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