Otto Lederer

Personal Info

Birthday

April 17, 1886

Day of Death

1965-09-03

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

Otto Lederer

Biography

Otto Lederer (May 17, 1886 – September 3, 1965) was a Czech-American film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1912 and 1933, most notably The Jazz Singer, the first full-length film to have sound sequences, and the Laurel and Hardy short You're Darn Tootin'. Lederer was born in Prague. In 1925, He married Segunda Yriondo. They were divorced on July 10, 1929. He later married actress Gretchen Lederer. Otto passed away on September 3, 1965 and is entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Known For

The Jazz Singer

The King of Kings

Blonde Crazy

The Wizard of Oz

One Stolen Night

The Cloudhopper

Poison

Sailor Izzy Murphy

Filmography

1933
Forgotten
as Uncle Adolph
1931
Blonde Crazy
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
1929
Smiling Irish Eyes
as Izzy Levi
From Headquarters
as Bugs McGuire
One Stolen Night
as Abou-Ibu-Adam
1928
Celebrity
as Cyclone's Manager
You're Darn Tootin'
as Bandleader
1927
Sailor Izzy Murphy
as Jake
The Jazz Singer
as Moisha Yudelson
The King of Kings
as Eber - a Pharisee
The Shamrock and the Rose
as Rabbi Isaacs
1926
The Cruise of the Jasper B
as Auctioneer
1925
Borrowed Finery
as Heimedinger
The Cloudhopper
as The Alaskan Count
The Wizard of Oz
as Ambassador Wikked
1924
Poison
as Gale Preston
A Fighting Heart
as Dr. Logan
Behind Two Guns
as Olaf Ludovic - aka Dr. Betz
Virginian Outcast
as Colonel Webster
1922
Hungry Hearts
as Gedalyah Mindel
Forget Me Not
as Rodolfo, The Musician
1920
The Dragon's Net
as King Carson
1919
Over the Garden Wall
as James Barstow
The Little Boss
as Red O'Rourke
1918
The Woman in the Web
as Col. Bormsk
Cavanaugh of the Forest Rangers
as Ed Wetherford
The Wild Strain
as John Calvin Hollywood
1916
Through the Wall
as John Harding
1914
Captain Alvarez
as Don Arana - the Foreign Minister
Anne of the Golden Heart
as Larkin