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
| Birth Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1890-02-18 |
| Died | 1963-10-29 |
Movies
Zelig
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
The Love Goddesses
as (archive footage)
1965
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'A Star Is Born' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
Pollyanna
as Mr. Pendergast
1960
I Married a Woman
as Frederick W. Sutton
1958
Paths of Glory
as Gen. George Broulard
1957
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Arthur Martin
1957
Bundle of Joy
as J. B. Merlin
1956
The Ambassador's Daughter
as Senator Jonathan Carwright
1956
Timberjack
as 'Sweetwater' Tilton
1955
Man on a Tightrope
as Fesker
1953
The Sniper
as Frank Kafka
1952
Across the Wide Missouri
as Pierre
1951
The Tall Target
as Caleb Jeffers
1951
To Please a Lady
as Gregg
1950
Dancing in the Dark
as Melville Crossman
1949
My Dream Is Yours
as Thomas Hutchins
1949
State of the Union
as Jim Conover
1948
The Hucksters
as Mr. Kimberly
1947
Mr. District Attorney
as Craig Warren
1947
I'll Be Yours
as J. Conrad Nelson
1947
The Bachelor's Daughters
as Alexander Moody
1946
Heartbeat
as Ambassador
1946
Man Alive
as Kismet
1945
Step Lively
as Wagner
1944
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Tom Moran
1943
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Hector Phyffe
1943
You Were Never Lovelier
as Eduardo Acuña
1942
Syncopation
as George Latimer
1942
Roxie Hart
as Billy Flynn
1942
Father Takes a Wife
as Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
1941
Road Show
as Col. Carleton Carroway
1941
A Bill of Divorcement
as Hilary Fairfield
1940
Turnabout
as Phil Manning
1940
That's Right - You're Wrong
as Stacey Delmore
1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Deakon Maxwell
1939
Golden Boy
as Tom Moody
1939
King of the Turf
as Jim Mason
1939
Thanks for Everything
as J. B. Harcourt
1938
Letter of Introduction
as John Mannering
1938
The Goldwyn Follies
as Oliver Merlin
1938
Stage Door
as Anthony Powell
1937
One Hundred Men and a Girl
as John Cardwell
1937
Café Metropole
as Monsieur Victor
1937
A Star Is Born
as Oliver Niles
1937
One in a Million
as Tad Spencer
1937
Wives Never Know
as J. Hugh Ramsey
1936
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Bruce Farraday
1936
The Milky Way
as Gabby Sloan
1936
Broadway Gondolier
as Professor Eduardo de Vinci
1935
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Nicolai Nicoleff
1935
The Mighty Barnum
as Bailey Walsh
1934
The Human Side
as Gregory Sheldon
1934
The Great Flirtation
as Stephan Karpath
1934
Little Miss Marker
as Sorrowful Jones
1934
The Trumpet Blows
as Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez
1934
Journal of a Crime
as Paul Mollet
1934
Easy to Love
as John
1934
Convention City
as T.R. (Ted) Kent
1933
The Worst Woman in Paris?
as Adolphe Ballou
1933
Morning Glory
as Louis Easton
1933
The Circus Queen Murder
as Thatcher Colt
1933
A Farewell to Arms
as Major Rinaldi
1932
The Night Club Lady
as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
1932
Diamond Cut Diamond
as Dan McQueen
1932
Bachelor's Affairs
as Andrew Hoyt
1932
Two White Arms
as Maj. Carey Liston
1932
Forbidden
as Bob
1932
Prestige
as Capt. Remy Bandoin
1931
Friends and Lovers
as Captain Geoffrey Roberts
1931
The Great Lover
as Paurel
1931
We're switching to Hollywood
as Self
1931
Let Us Be Gay
as Bob Brown
1931
The Front Page
as Walter Burns
1931
Men Call It Love
as Tony
1931
The Easiest Way
as William 'Will' Brockton
1931
New Moon
as Governor Boris Brusiloff
1930
Morocco
as Monsieur La Bessiere
1930
1930
My Kid of a Father
as Jérôme Rocheville
1930
Fashions in Love
as Paul de Remy
1929
Marquis Preferred
as Marquis d'Argenville
1929
His Private Life
as Georges St. Germain
1928
His Tiger Lady
as Henri
1928
1928
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
1928
Serenade
as Franz Rossi
1927
A Gentleman of Paris
as Marquis de Marignan
1927
Service for Ladies
as Albert Leroux
1927
Evening Clothes
as Lucien d'Artois
1927
Blonde or Brunette
as Henri Martel
1927
The Sorrows of Satan
as Prince Lucio de Rimanez
1926
1926
A Social Celebrity
as Max Haber
1926
Fascinating Youth
as Adolphe Menjou
1926
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
as Albert Durant
1926
The King On Main Street
as The King
1925
Are Parents People?
as Mr. Hazlitt
1925
A Kiss in the Dark
as Walter Grenham
1925
The Swan
as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
1925
The Fast Set
as Ernest Steel
1924
Open All Night
as Edmund Durverne
1924
Sinners in Silk
as Arthur Merrill
1924
Broken Barriers
as Tommy Kemp
1924
Broadway After Dark
as Ralph Norton
1924
Shadows of Paris
as Georges de Croy
1924
The Marriage Circle
as Professor Josef Stock
1924
Forbidden Paradise
as Chancellor
1924
The Spanish Dancer
as Don Salluste
1923
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Pierre Revel
1923
Rupert of Hentzau
as Count Rischenheim
1923
Bella Donna
as Mr. Chepstow
1923
The World's Applause
as Robert Townsend
1923
Singed Wings
as Bliss Gordon
1922
Clarence
as Hubert Stein
1922
The Eternal Flame
as Duc de Langeais
1922
The Fast Mail
as Cal Baldwin
1922
Head Over Heels
as Sterling
1922
The Sheik
as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
1921
The Three Musketeers
as Louis XIII
1921
Through The Back Door
as James Brewster
1921
The Faith Healer
as Dr. Littlefield
1921
The Moth
as Teddy Marbridge / The Husband
1917
The Blue Envelope Mystery
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1916
Manhattan Madness
as Country Club Patron (uncredited)
1916
The Devil at His Elbow
as Wilfred Carleton
1916
The Crucial Test
as Count Nicolai
1916
The Habit of Happiness
as Society Man (uncredited)
1916
Nearly a King
as Baron
1916
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