Portrait of Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Acting

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]

Born: February 18, 1890

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Filmography

1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1960
Pollyanna

as Mr. Pendergast

1958
I Married a Woman

as Frederick W. Sutton

1957
Paths of Glory

as Gen. George Broulard

1957
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

as Arthur Martin

1956
Bundle of Joy

as J. B. Merlin

1956
The Ambassador's Daughter

as Senator Jonathan Carwright

1955
Timberjack

as 'Sweetwater' Tilton

1953
1952
The Sniper

as Frank Kafka

1951
The Tall Target

as Caleb Jeffers

1950
1950
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1949
Dancing in the Dark

as Melville Crossman

1949
My Dream Is Yours

as Thomas Hutchins

1948
State of the Union

as Jim Conover

1947
The Hucksters

as Mr. Kimberly

1947
Mr. District Attorney

as Craig Warren

1947
I'll Be Yours

as J. Conrad Nelson

1946
The Bachelor's Daughters

as Alexander Moody

1946
Heartbeat

as Ambassador

1945
Man Alive

as Kismet

1944
Step Lively

as Wagner

1943
1943
Hi Diddle Diddle

as Hector Phyffe

1942
You Were Never Lovelier

as Eduardo Acuña

1942
Syncopation

as George Latimer

1942
Roxie Hart

as Billy Flynn

1941
Father Takes a Wife

as Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior

1941
Road Show

as Col. Carleton Carroway

1940
A Bill of Divorcement

as Hilary Fairfield

1940
Turnabout

as Phil Manning

1939
1939
1939
Golden Boy

as Tom Moody

1939
King of the Turf

as Jim Mason

1938
Thanks for Everything

as J. B. Harcourt

1938
Letter of Introduction

as John Mannering

1938
The Goldwyn Follies

as Oliver Merlin

1937
Stage Door

as Anthony Powell

1937
1937
Café Metropole

as Monsieur Victor

1937
A Star Is Born

as Oliver Niles

1937
One in a Million

as Tad Spencer

1936
Wives Never Know

as J. Hugh Ramsey

1936
Sing, Baby, Sing

as Bruce Farraday

1936
The Milky Way

as Gabby Sloan

1935
Broadway Gondolier

as Professor Eduardo de Vinci

1935
Gold Diggers of 1935

as Nicolai Nicoleff

1934
The Mighty Barnum

as Bailey Walsh

1934
The Human Side

as Gregory Sheldon

1934
The Great Flirtation

as Stephan Karpath

1934
Little Miss Marker

as Sorrowful Jones

1934
The Trumpet Blows

as Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez

1934
Journal of a Crime

as Paul Mollet

1934
1933
Convention City

as T.R. (Ted) Kent

1933
The Worst Woman in Paris?

as Adolphe Ballou

1933
Morning Glory

as Louis Easton

1933
The Circus Queen Murder

as Thatcher Colt

1932
A Farewell to Arms

as Major Rinaldi

1932
The Night Club Lady

as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt

1932
Diamond Cut Diamond

as Dan McQueen

1932
Bachelor's Affairs

as Andrew Hoyt

1932
Two White Arms

as Maj. Carey Liston

1932
Prestige

as Capt. Remy Bandoin

1932
Forbidden

as Robert Grover

1931
Friends and Lovers

as Captain Geoffrey Roberts

1931
1931
The Front Page

as Walter Burns

1931
1931
The Easiest Way

as William Brockton

1930
New Moon

as Governor Boris Brusiloff

1930
Morocco

as Monsieur La Bessiere

1930
My Kid of a Father

as Jérôme Rocheville

1929
Fashions in Love

as Paul de Remy

1929
Marquis Preferred

as Marquis d'Argenville

1928
His Private Life

as Georges St. Germain

1928
1927
Serenade

as Franz Rossi

1927
A Gentleman of Paris

as Marquis de Marignan

1927
Evening Clothes

as Lucien d'Artois

1927
Blonde or Brunette

as Henri Martel

1926
The Sorrows of Satan

as Prince Lucio de Rimanez

1926
A Social Celebrity

as Max Haber

1926
Fascinating Youth

as Adolphe Menjou

1925
Are Parents People?

as Mr. Hazlitt

1925
A Kiss in the Dark

as Walter Grenham

1925
The Swan

as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels

1924
The Fast Set

as Ernest Steel

1924
Open All Night

as Edmund Durverne

1924
Sinners in Silk

as Arthur Merrill

1924
Broken Barriers

as Tommy Kemp

1924
Broadway After Dark

as Ralph Norton

1924
The Marriage Cheat

as Bob Canfield

1924
Shadows of Paris

as Georges de Croy

1924
The Marriage Circle

as Professor Josef Stock

1924
Forbidden Paradise

as Chancellor

1923
The Spanish Dancer

as Don Salluste

1923
Rupert of Hentzau

as Count Rischenheim

1923
Bella Donna

as Mr. Chepstow

1923
The World's Applause

as Robert Townsend

1922
Singed Wings

as Bliss Gordon

1922
Clarence

as Hubert Stein

1922
Pink Gods

as Louis Barney

1922
The Eternal Flame

as Duc de Langeais

1922
The Fast Mail

as Cal Baldwin

1922
Head Over Heels

as Sterling

1922
1921
The Sheik

as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert

1921
1921
Through The Back Door

as James Brewster

1921
The Faith Healer

as Dr. Littlefield

1917
The Moth

as Teddy Marbridge / The Husband

1917
The Valentine Girl

as Joe Winder

1916
The Blue Envelope Mystery

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1916
Manhattan Madness

as Country Club Patron (uncredited)

1916
The Reward of Patience

as Paul Dunstan

1916
The Devil at His Elbow

as Wilfred Carleton

1916
The Crucial Test

as Count Nicolai

1916
The Habit of Happiness

as Society Man (uncredited)

1916
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