Ivan Lebedeff

Ivan Lebedeff (born Ivan Vasilyevich Lebedev , 18 June 1894 – 31 March 1953) 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 (1926) - The Prince (uncredited) The Sorrows of Satan (1926) - Amiel The Love of Sunya (1927) - Ted Morgan The Angel of Broadway (1927) - Lonnie The Forbidden Woman (1927) - Sheik Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1928) - Stephen B. Hade AKA Four Fingers Dan Walking Back (1928) - Beaut Thibaut Sin Town (1929) - Pete Laguerro The Veiled Woman (1929) - Capt. Paul Fevier The One Woman Idea (1929) - Hosainn Street Girl (1929) - Prince Nicholaus of Aregon They Had to See Paris (1929) - Marquis de Brissac Men Without Women (1930) - Man in Bar with Top Hat (uncredited) The Cuckoos (1930) - Baron de Camp Midnight Mystery (1930) - Mischa Kawelin Conspiracy (1930) - Butch Miller The Lady Refuses (1931) - Nikolai Rabinoff Laugh and Get Rich (1931) - Count Dimitriff (uncredited) Bachelor Apartment (1931) - Pedro De Maneau The Gay Diplomat (1931) - Captain Ivan Orloff Unholy Love (1932) - Alex Stockmar Sweepings (1933) - Prince Niko Gilitziv (uncredited) Made on Broadway (1933) - Ramon Salinas Laughing at Life (1933) - Don Flavio Montenegro Bombshell (1933) - Marquis Moulin Rouge (1934) - Ramon The Merry Frinks (1934) - Ramon Alvarez Kansas City Princess (1934) - Dr. Sascha Pilnakoff Strange Wives (1934) - Dimitri Sweepstake Annie (1935) - Baron Rudolph Baritska Goin' to Town (1935) - Ivan Valadov China Seas (1935) - Ngah She Couldn't Take It (1935) - Count (uncredited) The Golden Arrow (1936) - Count Guilliano Pepper (1936) - Baron Von Stofel Love on the Run (1936) - Igor Mama Steps Out (1937) - Coco Duval - the Painter Fair Warning (1937) - Count Andre Lukacha History Is Made at Night (1937) - Michael Browsky Maytime (1937) - Empress' Dinner Companion (uncredited) Atlantic Flight (1937) - Baron Hayygard Angel (1937) - Prince Vladimir Gregorovitch (scenes deleted) Conquest (1937) - Cossack Captain (uncredited) Wise Girl (1937) - Prince Michael Straight Place and Show (1938) - Ivan Borokov - Russian Jockey You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) - Ronnie (uncredited) The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939) - Michael Strogonoff Trapped in the Sky (1939) - Dure Hotel for Women (1939) - Galdos (uncredited) Passport to Alcatraz (1940) - Bogen Public Deb No. 1 (1940) - Feodor The Shanghai Gesture (1941) - The Gambler Blue, White and Perfect (1942) - Alexis Fournier Lure of the Islands (1942) - The Commandant Foreign Agent (1942) - Okura Journey into Fear (1943) - Witness (uncredited) Mission to Moscow (1943) - Mr. Rosengoltz (uncredited) Around the World (1943) - Menlo (uncredited) Are These Our Parents? (1944) - Alexis Dolan Oh, What a Night (1944) - Boris Rhapsody in Blue (1945) - Nightclub Guest (uncredited) Heartbeat (1946) - Thief at Ball (uncredited) California Conquest (1952) - Alexander Rotcheff The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) - Marquis (uncredited) The War of the Worlds (1953) - Dr. Gratzman (uncredited)