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