Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Deceased · Born: Feb 18, 1890 · Died: Oct 29, 1963

Personal Details

Born Feb 18, 1890 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Spouse
  • Verree Teasdale

    ( Aug 25, 1934 to Oct 29, 1963 )
  • Kathryn Carver

    ( May 16, 1928 to Aug 24, 1934 )
  • Katherine Conn Tinsley

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Oct 20, 1927 )

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]

Career

1960
Pollyanna
Pollyanna as Mr. Pendergast
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1958
I Married a Woman
I Married a Woman as Frederick W. Sutton
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1957
Paths of Glory
Paths of Glory as Gen. George Broulard
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1956
Bundle of Joy
Bundle of Joy as J. B. Merlin
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The Ambassador's Daughter
The Ambassador's Daughter as Senator Jonathan Carwright
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1955
Timberjack
Timberjack as 'Sweetwater' Tilton
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1953
Man on a Tightrope
Man on a Tightrope as Fesker
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1952
The Sniper
The Sniper as Frank Kafka
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1951
Across the Wide Missouri
Across the Wide Missouri as Pierre
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The Tall Target
The Tall Target as Caleb Jeffers
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1950
To Please a Lady
To Please a Lady as Gregg
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1949
My Dream Is Yours
My Dream Is Yours as Thomas Hutchins
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Dancing in the Dark
Dancing in the Dark as Melville Crossman
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1948
State of the Union
State of the Union as Jim Conover
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1947
The Hucksters
The Hucksters as Mr. Kimberly
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Mr. District Attorney
Mr. District Attorney as Craig Warren
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I'll Be Yours
I'll Be Yours as J. Conrad Nelson
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1946
Heartbeat
Heartbeat as Ambassador
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1945
Man Alive
Man Alive as Kismet
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1944
Step Lively
Step Lively as Wagner
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1943
Hi Diddle Diddle
Hi Diddle Diddle as Hector Phyffe
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Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Sweet Rosie O'Grady as Tom Moran
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1942
Roxie Hart
Roxie Hart as Billy Flynn
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You Were Never Lovelier
You Were Never Lovelier as Eduardo Acuña
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Syncopation
Syncopation as George Latimer
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1941
Father Takes a Wife
Father Takes a Wife as Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
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Road Show
Road Show as Col. Carleton Carroway
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1940
A Bill of Divorcement
A Bill of Divorcement as Hilary Fairfield
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Turnabout
Turnabout as Phil Manning
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1939
Golden Boy
Golden Boy as Tom Moody
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That's Right - You're Wrong
That's Right - You're Wrong as Stacey Delmore
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1938
The Goldwyn Follies
The Goldwyn Follies as Oliver Merlin
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Thanks for Everything
Thanks for Everything as J. B. Harcourt
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Letter of Introduction
Letter of Introduction as John Mannering
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1937
Stage Door
Stage Door as Anthony Powell
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One Hundred Men and a Girl
One Hundred Men and a Girl as John Cardwell
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One in a Million
One in a Million as Tad Spencer
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Café Metropole
Café Metropole as Monsieur Victor
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A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born as Oliver Niles
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1936
The Milky Way
The Milky Way as Gabby Sloan
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Sing, Baby, Sing
Sing, Baby, Sing as Bruce Farraday
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1935
Broadway Gondolier
Broadway Gondolier as Professor Eduardo de Vinci
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Gold Diggers of 1935
Gold Diggers of 1935 as Nicolai Nicoleff
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1934
Easy to Love
Easy to Love as John
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Little Miss Marker
Little Miss Marker as Sorrowful Jones
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The Mighty Barnum
The Mighty Barnum as Bailey Walsh
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Journal of a Crime
Journal of a Crime as Paul Mollet
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1933
Morning Glory
Morning Glory as Louis Easton
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The Circus Queen Murder
The Circus Queen Murder as Thatcher Colt
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1932
Bachelor's Affairs
Bachelor's Affairs as Andrew Hoyt
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Forbidden
Forbidden as Bob
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A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms as Major Rinaldi
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1931
The Front Page
The Front Page as Walter Burns
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The Easiest Way
The Easiest Way as William 'Will' Brockton
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Friends and Lovers
Friends and Lovers as Captain Geoffrey Roberts
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Men Call It Love
Men Call It Love as Tony
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Prestige
Prestige as Capt. Remy Bandoin
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The Great Lover
The Great Lover as Paurel
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1930
New Moon
New Moon as Governor Boris Brusiloff
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Morocco
Morocco as Monsieur La Bessiere
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1926
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter as Albert Durant
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The Sorrows of Satan
The Sorrows of Satan as Prince Lucio de Rimanez
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1924
Open All Night
Open All Night as Edmund Durverne
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Broadway After Dark
Broadway After Dark as Ralph Norton
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The Marriage Circle
The Marriage Circle as Professor Josef Stock
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1923
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate as Pierre Revel
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1922
Head Over Heels
Head Over Heels as Sterling
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1921
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers as Louis XIII
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The Sheik
The Sheik as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
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Through the Back Door
Through the Back Door as James Brewster
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1920
What Happened to Rosa
What Happened to Rosa as Reporter Friend of Dr. Drew
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