Actor
Francis 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 ...

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