Francis Lederer

ActorDirector Nov 5 (died age 100) Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic] 1928–2009 (81 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Pandora's Box

Alwa Schön

Film

Midnight

Jacques Picot

Film

The Return of Dracula

Count Dracula

Film

The Diary of a Chambermaid

Joseph

Film

77 Sunset Strip

Director

Film

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Kurt Schneider

Film

Romance in Manhattan

Karel Novak

Film

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Self (archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (62)

Movies (48)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

A Century of Science Fiction

1996

as Self

6.9

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

10.0

The Other Eye

1991

as Self

Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

1976

as Self - Interviewee

Terror Is a Man

1959

as Dr. Charles Girard

4.2

The Return of Dracula

as Count Dracula

Maracaibo

as Miguel Orlando

The Ambassador's Daughter

1956

as Prince Nicholas Obelski

Lisbon

as Seraphim

Stolen Identity

as Claude Manelli

Adventures in Vienna

as Claude Manelli

A Woman of Distinction

as Paul Simone

Surrender

as Henry Vaan

Captain Carey, U.S.A.

1950

as Baron Rocco de Greffi

5.5

Million Dollar Weekend

1948

as Alan Marker

4.6

The Diary of a Chambermaid

1946

as Joseph

6.2

The Madonna's Secret

1946

as James Harlan Corbin

5.9

Voice in the Wind

1944

as Jan Volny / El Hombre

5.2

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

as Esteban / Manuel

Puddin' Head

as Prince Karl

The Man I Married

as Eric Hoffman

Midnight

as Jacques Picot

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939

as Kurt Schneider

6.0

The Lone Wolf in Paris

1938

as Michael Lanyard

6.0

Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12

as Self (uncredited)

It's All Yours

as Jimmy Barnes

My American Wife

as Count Ferdinand von und zu Reidenach

One Rainy Afternoon

as Philippe Martin

Romance in Manhattan

as Karel Novak

The Gay Deception

as Sandro

Starlit Days at the Lido

1935

as Self

5.0

The Pursuit of Happiness

as Max Christmann

Man of Two Worlds

as Aigo

Her Majesty Love

as Fred von Wellingen

The Fate of Renate Langen

1931

as Gerd

The emperor's detective

1930

as Dr. Wolfgang Crusius

Susie Cleans Up

1930

as Robert

Fundvogel

1930

as Jan Bergwall

The Great Passion

1930

as Himself

6.5

The Road to Dishonour

1930

as Boris Borrisoff

Atlantic

as Peter

Pandora's Box

as Alwa Schön

Mother Hummingbird

as Georges de Chambry

3.8

Meineid

1929

as Karl Fenn

The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna

1929

as Lt. Michael Rostof

7.0

Die seltsame Nacht der Helga Wangen

1928

as Werner Hilsoe

Refuge

1928

as Martin Falkhagen

Television (14)

Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

as Self

Night Gallery

Mission: Impossible

as Senko Brobin

That Girl

as Vittorio Barrini

Blue Light

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Dr. Jeremias Lipp

Ben Casey

Behind Closed Doors

as Brauer

Matinee Theater

1955

5.0

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.2

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Baron

Lux Video Theatre

as Charles

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One

as Rene d'Arcy

Crew (1)

Television (1)

77 Sunset Strip

1958

Director

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