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Adolphe Menjou
Acting
Born: February 18, 1890
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Paths of Glory
as Gen. George Broulard
A Farewell to Arms
as Major Rinaldi
The Front Page
as Walter Burns
A Star Is Born
as Oliver Niles
Pollyanna
as Mr. Pendergast
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Pierre Revel
The Sniper
as Frank Kafka
State of the Union
as Jim Conover
Stage Door
as Anthony Powell
The Tall Target
as Caleb Jeffers
