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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
Abraham Lincoln
(1930)
Secretary of War Stanton
Manhattan Melodrama
(1934)
Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
(1933)
Mr. Lane
Full Filmography
Acting
The Last Alarm
(1926)
The Valley Of Hunted Men
(1928)
Dan Phillips
Romance of the Underworld
(1928)
Champagne Joe
It's a Great Life
(1929)
Bit Role
Half Way to Heaven
(1929)
Circus Manager
Marianne
(1929)
Major Russart (uncredited)
True Heaven
(1929)
German General
Man Trouble
(1930)
Eddie
The Virtuous Sin
(1930)
Ivanoff
Abraham Lincoln
(1930)
Secretary of War Stanton
Wild Company
(1930)
Prosecuting Attorney
Liliom
(1930)
Stefen Kadar
Our Blushing Brides
(1930)
Floorwalker (uncredited)
Street of Chance
(1930)
Bartender (uncredited)
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
(1930)
Bit role
The Texan
(1930)
Thacker
The Right to Love
(1930)
William Kellogg
Conspiracy
(1930)
Tourist Husband (uncredited)
Five Star Final
(1931)
Bernard Hinchecliffe
Big Business Girl
(1931)
Walter T. Morley
Way Back Home
(1931)
Wobbling Duffy
The Finger Points
(1931)
Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
Men in Her Life
(1931)
Blake
Huckleberry Finn
(1931)
The King
Sidewalks of New York
(1931)
Judge
The Yellow Ticket
(1931)
British Embassy Butler
Quick Millions
(1931)
Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
Misbehaving Ladies
(1931)
Mayor Twitchell
The Road to Reno
(1931)
Mr. Ash
Helping Grandma
(1931)
Mr. Pennypacker
Wicked
(1931)
Judge Edwin Luther
The Bargain
(1931)
G.T. Warren
Sooky
(1931)
Krausmyer
Inspiration
(1931)
M. Vignaud
High Pressure
(1932)
Mr. Hackett
Hell's Highway
(1932)
William Billings
Symphony of Six Million
(1932)
Conferring Doctor
The Man Who Played God
(1932)
Appleby - the Lip Reader
The Heart of New York
(1932)
Otto
The Impatient Maiden
(1932)
Dr. Wilcox
Two Against the World
(1932)
District Attorney Howard Mills
It's Tough to Be Famous
(1932)
S.J. Boynton
The Woman from Monte Carlo
(1932)
Dr. Rabeouf
State's Attorney
(1932)
Mr. Ulrich
Skyscraper Souls
(1932)
Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
The Menace
(1932)
Dr. Horgenson
The Famous Ferguson Case
(1932)
Mr. Brooks
You Said a Mouthful
(1932)
Armstrong (uncredited)
Shopworn
(1932)
Forbes
Make Me a Star
(1932)
Henshaw
Call Her Savage
(1932)
Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
The Woman in Room 13
(1932)
The World and the Flesh
(1932)
Banker
A Successful Calamity
(1932)
President of the United States
Madame Racketeer
(1932)
J. Harrington Hagney
Attorney for the Defense
(1932)
Managing Editor
Blondie of the Follies
(1932)
Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
When a Feller Needs a Friend
(1932)
Doctor
Hot Saturday
(1932)
Mr. Randolph
Before Dawn
(1933)
Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
Pick-up
(1933)
The Warden
One Man's Journey
(1933)
John Radford
The Bowery
(1933)
Ivan Rummel
Tomorrow at Seven
(1933)
Asa Marsden
The Story of Temple Drake
(1933)
District Attorney (uncredited)
Employees' Entrance
(1933)
Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
Storm at Daybreak
(1933)
Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
Emergency Call
(1933)
Dr. Schwarz
Gabriel Over the White House
(1933)
German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
(1933)
Mr. Lane
Bondage
(1933)
Judge (uncredited)
Hold the Press
(1933)
Bishop
Crimson Romance
(1934)
John Fleming
Whirlpool
(1934)
Newspaper Editor
I Am a Thief
(1934)
Auctioneer
Fifteen Wives
(1934)
Dist. Atty. Kerry
Take the Stand
(1934)
Mr. Nevin
Madame Spy
(1934)
Pahlke
The Old-Fashioned Way
(1934)
Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
You Bring the Ducks
(1934)
Governor
The Big Shakedown
(1934)
Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
(1934)
Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Beloved
(1934)
Henry Burrows
It Happened One Day
(1934)
A.L. Boyd
You Said a Hatful!
(1934)
Anderson
Are We Civilized?
(1934)
Dr. Leonard Gear
Man on the Flying Trapeze
(1935)
President Malloy
The Nut Farm
(1935)
Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
Rainbow's End
(1935)
Neil Gibson Sr.
Romance in Manhattan
(1935)
Judge
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
(1935)
Attorney
The Fire-Trap
(1935)
R.A. Rawson
The Best Man Wins
(1935)
Chief of Police
Death Flies East
(1935)
Wallace P. Burroughs
Party Wire
(1935)
Thomas P. Sherman
Page Miss Glory
(1935)
Tailor (uncredited)
Mary Jane's Pa
(1935)
Chief Bailey
Bordertown
(1935)
Judge Rufus Barnswell
Cappy Ricks Returns
(1935)
T. Osgood Blake
Carnival
(1935)
Mr. Lawson
The Calling of Dan Matthews
(1935)
District Attorney (uncredited)
The Perfect Tribute
(1935)
Stratton (uncredited)
Another Face
(1935)
Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
Born to Gamble
(1935)
Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
I Dream Too Much
(1935)
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
His Night Out
(1935)
Dr. Kraft
Murder at Glen Athol
(1936)
Reuben Marshall
Bulldog Edition
(1936)
Taggart
The Bridge of Sighs
(1936)
Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
The Plot Thickens
(1936)
H. G. Robbins
36 Hours to Kill
(1936)
Man in Wash Room
Sutter's Gold
(1936)
Bartender
Hollywood Boulevard
(1936)
Dr. Inslow
That Girl from Paris
(1936)
Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
And Sudden Death
(1936)
Defense Counsel
Every Saturday Night
(1936)
Mr. Dayton
Back to Nature
(1936)
Hotel Manager
Crack-Up
(1936)
Alfred Knuxton
Shadows of the Orient
(1937)
Judge Avery
Jim Hanvey, Detective
(1937)
Lambert
We Who Are About to Die
(1937)
Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
The Soldier and the Lady
(1937)
Tsar's General (Uncredited)
Fifty Roads to Town
(1937)
Smorgen
Trouble in Morocco
(1937)
DeRouget
The Toast of New York
(1937)
Wallack (uncredited)
Angel of Mercy
(1939)
Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
Directing
Aida
(1911)
Director
Thirty Days at Hard Labor
(1912)
Director
The Passer-by
(1912)
Director
The Bells
(1913)
Director
The Last Volunteer
(1914)
Director
Brewster's Millions
(1914)
Director
The Making of Bobby Burnit
(1914)
Director
The Call of the North
(1914)
Director
Ready Money
(1914)
Director
The Ghost Breaker
(1914)
Director
The Circus Man
(1914)
Director
The Squaw Man
(1914)
Director
Peer Gynt
(1915)
Director
Kilmeny
(1915)
Director
The Rug Maker's Daughter
(1915)
Director
Fires of Conscience
(1916)
Director
Tinsel
(1918)
Director
Ravished Armenia
(1919)
Director
Phil-for-Short
(1919)
Director
Bringing Up Betty
(1919)
Director
The Oakdale Affair
(1919)
Director
Bulldog Drummond
(1922)
Director
The Man Who Paid
(1922)
Director
The Social Code
(1923)
Director
In Search of a Thrill
(1923)
Director
The Trail of the Law
(1924)
Director
The Call of the Klondike
(1926)
Director
The Last Alarm
(1926)
Director
Race Wild
(1927)
Director
Code of the Cow Country
(1927)
Director
Writing
Production