Friedrich von Ledebur
Acting
Born 1900-06-03
Died 1986-12-25
Nisko, Poland
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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".
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Filmography
Acting
39 credits
The Twilight Zone
Sorcerer
Notorious
Moby Dick
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Barabbas
The Blue Max
Alexander the Great
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Slaughterhouse-Five
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Juliet of the Spirits
Ludwig
La Demoiselle d'Avignon
Ginger and Fred
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Bloodline
The 27th Day
The Christmas Tree
The Fight for Rome
A Breath of Scandal
The Roots of Heaven
The Great Sinner
A Royal Scandal
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
Yellow Devil
Oedipus the King
The Standard
Engadiner Bilderbogen
Voodoo Island
My Girl Tisa
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Montana Trap
Ride This Way Grey Horse
Enchanted Island
An Invitation to the Hunt
Comenius
Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut
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