Friedrich von Ledebur
Acting • Born 1900-06-03 – Died 1986-12-25
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.
Filmography
41 credits
Moby Dick
Movie • 1956
Queequeg
My Girl Tisa
Movie • 1948
Igor (uncredited)
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Movie • 1975
Don Felipe
The 27th Day
Movie • 1957
Dr. Karl Neuhaus
Slaughterhouse-Five
Movie • 1972
German Leader
Yellow Devil
Movie • 1964
Mübarek
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Movie • 1957
Eric
Ginger and Fred
Movie • 1986
Admiral Aulenti
Voodoo Island
Movie • 1957
Native Chief
Sorcerer
Movie • 1977
"Carlos"
Ludwig
Movie • 1973
Hofmarschall (uncredited)
Juliet of the Spirits
Movie • 1965
Medium
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
Movie • 1965
Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
The Blue Max
Movie • 1966
Feldmarschall von Lenndorf
A Breath of Scandal
Movie • 1960
Count Sandor
The Christmas Tree
Movie • 1969
Vernet
The Roots of Heaven
Movie • 1958
Peer Qvist
The Fight for Rome
Movie • 1968
Hildebrand
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Movie • 1948
Workman (uncredited)
Assignment K
Movie • 1968
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Movie • 1964
Barbarian (uncredited)
Notorious
Movie • 1946
Knerr (uncredited)
Montana Trap
Movie • 1976
Martin Ross
Enchanted Island
Movie • 1958
Mehevi
An Invitation to the Hunt
Movie • 1974
Prince Von Ehrenberg
Comenius
Movie • 1975
Kanzler Oxenstjerna
Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut
Movie • 1981
General Schwerin
Alexander the Great
Movie • 1956
Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
The Great Sinner
Movie • 1949
Casino Secretary
Barabbas
Movie • 1961
Officer (as Frederich Ledebur)
The Standard
Movie • 1977
General
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
Movie • 1969
Hildebrand
Bloodline
Movie • 1979
Innkeeper
A Royal Scandal
Movie • 1945
Russian General (uncredited)
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Movie • 1967
Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
Ride This Way Grey Horse
Movie • 1970
Horse Master
Oedipus the King
Movie • 1968
King Laius
Fellini: The Director as Creator
Movie • 1970
La Demoiselle d'Avignon
TV • 1972
Roi de Kurlande, grand-père de Koba, Rollon...
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Brother Christophorus
Engadiner Bilderbogen
TV • 1974
Carlo Bivetti