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Adolphe Menjou was an American actor born on the 18th of February 1890 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, whose career spanned both silent films and talkies from 1916 to 1960. He was famous for his debonair and sophisticated screen presence and was voted Best Dressed Man in America nine times. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for The Front Page in 1931.
Menjou appeared in prominent films including The Sheik (1921), A Woman of Paris (1923), The Marriage Circle (1924), Morocco (1930) with Marlene Dietrich, A Farewell to Arms (1932), Morning Glory (1933), A Star Is Born (1937), and Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957). His final film role was in Disney's Pollyanna (1960), where he played the town curmudgeon.
In 1947, Menjou testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities and declined to name specific individuals as Communists. He stated he knew no Screen Actors Guild members who belonged to the Communist Party, but said he knew people who "act an awful lot like Communists." He also opposed firing Communist writers and actors, arguing many Communist writers were "splendid writers" who simply needed to be watched.
Menjou was briefly a member of the John Birch Society, and even after leaving the organization he continued to claim belief in its principles until his death. He was also a member of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, alongside John Wayne and Barbara Stanwyck.
Menjou was married three times. He married Kathryn Conn Tinsley in 1920, divorced, then married Kathryn Carver in 1928, divorcing in 1934. His third marriage to actress Verree Teasdale lasted from 1934 until his death on the 29th of October 1963. With Teasdale, he had one adopted son, Peter Menjou.
Menjou is interred beside his wife Verree at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in California. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6826 Hollywood Boulevard in 1960 for his contributions to the motion picture industry. Salvador Dali declared Menjou's mustache "surrealist," and photographer Umbo produced a celebrated portrait of him titled "Menjou En Gros" around 1928.