Adolphe Menjou

Known For

Acting

Born

Feb 18, 1890

Died

Oct 29, 1963

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Credits

144 titles

Adolphe Menjou

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

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

Movie
1962

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

Tv
1960

Pollyanna

Mr. Pendergast

Movie
1959

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Fitch

Tv
1958

I Married a Woman

Frederick W. Sutton

Movie
1958

Target (US)

Tv
1957

Paths of Glory

Gen. George Broulard

Movie
1957

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Self

Tv
1957

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

Arthur Martin

Movie
1956

Bundle of Joy

J. B. Merlin

Movie
1956

The Ambassador's Daughter

Senator Jonathan Carwright

Movie
1955

Timberjack

'Sweetwater' Tilton

Movie
1954

The George Gobel Show

Self

Tv
1953

Man on a Tightrope

Fesker

Movie
1953

Your Favorite Story

Host

Tv
1952

The Sniper

Frank Kafka

Movie
1951

Across the Wide Missouri

Pierre

Movie
1951

The Tall Target

Caleb Jeffers

Movie
1950

To Please a Lady

Gregg

Movie
1950

What's My Line?

Self

Tv
1949

Dancing in the Dark

Melville Crossman

Movie
1949

My Dream Is Yours

Thomas Hutchins

Movie
1948

State of the Union

Jim Conover

Movie
1947

The Hucksters

Mr. Kimberly

Movie
1947

Mr. District Attorney

Craig Warren

Movie
1947

I'll Be Yours

J. Conrad Nelson

Movie
1946

The Bachelor's Daughters

Alexander Moody

Movie
1946

Heartbeat

Ambassador

Movie
1945

Man Alive

Kismet

Movie
1944

Step Lively

Wagner

Movie
1943

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

Tom Moran

Movie
1943

Hi Diddle Diddle

Hector Phyffe

Movie
1942

You Were Never Lovelier

Eduardo Acuña

Movie
1942

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

Movie
1942

Syncopation

George Latimer

Movie
1942

Roxie Hart

Billy Flynn

Movie
1941

Father Takes a Wife

Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior

Movie
1941

Road Show

Col. Carleton Carroway

Movie
1940

A Bill of Divorcement

Hilary Fairfield

Movie
1940

Turnabout

Phil Manning

Movie
1939

That's Right – You're Wrong

Stacey Delmore

Movie
1939

The Housekeeper's Daughter

Deakon Maxwell

Movie
1939

Golden Boy

Tom Moody

Movie
1939

King of the Turf

Jim Mason

Movie
1938

Thanks for Everything

J. B. Harcourt

Movie
1938

Letter of Introduction

John Mannering

Movie
1938

The Goldwyn Follies

Oliver Merlin

Movie
1937

Stage Door

Anthony Powell

Movie
1937

One Hundred Men and a Girl

John Cardwell

Movie
1937

Café Metropole

Monsieur Victor

Movie