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Adolphe Menjou

Acting Born Feb 18, 1890 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 24 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 The Front Page in 1931.

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  • The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self
  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self
  • Paths of Glory (1957) as Gen. George Broulard
  • The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959) as Fitch
  • The George Gobel Show (1954) as Self
  • Your Favorite Story (1953) as Host
  • Pollyanna (1960) as Mr. Pendergast
  • A Star Is Born (1937) as Oliver Niles
  • Broadway Gondolier (1935) as Professor Eduardo de Vinci
  • Stage Door (1937) as Anthony Powell
  • Morocco (1930) as Monsieur La Bessiere
  • A Farewell to Arms (1932) as Major Rinaldi
  • The Sniper (1952) as Frank Kafka
  • Heartbeat (1946) as Ambassador
  • A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) as Pierre Revel
  • You Were Never Lovelier (1942) as Eduardo Acuña
  • State of the Union (1948) as Jim Conover
  • The Tall Target (1951) as Caleb Jeffers
  • Golden Boy (1939) as Tom Moody
  • Roxie Hart (1942) as Billy Flynn
  • Morning Glory (1933) as Louis Easton
  • Across the Wide Missouri (1951) as Pierre
  • The Front Page (1931) as Walter Burns