Adolphe Menjou
Acting1890Pittsburgh, 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.
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Known For
Acting History
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
1961
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TVas Fitch• 1 eps
1960
Pollyanna
as Mr. Pendergast
1958
I Married a Woman
as Frederick W. Sutton
1957
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Arthur Martin
Paths of Glory
as Gen. George Broulard
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Panelist• 1 eps
1956
The Ambassador's Daughter
as Senator Jonathan Carwright
Bundle of Joy
as J. B. Merlin
1955
Timberjack
as 'Sweetwater' Tilton
The George Gobel Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
1953
Man on a Tightrope
as Fesker
Your Favorite Story
TVas Host• 63 eps
1952
The Sniper
as Frank Kafka
1951
The Tall Target
as Caleb Jeffers
Across the Wide Missouri
as Pierre
1950
To Please a Lady
as Gregg
1949
My Dream Is Yours
as Thomas Hutchins
Dancing in the Dark
as Melville Crossman
1948
State of the Union
as Jim Conover
1947
1946
The Bachelor's Daughters
as Alexander Moody
Heartbeat
as Ambassador
1945
Man Alive
as Kismet
1944
Step Lively
as Wagner
1943
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Hector Phyffe
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Tom Moran
1942
1941
Father Takes a Wife
as Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
Road Show
as Col. Carleton Carroway
1940
A Bill of Divorcement
as Hilary Fairfield
Turnabout
as Phil Manning
1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Deakon Maxwell
That's Right – You're Wrong
as Stacey Delmore
King of the Turf
as Jim Mason
Golden Boy
as Tom Moody
1938
Letter of Introduction
as John Mannering
Thanks for Everything
as J. B. Harcourt
The Goldwyn Follies
as Oliver Merlin
1937
100 Men and a Girl
as John Cardwell
Stage Door
as Anthony Powell
One in a Million
as Tad Spencer
Café Metropole
as Monsieur Victor
A Star Is Born
as Oliver Niles
1936
1935
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Nicolai Nicoleff
Broadway Gondolier
as Professor Eduardo de Vinci
1934
The Girl in Pawn
as Sorrowful Jones
The Trumpet Blows
as Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez
Easy to Love
as John
Journal of a Crime
as Paul Mollet
The Human Side
as Gregory Sheldon
The Mighty Barnum
as Bailey Walsh
The Great Flirtation
as Stephan Karpath
1933
The Circus Queen Murder
as Thatcher Colt
Convention City
as T.R. (Ted) Kent
The Worst Woman in Paris?
as Adolphe Ballou
Morning Glory
as Louis Easton
1932
Forbidden
as Robert Grover
The Night Club Lady
as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
Two White Arms
as Maj. Carey Liston
Prestige
as Capt. Remy Bandoin
Bachelor's Affairs
as Andrew Hoyt
Diamond Cut Diamond
as Dan McQueen
A Farewell to Arms
as Major Rinaldi
1931
We’re Switching to Hollywood
as Self
Friends and Lovers
as Captain Geoffrey Roberts
Men Call It Love
as Tony
The Front Page
as Walter Burns
Let Us Be Gay
as Bob Brown
The Easiest Way
as William Brockton
The Great Lover
as Paurel
1930
Morocco
as Monsieur La Bessiere
My Kid of a Father
as Jérôme Rocheville
Mysterious Mr. Parkes
as Courtenay Parkes
New Moon
as Governor Boris Brusiloff
1929
Fashions in Love
as Paul de Remy
Marquis Preferred
as Marquis d'Argenville
1928
1927
A Gentleman of Paris
as Marquis de Marignan
Blonde or Brunette
as Henri Martel
Evening Clothes
as Lucien d'Artois
Serenade
as Franz Rossi
Service for Ladies
as Albert Leroux
1926
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
as Albert Durant
The Sorrows of Satan
as Prince Lucio de Rimanez
Fascinating Youth
as Adolphe Menjou
A Social Celebrity
as Max Haber
1925
A Kiss in the Dark
as Walter Grenham
Are Parents People?
as Mr. Hazlitt
The Swan
as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
The King On Main Street
as The King
1924
Shadows of Paris
as Georges de Croy
Broken Barriers
as Tommy Kemp
Forbidden Paradise
as Chancellor
Broadway After Dark
as Ralph Norton
Open All Night
as Edmund Durverne
The Marriage Circle
as Professor Josef Stock
Sinners in Silk
as Arthur Merrill
The Fast Set
as Ernest Steel
The Marriage Cheat
as Bob Canfield
1923
The World's Applause
as Robert Townsend
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Pierre Revel
Rupert of Hentzau
as Count Rischenheim
The Spanish Dancer
as Don Salluste
Bella Donna
as Mr. Chepstow
1922
The Eternal Flame
as Duc de Langeais
Singed Wings
as Bliss Gordon
Head Over Heels
as Sterling
The Fast Mail
as Cal Baldwin
Pink Gods
as Louis Barney
Arabian Love
as Captain Fortine (uncredited)
Clarence
as Hubert Stein
Is Matrimony a Failure?
as Dudley King
1921
The Sheik
as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
The Three Musketeers
as Louis XIII
Through the Back Door
as James Brewster
The Faith Healer
as Dr. Littlefield
Queenie
as Count Michael
1917
The Moth
as Teddy Marbridge / The Husband
The Valentine Girl
as Joe Winder
1916
The Devil at His Elbow
as Wilfred Carleton
The Blue Envelope Mystery
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Manhattan Madness
as Country Club Patron (uncredited)
The Habit of Happiness
as Society Man (uncredited)
Nearly a King
as Baron
The Crucial Test
as Count Nicolai
A Parisian Romance
as Julianai
The Reward of Patience
as Paul Dunstan