Adolphe Menjou
Actor
- Born
- February 18, 1890 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- October 29, 1963 (age 73)
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
Paths of Glory
October 25, 1957
A Star Is Born
April 20, 1937
Pollyanna
May 19, 1960
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
October 1, 1923
Morocco
November 14, 1930
A Farewell to Arms
December 8, 1932
Stage Door
October 8, 1937
The Front Page
April 4, 1931
The Sniper
May 9, 1952
State of the Union
April 30, 1948
The Sheik
November 20, 1921
You Were Never Lovelier
November 19, 1942
Acting137
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1960Pollyanna as Mr. Pendergast
- 1958I Married a Woman as Frederick W. Sutton
- 1957Paths of Glory as Gen. George Broulard
- 1957The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown as Arthur Martin
- 1956Bundle of Joy as J. B. Merlin
- 1956The Ambassador's Daughter as Senator Jonathan Carwright
- 1955Timberjack as 'Sweetwater' Tilton
- 1953Man on a Tightrope as Fesker
- 1952The Sniper