People
Francis Lederer
Biography:
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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 Hearts, but the producers replaced him with Charles Boyer. It was Irving Thalberg's plan to make Lederer "the biggest star in Hollywood" but the death of Thalberg ended this... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-02 |
A Century of Science Fiction as Self | 1996-01-01 |
The Other Eye as Self | 1991-09-25 |
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Count Dracula (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
Vincent Price's Dracula as Count Dracula - (archive footage) | 1986-09-29 |
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture as Self - Interviewee | 1976-10-07 |
Terror is a Man as Dr. Charles Girard | 1959-11-01 |
The Return of Dracula as Count Dracula | 1958-05-21 |
Maracaibo as Miguel Orlando | 1958-05-21 |
Lisbon as Seraphim | 1956-08-17 |
The Ambassador's Daughter as Prince Nicholas Obelski | 1956-07-26 |
Stolen Identity as Claude Manelli | 1953-04-03 |
Adventures in Vienna as Claude Manelli | 1952-08-20 |
Surrender as Henry Vaan | 1950-09-15 |
A Woman of Distinction as Paul Simone | 1950-03-16 |
Captain Carey, U.S.A. as Baron Rocco de Greffi | 1950-02-21 |
Million Dollar Weekend as Alan Marker | 1948-10-29 |
The Madonna's Secret as James Harlan Corbin | 1946-02-16 |
The Diary of a Chambermaid as Joseph | 1946-02-15 |
Voice in the Wind as Jan Volny / El Hombre | 1944-03-03 |
The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Esteban / Manuel | 1944-02-11 |
Puddin' Head as Prince Karl | 1941-06-25 |
The Man I Married as Eric Hoffman | 1940-08-09 |
Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Kurt Schneider | 1939-05-06 |
Midnight as Jacques Picot | 1939-03-24 |
The Lone Wolf in Paris as Michael Lanyard | 1938-05-25 |
It's All Yours as Jimmy Barnes | 1937-09-01 |
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 as Self (uncredited) | 1937-08-13 |
My American Wife as Count Ferdinand von und zu Reidenach | 1936-08-06 |
One Rainy Afternoon as Philippe Martin | 1936-05-13 |
Starlit Days at the Lido as Self | 1935-09-28 |
The Gay Deception as Sandro | 1935-09-13 |
Romance in Manhattan as Karel Novak | 1935-01-11 |
The Pursuit of Happiness as Max Christmann | 1934-09-27 |
Man of Two Worlds as Aigo | 1934-01-13 |
Her Majesty Love as Fred von Wellingen | 1933-02-06 |
The Fate of Renate Langen as Gerd | 1931-02-11 |
Susie Cleans Up as Robert | 1930-11-22 |
The Great Longing as Himself | 1930-08-24 |
Fundvogel as Jan Bergwall | 1930-05-19 |
The emperor's detective as Dr. Wolfgang Crusius | 1930-04-19 |
The Road to Dishonour as Boris Borrisoff | 1930-02-26 |
Atlantic as Peter | 1929-10-28 |
Mother Hummingbird as Georges de Chambry | 1929-10-23 |
Meineid as Karl Fenn | 1929-04-26 |
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna as Lt. Michael Rostof | 1929-04-15 |
Pandora's Box as Alwa Schön | 1929-01-30 |
Die seltsame Nacht der Helga Wangen as Werner Hilsoe | 1928-10-15 |
Refuge as Martin Falkhagen | 1928-08-03 |