Adolphe Menjou
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 18, 1890
- Died
- October 29, 1963 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Pollyanna
Movie · as Mr. Pendergast
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV · as Fitch · 1 ep
I Married a Woman
Movie · as Frederick W. Sutton
Target (US)
TV · 39 eps
Paths of Glory
Movie · as Gen. George Broulard
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
Movie · as Arthur Martin
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bundle of Joy
Movie · as J. B. Merlin
The Ambassador's Daughter
Movie · as Senator Jonathan Carwright
Timberjack
Movie · as 'Sweetwater' Tilton
The George Gobel Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Man on a Tightrope
Movie · as Fesker
Your Favorite Story
TV · as Host · 63 eps
The Sniper
Movie · as Frank Kafka
The Tall Target
Movie · as Caleb Jeffers
Across the Wide Missouri
Movie · as Pierre
To Please a Lady
Movie · as Gregg
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 2 eps
My Dream Is Yours
Movie · as Thomas Hutchins
Dancing in the Dark
Movie · as Melville Crossman
State of the Union
Movie · as Jim Conover
The Hucksters
Movie · as Mr. Kimberly
I'll Be Yours
Movie · as J. Conrad Nelson
Mr. District Attorney
Movie · as Craig Warren
Heartbeat
Movie · as Ambassador
The Bachelor's Daughters
Movie · as Alexander Moody
Man Alive
Movie · as Kismet
Step Lively
Movie · as Wagner
Hi Diddle Diddle
Movie · as Hector Phyffe
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Movie · as Tom Moran
You Were Never Lovelier
Movie · as Eduardo Acuña
Roxie Hart
Movie · as Billy Flynn
Syncopation
Movie · as George Latimer
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Movie
Father Takes a Wife
Movie · as Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
Road Show
Movie · as Col. Carleton Carroway
A Bill of Divorcement
Movie · as Hilary Fairfield
Turnabout
Movie · as Phil Manning
Golden Boy
Movie · as Tom Moody
That's Right – You're Wrong
Movie · as Stacey Delmore
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Movie · as Deakon Maxwell
King of the Turf
Movie · as Jim Mason
Letter of Introduction
Movie · as John Mannering
Thanks for Everything
Movie · as J. B. Harcourt
The Goldwyn Follies
Movie · as Oliver Merlin
A Star Is Born
Movie · as Oliver Niles
Stage Door
Movie · as Anthony Powell
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Movie · as John Cardwell
One in a Million
Movie · as Tad Spencer
Café Metropole
Movie · as Monsieur Victor
The Milky Way
Movie · as Gabby Sloan
Sing, Baby, Sing
Movie · as Bruce Farraday
Wives Never Know
Movie · as J. Hugh Ramsey
Broadway Gondolier
Movie · as Professor Eduardo de Vinci
Gold Diggers of 1935
Movie · as Nicolai Nicoleff
Little Miss Marker
Movie · as Sorrowful Jones
The Mighty Barnum
Movie · as Bailey Walsh
The Trumpet Blows
Movie · as Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez
Easy to Love
Movie · as John
Journal of a Crime
Movie · as Paul Mollet
The Great Flirtation
Movie · as Stephan Karpath
The Human Side
Movie · as Gregory Sheldon
Morning Glory
Movie · as Louis Easton
The Circus Queen Murder
Movie · as Thatcher Colt
Convention City
Movie · as T.R. (Ted) Kent
The Worst Woman in Paris?
Movie · as Adolphe Ballou
A Farewell to Arms
Movie · as Major Rinaldi
Forbidden
Movie · as Robert Grover
Prestige
Movie · as Capt. Remy Bandoin
The Night Club Lady
Movie · as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
Bachelor's Affairs
Movie · as Andrew Hoyt
Diamond Cut Diamond
Movie · as Dan McQueen
Two White Arms
Movie · as Maj. Carey Liston
The Front Page
Movie · as Walter Burns
The Easiest Way
Movie · as William Brockton
The Great Lover
Movie · as Paurel
Friends and Lovers
Movie · as Captain Geoffrey Roberts
Men Call It Love
Movie · as Tony
We’re Switching to Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Let Us Be Gay
Movie · as Bob Brown
Morocco
Movie · as Monsieur La Bessiere
New Moon
Movie · as Governor Boris Brusiloff
Bold Love
Movie
My Kid of a Father
Movie · as Jérôme Rocheville
Mysterious Mr. Parkes
Movie · as Courtenay Parkes
Fashions in Love
Movie · as Paul de Remy
Marquis Preferred
Movie · as Marquis d'Argenville
A Night of Mystery
Movie · as Captain Ferreol
The Circus: Premiere
Movie · as Self
His Tiger Lady
Movie · as Henri
His Private Life
Movie · as Georges St. Germain
Blonde or Brunette
Movie · as Henri Martel
Serenade
Movie · as Franz Rossi
A Gentleman of Paris
Movie · as Marquis de Marignan
Service for Ladies
Movie · as Albert Leroux
Evening Clothes
Movie · as Lucien d'Artois
The Sorrows of Satan
Movie · as Prince Lucio de Rimanez
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
Movie · as Albert Durant
A Social Celebrity
Movie · as Max Haber
Fascinating Youth
Movie · as Adolphe Menjou
The Ace of Cads
Movie
A Kiss in the Dark
Movie · as Walter Grenham
Are Parents People?
Movie · as Mr. Hazlitt
The Swan
Movie · as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
The King On Main Street
Movie · as Serge IV
Broken Barriers
Movie · as Tommy Kemp
The Marriage Circle
Movie · as Professor Josef Stock
The Fast Set
Movie · as Ernest Steel
Forbidden Paradise
Movie · as Chancellor
Sinners in Silk
Movie · as Arthur Merrill
Broadway After Dark
Movie · as Ralph Norton
Shadows of Paris
Movie · as Georges de Croy
Open All Night
Movie · as Edmund Durverne
The Marriage Cheat
Movie · as Bob Canfield
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Movie · as Pierre Revel
Rupert of Hentzau
Movie · as Count Rischenheim
The Spanish Dancer
Movie · as Don Salluste
The World's Applause
Movie · as Robert Townsend
Bella Donna
Movie · as Mr. Chepstow
Clarence
Movie · as Hubert Stein
Head Over Heels
Movie · as Sterling
Pink Gods
Movie · as Louis Barney
The Eternal Flame
Movie · as Duc de Langeais
The Fast Mail
Movie · as Cal Baldwin
Singed Wings
Movie · as Bliss Gordon
Is Matrimony a Failure?
Movie · as Dudley King
Arabian Love
Movie · as Captain Fortine (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as Louis XIII
Through the Back Door
Movie · as James Brewster
The Faith Healer
Movie · as Dr. Littlefield
The Sheik
Movie · as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
Queenie
Movie · as Count Michael
The Moth
Movie · as Teddy Marbridge / The Husband
The Valentine Girl
Movie · as Joe Winder
The Devil at His Elbow
Movie · as Wilfred Carleton
Nearly a King
Movie · as Baron
Manhattan Madness
Movie · as Country Club Patron (uncredited)
The Habit of Happiness
Movie · as Society Man (uncredited)
The Blue Envelope Mystery
Movie · as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Crucial Test
Movie · as Count Nicolai
A Parisian Romance
Movie · as Julianai
The Reward of Patience
Movie · as Paul Dunstan