Acting
Adolphe Menjou
EN, DE, FR cinema · 138 credits
Born
18 February 1890
Died
29 October 1963 (aged 73)
Birthplace
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Adolphe Jean Menjou · Adolph Menjou · Адольф Менжу
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
Filmography
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Pollyanna
as Mr. Pendergast
I Married a Woman
as Frederick W. Sutton
Paths of Glory
as Gen. George Broulard
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Arthur Martin
Bundle of Joy
as J. B. Merlin
The Ambassador's Daughter
as Senator Jonathan Carwright
Timberjack
as 'Sweetwater' Tilton
Man on a Tightrope
as Fesker
The Sniper
as Frank Kafka
The Tall Target
as Caleb Jeffers
Across the Wide Missouri
as Pierre
To Please a Lady
as Gregg
My Dream Is Yours
as Thomas Hutchins
Dancing in the Dark
as Melville Crossman
State of the Union
as Jim Conover
The Hucksters
as Mr. Kimberly
I'll Be Yours
as J. Conrad Nelson
Mr. District Attorney
as Craig Warren
Heartbeat
as Ambassador
The Bachelor's Daughters
as Alexander Moody
Man Alive
as Kismet
Step Lively
as Wagner
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Hector Phyffe
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Tom Moran
You Were Never Lovelier
as Eduardo Acuña
Roxie Hart
as Billy Flynn
Syncopation
as George Latimer
Father Takes a Wife
as Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
Road Show
as Col. Carleton Carroway
A Bill of Divorcement
as Hilary Fairfield
Turnabout
as Phil Manning
Golden Boy
as Tom Moody
That's Right – You're Wrong
as Stacey Delmore
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Deakon Maxwell
King of the Turf
as Jim Mason
Letter of Introduction
as John Mannering
Thanks for Everything
as J. B. Harcourt
The Goldwyn Follies
as Oliver Merlin
A Star Is Born
as Oliver Niles
Stage Door
as Anthony Powell
One Hundred Men and a Girl
as John Cardwell
One in a Million
as Tad Spencer
Café Metropole
as Monsieur Victor
The Milky Way
as Gabby Sloan
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Bruce Farraday
Wives Never Know
as J. Hugh Ramsey
Broadway Gondolier
as Professor Eduardo de Vinci
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Nicolai Nicoleff
Little Miss Marker
as Sorrowful Jones
The Mighty Barnum
as Bailey Walsh
The Trumpet Blows
as Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez
Easy to Love
as John
Journal of a Crime
as Paul Mollet
The Great Flirtation
as Stephan Karpath
The Human Side
as Gregory Sheldon
Morning Glory
as Louis Easton
The Circus Queen Murder
as Thatcher Colt
Convention City
as T.R. (Ted) Kent
The Worst Woman in Paris?
as Adolphe Ballou
A Farewell to Arms
as Major Rinaldi
Forbidden
as Robert Grover
Prestige
as Capt. Remy Bandoin
The Night Club Lady
as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
Bachelor's Affairs
as Andrew Hoyt
Diamond Cut Diamond
as Dan McQueen
Two White Arms
as Maj. Carey Liston
The Front Page
as Walter Burns
The Easiest Way
as William Brockton
The Great Lover
as Paurel
Friends and Lovers
as Captain Geoffrey Roberts
Men Call It Love
as Tony
Soyons gais
1931
Let Us Be Gay
as Bob Brown
Morocco
as Monsieur La Bessiere
New Moon
as Governor Boris Brusiloff
My Kid of a Father
as Jérôme Rocheville
Mysterious Mr. Parkes
as Courtenay Parkes
Fashions in Love
as Paul de Remy
Marquis Preferred
as Marquis d'Argenville
A Night of Mystery
1928
A Night of Mystery
as Captain Ferreol
His Tiger Lady
as Henri
His Private Life
as Georges St. Germain
Blonde or Brunette
as Henri Martel
Serenade
as Franz Rossi
A Gentleman of Paris
as Marquis de Marignan
Service for Ladies
1927
Service for Ladies
as Albert Leroux
Evening Clothes
as Lucien d'Artois
The Sorrows of Satan
as Prince Lucio de Rimanez
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
as Albert Durant
A Social Celebrity
as Max Haber
Fascinating Youth
as Adolphe Menjou
A Kiss in the Dark
as Walter Grenham
Are Parents People?
as Mr. Hazlitt
The Swan
as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
The King On Main Street
as Serge IV
Broken Barriers
as Tommy Kemp
The Marriage Circle
as Professor Josef Stock
The Fast Set
as Ernest Steel
Forbidden Paradise
as Chancellor
Sinners in Silk
as Arthur Merrill
Broadway After Dark
as Ralph Norton
Shadows of Paris
as Georges de Croy
Open All Night
as Edmund Durverne
The Marriage Cheat
as Bob Canfield
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Pierre Revel
Rupert of Hentzau
as Count Rischenheim
The Spanish Dancer
as Don Salluste
The World's Applause
as Robert Townsend
Bella Donna
as Mr. Chepstow
Clarence
as Hubert Stein
Head Over Heels
as Sterling
Pink Gods
as Louis Barney
The Eternal Flame
as Duc de Langeais
The Fast Mail
as Cal Baldwin
Singed Wings
as Bliss Gordon
Is Matrimony a Failure?
as Dudley King
Arabian Love
as Captain Fortine (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
as Louis XIII
Through the Back Door
as James Brewster
The Faith Healer
as Dr. Littlefield
The Sheik
as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
Queenie
as Count Michael
The Moth
as Teddy Marbridge / The Husband
The Valentine Girl
as Joe Winder
The Devil at His Elbow
as Wilfred Carleton
Nearly a King
as Baron
Manhattan Madness
as Country Club Patron (uncredited)
The Habit of Happiness
as Society Man (uncredited)
The Blue Envelope Mystery
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Crucial Test
as Count Nicolai
The Reward of Patience
as Paul Dunstan