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Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Highest Rated: 100% The Tall Target (1951)

Lowest Rated: 20% Turnabout (1940)

Birthday: Feb 18, 1890

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

The best dressed man in America, the ever debonair Adolphe Menjou quickly made his mark during the waning days of silent cinema as a suave ladies' man, clad in the finest of formal wear and always sporting the most impeccable moustache in the room. After toiling in small roles for a few years, Menjou first gained notice in Charlie Chaplin's "A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate" (1923) and he settled into an onscreen persona that he showcased wonderfully in films like "Morocco" (1930). His Oscar-nominated turn as an acerbic, fast-talking editor in "The Front Page" (1931) demonstrated his ease with verbal humor and he went on to give memorable portrayals in everything from the Shirley Temple confection "Little Miss Marker" (1934) to Stanley Kubrick's bracing anti-war drama "Paths of Glory" (1957). Fluency in several languages also helped the Pittsburgh-born actor to convincingly play all manner of sophisticates. Menjou appeared in well over 100 films, where he proved regularly that he was equally comfortable at being charming or villainous, and could also do a fine job of combining those two characteristics when called for.

Highest rated movies

100% The Tall Target
100% You Were Never Lovelier
100% A Star Is Born
100% Gold Diggers of 1935
100% The Marriage Circle
96% Paths of Glory
96% Stage Door
93% A Woman of Paris

Photos

THE FRONT PAGE, Adolphe Menjou, 1931 GOLDEN BOY, Adolphe Menjou, 1939 GOLDEN BOY, Adolphe Menjou, 1939 HI DIDDLE DIDDLE, Martha Scott, Adolphe Menjou, 1943 THE MIGHTY BARNUM, Adolphe Menjou, 1934 ROXIE HART, from left, Adolphe Menjou, Ginger Rogers, 1942, TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved ROXIE HART, from left, Adolphe Menjou, Ginger Rogers, George Montgomery, 1942, TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved ROXIE HART, Adolphe Menjou, Ginger Rogers, 1942, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. ROXIE HART, George Montgomery, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, 1942, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. ROAD SHOW, Adolphe Menjou, 1941 SINNERS IN SILK, from left, Adolphe Menjou, Eugenie Gilbert, (aka Eugenia Gilbert), 1924 THE SNIPER, Adolphe Menjou, 1952 THAT'S RIGHT - YOU'RE WRONG, Lucille Ball, Adolphe Menjou, 1939 TURNABOUT, from left, Mary Astor, Adolphe Menjou, 1940 YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER, Adolphe Menjou, Rita Hayworth, 1942 YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER, Xavier Cugat, Adele Mara, Adolphe Menjou, on set, 1942 POLLYANNA, from left: Adolphe Menjou, Hayley Mills, 1960. BUNDLE OF JOY, Eddie Fisher, Adolphe Menjou, Debbie Reynolds, 1956 BUNDLE OF JOY, Adolphe Menjou, Eddie Fisher, 1956 THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES, Adolphe Menjou, 1938
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
86% 79% Pollyanna Mr. Pendergast (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 0% I Married a Woman Frederick W. Sutton (Character) - 1958
96% 95% Paths of Glory Gen. George Broulard (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 65% Bundle of Joy J.B. Merlin (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 48% The Ambassador's Daughter Senator Jonathan Cartwright (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Timberjack Sweetwater' Tilton (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 78% Man on a Tightrope Fesker (Character) - 1953
82% 63% The Sniper Police Lt. Frank Kafka (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 35% Across the Wide Missouri Pierre (Character) - 1951
100% 67% The Tall Target Colonel Caleb Jeffers (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 30% To Please a Lady Gregg (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 42% My Dream Is Yours Thomas Hutchins (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dancing in the Dark Melville Crossman (Character) - 1949
80% 79% State of the Union Jim Conover (Character) - 1948
60% 56% The Hucksters Mr. Kimberly (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 50% I'll Be Yours J. Conrad Nelson (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 36% Heartbeat Ambassador (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bachelor's Daughters Alexander Moody (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. District Attorney Craig Warren, D.A. (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man Alive Kismet (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 21% Step Lively Wagner (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sweet Rosie O'Grady Tom Moran (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diamonds and Crime Col. Hector Phyffe (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 45% Hi Diddle Diddle Col. Hector Phyffe (Character) - 1943
100% 75% You Were Never Lovelier Eduardo Acuna (Character) - 1942
82% 58% Roxie Hart Billy Flynn (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 38% Syncopation George Latimer (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 0% Road Show Col. Carleton Carroway (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Father Takes a Wife Frederic "Freddie" Osborne Senior (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Bill of Divorcement Hilary Fairfield (Character) - 1940
20% 23% Turnabout Phil Manning (Character) - 1940
83% 47% Golden Boy Tom Moody (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 62% The Housekeeper's Daughter Deakon Maxwell (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet That's Right -- You're Wrong Stacey Delmore (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet King of the Turf Jim Mason (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 29% Letter of Introduction John Mannering (Character) - 1938
33% 27% The Goldwyn Follies Oliver Merlin (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thanks for Everything J.B. Harcourt (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 67% Cafe Metropole Monsieur Victor (Character) - 1937
88% 55% 100 Men and a Girl John Cardwell (Character) - 1937
100% 78% A Star Is Born Oliver Niles (Character) - 1937
96% 87% Stage Door Anthony Powell (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sing, Baby, Sing Bruce Farraday (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 0% One in a Million Thaddeus "Tad" Spencer (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 58% The Milky Way Gabby Sloan (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wives Never Know J. Hugh Ramsey (Character) - 1936
100% 72% Gold Diggers of 1935 Nicoleff (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Broadway Gondolier Professor Eduardo de Vinci (Character) - 1935
89% 73% Little Miss Marker Sorrowful Jones (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mighty Barnum Bailey Walsh (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Journal of a Crime Paul (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trumpet Blows Pancho Montes/Pancho Gomez (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Easy to Love John (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Flirtation Stephan Karpath (Character) - 1934
64% 45% Morning Glory Louis Easton (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Circus Queen Murder Unknown (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Worst Woman in Paris Adolphe Ballou (Character) - 1933
86% No Score Yet Convention City Unknown (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 63% Forbidden Bob (Character) - 1932
89% 53% A Farewell to Arms Maj. Rinald (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Club Lady Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Prestige Capt. Remy Baudoin (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bachelor's Affairs Andrew Hoyt (Character) - 1932
88% 59% The Front Page Walter Burns (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Easiest Way William `'Will'` Brockton (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Friends and Lovers Captain Geoffrey Roberts (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Lover Paurel (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet 0% Men Call It Love Tony (Character) - 1931
83% 71% Morocco Monsieur La Bessiere (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet New Moon Governor Boris Brusiloff (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Parisian Belle Governor Boris Brusiloff (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Gentleman of Paris Marquis de Marignan (Character) - 1927
83% No Score Yet The Sorrows of Satan Prince Lucio de Rimanez (Character) - 1926
No Score Yet No Score Yet Are Parents People? Mr. Hazlitt (Character) - 1925
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Swan Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels (Character) - 1925
No Score Yet No Score Yet Forbidden Paradise Chancellor (Character) - 1924
100% 84% The Marriage Circle Professor Josef Stock (Character) - 1924
93% 75% A Woman of Paris Pierre Revel (Character) - 1923
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Spanish Dancer Don Salluste (Character) - 1923
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rupert of Hentzau Count Rischenheim (Character) - 1923
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Spanish Dancer Don Salluste (Character) - 1923
71% No Score Yet Clarence Unknown (Character) - 1922
No Score Yet 44% Through the Back Door James Brewster (Character) - 1921
79% 56% The Sheik Raoul de Saint Hubert (Character) - 1921
92% 74% The Three Musketeers Louis XIII (Character) - 1921
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nearly a King Baron (Character) - 1916
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Habit of Happiness Unknown (Character) - 1916

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1951