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Oscar Apfel (1878-1938)

Alias:
Oscar C. Apfel

Birthplace:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Born:
January 16, 1878

Died:
March 21, 1938

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Director:
1911  Aida
1912  The Passer-by
1912  Thirty Days at Hard Labor
1913  The Bells
1914  Brewster's Millions
1914  Ready Money
1914  The Call of the North
1914  The Circus Man
1914  The Ghost Breaker
1914  The Last Volunteer
1914  The Making of Bobby Burnit
1914  The Squaw Man
1915  Kilmeny
1915  Peer Gynt
1915  The Rug Maker's Daughter
1916  Fires of Conscience
1918  Tinsel
1919  Bringing Up Betty
1919  Phil-for-Short
1919  Ravished Armenia
1919  The Oakdale Affair
1922  Bulldog Drummond
1922  The Man Who Paid
1923  In Search of a Thrill
1923  The Social Code
1924  The Trail of the Law
1926  The Call of the Klondike
1926  The Last Alarm
1927  Code of the Cow Country
1927  Race Wild

Producer:
1911  Aida
1912  The Passer-by
1912  Thirty Days at Hard Labor
1913  The Bells
1914  Brewster's Millions
1914  Ready Money
1914  The Call of the North
1914  The Circus Man
1914  The Ghost Breaker
1914  The Last Volunteer
1914  The Making of Bobby Burnit
1914  The Squaw Man
1915  Kilmeny
1915  Peer Gynt
1915  The Rug Maker's Daughter
1916  Fires of Conscience
1918  Tinsel
1919  Bringing Up Betty
1919  Phil-for-Short
1919  Ravished Armenia
1919  The Oakdale Affair
1922  Bulldog Drummond
1922  The Man Who Paid
1923  In Search of a Thrill
1923  The Social Code
1924  The Trail of the Law
1926  The Call of the Klondike
1926  The Last Alarm
1927  Code of the Cow Country
1927  Race Wild

Writer:
1911  Aida
1912  The Passer-by
1912  Thirty Days at Hard Labor
1913  The Bells
1914  Brewster's Millions
1914  Ready Money
1914  The Call of the North
1914  The Circus Man
1914  The Ghost Breaker
1914  The Last Volunteer
1914  The Making of Bobby Burnit
1914  The Squaw Man
1915  Kilmeny
1915  Peer Gynt
1915  The Rug Maker's Daughter
1916  Fires of Conscience
1918  Tinsel
1919  Bringing Up Betty
1919  Phil-for-Short
1919  Ravished Armenia
1919  The Oakdale Affair
1922  Bulldog Drummond
1922  The Man Who Paid
1923  In Search of a Thrill
1923  The Social Code
1924  The Trail of the Law
1926  The Call of the Klondike
1926  The Last Alarm
1927  Code of the Cow Country
1927  Race Wild

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