Name
Friedrich von Ledebur
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1900-06-03
Deathday
1986-12-25 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
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".
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- 1956 Moby Dick as Queequeg
- 1948 My Girl Tisa as Igor (uncredited)
- 1975 A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot as Don Felipe
- 1957 The 27th Day as Dr. Karl Neuhaus
- 1972 Slaughterhouse-Five as German Leader
- 1964 Yellow Devil as Mübarek
- 1957 The Man Who Turned to Stone as Eric
- 1986 Ginger and Fred as Admiral Aulenti
- 1957 Voodoo Island as Native Chief
- 1977 Sorcerer as 'Carlos'
- 1973 Ludwig as Hofmarschall (uncredited)
- 1965 Juliet of the Spirits as Medium
- 1965 Mercenaries of the Rio Grande as Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
- 1966 The Blue Max as Feldmarschall von Lenndorf
- 1960 A Breath of Scandal as Count Sandor
- 1969 The Christmas Tree as Vernet
- 1958 The Roots of Heaven as Peer Qvist
- 1968 The Fight for Rome as Hildebrand
- 1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as Workman (uncredited)
- 1968 Assignment K
- 1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire as Barbarian (uncredited)
- 1946 Notorious as Knerr (uncredited)
- 1976 Montana Trap as Martin Ross
- 1958 Enchanted Island as Mehevi
- 1974 An Invitation to the Hunt as Prince Von Ehrenberg
- 1975 Comenius as Kanzler Oxenstjerna
- 1981 Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut as General Schwerin
- 1956 Alexander the Great as Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
- 1949 The Great Sinner as Casino Secretary
- 1961 Barabbas as Officer (as Frederich Ledebur)
- 1977 The Standard as General
- 1969 The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal as Hildebrand
- 1979 Bloodline as Innkeeper
- 1945 A Royal Scandal as Russian General (uncredited)
- 1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye as Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
- 1970 Ride This Way Grey Horse as Horse Master
- 1968 Oedipus the King as King Laius
- 1970 Fellini: The Director as Creator
- 1947 Forever Amber
- 1972 La Demoiselle d'Avignon ( 6 episodes ) as Roi de Kurlande, grand-père de Koba, Rollon...
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Brother Christophorus
- 1974 Engadiner Bilderbogen ( 13 episodes ) as Carlo Bivetti
