Francis Lederer

Francis Lederer

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1899-11-06
Deathday: 2000-05-25 (100 years old)

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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 of Dracula in 1958. Throughout his career, Lederer, who studied with Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio in New York City, continued to take stage acting seriously, and he performed often both in New York and elsewhere. He appeared in stage productions of Golden Boy (1937), Seventh Heaven (1939), No Time for Comedy (1939), in which he replaced Laurence Olivier, The Play's the Thing (1942), A Doll's House (1944), Arms and the Man (1950), The Sleeping Prince (1956) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1958).


Although he took a break from making films in 1941, in order to concentrate on his stage work, he returned to the silver screen in 1944, appearing in Voice in the Wind and The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and in films such as Jean Renoir's The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946) and Million Dollar Weekend (1948). He took another break from Hollywood in 1950, after making Surrender (1950), and returned in 1956 with Lisbon and the light comedy The Ambassador's Daughter. His final film appearance was in Terror Is a Man in 1959. During the 1950s, he served as honorary mayor of Canoga Park.


He would continue to make television appearances for the next 10 years in such shows as Sally, The Untouchables, Ben Casey, Blue Light, Mission: Impossible and That Girl. His final television appearance occurred in a 1971 episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery called "The Devil Is Not Mocked". In it, he reprised his role as Dracula from The Return of Dracula.

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Filmography

all 64

Movies 48

TV Shows 16

self 8

Director 1

Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)

Movie
Self
A Century of Science Fiction

A Century of Science Fiction (1996)

Movie
Self
The Other Eye

The Other Eye (1991)

Movie
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

Movie
Count Dracula - (archive footage)
Vincent Price's Dracula

Vincent Price's Dracula (1986)

Movie
Self - Interviewee
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture (1976)

Movie
Self
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

Film Emigration from Nazi Germany (1975)

TV
Night Gallery

Night Gallery (1970)

TV
Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible (1966)

TV
6.33
Vittorio Barrini
That Girl

That Girl (1966)

TV
6
Blue Light

Blue Light (1966)

TV
Dr. Jeremias Lipp
Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)

TV
Ben Casey

Ben Casey (1961)

TV
4.75
Dr. Charles Girard
Terror Is a Man

Terror Is a Man (1959)

Movie
Director
77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip (1958)

TV
Brauer
Behind Closed Doors

Behind Closed Doors (1958)

TV
Count Dracula
The Return of Dracula

The Return of Dracula (1958)

Movie
4
Miguel Orlando
Maracaibo

Maracaibo (1958)

Movie
Mr. Cocteau
Sally

Sally (1957)

TV
Seraphim
Lisbon

Lisbon (1956)

Movie
Prince Nicholas Obelski
The Ambassador's Daughter

The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)

Movie
Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater (1955)

TV
Claude Manelli
Stolen Identity

Stolen Identity (1953)

Movie
Claude Manelli
Adventures in Vienna

Adventures in Vienna (1952)

Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)

TV
Charles
Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre (1950)

TV
Henry Vaan
Surrender

Surrender (1950)

Movie
Paul Simone
A Woman of Distinction

A Woman of Distinction (1950)

Movie
Baron Rocco de Greffi
Captain Carey, U.S.A.

Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950)

Movie
6
Baron
Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)

TV
Rene d'Arcy
Studio One

Studio One (1948)

TV
Alan Marker
Million Dollar Weekend

Million Dollar Weekend (1948)

Movie
The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)

TV
James Harlan Corbin
The Madonna's Secret

The Madonna's Secret (1946)

Movie
Joseph
The Diary of a Chambermaid

The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)

Movie
6
Jan Volny
Voice in the Wind

Voice in the Wind (1944)

Movie
Esteban / Manuel
The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)

Movie
Prince Karl
Puddin' Head

Puddin' Head (1941)

Movie
Eric Hoffman
The Man I Married

The Man I Married (1940)

Movie
Kurt Schneider
Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)

Movie
6
Jacques Picot
Midnight

Midnight (1939)

Movie
Michael Lanyard aka The Lone Wolf
The Lone Wolf in Paris

The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)

Movie
Jimmy Barnes
It's All Yours

It's All Yours (1937)

Movie
Francis Lederer
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12

Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 (1937)

Movie
Count Ferdinand von und zu Reidenach
My American Wife

My American Wife (1936)

Movie
Philippe Martin
One Rainy Afternoon

One Rainy Afternoon (1936)

Movie
Self
Starlit Days at the Lido

Starlit Days at the Lido (1935)

Movie
Sandro
The Gay Deception

The Gay Deception (1935)

Movie
Karel Novak
Romance in Manhattan

Romance in Manhattan (1935)

Movie
Max Christmann
The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)

Movie
Aigo
Man of Two Worlds

Man of Two Worlds (1934)

Movie
Fred von Wellingen
Her Majesty Love

Her Majesty Love (1933)

Movie
Gerd
The Fate of Renate Langen

The Fate of Renate Langen (1931)

Movie
Robert
Susanne macht Ordnung

Susanne macht Ordnung (1930)

Movie
Himself
The Great Longing

The Great Longing (1930)

Movie
Jan Bergwall
Fundvogel

Fundvogel (1930)

Movie
Dr. Wolfgang Crusius
The emperor's detective

The emperor's detective (1930)

Movie
Leutnant Boris Borrisoff - German version
The Road to Dishonour

The Road to Dishonour (1930)

Movie
Georges de Chambry
Mother Hummingbird

Mother Hummingbird (1929)

Movie
Fenn
Meineid

Meineid (1929)

Movie
Lt. Michael Rostof
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna

The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929)

Movie
Alwa Schön
Pandora's Box

Pandora's Box (1929)

Movie
4
Werner Hilsoe
Die seltsame Nacht der Helga Wangen

Die seltsame Nacht der Helga Wangen (1928)

Movie
Martin
Refuge

Refuge (1928)

Movie

Ratings

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1899-11-06

Deathday
2000-05-25 (100 years old)

Birth Place
Prague, Czech Republic

Relationships
Margo (1937-01-01 - 1940-01-01)

Citizenships
Austria-Hungary, United States of America

Also Known As
Franz Lederer, František Lederer

Awards
Recipient of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 3rd class, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame


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