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Oscar C. Apfel (January 17, 1878 β 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. He spent eleven years on the stage on Broadway then joined the Edison Manufacturing Company. Apfel first directed for Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in 1911β12, 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.
Filmography
all 181
Movies 181
Director 35
Producer 3
Angel of Mercy (1939)
The Toast of New York (1937)
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
Trouble in Morocco (1937)
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
That Girl from Paris (1936)
Crack-Up (1936)
The Plot Thickens (1936)
Bulldog Edition (1936)
Missing Girls (1936)
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
Back to Nature (1936)
36 Hours to Kill (1936)
And Sudden Death (1936)
Every Saturday Night (1936)
Sutter's Gold (1936)
Murder at Glen Athol (1936)
The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
White Lies (1935)
Another Face (1935)
The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935)
I Dream Too Much (1935)
The Fire-Trap (1935)
This Is the Life (1935)
His Night Out (1935)
O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935)
Cappy Ricks Returns (1935)
Page Miss Glory (1935)
The Perfect Tribute (1935)
Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
Silk Hat Kid (1935)
Rainbow's End (1935)
Born to Gamble (1935)
Shadows of the Orient (1935)
Ginger (1935)
Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
Party Wire (1935)
The Nut Farm (1935)
Death Flies East (1935)
Carnival (1935)
Bordertown (1935)
The Best Man Wins (1935)
You Bring the Ducks (1934)
I Am a Thief (1934)
You Said a Hatful! (1934)
Crimson Romance (1934)
Take the Stand (1934)
Fifteen Wives (1934)
The Old-Fashioned Way (1934)
It Happened One Day (1934)
Let's Try Again (1934)
Are We Civilized? (1934)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Whirlpool (1934)
Madame Spy (1934)
Beloved (1934)
The Big Shakedown (1934)
Only Yesterday (1933)
The Bowery (1933)
Ladies Must Love (1933)
One Man's Journey (1933)
Tugboat Annie (1933)
Before Dawn (1933)
Emergency Call (1933)
Storm at Daybreak (1933)
Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
Bondage (1933)
Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
Pick-up (1933)
Employees' Entrance (1933)
Call Her Savage (1932)
You Said a Mouthful (1932)
Hot Saturday (1932)
False Faces (1932)
Hell's Highway (1932)
A Successful Calamity (1932)
Two Against the World (1932)
Blondie of the Follies (1932)
Madame Racketeer (1932)
Skyscraper Souls (1932)
Make Me a Star (1932)
Attorney for the Defense (1932)
State's Attorney (1932)
Symphony of Six Million (1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
The Heart of New York (1932)
Shopworn (1932)
The Impatient Maiden (1932)
Business and Pleasure (1932)
The Man Who Played God (1932)
The Menace (1932)
High Pressure (1932)
The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932)
Sooky (1931)
Way Back Home (1931)
The Yellow Ticket (1931)
Wicked (1931)
Five Star Final (1931)
The Road to Reno (1931)
Huckleberry Finn (1931)
The Bargain (1931)
Big Business Girl (1931)
Quick Millions (1931)
Misbehaving Ladies (1931)
The Finger Points (1931)
Inspiration (1931)
Helping Grandma (1931)
The Right to Love (1930)
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
The Virtuous Sin (1930)
Liliom (1930)
The Spoilers (1930)
Conspiracy (1930)
Our Blushing Brides (1930)
Wild Company (1930)
The Texan (1930)
High Society Blues (1930)
Street of Chance (1930)
Half Way to Heaven (1929)
It's a Great Life (1929)
Marianne (1929)
Smiling Irish Eyes (1929)
Not Quite Decent (1929)
Hurdy Gurdy (1929)
True Heaven (1929)
Romance of the Underworld (1928)
The Valley Of Hunted Men (1928)
Race Wild (1927)
Borrowed Finery (1925)
The Trail of the Law (1924)
The Social Code (1923)
Bulldog Drummond (1922)
Me and Captain Kidd (1919)
The Oakdale Affair (1919)
Bringing Up Betty (1919)
Phil-for-Short (1919)
Ravished Armenia (1919)
The Grouch (1918)
Tinsel (1918)
Fires of Conscience (1916)
Peer Gynt (1915)
Kilmeny (1915)
Snobs (1915)
After Five (1915)
Cameo Kirby (1914)
The Ghost Breaker (1914)
The Circus Man (1914)
Ready Money (1914)
The Last Volunteer (1914)
The Only Son (1914)
Brewster's Millions (1914)
A Leech of Industry (1914)
The Squaw Man (1914)
The Bells (1913)
The Passer-by (1912)
Aida (1911)
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GenderMale
Birthday1878-01-16
Deathday1938-03-21 (60 years old)
Birth PlaceCleveland, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsOscar C. Apfel
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