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.
Acted in 131
1930s
- 1939
Angel of Mercy
Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
- 1937
The Toast of New York
Wallack (uncredited)
Fifty Roads to Town
Smorgen
Jim Hanvey, Detective
Lambert
Trouble in Morocco
DeRouget
We Who Are About to Die
Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
- 1936
That Girl from Paris
Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
Crack-Up
Alfred Knuxton
The Plot Thickens
Robbins
Bulldog Edition
Taggart
Hollywood Boulevard
Dr. Inslow
Back to Nature
Hotel Manager
36 Hours to Kill
Man in Wash Room
And Sudden Death
Defense Counsel
Every Saturday Night
Mr. Dayton
Sutter's Gold
Bartender
- 1935
White Lies
Hunter (uncredited)
Another Face
Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
The Calling of Dan Matthews
District Attorney (uncredited)
I Dream Too Much
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
His Night Out
Dr. Kraft
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Attorney
Page Miss Glory
Tailor (uncredited)
The Perfect Tribute
Stratton (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
President Malloy
Rainbow's End
Neil Gibson Sr.
Born to Gamble
Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
Shadows of the Orient
Judge Avery
Party Wire
Thomas P. Sherman
Mary Jane's Pa
Chief Bailey
The Nut Farm
Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
Death Flies East
Wallace P. Burroughs
Carnival
Mr. Lawson
Bordertown
Judge Rufus Barnswell
The Best Man Wins
Chief of Police
- 1934
Romance in Manhattan
Judge
I Am a Thief
Auctioneer
You Said a Hatful!
Anderson
Crimson Romance
John Fleming
Take the Stand
Mr. Nevin
Fifteen Wives
Dist. Atty. Kerry
The Old-Fashioned Way
Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
It Happened One Day
A.L. Boyd
Manhattan Melodrama
Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Whirlpool
Editor
The House of Rothschild
Prussian Officer
Madame Spy
Pahlke
Beloved
Henry Burrows
The Big Shakedown
Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
- 1933
The World Changes
Mr. Morley, a Banker
Only Yesterday
Mr. Lane
Hold the Press
Bishop
The Bowery
Ivan Rummel
Ladies Must Love
Herman Nussbauer
One Man's Journey
John Radford
Before Dawn
Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
Tugboat Annie
Reynolds (uncredited)
Emergency Call
Dr. Schwarz
Storm at Daybreak
Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
Tomorrow at Seven
Asa Marsden
The Story of Temple Drake
District Attorney (uncredited)
Bondage
Judge (uncredited)
Gabriel Over the White House
German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
Pick-up
The Warden
Employees' Entrance
Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
- 1932
You Said a Mouthful
Armstrong (uncredited)
Call Her Savage
Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
Hot Saturday
Mr. Randolph
Hell's Highway
William Billings
A Successful Calamity
President of the United States
Two Against the World
District Attorney Howard Mills
Blondie of the Follies
Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
Madame Racketeer
J. Harrington Hagney
Skyscraper Souls
Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
Make Me a Star
Henshaw
Attorney for the Defense
Managing Editor
State's Attorney
Mr. Ulrich
The Woman in Room 13
Movie
When a Feller Needs a Friend
Doctor
Symphony of Six Million
Conferring Doctor
The World and the Flesh
Banker
The Famous Ferguson Case
Mr. Brooks
The Heart of New York
Otto
The Impatient Maiden
Dr. Wilcox
The Man Who Played God
Appleby - the Lip Reader
The Menace
Dr. Horgenson
High Pressure
Mr. Hackett
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Dr. Rabeouf
- 1931
Sooky
Krausmyer
Way Back Home
Wobbling Duffy
Men in Her Life
Blake
The Yellow Ticket
British Embassy Butler
Wicked
Judge Edwin Luther
Sidewalks of New York
Judge
The Road to Reno
Mr. Ash
Huckleberry Finn
The King
The Bargain
G.T. Warren
Big Business Girl
Walter T. Morley
Quick Millions
Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
Misbehaving Ladies
Mayor Twitchell
Inspiration
M. Vignaud
Helping Grandma
Mr. Pennypacker
- 1930
The Right to Love
William Kellogg
The Virtuous Sin
Ivanoff
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Bit role
Liliom
Stefen Kadar
Man Trouble
Eddie
Wild Company
Prosecuting Attorney
The Texan
Abner Thacker
Street of Chance
Bartender (uncredited)
1920s
- 1929
Half Way to Heaven
Circus Manager
It's a Great Life
Bit Role
Smiling Irish Eyes
Max North
Not Quite Decent
Canfield
True Heaven
German General
- 1928
Romance of the Underworld
Champagne Joe
The Heart of Broadway
Dave Richards
- 1926
Perils of the Coast Guard
Carlton Aldridge
- 1925
The Sporting Chance
Movie
Directed 56
1920s
- 1927
Code of the Cow Country
Director
When Seconds Count
Director
- 1926
The Call of the Klondike
Director
Somebody's Mother
Director
Perils of the Coast Guard
Director
The Midnight Limited
Director
- 1925
The Sporting Chance
Director
- 1924
The Trail of the Law
Director
The Heart Bandit
Director
- 1923
In Search of a Thrill
Director
The Social Code
Director
The Lion's Mouse
Director
- 1922
Bulldog Drummond
Director
The Wolf's Fangs
Director
The Man Who Paid
Director
- 1921
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
Director
1910s
- 1919
Me and Captain Kidd
Director
The Oakdale Affair
Director
Bringing Up Betty
Director
Phil-for-Short
Director
The Little Intruder
Director
Mandarin's Gold
Director
The Rough Neck
Director
Auction of Souls
Director
- 1918
The Grouch
Director
The Turn of a Card
Director
- 1917
A Man's Man
Director
The Price of Her Soul
Director
The Hidden Children
Director
- 1916
Fires of Conscience
Director
The Man from Bitter Roots
Director
The Battle of Hearts
Director
- 1915
A Soldier's Oath
Director
The Little Gypsy
Director
Peer Gynt
Director
Kilmeny
Director
The Rug Maker's Daughter
Director
The Wild Olive
Director
Snobs
Director
After Five
Director
- 1914
Cameo Kirby
Director
The Ghost Breaker
Director
The Circus Man
Director
Ready Money
Director
The Making of Bobby Burnit
Director
The Call of the North
Director
The Only Son
Director
The Master Mind
Director
Brewster's Millions
Director
A Leech of Industry
Director
- 1913
The Bells
Director
- 1912
The Passer-by
Director
Thirty Days at Hard Labor
Director
- 1911
The Awakening of John Bond
Director
Wrote 8
1920s
- 1926
Somebody's Mother
Writer
1910s
- 1917
The Hidden Children
Writer
- 1916
The Man from Bitter Roots
Writer
The Battle of Hearts
Writer
- 1915
A Soldier's Oath
Writer
Peer Gynt
Writer
- 1914
The Ghost Breaker
Writer
Produced 5
1920s
- 1922
The Wolf's Fangs
Producer
1910s
- 1919
Me and Captain Kidd
Producer
The Oakdale Affair
Producer
Phil-for-Short
Producer
- 1916
The Battle of Hearts
Producer