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