Personal Info
Franz Lederer
František Lederer
Francis Lederer
Acting
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
Filmography
Movies
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
A Century of Science Fiction
as Self
Dracula in the Movies
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
The Other Eye
as Self
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
as Self - Interviewee
Terror Is a Man
as Dr. Charles Girard
The Return of Dracula
as Count Dracula
Maracaibo
as Miguel Orlando
Lisbon
as Seraphim
TV Shows
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
as Self · 5 ep.
Night Gallery
1 ep.
Mission: Impossible
as Senko Brobin · 1 ep.
That Girl
as Vittorio Barrini · 1 ep.
Blue Light
1 ep.
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Dr. Jeremias Lipp · 1 ep.
Ben Casey
2 ep.
Behind Closed Doors
as Brauer · 1 ep.
Matinee Theater
1 ep.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 ep.