Otto Lederer
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.
Otto Lederer

Fred C. Justice · Who's Who in the Film World · Public domain
- Name
- Otto Lederer
- Born
- 17 May 1886
- Birthplace
- Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
- Died
- 3 September 1965
- Place of death
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, U.S.
- Spouse
- * Florita Mernci
- Nationality
- United States · Austria–Hungary
- Occupation
- actor · film director
- Languages
- English
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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.
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In 1925, He married Segunda Yriondo. They were divorced on July 10, 1929. Prior he was married to german actress Gretchen Lederer. Both had a son together (1908–1940). Lederer is entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Gretchen and Otto Lederer
Film World Publishing · Who's Who in the Film World - edited by Fred C. Justice Tom R. Smith – 1914 - p. 120

Still from the American film Forget Me Not (1922) with Bessie Love, on page 61 of the October 1922 Photoplay.
Metro Pictures Corporation · Photoplay (Volume 22) (Jul. - Dec. 1922) at the Internet Archive
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• Name — Otto Lederer • Born — 17 May 1886 • Birthplace — Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) • Died — 3 September 1965 • Place of death — Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, U.S. • Years Active — 1912–1933 • Spouse — * Florita Mernci • Gretchen Lederer • Children — 1
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• Illustration — Lederer in Who's Who in the Film World (1914) • Captain Alvarez (1914) • A Natural Man (1915) • Captain of the Gray Horse Troop (1917) • The Flaming Omen (1917) • Aladdin from Broadway (1917) • The Magnificent Meddler (1917) • By Right of Possession (1917) • When Men Are Tempted (1917) • The Changing Woman (1918) • The Woman in the Web (1918) • By the World Forgot (1918) • Cupid Forecloses (1919) • Over the Garden Wall (1919) • The Little Boss (1919) • The Dragon's Net (1920) • The Spenders (1921) • The Avenging Arrow (1921) • Without Benefit of Clergy (1921) • White Eagle (1922) • Forget Me Not (1922) • The Gown Shop (1923) • Your Friend and Mine (1923) • The Sword of Valor (1924) • A Fighting Heart (1924) • Behind Two Guns (1924) • Turned Up (1924) • Virginian Outcast (1924) • Wizard of Oz (1925) • Borrowed Finery (1925) • Cruise of the Jasper B (1926) • The Trunk Mystery (1926) • That Model from Paris (1926) • Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1926) • The Jazz Singer (1927) • The King of Kings (1927) • The Shamrock and the Rose (1927) • You're Darn Tootin (1928) • A Bit of Heaven (1928) • Celebrity (1928) • Gun Law (1933)
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Otto Lederer died in 1965 at Woodland Hills.
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Campe, Lederer, Otto Aktenmäßige Darstellung der Geschichte der Heine-Denkmäler in Hamburg, Hamburgs Heinrich Heine – denkmalbewegt, 2024
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