Adolphe Menjou
February 18, 1890 (134 years old) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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]
Known For
Credits
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1961 · Hollywood: The Selznick Years as 'A Star Is Born' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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) as
- 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 - Mystery Guest
- 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 as
- 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 · Forbidden as Robert Grover
- 1931 · Prestige as Capt. Remy Bandoin
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 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 · 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 · Head Over Heels as Sterling
- 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
- 1916 · The Blue Envelope Mystery as Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1916 · Manhattan Madness as Country Club Patron (uncredited)
- 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