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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (38)
Ginger and Fred
as Admiral Aulenti
1986
Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut
as General Schwerin
1981
Bloodline
as Innkeeper
1979
The Standard
as General
1977
Sorcerer
as "Carlos"
1977
Montana Trap
as Martin Ross
1976
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
as Don Felipe
1975
Comenius
as Kanzler Oxenstjerna
1975
An Invitation to the Hunt
as Prince Von Ehrenberg
1974
Ludwig
as Hofmarschall (uncredited)
1973
Slaughterhouse-Five
as German Leader
1972
Fellini: The Director as Creator
1970
Ride This Way Grey Horse
as Horse Master
1970
The Christmas Tree
as Vernet
1969
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
as Hildebrand
1969
The Fight for Rome
as Hildebrand
1968
Oedipus the King
as King Laius
1968
Assignment K
1968
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
1967
The Blue Max
as Feldmarschall von Lenndorf
1966
Juliet of the Spirits
as Medium
1965
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
as Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
1965
Yellow Devil
as Mübarek
1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Barbarian (uncredited)
1964
Barabbas
as Officer (as Frederich Ledebur)
1961
A Breath of Scandal
as Count Sandor
1960
Enchanted Island
as Mehevi
1958
The Roots of Heaven
as Peer Qvist
1958
The Man Who Turned to Stone
as Eric
1957
Voodoo Island
as Native Chief
1957
The 27th Day
as Dr. Karl Neuhaus
1957
Moby Dick
as Queequeg
1956
Alexander the Great
as Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
1956
The Great Sinner
as Casino Secretary
1949
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Workman (uncredited)
1948
My Girl Tisa
as Igor (uncredited)
1948
Notorious
as Knerr (uncredited)
1946
A Royal Scandal
as Russian General (uncredited)
1945
