Francis Lederer
Acting
Born November 5, 1899 · Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
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 Le…
Known For · 40 titles
Robert Montgomery Presents
Matinee Theater
Mission: Impossible
The Philco Television Playhouse
Studio One
Night Gallery
Ben Casey
Kraft Suspense Theatre
That Girl
Lux Video Theatre
Behind Closed Doors
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Blue Light
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Mother Hummingbird
Pandora's Box
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Meineid
Midnight
My American Wife
The Diary of a Chambermaid
A Century of Science Fiction
Fundvogel
The Return of Dracula
Susie Cleans Up
The Gay Deception
Dracula in the Movies
Maracaibo
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Lisbon
The Man I Married
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
A Woman of Distinction
One Rainy Afternoon
The Ambassador's Daughter
Romance in Manhattan
Surrender
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