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Ivan Lebedeff is a Actor Russe born on 18 june 1895 at Užpaliai (Lituanie)
Ivan Lebedeff (18 June 1894 – 31 March 1953) was a Russian film actor. He appeared in 66 films between 1926 and 1953.
He was born in Ushpol (later Užpaliai), Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire, on 18 June 1894, and died in Los Angeles, California, from a heart attack.
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.
He died on 31 March 1953.
Personnifiant souvent des aristocrates, il contribue en tout à soixante-cinq films américains (parfois dans des petits rôles non crédités). Parmi ses films notables, citons They Had to See Paris de Frank Borzage (1929, avec Will Rogers et Irene Rich), Mademoiselle Volcan de Victor Fleming (1933, avec Jean Harlow et Lee Tracy), Loufoque et C de W. S. Van Dyke (1936, avec Joan Crawford et Clark Gable), ou encore Shanghai Gesture de Josef von Sternberg (1941, avec Ona Munson, Victor Mature et Gene Tierney).
Il se marie avec l'actrice allemande Wera Engels en 1941.
Son dernier film est La Guerre des mondes de Byron Haskin, sorti en août 1953, quelques mois après sa mort prématurée, d'une crise cardiaque.
Pour la télévision, Ivan Lebedeff collabore à la série Mr. & Mrs. North (un épisode, diffusé en 1952).
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Ivan Lebedeff
Birth name Ivan Vassilievitch Lebedev(Иван Васильевич Лебедев)
Nationality Russie
Birth 18 june 1895 at Užpaliai (Lituanie)
Death 31 march 1953 (at 57 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality Russie
Birth 18 june 1895 at Užpaliai (Lituanie)
Death 31 march 1953 (at 57 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
He was born in Ushpol (later Užpaliai), Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire, on 18 June 1894, and died in Los Angeles, California, from a heart attack.
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.
He died on 31 March 1953.
Biography
Né dans l'Empire russe, Ivan Lebedev fuit la révolution de 1917 et, après un passage par l'Europe (Allemagne et France notamment), émigre aux États-Unis en 1925. Sous le nom américanisé d'Ivan (Basil) Lebedeff — plus tard, en 1937, il obtiendra la citoyenneté américaine —, il débute au cinéma à Hollywood, dans deux films muets sortis en 1926, dont The Sorrows of Satan de D. W. Griffith, avec Adolphe Menjou et Ricardo Cortez.Personnifiant souvent des aristocrates, il contribue en tout à soixante-cinq films américains (parfois dans des petits rôles non crédités). Parmi ses films notables, citons They Had to See Paris de Frank Borzage (1929, avec Will Rogers et Irene Rich), Mademoiselle Volcan de Victor Fleming (1933, avec Jean Harlow et Lee Tracy), Loufoque et C de W. S. Van Dyke (1936, avec Joan Crawford et Clark Gable), ou encore Shanghai Gesture de Josef von Sternberg (1941, avec Ona Munson, Victor Mature et Gene Tierney).
Il se marie avec l'actrice allemande Wera Engels en 1941.
Son dernier film est La Guerre des mondes de Byron Haskin, sorti en août 1953, quelques mois après sa mort prématurée, d'une crise cardiaque.
Pour la télévision, Ivan Lebedeff collabore à la série Mr. & Mrs. North (un épisode, diffusé en 1952).
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The War of the Worlds (1953)
, 1h21Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Martiens, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Cedric Hardwicke, Sandro Giglio, Robert O. Cornthwaite
Roles Dr. Gratzman (uncredited)
Rating69%
In early 1950s southern California, Dr. Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry), a scientist who had worked on the Manhattan Project, is fishing with colleagues when a large object crashes near the town of Linda Rosa. At the impact site, he meets Sylvia Van Buren (Ann Robinson) and her uncle, Pastor Matthew Collins (Lewis Martin). Van Buren was told that the meteorite came down at a low angle, while Forrester observes it appears far lighter than normal for its massive size. His Geiger counter also detects it is slightly radioactive, but the object is still too hot to examine closely. Unable to account for these anomalies, Forrester is intrigued and decides to wait in town overnight for the object to cool down.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
, 1h54Directed by Henry King, Roy Ward Baker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about writers, Political films, Children's films
Actors Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Susan Hayward, Hildegard Knef, Leo G. Carroll, Marcel Dalio
Roles Marquis (uncredited)
Rating60%
The film begins with the opening words of Hemingway's story: "Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Its western summit is called the Masai 'Ngje Ngi,' the House of God. Close to the western summit there is the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained what the leopard was seeking at that altitude."
California Conquest (1952)
, 1h18Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Historical, Romance, Western
Actors Cornel Wilde, Teresa Wright, Alfonso Bedoya, John Dehner, Ivan Lebedeff, Renzo Cesana
Roles Alexander Rotcheff
Rating52%
Don Arturo Bordega (Cornel Wilde) is part of the old Spanish nobility, and a vocal advocate for California'a annexation by the United States. On his way to a secret meeting in support of that goal, he is attacked by bandits led by José Martínez (Alfonso Bedoya), but narrowly escapes. The planned "guest of honor" at the secret meeting to which Bordega is en route, is none other than then-U.S. Army Captain John Charles Fremont. Martinez's thugs attempt to assassinate Fremont while he is traveling to the same meeting, but succeed only in lightly wounding him. It is subsequently revealed that the corrupt Brios brothers, Ernesto (Eugene Iglesias) and Fredo (John Dehner) have paid Martinez to violently oppose the movement advocating American annexation of California, as part of their unscrupulous plot to deliver California to the imperial domain of the Russian Czar (in exchange for a promise to appoint first Ernesto, and later Fredo, as the Russian colonial governor).
Heartbeat (1946)
, 1h42Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ginger Rogers, Basil Rathbone, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Adolphe Menjou, Melville Cooper, Mikhail Rasumny
Roles Thief at Ball (uncredited)
Rating58%
Professor Aristide (Basil Rathbone) runs a school for pickpockets in Paris. He takes on pupils like Yves (Mikhail Rasumny) and young Arlette (Ginger Rogers) by testing their dishonesty. He takes Arlette even though she fails by only taking bread; she's a runaway from a reform school where she's supposed to stay until she turns 21.
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
, 2h15Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Hazel Scott, Julie Bishop, Charles Coburn
Roles Un client du night-club
Rating69%
La relation tumultueuse du compositeur George Gershwin avec la chanteuse Julie Adams.
Oh, What a Night! (1944)
, 1h12Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Edmund Lowe, Jean Parker, Marjorie Rambeau, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Pierre Watkin, Ivan Lebedeff
Roles Boris
Rating59%
A man is keeping a secret from his young niece: he's an international jewel thief!
Are These Our Parents? (1944)
, 1h13Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Helen Vinson, Lyle Talbot, Ivan Lebedeff, Noel Neill, Emma Dunn, Addison Richards
Roles Alexis Dolan
A mother's preference for partying, boozing, and running around with an assortment of sleazy characters results in her neglecting her nubile teenage daughter, who subsequently finds herself mixed up with teenage boys, nightclub owners, and murder.
Mission to Moscow (1943)
, 2h4Directed by Michael Curtiz, Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Walter Huston, Ann Harding, Oskar Homolka, George Tobias, Gene Lockhart, Eleanor Parker
Roles Mr. Rosengoltz (uncredited)
Rating54%
The film chronicles ambassador Davies' impressions of the Soviet Union, his meetings with Stalin, and his overall opinion of the Soviet Union and its ties with the United States. It is made in faux-documentary style, beginning with Davies meeting with president Franklin D. Roosevelt to discuss his new appointment as United States ambassador to the Soviet Union. It continues to show the Davies' family's trip by boat to Moscow, with stops in Europe.
Journey into Fear (1943)
, 1h8Directed by Norman Foster, Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy, Historical, Noir
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Río, Ruth Warrick, Orson Welles, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane
Roles Un témoin
Rating64%
In an opening scene before the credits an assassin, Banat, is seen preparing a gun while a gramophone skips as it plays. The story that follows is the narrative of a letter from Howard Graham, an American armaments engineer, to his wife Stephanie. While journeying to the Soviet port of Batumi to return to the United States to complete his business with the Turkish Navy, Graham and his wife stop in Istanbul and are met by Kopeikin, a Turkish employee of Graham's company, who under the pretense of discussing business, takes Graham to a nightclub to introduce him to dancer Josette Maretl and her partner Gogo. When Banat tries to kill Graham during a magic act, he shoots the magician instead, and Graham is brought to the headquarters of the Turkish secret police for questioning. Colonel Haki of the secret police warns Graham that German agents are trying to kill him to delay the re-arming of Turkish ships. He shows Graham a photograph of Banat, whom he says was hired by a Nazi agent named Muller, and orders Graham to travel secretly to Batumi aboard a tramp steamer instead of by train. Haki assures him that he will personally see that Stephanie gets to their hotel in Batumi ahead of him.
Around the World (1943)
, 1h20Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Mischa Auer, Joan Davis, Marcy McGuire, Wally Brown, Claire Carleton, Alan Carney
Roles Menlo
Rating56%
Kay Kyser, his band, and several entertainers begin a tour of overseas U.S. military forces. In Australia, the group is approached by a stranded American teen-ager, Marcy McGuire, who pleads with Kyser for him to take her with them when they leave. Kyser refuses, but this does not deter McGuire, who stows away on the group's plane heading for India. When she is discovered, the American authorities insist she be returned to Australia, but Kyser agrees to take responsibility for her.
The Shanghai Gesture (1942)
, 1h39Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Albert Bassermann, Phyllis Brooks
Roles Boris
Rating65%
Gigolo "Doctor" Omar (Victor Mature) bribes the Shanghai police not to jail the broke American showgirl Dixie Pomeroy (Phyllis Brooks); he invites her to seek a job at the casino owned by Dragon-lady "Mother" Gin Sling (Ona Munson), his boss.
Foreign Agent (1942)
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Gale Storm, Ivan Lebedeff, Kenneth Harlan, Herbert Rawlinson, Boyd Irwin, David Clarke
Roles Okura
Rating48%
Blue, White, and Perfect (1942)
, 1h14Directed by Herbert I. Leeds
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, George Reeves, Helene Whitney, Steven Geray, Henry Victor
Roles Alexis Fournier
Rating64%
Le détective privé Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) annonce à sa petite amie Merle Garland (Mary Beth Hughes) qu'il quitte son métier pour un travail à l'usine, moins dangereux pour lui. En réalité, il s'agit d'une couverture pour une nouvelle enquête. Lors de son premier jour à l'usine, des diamants sont dérobés et Shayne doit suivre leurs traces sur un bateau de croisière qui le mêne vers le Panama à la poursuite d'espions allemands ...
Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
, 1h19Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors George Murphy, Brenda Joyce, Ralph Bellamy, Mischa Auer, Charles Ruggles, Lloyd Corrigan
Roles Feodor
Rating60%
Hotel for Women (1939)
, 1h23Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell, Jean Rogers, Lynn Bari, June Gale, Joyce Compton
Roles Galdos
Rating66%