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 Th...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension th...
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as 'A Star Is Born' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in t...
Pollyanna
1960
as Mr. Pendergast
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
I Married a Woman
1958
as Frederick W. Sutton
Advertising executive Marshall Briggs finds his work in conflict with his love-life with fashion model Janice Blake.
Paths of Glory
1957
as Gen. George Broulard
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
1957
as Arthur Martin
When beautiful blonde movie star Laurel Stevens is kidnapped on the verge of the premiere of her film “The Kidnapped Bride”, everyone thinks it's a pu...
Bundle of Joy
1956
as J. B. Merlin
Kitschy musical remake of "Bachelor Mother". Debbie Reynolds plays an over-eager clerk in a large department store and Eddie Fisher plays the boss' so...
The Ambassador's Daughter
1956
as Senator Jonathan Carwright
While on leave in Paris, a G.I. pursues an ambassador's daughter. Meanwhile she's out to prove to her father that soldiers can be gentlemen, too.
Timberjack
1955
as 'Sweetwater' Tilton
A young man seeks his father's killers among lumberjacks, and discovers that they are actually timber barons who also seek to control lumber mills. Ba...
Man on a Tightrope
1953
as Fesker
The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performe...
The Sniper
1952
as Frank Kafka
Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by ...
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
as Pierre
In the 1830's beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. Flint marries a Bl...
The Tall Target
1951
as Caleb Jeffers
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
To Please a Lady
1950
as Gregg
Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made him successful but the fans consider him a villain an...
Dancing in the Dark
1949
as Melville Crossman
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio ...
My Dream Is Yours
1949
as Thomas Hutchins
Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace him. In New York...
State of the Union
1948
as Jim Conover
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
The Hucksters
1947
as Mr. Kimberly
A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.
Mr. District Attorney
1947
as Craig Warren
An assistant district attorney gets mixed-up with a woman who is working for the group that he is investigating.
I'll Be Yours
1947
as J. Conrad Nelson
A small-town girl tells a small fib to a wealthy businessman; complications ensue.
The Bachelor's Daughters
1946
as Alexander Moody
A department store floor walker is persuaded by four husband-seeking salesgirls to pose as their father in a Long Island mansion which they have rente...
Heartbeat
1946
as Ambassador
A female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris.
Man Alive
1945
as Kismet
A reportedly dead man haunts his wife and her boyfriend.
Step Lively
1944
as Wagner
Fly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit.
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
as Tom Moran
An American singer becomes engaged to an English duke, but is continuously pestered over her past as a burlesque dancer by a reporter from her hometow...
Hi Diddle Diddle
1943
as Hector Phyffe
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things...
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
as Eduardo Acuña
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."
Syncopation
1942
as George Latimer
A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.
Roxie Hart
1942
as Billy Flynn
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was ju...
Father Takes a Wife
1941
as Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior
A famous actress has to win over her ready-made family when she weds a shipping magnate.
Road Show
1941
as Col. Carleton Carroway
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an ...
A Bill of Divorcement
1940
as Hilary Fairfield
Father's return from the insane asylum spells calamity for the Fairfield family.
Turnabout
1940
as Phil Manning
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue who grants their wish and they wind up living each other's life.
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939
as Stacey Delmore
J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program ...
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
as Deakon Maxwell
A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
Golden Boy
1939
as Tom Moody
Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangste...
King of the Turf
1939
as Jim Mason
Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has ...
Thanks for Everything
1938
as J. B. Harcourt
Promoters set up a radio contest to find the average American and use him to sell food, apparel and notions. All goes well until he falls in love with...
Letter of Introduction
1938
as John Mannering
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also ...
The Goldwyn Follies
1938
as Oliver Merlin
Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person.
Stage Door
1937
as Anthony Powell
The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a the...
One Hundred Men and a Girl
1937
as John Cardwell
The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderst...
Café Metropole
1937
as Monsieur Victor
An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.
A Star Is Born
1937
as Oliver Niles
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her ido...
One in a Million
1937
as Tad Spencer
American theatrical manager discovers Greta Muller preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.
Wives Never Know
1936
as J. Hugh Ramsey
The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marr...
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936
as Bruce Farraday
The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical. Adolph...
The Milky Way
1936
as Gabby Sloan
Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in ...
Broadway Gondolier
1935
as Professor Eduardo de Vinci
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
as Nicolai Nicoleff
Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.
The Mighty Barnum
1934
as Bailey Walsh
20th Century Fox's highly fabricated film biography of circus showman P. T. Barnum stars Wallace Beery (as Barnum), Virginia Bruce (as Jenny Lind), Ja...
The Human Side
1934
as Gregory Sheldon
The story of a theatrical producer, his divorced wife and their four children.
The Great Flirtation
1934
as Stephan Karpath
An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
Little Miss Marker
1934
as Sorrowful Jones
Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especia...
The Trumpet Blows
1934
as Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez
In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. His younger brother also comes home after having spent ...
Journal of a Crime
1934
as Paul Mollet
A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
Easy to Love
1934
as John
Carol feels, for whatever reason, that her husband, John, has grown indifferent to her, and is on a quest to find out why, suspecting another woman. S...
Convention City
1933
as T.R. (Ted) Kent
Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City. President J.B. Honeywell is to choose a new company sale...
The Worst Woman in Paris?
1933
as Adolphe Ballou
Tired of being tired and scandalized in gossip columns, she leaves Menjou for a trip to the US. Barely surviving a Midwest train wreck, she becomes a ...
Morning Glory
1933
as Louis Easton
Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a p...
The Circus Queen Murder
1933
as Thatcher Colt
Suave, lip-reading DA Thatcher Colt plans to get away from the big city for a while. So he and his secretary, Miss Kelly hop on a train for an Upstate...
A Farewell to Arms
1932
as Major Rinaldi
A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Event...
The Night Club Lady
1932
as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
A police commissioner investigates the murder of a nightclub owner who was under police protection.
Diamond Cut Diamond
1932
as Dan McQueen
One of the guests tries to foil a gang of jewel-robbers during a country house weekend party.
Bachelor's Affairs
1932
as Andrew Hoyt
A middle aged millionaire falls in love with a gorgeous, but stupid blonde gold digger, being guided by her ever-present shrewish friend.They marry bu...
Two White Arms
1932
as Maj. Carey Liston
A man becomes bored with married life and pretends to have lost his memory so he can pursue other women.
Prestige
1932
as Capt. Remy Bandoin
A woman joins her fiance at a Malaysian prison camp only to discover he's become an alcoholic.
Forbidden
1932
as Robert Grover
On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Lulu has a baby ...
Friends and Lovers
1931
as Captain Geoffrey Roberts
British Army captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito. Sangrito, however, is well aware of the affa...
The Great Lover
1931
as Paurel
An aspiring classical singer is romanced by both a famous opera star and his younger understudy.
We're switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self
A German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman, who is working there as an extra. They meet and speak ...
Let Us Be Gay
1931
as Bob Brown
This is the French-language version produced by MGM of Let Us Be Gay (1930))
The Front Page
1931
as Walter Burns
Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for...
Men Call It Love
1931
as Tony
Pre-code melodrama about high society marriage and fidelity.
The Easiest Way
1931
as William Brockton
Growing up in a poor working-class family, Laura Murdock decides not to marry the boy next door and instead accepts wealthy, older William Brockton's ...
New Moon
1930
as Governor Boris Brusiloff
New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon arriv...
Morocco
1930
as Monsieur La Bessiere
Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.
Bold Love
1930
Malatroff, head of an international gang of jewel thieves, pressures Lucy Stavrin to pose as a countess and become friendly with the Corbetts, a nouve...
My Kid of a Father
1930
as Jérôme Rocheville
Fashions in Love
1929
as Paul de Remy
Marquis Preferred
1929
as Marquis d'Argenville
Menjou is a gentleman for sale to the daughter of any millionaire who will pay his debts and support him in the style to which he is accustomed.
His Private Life
1928
as Georges St. Germain
Story of a Frenchman who seduces women all over Paris, but he meets his match in a proper American tourist. He does everything he can to seduce her, ...
His Tiger Lady
1928
as Henri
A variety extra falls in love with a beautiful duchess, and tries to impress her by posing as a rajah. He tells her the truth before anything happens,...
A Night of Mystery
1928
Bound for Africa the next day, Captain Ferréol visits Gilberte Boismartel, his former sweetheart who is now married to Rochemore, a French magistrate,...
The Circus: Premiere
1928
as Self
Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.
Serenade
1927
as Franz Rossi
A Gentleman of Paris
1927
as Marquis de Marignan
Le Marquis de Marignan is a French aristocrat and seducer who flirts with every Parisian girl he meets. If dallying with youngster fräuleins isn't eno...
Service for Ladies
1927
as Albert Leroux
Albert Leroux, headwaiter at an exclusive Paris hotel, falls hopelessly in love with Elizabeth Foster, an American heiress, though he is convinced tha...
Evening Clothes
1927
as Lucien d'Artois
Attracted by his wealth, avaricious Germaine marries D'Artois, then leaves him for a more sophisticated man. D'Artois retaliates by moving to the city...
Blonde or Brunette
1927
as Henri Martel
Adolphe Menjou stars in a Roaring Twenties comedy of remarriage.
The Sorrows of Satan
1926
as Prince Lucio de Rimanez
Geoffrey is desperately in love with Mavis, who lives at his boardinghouse and is also pursuing a writing career. Unable to marry her because of his p...
The Ace of Cads
1926
An officer in the British Guards takes to drink when a friend and fellow officer convinces the woman they both love that he has another woman.
A Social Celebrity
1926
as Max Haber
Small-town barber Max Haber is the pride of his father, Johann, who owns an antiquated barbershop. Max adores Kitty Laverne, the manicurist, who loves...
Fascinating Youth
1926
as Adolphe Menjou
Playboy Teddy Ward wants to marry Jeannie King, an artist, but his father wants him to marry Loris Lane, but tells Teddy he can marry whom he pleases ...
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
1926
as Albert Durant
Albert Durant, a young millionaire, poses as a waiter in order to woo an exiled and financially hard up Grand Duchess. She finds him impertinent and c...
The King On Main Street
1925
as The King
A European Ruler falls in love with an American.
Are Parents People?
1925
as Mr. Hazlitt
The teenage daughter of a wealthy couple is horrified to find out that her parents, who spend most of their time fighting with each other, are plannin...
A Kiss in the Dark
1925
as Walter Grenham
Based on a Frederick Lonsdale Broadway play.
The Swan
1925
as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
The Swan (1925) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Melville Baker's 1923 Br...
The Fast Set
1924
as Ernest Steel
Open All Night
1924
as Edmund Durverne
Therese Duverne (Viola Dana) is bored with her even-tempered husband, Edmond (Adolphe Menjou). Isabelle Fevre (Gale Henry) suggests that Edmond go to ...
Sinners in Silk
1924
as Arthur Merrill
Aging roué Arthur Merrill meets flapper Penelope Stevens on an ocean liner and decides to undergo rejuvenation surgery so that he may enjoy life again...
Broken Barriers
1924
as Tommy Kemp
A young girl is forced to give up college when her father loses all his money. She soon meets and falls for a young man at a party, only to discover t...
Broadway After Dark
1924
as Ralph Norton
Ralph Norton, man-about-town and wealthy favorite in Broadway society circles, is attracted to Helen Tremaine, but her flirtatious behavior causes him...
Shadows of Paris
1924
as Georges de Croy
A young woman rises from an apache dancer to become a wealthy woman in post-WW1 Paris.
The Marriage Circle
1924
as Professor Josef Stock
An unhappily married couple moves to Vienna, where the wife’s married best friend lives, and soon, sparks fly between the wife and the best friend’s h...
Forbidden Paradise
1924
as Chancellor
Alexei, a young officer, saves the Czarina of a small European kingdom from revolutionary conspirators and is rewarded with her love. Infatuated, he d...
The Spanish Dancer
1923
as Don Salluste
The Spanish Dancer is the story of Maritana, a Romani girl who dances in courtyards and even tells people's fortunes. Despite her lowly position, Mari...
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923
as Pierre Revel
When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the c...
Rupert of Hentzau
1923
as Count Rischenheim
Rudolf Rassendyll returns to Ruritania to play the King once more. Lost adaptation of the eponymous Anthony Hope novel, the sequel of the "Prisoner of...
Bella Donna
1923
as Mr. Chepstow
Bella Donna, a seductive woman snares Nigel Armine into marriage and he takes her to Egypt to live. Tired of her simple husband, Bella becomes involve...
The World's Applause
1923
as Robert Townsend
Corinne d'Alys (Daniels) achieves sudden success on the stage and among her many admirers is noted artist Robert Townsend (Menjou). Robert is married ...
Singed Wings
1922
as Bliss Gordon
Spanish dancer Bonita della Guerda has a dream in which she is killed by a jester after declaring her love for a prince. Because she fears the dream w...
Clarence
1922
as Hubert Stein
Clarence Smith is an ex-soldier who is hired for odd jobs by Mr. Wheeler primarily because he has overheard a family argument. And the Wheeler househo...
Pink Gods
1922
as Louis Barney
The owner of vast diamond mines, John Quelch is constantly fearful of theft and convinced that any woman will "sell her soul" for diamonds, he deals h...
The Eternal Flame
1922
as Duc de Langeais
A 1922 film directed by Frank Lloyd.
The Fast Mail
1922
as Cal Baldwin
Cowboy Stanley Carson is visiting Virginia Martin in a southern city when her brother and his gambler friends try to disgrace her. Then Carson is tric...
Head Over Heels
1922
as Sterling
When theatrical agent Sterling, a ladies man known for signing his latest paramours onto his agency's talent roster, returns to New York from a trip t...
The Sheik
1921
as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
Sheik Ahmed desperately desires feisty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious tent-palace in the desert. The ...
The Three Musketeers
1921
as Louis XIII
The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respect...
Through The Back Door
1921
as James Brewster
A young Belgian girl, raised by her longtime nanny, flees Europe at the advent of World War I and travels to America to find her real mother.
The Faith Healer
1921
as Dr. Littlefield
A traveling preacher has, through his faith, the power to heal, but loses it when he falls in love. Considered lost.
The Moth
1917
as Teddy Marbridge / The Husband
Spoiled young heiress Lucy Gillam knows only a life filled with parties and flirtations until she falls in love with a man who loves only her money. S...
The Blue Envelope Mystery
1916
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Leslie Brennan, an heiress, suddenly discovers that she is almost penniless, and faces the ordeal of making her own living.
Manhattan Madness
1916
as Country Club Patron (uncredited)
Steve O'Dare, a young New Yorker who has gone off to Wyoming to be a cowboy, returns to New York to sell some cattle. He bores his friends with tales ...
The Devil at His Elbow
1916
as Wilfred Carleton
Young mechanical engineer John Ashton is trying to complete the plans for a new submarine. Under pressure to meet a deadline he has been leaning on wh...
The Crucial Test
1916
as Count Nicolai
Wicked Russian Grand Duke Bagroff becomes infatuated with Thanya, but she loves American artist Vance Holden. When Thanya's revolutionary brother Bori...
The Habit of Happiness
1916
as Society Man (uncredited)
Douglas Fairbanks stars as "Sunny" Wiggins, who believes in eternal optimism and good spirits. This places Wiggins at odds with his staid, wealthy fam...
Nearly a King
1916
as Baron
A crown prince doesn't want to marry a foreign princess, so he asks an actor to take his place.
A Parisian Romance
1916
as Julianai
Rich wastrel Baron Chevrial fritters his days and nights away pursuing a series of young lovelies and playing with their affections. He is smitten wi...