Oscar Apfel
![Oscar Apfel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1HxUEleoPk99JVDqzEDzaljMLih.jpg)
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 16, 1878
Day of Death: March 21, 1938 (60 years old)
Place of Birth: Cleveland, 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.
1939
1937
1936
![Murder at Glen Athol](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5xYwTqkerqdtKHP0ccCbARQ0boe.jpg)
Actor Reuben Marshall
Murder at Glen Athol
![Bulldog Edition](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/byWZO439s1WtweTNl46zDehgFuF.jpg)
Actor Taggart
Bulldog Edition
![The Bridge of Sighs](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/psNexSodrEyFwP8CD5RC6ePmuQQ.jpg)
Actor Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
The Bridge of Sighs
![The Plot Thickens](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/owDdnFIE9xAPLnOXSh0kWaOTPkG.jpg)
Actor H. G. Robbins
The Plot Thickens
![Sutter's Gold](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8EKQrF5ezaX8ap5m8w2g0rACpfP.jpg)
Actor Bartender
Sutter's Gold
![36 Hours to Kill](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/cOTgiliDApy943vFAUyjhQeZe6M.jpg)
Actor Man in Wash Room
36 Hours to Kill
![Hollywood Boulevard](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1g1qVY3rqqghD88aMEhvAnCcEMz.jpg)
Actor Dr. Inslow
Hollywood Boulevard
![That Girl from Paris](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/x1d8BvQc1AaRWHTLMLTnfHFK2.jpg)
Actor Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
That Girl from Paris
![And Sudden Death](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oqVX2ZNt7Ll8Z860mNyFvEodEH0.jpg)
Actor Defense Counsel
And Sudden Death
![Every Saturday Night](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/rjNh8x5dOYmtFBxnPg4eZnbkfDk.jpg)
Actor Mr. Dayton
Every Saturday Night
![Back to Nature](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ddTxfYdl5p4T0PPWcvRf7uC7DLo.jpg)
Actor Hotel Manager
Back to Nature
![Crack-Up](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wr2OChqksOGXuMAkutKZxnMZT5X.jpg)
Actor Alfred Knuxton
Crack-Up
1935
![Man on the Flying Trapeze](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/aWpVoEuVxW6DvbRW03AAULAvB2e.jpg)
Actor President Malloy
Man on the Flying Trapeze
![The Nut Farm](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yQhGosEV82KGVkfzuxZRqYFg5zw.jpg)
Actor Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
The Nut Farm
![Rainbow's End](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tASzOvY0ZUrj5JHf8ZviiGu2E1S.jpg)
Actor Neil Gibson Sr.
Rainbow's End
![Romance in Manhattan](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/qHlA2SufMm39oQPlFgcZCiVIvZD.jpg)
Actor Judge
Romance in Manhattan
![O'Shaughnessy's Boy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zbdznzYalhwz170ohRiT1YmNB1X.jpg)
Actor Attorney
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Actor R.A. Rawson
The Fire-Trap
![The Best Man Wins](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9DQgImxLA4Gk15TrLOlDe3KL9w8.jpg)
Actor Chief of Police
The Best Man Wins
![Death Flies East](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/w8MQ7zIclSqev7hClErLcMh38ga.jpg)
Actor Wallace P. Burroughs
Death Flies East
![Party Wire](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/aEN3SWQv329iTNQjFS5wVxY4o30.jpg)
Actor Thomas P. Sherman
Party Wire
![Page Miss Glory](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nIOrxxCG5hYk2VmfigaXb5thf4G.jpg)
Actor Tailor (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory
![Mary Jane's Pa](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tpyWyH7NvrniwfFknT5hEfWomIM.jpg)
Actor Chief Bailey
Mary Jane's Pa
![Bordertown](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/uqQiWQwIdD7JydpNglrBlIO4YAT.jpg)
Actor Judge Rufus Barnswell
Bordertown
Actor T. Osgood Blake
Cappy Ricks Returns
![Carnival](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/npD8xaZ8p1dY3Myqnm6vTt1M2cC.jpg)
Actor Mr. Lawson
Carnival
![The Calling of Dan Matthews](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/z7YrlSZrVpag29ZDuEJoauf2R8.jpg)
Actor District Attorney (uncredited)
The Calling of Dan Matthews
![The Perfect Tribute](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8y9as1SzC1nn9DfbQJOYRWVmUFk.jpg)
Actor Stratton (uncredited)
The Perfect Tribute
![Another Face](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/mU2PM3RrXhEER2sDuePOV4zmI0Q.jpg)
Actor Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
Another Face
![Born to Gamble](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/qQCG03rwaU4vfULNKNjakgtzq7T.jpg)
Actor Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
Born to Gamble
![I Dream Too Much](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1Whyoac7ta8uwCuP4I28Cauox1p.jpg)
Actor Cafe Owner (uncredited)
I Dream Too Much
![His Night Out](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hn8gp4W32CRlGrOKLgbWXmSbXDp.jpg)
Actor Dr. Kraft
His Night Out
1934
![Crimson Romance](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ls1eACiKI4fvnClEaKFAVshMdC6.jpg)
Actor John Fleming
Crimson Romance
![Whirlpool](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bWpifmSnkOi7GCpUDB3FkZfl8Yg.jpg)
Actor Newspaper Editor
Whirlpool
![I Am a Thief](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/65yddNs6Zls4NklBCeMwSaX8CGg.jpg)
Actor Auctioneer
I Am a Thief
![Fifteen Wives](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fsZhDgYwurzBKQ9GEiJYjifDVbx.jpg)
Actor Dist. Atty. Kerry
Fifteen Wives
![Take the Stand](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/n0lsJRew3Lkdm3puNJ50UpEqjoi.jpg)
Actor Mr. Nevin
Take the Stand
![Madame Spy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/982kdEoRjzJPubPO6KdRdMAJvaM.jpg)
Actor Pahlke
Madame Spy
![The Old-Fashioned Way](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ksE8jyrN6V8yE3IgD3GjvH9n8QX.jpg)
Actor Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
Actor Governor
You Bring the Ducks
![The Big Shakedown](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wIlHx7FRCpAxwOTI76aPZluMqzx.jpg)
Actor Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
The Big Shakedown
![Manhattan Melodrama](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/gAuBeXANJ0NhlQY7kmas63dFMz7.jpg)
Actor Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
![Beloved](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/enGid6RH1UUeODCLg55sQXcUiUT.jpg)
Actor Henry Burrows
Beloved
![It Happened One Day](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/c9Q8jk0ll5z7z4IXU4yYbcMHZmK.jpg)
Actor A.L. Boyd
It Happened One Day
![You Said a Hatful!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/21MaFuiI3IAXLLWaUexQXkAj6wn.jpg)
Actor Anderson
You Said a Hatful!
![Are We Civilized?](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oAxZdp2pRcNR7RcWx7tw3Dq1nlc.jpg)
Actor Dr. Leonard Gear
Are We Civilized?
1933
![Before Dawn](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/32xG7lUoyR3lyrOBHRjIv7VEhgP.jpg)
Actor Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
Before Dawn
![Pick-up](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kbrRBZf0rGQigWY1OG2GtEdZV3j.jpg)
Actor The Warden
Pick-up
![One Man's Journey](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xNY8lSFO6SyyDp5PNEwJIeVJaPe.jpg)
Actor John Radford
One Man's Journey
![The Bowery](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4dBFENBHHcpRWGzXKjfY7IK6d1a.jpg)
Actor Ivan Rummel
The Bowery
![Tomorrow at Seven](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/589FjndvHAJi0VSj11jla9vRP7y.jpg)
Actor Asa Marsden
Tomorrow at Seven
![The Story of Temple Drake](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hOuRZF5KemHS5LPkdGO3HnjsSv1.jpg)
Actor District Attorney (uncredited)
The Story of Temple Drake
![Employees' Entrance](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oRBztofgI6c4v2ahiMNm0unGzls.jpg)
Actor Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
Employees' Entrance
![Storm at Daybreak](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/57J06y7MDDKsvrgJCMDmCZHbQwE.jpg)
Actor Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
Storm at Daybreak
![Emergency Call](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/JzXimZIfzs8BhZ9FLWuRdzV3Df.jpg)
Actor Dr. Schwarz
Emergency Call
![Gabriel Over the White House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fZt8iHZerWqN54JuOWvX7pc8T3G.jpg)
Actor German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
Gabriel Over the White House
![Only Yesterday](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/rJUDRGnwuRiqYNOjHvl72TwGnTv.jpg)
Actor Mr. Lane
Only Yesterday
![Bondage](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ukkqUZKJfSbF9sfq28UwgULnm81.jpg)
Actor Judge (uncredited)
Bondage
![Hold the Press](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/i84nmt9Fd4cqYMarwZ4dygildPq.jpg)
Actor Bishop
Hold the Press
1932
![High Pressure](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fQcPRJGzt2Pi4oBDmLWinjR0phg.jpg)
Actor Mr. Hackett
High Pressure
![Hell's Highway](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/rYhHOokfJlMcV1EGJm4PaXGJZzh.jpg)
Actor William Billings
Hell's Highway
![Symphony of Six Million](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vHyCRPYORShlXtLx8wUWhpkIj9W.jpg)
Actor Conferring Doctor
Symphony of Six Million
![The Man Who Played God](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/j3V137r1MLCQ23fRMK9UIr5tawH.jpg)
Actor Appleby - the Lip Reader
The Man Who Played God
![The Impatient Maiden](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vkYqD8a3kVPCSpN39sV364eRY0J.jpg)
Actor Dr. Wilcox
The Impatient Maiden
![The Heart of New York](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/mgAW2PWKnESuFqJY3yNEjvXzXjg.jpg)
Actor Otto
The Heart of New York
![Two Against the World](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wloRsytGmehpsCeN4MZUCl6KKJG.jpg)
Actor District Attorney Howard Mills
Two Against the World
![It's Tough to Be Famous](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/m7azhSbee8Rqv7jZSnzyXVuBn03.jpg)
Actor S.J. Boynton
It's Tough to Be Famous
![The Woman from Monte Carlo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/gHL49N8sHGPvsKAho5D5vnsF1gf.jpg)
Actor Dr. Rabeouf
The Woman from Monte Carlo
![State's Attorney](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/CgoM1R4H0hC27vjTm2fmCmKZka.jpg)
Actor Mr. Ulrich
State's Attorney
![Skyscraper Souls](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/z2z5AmWdzlJbKfTVtMHUsHM0aQW.jpg)
Actor Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
Skyscraper Souls
![The Menace](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1ylbIEbybl1OZo7FGjq4AoOV5ap.jpg)
Actor Dr. Horgenson
The Menace
![The Famous Ferguson Case](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fJ6NMWanzJsNd14zZo3RzNHJ3xz.jpg)
Actor Mr. Brooks
The Famous Ferguson Case
![You Said a Mouthful](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7xDJ7ocQowm7fp5HR56R6cd5jLf.jpg)
Actor Armstrong (uncredited)
You Said a Mouthful
![Shopworn](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/d10QSfJg0NssUrEnWTmkQugM4me.jpg)
Actor Forbes
Shopworn
![Make Me a Star](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xRMLDM9yR2hkc5rT1hB5BxsMaVj.jpg)
Actor Henshaw
Make Me a Star
![Call Her Savage](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/817TDYCmdxN0TVuiGoXHiHwnRLr.jpg)
Actor Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
Call Her Savage
![The Woman in Room 13](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2ScLSX1ABM7iS97oCoHo2vH3Pol.jpg)
Actor
The Woman in Room 13
![The World and the Flesh](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2Y8NvIOXgCbKJVMHeENU6UOwGRx.jpg)
Actor Banker
The World and the Flesh
![A Successful Calamity](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tGSqJ3ekArCykGjANmy0Nzi96hr.jpg)
Actor President of the United States
A Successful Calamity
![Madame Racketeer](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8YlliTMgoAPinycvq0MlNwi9neS.jpg)
Actor J. Harrington Hagney
Madame Racketeer
![Attorney for the Defense](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kuNftI2vcMlgbEp8FrtlIeZuRzg.jpg)
Actor Managing Editor
Attorney for the Defense
![Blondie of the Follies](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6eT7ELpyc05KJwS3a2kmmTwAlMh.jpg)
Actor Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
Blondie of the Follies
![When a Feller Needs a Friend](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6cV1lFXdv8it0mpKghtUvZpo2Eq.jpg)
Actor Doctor
When a Feller Needs a Friend
![Hot Saturday](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ItvxwGzzA3WZgb3MBRzO8zNRRJ.jpg)
Actor Mr. Randolph
Hot Saturday
1931
![Five Star Final](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1DZF4buRoDNsnAtkQZd8fIYVCCV.jpg)
Actor Bernard Hinchecliffe
Five Star Final
![Big Business Girl](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fOlwlH19lMWOre2Bp8vbLR5Ze3F.jpg)
Actor Walter T. Morley
Big Business Girl
![Way Back Home](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ecgGvyHUoAEldXjCMxbe7OaAEtp.jpg)
Actor Wobbling Duffy
Way Back Home
![The Finger Points](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7H5DS0AG3yOBfvFNHOQFQOjxWox.jpg)
Actor Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
The Finger Points
![Men in Her Life](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eM14QeVxEovnBl8lETeIxyLFpG.jpg)
Actor Blake
Men in Her Life
![Huckleberry Finn](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6dTwCygnXKDZbFQdWTeYzhYc4nb.jpg)
Actor The King
Huckleberry Finn
![Sidewalks of New York](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kqw5HD6n8iargVOvlLED3ZLaG4M.jpg)
Actor Judge
Sidewalks of New York
![The Yellow Ticket](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/v2vUmeDBZ6hrXW6CI4IHF7ie583.jpg)
Actor British Embassy Butler
The Yellow Ticket
![Quick Millions](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2NDXUrJzSOtn3v8rhLkTi6mXoN5.jpg)
Actor Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
Quick Millions
![Misbehaving Ladies](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/u9fHZmJcXxwJr6K51fZdO3cUdiT.jpg)
Actor Mayor Twitchell
Misbehaving Ladies
![The Road to Reno](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ihKK0vg33DgdBcrIFQ2IqbyqOFN.jpg)
Actor Mr. Ash
The Road to Reno
![Helping Grandma](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fXbpPvjxiTkk3lTghG0BAXm3uej.jpg)
Actor Mr. Pennypacker
Helping Grandma
![Wicked](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fLH24xPf7x8ajiJmjTjA7ylkSmU.jpg)
Actor Judge Edwin Luther
Wicked
![The Bargain](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yIWisgDCNnlFAcJTZnG7zNJ88WP.jpg)
Actor G.T. Warren
The Bargain
![Sooky](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/b3U3pKcgqUJaTMdRSE9cHpzbvpK.jpg)
Actor Krausmyer
Sooky
![Inspiration](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lmdBc19g6RfR0grRibo8hORF2WY.jpg)
Actor M. Vignaud
Inspiration
1930
![Man Trouble](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1cbOxwJ8vLIhXzVTqLrIexm5gxI.jpg)
Actor Eddie
Man Trouble
![The Virtuous Sin](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/m276Fg9dfYTq376SncARcNfn7gM.jpg)
Actor Ivanoff
The Virtuous Sin
![Abraham Lincoln](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4BOmqevJBC5gBfQNXpa2epf27yO.jpg)
Actor Secretary of War Stanton
Abraham Lincoln
![Wild Company](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/i92WsAEeJ8ndiBLeAf56IBB5dbK.jpg)
Actor Prosecuting Attorney
Wild Company
![Liliom](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/jHyMnjZFBR64MtaTblepjUUBJYe.jpg)
Actor Stefen Kadar
Liliom
![Our Blushing Brides](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/b8TVe7RkB2ZHgJdGINTG3hp9KAH.jpg)
Actor Floorwalker (uncredited)
Our Blushing Brides
![Street of Chance](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eqwX0TpA6aYQy9DMNSAhvrXiqUH.jpg)
Actor Bartender (uncredited)
Street of Chance
![Du Barry, Woman of Passion](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/n5v94h3xRUjP0ztjLh3NSeCuXJn.jpg)
Actor Bit role
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
![The Texan](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/k6UHxF7ippal0MPm23an3BOYMtB.jpg)
Actor Thacker
The Texan
![The Right to Love](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1hDxkqS8tlvMqBIiRKccX1A06n8.jpg)
Actor William Kellogg
The Right to Love
![Conspiracy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/x1MOIhApWOmtvPFFSfjUklGng22.jpg)
Actor Tourist Husband (uncredited)
Conspiracy