Francis Lederer
Birthday
1899/11/05
Day of death
2000/05/25 (100 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Also know as
Franz Lederer, František Lederer
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Francis Lederer (November 6, 1899 – May 25, 2000) was a Czech-born film and stage actor with a successful career, first in Europe, then in the United States. His original name was František Lederer. Lederer's first American movies were Man of Two Worlds (1934), Romance in Manhattan (1934), with Ginger Rogers, The Gay Deception (1935), with Frances Dee, and One Rainy Afternoon (1936). He was cast as the lead with Katharine Hepburn in the 1935 film Break of...Read more
Acting
(1929) Pandora's Box
as Alwa Schön
(1939) Midnight
as Jacques Picot
(1930) Susie Cleans Up
as Robert
(1944) Voice in the Wind
as Jan Volny / El Hombre
(1946) The Madonna's Secret
as James Harlan Corbin
(1953) Stolen Identity
as Claude Manelli
(1948) Million Dollar Weekend
as Alan Marker
(1946) The Diary of a Chambermaid
as Joseph
(1991) The Other Eye
as Self
(1958) The Return of Dracula
as Count Dracula
(1935) The Gay Deception
as Sandro
(1959) Terror Is a Man
as Dr. Charles Girard
(1939) Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Kurt Schneider
(1944) The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Esteban / Manuel
(1929) Mother Hummingbird
as Georges de Chambry
(1938) The Lone Wolf in Paris
as Michael Lanyard
(1950) Captain Carey, U.S.A.
as Baron Rocco de Greffi
(1950) A Woman of Distinction
as Paul Simone
(1991) Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
(1929) The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna
as Lt. Michael Rostof
(1934) The Pursuit of Happiness
as Max Christmann
(1936) One Rainy Afternoon
as Philippe Martin
(1936) My American Wife
as Count Ferdinand von und zu Reidenach
(1935) Romance in Manhattan
as Karel Novak
(1940) The Man I Married
as Eric Hoffman
(1934) Man of Two Worlds
as Aigo
(1958) Maracaibo
as Miguel Orlando
(1956) Lisbon
as Seraphim
(1937) It's All Yours
as Jimmy Barnes
(1929) Meineid
as Karl Fenn
(1937) Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
as Self (uncredited)
(1930) Fundvogel
as Jan Bergwall
(1941) Puddin' Head
as Prince Karl
(1930) The Great Passion
as Himself
(1930) The Road to Dishonour
as Boris Borrisoff
(1933) Her Majesty Love
as Fred von Wellingen
(1956) The Ambassador's Daughter
as Prince Nicholas Obelski
(1950) Surrender
as Henry Vaan
(1952) Adventures in Vienna
as Claude Manelli
(1930) The emperor's detective
as Dr. Wolfgang Crusius
(1928) Die seltsame Nacht der Helga Wangen
as Werner Hilsoe
(1931) The Fate of Renate Langen
as Gerd
(1935) Starlit Days at the Lido
as Self
(1976) Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
as Self - Interviewee
(1996) A Century of Science Fiction
as Self
(1928) Refuge
as Martin Falkhagen
(2009) 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
(1929) Atlantic
as Peter
(1963) Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Dr. Jeremias Lipp
(1966) That Girl
as Vittorio Barrini
(1948) Studio One
as Rene d'Arcy
(1970) Night Gallery
as ---
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Senko Brobin
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Charles
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as ---
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Baron
(1958) Behind Closed Doors
as Brauer
(1966) Blue Light
as ---
(1975) Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
as Self