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Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Born: 1890-02-18 • 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]

Filmography
Hollywood: The Dream Factory poster
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 • Self (archive footage)
Pollyanna poster
Pollyanna
1960 • Mr. Pendergast
I Married a Woman poster
I Married a Woman
1958 • Frederick W. Sutton
Paths of Glory poster
Paths of Glory
1957 • Gen. George Broulard
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown poster
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
1957 • Arthur Martin
Bundle of Joy poster
Bundle of Joy
1956 • J. B. Merlin
The Ambassador's Daughter poster
The Ambassador's Daughter
1956 • Senator Jonathan Carwright
Timberjack poster
Timberjack
1955 • 'Sweetwater' Tilton
Man on a Tightrope poster
Man on a Tightrope
1953 • Fesker
The Sniper poster
The Sniper
1952 • Frank Kafka
Across the Wide Missouri poster
Across the Wide Missouri
1951 • Pierre
The Tall Target poster
The Tall Target
1951 • Caleb Jeffers
To Please a Lady poster
To Please a Lady
1950 • Gregg
Dancing in the Dark poster
Dancing in the Dark
1949 • Melville Crossman
My Dream Is Yours poster
My Dream Is Yours
1949 • Thomas Hutchins
State of the Union poster
State of the Union
1948 • Jim Conover
The Hucksters poster
The Hucksters
1947 • Mr. Kimberly
Mr. District Attorney poster
Mr. District Attorney
1947 • Craig Warren
I'll Be Yours poster
I'll Be Yours
1947 • J. Conrad Nelson
The Bachelor's Daughters poster
The Bachelor's Daughters
1946 • Alexander Moody
Heartbeat poster
Heartbeat
1946 • Ambassador
Man Alive poster
Man Alive
1945 • Kismet
Step Lively poster
Step Lively
1944 • Wagner
Sweet Rosie O'Grady poster
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943 • Tom Moran
Hi Diddle Diddle poster
Hi Diddle Diddle
1943 • Hector Phyffe
You Were Never Lovelier poster
You Were Never Lovelier
1942 • Eduardo Acuña
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 poster
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Syncopation poster
Syncopation
1942 • George Latimer
Roxie Hart poster
Roxie Hart
1942 • Billy Flynn
Father Takes a Wife poster
Father Takes a Wife
1941 • Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
Road Show poster
Road Show
1941 • Col. Carleton Carroway
A Bill of Divorcement poster
A Bill of Divorcement
1940 • Hilary Fairfield
Turnabout poster
Turnabout
1940 • Phil Manning
That's Right – You're Wrong poster
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939 • Stacey Delmore
The Housekeeper's Daughter poster
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939 • Deakon Maxwell
Golden Boy poster
Golden Boy
1939 • Tom Moody
King of the Turf poster
King of the Turf
1939 • Jim Mason
Thanks for Everything poster
Thanks for Everything
1938 • J. B. Harcourt
Letter of Introduction poster
Letter of Introduction
1938 • John Mannering
The Goldwyn Follies poster
The Goldwyn Follies
1938 • Oliver Merlin
Stage Door poster
Stage Door
1937 • Anthony Powell
One Hundred Men and a Girl poster
One Hundred Men and a Girl
1937 • John Cardwell
Café Metropole poster
Café Metropole
1937 • Monsieur Victor
A Star Is Born poster
A Star Is Born
1937 • Oliver Niles
One in a Million poster
One in a Million
1937 • Tad Spencer
Wives Never Know poster
Wives Never Know
1936 • J. Hugh Ramsey
Sing, Baby, Sing poster
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936 • Bruce Farraday
The Milky Way poster
The Milky Way
1936 • Gabby Sloan
Broadway Gondolier poster
Broadway Gondolier
1935 • Professor Eduardo de Vinci
Gold Diggers of 1935 poster
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935 • Nicolai Nicoleff
The Mighty Barnum poster
The Mighty Barnum
1934 • Bailey Walsh
The Human Side poster
The Human Side
1934 • Gregory Sheldon
The Great Flirtation poster
The Great Flirtation
1934 • Stephan Karpath
Little Miss Marker poster
Little Miss Marker
1934 • Sorrowful Jones
The Trumpet Blows poster
The Trumpet Blows
1934 • Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez
Journal of a Crime poster
Journal of a Crime
1934 • Paul Mollet
Easy to Love poster
Easy to Love
1934 • John
Convention City poster
Convention City
1933 • T.R. (Ted) Kent
The Worst Woman in Paris? poster
The Worst Woman in Paris?
1933 • Adolphe Ballou
Morning Glory poster
Morning Glory
1933 • Louis Easton
The Circus Queen Murder poster
The Circus Queen Murder
1933 • Thatcher Colt
A Farewell to Arms poster
A Farewell to Arms
1932 • Major Rinaldi
The Night Club Lady poster
The Night Club Lady
1932 • Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
Diamond Cut Diamond poster
Diamond Cut Diamond
1932 • Dan McQueen
Bachelor's Affairs poster
Bachelor's Affairs
1932 • Andrew Hoyt
Two White Arms poster
Two White Arms
1932 • Maj. Carey Liston
Prestige poster
Prestige
1932 • Capt. Remy Bandoin
Forbidden poster
Forbidden
1932 • Robert Grover
Friends and Lovers poster
Friends and Lovers
1931 • Captain Geoffrey Roberts
The Great Lover poster
The Great Lover
1931 • Paurel
We’re Switching to Hollywood poster
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931 • Self
No Image
Let Us Be Gay
1931 • Bob Brown
The Front Page poster
The Front Page
1931 • Walter Burns
Men Call It Love poster
Men Call It Love
1931 • Tony
The Easiest Way poster
The Easiest Way
1931 • William Brockton
New Moon poster
New Moon
1930 • Governor Boris Brusiloff
Morocco poster
Morocco
1930 • Monsieur La Bessiere
Mysterious Mr. Parkes poster
Mysterious Mr. Parkes
1930 • Courtenay Parkes
No Image
Bold Love
1930
My Kid of a Father poster
My Kid of a Father
1930 • Jérôme Rocheville
Fashions in Love poster
Fashions in Love
1929 • Paul de Remy
Marquis Preferred poster
Marquis Preferred
1929 • Marquis d'Argenville
His Private Life poster
His Private Life
1928 • Georges St. Germain
His Tiger Lady poster
His Tiger Lady
1928 • Henri
No Image
A Night of Mystery
1928
The Circus: Premiere poster
The Circus: Premiere
1928 • Self
Serenade poster
Serenade
1927 • Franz Rossi
A Gentleman of Paris poster
A Gentleman of Paris
1927 • Marquis de Marignan
No Image
Service for Ladies
1927 • Albert Leroux
Evening Clothes poster
Evening Clothes
1927 • Lucien d'Artois
Blonde or Brunette poster
Blonde or Brunette
1927 • Henri Martel
The Sorrows of Satan poster
The Sorrows of Satan
1926 • Prince Lucio de Rimanez
The Ace of Cads poster
The Ace of Cads
1926
A Social Celebrity poster
A Social Celebrity
1926 • Max Haber
Fascinating Youth poster
Fascinating Youth
1926 • Adolphe Menjou
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter poster
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
1926 • Albert Durant
The King On Main Street poster
The King On Main Street
1925 • The King
Are Parents People? poster
Are Parents People?
1925 • Mr. Hazlitt
A Kiss in the Dark poster
A Kiss in the Dark
1925 • Walter Grenham
The Swan poster
The Swan
1925 • Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels