Oscar Apfel

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Oscar Apfel
Born	17 January 1878 Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died	21 March 1938 Hollywood, California USA
Other name(s)	Oscar C. Apfel
Occupation	Actor, film director
Years active	1913 – 1939

Oscar C. Apfel (17 January 1878 – 21 March 1938), was an American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He appeared in 167 films between 1913 and 1939. He also directed 94 films between 1911 and 1927. Directing first for the Edison Company (Thomas A. Edison, Inc.) in 1911-12, where he made the innovative short film The Passer-By (1912) , in 1913 he became one of two main directors for the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, the other being Cecil B. DeMille. Apfel's directorial collaboration with DeMille was a crucial element in the development of DeMille's filmmaking technique. In late 1914 Apfel left the Lasky Company and directed for various companies into the 1920s, gradually returning to acting.

He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.

[edit] Selected filmography

• Romance in Manhattan (1935)
• Business and Pleasure (1932)
• Five Star Final (1931)
• Bulldog Drummond (1923)
• Ravished Armenia (1919)
• After Five (1915)
• The Ghost Breaker (1914)
• The Call of the North (1914)
• The Man on the Box (1914)
• The Only Son (1914)
• The Master Mind (1914)
• Brewster's Millions (1914)
• The Squaw Man (1914)

[edit] External links

• Oscar Apfel at the Internet Movie Database
• Oscar Apfel at Allmovie

Persondata
NAME	Apfel, Oscar C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor, film director
DATE OF BIRTH	17 January 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cleveland, Ohio,  United States
DATE OF DEATH	21 March 1938
PLACE OF DEATH	Hollywood, California  United States