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Oscar C. Apfel (January 17, 1878 – March 21, 1938) 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.
Apfel was born in Cleveland, Ohio. After a number of years in commerce, he decided to adopt the stage as a profession. He secured his first professional engagement in 1900, in his hometown. He rose rapidly and soon held a position as director and producer and was at the time noted as being the youngest stage director in America.[1] He spent eleven years on the stage on Broadway then joined the Edison Manufacturing Company. Apfel first directed for Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in 1911–12, where he made the innovative short film The Passer-By (1912). He also did some experimental work at Edison's laboratory in Orange, on the Edison Talking Pictures devices.
After many years as a director, he gradually returned to acting. On March 21, 1938, Apfel died in Hollywood from a heart attack.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Plot Thickens (1936) | Robbins | 7 | |
| 2 | The House of Rothschild (1934) | Prussian Officer | 3 | |
| 3 | Manhattan Melodrama (1934) | Speaker of Assembly (uncredited) | 4 | |
| 4 | Employees' Entrance (1933) | Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 5 | Gabriel Over the White House (1933) | German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited) | - | - |
| 6 | Only Yesterday (1933) | Mr. Lane | 4 | |
| 7 | The Bowery (1933) | Ivan Rummel | 6 | |
| 8 | The Story of Temple Drake (1933) | District Attorney (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 9 | Hell's Highway (1932) | William Billings | 5 | |
| 10 | The Man Who Played God (1932) | Appleby - the Lip Reader | 8 | |
| 11 | Quick Millions (1931) | Police Detective Capp (uncredited) | - | - |
| 12 | Way Back Home (1931) | Wobbling Duffy | 6 | |
| 13 | Five Star Final (1931) | Bernard Hinchecliffe | 4 | |
| 14 | The Squaw Man (1914) | Director / Writer | 4 |
