- One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
- Father of Matthew Rapf, producer Maurice Rapf.
- One of the original top executives of the newly formed Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer super studio in 1924, where he would remain for the remainder of his life. Rapf held the title of Production Supervisor in addition to acting as a line producer as well as one of Irving Thalberg's inner circle of supervisors. At the end of the reign of Louis B. Mayer, Rapf remained a Mayer loyalist and an enemy of MGM head Dore Schary.
- Nicknamed the "anteater" because of his pronounced curved proboscis.
- Before entering the film business, Rapf worked in vaudeville putting together traveling minstrel shows.
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