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.
Movies starring Oscar Apfel (132)
Red Cross Representative (Uncredited)
Wallack (Uncredited)
Smorgen
Tsar's General (Uncredited)
Lambert
Derouget
Mr. Armitage (Uncredited)
Judge At Second Wedding (Uncredited)
Alfred Knuxton
Robbins
Taggart
Dr. Inslow
Hotel Manager
Man In Wash Room
Defense Counsel
Mr. Dayton
Bartender
Reuben Marshall
Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
Hunter (Uncredited)
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)
Judge Avery
Thomas P. Sherman
Chief Bailey
Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
Wallace P. Burroughs
Mr. Lawson
Judge Rufus Barnswell
Chief Of Police
Governor
Auctioneer
Anderson
John Fleming
Mr. Nevin
Dist. Atty. Kerry
Mr. Livingston (Uncredited)
A.l. Boyd
Dr. Leonard Gear
Speaker Of Assembly (Uncredited)
Editor
Prussian Officer
Pahlke
Henry Burrows
Digitalis Doctor (Uncredited)
Mr. Morley, A Banker
Mr. Lane
Bishop
Ivan Rummel
Herman Nussbauer
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)
Armstrong (Uncredited)
Doctor Treating Crosby (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
Conferring Doctor
Mr. Brooks
S.j. Boynton
Forbes
Dr. Wilcox
Appleby - The Lip Reader
Dr. Horgenson
Mr. Hackett
Dr. Rabeouf
Krausmyer
Wobbling Duffy
British Embassy Butler
Judge Edwin Luther
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
William Kellogg
Secretary Of War Stanton
Ivanoff
Stefen Kadar
Eddie
Tourist Husband (Uncredited)
Floorwalker (Uncredited)
Prosecuting Attorney
Abner Thacker
Bartender (Uncredited)
Circus Manager
Bit Role
Major Russart (Uncredited)
Max North
Canfield
German General
Champagne Joe
Dan Phillips
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