Adolphe Menjou
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]
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Movies (43)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
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
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
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
