Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1890-02-18
Day of Death
1963-10-29
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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]
Filmography (137)
⭐ 7.3
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Mr. Pendergast
Pollyanna
1960
⭐ 6.4
Role:
Frederick W. Sutton
I Married a Woman
1958
⭐ 8.3
Role:
Gen. George Broulard
Paths of Glory
1957
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Arthur Martin
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
1957
⭐ 6.4
Role:
J. B. Merlin
Bundle of Joy
1956
⭐ 4.9
Role:
Senator Jonathan Carwright
The Ambassador's Daughter
1956
⭐ 4.2
Role:
'Sweetwater' Tilton
Timberjack
1955
⭐ 6.6
Role:
Fesker
Man on a Tightrope
1953
⭐ 6.7
Role:
Frank Kafka
The Sniper
1952
⭐ 6.1
Role:
Pierre
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
⭐ 6.9
Role:
Caleb Jeffers
The Tall Target
1951
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Gregg
To Please a Lady
1950
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Melville Crossman
Dancing in the Dark
1949
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Thomas Hutchins
