Adolphe Menjou

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Known For

Acting

Born

1890-02-18

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Adolphe Menjou

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]

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Acting History

1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1960
Pollyanna as Mr. Pendergast
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Fitch
1958
I Married a Woman as Frederick W. Sutton
1958
Target (US)
1957
Paths of Glory as Gen. George Broulard
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
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
1954
The George Gobel Show as Self
1953
Man on a Tightrope as Fesker
1953
Your Favorite Story as Host
1952
The Sniper as Frank Kafka
1951
Across the Wide Missouri as Pierre
1951
The Tall Target as Caleb Jeffers
1950
To Please a Lady as Gregg
1950
What's My Line? as Self
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
Sweet Rosie O'Grady as Tom Moran
1943
Hi Diddle Diddle as Hector Phyffe
1942
You Were Never Lovelier as Eduardo Acuña
1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
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
That's Right – You're Wrong as Stacey Delmore
1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter as Deakon Maxwell
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
One Hundred Men and a Girl as John Cardwell
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
Easy to Love as John
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
The Great Lover as Paurel
1931
We're switching to Hollywood as Self
1931
Let Us Be Gay as Bob Brown
1931
The Front Page as Walter Burns
1931
Men Call It Love as Tony
1931
The Easiest Way as William Brockton
1930
New Moon as Governor Boris Brusiloff
1930
Morocco as Monsieur La Bessiere
1930
Bold Love
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
His Tiger Lady as Henri
1928
A Night of Mystery
1928
The Circus: Premiere as Self
1927
Serenade as Franz Rossi
1927
A Gentleman of Paris as Marquis de Marignan
1927
Service for Ladies as Albert Leroux
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
The Ace of Cads
1926
A Social Celebrity as Max Haber
1926
Fascinating Youth as Adolphe Menjou
1926
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter as Albert Durant
1925
The King On Main Street as The King
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
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate as Pierre Revel
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
Is Matrimony a Failure? as Dudley King
1922
Head Over Heels as Sterling
1922
Arabian Love as Captain Fortine (uncredited)
1921
The Sheik as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
1921
The Three Musketeers as Louis XIII
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
Nearly a King as Baron
1916
A Parisian Romance as Julianai