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.
Acting
Movie
Manhattan Melodrama
as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
1934
Movie
Five Star Final
as Bernard Hinchecliffe
1931
Movie
The Story of Temple Drake
as District Attorney (uncredited)
1933
Movie
Abraham Lincoln
as Secretary of War Stanton
1930
Movie
Bordertown
as Judge Rufus Barnswell
1935
Movie
Employees' Entrance
as Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
1933
Movie
Call Her Savage
as Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
1932
Movie
The House of Rothschild
as Prussian Officer
1934
Movie
Hot Saturday
as Mr. Randolph
1932
Movie
Our Blushing Brides
as Floorwalker (uncredited)
1930
Movie
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as President Malloy
1935
Movie
Hell's Highway
as William Billings
1932
Movie
I Dream Too Much
as Cafe Owner (uncredited)
1935
Movie
Liliom
as Stefen Kadar
1930
Movie
The Yellow Ticket
as British Embassy Butler
1931
Movie
The Old-Fashioned Way
as Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
1934
Movie
The Big Shakedown
as Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
1934
Movie
Romance in Manhattan
as Judge
1935
Movie
Crack-Up
as Alfred Knuxton
1936
Movie
Skyscraper Souls
as Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
1932
Movie
Gabriel Over the White House
as German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
1933
Movie
Conspiracy
as Tourist Husband (uncredited)
1930
Movie
The Toast of New York
as Wallack (uncredited)
1937
Movie
One Man's Journey
as John Radford
1933
Crew
Movie
The Squaw Man
Writer
1914
Movie
Auction of Souls
Director
1919
Movie
Phil-for-Short
Producer
1919
Movie
The Call of the North
Director
1914
Movie
Thirty Days at Hard Labor
Director
1912
Movie
The Passer-by
Director
1912
Movie
The Call of the Klondike
Director
1926
Movie
Code of the Cow Country
Director
1927
Movie
The Oakdale Affair
Director
1919
Movie
The Last Volunteer
Director
1914
Movie
Bulldog Drummond
Director
1922
Movie
Brewster's Millions
Director
1914