Oscar Apfel

Oscar Apfel

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.

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Movies starring Oscar Apfel (132)

Angel of Mercy (1939)

Red Cross Representative (Uncredited)

The Toast of New York (1937)

Wallack (Uncredited)

The Soldier and the Lady (1937)

Tsar's General (Uncredited)

We Who Are About to Die (1937)

Mr. Armitage (Uncredited)

That Girl from Paris (1936)

Judge At Second Wedding (Uncredited)

Crack-Up (1936)

Alfred Knuxton

36 Hours to Kill (1936)

Man In Wash Room

The Bridge of Sighs (1936)

Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell

White Lies (1935)

Hunter (Uncredited)

Another Face (1935)

Dr. H.j. Buler (Uncredited)

The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935)

District Attorney (Uncredited)

I Dream Too Much (1935)

Cafe Owner (Uncredited)

Page Miss Glory (1935)

Tailor (Uncredited)

The Perfect Tribute (1935)

Stratton (Uncredited)

Rainbow's End (1935)

Neil Gibson Sr.

Born to Gamble (1935)

Strickland - Cora's Father (Uncredited)

Party Wire (1935)

Thomas P. Sherman

The Nut Farm (1935)

Bob Bent, Helen's Husband

Death Flies East (1935)

Wallace P. Burroughs

Carnival (1935)

Mr. Lawson

Bordertown (1935)

Judge Rufus Barnswell

Fifteen Wives (1934)

Dist. Atty. Kerry

The Old-Fashioned Way (1934)

Mr. Livingston (Uncredited)

Are We Civilized? (1934)

Dr. Leonard Gear

Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

Speaker Of Assembly (Uncredited)

Beloved (1934)

Henry Burrows

The Big Shakedown (1934)

Digitalis Doctor (Uncredited)

The World Changes (1933)

Mr. Morley, A Banker

Ladies Must Love (1933)

Herman Nussbauer

Before Dawn (1933)

Chief Of Detectives John F. O'hara

Storm at Daybreak (1933)

Counselor Velasch (Uncredited)

The Story of Temple Drake (1933)

District Attorney (Uncredited)

Bondage (1933)

Judge (Uncredited)

Gabriel Over the White House (1933)

German Delegate To Debt Conference (Uncredited)

Pick-up (1933)

The Warden

Employees' Entrance (1933)

Board Of Directors Member #5 (Uncredited)

You Said a Mouthful (1932)

Armstrong (Uncredited)

Call Her Savage (1932)

Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)

Hell's Highway (1932)

William Billings

A Successful Calamity (1932)

President Of The United States

Two Against the World (1932)

District Attorney Howard Mills

Blondie of the Follies (1932)

Doctor Attending Pa (Uncredited)

Madame Racketeer (1932)

J. Harrington Hagney

Skyscraper Souls (1932)

Brewster's Associate (Uncredited)

The Man Who Played God (1932)

Appleby - The Lip Reader

The Menace (1932)

Dr. Horgenson

Sooky (1931)

Krausmyer

Way Back Home (1931)

Wobbling Duffy

The Yellow Ticket (1931)

British Embassy Butler

Wicked (1931)

Judge Edwin Luther

Five Star Final (1931)

Bernard Hinchecliffe

Big Business Girl (1931)

Walter T. Morley

Quick Millions (1931)

Police Detective Capp (Uncredited)

The Finger Points (1931)

Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler

Helping Grandma (1931)

Mr. Pennypacker

Abraham Lincoln (1930)

Secretary Of War Stanton

Liliom (1930)

Stefen Kadar

Conspiracy (1930)

Tourist Husband (Uncredited)

Our Blushing Brides (1930)

Floorwalker (Uncredited)

Wild Company (1930)

Prosecuting Attorney

The Texan (1930)

Abner Thacker

Street of Chance (1930)

Bartender (Uncredited)

Marianne (1929)

Major Russart (Uncredited)

True Heaven (1929)

German General

Movies Made by Oscar Apfel (34)

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