Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 03, 1900
Died
Dec 25, 1986
Place of Birth
Nisko, Poland
Credits
42 titles
Friedrich von Ledebur
Biography
Friedrich Anton Maria Hubertus Bonifacius Graf von Ledebur-Wicheln (June 3, 1900 – December 25, 1986) was an Austrian actor who was known for Moby Dick (1956), Alexander the Great (1955) and Slaughterhouse-Five (1972). Ledebur was born in Nisko, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Poland) in 1900. Friedrich enlisted in the Austro-Hungarian Imperial Army in 1916, and was an officer in the Austrian Cavalry Division during the last years of World War I. In the 1930s Ledebur became a close friend of Charles Bedaux, with whom he traveled extensively in Africa and Canada. After the war, Ledebur spent the next two decades travelling the world, working all manner of odd jobs from gold mining to deep sea diving, to riding and winning prize money at rodeos. Ledebur settled in the United States in 1939 and anglicised his name to 'Frederick'. A close friendship with fellow adventurer and director John Huston, gave Ledebur his entrée to character acting. In 1945, von Ledebur made his film debut. He later appeared in Alexander the Great (1955), and played chief harpooneer Queequeg, a South Sea chieftain, in the film Moby Dick (1956). "Better a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian", Herman Melville's Ishmael famously says of Queequeg in the book and the film. He appeared as Brother Christophorus in The Twilight Zone episode "The Howling Man". Source: Article "Friedrich von Ledebur" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Ginger and Fred
Admiral Aulenti
Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut
General Schwerin
Bloodline
Innkeeper
The Standard
General
Sorcerer
'Carlos'
Montana Trap
Martin Ross
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Don Felipe
Comenius
Kanzler Oxenstjerna
An Invitation to the Hunt
Prince Von Ehrenberg
Engadiner Bilderbogen
Carlo Bivetti
Ludwig
Hofmarschall (uncredited)
Slaughterhouse-Five
German Leader
La Demoiselle d'Avignon
Roi de Kurlande, grand-père de Koba, Rollon...
Fellini: The Director as Creator
Ride This Way Grey Horse
Horse Master
The Christmas Tree
Vernet
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
Hildebrand
The Fight for Rome
Hildebrand
Oedipus the King
King Laius
Assignment K
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
The Blue Max
Feldmarschall von Lenndorf
Juliet of the Spirits
Medium
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
Yellow Devil
Mübarek
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Barbarian (uncredited)
Barabbas
Officer (as Frederich Ledebur)
A Breath of Scandal
Count Sandor
The Twilight Zone
Brother Christophorus
Enchanted Island
Mehevi
The Roots of Heaven
Peer Qvist
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Eric
Voodoo Island
Native Chief
The 27th Day
Dr. Karl Neuhaus
Moby Dick
Queequeg
Alexander the Great
Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
The Great Sinner
Casino Secretary
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Workman (uncredited)
My Girl Tisa
Igor (uncredited)
Forever Amber
Notorious
Knerr (uncredited)
A Royal Scandal
Russian General (uncredited)