Adolphe Menjou

Personal Info

Birthday

February 18, 1890

Day of Death

1963-10-29

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Adolphe Jean Menjou

Adolph Menjou

Адольф Менжу

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]

Known For

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Paths of Glory

Your Favorite Story

A Star Is Born

Pollyanna

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

The Sheik

The Spanish Dancer

Filmography

1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'A Star Is Born' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1960
Pollyanna
as Mr. Pendergast
1958
I Married a Woman
as Frederick W. Sutton
1957
Paths of Glory
as Gen. George Broulard
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Arthur Martin
1956
Bundle of Joy
as J. B. Merlin
The Ambassador's Daughter
as Senator Jonathan Carwright
1955
Timberjack
as 'Sweetwater' Tilton
1953
Man on a Tightrope
as Fesker
1952
The Sniper
as Frank Kafka
1951
Across the Wide Missouri
as Pierre
The Tall Target
as Caleb Jeffers
1950
To Please a Lady
as Gregg
1949
Dancing in the Dark
as Melville Crossman
My Dream Is Yours
as Thomas Hutchins
1948
State of the Union
as Jim Conover
1947
The Hucksters
as Mr. Kimberly
Mr. District Attorney
as Craig Warren
I'll Be Yours
as J. Conrad Nelson
1946
The Bachelor's Daughters
as Alexander Moody
Heartbeat
as Ambassador
1945
Man Alive
as Kismet
1944
Step Lively
as Wagner
1943
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Tom Moran
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Hector Phyffe
1942
You Were Never Lovelier
as Eduardo Acuña
Syncopation
as George Latimer
Roxie Hart
as Billy Flynn
1941
Father Takes a Wife
as Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
Road Show
as Col. Carleton Carroway
1940
A Bill of Divorcement
as Hilary Fairfield
Turnabout
as Phil Manning
1939
That's Right – You're Wrong
as Stacey Delmore
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Deakon Maxwell
Golden Boy
as Tom Moody
King of the Turf
as Jim Mason
1938
Thanks for Everything
as J. B. Harcourt
Letter of Introduction
as John Mannering
The Goldwyn Follies
as Oliver Merlin
1937
Stage Door
as Anthony Powell
One Hundred Men and a Girl
as John Cardwell
Café Metropole
as Monsieur Victor
A Star Is Born
as Oliver Niles
One in a Million
as Tad Spencer
1936
Wives Never Know
as J. Hugh Ramsey
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Bruce Farraday
The Milky Way
as Gabby Sloan
1935
Broadway Gondolier
as Professor Eduardo de Vinci
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Nicolai Nicoleff
1934
The Mighty Barnum
as Bailey Walsh
The Human Side
as Gregory Sheldon
The Great Flirtation
as Stephan Karpath
Little Miss Marker
as Sorrowful Jones
The Trumpet Blows
as Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez
Journal of a Crime
as Paul Mollet
Easy to Love
as John
1933
Convention City
as T.R. (Ted) Kent
The Worst Woman in Paris?
as Adolphe Ballou
Morning Glory
as Louis Easton
The Circus Queen Murder
as Thatcher Colt
1932
A Farewell to Arms
as Major Rinaldi
The Night Club Lady
as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
Diamond Cut Diamond
as Dan McQueen
Bachelor's Affairs
as Andrew Hoyt
Two White Arms
as Maj. Carey Liston
Prestige
as Capt. Remy Bandoin
Forbidden
as Robert Grover
1931
Friends and Lovers
as Captain Geoffrey Roberts
The Great Lover
as Paurel
We're switching to Hollywood
as Self
Let Us Be Gay
as Bob Brown
The Front Page
as Walter Burns
Men Call It Love
as Tony
The Easiest Way
as William Brockton
1930
New Moon
as Governor Boris Brusiloff
Morocco
as Monsieur La Bessiere
My Kid of a Father
as Jérôme Rocheville
1929
Fashions in Love
as Paul de Remy
Marquis Preferred
as Marquis d'Argenville
1928
His Private Life
as Georges St. Germain
His Tiger Lady
as Henri
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
1927
Serenade
as Franz Rossi
A Gentleman of Paris
as Marquis de Marignan
Service for Ladies
as Albert Leroux
Evening Clothes
as Lucien d'Artois
Blonde or Brunette
as Henri Martel
1926
The Sorrows of Satan
as Prince Lucio de Rimanez
A Social Celebrity
as Max Haber
Fascinating Youth
as Adolphe Menjou
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
as Albert Durant
1925
The King On Main Street
as The King
Are Parents People?
as Mr. Hazlitt
A Kiss in the Dark
as Walter Grenham
The Swan
as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
1924
The Fast Set
as Ernest Steel
Open All Night
as Edmund Durverne
Sinners in Silk
as Arthur Merrill
Broken Barriers
as Tommy Kemp
Broadway After Dark
as Ralph Norton
Shadows of Paris
as Georges de Croy
The Marriage Circle
as Professor Josef Stock
Forbidden Paradise
as Chancellor
1923
The Spanish Dancer
as Don Salluste
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Pierre Revel
Rupert of Hentzau
as Count Rischenheim
Bella Donna
as Mr. Chepstow
The World's Applause
as Robert Townsend
1922
Singed Wings
as Bliss Gordon
Clarence
as Hubert Stein
Pink Gods
as Louis Barney
The Eternal Flame
as Duc de Langeais
The Fast Mail
as Cal Baldwin
Head Over Heels
as Sterling
1921
The Sheik
as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
The Three Musketeers
as Louis XIII
Through The Back Door
as James Brewster
The Faith Healer
as Dr. Littlefield
1917
The Moth
as Teddy Marbridge / The Husband
1916
The Blue Envelope Mystery
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Manhattan Madness
as Country Club Patron (uncredited)
The Devil at His Elbow
as Wilfred Carleton
The Crucial Test
as Count Nicolai
The Habit of Happiness
as Society Man (uncredited)
Nearly a King
as Baron
A Parisian Romance
as Julianai