Francis Lederer
Actor
Born November 5, 1899 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
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.
Filmography
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
A Century of Science Fiction
Self
Dracula in the Movies
(archive footage)
The Other Eye
Self
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
Self - Interviewee
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Self
Night Gallery
Mission: Impossible
Senko Brobin
That Girl
Vittorio Barrini
Blue Light
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Dr. Jeremias Lipp
Ben Casey
Terror Is a Man
Dr. Charles Girard
77 Sunset Strip
Behind Closed Doors
Brauer
The Return of Dracula
Count Dracula
Maracaibo
Miguel Orlando
Lisbon
Seraphim
The Ambassador's Daughter
Prince Nicholas Obelski
Matinee Theater
Stolen Identity
Claude Manelli
Adventures in Vienna
Claude Manelli
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Surrender
Henry Vaan
A Woman of Distinction
Paul Simone
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Baron Rocco de Greffi
Robert Montgomery Presents
Baron
Studio One
Rene d'Arcy
Million Dollar Weekend
Alan Marker
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Madonna's Secret
James Harlan Corbin
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Joseph
Voice in the Wind
Jan Volny / El Hombre
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Esteban / Manuel
Puddin' Head
Prince Karl
The Man I Married
Eric Hoffman
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Kurt Schneider
Midnight
Jacques Picot
The Lone Wolf in Paris
Michael Lanyard
It's All Yours
Jimmy Barnes
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
Self (uncredited)
My American Wife
Count Ferdinand von und zu Reidenach
One Rainy Afternoon
Philippe Martin
Starlit Days at the Lido
Self
The Gay Deception
Sandro
Romance in Manhattan
Karel Novak
The Pursuit of Happiness
Max Christmann
Man of Two Worlds
Aigo
Her Majesty Love
Fred von Wellingen
Susie Cleans Up
Robert
The Great Passion
Himself
Fundvogel
Jan Bergwall
The Road to Dishonour
Boris Borrisoff
Atlantic
Peter
Mother Hummingbird
Georges de Chambry
Meineid
Karl Fenn
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna
Lt. Michael Rostof
Pandora's Box
Alwa Schön
Refuge
Martin Falkhagen