Adolphe Menjou
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Acting Credits
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 Th...
Known For
Filmography
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Pollyanna
1960
as Mr. Pendergast
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Fitch
I Married a Woman
1958
as Frederick W. Sutton
Target (US)
1958
Paths of Glory
1957
as Gen. George Broulard
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
1957
as Arthur Martin
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Bundle of Joy
1956
as J. B. Merlin
The Ambassador's Daughter
1956
as Senator Jonathan Carwright
Timberjack
1955
as 'Sweetwater' Tilton
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
Man on a Tightrope
1953
as Fesker
Your Favorite Story
1953
as Host
The Sniper
1952
as Frank Kafka
The Tall Target
1951
as Caleb Jeffers
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
as Pierre
To Please a Lady
1950
as Gregg
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
My Dream Is Yours
1949
as Thomas Hutchins
Dancing in the Dark
1949
as Melville Crossman
State of the Union
1948
as Jim Conover
The Hucksters
1947
as Mr. Kimberly
I'll Be Yours
1947
as J. Conrad Nelson
Mr. District Attorney
1947
as Craig Warren
Heartbeat
1946
as Ambassador
The Bachelor's Daughters
1946
as Alexander Moody
Man Alive
1945
as Kismet
Step Lively
1944
as Wagner
Hi Diddle Diddle
1943
as Hector Phyffe
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
as Tom Moran
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
as Eduardo Acuña
Roxie Hart
1942
as Billy Flynn
Syncopation
1942
as George Latimer
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Father Takes a Wife
1941
as Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
Road Show
1941
as Col. Carleton Carroway
A Bill of Divorcement
1940
as Hilary Fairfield
Turnabout
1940
as Phil Manning
Golden Boy
1939
as Tom Moody
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939
as Stacey Delmore
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
as Deakon Maxwell
King of the Turf
1939
as Jim Mason
Letter of Introduction
1938
as John Mannering
Thanks for Everything
1938
as J. B. Harcourt
The Goldwyn Follies
1938
as Oliver Merlin
A Star Is Born
1937
as Oliver Niles
Stage Door
1937
as Anthony Powell
One Hundred Men and a Girl
1937
as John Cardwell
One in a Million
1937
as Tad Spencer
Café Metropole
1937
as Monsieur Victor
The Milky Way
1936
as Gabby Sloan
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936
as Bruce Farraday
Wives Never Know
1936
as J. Hugh Ramsey
Broadway Gondolier
1935
as Professor Eduardo de Vinci
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
as Nicolai Nicoleff
Little Miss Marker
1934
as Sorrowful Jones
The Mighty Barnum
1934
as Bailey Walsh
The Trumpet Blows
1934
as Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez
Easy to Love
1934
as John
Journal of a Crime
1934
as Paul Mollet
The Great Flirtation
1934
as Stephan Karpath
The Human Side
1934
as Gregory Sheldon
Morning Glory
1933
as Louis Easton
The Circus Queen Murder
1933
as Thatcher Colt
Convention City
1933
as T.R. (Ted) Kent
The Worst Woman in Paris?
1933
as Adolphe Ballou
A Farewell to Arms
1932
as Major Rinaldi
Forbidden
1932
as Robert Grover
Prestige
1932
as Capt. Remy Bandoin
The Night Club Lady
1932
as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
Bachelor's Affairs
1932
as Andrew Hoyt
Diamond Cut Diamond
1932
as Dan McQueen
Two White Arms
1932
as Maj. Carey Liston
The Front Page
1931
as Walter Burns
The Easiest Way
1931
as William Brockton
The Great Lover
1931
as Paurel
Friends and Lovers
1931
as Captain Geoffrey Roberts
Men Call It Love
1931
as Tony
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self
Let Us Be Gay
1931
as Bob Brown
Morocco
1930
as Monsieur La Bessiere
New Moon
1930
as Governor Boris Brusiloff
Bold Love
1930
My Kid of a Father
1930
as Jérôme Rocheville
Mysterious Mr. Parkes
1930
as Courtenay Parkes
Fashions in Love
1929
as Paul de Remy
Marquis Preferred
1929
as Marquis d'Argenville
A Night of Mystery
1928
The Circus: Premiere
1928
as Self
His Tiger Lady
1928
as Henri
His Private Life
1928
as Georges St. Germain
Blonde or Brunette
1927
as Henri Martel
Serenade
1927
as Franz Rossi
A Gentleman of Paris
1927
as Marquis de Marignan
Service for Ladies
1927
as Albert Leroux
Evening Clothes
1927
as Lucien d'Artois
The Sorrows of Satan
1926
as Prince Lucio de Rimanez
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
1926
as Albert Durant
A Social Celebrity
1926
as Max Haber
Fascinating Youth
1926
as Adolphe Menjou
The Ace of Cads
1926
A Kiss in the Dark
1925
as Walter Grenham
Are Parents People?
1925
as Mr. Hazlitt
The Swan
1925
as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
The King On Main Street
1925
as Serge IV
Broken Barriers
1924
as Tommy Kemp
The Marriage Circle
1924
as Professor Josef Stock
The Fast Set
1924
as Ernest Steel
Forbidden Paradise
1924
as Chancellor
Sinners in Silk
1924
as Arthur Merrill
Broadway After Dark
1924
as Ralph Norton
Shadows of Paris
1924
as Georges de Croy
Open All Night
1924
as Edmund Durverne
The Marriage Cheat
1924
as Bob Canfield
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923
as Pierre Revel
Rupert of Hentzau
1923
as Count Rischenheim
The Spanish Dancer
1923
as Don Salluste
The World's Applause
1923
as Robert Townsend
Bella Donna
1923
as Mr. Chepstow
Clarence
1922
as Hubert Stein
Head Over Heels
1922
as Sterling
Pink Gods
1922
as Louis Barney
The Eternal Flame
1922
as Duc de Langeais
The Fast Mail
1922
as Cal Baldwin
Singed Wings
1922
as Bliss Gordon
Is Matrimony a Failure?
1922
as Dudley King
Arabian Love
1922
as Captain Fortine (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
1921
as Louis XIII
Through the Back Door
1921
as James Brewster
The Faith Healer
1921
as Dr. Littlefield
The Sheik
1921
as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
Queenie
1921
as Count Michael
The Moth
1917
as Teddy Marbridge / The Husband
The Valentine Girl
1917
as Joe Winder
The Devil at His Elbow
1916
as Wilfred Carleton
Nearly a King
1916
as Baron
Manhattan Madness
1916
as Country Club Patron (uncredited)
The Habit of Happiness
1916
as Society Man (uncredited)
The Blue Envelope Mystery
1916
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Crucial Test
1916
as Count Nicolai
A Parisian Romance
1916
as Julianai
The Reward of Patience
1916
as Paul Dunstan