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