Oscar Apfel

Known For: Acting
Born: January 16, 1878
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: March 21, 1938

Oscar Apfel

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 Pictur…

Filmography

Angel of Mercy

1939 · Red Cross Representative (uncredited)

The Toast of New York

1937 · Wallack (uncredited)

Fifty Roads to Town

1937 · Smorgen

The Soldier and the Lady

1937 · Tsar's General (Uncredited)

Jim Hanvey, Detective

1937 · Lambert

Trouble in Morocco

1937 · DeRouget

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

The Plot Thickens

1936 · Robbins

Bulldog Edition

1936 · Taggart

Hollywood Boulevard

1936 · Dr. Inslow

Back to Nature

1936 · Hotel Manager

36 Hours to Kill

1936 · Man in Wash Room

And Sudden Death

1936 · Defense Counsel

Every Saturday Night

1936 · Mr. Dayton

Sutter's Gold

1936 · Bartender

Murder at Glen Athol

1936 · Reuben Marshall

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)

The Fire-Trap

1935 · R.A. Rawson

His Night Out

1935 · Dr. Kraft

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

1935 · Attorney

Cappy Ricks Returns

Cappy Ricks Returns

1935 · T. Osgood Blake

Page Miss Glory

1935 · Tailor (uncredited)

The Perfect Tribute

1935 · Stratton (uncredited)

Man on the Flying Trapeze

1935 · President Malloy

Rainbow's End

1935 · Neil Gibson Sr.

Born to Gamble

1935 · Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)

Shadows of the Orient

1935 · Judge Avery

Party Wire

1935 · Thomas P. Sherman

Mary Jane's Pa

1935 · Chief Bailey

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

The Best Man Wins

1935 · Chief of Police

Romance in Manhattan

1934 · Judge

I Am a Thief

1934 · Auctioneer

You Bring the Ducks

You Bring the Ducks

1934 · Governor

You Said a Hatful!

1934 · Anderson

Crimson Romance

1934 · John Fleming

Take the Stand

1934 · Mr. Nevin

Fifteen Wives

1934 · Dist. Atty. Kerry

The Old-Fashioned Way

1934 · Mr. Livingston (uncredited)

It Happened One Day

1934 · A.L. Boyd

Are We Civilized?

1934 · Dr. Leonard Gear

Manhattan Melodrama

1934 · Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

Whirlpool

1934 · Editor

The House of Rothschild

1934 · Prussian Officer

Madame Spy

1934 · Pahlke

Beloved

1934 · Henry Burrows

The Big Shakedown

1934 · Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)

The World Changes

1933 · Mr. Morley, a Banker

Only Yesterday

1933 · Mr. Lane

Hold the Press

1933 · Bishop

The Bowery

1933 · Ivan Rummel

Ladies Must Love

1933 · Herman Nussbauer

One Man's Journey

1933 · John Radford

Before Dawn

1933 · Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara

Emergency Call

1933 · Dr. Schwarz

Storm at Daybreak

1933 · Counselor Velasch (uncredited)

Tomorrow at Seven

1933 · Asa Marsden

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)

Hot Saturday

1932 · Mr. Randolph

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)

Make Me a Star

1932 · Henshaw

Attorney for the Defense

1932 · Managing Editor

State's Attorney

1932 · Mr. Ulrich

The Woman in Room 13

1932

When a Feller Needs a Friend

1932 · Doctor

Symphony of Six Million

1932 · Conferring Doctor

The World and the Flesh

1932 · Banker

The Famous Ferguson Case

1932 · Mr. Brooks

It's Tough to Be Famous

1932 · S.J. Boynton

The Heart of New York

1932 · Otto

Shopworn

1932 · Forbes

The Impatient Maiden

1932 · Dr. Wilcox

The Man Who Played God

1932 · Appleby - the Lip Reader

The Menace

1932 · Dr. Horgenson

High Pressure

1932 · Mr. Hackett

The Woman from Monte Carlo

1932 · Dr. Rabeouf

Sooky

1931 · Krausmyer

Way Back Home

1931 · Wobbling Duffy

Men in Her Life

1931 · Blake

The Yellow Ticket

1931 · British Embassy Butler

Wicked

1931 · Judge Edwin Luther

Five Star Final

1931 · Bernard Hinchecliffe

Sidewalks of New York

1931 · Judge

The Road to Reno

1931 · Mr. Ash

Huckleberry Finn

1931 · The King

The Bargain

1931 · G.T. Warren

Big Business Girl

1931 · Walter T. Morley

Quick Millions

1931 · Police Detective Capp (uncredited)

Misbehaving Ladies

1931 · Mayor Twitchell

The Finger Points

1931 · Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler

Inspiration

1931 · M. Vignaud

Helping Grandma

1931 · Mr. Pennypacker

The Right to Love

1930 · William Kellogg

Abraham Lincoln

1930 · Secretary of War Stanton

The Virtuous Sin

1930 · Ivanoff

Du Barry, Woman of Passion

1930 · Bit role

Liliom

1930 · Stefen Kadar

Man Trouble

1930 · Eddie

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)

Half Way to Heaven

1929 · Circus Manager

It's a Great Life

1929 · Bit Role

Marianne

1929 · Major Russart (uncredited)

Smiling Irish Eyes

1929 · Max North

Not Quite Decent

1929 · Canfield

True Heaven

1929 · German General

Romance of the Underworld

1928 · Champagne Joe

The Valley Of Hunted Men

The Valley Of Hunted Men

1928 · Dan Phillips

The Heart of Broadway

1928 · Dave Richards

Code of the Cow Country

1927 · Director

Race Wild

1927 · Director

When Seconds Count

1927 · Director

The Call of the Klondike

1926 · Director

The Last Alarm

1926 · , Director

Somebody's Mother

1926 · Director, Writer

Perils of the Coast Guard

1926 · Carlton Aldridge, Director

The Midnight Limited

1926 · Director

Borrowed Finery

Borrowed Finery

1925 · Director

The Sporting Chance

1925 · , Director

The Thoroughbred

1925 · Director

The Trail of the Law

1924 · Director

The Heart Bandit

1924 · Director

In Search of a Thrill

1923 · Director

The Social Code

1923 · Director

The Lion's Mouse

1923 · Director

Bulldog Drummond

1922 · Director

The Wolf's Fangs

1922 · Director, Producer

The Man Who Paid

1922 · Director

Ten Nights in a Bar Room

1921 · Director

The Steel King

1919 · Director, Producer

Me and Captain Kidd

1919 · Director, Producer

The Oakdale Affair

1919 · Director, Producer

Bringing Up Betty

1919 · Director

Phil-for-Short

1919 · Director, Producer

An Amateur Widow

An Amateur Widow

1919 · Director

The Little Intruder

1919 · Director

Mandarin's Gold

1919 · Director

The Rough Neck

1919 · Director

Auction of Souls

1919 · Director

The Grouch

1918 · Director

Tinsel

1918 · Director

The Turn of a Card

1918 · Director

A Man's Man

1917 · Director

The Price of Her Soul

1917 · Director

The Hidden Children

1917 · Director, Writer

Fires of Conscience

1916 · Director

The Man from Bitter Roots

1916 · Director, Writer

The Battle of Hearts

1916 · Director, Writer, Producer

A Soldier's Oath

1915 · Director, Writer

The Little Gypsy

1915 · Director

Peer Gynt

1915 · Director, Writer

Kilmeny

1915 · Director

The Rug Maker's Daughter

1915 · Director

The Wild Olive

1915 · Director

Snobs

1915 · Director

After Five

1915 · Director

Cameo Kirby

1914 · Director

The Ghost Breaker

1914 · Director, Writer

The Circus Man

1914 · Director

Ready Money

1914 · Director

The Making of Bobby Burnit

The Making of Bobby Burnit

1914 · Director

The Last Volunteer

The Last Volunteer

1914 · Director

The Call of the North

1914 · Director

The Man on the Box

The Man on the Box

1914 · Director

The Only Son

1914 · Director

The Master Mind

1914 · Director

Brewster's Millions

1914 · Director

A Leech of Industry

1914 · Director

The Squaw Man

1914 · Writer, Director

In the Mesh of Her Hair

In the Mesh of Her Hair

1914 · Director

The Bells

1913 · Director

The Passer-by

1912 · Director

Thirty Days at Hard Labor

1912 · Director

The Awakening of John Bond

1911 · Director

Aida

1911 · Director

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