Oscar Apfel

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Manhattan Melodrama (1934) — Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
2. Five Star Final (1931) — Bernard Hinchecliffe
3. The Story of Temple Drake (1933) — District Attorney (uncredited)
4. Abraham Lincoln (1930) — Secretary of War Stanton
5. Bordertown (1935) — Judge Rufus Barnswell
6. Employees' Entrance (1933) — Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
7. Call Her Savage (1932) — Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
8. The House of Rothschild (1934) — Prussian Officer
9. Hot Saturday (1932) — Mr. Randolph
10. Our Blushing Brides (1930) — Floorwalker (uncredited)
11. Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) — President Malloy
12. Hell's Highway (1932) — William Billings
13. I Dream Too Much (1935) — Cafe Owner (uncredited)
14. Liliom (1930) — Stefen Kadar
15. The Yellow Ticket (1931) — British Embassy Butler
16. The Old-Fashioned Way (1934) — Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
17. The Big Shakedown (1934) — Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
18. Gabriel Over the White House (1933) — German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
19. Romance in Manhattan (1934) — Judge
20. Crack-Up (1936) — Alfred Knuxton
21. Skyscraper Souls (1932) — Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
22. Conspiracy (1930) — Tourist Husband (uncredited)
23. The Toast of New York (1937) — Wallack (uncredited)
24. One Man's Journey (1933) — John Radford
25. Shopworn (1932) — Forbes
26. The Texan (1930) — Abner Thacker
27. Two Against the World (1932) — District Attorney Howard Mills
28. The Bowery (1933) — Ivan Rummel
29. Tomorrow at Seven (1933) — Asa Marsden
30. Quick Millions (1931) — Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
31. Street of Chance (1930) — Bartender (uncredited)
32. Blondie of the Follies (1932) — Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
33. High Pressure (1932) — Mr. Hackett
34. The Man Who Played God (1932) — Appleby - the Lip Reader
35. Before Dawn (1933) — Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
36. The Plot Thickens (1936) — Robbins
37. Sidewalks of New York (1931) — Judge
38. Helping Grandma (1931) — Mr. Pennypacker
39. Inspiration (1931) — M. Vignaud
40. Whirlpool (1934) — Editor

Directed

1. The Squaw Man (1914) — Director
2. Auction of Souls (1919) — Director
3. Phil-for-Short (1919) — Director
4. The Call of the North (1914) — Director
5. Thirty Days at Hard Labor (1912) — Director
6. The Passer-by (1912) — Director
7. The Call of the Klondike (1926) — Director
8. Code of the Cow Country (1927) — Director
9. The Oakdale Affair (1919) — Director
10. The Last Volunteer (1914) — Director
11. Bulldog Drummond (1922) — Director
12. Brewster's Millions (1914) — Director
13. Race Wild (1927) — Director
14. The Last Alarm (1926) — Director
15. The Social Code (1923) — Director
16. The Man Who Paid (1922) — Director
17. The Trail of the Law (1924) — Director
18. In Search of a Thrill (1923) — Director
19. The Only Son (1914) — Director
20. The Grouch (1918) — Director
21. A Leech of Industry (1914) — Director
22. In the Mesh of Her Hair (1914) — Director
23. Me and Captain Kidd (1919) — Director
24. Ten Nights in a Bar Room (1921) — Director
25. The Midnight Limited (1926) — Director
26. Somebody's Mother (1926) — Director
27. The Thoroughbred (1925) — Director
28. The Sporting Chance (1925) — Director
29. The Rough Neck (1919) — Director
30. The Heart Bandit (1924) — Director
31. When Seconds Count (1927) — Director
32. The Wolf's Fangs (1922) — Director
33. Perils of the Coast Guard (1926) — Director
34. The Steel King (1919) — Director
35. The Lion's Mouse (1923) — Director
36. Mandarin's Gold (1919) — Director
37. The Little Intruder (1919) — Director
38. Fires of Conscience (1916) — Director
39. Tinsel (1918) — Director
40. Bringing Up Betty (1919) — Director