Oscar Apfel

Oscar Apfel

b. 1878 — d. 1938 (aged 60) Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Actor Director Writer

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.

Known For

The Squaw Man

The Battle of Hearts

Five Star Final

Five Star Final

Sidewalks of New York

Sidewalks of New York

Filmography

Angel of Mercy

Red Cross Representative

Trouble in Morocco

Trouble in Morocco

That Girl from Paris

That Girl from Paris

Judge at 2nd Wedding

Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard

Bulldog Edition

Bulldog Edition

The Bridge of Sighs

The Bridge of Sighs

Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell

And Sudden Death

And Sudden Death

Defense Counsel

Missing Girls

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Man on the Flying Trapeze

President Malloy

I Dream Too Much

I Dream Too Much

Party Wire

The Criminal Within

The Criminal Within

Reuben Marshall

Another Face

Dr. H. J. Buler

Shadows of the Orient

Shadows of the Orient

Mary Jane's Pa

The Nut Farm

Bob Bent - Helen's Husband

The Best Man Wins

The Best Man Wins

Chief of Police

Ginger

The Perfect Tribute

The Perfect Tribute

Born to Gamble

Strickland - Cora's Father

The Fire-Trap

Rainbow's End

Neil Gibson Sr.

This Is the Life

This Is the Life

Kendall - Department of Justice Chief

Silk Hat Kid

School Principal

Death Flies East

Death Flies East

Wallace P. Burroughs

His Night Out

Cappy Ricks Returns

T. Osgood Blake

Whirlpool

Let's Try Again

Let's Try Again

Undetermined Secondary Role

Are We Civilized?

Are We Civilized?

Dr. Leonard Gear

You Said a Hatful!

You Said a Hatful!

It Happened One Day

It Happened One Day

Madame Spy

You Bring the Ducks

You Bring the Ducks

White Lies

Fifteen Wives

Dist. Atty. Kerry

Tugboat Annie

The Bowery

One Man's Journey

One Man's Journey

Before Dawn

Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara

Tomorrow at Seven

Tomorrow at Seven

Storm at Daybreak

Storm at Daybreak

Counselor Velasch

Pick-up

Emergency Call

Ladies Must Love

Ladies Must Love

Herman Nussbauer

Hold the Press

Mr. Bishop - Managing Editor

Bondage

The Man Who Played God

The Man Who Played God

Appleby - the Lip Reader

Shopworn

Hell's Highway

William Billings

High Pressure

The Menace

Dr. H. Horgenson - Plastic Surgeon

You Said a Mouthful

You Said a Mouthful

The Famous Ferguson Case

The Famous Ferguson Case

State's Attorney

State's Attorney

Alias the Doctor

Alias the Doctor

Two Against the World

Two Against the World

District Attorney Howard Mills

The Impatient Maiden

The Impatient Maiden

It's Tough to Be Famous

It's Tough to Be Famous

The Heart of New York

The Heart of New York

Otto Gassenheim

When a Feller Needs a Friend

When a Feller Needs a Friend

False Faces

Madame Racketeer

Madame Racketeer

J. Harrington Hagney

Business and Pleasure

Business and Pleasure

P.D. Weatheright

The World and the Flesh

The World and the Flesh

The Woman in Room 13

The Woman in Room 13

Five Star Final

Five Star Final

Bernard Hinchecliffe

Way Back Home

Sidewalks of New York

Sidewalks of New York

Inspiration

The Finger Points

The Finger Points

Big Business Girl

Big Business Girl

Walter T. Morley

Quick Millions

Police Detective Capp

The Yellow Ticket

The Yellow Ticket

British Embassy Butler

Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

Men in Her Life

Men in Her Life

Sooky

Wicked

Judge Edwin Luther

The Bargain

Misbehaving Ladies

Misbehaving Ladies

Mayor Twitchell

The Virtuous Sin

The Virtuous Sin

The Texan

The Spoilers

The Right to Love

The Right to Love

William Kellogg

Man Trouble

High Society Blues

High Society Blues

Divine's Stock Broker

Marianne

Marianne

It's a Great Life

It's a Great Life

Half Way to Heaven

Half Way to Heaven

Hurdy Gurdy

Mr. Schnitzmeyer

Waltzing Around

Waltzing Around

Not Quite Decent

Not Quite Decent

True Heaven

Romance of the Underworld

Romance of the Underworld

The Valley of Hunted Men

The Heart of Broadway

The Heart of Broadway

When Seconds Count

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