Biography
Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, where he played the lead role; Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas; Ernst Lubitsch's The Marriage Circle; The Sheik with Rudolph Valentino; Morocco with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper; and A Star Is Born with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, and was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Movies & TV Shows
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Paths of Glory (1957) — Gen. George Broulard
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A Star Is Born (1937) — Oliver Niles
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Pollyanna (1960) — Mr. Pendergast
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A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) — Pierre Revel
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Morocco (1930) — Monsieur La Bessiere
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A Farewell to Arms (1932) — Major Rinaldi
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Stage Door (1937) — Anthony Powell
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The Front Page (1931) — Walter Burns
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The Sniper (1952) — Frank Kafka
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State of the Union (1948) — Jim Conover
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The Sheik (1921) — Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
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You Were Never Lovelier (1942) — Eduardo Acuña
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Morning Glory (1933) — Louis Easton
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Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) — Nicolai Nicoleff
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The Tall Target (1951) — Caleb Jeffers
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The Marriage Circle (1924) — Professor Josef Stock
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Forbidden (1932) — Robert Grover
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Across the Wide Missouri (1951) — Pierre
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Golden Boy (1939) — Tom Moody
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The Three Musketeers (1921) — Louis XIII
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Man on a Tightrope (1953) — Fesker
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What's My Line? (1950) — Self
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One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) — John Cardwell
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Roxie Hart (1942) — Billy Flynn
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Little Miss Marker (1934) — Sorrowful Jones
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My Dream Is Yours (1949) — Thomas Hutchins
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The Milky Way (1936) — Gabby Sloan
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The Hucksters (1947) — Mr. Kimberly
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Bundle of Joy (1956) — J. B. Merlin
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Heartbeat (1946) — Ambassador
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Hi Diddle Diddle (1943) — Hector Phyffe
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Turnabout (1940) — Phil Manning
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The Easiest Way (1931) — William Brockton
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To Please a Lady (1950) — Gregg
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Journal of a Crime (1934) — Paul Mollet
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The Sorrows of Satan (1926) — Prince Lucio de Rimanez
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The Goldwyn Follies (1938) — Oliver Merlin
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Café Metropole (1937) — Monsieur Victor
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Letter of Introduction (1938) — John Mannering
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Road Show (1941) — Col. Carleton Carroway