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