--- name: "Adolphe Menjou" canonical: "https://film.one/person/adolphe-menjou" fi1m_id: "adolphe-menjou" imdb_id: "nm0579663" tmdb_id: 14563 wikidata_id: "Q358379" roles: ["Actor"] born: "18 February 1890" died: "29 October 1963" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 84 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-19T23:35:14.405542+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Adolphe Menjou ## Identity Adolphe Menjou - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adolphe-menjou - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** adolphe-menjou - **IMDb ID:** nm0579663 - **TMDB ID:** 14563 - **Wikidata ID:** Q358379 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Menjou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358379, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579663/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14563 Actor. Born 18 February 1890 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 29 October 1963. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 18 February 1890, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - **Died:** 29 October 1963 - **Active:** 1932–1957 - **Also known as:** Adolphe Jean Menjou, Adolph Menjou, Адольф Менжу - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 81 (3), 1950s 93 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 84 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 2, War 2, Comedy 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $5m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Menjou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358379, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579663/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14563 ## Streaming the US now - **MUBI:** [*Paths of Glory*](https://film.one/film/paths-of-glory.md) (93) - **Apple TV:** [*A Farewell to Arms*](https://film.one/film/a-farewell-to-arms.md) (80) - **Pluto TV:** [*A Star Is Born*](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Adolphe Menjou > We value Adolphe Menjou for the ease with which he makes a calculating man seem ordinary. His polished manners can become predictable; in *Paths of Glory*, they make his general harder to dismiss. In *Paths of Glory* (1957), Adolphe Menjou's General George Broulard treats decisions affecting other men's lives as opportunities to protect his position. His calculation has the pettiness of an office dispute. Menjou is excellent at making it seem ordinary, giving us little comfort in the idea that such behaviour belongs only to exceptional villains. He does not need to make the general conspicuously sinister. We recognise the self-interest, which makes the performance harder to shrug off. Charles Chaplin directed his breakthrough, *A Woman of Paris* (1923), which established him as the elegant man-about-town. Small gestures and an arched eyebrow suited the silents; sharp verbal timing made the move to sound a useful one. As the cynical editor Walter Burns in *The Front Page* (1931), he had dialogue to put that timing to work. Leading roles in sophisticated silents and early talkies gave way to more supporting work from the 1940s. The limitation was the repeated casting as a slick charmer, with the waxed moustache and impeccable tailoring doing some of the recognition for us. There is pleasure in knowing what an actor can do, but a familiar entrance can settle our expectations too quickly. We would not mistake every raised eyebrow for a complicated character. Menjou's restraint needs a part with enough going on beneath the manners to make those small choices worth watching. Stanley Kubrick gives him that in *Paths of Glory*, where George Macready's General Paul Mireau supplies another officer busy with his own interests. We laughed at their manoeuvring, then felt uncomfortable because other men would have to act on their decisions. Kirk Douglas makes Colonel Dax's decency convincing under pressure, and Menjou gives that decency something recognisably petty to contend with. The film's speeches sometimes press too hard, but Menjou leaves us to notice the calculation. Start here, then try *The Front Page* for the comic timing. ## Biography Adolphe Jean Menjou was an American actor whose career spanned silent films and talkies. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 18 February 1890, he trained at Cornell University before making his screen debut in the mid-1910s. He became known for his suave, debonair screen presence and appeared in more than 200 films. Menjou received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance in *The Front Page* (1931). His notable roles include Pierre Revel in *A Woman of Paris* (1923), Monsieur La Bessiere in *Morocco* (1930), Major Rinaldi in *A Farewell to Arms* (1932), Oliver Niles in *A Star Is Born* (1937), Walter Burns in *The Front Page* (1931), and Gen. George Broulard in *Paths of Glory* (1957). His final film role was Mr Pendergast in *Pollyanna* (1960). He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. He was married to actress Verree Teasdale from 1934 until his death on 29 October 1963 in Beverly Hills, California. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *Paths of Glory* (1957), Fi1m 93, as Gen. George Broulard — [page](https://film.one/film/paths-of-glory.md) - *A Star Is Born* (1937), Fi1m 78, as Oliver Niles — [page](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md) - *Stage Door* (1937), Fi1m 85, as Anthony Powell — [page](https://film.one/film/stage-door.md) - *A Farewell to Arms* (1932), Fi1m 80, as Major Rinaldi — [page](https://film.one/film/a-farewell-to-arms.md) ## Complete filmography (138) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Pollyanna* (1960), as Mr. Pendergast - *The DuPont Show with June Allyson* (1959), series, as Fitch - *I Married a Woman* (1958), as Frederick W. Sutton - *Target (US)* (1958), series, Actor - *Paths of Glory* (1957), as Gen. George Broulard — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/paths-of-glory.md) - *The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown* (1957), as Arthur Martin - *Bundle of Joy* (1956), as J. B. Merlin - *The Ambassador's Daughter* (1956), as Senator Jonathan Carwright - *Timberjack* (1955), as 'Sweetwater' Tilton - *Man on a Tightrope* (1953), as Fesker - *Your Favorite Story* (1953), series, as Host - *The Sniper* (1952), as Frank Kafka - *Across the Wide Missouri* (1951), as Pierre - *The Tall Target* (1951), as Caleb Jeffers - *To Please a Lady* (1950), as Gregg - *Dancing in the Dark* (1949), as Melville Crossman - *My Dream Is Yours* (1949), as Thomas Hutchins - *State of the Union* (1948), as Jim Conover - *The Hucksters* (1947), as Mr. Kimberly - *Mr. District Attorney* (1947), as Craig Warren - *I'll Be Yours* (1947), as J. Conrad Nelson - *The Bachelor's Daughters* (1946), as Alexander Moody - *Heartbeat* (1946), as Ambassador - *Man Alive* (1945), as Kismet - *Step Lively* (1944), as Wagner - *Sweet Rosie O'Grady* (1943), as Tom Moran - *Hi Diddle Diddle* (1943), as Hector Phyffe - *You Were Never Lovelier* (1942), as Eduardo Acuña - *Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6* (1942), Actor - *Syncopation* (1942), as George Latimer - *Roxie Hart* (1942), as Billy Flynn - *Father Takes a Wife* (1941), as Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior - *Road Show* (1941), as Col. Carleton Carroway - *A Bill of Divorcement* (1940), as Hilary Fairfield - *Turnabout* (1940), as Phil Manning - *That's Right – You're Wrong* (1939), as Stacey Delmore - *The Housekeeper's Daughter* (1939), as Deakon Maxwell - *Golden Boy* (1939), as Tom Moody - *King of the Turf* (1939), as Jim Mason - *Thanks for Everything* (1938), as J. B. Harcourt - *Letter of Introduction* (1938), as John Mannering - *The Goldwyn Follies* (1938), as Oliver Merlin - *Stage Door* (1937), as Anthony Powell — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/stage-door.md) - *One Hundred Men and a Girl* (1937), as John Cardwell - *Café Metropole* (1937), as Monsieur Victor - *A Star Is Born* (1937), as Oliver Niles — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md) - *One in a Million* (1937), as Tad Spencer - *Wives Never Know* (1936), as J. Hugh Ramsey - *Sing, Baby, Sing* (1936), as Bruce Farraday - *The Milky Way* (1936), as Gabby Sloan - *Broadway Gondolier* (1935), as Professor Eduardo de Vinci - *Gold Diggers of 1935* (1935), as Nicolai Nicoleff - *The Mighty Barnum* (1934), as Bailey Walsh - *The Human Side* (1934), as Gregory Sheldon - *The Great Flirtation* (1934), as Stephan Karpath - *Little Miss Marker* (1934), as Sorrowful Jones - *The Trumpet Blows* (1934), as Pancho Montes / Pancho Gomez - *Journal of a Crime* (1934), as Paul Mollet - *Easy to Love* (1934), as John - *Convention City* (1933), as T.R. (Ted) Kent - *The Worst Woman in Paris?* (1933), as Adolphe Ballou - *Morning Glory* (1933), as Louis Easton - *The Circus Queen Murder* (1933), as Thatcher Colt - *A Farewell to Arms* (1932), as Major Rinaldi — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/a-farewell-to-arms.md) - *The Night Club Lady* (1932), as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt - *Diamond Cut Diamond* (1932), as Dan McQueen - *Bachelor's Affairs* (1932), as Andrew Hoyt - *Two White Arms* (1932), as Maj. Carey Liston - *Prestige* (1932), as Capt. Remy Bandoin - *Forbidden* (1932), as Robert Grover - *Friends and Lovers* (1931), as Captain Geoffrey Roberts - *The Great Lover* (1931), as Paurel - *Let Us Be Gay* (1931), as Bob Brown - *The Front Page* (1931), as Walter Burns - *Men Call It Love* (1931), as Tony - *The Easiest Way* (1931), as William Brockton - *New Moon* (1930), as Governor Boris Brusiloff - *Morocco* (1930), as Monsieur La Bessiere - *Mysterious Mr. Parkes* (1930), as Courtenay Parkes - *Bold Love* (1930), Actor - *My Kid of a Father* (1930), as Jérôme Rocheville - *Fashions in Love* (1929), as Paul de Remy - *Marquis Preferred* (1929), as Marquis d'Argenville - *His Private Life* (1928), as Georges St. Germain - *His Tiger Lady* (1928), as Henri - *A Night of Mystery* (1928), Actor - *Serenade* (1927), as Franz Rossi - *A Gentleman of Paris* (1927), as Marquis de Marignan - *Service for Ladies* (1927), as Albert Leroux - *Evening Clothes* (1927), as Lucien d'Artois - *Blonde or Brunette* (1927), as Henri Martel - *The Sorrows of Satan* (1926), as Prince Lucio de Rimanez - *The Ace of Cads* (1926), Actor - *A Social Celebrity* (1926), as Max Haber - *Fascinating Youth* (1926), as Adolphe Menjou - *The Grand Duchess and the Waiter* (1926), as Albert Durant - *The King On Main Street* (1925), as Serge IV - *Are Parents People?* (1925), as Mr. Hazlitt - *A Kiss in the Dark* (1925), as Walter Grenham - *The Swan* (1925), as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels - *The Fast Set* (1924), as Ernest Steel - *Open All Night* (1924), as Edmund Durverne - *Sinners in Silk* (1924), as Arthur Merrill - *Broken Barriers* (1924), as Tommy Kemp - *Broadway After Dark* (1924), as Ralph Norton - *The Marriage Cheat* (1924), as Bob Canfield - *Shadows of Paris* (1924), as Georges de Croy - *The Marriage Circle* (1924), as Professor Josef Stock - *Forbidden Paradise* (1924), as Chancellor - *The Spanish Dancer* (1923), as Don Salluste - *A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate* (1923), as Pierre Revel - *Rupert of Hentzau* (1923), as Count Rischenheim - *Bella Donna* (1923), as Mr. Chepstow - *The World's Applause* (1923), as Robert Townsend - *Singed Wings* (1922), as Bliss Gordon - *Clarence* (1922), as Hubert Stein - *Pink Gods* (1922), as Louis Barney - *The Eternal Flame* (1922), as Duc de Langeais - *The Fast Mail* (1922), as Cal Baldwin - *Is Matrimony a Failure?* (1922), as Dudley King - *Head Over Heels* (1922), as Sterling - *Arabian Love* (1922), as Captain Fortine (uncredited) - *The Sheik* (1921), as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert - *Queenie* (1921), as Count Michael - *The Three Musketeers* (1921), as Louis XIII - *Through the Back Door* (1921), as James Brewster - *The Faith Healer* (1921), as Dr. Littlefield - *The Silent Barrier* (1920), Producer - *The Moth* (1917), as Teddy Marbridge / The Husband - *The Valentine Girl* (1917), as Joe Winder - *The Blue Envelope Mystery* (1916), as Bit Part (uncredited) - *Manhattan Madness* (1916), as Country Club Patron (uncredited) - *The Reward of Patience* (1916), as Paul Dunstan - *The Devil at His Elbow* (1916), as Wilfred Carleton - *The Crucial Test* (1916), as Count Nicolai - *The Habit of Happiness* (1916), as Society Man (uncredited) - *Nearly a King* (1916), as Baron - *A Parisian Romance* (1916), as Julianai ## Gallery - ![Adolphe Menjou](https://film.one/media/person/102917/gallery-746b5997b2b6.jpg) Adolphe Menjou — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Adolphe_Menjou%2C_film_actor_%28SAYRE_6316%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Sujet : Carver, Kathryn (1899-1947) -- Portraits Menjou, Adolphe (1890-1963) -- Portraits Mariage -- Paris (France) Paris (France) -- Arrondissement (16e) Portr (1928)](https://film.one/media/person/102917/gallery-541dd09e3456.jpg) Sujet : Carver, Kathryn (1899-1947) -- Portraits Menjou, Adolphe (1890-1963) -- Portraits Mariage -- Paris (France) Paris (France) -- Arrondissement (16e) Portr (1928) — Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/16-5-28%2C_mariage_%28de%29_Adolphe_Menjou_%28et%29_Kathryn_Carver_-_btv1b53199140d.jpg/1280px-16-5-28%2C_mariage_%28de%29_Adolphe_Menjou_%28et%29_Kathryn_Carver_-_btv1b53199140d.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Sujet : Carver, Kathryn (1899-1947) -- Portraits Menjou, Adolphe (1890-1963) -- Portraits Mariage -- Paris (France) Paris (France) -- Gare du Nord Portraits col (1928)](https://film.one/media/person/102917/gallery-58232f6fde7f.jpg) Sujet : Carver, Kathryn (1899-1947) -- Portraits Menjou, Adolphe (1890-1963) -- Portraits Mariage -- Paris (France) Paris (France) -- Gare du Nord Portraits col (1928) — Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/16-5-28_%28mariage_de%29_Adolphe_Menjou%2C_Kathryn_Carver_-_btv1b53199141v.jpg/1280px-16-5-28_%28mariage_de%29_Adolphe_Menjou%2C_Kathryn_Carver_-_btv1b53199141v.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Title: A. Menjou Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1900)](https://film.one/media/person/102917/gallery-ccfc6675fa5d.jpg) Title: A. Menjou Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1900) — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/A._Menjou_LCCN2014718244.jpg/1280px-A._Menjou_LCCN2014718244.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Title: A. Menjou Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1924)](https://film.one/media/person/102917/gallery-c4f322d723e3.jpg) Title: A. Menjou Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1924) — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/A._Menjou_LCCN2014718245.jpg/1280px-A._Menjou_LCCN2014718245.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![A Night of Mystery Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actors (1928)](https://film.one/media/person/102917/gallery-01ccf3c74e45.jpg) A Night of Mystery Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actors (1928) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/A_Night_of_Mystery_%28SAYRE_14265%29.jpg/1280px-A_Night_of_Mystery_%28SAYRE_14265%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1931: Best Actor (nominated), for *The Front Page* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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