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 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 Star Is Born

as Oliver Niles

Pollyanna

as Mr. Pendergast

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

as Pierre Revel

Morocco

as Monsieur La Bessiere

A Farewell to Arms

as Major Rinaldi

Stage Door

as Anthony Powell

The Sniper

as Frank Kafka

The Front Page

as Walter Burns

State of the Union

as Jim Conover