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'''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]]'';
==Early life==
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In 1948, Menjou published his autobiography, ''It Took Nine Tailors''.
Menjou died on October 29, 1963, of [[hepatitis]] in [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]], California.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dapper Adolphe Menjou Dies After Long Illness
==Legacy==
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In the "Irresistible Andy" episode of ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', when Andy sees Barney dressed in fancy attire, Andy calls him "the Adolphe Menjou of Mayberry".
In the movie ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]],''
In the [[Mario Puzo]] novel [[The Godfather (novel)|''The Godfather'']], character Jules Segall references the misdiagnosis of singer Johnny Fontane's throat troubles by an "Adolphe Menjou medical man..."
In the [[M*A*S*H (TV series)|''M*A*S*H'']] episode, "Abyssinia, Henry," Henry Blake is departing the 4077th, attired in a comically dated suit and hat. Trapper tells him: "Henry, that suit is really you!" Hawkeye, after a perfectly timed beat, adds: "If you're Adolphe Menjou."
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1914 || ''The Acid Test'' || Extra || Short film <br />'''Lost''' film <br /> Uncredited
|-
| 1914 || ''The Man Behind the Door'' || Ringmaster || '''Lost''' film <br /> Uncredited
|-
| 1916 || ''A Parisian Romance'' || Julianai || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1916 || ''[[Nearly a King]]'' || Baron || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1916 || ''[[The Price of Happiness]]'' || Howard Neal || '''Lost''' film
|-
|-
| 1916 || ''[[The Crucial Test]]'' || Count Nicolai || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1916 || ''[[The Devil at His Elbow]]'' || Wilfred Carleton || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1916 || ''[[The Reward of Patience]]'' || Paul Dunstan || '''Lost''' film
|-
|-
| 1916 || ''[[The Scarlet Runner]]'' || Bit Part || '''Lost''' film
|-
|-
| 1916 || ''[[The Blue Envelope Mystery]]'' || Bit Part || '''Lost''' film <br /> Uncredited
|-
| 1917 || ''[[The Valentine Girl]]'' || Joe Winder || '''Lost''' film
|-
|-
| 1917 || ''[[The Amazons (1917 film)|The Amazons]]'' || || '''Lost''' film <br /> Uncredited
|-
|-
| 1917 || ''[[The Moth (1917 film)|The Moth]]'' || Teddy Marbridge / The Husband || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1920 || ''[[What Happened to Rosa]]'' || Reporter Friend of Dr. Drew || Uncredited
|-
| 1921 || ''[[The Faith Healer]]'' || Dr. Littlefield || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1921 || ''[[Courage (1921 film)|Courage]]'' || Bruce Ferguson || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1921 || ''[[Through the Back Door]]'' || James Brewster ||
|-
| 1921 || ''[[The Three Musketeers (1921 movie)|The Three Musketeers]]'' || [[Louis XIII]] ||
|-
| 1921 || ''[[Queenie (film)|Queenie]]'' || Count Michael || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1921 || ''[[The Sheik (film)|The Sheik]]'' || Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert ||
|-
| 1922 || ''[[Head Over Heels (1922 film)|Head Over Heels]]'' || Sterling ||
|-
| 1922 || ''[[Arabian Love]]'' || Captain Fortine || '''Lost''' film <br /> Uncredited
|-
| 1922 || ''[[Is Matrimony a Failure?]]'' || Dudley King || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1922 || ''[[The Fast Mail]]'' || Cal Baldwin || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1922 || ''[[The Eternal Flame (film)|The Eternal Flame]]'' || Duc de Langeais || '''Incomplete''' film
|-
| 1922 || ''[[Pink Gods]]'' || Louis Barney || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1922 || ''[[Clarence (1922 film)|Clarence]]'' || Hubert Stein || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1922 || ''[[Singed Wings]]'' || Bliss Gordon || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1923 || ''[[The World's Applause]]'' || Robert Townsend || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1923 || ''[[Bella Donna (1923 film)|Bella Donna]]'' || Mr. Chepstow ||
|-
|-
| 1923 || ''[[A Woman of Paris]]'' || Pierre Revel ||
|-
| 1923 || ''[[The Spanish Dancer]]'' || Don Salluste ||
|-
| 1924 || ''[[The Marriage Circle]]'' || Prof. Josef Stock ||
|-
| 1924 || ''[[Shadows of Paris (1924 film)|Shadows of Paris]]'' || Georges de Croy, His Secretary || '''Lost''' film
|-
|-
| 1924 || ''[[Broadway After Dark]]'' || Ralph Norton || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1924 || ''[[For Sale (1924 film)|For Sale]]'' || Joseph Hudley || '''Lost''' film
|-
|-
| 1924 || ''[[Sinners in Silk]]'' || Arthur Merrill || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1924 || ''[[Open All Night (1924 film)|Open All Night]]'' || Edmund Durverne ||
|-
|-
| 1924 || ''[[Forbidden Paradise]]'' || Chancellor ||
|-
| 1925 || ''[[A Kiss in the Dark (1925 film)|A Kiss in the Dark]]'' || Walter Grenham || '''Incomplete''' film
|-
|-
| 1925 || ''[[Are Parents People?]]'' || Mr. Hazlitt ||
|-
| 1925 || ''[[Lost: A Wife]]'' || Tony Hamilton || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1925 || ''[[The King on Main Street]]'' || King Serge IV of Molvania ||
|-
|-
| 1926 || ''[[Fascinating Youth]]'' || Himself || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1926 || ''[[A Social Celebrity]]'' || Max Haber || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1926 || ''[[The Ace of Cads]]'' || Chappel Maturin || '''Lost''' film
|-
|-
| 1927 || ''[[Blonde or Brunette]]'' || Henri Martel ||
|-
| 1927 || ''[[Evening Clothes]]'' || Lucien d'Artois || '''Lost''' film
|-
|-
| 1927 || ''[[A Gentleman of Paris (1927 film)|A Gentleman of Paris]]'' || Marquis de Marignan ||
|-
| 1927 || ''[[Serenade (1927 film)|Serenade]]'' || Franz Rossi || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1928 || ''[[A Night of Mystery]]'' || Captain Ferreol || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1928 || ''[[His Tiger Lady]]'' || Henri || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1928 || ''[[His Private Life (1928 film)|His Private Life]]'' || Georges St. Germain || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1929 || ''[[Marquis Preferred]]'' || Marquis d'Argenville || '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1929 || ''[[Fashions in Love]]'' || Paul de Remy ||
|-
| 1930 || ''Soyons gais'' || Bob Brown ||
|-
| 1930 || ''[[My Childish Father (1930 film)|My Childish Father]]'' || Jérome ||
|-
| 1930 || ''Amor audaz'' || Albert d'Arlons ||
|-
| 1930 || ''[[Mysterious Mr. Parkes]]'' || Courtenay Parkes ||
|-
| 1930 || ''[[Morocco (1930 film)|Morocco]]'' || Monsieur La Bessiere ||
|-
| 1930 || ''[[New Moon (1930 film)|New Moon]]'' || Governor Boris Brusiloff ||
|-
| 1931 || ''[[The Easiest Way]]'' || William Brockton ||
|-
| 1931 || ''[[Men Call It Love]]'' || Tony ||
|-
| 1931 || ''[[The Front Page (1931 film)|The Front Page]]'' || Walter Burns ||
|-
| 1931 || ''[[The Great Lover (1931 film)|The Great Lover]]'' || Jean Paurel
|-
| 1931 || ''The Parisian'' || Jérome Rocheville ||
|-
| 1931 || ''[[Friends and Lovers (1931 film)|Friends and Lovers]]'' || Captain Geoffrey Roberts ||
|-
| 1931 || ''[[Prestige (1932 film)|Prestige]]'' || Capt. Remy Bandoin ||
|-
| 1931 || ''Wir schalten um auf Hollywood'' || Himself ||
|-
| 1932 || ''[[Forbidden (1932 film)|Forbidden]]'' || Bob ||
|-
| 1932 || ''[[Two White Arms|Wives Beware]]'' || Maj. Carey Liston || First film ever shown at a [[Drive-in theater|drive-in]]<ref>Lewis, Mary Beth. "Ten Best First Facts", in ''Car and Driver'', 1/88, p.92.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Connic |first=Jennifer |title=PHOTOS: Happy birthday, drive-in movies, a N.J. invention |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/06/celebrating_the_first_drive-in_theater_a_nj_first.html |date=June 6, 2014 |website=[[NJ.com]] |publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC |access-date=August 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=20030813&id=-nlTAAAAIBAJ&pg=5641,3424411|title=The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search|website=News.google.com|access-date=December 30, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1932 || ''[[Bachelor's Affairs]]'' || Andrew Hoyt ||
|-
| 1932 || ''[[Diamond Cut Diamond (film)|Diamond Cut Diamond]]'' || Dan McQueen ||
|-
| 1932 || ''[[The Night Club Lady]]'' || Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt ||
|-
| 1932 || ''[[A Farewell to Arms (1932 film)|A Farewell to Arms]]'' || Rinaldi ||
|-
| 1933 || ''[[The Circus Queen Murder]]'' || Thatcher Colt ||
|-
| 1933 || ''[[Morning Glory (1933 film)|Morning Glory]]'' || Louis Easton ||
|-
| 1933 || ''[[The Worst Woman in Paris?]]'' || Adolphe Ballou ||
|-
| 1933 || ''[[Convention City]]'' || T.R. (Ted) Kent ||
|-
| 1934 || ''[[Easy to Love (1934 film)|Easy to Love]]'' || John ||
|-
| 1934 || ''[[Journal of a Crime]]'' || Paul Moliet ||
|-
| 1934 || ''[[The Trumpet Blows]]'' || Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez ||
|-
| 1934 || ''[[Little Miss Marker]]'' || Sorrowful Jones ||
|-
| 1934 || ''[[The Great Flirtation]]'' || Stephan Karpath ||
|-
| 1934 || ''[[The Human Side]]'' || Gregory Sheldon ||
|-
| 1934 || ''[[The Mighty Barnum]]'' || Bailey Walsh ||
|-
| 1935 || ''[[Gold Diggers of 1935]]'' || Nicolai Nicoleff ||
|-
| 1935 || ''[[Broadway Gondolier]]'' || Professor Eduardo de Vinci ||
|-
| 1935 || ''[[The Milky Way (1936 film)|The Milky Way]]'' || Gabby Sloan ||
|-
| 1936 || ''[[Sing, Baby, Sing]]'' || Bruce Farraday ||
|-
| 1936 || ''[[Wives Never Know]]'' || J. Hugh Ramsey ||
|-
| 1936 || ''[[One in a Million (1936 film)|One in a Million]]'' || Tad Spencer ||
|-
| 1937 || ''[[A Star Is Born (1937 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' || Oliver Niles ||
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Café Metropole]]'' || Monsieur Victor ||
|-
| 1937 || ''[[One Hundred Men and a Girl]]'' || John Cardwell ||
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Stage Door]]'' || Anthony Powell ||
|-
| 1938 || ''[[The Goldwyn Follies]]'' || Oliver Merlin ||
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Letter of Introduction (film)|Letter of Introduction]]'' || John Mannering ||
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Thanks for Everything (1938 film)|Thanks for Everything]]'' || J. B. Harcourt ||
|-
| 1939 || ''[[King of the Turf]]'' || Jim Mason ||
|-
| 1939 || ''[[Golden Boy (1939 film)|Golden Boy]]'' || Tom Moody ||
|-
| 1939 || ''[[The Housekeeper's Daughter]]'' || Deakon Maxwell ||
|-
| 1939 || ''[[That's Right—You're Wrong]]'' || Stacey Delmore ||
|-
| 1940 || ''[[Turnabout (film)|Turnabout]]'' || Phil Manning ||
|-
| 1940 || ''[[A Bill of Divorcement (1940 film)|A Bill of Divorcement]]'' || Hilary Fairfield ||
|-
| 1941 || ''[[Road Show (film)|Road Show]]'' || Colonel Carleton Carroway ||
|-
| 1941 || ''[[Father Takes a Wife]]'' || Senior ||
|-
| 1942 || ''[[Roxie Hart (film)|Roxie Hart]]'' || Billy Flynn ||
|-
| 1942 || ''[[Syncopation (1942 film)|Syncopation]]'' || George Latimer ||
|-
| 1942 || ''[[You Were Never Lovelier]]'' || Eduardo Acuña ||
|-
| 1943 || ''[[Hi Diddle Diddle]]'' || Col. Hector Phyffe ||
|-
| 1943 || ''[[Sweet Rosie O'Grady]]'' || Tom Moran ||
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Step Lively (1944 film)|Step Lively]]'' || Wagner ||
|-
| 1945 || ''[[Man Alive (1945 film)|Man Alive]]'' || Kismet ||
|-
| 1946 || ''[[Heartbeat (1946 film)|Heartbeat]]'' || Ambassador ||
|-
| 1946 || ''[[The Bachelor's Daughters]]'' || Alexander Moody ||
|-
| 1947 || ''[[I'll Be Yours]]'' || J. Conrad Nelson ||
|-
| 1947 || ''[[Mr. District Attorney (1947 film)|Mr. District Attorney]]'' || Craig Warren ||
|-
| 1947 || ''[[The Hucksters]]'' || Mr. Kimberly ||
|-
| 1948 || ''[[State of the Union (film)|State of the Union]]'' || Jim Conover ||
|-
| 1949 || ''[[My Dream Is Yours]]'' || Thomas Hutchins ||
|-
| 1949 || ''[[Dancing in the Dark (1949 film)|Dancing in the Dark]]'' || Melville Crossman ||
|-
| 1950 || ''[[To Please a Lady]]'' || Gregg ||
|-
| 1951 || ''[[The Tall Target]]'' || Colonel Caleb Jeffers ||
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Across the Wide Missouri (film)|Across the Wide Missouri]]'' || Pierre ||
|-
| 1952 || ''[[The Sniper (1952 film)|The Sniper]]'' || Police Lt. Frank Kafka ||
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Man on a Tightrope]]'' || Fesker ||
|-
| 1955 || ''[[Timberjack (film)|Timberjack]]'' || 'Sweetwater' Tilton ||
|-
| 1956 || ''[[The Ambassador's Daughter (1956 film)|The Ambassador's Daughter]]'' || Senator Jonathan Cartwright ||
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Bundle of Joy]]'' || J.B. Merlin ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown]]'' || Arthur Martin ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Paths of Glory]]'' || Major General Georges Broulard ||
|-
| 1958 || ''[[I Married a Woman]]'' || Frederick W. Sutton ||
|-
| 1960 || ''[[Pollyanna (1960 film)|Pollyanna]]'' || Mr. Pendergast ||
|}
==Radio appearances==
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{{Commons category|Adolphe Menjou}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Adolphe Menjou |sopt=t}}
* {{AFI person | 7620-Adolphe-Menjou }}
* {{IMDb name|0579663}}
* {{Tcmdb name}}
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