Oscar Apfel

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

134

Gender

Male

Birthday

1878-01-16

Day of death

1938-03-21 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Oscar Apfel

Biography

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

  • Inspiration

    Inspiration

  • Emergency Call

    Emergency Call

  • Madame Racketeer

    Madame Racketeer

  • Wild Company

    Wild Company

  • Crimson Romance

    Crimson Romance

  • Manhattan Melodrama

    Manhattan Melodrama

  • Only Yesterday

    Only Yesterday

  • Beloved

    Beloved

  • Before Dawn

    Before Dawn

  • Carnival

    Carnival

  • Marianne

    Marianne

  • Pick-up

    Pick-up

  • Mary Jane's Pa

    Mary Jane's Pa

  • Fifteen Wives

    Fifteen Wives

  • Smiling Irish Eyes

    Smiling Irish Eyes

  • The Soldier and the Lady

    The Soldier and the Lady

  • Bondage

    Bondage

  • Wicked

    Wicked

  • Sooky

    Sooky

  • Crack-Up

    Crack-Up

  • Men in Her Life

    Men in Her Life

  • His Night Out

    His Night Out

  • Not Quite Decent

    Not Quite Decent

  • Jim Hanvey, Detective

    Jim Hanvey, Detective

  • Call Her Savage

    Call Her Savage

  • Liliom

    Liliom

  • Madame Spy

    Madame Spy

  • Every Saturday Night

    Every Saturday Night

  • It's a Great Life

    It's a Great Life

  • I Am a Thief

    I Am a Thief

  • Hot Saturday

    Hot Saturday

  • State's Attorney

    State's Attorney

  • Way Back Home

    Way Back Home

  • Big Business Girl

    Big Business Girl

  • The Virtuous Sin

    The Virtuous Sin

  • Bordertown

    Bordertown

  • Shopworn

    Shopworn

  • The Nut Farm

    The Nut Farm

  • I Dream Too Much

    I Dream Too Much

  • Our Blushing Brides

    Our Blushing Brides

  • Bulldog Edition

    Bulldog Edition

  • Death Flies East

    Death Flies East

  • Man Trouble

    Man Trouble

  • Blondie of the Follies

    Blondie of the Follies

  • The Bowery

    The Bowery

  • The Sporting Chance

    The Sporting Chance

  • Sutter's Gold

    Sutter's Gold

  • Rainbow's End

    Rainbow's End

  • The Big Shakedown

    The Big Shakedown

  • The House of Rothschild

    The House of Rothschild

  • A Successful Calamity

    A Successful Calamity

  • True Heaven

    True Heaven

  • Sidewalks of New York

    Sidewalks of New York

  • Five Star Final

    Five Star Final

  • Back to Nature

    Back to Nature

  • Quick Millions

    Quick Millions

  • The Toast of New York

    The Toast of New York

  • The Bargain

    The Bargain

  • Romance in Manhattan

    Romance in Manhattan

  • Fifty Roads to Town

    Fifty Roads to Town

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

  • Make Me a Star

    Make Me a Star

  • Street of Chance

    Street of Chance

  • High Pressure

    High Pressure

  • Romance of the Underworld

    Romance of the Underworld

  • That Girl from Paris

    That Girl from Paris

  • The Texan

    The Texan

  • The Story of Temple Drake

    The Story of Temple Drake

  • The World Changes

    The World Changes

  • Page Miss Glory

    Page Miss Glory

  • Half Way to Heaven

    Half Way to Heaven

  • The Plot Thickens

    The Plot Thickens

  • Man on the Flying Trapeze

    Man on the Flying Trapeze

  • Whirlpool

    Whirlpool

  • You Said a Mouthful

    You Said a Mouthful

  • The Impatient Maiden

    The Impatient Maiden

  • The Woman from Monte Carlo

    The Woman from Monte Carlo

  • O'Shaughnessy's Boy

    O'Shaughnessy's Boy

  • Gabriel Over the White House

    Gabriel Over the White House

  • Angel of Mercy

    Angel of Mercy

  • The Fire-Trap

    The Fire-Trap

  • The Best Man Wins

    The Best Man Wins

  • The Famous Ferguson Case

    The Famous Ferguson Case

  • Another Face

    Another Face

  • Skyscraper Souls

    Skyscraper Souls

  • The Bridge of Sighs

    The Bridge of Sighs

  • The Man Who Played God

    The Man Who Played God

  • Party Wire

    Party Wire

  • Employees' Entrance

    Employees' Entrance

  • Symphony of Six Million

    Symphony of Six Million

  • 36 Hours to Kill

    36 Hours to Kill

  • Hollywood Boulevard

    Hollywood Boulevard

  • The Calling of Dan Matthews

    The Calling of Dan Matthews

  • Helping Grandma

    Helping Grandma

  • The Old-Fashioned Way

    The Old-Fashioned Way

  • The Last Alarm

    The Last Alarm

  • The Yellow Ticket

    The Yellow Ticket

  • And Sudden Death

    And Sudden Death

  • Conspiracy

    Conspiracy

  • Huckleberry Finn

    Huckleberry Finn

  • Born to Gamble

    Born to Gamble

  • Attorney for the Defense

    Attorney for the Defense

  • The Menace

    The Menace

  • Murder at Glen Athol

    Murder at Glen Athol

  • Cappy Ricks Returns

    Cappy Ricks Returns

  • Misbehaving Ladies

    Misbehaving Ladies

  • White Lies

    White Lies

  • We Who Are About to Die

    We Who Are About to Die

  • Take the Stand

    Take the Stand

  • Hold the Press

    Hold the Press

  • You Bring the Ducks

    You Bring the Ducks

  • The Finger Points

    The Finger Points

  • Du Barry, Woman of Passion

    Du Barry, Woman of Passion

  • Hell's Highway

    Hell's Highway

  • The Perfect Tribute

    The Perfect Tribute

  • The Woman in Room 13

    The Woman in Room 13

  • It's Tough to Be Famous

    It's Tough to Be Famous

  • The Right to Love

    The Right to Love

  • Tomorrow at Seven

    Tomorrow at Seven

  • The Road to Reno

    The Road to Reno

  • One Man's Journey

    One Man's Journey

  • The Heart of New York

    The Heart of New York

  • Shadows of the Orient

    Shadows of the Orient

  • When a Feller Needs a Friend

    When a Feller Needs a Friend

  • Storm at Daybreak

    Storm at Daybreak

  • The World and the Flesh

    The World and the Flesh

  • Two Against the World

    Two Against the World

  • Trouble in Morocco

    Trouble in Morocco

  • Ladies Must Love

    Ladies Must Love

  • Are We Civilized?

    Are We Civilized?

  • You Said a Hatful!

    You Said a Hatful!

  • Perils of the Coast Guard

    Perils of the Coast Guard

  • The Valley Of Hunted Men

    The Valley Of Hunted Men

  • It Happened One Day

    It Happened One Day