Adolphe Menjou
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]
Known for
1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1960Pollyanna
Mr. Pendergast
1958I Married a Woman
Frederick W. Sutton
1957Paths of Glory
Gen. George Broulard
1957The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
Arthur Martin
1956Bundle of Joy
J. B. Merlin
1956The Ambassador's Daughter
Senator Jonathan Carwright
1955Timberjack
'Sweetwater' Tilton
1953Man on a Tightrope
Fesker
1952The Sniper
Frank Kafka
1951The Tall Target
Caleb Jeffers
1951Across the Wide Missouri
Pierre
1950To Please a Lady
Gregg
1949My Dream Is Yours
Thomas Hutchins
1949Dancing in the Dark
Melville Crossman
1948State of the Union
Jim Conover
1947The Hucksters
Mr. Kimberly
1947I'll Be Yours
J. Conrad Nelson
1947Mr. District Attorney
Craig Warren
1946Heartbeat
Ambassador
1946The Bachelor's Daughters
Alexander Moody
1945Man Alive
Kismet
1944Step Lively
Wagner
1943Hi Diddle Diddle
Hector Phyffe