
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
1937 · Movie
You Bring the Ducks
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You Bring the Ducks
1934 · Movie
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The Heart of Broadway
1928 · Movie
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Code of the Cow Country
1927 · Movie
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The Thoroughbred
1925 · Movie
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The Social Code
1923 · Movie
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The Man Who Paid
1922 · Movie
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The Wolf's Fangs
1922 · Movie
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Ten Nights in a Bar Room
1921 · Movie
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Me and Captain Kidd
1919 · Movie
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The Rough Neck
1919 · Movie
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Back to Nature
1936 · Movie
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The Nut Farm
1935 · Movie
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Beloved
1934 · Movie
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The Impatient Maiden
1932 · Movie
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Misbehaving Ladies
1931 · Movie
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The Bargain
1931 · Movie
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Not Quite Decent
1929 · Movie
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Smiling Irish Eyes
1929 · Movie
The Valley Of Hunted Men
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The Valley Of Hunted Men
1928 · Movie
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The Midnight Limited
1926 · Movie
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The Oakdale Affair
1919 · Movie
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The Grouch
1918 · Movie
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Party Wire
1935 · Movie
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Angel of Mercy
1939 · Movie
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The Bridge of Sighs
1936 · Movie
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And Sudden Death
1936 · Movie
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Carnival
1935 · Movie
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It Happened One Day
1934 · Movie
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Ladies Must Love
1933 · Movie
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The Woman in Room 13
1932 · Movie
Race Wild
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Race Wild
1927 · Movie
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When Seconds Count
1927 · Movie
The Last Alarm
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The Last Alarm
1926 · Movie
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Perils of the Coast Guard
1926 · Movie
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Somebody's Mother
1926 · Movie
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The Sporting Chance
1925 · Movie
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The Heart Bandit
1924 · Movie
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The Lion's Mouse
1923 · Movie
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Bulldog Drummond
1922 · Movie
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The Little Intruder
1919 · Movie
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Romance in Manhattan
1935 · Movie
In the Mesh of Her Hair
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In the Mesh of Her Hair
1914 · Movie
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The World and the Flesh
1932 · Movie
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White Lies
1935 · Movie
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Madame Spy
1934 · Movie
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Man Trouble
1930 · Movie
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The Soldier and the Lady
1937 · Movie