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.

Most Known For

Marianne

as Major Russart (uncredited)

Call Her Savage

as Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)

Hot Saturday

as Mr. Randolph

Before Dawn

as Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara

Pick-up

as The Warden

Bondage

as Judge (uncredited)

Crack-Up

as Alfred Knuxton

Shopworn

as Forbes

Bulldog Edition

as Taggart

Big Business Girl

as Walter T. Morley

The World Changes

as Mr. Morley, a Banker

Our Blushing Brides

as Floorwalker (uncredited)

Only Yesterday

as Mr. Lane

Manhattan Melodrama

as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

The Fire-Trap

as R.A. Rawson

Way Back Home

as Wobbling Duffy

The House of Rothschild

as Prussian Officer

Sutter's Gold

as Bartender

Abraham Lincoln

as Secretary of War Stanton

Skyscraper Souls

as Brewster's Associate (uncredited)