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 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 character parts, even playing villains. Edward G. Robinson praised Lederer's performance as a German American Bundist in Confessions of a Nazi Spy in 1939, and he earned plaudits for his portrayal of a fascist in The Man I Married (1940) with Joan Bennett. He also played Count Dracula for The Return o…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Mission: Impossible (1966) — Senko Brobin
2. Pandora's Box (1929) — Alwa Schön
3. Night Gallery (1970)
4. Midnight (1939) — Jacques Picot
5. The Return of Dracula (1958) — Count Dracula
6. The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946) — Joseph
7. That Girl (1966) — Vittorio Barrini
8. Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) — Kurt Schneider
9. Terror Is a Man (1959) — Dr. Charles Girard
10. Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) — Baron Rocco de Greffi
11. The Man I Married (1940) — Eric Hoffman
12. Ben Casey (1961)
13. Romance in Manhattan (1934) — Karel Novak
14. Studio One (1948) — Rene d'Arcy
15. Voice in the Wind (1944) — Jan Volny / El Hombre
16. Million Dollar Weekend (1948) — Alan Marker
17. The Gay Deception (1935) — Sandro
18. One Rainy Afternoon (1936) — Philippe Martin
19. Lisbon (1956) — Seraphim
20. 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) — Self (archive footage)
21. Stolen Identity (1953) — Claude Manelli
22. The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929) — Lt. Michael Rostof
23. The Ambassador's Daughter (1956) — Prince Nicholas Obelski
24. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
25. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) — Baron
26. The Pursuit of Happiness (1934) — Max Christmann
27. Starlit Days at the Lido (1935) — Self
28. Lux Video Theatre (1950) — Charles
29. Matinee Theater (1955)
30. The Madonna's Secret (1946) — James Harlan Corbin
31. Mother Hummingbird (1929) — Georges de Chambry
32. Surrender (1950) — Henry Vaan
33. Adventures in Vienna (1952) — Claude Manelli
34. A Woman of Distinction (1950) — Paul Simone
35. It's All Yours (1937) — Jimmy Barnes
36. A Century of Science Fiction (1996) — Self
37. Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
38. The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938) — Michael Lanyard
39. Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963) — Dr. Jeremias Lipp
40. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944) — Esteban / Manuel

Directed

1. 77 Sunset Strip (1958) — Director