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person_profile-Friedrich von Ledebur

Friedrich von Ledebur Died at age: 86

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Jun 03, 1900

Country of birth:

Poland

Died:

Dec 25, 1986

Biography of

Friedrich von Ledebur

    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.

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Filmography of

Friedrich von Ledebur

Found 32 Movies in total

Ginger and Fred

Admiral Aulenti ( Actor )

... 1986

Bloodline

Innkeeper ( Actor )

... 1979

Sorcerer

'Carlos' ( Actor )

... 1977

Montana Trap

Martin Ross ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1975

An Invitation to the Hunt

Prince Von Ehrenberg ( Actor )

... 1974

Ludwig

Hofmarschall (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1973

Slaughterhouse-Five

German Leader ( Actor )

... 1972

The Christmas Tree

Vernet ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1969

The Fight for Rome

Hildebrand ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1968

Reflections in a Golden Eye

Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1967

The Blue Max

Feldmarschall von Lenndorf ( Actor )

... 1966

Juliet of the Spirits

Medium ( Actor )

... 1965

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande

Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla ( Actor )

... 1965

Yellow Devil

Mübarek ( Actor )

... 1964

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Barbarian (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1964

Barabbas

Officer (as Frederich Ledebur) ( Actor )

... 1961

A Breath of Scandal

Count Sandor ( Actor )

... 1960

Enchanted Island

Mehevi ( Actor )

... 1958

The Roots of Heaven

Peer Qvist ( Actor )

... 1958

... 1957

Voodoo Island

Native Chief ( Actor )

... 1957

The 27th Day

Dr. Karl Neuhaus ( Actor )

... 1957

Moby Dick

Queequeg ( Actor )

... 1956

Alexander the Great

Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur) ( Actor )

... 1956

The Great Sinner

Casino Secretary ( Actor )

... 1949

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Workman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

My Girl Tisa

Igor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Notorious

Knerr ( Actor )

... 1946

A Royal Scandal

Russian General (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945