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.
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pollyanna (1960) | Mr. Pendergast | 7 | |
| 2 | Paths of Glory (1957) | Gen. George Broulard | 8.5 | |
| 3 | The Sniper (1952) | Frank Kafka | 4 | |
| 4 | Across the Wide Missouri (1951) | Pierre | 4 | |
| 5 | The Tall Target (1951) | Caleb Jeffers | 4 | |
| 6 | To Please a Lady (1950) | Gregg | 10 | |
| 7 | My Dream Is Yours (1949) | Thomas Hutchins | 6 | |
| 8 | State of the Union (1948) | Jim Conover | 1 | |
| 9 | Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) | Tom Moran | - | - |
| 10 | Roxie Hart (1942) | Billy Flynn | 7 | |
| 11 | Turnabout (1940) | Phil Manning | - | - |
| 12 | One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) | John Cardwell | 5 | |
| 13 | A Star Is Born (1937) | Oliver Niles | 6.3 | |
| 14 | Stage Door (1937) | Anthony Powell | 5 | |
| 15 | Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) | Nicolai Nicoleff | 5.5 | |
| 16 | Little Miss Marker (1934) | Sorrowful Jones | 6 | |
| 17 | Morning Glory (1933) | Louis Easton | - | - |
| 18 | Forbidden (1932) | Robert Grover | 10 | |
| 19 | A Farewell to Arms (1932) | Major Rinaldi | 6.5 | |
| 20 | The Front Page (1931) | Walter Burns | 4.5 | |
| 21 | Morocco (1930) | Monsieur La Bessiere | 4.5 | |
| 22 | A Social Celebrity (1926) | Max Haber | - | - |
| 23 | The Marriage Circle (1924) | Professor Josef Stock | 4 | |
| 24 | Forbidden Paradise (1924) | Chancellor | 2 | |
| 25 | A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) | Pierre Revel | 4 | |
| 26 | The Sheik (1921) | Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert | 4 | |
| 27 | The Three Musketeers (1921) | Louis XIII | 5 |
