Ivan Lebedeff
Ivan Lebedeff was a Russian film actor, lecturer and writer. He appeared in 66 films between 1926 and 1953. In 1940, his novel, Legion of Dishonor, was published.
Biography
Lebedeff was born in Ushpol, now Užpaliai, then part of the Russian Empire, now Lithuania, on 18 June 1894. He migrated to the United States in 1925 and in 1930 was recorded at Los Angeles as an actor.
On 15 August 1937, he was recorded as re-entering the United States from Mexico, when it was noted that he had resided in the U. S. between 2 October 1925 and 14 October 1930, and again between 20 April 1932, and 13 August 1937. His closest relation was given as his sister Nathalie Lebedeff, of Nice, in the south of France.
On 12 November 1937, he was naturalized in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. In 1944, he campaigned on behalf of Governor Thomas Dewey, Republican presidential candidate.
He died on 31 March 1953, in Los Angeles, California, from a heart attack.
Partial filmography
Fine Manners - The Prince The Sorrows of Satan - AmielThe Love of Sunya - Ted MorganThe Angel of Broadway - LonnieThe Forbidden Woman - SheikLet 'Her Go Gallagher - Stephen B. Hade AKA Four Fingers DanWalking Back - Beaut ThibautSin Town - Pete LaguerroThe Veiled Woman - Capt. Paul FevierThe One Woman Idea - HosainnStreet Girl - Prince Nicholaus of AregonThey Had to See Paris - Marquis de BrissacMen Without Women - Man in Bar with Top Hat The Cuckoos - Baron de CampMidnight Mystery - Mischa KawelinConspiracy - Butch MillerThe Lady Refuses - Nikolai RabinoffLaugh and Get Rich - Count Dimitriff Bachelor Apartment - Pedro De ManeauThe Gay Diplomat - Captain Ivan OrloffUnholy Love - Alex StockmarSweepings - Prince Niko Gilitziv Made on Broadway - Ramon SalinasLaughing at Life - Don Flavio MontenegroBombshell - MarquisMoulin Rouge - RamonThe Merry Frinks - Ramon AlvarezKansas City Princess - Dr. Sascha PilnakoffStrange Wives - DimitriSweepstake Annie - Baron Rudolph BaritskaGoin' to Town - Ivan ValadovChina Seas - NgahShe Couldn't Take It - Count The Golden Arrow - Count GuillianoPepper - Baron Von StofelLove on the Run - IgorMama Steps Out - Coco Duval - the PainterFair Warning - Count Andre LukachaHistory Is Made at Night - Michael BrowskyMaytime - Empress' Dinner Companion Atlantic Flight - Baron HayygardAngel - Prince Vladimir Gregorovitch Conquest - Cossack Captain Wise Girl - Prince MichaelStraight Place and Show - Ivan Borokov - Russian JockeyYou Can't Cheat an Honest Man - Ronnie The Mystery of Mr. Wong - Michael StrogonoffTrapped in the Sky - DureHotel for Women - Galdos Passport to Alcatraz - BogenPublic Deb No. 1 - FeodorThe Shanghai Gesture - The GamblerBlue, White and Perfect - Alexis FournierLure of the Islands - The CommandantForeign Agent - OkuraJourney into Fear - Witness Mission to Moscow - Mr. Rosengoltz Around the World - Menlo Are These Our Parents? - Alexis DolanOh, What a Night - BorisRhapsody in Blue - Nightclub Guest Heartbeat - Thief at Ball California Conquest - Alexander RotcheffThe Snows of Kilimanjaro - Marquis The War of the Worlds - Dr. Gratzman