Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, where he played the lead role; Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas; Ernst Lubitsch's The Marriage Circle; The Sheik with Rudolph Valentino; Morocco with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper; and A Star Is Born with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, and was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931.
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Known For
The Front Page
(1931)
Walter Burns
Paths of Glory
(1957)
Gen. George Broulard
Pollyanna
(1960)
Mr. Pendergast
A Star Is Born
(1937)
Oliver Niles
Zelig
(1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sniper
(1952)
Frank Kafka
A Farewell to Arms
(1932)
Major Rinaldi
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
(1923)
Pierre Revel
Stage Door
(1937)
Anthony Powell
Morocco
(1930)
Monsieur La Bessiere
The Tall Target
(1951)
Caleb Jeffers
Full Filmography
Acting
The Devil at His Elbow
(1916)
Wilfred Carleton
Nearly a King
(1916)
Baron
The Habit of Happiness
(1916)
Society Man (uncredited)
Manhattan Madness
(1916)
Country Club Patron (uncredited)
The Blue Envelope Mystery
(1916)
Bit Part (uncredited)
The Crucial Test
(1916)
Count Nicolai
The Moth
(1917)
Teddy Marbridge / The Husband
The Faith Healer
(1921)
Dr. Littlefield
The Three Musketeers
(1921)
Louis XIII
The Sheik
(1921)
Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
Through The Back Door
(1921)
James Brewster
The Eternal Flame
(1922)
Duc de Langeais
The Fast Mail
(1922)
Cal Baldwin
Singed Wings
(1922)
Bliss Gordon
Head Over Heels
(1922)
Sterling
Clarence
(1922)
Hubert Stein
The World's Applause
(1923)
Robert Townsend
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
(1923)
Pierre Revel
Bella Donna
(1923)
Mr. Chepstow
Rupert of Hentzau
(1923)
Count Rischenheim
The Spanish Dancer
(1923)
Don Salluste
Open All Night
(1924)
Edmund Durverne
The Fast Set
(1924)
Ernest Steel
Forbidden Paradise
(1924)
Chancellor
Broken Barriers
(1924)
Tommy Kemp
Sinners in Silk
(1924)
Arthur Merrill
Shadows of Paris
(1924)
Georges de Croy
The Marriage Circle
(1924)
Professor Josef Stock
Broadway After Dark
(1924)
Ralph Norton
The Swan
(1925)
Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
A Kiss in the Dark
(1925)
Walter Grenham
Are Parents People?
(1925)
Mr. Hazlitt
The King On Main Street
(1925)
The King
The Ace of Cads
(1926)
Fascinating Youth
(1926)
Adolphe Menjou
A Social Celebrity
(1926)
Max Haber
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
(1926)
Albert Durant
The Sorrows of Satan
(1926)
Prince Lucio de Rimanez
A Gentleman of Paris
(1927)
Marquis de Marignan
Evening Clothes
(1927)
Lucien d'Artois
Blonde or Brunette
(1927)
Henri Martel
Service for Ladies
(1927)
Albert Leroux
Serenade
(1927)
Franz Rossi
His Tiger Lady
(1928)
Henri
A Night of Mystery
(1928)
The Circus: Premiere
(1928)
Self
His Private Life
(1928)
Georges St. Germain
Fashions in Love
(1929)
Paul de Remy
Marquis Preferred
(1929)
Marquis d'Argenville
My Kid of a Father
(1930)
Jérôme Rocheville
Morocco
(1930)
Monsieur La Bessiere
New Moon
(1930)
Governor Boris Brusiloff
Bold Love
(1930)
We're switching to Hollywood
(1931)
Self
Men Call It Love
(1931)
Tony
Let Us Be Gay
(1931)
Bob Brown
The Front Page
(1931)
Walter Burns
The Easiest Way
(1931)
William 'Will' Brockton
Friends and Lovers
(1931)
Captain Geoffrey Roberts
Prestige
(1931)
Capt. Remy Bandoin
The Great Lover
(1931)
Paurel
Diamond Cut Diamond
(1932)
Dan McQueen
Forbidden
(1932)
Bob
The Night Club Lady
(1932)
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
Bachelor's Affairs
(1932)
Andrew Hoyt
Two White Arms
(1932)
Maj. Carey Liston
A Farewell to Arms
(1932)
Major Rinaldi
The Circus Queen Murder
(1933)
Thatcher Colt
Convention City
(1933)
T.R. (Ted) Kent
The Worst Woman in Paris?
(1933)
Adolphe Ballou
Morning Glory
(1933)
Louis Easton
Easy to Love
(1934)
John
The Trumpet Blows
(1934)
Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez
The Mighty Barnum
(1934)
Bailey Walsh
The Human Side
(1934)
Gregory Sheldon
The Great Flirtation
(1934)
Stephan Karpath
Little Miss Marker
(1934)
Sorrowful Jones
Journal of a Crime
(1934)
Paul Mollet
Broadway Gondolier
(1935)
Professor Eduardo de Vinci
Gold Diggers of 1935
(1935)
Nicolai Nicoleff
Sing, Baby, Sing
(1936)
Bruce Farraday
The Milky Way
(1936)
Gabby Sloan
Wives Never Know
(1936)
J. Hugh Ramsey
Café Metropole
(1937)
Monsieur Victor
One in a Million
(1937)
Tad Spencer
Stage Door
(1937)
Anthony Powell
One Hundred Men and a Girl
(1937)
John Cardwell
A Star Is Born
(1937)
Oliver Niles
Letter of Introduction
(1938)
John Mannering
The Goldwyn Follies
(1938)
Oliver Merlin
Thanks for Everything
(1938)
J. B. Harcourt
The Housekeeper's Daughter
(1939)
Deakon Maxwell
That's Right - You're Wrong
(1939)
Stacey Delmore
King of the Turf
(1939)
Jim Mason
Golden Boy
(1939)
Tom Moody
Turnabout
(1940)
Phil Manning
A Bill of Divorcement
(1940)
Hilary Fairfield
Road Show
(1941)
Col. Carleton Carroway
Father Takes a Wife
(1941)
Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
Roxie Hart
(1942)
Billy Flynn
Syncopation
(1942)
George Latimer
You Were Never Lovelier
(1942)
Eduardo Acuña
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
(1942)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
(1943)
Tom Moran
Hi Diddle Diddle
(1943)
Hector Phyffe
Step Lively
(1944)
Wagner
Man Alive
(1945)
Kismet
The Bachelor's Daughters
(1946)
Alexander Moody
Heartbeat
(1946)
Ambassador
Mr. District Attorney
(1947)
Craig Warren
I'll Be Yours
(1947)
J. Conrad Nelson
The Hucksters
(1947)
Mr. Kimberly
State of the Union
(1948)
Jim Conover
Dancing in the Dark
(1949)
Melville Crossman
My Dream Is Yours
(1949)
Thomas Hutchins
To Please a Lady
(1950)
Gregg
Across the Wide Missouri
(1951)
Pierre
The Tall Target
(1951)
Caleb Jeffers
The Sniper
(1952)
Frank Kafka
Man on a Tightrope
(1953)
Fesker
Timberjack
(1955)
'Sweetwater' Tilton
The Ambassador's Daughter
(1956)
Senator Jonathan Carwright
Bundle of Joy
(1956)
J. B. Merlin
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
(1957)
Arthur Martin
Paths of Glory
(1957)
Gen. George Broulard
I Married a Woman
(1958)
Frederick W. Sutton
Pollyanna
(1960)
Mr. Pendergast
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
(1961)
'A Star Is Born' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Love Goddesses
(1965)
(archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
(1972)
Self (archive footage)
Zelig
(1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)