Ivan Lebedeff


Actor

About

Birth Place
Lithuania
Born
June 18, 1895
Died
March 31, 1953

Biography

Ivan Lebedeff was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Lebedeff started his acting career landing roles in such films as "The Love of Sunya" (1927), "The Sorrows of Satan" (1927) with Ricardo Cortez and "Walking Back" (1928). He also appeared in the Will Rogers comedy "They Had to See Paris" (1929), "The Cuckoos" (1930) and "The Gay Diplomat" (1931). His passion for acti...

Family & Companions

Vera Engels
Wife
Survived him.

Biography

Ivan Lebedeff was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Lebedeff started his acting career landing roles in such films as "The Love of Sunya" (1927), "The Sorrows of Satan" (1927) with Ricardo Cortez and "Walking Back" (1928). He also appeared in the Will Rogers comedy "They Had to See Paris" (1929), "The Cuckoos" (1930) and "The Gay Diplomat" (1931). His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like the Victor McLaglen adventure "Laughing at Life" (1933), the comedic adaptation "The Blonde Bombshell" (1933) with Jean Harlow and "Goin' to Town" (1935). He also appeared in "Love on the Run" (1936) with Joan Crawford, "The Golden Arrow" (1936) and the Marlene Dietrich dramatic adaptation "Angel" (1937). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the adventure "Atlantic Flight" (1937) with Dick Merrill, the Charles Boyer dramatic comedy "History Is Made at Night" (1937) and "Mama Steps Out" (1937). He also appeared in "Wise Girl" (1937), the The Ritz Brothers comedy adaptation "Straight, Place, and Show" (1938) and the Linda Darnell drama "Hotel For Women" (1939). Lebedeff last acted in "The Mystery of Mr. Wong" (1939). Lebedeff was married to Vera Engels. Lebedeff passed away in March 1953 at the age of 58.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The War of the Worlds (1953)
Dr. Gratzman
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
Marquis
California Conquest (1952)
Count Alexander Rotcheff
Heartbeat (1946)
Thief at ball
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Nightclub guest
Around the World (1944)
Menlo
In Our Time (1944)
Cavalry officer
Oh, What a Night (1944)
Boris
Are These Our Parents (1944)
Alexis Dolan
Mission to Moscow (1943)
Rosengoltz
Blue, White and Perfect (1942)
Alexis Fournier
The Shanghai Gesture (1942)
The gambler
Foreign Agent (1942)
Okura
Lure of the Islands (1942)
Commandant
Elsa Maxwell's Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
Feodor
Passport to Alcatraz (1940)
Bogen
Trapped in the Sky (1939)
Joseph Dure
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
Strongonoff/also known as Petrovich
Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women (1939)
Galdos
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Ronnie
Straight Place and Show (1938)
Russian
Wise Girl (1937)
Prince Michael
Fair Warning (1937)
Count Andre Lukacha
Mama Steps Out (1937)
Coco
History Is Made at Night (1937)
Michael
Atlantic Flight (1937)
Baron Heygard
Conquest (1937)
Cossack captain
Angel (1937)
The Golden Arrow (1936)
Count [Giggi] Guilliano
The Golden Arrow (1936)
Count [Giggi] Guilliano
Pepper (1936)
Baron Von Stofel
Love on the Run (1936)
[Prince] Igor
Goin' to Town (1935)
Ivan Valadov
Sweepstake Annie (1935)
Baron Rudolph Baritska
She Couldn't Take It (1935)
Count
China Seas (1935)
Ngah
Moulin Rouge (1934)
Strange Wives (1934)
Dimitry
Kansas City Princess (1934)
Dr. Sacha Pilnakoff
The Merry Frinks (1934)
Ramon [Alvarez]
Laughing at Life (1933)
Don Flavio
Bombshell (1933)
Marquis [Hugo di Binelli di Pisa]
Made on Broadway (1933)
Ramon [Salinas]
Sweepings (1933)
Prince Niko
Unholy Love (1932)
Alex Stockmar
Echec au roi (1931)
Le docteur
The Lady Refuses (1931)
Nikolai Rabinoff
The Gay Diplomat (1931)
Captain Ivan Orloff
Bachelor Apartment (1931)
Henri De Maneau
Laugh and Get Rich (1931)
The Count
The Cuckoos (1930)
The Baron
Midnight Mystery (1930)
Mischa Kawelin
Conspiracy (1930)
Butch Miller
They Had To See Paris (1929)
Marquis de Brissac
Street Girl (1929)
Prince Nicholaus
The Veiled Woman (1929)
Capt. Paul Fevier
The One Woman Idea (1929)
Hosain [Dheyyid Mizra]
Sin Town (1929)
Pete Laguerro
Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1928)
Four Fingers
Walking Back (1928)
Beaut Thibaut
The Love of Sunya (1927)
Howard Morgan
The Angel of Broadway (1927)
Lonnie
The Sorrows of Satan (1927)
Amiel
The Forbidden Woman (1927)
Sheik

Life Events

Companions

Vera Engels
Wife
Survived him.

Bibliography