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

A Farewell to Arms

as Major Rinaldi

Morocco

as Monsieur La Bessiere

Stage Door

as Anthony Powell

The Front Page

as Walter Burns

The Sniper

as Frank Kafka

State of the Union

as Jim Conover