Actor, director y guionista estadounidense nacido en Cleveland, Ohio. Activo principalmente en la época del cine mudo, a lo largo de su carrera entre 1911 y 1938, actuó en 167 filmes y dirigió 94. Tras varios años dedicados al mundo del comercio, decidió dedicarse profesionalmente al teatro. Progresó rápidamente, llegando a ser el director teatral más joven de los Estados Unidos. Tras pasar once años en los teatros del circuito de Broadway, entró a formar parte de los Edison Studios, empezando a dirigir para los mismos en 1911–12, rodando el innovador corto The Passer-By (1912). En 1913 fue uno de los dos principales directores de Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, siendo el otro Cecil B. DeMille. La colaboración en labores de dirección de Apfel con DeMille fue un elemento crucial en el desarrollo de la técnica cinematográfica de DeMille. A finales de 1914 Apfel dejó Lasky Company y se dedicó a dirigir para diversas productoras, entre ellas William Fox Corporation, para la cual dirigió una serie de filmes en los que William Farnum era el protagonista. Tras muchos años dedicados a la dirección, fue decantándose gradualmente por la interpretación, actividad que mantuvo hasta 1939.
Pelicula | Angel of Mercy | Red Cross Representative (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
Pelicula | We Who Are About to Die | Mr. Armitage (uncredited) | 1937-01-08 |
Pelicula | Miguel Strogoff | Tsar's General (Uncredited) | 1937-04-09 |
Pelicula | Jim Hanvey, Detective | Lambert | 1937-04-05 |
Pelicula | Fifty Roads to Town | Smorgen | 1937-06-03 |
Pelicula | El ídolo de Nueva York | Wallack (uncredited) | 1937-07-22 |
Pelicula | Shadows of the Orient | Judge Avery | 1937-08-18 |
Pelicula | Every Saturday Night | Mr. Dayton | 1936-03-13 |
Pelicula | Sutter's Gold | Bartender | 1936-03-01 |
Pelicula | Murder at Glen Athol | Reuben Marshall | 1936-02-27 |
Pelicula | The Bridge of Sighs | Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell | 1936-02-14 |
Pelicula | And Sudden Death | Defense Counsel | 1936-06-16 |
Pelicula | 36 Hours to Kill | Man in Wash Room | 1936-07-24 |
Pelicula | Crack-Up | Alfred Knuxton | 1936-12-14 |
Pelicula | El mundo a sus pies | Judge at Second Wedding (uncredited) | 1936-12-31 |
Pelicula | Bulldog Edition | Taggart | 1936-09-13 |
Pelicula | El detective y su compañera (Misterio en el museo) | H. G. Robbins | 1936-12-11 |
Pelicula | Hollywood Boulevard | Dr. Inslow | 1936-08-20 |
Pelicula | Back to Nature | Hotel Manager | 1936-08-14 |
Pelicula | The Nut Farm | Bob Bent, Helen's Husband | 1935-03-24 |
Pelicula | Mary Jane's Pa | Chief Bailey | 1935-04-27 |
Pelicula | Party Wire | Thomas P. Sherman | 1935-04-27 |
Pelicula | Death Flies East | Wallace P. Burroughs | 1935-02-28 |
Pelicula | El embrujo de Manhattan | Judge | 1935-01-11 |
Pelicula | Born to Gamble | Strickland - Cora's Father (uncredited) | 1935-07-09 |
Pelicula | The Best Man Wins | Chief of Police | 1935-01-14 |
Pelicula | Barreras Infranqueables | Judge Rufus Barnswell | 1935-01-23 |
Pelicula | Carnival | Mr. Lawson | 1935-02-15 |
Pelicula | Rainbow's End | Neil Gibson Sr. | 1935-07-16 |
Pelicula | The Fire-Trap | R.A. Rawson | 1935-11-26 |
Pelicula | The Calling of Dan Matthews | District Attorney (uncredited) | 1935-12-10 |
Pelicula | Another Face | Dr. H.J. Buler (uncredited) | 1935-12-20 |
Pelicula | O'Shaughnessy's Boy | Attorney | 1935-09-27 |
Pelicula | Canción de amor | Cafe Owner (uncredited) | 1935-11-29 |
Pelicula | Cappy Ricks Returns | T. Osgood Blake | 1935-09-25 |
Pelicula | Man on the Flying Trapeze | President Malloy | 1935-08-03 |
Pelicula | Page Miss Glory | Tailor (uncredited) | 1935-09-07 |
Pelicula | Whirlpool | Newspaper Editor | 1934-04-10 |
Pelicula | El enemigo público número 1 | Speaker of Assembly (uncredited) | 1934-05-04 |
Pelicula | Madame Spy | Pahlke | 1934-02-10 |
Pelicula | The Big Shakedown | Digitalis Doctor (uncredited) | 1934-01-06 |
Pelicula | Are We Civilized? | Dr. Leonard Gear | 1934-06-05 |
Pelicula | Beloved | Henry Burrows | 1934-01-22 |
Pelicula | Fifteen Wives | Dist. Atty. Kerry | 1934-07-15 |
Pelicula | It Happened One Day | A.L. Boyd | 1934-07-07 |
Pelicula | You Bring the Ducks | Governor | 1934-11-24 |
Pelicula | Crimson Romance | John Fleming | 1934-10-12 |
Pelicula | I Am a Thief | Auctioneer | 1934-11-24 |
Pelicula | Take the Stand | Mr. Nevin | 1934-08-07 |
Pelicula | The Old-Fashioned Way | Mr. Livingston (uncredited) | 1934-07-13 |
Pelicula | The Story of Temple Drake | District Attorney (uncredited) | 1933-05-06 |
Pelicula | Gabriel Over the White House | German Delegate to Debt Conference (uncredited) | 1933-03-31 |
Pelicula | Pick-up | The Warden | 1933-03-24 |
Pelicula | Tomorrow at Seven | Asa Marsden | 1933-06-01 |
Pelicula | Employees' Entrance | Board of Directors Member #5 (uncredited) | 1933-02-11 |
Pelicula | Bondage | Judge (uncredited) | 1933-04-22 |
Pelicula | El arrabal | Ivan Rummel | 1933-10-07 |
Pelicula | Storm at Daybreak | Counselor Velasch (uncredited) | 1933-06-14 |
Pelicula | One Man's Journey | John Radford | 1933-08-31 |
Pelicula | Parece que fue ayer | Mr. Lane | 1933-11-01 |
Pelicula | Antes del amanecer | Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara | 1933-08-04 |
Pelicula | Emergency Call | Dr. Schwarz | 1933-06-24 |
Pelicula | The Famous Ferguson Case | Mr. Brooks | 1932-04-19 |
Pelicula | It's Tough to Be Famous | S.J. Boynton | 1932-04-02 |
Pelicula | The World and the Flesh | Banker | 1932-04-22 |
Pelicula | When a Feller Needs a Friend | Doctor | 1932-04-30 |
Pelicula | The Heart of New York | Otto | 1932-03-26 |
Pelicula | La melodía de la vida | Conferring Doctor | 1932-04-29 |
Pelicula | The Menace | Dr. Horgenson | 1932-01-29 |
Pelicula | High Pressure | Mr. Hackett | 1932-01-10 |
Pelicula | La dama del 13 | 1932-05-15 | |
Pelicula | La oculta providencia | Appleby - the Lip Reader | 1932-02-09 |
Pelicula | The Impatient Maiden | Dr. Wilcox | 1932-03-01 |
Pelicula | Shopworn | Forbes | 1932-03-25 |
Pelicula | The Woman from Monte Carlo | Dr. Rabeouf | 1932-01-09 |
Pelicula | La carretera del infierno | William Billings | 1932-09-23 |
Pelicula | A Successful Calamity | President of the United States | 1932-09-17 |
Pelicula | You Said a Mouthful | Armstrong (uncredited) | 1932-11-18 |
Pelicula | Sangre rebelde | Doctor Treating Crosby (Uncredited) | 1932-11-24 |
Pelicula | State's Attorney | Mr. Ulrich | 1932-05-20 |
Pelicula | Two Against the World | District Attorney Howard Mills | 1932-09-03 |
Pelicula | Sábado de juerga | Mr. Randolph | 1932-10-28 |
Pelicula | La rubia del Follies | Doctor Attending Pa (uncredited) | 1932-09-01 |
Pelicula | Attorney for the Defense | Managing Editor | 1932-05-21 |
Pelicula | Make Me a Star | Henshaw | 1932-07-01 |
Pelicula | Skyscraper Souls | Brewster's Associate (uncredited) | 1932-07-16 |
Pelicula | Madame Racketeer | J. Harrington Hagney | 1932-07-23 |
Pelicula | Quick Millions | Police Detective Capp (uncredited) | 1931-04-17 |
Pelicula | Huckleberry Finn | The King | 1931-08-07 |
Pelicula | Misbehaving Ladies | Mayor Twitchell | 1931-04-16 |
Pelicula | Helping Grandma | Mr. Pennypacker | 1931-01-03 |
Pelicula | The Road to Reno | Mr. Ash | 1931-09-25 |
Pelicula | Inspiración | M. Vignaud | 1931-01-31 |
Pelicula | El dedo acusador | Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler | 1931-04-11 |
Pelicula | Una audaz ante todo mujer decidida | Walter T. Morley | 1931-06-12 |
Pelicula | Sooky | Krausmyer | 1931-12-26 |
Pelicula | Sed de escándalo | Bernard Hinchecliffe | 1931-09-26 |
Pelicula | Men in Her Life | Blake | 1931-11-10 |
Pelicula | Volver a casa | Wobbling Duffy | 1931-11-13 |
Pelicula | The Yellow Ticket | British Embassy Butler | 1931-10-30 |
Pelicula | Malvada | Judge Edwin Luther | 1931-10-04 |
Pelicula | Sidewalks of New York | Judge | 1931-09-26 |
Pelicula | Our Blushing Brides | Floorwalker (uncredited) | 1930-07-19 |
Pelicula | Wild Company | Prosecuting Attorney | 1930-07-05 |
Pelicula | Street of Chance | Bartender (uncredited) | 1930-02-08 |
Pelicula | Conspiracy | Tourist Husband (uncredited) | 1930-08-10 |
Pelicula | Todo un hombre | Thacker | 1930-05-10 |
Pelicula | Liliom | Stefen Kadar | 1930-09-27 |
Pelicula | Man Trouble | Eddie | 1930-08-24 |
Pelicula | Abraham Lincoln | Secretary of War Stanton | 1930-11-08 |
Pelicula | The Right to Love | William Kellogg | 1930-12-27 |
Pelicula | The Virtuous Sin | Ivanoff | 1930-10-24 |
Pelicula | Du Barry, mujer de pasión | Bit role | 1930-10-10 |
Pelicula | Marianne | Major Russart (uncredited) | 1929-08-24 |
Pelicula | It's a Great Life | Bit Role | 1929-12-06 |
Pelicula | Half Way to Heaven | Circus Manager | 1929-12-14 |
Pelicula | The Valley Of Hunted Men | Dan Phillips | 1928-02-19 |
Pelicula | Romance of the Underworld | Champagne Joe | 1928-11-10 |