Adolphe Menjou
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1890-02-18 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 1963-10-29
Known for
- Paths of Glory (1957) — Gen. George Broulard
- A Star Is Born (1937) — Oliver Niles
- Pollyanna (1960) — Mr. Pendergast
- A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) — Pierre Revel
- Morocco (1930) — Monsieur La Bessiere
- A Farewell to Arms (1932) — Major Rinaldi
- Stage Door (1937) — Anthony Powell
- The Front Page (1931) — Walter Burns
- The Sniper (1952) — Frank Kafka
- State of the Union (1948) — Jim Conover
- You Were Never Lovelier (1942) — Eduardo Acuña
- The Sheik (1921) — Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
- Morning Glory (1933) — Louis Easton
- Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) — Nicolai Nicoleff
- The Tall Target (1951) — Caleb Jeffers
- The Marriage Circle (1924) — Professor Josef Stock