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Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

ActingBorn February 18, 1890Died October 29, 1963 (age 73)Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, where he played the lead role; Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas; Ernst Lubitsch's The Marriage Circle; The Sheik with Rudolph Valentino; Morocco with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper; and A Star Is Born with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, and was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Filmography

1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1960
Pollyanna

as Mr. Pendergast

Movie
1958
I Married a Woman

as Frederick W. Sutton

Movie
1957
Paths of Glory

as Gen. George Broulard

Movie
1957
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

as Arthur Martin

Movie
1956
Bundle of Joy

as J. B. Merlin

Movie
1956
The Ambassador's Daughter

as Senator Jonathan Carwright

Movie
1955
Timberjack

as 'Sweetwater' Tilton

Movie
1953Movie
1953TV
1952
The Sniper

as Frank Kafka

Movie
1951Movie
1951
The Tall Target

as Caleb Jeffers

Movie
1950Movie
1950TV
1949
Dancing in the Dark

as Melville Crossman

Movie
1949
My Dream Is Yours

as Thomas Hutchins

Movie
1948
State of the Union

as Jim Conover

Movie
1947
The Hucksters

as Mr. Kimberly

Movie
1947
Mr. District Attorney

as Craig Warren

Movie
1947
I'll Be Yours

as J. Conrad Nelson

Movie
1946
The Bachelor's Daughters

as Alexander Moody

Movie
1946
Heartbeat

as Ambassador

Movie
1945
Man Alive

as Kismet

Movie
1944
Step Lively

as Wagner

Movie
1943Movie
1943
Hi Diddle Diddle

as Hector Phyffe

Movie
1942
You Were Never Lovelier

as Eduardo Acuña

Movie
1942
Syncopation

as George Latimer

Movie
1942
Roxie Hart

as Billy Flynn

Movie
1941
Father Takes a Wife

as Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior

Movie
1941
Road Show

as Col. Carleton Carroway

Movie
1940
A Bill of Divorcement

as Hilary Fairfield

Movie
1940
Turnabout

as Phil Manning

Movie
1939Movie
1939Movie
1939
Golden Boy

as Tom Moody

Movie
1939
King of the Turf

as Jim Mason

Movie
1938
Thanks for Everything

as J. B. Harcourt

Movie
1938
Letter of Introduction

as John Mannering

Movie
1938
The Goldwyn Follies

as Oliver Merlin

Movie
1937
Stage Door

as Anthony Powell

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Café Metropole

as Monsieur Victor

Movie
1937
A Star Is Born

as Oliver Niles

Movie
1937
One in a Million

as Tad Spencer

Movie
1936
Wives Never Know

as J. Hugh Ramsey

Movie
1936
Sing, Baby, Sing

as Bruce Farraday

Movie
1936
The Milky Way

as Gabby Sloan

Movie
1935
Broadway Gondolier

as Professor Eduardo de Vinci

Movie
1935
Gold Diggers of 1935

as Nicolai Nicoleff

Movie
1934
The Mighty Barnum

as Bailey Walsh

Movie
1934
The Human Side

as Gregory Sheldon

Movie
1934
The Great Flirtation

as Stephan Karpath

Movie
1934
Little Miss Marker

as Sorrowful Jones

Movie
1934
The Trumpet Blows

as Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez

Movie
1934
Journal of a Crime

as Paul Mollet

Movie
1934Movie
1933
Convention City

as T.R. (Ted) Kent

Movie
1933
The Worst Woman in Paris?

as Adolphe Ballou

Movie
1933
Morning Glory

as Louis Easton

Movie
1933
The Circus Queen Murder

as Thatcher Colt

Movie
1932
A Farewell to Arms

as Major Rinaldi

Movie
1932
The Night Club Lady

as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt

Movie
1932
Diamond Cut Diamond

as Dan McQueen

Movie
1932
Bachelor's Affairs

as Andrew Hoyt

Movie
1932
Two White Arms

as Maj. Carey Liston

Movie
1932
Prestige

as Capt. Remy Bandoin

Movie
1932
Forbidden

as Robert Grover

Movie
1931
Friends and Lovers

as Captain Geoffrey Roberts

Movie
1931Movie
1931
Let Us Be Gay

as Bob Brown

Movie
1931
The Front Page

as Walter Burns

Movie
1931Movie
1931
The Easiest Way

as William Brockton

Movie
1930
New Moon

as Governor Boris Brusiloff

Movie
1930
Morocco

as Monsieur La Bessiere

Movie
1930
Mysterious Mr. Parkes

as Courtenay Parkes

Movie
1930Movie
1930
My Kid of a Father

as Jérôme Rocheville

Movie
1929
Fashions in Love

as Paul de Remy

Movie
1929
Marquis Preferred

as Marquis d'Argenville

Movie
1928
His Private Life

as Georges St. Germain

Movie
1928Movie
1928Movie
1927
Serenade

as Franz Rossi

Movie
1927
A Gentleman of Paris

as Marquis de Marignan

Movie
1927
Service for Ladies

as Albert Leroux

Movie
1927
Evening Clothes

as Lucien d'Artois

Movie
1927
Blonde or Brunette

as Henri Martel

Movie
1926
The Sorrows of Satan

as Prince Lucio de Rimanez

Movie
1926
A Social Celebrity

as Max Haber

Movie
1926
Fascinating Youth

as Adolphe Menjou

Movie
1926Movie
1925Movie
1925
Are Parents People?

as Mr. Hazlitt

Movie
1925
A Kiss in the Dark

as Walter Grenham

Movie
1925
The Swan

as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels

Movie
1924
The Fast Set

as Ernest Steel

Movie
1924
Open All Night

as Edmund Durverne

Movie
1924
Sinners in Silk

as Arthur Merrill

Movie
1924
Broken Barriers

as Tommy Kemp

Movie
1924
Broadway After Dark

as Ralph Norton

Movie
1924
The Marriage Cheat

as Bob Canfield

Movie
1924
Shadows of Paris

as Georges de Croy

Movie
1924
The Marriage Circle

as Professor Josef Stock

Movie
1924
Forbidden Paradise

as Chancellor

Movie
1923
The Spanish Dancer

as Don Salluste

Movie
1923Movie
1923
Rupert of Hentzau

as Count Rischenheim

Movie
1923
Bella Donna

as Mr. Chepstow

Movie
1923
The World's Applause

as Robert Townsend

Movie
1922
Singed Wings

as Bliss Gordon

Movie
1922
Clarence

as Hubert Stein

Movie
1922
Pink Gods

as Louis Barney

Movie
1922
The Eternal Flame

as Duc de Langeais

Movie
1922
The Fast Mail

as Cal Baldwin

Movie
1922
Head Over Heels

as Sterling

Movie
1922Movie
1922
Arabian Love

as Captain Fortine (uncredited)

Movie
1921
The Sheik

as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert

Movie
1921
Queenie

as Count Michael

Movie
1921Movie
1921
Through the Back Door

as James Brewster

Movie
1921
The Faith Healer

as Dr. Littlefield

Movie
1917
The Moth

as Teddy Marbridge / The Husband

Movie
1917
The Valentine Girl

as Joe Winder

Movie
1916
The Blue Envelope Mystery

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Movie
1916
Manhattan Madness

as Country Club Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1916
The Reward of Patience

as Paul Dunstan

Movie
1916
The Devil at His Elbow

as Wilfred Carleton

Movie
1916
The Crucial Test

as Count Nicolai

Movie
1916
The Habit of Happiness

as Society Man (uncredited)

Movie
1916Movie
1916Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 18, 1890
Day of DeathOctober 29, 1963
Place of BirthPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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