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Adolphe Menjou
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Actor Born: February 18, 1890 in Pittsburgh, PA Death: October 29, 1963 in Beverly Hills, CA Biography:Debonair and sophisticated, "Adolphe Menjou" was an impeccably-dressed lead actor with a waxed black mustache. At age 21 he moved to New York with no intention of becoming an actor; three years later he drifted into films as an extra, then got some larger roles before serving as a captain in the Ambulance Corps for three years in World War I. Back in the U.S. Menjou returned to acting, playing supporting roles in a number of major productions. He became a star after playing the lead role in "Charlie Chaplin"'s "A Woman of Paris" (1923), which established his screen persona: a dapper, suave man of the world. He went on to play this role in more than 100 films, at first as a leading man and later as a character actor. He made the transition to sound easily and received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his work in "The Front Page" (1931). He gained a reputation as one of the world's best-dressed men, a... Full Biography
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