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Oscar C. Apfel 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.
Born
Thursday, 17 January 1878
Died
Monday, 21 March 1938
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Angel of Mercy | Red Cross Representative | 1939 |
| Conquest | Count Potocka | 1937 |
| The Toast of New York | Wallack | 1937 |
| Fifty Roads to Town | Smorgen | 1937 |
| The Soldier and the Lady | Tsar's General / Tsar's General (Uncredited) | 1937 |
| Jim Hanvey, Detective | Lambert | 1937 |
| Trouble in Morocco | DeRouget | 1937 |
| Nancy Steele Is Missing! | Judge | 1937 |
| We Who Are About to Die | Mr. Armitage | 1937 |
| That Girl from Paris | Judge at 2nd Wedding | 1936 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Angel of Mercy | Red Cross Representative | 1939 |
| Conquest | Count Potocka | 1937 |
| The Toast of New York | Wallack | 1937 |
| Fifty Roads to Town | Smorgen | 1937 |
| The Soldier and the Lady | Tsar's General / Tsar's General (Uncredited) | 1937 |
| Jim Hanvey, Detective | Lambert | 1937 |
| Trouble in Morocco | DeRouget | 1937 |
| Nancy Steele Is Missing! | Judge | 1937 |
| We Who Are About to Die | Mr. Armitage | 1937 |
| That Girl from Paris | Judge at 2nd Wedding | 1936 |
| Career Woman | Medical Examiner | 1936 |
| Crack-Up | Alfred Knuxton | 1936 |
| The Plot Thickens | H. G. Robbins | 1936 |
| 15 Maiden Lane | Jan Waltman - Diamond Cutter | 1936 |
| Bulldog Edition | Taggart | 1936 |
| Missing Girls | Jury Foreman | 1936 |
| Hollywood Boulevard | Dr. Inslow | 1936 |
| Back to Nature | Hotel Manager | 1936 |
| 36 Hours to Kill | Man in Wash Room | 1936 |
| San Francisco | Founders' Club Member | 1936 |
| And Sudden Death | Defense Counsel | 1936 |
| Hearts in Bondage | Capt. Gilman | 1936 |
| Till We Meet Again | German General | 1936 |
| The Farmer in the Dell | H.F. Davis | 1936 |
| Every Saturday Night | Mr. Dayton | 1936 |
| Sutter's Gold | Bartender | 1936 |
| The Criminal Within | Reuben Marshall | 1936 |
| The Bridge of Sighs | Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell | 1936 |
| Another Face | Dr. H. J. Buler | 1935 |
| The Calling of Dan Matthews | District Attorney | 1935 |
| I Dream Too Much | Cafe Owner | 1935 |
| The Fire-Trap | R.A. Rawson | 1935 |
| This Is the Life | Kendall - Department of Justice Chief | 1935 |
| O'Shaughnessy's Boy | Lawyer / Attorney | 1935 |
| Cappy Ricks Returns | T. Osgood Blake | 1935 |
| Page Miss Glory | Tailor | 1935 |
| Dante's Inferno | Mr. Williams | 1935 |
| Man on the Flying Trapeze | President Malloy | 1935 |
| Silk Hat Kid | School Principal | 1935 |
| Rainbow's End | Neil Gibson Sr. | 1935 |
| Born to Gamble | Strickland - Cora's Father | 1935 |
| Shadows of the Orient | Judge Avery | 1935 |
| Ginger | Bill Collector | 1935 |
| Party Wire | Thomas Sherman / Thomas P. Sherman | 1935 |
| Mary Jane's Pa | Chief Bailey | 1935 |
| The Nut Farm | Bob Bent - Helen's Husband / Bob Bent, Helen's Husband | 1935 |
| Death Flies East | Wallace P. Burroughs | 1935 |
| Carnival | Mr. Lawson | 1935 |
| The Best Man Wins | Chief of Police | 1935 |
| Romance in Manhattan | The Judge / Judge | 1935 |
| Bordertown | Judge Rufus Barnswell | 1935 |
| White Lies | Hunter | 1934 |
| I Am a Thief | Auctioneer | 1934 |
| The Firebird | Police Desk Sergeant | 1934 |
| Crimson Romance | John Fleming | 1934 |
| Take the Stand | Mr. Nevin | 1934 |
| Fifteen Wives | Dist. Atty. Kerry | 1934 |
| The Old Fashioned Way | Mr. Livingston | 1934 |
| Let's Try Again | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1934 |
| Are We Civilized? | Dr. Leonard Gear | 1934 |
| Manhattan Melodrama | Speaker of Assembly | 1934 |
| Twenty Million Sweethearts | Walcott | 1934 |
| Whirlpool | Newspaper Editor / Editor | 1934 |
| The House of Rothschild | Prussian Officer | 1934 |
| Madame Spy | Pahlke | 1934 |
| Beloved | Henry Burrows | 1934 |
| The Big Shakedown | Digitalis Doctor | 1934 |
| The World Changes | Mr. Morley - Banker | 1933 |
| Only Yesterday | Mr. Lane | 1933 |
| Hold the Press | Mr. Bishop - Managing Editor | 1933 |
| The Bowery | Ivan Rummel / Honest Mike | 1933 |
| Ladies Must Love | Herman Nussbauer | 1933 |
| One Man's Journey | John Radford | 1933 |
| Tugboat Annie | Reynolds | 1933 |
| Before Dawn | Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara | 1933 |
| Storm at Daybreak | Counselor Velasch | 1933 |
| Tomorrow at Seven | Asa Marsden | 1933 |
| Emergency Call | Dr. Schwarz | 1933 |
| The Story of Temple Drake | District Attorney | 1933 |
| Song of the Eagle | New York Boss | 1933 |
| Bondage | Judge | 1933 |
| Gabriel Over the White House | German Delegate to Debt Conference | 1933 |
| Pick-up | The Warden | 1933 |
| Employees' Entrance | Board of Directors Member #5 | 1933 |
| The Match King | Uncle Gustav | 1932 |
| Rasputin and the Empress | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1932 |
| Call Her Savage | Doctor Treating Crosby / Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited) | 1932 |
| You Said a Mouthful | Armstrong | 1932 |
| That's My Boy | District Attorney | 1932 |
| Madison Square Garden | Harrison the Promoter | 1932 |
| Hot Saturday | Mr. Randolph | 1932 |
| False Faces | Fineberg | 1932 |
| Hell's Highway | William Billings | 1932 |
| Two Against the World | District Attorney Howard Mills | 1932 |
| Blondie of the Follies | Doctor Attending Pa | 1932 |
| Speak Easily | Lawyer's Representative | 1932 |
| A Successful Calamity | President of the United States | 1932 |
| Madame Racketeer | J. Harrington Hagney | 1932 |
| Skyscraper Souls | Brewster's Associate | 1932 |
| The Washington Masquerade | Hank Larrimore | 1932 |
| Make Me a Star | Henshaw | 1932 |
| Attorney for the Defense | Managing Editor | 1932 |
| The Woman in Room 13 | 1932 | |
| State's Attorney | Mr. Ulrich | 1932 |
| When a Feller Needs a Friend | Doctor | 1932 |
| The World and the Flesh | Banker | 1932 |
| The Famous Ferguson Case | Mr. Brooks | 1932 |
| Symphony of Six Million | Conferring Doctor | 1932 |
| It's Tough to Be Famous | S.J. Boynton | 1932 |
| The Heart of New York | Otto Gassenheim / Otto | 1932 |
| Shopworn | Forbes | 1932 |
| The Impatient Maiden | Dr. Wilcox | 1932 |
| Alias the Doctor | Keller | 1932 |
| Business and Pleasure | P.D. Weatheright | 1932 |
| The Man Who Played God | Appleby - the Lip Reader | 1932 |
| The Menace | Dr. H. Horgenson - Plastic Surgeon / Dr. Horgenson | 1932 |
| High Pressure | Mr. Hackett | 1932 |
| The Woman from Monte Carlo | Dr. Rabeouf | 1932 |
| Sooky | Krausmyer | 1931 |
| Men in Her Life | Blake | 1931 |
| Her Majesty, Love | Marriage License Bureau Manager | 1931 |
| Way Back Home | Wobbling Duffy | 1931 |
| The Yellow Ticket | British Embassy Butler | 1931 |
| Wicked | Judge Edwin Luther | 1931 |
| Sidewalks of New York | Judge | 1931 |
| Five Star Final | Bernard Hinchecliffe | 1931 |
| The Bargain | G.T. Warren | 1931 |
| Huckleberry Finn | The King | 1931 |
| Big Business Girl | Walter T. Morley | 1931 |
| Misbehaving Ladies | Mayor Twitchell | 1931 |
| Quick Millions | Police Detective Capp | 1931 |
| The Finger Points | Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler / Ellis Wheeler | 1931 |
| Fighting Caravans | Minor Role | 1931 |
| Inspiration | M. Vignaud | 1931 |
| Helping Grandma | Mr. Pennypacker | 1931 |
| The Right to Love | William Kellogg | 1930 |
| The Virtuous Sin | Maj. Ivanoff / Ivanoff | 1930 |
| Du Barry, Woman of Passion | 1930 | |
| Liliom | Stefen Kadar | 1930 |
| The Spoilers | A. Struve | 1930 |
| Abraham Lincoln | Secretary of War Stanton | 1930 |
| Man Trouble | Eddie | 1930 |
| Conspiracy | Tourist Husband | 1930 |
| Our Blushing Brides | Floorwalker | 1930 |
| Wild Company | Prosecuting Attorney | 1930 |
| Not Quite Decent | Canfield | 1930 |
| The Texan | Thacker | 1930 |
| High Society Blues | Divine's Stock Broker | 1930 |
| Puttin' on the Ritz | House Manager | 1930 |
| Street of Chance | Bartender | 1930 |
| Half Way to Heaven | Circus Manager | 1929 |
| It's a Great Life | Bit Role | 1929 |
| Marianne | Maj. Russart | 1929 |
| Smiling Irish Eyes | Max North | 1929 |
| True Heaven | German General | 1929 |
| Romance of the Underworld | Champagne Joe | 1928 |
| The Heart of Broadway | Dave Richards | 1928 |
| The Sporting Chance | 1926 | |
| Perils of the Coast Guard | Carlton Aldridge | 1926 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Wolf's Fangs | 1922 |
| The Steel King | 1919 |
| Me and Captain Kidd | 1919 |
| Phil-for-Short | 1919 |
| The Battle of Hearts | 1916 |
| A Man of Sorrow | 1916 |
