Friedrich von Ledebur
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 3, 1900
- Died
- December 25, 1986 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- Nisko, Poland
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
Movie · as Admiral Aulenti
Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut
Movie · as General Schwerin
Bloodline
Movie · as Innkeeper
Sorcerer
Movie · as 'Carlos'
The Standard
Movie · as General
Montana Trap
Movie · as Martin Ross
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Movie · as Don Felipe
Comenius
Movie · as Kanzler Oxenstjerna
An Invitation to the Hunt
Movie · as Prince Von Ehrenberg
Engadiner Bilderbogen
TV · as Carlo Bivetti · 13 eps
Ludwig
Movie · as Hofmarschall (uncredited)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Movie · as German Leader
La Demoiselle d'Avignon
TV · as Roi de Kurlande, grand-père de Koba, Rollon... · 6 eps
Ride This Way Grey Horse
Movie · as Horse Master
Fellini: The Director as Creator
Movie
The Christmas Tree
Movie · as Vernet
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
Movie · as Hildebrand
The Fight for Rome
Movie · as Hildebrand
Assignment K
Movie
Oedipus the King
Movie · as King Laius
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Movie · as Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
The Blue Max
Movie · as Feldmarschall von Lenndorf
Juliet of the Spirits
Movie · as Medium
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
Movie · as Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
Yellow Devil
Movie · as Mübarek
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Movie · as Barbarian (uncredited)
Barabbas
Movie · as Officer (as Frederich Ledebur)
A Breath of Scandal
Movie · as Count Sandor
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Brother Christophorus · 1 ep
The Roots of Heaven
Movie · as Peer Qvist
Enchanted Island
Movie · as Mehevi
The 27th Day
Movie · as Dr. Karl Neuhaus
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Movie · as Eric
Voodoo Island
Movie · as Native Chief
Moby Dick
Movie · as Queequeg
Alexander the Great
Movie · as Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
The Great Sinner
Movie · as Casino Secretary
My Girl Tisa
Movie · as Igor (uncredited)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Movie · as Workman (uncredited)
Forever Amber
Movie
Notorious
Movie · as Knerr (uncredited)
A Royal Scandal
Movie · as Russian General (uncredited)