Charles Lederer
Highest Rated: 100% Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
Lowest Rated: 48% Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Birthday: Dec 31, 1906
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Former journalist who turned to screenwriting in the early 1930s and often worked in collaboration with Ben Hecht (e.g., "His Girl Friday" 1940, "Kiss of Death" 1947). Lederer's scripts were noted for their sharp wit. The son of theatre producer George W. Lederer and nephew of actress Marion Davies, Lederer married Orson Welles' former wife Virginia Nicholson in 1940, and actress Anne Shirley in 1949.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68% | 38% | Kiss of Death | Writer | $14.7M | 1995 |
| 70% | 73% | Mutiny on the Bounty | Writer | - | 1962 |
| 48% | 81% | Ocean's Eleven | Screenwriter | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Never Steal Anything Small | Director | - | 1959 |
| 87% | 75% | The Spirit of St. Louis | Writer | - | 1957 |
| 57% | 49% | Kismet | Screenwriter | - | 1955 |
| 98% | 83% | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Writer | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fearless Fagan | Screenwriter | - | 1952 |
| 79% | 68% | Monkey Business | Screenwriter | - | 1952 |
| 86% | 73% | The Thing | Screenwriter | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On the Loose | Director | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wabash Avenue | Screenwriter | - | 1950 |
| 76% | 72% | I Was a Male War Bride | Writer | - | 1949 |
| 100% | 85% | Ride the Pink Horse | Screenwriter | - | 1947 |
| 88% | 76% | Kiss of Death | Writer | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Slightly Dangerous | Screenwriter | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | Fingers at the Window | Director | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | Comrade X | Screenwriter | - | 1940 |
| 99% | 90% | His Girl Friday | Writer | - | 1940 |
| 100% | 83% | I Love You Again | Screenwriter | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cock of the Air | Screenwriter | - | 1932 |