Oscar Apfel
AKA: Oscar C. Apfel
Birthday: 1878-01-16
Died: 1938-03-21
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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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.
Filmography
Character: Bernard Hinchecliffe
Character: Dr. Leonard Gear
Character: President Malloy
Character: William Billings
Character: Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Character: Conferring Doctor
Character: Judge (uncredited)
Character: Wallack (uncredited)
Character: Walter T. Morley
Character: Appleby - the Lip Reader
Character: Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara
Character: Neil Gibson Sr.
Character: Bob Bent, Helen's Husband
Character: Wobbling Duffy
Character: Reuben Marshall
Character: District Attorney Howard Mills
Character: Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell
Character: Chief of Police
Character: Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
Character: Alfred Knuxton
Character: Newspaper Editor
Character: German General
Character: Dist. Atty. Kerry
Character: Wallace P. Burroughs
Character: Secretary of War Stanton
Character: Brewster's Associate (uncredited)
Character: Thomas P. Sherman
Character: Prosecuting Attorney
Character: District Attorney (uncredited)
Character: Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
Character: Man in Wash Room
Character: Circus Manager
Character: Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited)
Character: Counselor Velasch (uncredited)
Character: Tailor (uncredited)
Character: Armstrong (uncredited)
Character: Floorwalker (uncredited)
Character: British Embassy Butler
Character: Judge Rufus Barnswell
Character: Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited)
Character: T. Osgood Blake
Character: Police Detective Capp (uncredited)
Character: Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited)
Character: President of the United States
Character: German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited)
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Character: Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
Character: Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
Character: Major Russart (uncredited)
Character: Mayor Twitchell
Character: Defense Counsel
Character: J. Harrington Hagney
Character: Managing Editor
Character: Mr. Pennypacker
Character: Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited)
Character: Tsar's General (Uncredited)
Character: William Kellogg
Character: Judge Edwin Luther
Character: Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
Character: District Attorney (uncredited)
Character: Stratton (uncredited)
Character: Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Character: Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited)
Character: Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited)
Character: Tourist Husband (uncredited)