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 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.
Trouble in Morocco
(DeRouget)
Five Star Final
(Bernard Hinchecliffe)
Hot Saturday
(Mr. Randolph)
Are We Civilized?
(Dr. Leonard Gear)
High Pressure
(Mr. Hackett)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
(President Malloy)
Hell's Highway
(William Billings)
I Dream Too Much
(Cafe Owner (uncredited))
Symphony of Six Million
(Conferring Doctor)
Bondage
(Judge (uncredited))
Inspiration
(M. Vignaud)
The Last Alarm
The Toast of New York
(Wallack (uncredited))
Big Business Girl
(Walter T. Morley)
The Man Who Played God
(Appleby - the Lip Reader)
Before Dawn
(Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara)
The Impatient Maiden
(Dr. Wilcox)
The Heart of New York
(Otto)
Pick-up
(The Warden)
Rainbow's End
(Neil Gibson Sr.)
The Nut Farm
(Bob Bent, Helen's Husband)
Shadows of the Orient
(Judge Avery)
Way Back Home
(Wobbling Duffy)
Murder at Glen Athol
(Reuben Marshall)
The Virtuous Sin
(Ivanoff)
Two Against the World
(District Attorney Howard Mills)
Romance in Manhattan
(Judge)
It's Tough to Be Famous
(S.J. Boynton)
Bulldog Edition
(Taggart)
The Bridge of Sighs
(Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell)
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
(Attorney)
The Fire-Trap
(R.A. Rawson)
The Best Man Wins
(Chief of Police)
Jim Hanvey, Detective
(Lambert)
Crimson Romance
(John Fleming)
The Bowery
(Ivan Rummel)
One Man's Journey
(John Radford)
The Finger Points
(Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler)
Crack-Up
(Alfred Knuxton)
Whirlpool
(Newspaper Editor)
The Woman from Monte Carlo
(Dr. Rabeouf)
Men in Her Life
(Blake)
His Night Out
(Dr. Kraft)
State's Attorney
(Mr. Ulrich)
I Am a Thief
(Auctioneer)
True Heaven
(German General)
Fifteen Wives
(Dist. Atty. Kerry)
Death Flies East
(Wallace P. Burroughs)
Abraham Lincoln
(Secretary of War Stanton)
Man Trouble
(Eddie)
Hold the Press
(Bishop)
Tomorrow at Seven
(Asa Marsden)
The Plot Thickens
(H. G. Robbins)
Huckleberry Finn
(The King)
Sidewalks of New York
(Judge)
Skyscraper Souls
(Brewster's Associate (uncredited))
Party Wire
(Thomas P. Sherman)
Wild Company
(Prosecuting Attorney)
The Story of Temple Drake
(District Attorney (uncredited))
We Who Are About to Die
(Mr. Armitage (uncredited))
Sutter's Gold
(Bartender)
36 Hours to Kill
(Man in Wash Room)
It's a Great Life
(Bit Role)
Not Quite Decent
(Canfield)
The Menace
(Dr. Horgenson)
Half Way to Heaven
(Circus Manager)
Employees' Entrance
(Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited))
Storm at Daybreak
(Counselor Velasch (uncredited))
Page Miss Glory
(Tailor (uncredited))
Mary Jane's Pa
(Chief Bailey)
The Famous Ferguson Case
(Mr. Brooks)
You Said a Mouthful
(Armstrong (uncredited))
Liliom
(Stefen Kadar)
Our Blushing Brides
(Floorwalker (uncredited))
Take the Stand
(Mr. Nevin)
The Yellow Ticket
(British Embassy Butler)
Hollywood Boulevard
(Dr. Inslow)
Shopworn
(Forbes)
Bordertown
(Judge Rufus Barnswell)
Make Me a Star
(Henshaw)
Call Her Savage
(Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited))
Cappy Ricks Returns
(T. Osgood Blake)
The Woman in Room 13
The World and the Flesh
(Banker)
Quick Millions
(Police Detective Capp (uncredited))
Madame Spy
(Pahlke)
That Girl from Paris
(Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited))
Emergency Call
(Dr. Schwarz)
A Successful Calamity
(President of the United States)
Gabriel Over the White House
(German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited))
Street of Chance
(Bartender (uncredited))
Angel of Mercy
(Red Cross Representative (uncredited))
The Old-Fashioned Way
(Mr. Livingston (uncredited))
Marianne
(Major Russart (uncredited))
Misbehaving Ladies
(Mayor Twitchell)
And Sudden Death
(Defense Counsel)
Madame Racketeer
(J. Harrington Hagney)
Attorney for the Defense
(Managing Editor)
The Road to Reno
(Mr. Ash)
Carnival
(Mr. Lawson)
Helping Grandma
(Mr. Pennypacker)
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
(Bit role)
Blondie of the Follies
(Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited))
The Soldier and the Lady
(Tsar's General (Uncredited))
The Texan
(Thacker)
You Bring the Ducks
(Governor)
The Right to Love
(William Kellogg)
Fifty Roads to Town
(Smorgen)
Wicked
(Judge Edwin Luther)
Every Saturday Night
(Mr. Dayton)
Back to Nature
(Hotel Manager)
The Valley Of Hunted Men
(Dan Phillips)
Only Yesterday
(Mr. Lane)
The Big Shakedown
(Digitalis Doctor (uncredited))
The Calling of Dan Matthews
(District Attorney (uncredited))
The Perfect Tribute
(Stratton (uncredited))
Manhattan Melodrama
(Speaker of Assembly (uncredited))
Another Face
(Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited))
Born to Gamble
(Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited))
The Bargain
(G.T. Warren)
Conspiracy
(Tourist Husband (uncredited))
Romance of the Underworld
(Champagne Joe)
Beloved
(Henry Burrows)
Sooky
(Krausmyer)
When a Feller Needs a Friend
(Doctor)
It Happened One Day
(A.L. Boyd)
You Said a Hatful!
(Anderson)
Smiling Irish Eyes
(Max North)
Fires of Conscience
(Director)
Tinsel
(Director)
Code of the Cow Country
(Director)
Bringing Up Betty
(Director)
The Oakdale Affair
(Director)
Thirty Days at Hard Labor
(Director)
The Last Volunteer
(Director)
Ravished Armenia
(Director)
The Ghost Breaker
(Director)
The Ghost Breaker
(Writer)
Aida
(Director)
The Passer-by
(Director)
Bulldog Drummond
(Director)
Brewster's Millions
(Director)
The Making of Bobby Burnit
(Director)
The Squaw Man
(Writer)
The Call of the Klondike
(Director)
The Rug Maker's Daughter
(Director)
Peer Gynt
(Director)
The Circus Man
(Director)
The Squaw Man
(Director)
Phil-for-Short
(Director)
Phil-for-Short
(Producer)
Race Wild
(Director)
The Last Alarm
(Director)
Cameo Kirby
(Director)
The Call of the North
(Director)
The Social Code
(Director)
The Man Who Paid
(Director)
The Trail of the Law
(Director)
In Search of a Thrill
(Director)
Kilmeny
(Director)
Ready Money
(Director)
The Bells
(Director)
Peer Gynt
(Writer)
The Oakdale Affair
(Producer)
The Only Son
(Director)
After Five
(Director)
Borrowed Finery
(Director)
The Grouch
(Director)
Snobs
(Director)
A Leech of Industry
(Director)
In the Mesh of Her Hair
(Director)
Me and Captain Kidd
(Director)
Me and Captain Kidd
(Producer)