Oscar Apfel

Known for ActingBorn 1878-01-16Died 1938-03-21Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.Read more

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Fifty Roads to Town

You Bring the Ducks

The Heart of Broadway

Code of the Cow Country

The Thoroughbred

The Social Code

The Man Who Paid

The Wolf's Fangs

Ten Nights in a Bar Room

Me and Captain Kidd

The Rough Neck

Back to Nature

The Nut Farm

Beloved

The Impatient Maiden

Misbehaving Ladies

The Bargain

Not Quite Decent

Smiling Irish Eyes

The Valley Of Hunted Men

The Midnight Limited

The Oakdale Affair

The Grouch

Party Wire

Angel of Mercy

The Bridge of Sighs

And Sudden Death

Carnival

It Happened One Day

Ladies Must Love

The Woman in Room 13

Race Wild

When Seconds Count

The Last Alarm

Perils of the Coast Guard

Somebody's Mother

The Sporting Chance

The Heart Bandit

The Lion's Mouse

Bulldog Drummond

The Little Intruder

Romance in Manhattan

In the Mesh of Her Hair

The World and the Flesh

White Lies

Madame Spy

Man Trouble

The Soldier and the Lady