Adolphe Menjou
Born
February 18, 1890
Died
October 29, 1963 (73 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
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Known For
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (1 episode)
1962
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
'A Star Is Born' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
Pollyanna
Mr. Pendergast
1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Fitch · (1 episode)
1959
I Married a Woman
Frederick W. Sutton
1958
Target (US)
(39 episodes)
1958
Paths of Glory
Gen. George Broulard
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
1957
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
Arthur Martin
1957
Bundle of Joy
J. B. Merlin
1956
The Ambassador's Daughter
Senator Jonathan Carwright
1956
Timberjack
'Sweetwater' Tilton
1955
The George Gobel Show
Self · (1 episode)
1954
Man on a Tightrope
Fesker
1953
Your Favorite Story
Host · (63 episodes)
1953
The Sniper
Frank Kafka
1952
Across the Wide Missouri
Pierre
1951
The Tall Target
Caleb Jeffers
1951
To Please a Lady
Gregg
1950
What's My Line?
Self · (1 episode)
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist · (1 episode)
1950
Dancing in the Dark
Melville Crossman
1949
My Dream Is Yours
Thomas Hutchins
1949
State of the Union
Jim Conover
1948
The Hucksters
Mr. Kimberly
1947
Mr. District Attorney
Craig Warren
1947
I'll Be Yours
J. Conrad Nelson
1947
The Bachelor's Daughters
Alexander Moody
1946
Heartbeat
Ambassador
1946
Man Alive
Kismet
1945
Step Lively
Wagner
1944
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Tom Moran
1943
Hi Diddle Diddle
Hector Phyffe
1943
You Were Never Lovelier
Eduardo Acuña
1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Syncopation
George Latimer
1942
Roxie Hart
Billy Flynn
1942
Father Takes a Wife
Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
1941
Road Show
Col. Carleton Carroway
1941
A Bill of Divorcement
Hilary Fairfield
1940
Turnabout
Phil Manning
1940
That's Right – You're Wrong
Stacey Delmore
1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Deakon Maxwell
1939
Golden Boy
Tom Moody
1939
King of the Turf
Jim Mason
1939
Thanks for Everything
J. B. Harcourt
1938
Letter of Introduction
John Mannering
1938
The Goldwyn Follies
Oliver Merlin
1938
Stage Door
Anthony Powell
1937
One Hundred Men and a Girl
John Cardwell
1937
Café Metropole
Monsieur Victor
1937
A Star Is Born
Oliver Niles
1937
One in a Million
Tad Spencer
1937
Wives Never Know
J. Hugh Ramsey
1936
Sing, Baby, Sing
Bruce Farraday
1936
The Milky Way
Gabby Sloan
1936
Broadway Gondolier
Professor Eduardo de Vinci
1935
Gold Diggers of 1935
Nicolai Nicoleff
1935
The Mighty Barnum
Bailey Walsh
1934
The Human Side
Gregory Sheldon
1934
The Great Flirtation
Stephan Karpath
1934
Little Miss Marker
Sorrowful Jones
1934
The Trumpet Blows
Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez
1934
Journal of a Crime
Paul Mollet
1934
Easy to Love
John
1934
Convention City
T.R. (Ted) Kent
1933
The Worst Woman in Paris?
Adolphe Ballou
1933
Morning Glory
Louis Easton
1933
The Circus Queen Murder
Thatcher Colt
1933
A Farewell to Arms
Major Rinaldi
1932
The Night Club Lady
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
1932
Diamond Cut Diamond
Dan McQueen
1932
Bachelor's Affairs
Andrew Hoyt
1932
Two White Arms
Maj. Carey Liston
1932
Prestige
Capt. Remy Bandoin
1932
Forbidden
Robert Grover
1932
Friends and Lovers
Captain Geoffrey Roberts
1931
The Great Lover
Paurel
1931
We're switching to Hollywood
Self
1931
Let Us Be Gay
Bob Brown
1931
The Front Page
Walter Burns
1931
Men Call It Love
Tony
1931
The Easiest Way
William Brockton
1931
New Moon
Governor Boris Brusiloff
1930
Morocco
Monsieur La Bessiere
1930
Bold Love
1930
My Kid of a Father
Jérôme Rocheville
1930
Fashions in Love
Paul de Remy
1929
Marquis Preferred
Marquis d'Argenville
1929
His Private Life
Georges St. Germain
1928
His Tiger Lady
Henri
1928
A Night of Mystery
1928
The Circus: Premiere
Self
1928
Serenade
Franz Rossi
1927
A Gentleman of Paris
Marquis de Marignan
1927
Service for Ladies
Albert Leroux
1927
Evening Clothes
Lucien d'Artois
1927
Blonde or Brunette
Henri Martel
1927
The Sorrows of Satan
Prince Lucio de Rimanez
1926
The Ace of Cads
1926
A Social Celebrity
Max Haber
1926
Fascinating Youth
Adolphe Menjou
1926
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
Albert Durant
1926
The King On Main Street
The King
1925
Are Parents People?
Mr. Hazlitt
1925
A Kiss in the Dark
Walter Grenham
1925
The Swan
Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
1925
The Fast Set
Ernest Steel
1924
Open All Night
Edmund Durverne
1924
Sinners in Silk
Arthur Merrill
1924
Broken Barriers
Tommy Kemp
1924
Broadway After Dark
Ralph Norton
1924
Shadows of Paris
Georges de Croy
1924
The Marriage Circle
Professor Josef Stock
1924
Forbidden Paradise
Chancellor
1924
The Spanish Dancer
Don Salluste
1923
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Pierre Revel
1923
Rupert of Hentzau
Count Rischenheim
1923
Bella Donna
Mr. Chepstow
1923
The World's Applause
Robert Townsend
1923
Singed Wings
Bliss Gordon
1922
Clarence
Hubert Stein
1922
Pink Gods
Louis Barney
1922
The Eternal Flame
Duc de Langeais
1922
The Fast Mail
Cal Baldwin
1922
Head Over Heels
Sterling
1922
The Sheik
Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
1921
The Three Musketeers
Louis XIII
1921
Through The Back Door
James Brewster
1921
The Faith Healer
Dr. Littlefield
1921
The Moth
Teddy Marbridge / The Husband
1917
The Blue Envelope Mystery
Bit Part (uncredited)
1916
Manhattan Madness
Country Club Patron (uncredited)
1916
The Devil at His Elbow
Wilfred Carleton
1916
The Crucial Test
Count Nicolai
1916
The Habit of Happiness
Society Man (uncredited)
1916
Nearly a King
Baron
1916
A Parisian Romance
Julianai
1916