Cast & creator
Oscar Apfel
Best known for The House of Rothschild, Manhattan Melodrama, One Man's Journey
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.
Also known as: Oscar C. Apfel
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1911–1939 · acting roles
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Filmography (216)
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The House of Rothschild
Prussian Officer
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
1934
One Man's Journey
John Radford
1933
The Story of Temple Drake
District Attorney (uncredited)
1933
The Road to Reno
Mr. Ash
1931
Before Dawn
Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
1933
The Toast of New York
Wallack (uncredited)
1937
Blondie of the Follies
Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
1932
Abraham Lincoln
Secretary of War Stanton
1930
Pick-up
The Warden
1933
We Who Are About to Die
Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
1937
Gabriel Over the White House
German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
1933
The Famous Ferguson Case
Mr. Brooks
1932
Sidewalks of New York
Judge
1931
The Man Who Played God
Appleby - the Lip Reader
1932
Call Her Savage
Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
1932
Mary Jane's Pa
Chief Bailey
1935
The Soldier and the Lady
Tsar's General (Uncredited)
1937
Murder at Glen Athol
Reuben Marshall
1936
Shopworn
Judge Forbes
1932
The Thoroughbred
Director
1925
The World and the Flesh
Banker
1932
Crack-Up
Alfred Knuxton
1936
Inspiration
M. Vignaud
1931
Marianne
Major Russart (uncredited)
1929
Make Me a Star
Henshaw
1932
I Dream Too Much
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
1935
The Woman in Room 13
1932
I Am a Thief
Auctioneer
1934
Only Yesterday
Mr. Lane
1933
It's a Great Life
Bit Role
1929
Man on the Flying Trapeze
President Malloy
1935
You Said a Mouthful
Armstrong (uncredited)
1932
True Heaven
German General
1929
The World Changes
Mr. Morley, a Banker
1933
Bondage
Judge (uncredited)
1933
The Bridge of Sighs
Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
1936
Bordertown
Judge Rufus Barnswell
1935
That Girl from Paris
Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
1936
Skyscraper Souls
Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
1932
Five Star Final
Bernard Hinchecliffe
1931
Big Business Girl
Walter T. Morley
1931
The Right to Love
William Kellogg
1930
Attorney for the Defense
Managing Editor
1932
Half Way to Heaven
Circus Manager
1929
The Heart of New York
Otto
1932
Page Miss Glory
Tailor (uncredited)
1935
The Price of Her Soul
Director
1917
The Battle of Hearts
Director
1916The Battle of Hearts
Writer
1916The Battle of Hearts
Producer
1916
The Calling of Dan Matthews
District Attorney (uncredited)
1935
The Old-Fashioned Way
Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
1934
The Big Shakedown
Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
1934
Bulldog Edition
Taggart
1936
The Best Man Wins
Chief of Police
1935
Our Blushing Brides
Floorwalker (uncredited)
1930
36 Hours to Kill
Man in Wash Room
1936
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Attorney
1935
Shadows of the Orient
Judge Avery
1935
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Dr. Rabeouf
1932
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Bit role
1930
A Soldier's Oath
Director
1915A Soldier's Oath
Writer
1915
The Bowery
Ivan Rummel
1933
Men in Her Life
Blake
1931
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
Director
1921
Romance of the Underworld
Champagne Joe
1928
It's Tough to Be Famous
S.J. Boynton
1932
Emergency Call
Dr. Schwarz
1933
When a Feller Needs a Friend
Doctor
1932Aida
Director
1911
The Man Who Paid
Director
1922
The Texan
Abner Thacker
1930
Me and Captain Kidd
Director
1919Me and Captain Kidd
Producer
1919
Huckleberry Finn
The King
1931
High Pressure
Mr. Hackett
1932
Fifty Roads to Town
Smorgen
1937
Hollywood Boulevard
Dr. Inslow
1936
Hot Saturday
Mr. Randolph
1932
The Heart of Broadway
Dave Richards
1928
The Plot Thickens
Robbins
1936
The Man from Bitter Roots
Director
1916The Man from Bitter Roots
Writer
1916
Symphony of Six Million
Conferring Doctor
1932
Two Against the World
District Attorney Howard Mills
1932
Peer Gynt
Director
1915Peer Gynt
Writer
1915
Employees' Entrance
Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
1933
Crimson Romance
John Fleming
1934
Way Back Home
Wobbling Duffy
1931
State's Attorney
Mr. Ulrich
1932
Carnival
Mr. Lawson
1935
Jim Hanvey, Detective
Lambert
1937
Whirlpool
Editor
1934
Death Flies East
Wallace P. Burroughs
1935
Storm at Daybreak
Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
1933
Back to Nature
Hotel Manager
1936
The Yellow Ticket
British Embassy Butler
1931
And Sudden Death
Defense Counsel
1936
Liliom
Stefen Kadar
1930
Trouble in Morocco
DeRouget
1937
Wild Company
Prosecuting Attorney
1930
Another Face
Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
1935
The Lion's Mouse
Director
1923In the Mesh of Her Hair
Director
1914
Auction of Souls
Director
1919
The Call of the North
Director
1914
The Turn of a Card
Director
1918
Code of the Cow Country
Director
1927
It Happened One Day
A.L. Boyd
1934
Mandarin's Gold
Director
1919Race Wild
Director
1927
Tugboat Annie
Reynolds (uncredited)
1933
Smiling Irish Eyes
Max North
1929
Romance in Manhattan
Judge
1934
The Making of Bobby Burnit
Director
1914
A Man's Man
Director
1917The Man on the Box
Director
1914
Party Wire
Thomas P. Sherman
1935
Madame Spy
Pahlke
1934
His Night Out
Dr. Kraft
1935
The Virtuous Sin
Ivanoff
1930
Thirty Days at Hard Labor
Director
1912
Not Quite Decent
Canfield
1929
Hell's Highway
William Billings
1932
The Impatient Maiden
Dr. Wilcox
1932
The Grouch
Director
1918
The Only Son
Director
1914
Street of Chance
Bartender (uncredited)
1930
The Awakening of John Bond
Director
1911
Conspiracy
Tourist Husband (uncredited)
1930
Perils of the Coast Guard
Carlton Aldridge
1926Perils of the Coast Guard
Director
1926
Tomorrow at Seven
Asa Marsden
1933
Sooky
Krausmyer
1931
The Heart Bandit
Director
1924
The Sporting Chance
1925The Sporting Chance
Director
1925
The Nut Farm
Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
1935
Phil-for-Short
Producer
1919Phil-for-Short
Director
1919
Bringing Up Betty
Director
1919
The Rug Maker's Daughter
Director
1915The Valley Of Hunted Men
Dan Phillips
1928
Wicked
Judge Edwin Luther
1931
The Squaw Man
Writer
1914The Squaw Man
Director
1914
When Seconds Count
Director
1927
The Menace
Dr. Horgenson
1932
Sutter's Gold
Bartender
1936The Last Alarm
1926The Last Alarm
Director
1926
The Call of the Klondike
Director
1926
The Finger Points
Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
1931The Last Volunteer
Director
1914
Rainbow's End
Neil Gibson Sr.
1935
Take the Stand
Mr. Nevin
1934
Madame Racketeer
J. Harrington Hagney
1932
Quick Millions
Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
1931
A Leech of Industry
Director
1914
The Midnight Limited
Director
1926
A Successful Calamity
President of the United States
1932
Every Saturday Night
Mr. Dayton
1936
The Trail of the Law
Director
1924
Beloved
Henry Burrows
1934
You Said a Hatful!
Anderson
1934You Bring the Ducks
Governor
1934
The Wolf's Fangs
Director
1922The Wolf's Fangs
Producer
1922
Helping Grandma
Mr. Pennypacker
1931The Steel King
Director
1919The Steel King
Producer
1919
White Lies
Hunter (uncredited)
1935
Somebody's Mother
Director
1926Somebody's Mother
Writer
1926
The Little Intruder
Director
1919
Brewster's Millions
Director
1914
Are We Civilized?
Dr. Leonard Gear
1934The Fire-Trap
R.A. Rawson
1935
Ladies Must Love
Herman Nussbauer
1933
Hold the Press
Bishop
1933
The Bargain
G.T. Warren
1931
Fifteen Wives
Dist. Atty. Kerry
1934
Ready Money
Director
1914
The Ghost Breaker
Director
1914The Ghost Breaker
Writer
1914
The Perfect Tribute
Stratton (uncredited)
1935
Misbehaving Ladies
Mayor Twitchell
1931
The Circus Man
Director
1914
The Rough Neck
Director
1919
Born to Gamble
Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
1935
The Little Gypsy
Director
1915
Angel of Mercy
Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
1939
Man Trouble
Eddie
1930
The Passer-by
Director
1912An Amateur Widow
Director
1919Cappy Ricks Returns
T. Osgood Blake
1935
The Oakdale Affair
Director
1919The Oakdale Affair
Producer
1919
The Master Mind
Director
1914
The Social Code
Director
1923
Fires of Conscience
Director
1916
After Five
Director
1915Tinsel
Director
1918
Bulldog Drummond
Director
1922
Kilmeny
Director
1915Borrowed Finery
Director
1925
The Wild Olive
Director
1915
The Bells
Director
1913
Snobs
Director
1915
The Hidden Children
Director
1917The Hidden Children
Writer
1917
In Search of a Thrill
Director
1923
Cameo Kirby
Director
1914