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Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Actor · 1890–1963 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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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]

Acted in 130

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1958

    I Married a Woman

    Frederick W. Sutton

  3. 1957
  4. The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

    Arthur Martin

  5. 1956

    Bundle of Joy

    J. B. Merlin

  6. 1955

    Timberjack

    'Sweetwater' Tilton

  7. 1953

    Man on a Tightrope

    Fesker

  8. 1952
  9. 1951
  10. The Tall Target

    Caleb Jeffers

  11. 1950

1940s

  1. 1949

    Dancing in the Dark

    Melville Crossman

  2. 1948
  3. 1947

    The Hucksters

    Mr. Kimberly

  4. I'll Be Yours

    J. Conrad Nelson

  5. 1946

    The Bachelor's Daughters

    Alexander Moody

  6. Heartbeat

    Ambassador

  7. 1945

    Man Alive

    Kismet

  8. 1944

    Step Lively

    Wagner

  9. 1943

    Sweet Rosie O'Grady

    Tom Moran

  10. Hi Diddle Diddle

    Hector Phyffe

  11. 1942

    You Were Never Lovelier

    Eduardo Acuña

  12. Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

    Movie

  13. Syncopation

    George Latimer

  14. Roxie Hart

    Billy Flynn

  15. 1941

    Father Takes a Wife

    Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior

  16. Road Show

    Col. Carleton Carroway

  17. 1940

    A Bill of Divorcement

    Hilary Fairfield

  18. Turnabout

    Phil Manning

1930s

  1. 1939

    That's Right – You're Wrong

    Stacey Delmore

  2. The Housekeeper's Daughter

    Deakon Maxwell

  3. Golden Boy

    Tom Moody

  4. King of the Turf

    Jim Mason

  5. 1938

    Thanks for Everything

    J. B. Harcourt

  6. 1937

    Stage Door

    Anthony Powell

  7. One Hundred Men and a Girl

    John Cardwell

  8. Café Metropole

    Monsieur Victor

  9. One in a Million

    Tad Spencer

  10. 1936

    Wives Never Know

    J. Hugh Ramsey

  11. Sing, Baby, Sing

    Bruce Farraday

  12. 1935

    Broadway Gondolier

    Professor Eduardo de Vinci

  13. Gold Diggers of 1935

    Nicolai Nicoleff

  14. 1934

    The Mighty Barnum

    Bailey Walsh

  15. The Human Side

    Gregory Sheldon

  16. The Great Flirtation

    Stephan Karpath

  17. Little Miss Marker

    Sorrowful Jones

  18. The Trumpet Blows

    Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez

  19. Journal of a Crime

    Paul Mollet

  20. Easy to Love

    John

  21. 1933

    Convention City

    T.R. (Ted) Kent

  22. The Worst Woman in Paris?

    Adolphe Ballou

  23. Morning Glory

    Louis Easton

  24. The Circus Queen Murder

    Thatcher Colt

  25. 1932
  26. The Night Club Lady

    Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt

  27. Diamond Cut Diamond

    Dan McQueen

  28. Bachelor's Affairs

    Andrew Hoyt

  29. Two White Arms

    Maj. Carey Liston

  30. Prestige

    Capt. Remy Bandoin

  31. 1931

    Friends and Lovers

    Captain Geoffrey Roberts

  32. The Great Lover

    Paurel

  33. Men Call It Love

    Tony

  34. The Easiest Way

    William Brockton

  35. 1930

    New Moon

    Governor Boris Brusiloff

  36. Mysterious Mr. Parkes

    Courtenay Parkes

  37. My Kid of a Father

    Jérôme Rocheville

1920s

  1. 1929

    Fashions in Love

    Paul de Remy

  2. Marquis Preferred

    Marquis d'Argenville

  3. 1928

    His Private Life

    Georges St. Germain

  4. His Tiger Lady

    Henri

  5. 1927

    Serenade

    Franz Rossi

  6. A Gentleman of Paris

    Marquis de Marignan

  7. Evening Clothes

    Lucien d'Artois

  8. Blonde or Brunette

    Henri Martel

  9. 1926

    The Sorrows of Satan

    Prince Lucio de Rimanez

  10. The Ace of Cads

    Movie

  11. A Social Celebrity

    Max Haber

  12. Fascinating Youth

    Adolphe Menjou

  13. The Grand Duchess and the Waiter

    Albert Durant

  14. 1925

    The King On Main Street

    Serge IV

  15. Are Parents People?

    Mr. Hazlitt

  16. A Kiss in the Dark

    Walter Grenham

  17. The Swan

    Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels

  18. 1924

    The Fast Set

    Ernest Steel

  19. Open All Night

    Edmund Durverne

  20. Sinners in Silk

    Arthur Merrill

  21. Broken Barriers

    Tommy Kemp

  22. Broadway After Dark

    Ralph Norton

  23. The Marriage Cheat

    Bob Canfield

  24. Shadows of Paris

    Georges de Croy

  25. The Marriage Circle

    Professor Josef Stock

  26. Forbidden Paradise

    Chancellor

  27. 1923

    The Spanish Dancer

    Don Salluste

  28. Rupert of Hentzau

    Count Rischenheim

  29. Bella Donna

    Mr. Chepstow

  30. The World's Applause

    Robert Townsend

  31. 1922

    Singed Wings

    Bliss Gordon

  32. Clarence

    Hubert Stein

  33. Pink Gods

    Louis Barney

  34. The Eternal Flame

    Duc de Langeais

  35. The Fast Mail

    Cal Baldwin

  36. Head Over Heels

    Sterling

  37. Is Matrimony a Failure?

    Dudley King

  38. 1921

    The Sheik

    Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert

  39. Queenie

    Count Michael

  40. The Three Musketeers

    Louis XIII

  41. Through the Back Door

    James Brewster

  42. The Faith Healer

    Dr. Littlefield

1910s

  1. 1917

    The Moth

    Teddy Marbridge / The Husband

  2. The Valentine Girl

    Joe Winder

  3. 1916

    The Blue Envelope Mystery

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  4. Manhattan Madness

    Country Club Patron (uncredited)

  5. The Reward of Patience

    Paul Dunstan

  6. The Devil at His Elbow

    Wilfred Carleton

  7. The Crucial Test

    Count Nicolai

  8. The Habit of Happiness

    Society Man (uncredited)

  9. Nearly a King

    Baron

Produced 1

1920s

  1. 1920

    The Silent Barrier

    Producer

Appearances7

1970s

  1. 1972

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Self (archive footage)

1950s

  1. 1957
  2. 1953

    Your Favorite Story

    Host · 63 episodes

  3. 1950

1930s

  1. 1931

    We’re Switching to Hollywood

    Self

1920s

  1. 1928

    The Circus: Premiere

    Self