Oscar Apfel
Acting · Born Jan 16, 1878 · Died Mar 21, 1938 (60) · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known for
Directed
Code of the Cow Country
192710.0
When Seconds Count
19278.0
The Call of the Klondike
19266.8
Somebody's Mother
19268.0
Perils of the Coast Guard
19268.0
The Midnight Limited
19269.0
The Sporting Chance
19258.0
The Thoroughbred
192510.0
The Trail of the Law
19247.0
The Heart Bandit
19248.0
In Search of a Thrill
19237.0
The Social Code
192310.0
The Lion's Mouse
19238.0
Bulldog Drummond
19228.0
The Wolf's Fangs
192210.0
The Man Who Paid
192210.0
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
192110.0
Me and Captain Kidd
191910.0
The Oakdale Affair
19199.0
Bringing Up Betty
1919
Phil-for-Short
19197.0
The Little Intruder
19198.0
Mandarin's Gold
19197.0
The Rough Neck
191910.0
Auction of Souls
19194.9
The Grouch
19189.0
The Turn of a Card
1918
A Man's Man
1917
The Price of Her Soul
1917
The Hidden Children
1917
Fires of Conscience
1916
The Man from Bitter Roots
1916
The Battle of Hearts
1916
A Soldier's Oath
1915
The Little Gypsy
1915
Peer Gynt
1915
Kilmeny
1915
The Rug Maker's Daughter
1915
The Wild Olive
1915
Snobs
1915
After Five
1915
Cameo Kirby
1914
The Ghost Breaker
1914
The Circus Man
1914
Ready Money
1914
The Making of Bobby Burnit
1914
The Call of the North
19145.2
The Only Son
19141.0
The Master Mind
1914
Brewster's Millions
19146.0
A Leech of Industry
19147.0
The Squaw Man
19146.0
The Bells
1913
The Passer-by
19125.5
Thirty Days at Hard Labor
19125.7
The Awakening of John Bond
1911
