Adolphe Menjou
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1890-02-18 – 1963-10-29
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Paths of Glory
1957Gen. George Broulard
Pollyanna
1960Mr. Pendergast
My Dream Is Yours
1949Thomas Hutchins
A Farewell to Arms
1932Major Rinaldi
A Star Is Born
1937Oliver Niles
Morning Glory
1933Louis Easton
The Devil at His Elbow
1916Wilfred Carleton
The Sniper
1952Frank Kafka
State of the Union
1948Jim Conover
The Tall Target
1951Caleb Jeffers
Across the Wide Missouri
1951Pierre
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923Pierre Revel
The Milky Way
1936Gabby Sloan
Heartbeat
1946Ambassador
Morocco
1930Monsieur La Bessiere
The Front Page
1931Walter Burns
Bundle of Joy
1956J. B. Merlin
Little Miss Marker
1934Sorrowful Jones
Step Lively
1944Wagner