Otto Lederer Explained

Otto Lederer
Birth Date:	17 May 1886
Birth Place:	Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Death Place:	Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, U.S.
Years Active:	1912–1933
Spouse:	Florita Mernci Gretchen Lederer
Children:	1

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'. ^[1]

Lederer was born in Prague. In 1925, He married Segunda Yriondo. They were divorced on July 10, 1929.^[2] He later married actress Gretchen Lederer. Otto is entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.^[3]

Selected filmography

• 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)
• 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Otto Lederer. TCM. 2023-08-24.
2. News: Otto Lederer, Actor, Divorced In Los Angeles . July 14, 2020 . The Sacramento Bee . Associated Press . July 10, 1929 . 3. Newspapers.com.
3. Book: Wilson . Scott . Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. . 2016 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-7992-4 . 431 . July 14, 2020 . en.