Friedrich von Ledebur
Date of birth: 1900-06-03
Place of birth: Nisko, Poland
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Fredrick Ledebur, Friedrich 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.
Movie Credits
Moby Dick
1956-06-27
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford.
My Girl Tisa
1948-02-07
1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting th
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975-12-16
Expert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the Ind
The 27th Day
1957-01-07
Five individuals from five nations, including the USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves on
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972-03-15
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so
Yellow Devil
1964-08-20
When a villain named "Der Schut" terrorizes the constituents of Albanian country, which he rules, he
The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957-03-01
A new social worker at a girls' reformatory discovers that her charges are being used by a group of
Ginger and Fred
1986-01-22
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act, imitating F
Voodoo Island
1957-02-01
A wealthy industrialist hires the renowned hoax-buster Phillip Knight to prove that an island he pla
Sorcerer
1977-06-24
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South Ame
Ludwig
1973-03-07
Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886,
Juliet of the Spirits
1965-10-22
Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
1965-03-04
Dr. Karl Sternau, the personal physician of the count Bismarck, who spent much of his youth in Mexic
The Blue Max
1966-06-21
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambit
A Breath of Scandal
1960-03-16
A European princess jeopardizes her crown when she falls for an American millionaire.
The Christmas Tree
1969-09-25
A French-American millionaire, his girlfriend and his war buddy try to grant his dying son's every w
The Roots of Heaven
1958-10-15
In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support fro
The Fight for Rome
1968-12-17
A Roman noble, Cethegus, tries to start a war, setting the Ostrogoths and their Queen, Amalasuntha,
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948-03-25
An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the countr
Assignment K
1968-02-16
Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. S
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964-03-24
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the mid
Notorious
1946-08-21
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman,
Montana Trap
1976-05-05
Potato Fritz (Hardy Kruger) and his friends have moved from Germany to the American Wild West, settl
Enchanted Island
1958-11-08
Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold
An Invitation to the Hunt
1974-11-01
Claude Chabrol film for TV based on the short story An Invitation to the Hunt by Georges Hitchcock.
Comenius
1975-02-28
Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut
1981-01-01
Alexander the Great
1956-03-28
An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops for
The Great Sinner
1949-06-29
A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
Barabbas
1961-12-23
Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pila
The Standard
1977-11-25
During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle fl
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
1969-02-21
The devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his own ga
Bloodline
1979-06-29
A pampered heiress inherits her father's pharmaceutical empire when he dies in a suspicious accident
A Royal Scandal
1945-03-26
Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967-10-13
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.
Ride This Way Grey Horse
1970-01-01
Making of A Walk with Love and Death.
Oedipus the King
1968-06-01
This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own f