- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 5, 1899
- Place of Birth
- Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
- Died
- May 25, 2000
Francis Lederer
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 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 possibility. Although he continued to play leads occasionally – notably when he was a playboy in Mitchell Leisen's Midnight with Claudette Colbert and John Barrymore in 1939 – in the late 1930s Lederer began to expand his ch…
Filmography
movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieA Century of Science Fiction
1996 · Self
movieDracula in the Movies
1992 · (archive footage)
movieThe Other Eye
1991 · Self
movieDracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Count Dracula (archive footage)
movieMemories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
1976 · Self - Interviewee
tvFilm Emigration from Nazi Germany
1975 · Self
tvNight Gallery
1970
tvMission: Impossible
1966 · Senko Brobin
tvThat Girl
1966 · Vittorio Barrini
tvBlue Light
1966
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Dr. Jeremias Lipp
tvBen Casey
1961
movieTerror Is a Man
1959 · Dr. Charles Girard
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Director
tvBehind Closed Doors
1958 · Brauer
movieThe Return of Dracula
1958 · Count Dracula
movieMaracaibo
1958 · Miguel Orlando
movieLisbon
1956 · Seraphim
movieThe Ambassador's Daughter
1956 · Prince Nicholas Obelski
tvMatinee Theater
1955
movieStolen Identity
1953 · Claude Manelli
movieAdventures in Vienna
1952 · Claude Manelli
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Lux Video Theatre
tvLux Video Theatre
1950 · Charles
movieSurrender
1950 · Henry Vaan
movieA Woman of Distinction
1950 · Paul Simone
movieCaptain Carey, U.S.A.
1950 · Baron Rocco de Greffi
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Baron
tvStudio One
1948 · Rene d'Arcy
movieMillion Dollar Weekend
1948 · Alan Marker
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
movieThe Madonna's Secret
1946 · James Harlan Corbin
movieThe Diary of a Chambermaid
1946 · Joseph
movieVoice in the Wind
1944 · Jan Volny / El Hombre
movieThe Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944 · Esteban / Manuel
moviePuddin' Head
1941 · Prince Karl
movieThe Man I Married
1940 · Eric Hoffman
movieConfessions of a Nazi Spy
1939 · Kurt Schneider
movieMidnight
1939 · Jacques Picot
movieThe Lone Wolf in Paris
1938 · Michael Lanyard
movieIt's All Yours
1937 · Jimmy Barnes
movieScreen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
1937 · Self (uncredited)
movieMy American Wife
1936 · Count Ferdinand von und zu Reidenach
movieOne Rainy Afternoon
1936 · Philippe Martin
movieStarlit Days at the Lido
1935 · Self
movieThe Gay Deception
1935 · Sandro
movieRomance in Manhattan
1934 · Karel Novak
movieThe Pursuit of Happiness
1934 · Max Christmann
movieMan of Two Worlds
1934 · Aigo
movieHer Majesty Love
1933 · Fred von Wellingen
The Fate of Renate Langen
movieThe Fate of Renate Langen
1931 · Gerd
movieSusie Cleans Up
1930 · Robert
movieThe Great Passion
1930 · Himself
movieFundvogel
1930 · Jan Bergwall
The emperor's detective
movieThe emperor's detective
1930 · Dr. Wolfgang Crusius
movieThe Road to Dishonour
1930 · Boris Borrisoff
movieAtlantic
1929 · Peter
movieMother Hummingbird
1929 · Georges de Chambry
movieMeineid
1929 · Karl Fenn
movieThe Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna
1929 · Lt. Michael Rostof
moviePandora's Box
1929 · Alwa Schön
Die seltsame Nacht der Helga Wangen
movieDie seltsame Nacht der Helga Wangen
1928 · Werner Hilsoe
movieRefuge
1928 · Martin Falkhagen