
| President Malloy | ||
| Neil Gibson Sr. | ||
| Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited) | ||
| Thomas P. Sherman | ||
| Chief Bailey | ||
| Bob Bent, Helen's Husband | ||
| Wallace P. Burroughs | ||
| Mr. Lawson | ||
| Judge Rufus Barnswell | ||
| Chief of Police | ||
| Judge | ||
| 1934 | Governor | |
| Auctioneer | ||
| Anderson | ||
| John Fleming | ||
| Mr. Nevin | ||
| Dist. Atty. Kerry | ||
| Mr. Livingston (uncredited) | ||
| A.L. Boyd | ||
| Dr. Leonard Gear | ||
| Speaker of Assembly (uncredited) | ||
| Newspaper Editor | ||
| Pahlke | ||
| Henry Burrows | ||
| Digitalis Doctor (uncredited) | ||
| 1933 | Mr. Lane | |
| Bishop | ||
| Ivan Rummel | ||
| John Radford | ||
| Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara | ||
| Dr. Schwarz | ||
| Counselor Velasch (uncredited) | ||
| Asa Marsden | ||
| District Attorney (uncredited) | ||
| Judge (uncredited) | ||
| German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited) | ||
| The Warden | ||
| Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited) | ||
| 1932 | Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited) | |
| Armstrong (uncredited) | ||
| Mr. Randolph | ||
| William Billings | ||
| President of the United States | ||
| District Attorney Howard Mills | ||
| Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited) | ||
| J. Harrington Hagney | ||
| Brewster's Associate (uncredited) | ||
| Henshaw | ||
| Managing Editor | ||
| Mr. Ulrich | ||
| N/A | ||
| Doctor | ||
| Conferring Doctor | ||
| Banker | ||
| Mr. Brooks | ||
| S.J. Boynton | ||
| Otto | ||
| Forbes | ||
| Dr. Wilcox | ||
| Appleby - the Lip Reader | ||
| Dr. Horgenson | ||
| Mr. Hackett | ||
| Dr. Rabeouf | ||
| 1931 | Krausmyer | |
| Wobbling Duffy | ||
| Blake | ||
| British Embassy Butler | ||
| Judge Edwin Luther | ||
| Judge | ||
| Bernard Hinchecliffe | ||
| Mr. Ash | ||
| The King | ||
| G.T. Warren | ||
| Walter T. Morley | ||
| Police Detective Capp (uncredited) | ||
| Mayor Twitchell | ||
| Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler | ||
| M. Vignaud | ||
| Mr. Pennypacker | ||
| 1930 | William Kellogg | |
| Secretary of War Stanton | ||
| Ivanoff | ||
| Bit role | ||
| Stefen Kadar | ||
| Eddie | ||
| Tourist Husband (uncredited) | ||
| Floorwalker (uncredited) | ||
| Prosecuting Attorney | ||
| Thacker | ||
| Bartender (uncredited) | ||
| 1929 | Circus Manager | |
| Bit Role | ||
| Major Russart (uncredited) | ||
| German General | ||
| 1928 | Champagne Joe | |
| Dan Phillips | ||
| 1926 | N/A | |
| Canfield | ||
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Directing
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| 1927 | Director | |
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| 1926 | Director | |
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| 1924 | Director | |
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| 1919 | Director | |
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| 1913 | Director | |
| 1912 | Director | |
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| 1911 | Director | |
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Production
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| 1919 | Producer | |
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Writing
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| 1915 | Writer | |
| 1914 | Writer | |
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