Friedrich von Ledebur

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.

Known For

The Twilight Zone

Sorcerer

Notorious

Moby Dick

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Barabbas

Alexander the Great

The Blue Max

All Movies (39)

• Ginger and Fred1986 · as Admiral Aulenti
• Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut1981 · as General Schwerin
• Bloodline1979 · as Innkeeper
• The Standard1977 · as General
• Sorcerer1977 · as 'Carlos'
• Montana Trap1976 · as Martin Ross
• A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot1975 · as Don Felipe
• Comenius1975 · as Kanzler Oxenstjerna
• An Invitation to the Hunt1974 · as Prince Von Ehrenberg
• Ludwig1973 · as Hofmarschall (uncredited)
• Slaughterhouse-Five1972 · as German Leader
• Fellini: The Director as Creator1970
• Ride This Way Grey Horse1970 · as Horse Master
• The Christmas Tree1969 · as Vernet
• The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal1969 · as Hildebrand
• The Fight for Rome1968 · as Hildebrand
• Oedipus the King1968 · as King Laius
• Assignment K1968
• Reflections in a Golden Eye1967 · as Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
• The Blue Max1966 · as Feldmarschall von Lenndorf
• Juliet of the Spirits1965 · as Medium
• Mercenaries of the Rio Grande1965 · as Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
• Yellow Devil1964 · as Mübarek
• The Fall of the Roman Empire1964 · as Barbarian (uncredited)
• Barabbas1961 · as Officer (as Frederich Ledebur)
• A Breath of Scandal1960 · as Count Sandor
• Enchanted Island1958 · as Mehevi
• The Roots of Heaven1958 · as Peer Qvist
• The Man Who Turned to Stone1957 · as Eric
• Voodoo Island1957 · as Native Chief
• The 27th Day1957 · as Dr. Karl Neuhaus
• Moby Dick1956 · as Queequeg
• Alexander the Great1956 · as Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
• The Great Sinner1949 · as Casino Secretary
• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House1948 · as Workman (uncredited)
• My Girl Tisa1948 · as Igor (uncredited)
• Forever Amber1947
• Notorious1946 · as Knerr (uncredited)
• A Royal Scandal1945 · as Russian General (uncredited)

All TV Shows (3)

• Engadiner Bilderbogen1974 · as Carlo Bivetti
• La Demoiselle d'Avignon1972 · as Roi de Kurlande, grand-père de Koba, Rollon...
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Brother Christophorus