Adolphe Menjou
Known for Acting
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
Paths of Glory
1957
as Gen. George Broulard
Stage Door
1937
as Anthony Powell
Pollyanna
1960
as Mr. Pendergast
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923
as Pierre Revel
Morocco
1930
as Monsieur La Bessiere
Dancing in the Dark
1949
as Melville Crossman
The Sniper
1952
as Frank Kafka
A Farewell to Arms
1932
as Major Rinaldi
Timberjack
1955
as 'Sweetwater' Tilton
Golden Boy
1939
as Tom Moody
A Star Is Born
1937
as Oliver Niles
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
State of the Union
1948
as Jim Conover
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
as Pierre
Morning Glory
1933
as Louis Easton
The Hucksters
1947
as Mr. Kimberly
Turnabout
1940
as Phil Manning
The Milky Way
1936
as Gabby Sloan
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
as Nicolai Nicoleff
My Dream Is Yours
1949
as Thomas Hutchins