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.
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Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
138
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-02-18 (135 years old)
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Acting
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self1960
Pollyanna as Mr. Pendergast1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Fitch1958
I Married a Woman as Frederick W. Sutton1958
Target (US) as Not available1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self1957
Paths of Glory as Gen. George Broulard1957
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown as Arthur Martin1956
Bundle of Joy as J. B. Merlin1956
The Ambassador's Daughter as Senator Jonathan Carwright1955
Timberjack as 'Sweetwater' Tilton1954
The George Gobel Show as Self1953
Your Favorite Story as Host1953
Man on a Tightrope as Fesker1952
The Sniper as Frank Kafka1951
Across the Wide Missouri as Pierre1951
The Tall Target as Caleb Jeffers1950
What's My Line? as Self1950
What's My Line? as Self - Panelist1950
To Please a Lady as Gregg1949
Dancing in the Dark as Melville Crossman1949
My Dream Is Yours as Thomas Hutchins1948
State of the Union as Jim Conover1947
The Hucksters as Mr. Kimberly1947
I'll Be Yours as J. Conrad Nelson1947
Mr. District Attorney as Craig Warren1946
Heartbeat as Ambassador1946
The Bachelor's Daughters as Alexander Moody1945
Man Alive as Kismet1944
Step Lively as Wagner1943
Hi Diddle Diddle as Hector Phyffe1943
Sweet Rosie O'Grady as Tom Moran1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 as Not available1942
Syncopation as George Latimer1942
You Were Never Lovelier as Eduardo Acuña1942
Roxie Hart as Billy Flynn1941
Road Show as Col. Carleton Carroway1941
Father Takes a Wife as Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior1940
A Bill of Divorcement as Hilary Fairfield1940
Turnabout as Phil Manning1939
Golden Boy as Tom Moody1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter as Deakon Maxwell1939
That's Right – You're Wrong as Stacey Delmore1939
King of the Turf as Jim Mason1938
Letter of Introduction as John Mannering1938
The Goldwyn Follies as Oliver Merlin1938
Thanks for Everything as J. B. Harcourt1937
One in a Million as Tad Spencer1937
A Star Is Born as Oliver Niles1937
Café Metropole as Monsieur Victor1937
Stage Door as Anthony Powell1937
One Hundred Men and a Girl as John Cardwell1936
The Milky Way as Gabby Sloan1936
Wives Never Know as J. Hugh Ramsey1936
Sing, Baby, Sing as Bruce Farraday1935
Gold Diggers of 1935 as Nicolai Nicoleff1935
Broadway Gondolier as Professor Eduardo de Vinci1934
Journal of a Crime as Paul Mollet1934
The Human Side as Gregory Sheldon1934
The Mighty Barnum as Bailey Walsh1934
The Trumpet Blows as Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez1934
The Great Flirtation as Stephan Karpath1934
Little Miss Marker as Sorrowful Jones1934
Easy to Love as John1933
Morning Glory as Louis Easton1933
The Worst Woman in Paris? as Adolphe Ballou1933
The Circus Queen Murder as Thatcher Colt1933
Convention City as T.R. (Ted) Kent1932
Bachelor's Affairs as Andrew Hoyt1932
Two White Arms as Maj. Carey Liston1932
A Farewell to Arms as Major Rinaldi1932
Forbidden as Robert Grover1932
The Night Club Lady as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt1932
Prestige as Capt. Remy Bandoin1932
Diamond Cut Diamond as Dan McQueen1931
The Easiest Way as William Brockton1931
The Great Lover as Paurel1931
We're switching to Hollywood as Self1931
The Front Page as Walter Burns1931
Let Us Be Gay as Bob Brown1931
Friends and Lovers as Captain Geoffrey Roberts1931
Men Call It Love as Tony1930
New Moon as Governor Boris Brusiloff1930
Morocco as Monsieur La Bessiere1930
My Kid of a Father as Jérôme Rocheville1930
Bold Love as Not available1929
Fashions in Love as Paul de Remy1929
Marquis Preferred as Marquis d'Argenville1928
The Circus: Premiere as Self1928
A Night of Mystery as Not available1928
His Private Life as Georges St. Germain1928
His Tiger Lady as Henri1927
A Gentleman of Paris as Marquis de Marignan1927
Service for Ladies as Albert Leroux1927
Evening Clothes as Lucien d'Artois1927
Serenade as Franz Rossi1927
Blonde or Brunette as Henri Martel1926
The Sorrows of Satan as Prince Lucio de Rimanez1926
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter as Albert Durant1926
The Ace of Cads as Not available1926
A Social Celebrity as Max Haber1926
Fascinating Youth as Adolphe Menjou1925
The Swan as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels1925
A Kiss in the Dark as Walter Grenham1925
Are Parents People? as Mr. Hazlitt1925
The King On Main Street as The King1924
Shadows of Paris as Georges de Croy1924
Broken Barriers as Tommy Kemp1924
The Fast Set as Ernest Steel1924
Broadway After Dark as Ralph Norton1924
The Marriage Circle as Professor Josef Stock1924
Forbidden Paradise as Chancellor1924
Open All Night as Edmund Durverne1924
Sinners in Silk as Arthur Merrill1923
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate as Pierre Revel1923
The Spanish Dancer as Don Salluste1923
Rupert of Hentzau as Count Rischenheim1923
Bella Donna as Mr. Chepstow1923
The World's Applause as Robert Townsend1922
Pink Gods as Louis Barney1922
Singed Wings as Bliss Gordon1922
The Eternal Flame as Duc de Langeais1922
Head Over Heels as Sterling1922
Clarence as Hubert Stein1922
The Fast Mail as Cal Baldwin1921
The Three Musketeers as Louis XIII1921
The Sheik as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert1921
The Faith Healer as Dr. Littlefield1921
Through The Back Door as James Brewster1917
The Moth as Teddy Marbridge / The Husband1916
The Habit of Happiness as Society Man (uncredited)1916
The Blue Envelope Mystery as Bit Part (uncredited)1916
The Crucial Test as Count Nicolai1916
Manhattan Madness as Country Club Patron (uncredited)1916
A Parisian Romance as Julianai1916
Nearly a King as Baron1916
The Devil at His Elbow as Wilfred Carleton