Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1890-02-18
- Day of Death1963-10-29 (73 years)
- Place of BirthPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also Known AsAdolphe Jean MenjouAdolph MenjouАдольф 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1960
Pollyanna
As: Mr. Pendergast
- 1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
As: Fitch
- 1958
I Married a Woman
As: Frederick W. Sutton
- 1957
Paths of Glory
As: Gen. George Broulard
- 1957
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
As: Arthur Martin
- 1956
Bundle of Joy
As: J. B. Merlin
- 1956
The Ambassador's Daughter
As: Senator Jonathan Carwright
- 1955
Timberjack
As: 'Sweetwater' Tilton
1953Man on a Tightrope
As: Fesker
1952The Sniper
As: Frank Kafka
1951Across the Wide Missouri
As: Pierre
1951The Tall Target
As: Caleb Jeffers
1950To Please a Lady
As: Gregg
1949Dancing in the Dark
As: Melville Crossman
1949My Dream Is Yours
As: Thomas Hutchins
1948State of the Union
As: Jim Conover
1947The Hucksters
As: Mr. Kimberly
1947Mr. District Attorney
As: Craig Warren
1947I'll Be Yours
As: J. Conrad Nelson
1946The Bachelor's Daughters
As: Alexander Moody
1946Heartbeat
As: Ambassador
1945Man Alive
As: Kismet
1944Step Lively
As: Wagner
1943Sweet Rosie O'Grady
As: Tom Moran
1943Hi Diddle Diddle
As: Hector Phyffe
1942You Were Never Lovelier
As: Eduardo Acuña
1942Syncopation
As: George Latimer
1942Roxie Hart
As: Billy Flynn
1941Father Takes a Wife
As: Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
1941Road Show
As: Col. Carleton Carroway
1940A Bill of Divorcement
As: Hilary Fairfield
1940Turnabout
As: Phil Manning
1939That's Right – You're Wrong
As: Stacey Delmore
1939The Housekeeper's Daughter
As: Deakon Maxwell
1939Golden Boy
As: Tom Moody
1939King of the Turf
As: Jim Mason
1938Thanks for Everything
As: J. B. Harcourt
1938Letter of Introduction
As: John Mannering
1938The Goldwyn Follies
As: Oliver Merlin
1937Stage Door
As: Anthony Powell
1937One Hundred Men and a Girl
As: John Cardwell
1937Café Metropole
As: Monsieur Victor
- 1937
A Star Is Born
As: Oliver Niles
1937One in a Million
As: Tad Spencer
1936Wives Never Know
As: J. Hugh Ramsey
1936Sing, Baby, Sing
As: Bruce Farraday
1936The Milky Way
As: Gabby Sloan
1935Broadway Gondolier
As: Professor Eduardo de Vinci
1935Gold Diggers of 1935
As: Nicolai Nicoleff
1934The Mighty Barnum
As: Bailey Walsh
1934The Human Side
As: Gregory Sheldon
1934The Great Flirtation
As: Stephan Karpath
1934Little Miss Marker
As: Sorrowful Jones
1934The Trumpet Blows
As: Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez
1934Journal of a Crime
As: Paul Mollet
1934Easy to Love
As: John
1933Convention City
As: T.R. (Ted) Kent
1933The Worst Woman in Paris?
As: Adolphe Ballou
1933Morning Glory
As: Louis Easton
1933The Circus Queen Murder
As: Thatcher Colt
1932A Farewell to Arms
As: Major Rinaldi
1932The Night Club Lady
As: Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
1932Diamond Cut Diamond
As: Dan McQueen
1932Bachelor's Affairs
As: Andrew Hoyt
1932Two White Arms
As: Maj. Carey Liston
1932Prestige
As: Capt. Remy Bandoin
1932Forbidden
As: Robert Grover
1931Friends and Lovers
As: Captain Geoffrey Roberts
1931The Great Lover
As: Paurel
1931The Front Page
As: Walter Burns
1931Men Call It Love
As: Tony
1931The Easiest Way
As: William Brockton
1930New Moon
As: Governor Boris Brusiloff
- 1930
Morocco
As: Monsieur La Bessiere
1930My Kid of a Father
As: Jérôme Rocheville
1929Fashions in Love
As: Paul de Remy
1929Marquis Preferred
As: Marquis d'Argenville
1928His Private Life
As: Georges St. Germain
1928His Tiger Lady
As: Henri
1927Serenade
As: Franz Rossi
1927A Gentleman of Paris
As: Marquis de Marignan
1927Evening Clothes
As: Lucien d'Artois
1927Blonde or Brunette
As: Henri Martel
1926The Sorrows of Satan
As: Prince Lucio de Rimanez
1926A Social Celebrity
As: Max Haber
1926Fascinating Youth
As: Adolphe Menjou
1926The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
As: Albert Durant
1925The King On Main Street
As: The King
1925Are Parents People?
As: Mr. Hazlitt
1925A Kiss in the Dark
As: Walter Grenham
1925The Swan
As: Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
1924The Fast Set
As: Ernest Steel
1924Open All Night
As: Edmund Durverne
1924Sinners in Silk
As: Arthur Merrill
1924Broken Barriers
As: Tommy Kemp
1924Broadway After Dark
As: Ralph Norton
1924Shadows of Paris
As: Georges de Croy
1924The Marriage Circle
As: Professor Josef Stock
1924Forbidden Paradise
As: Chancellor
1923The Spanish Dancer
As: Don Salluste
- 1923
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
As: Pierre Revel
1923Rupert of Hentzau
As: Count Rischenheim
1923Bella Donna
As: Mr. Chepstow
1923The World's Applause
As: Robert Townsend
1922Singed Wings
As: Bliss Gordon
1922Clarence
As: Hubert Stein
1922Pink Gods
As: Louis Barney
1922The Eternal Flame
As: Duc de Langeais
1922The Fast Mail
As: Cal Baldwin
1922Head Over Heels
As: Sterling
1921The Sheik
As: Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
1921The Three Musketeers
As: Louis XIII
1921Through The Back Door
As: James Brewster
1921The Faith Healer
As: Dr. Littlefield
1917The Moth
As: Teddy Marbridge / The Husband
1916The Blue Envelope Mystery
As: Bit Part (uncredited)
1916Manhattan Madness
As: Country Club Patron (uncredited)
1916The Devil at His Elbow
As: Wilfred Carleton
1916The Crucial Test
As: Count Nicolai
1916The Habit of Happiness
As: Society Man (uncredited)
1916Nearly a King
As: Baron