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Friedrich von Ledebur
Acting

Friedrich von Ledebur
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1900-06-03,Nisko, Poland
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

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Moby Dick
1956-06-27

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My Girl Tisa
1948-02-07

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

6.288

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975-12-16

6.2

The 27th Day
1957-01-07

Slaughterhouse-Five

6.5

Slaughterhouse-Five
1972-03-15

6.4

Yellow Devil
1964-08-20

The Man Who Turned to Stone

4.5

The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957-03-01

Ginger and Fred

6.9

Ginger and Fred
1986-01-13

4.477

Voodoo Island
1957-02-01

7.4

Sorcerer
1977-06-24

7.5

Ludwig
1973-03-07

Juliet of the Spirits

7.3

Juliet of the Spirits
1965-10-22

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande

5.8

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
1965-03-04

6.8

The Blue Max
1966-06-21

A Breath of Scandal

5.1

A Breath of Scandal
1960-03-16

The Christmas Tree

6.2

The Christmas Tree
1969-09-25

The Roots of Heaven

6.2

The Roots of Heaven
1958-10-15

The Fight for Rome

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The Fight for Rome
1968-12-17

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

7

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948-03-25

6

Assignment K
1968-02-16

The Fall of the Roman Empire

6.5

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964-03-24

7.7

Notorious
1946-08-21

5

Montana Trap
1976-05-05

Enchanted Island

4.5

Enchanted Island
1958-11-08

An Invitation to the Hunt

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An Invitation to the Hunt
1974-11-01

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Comenius
1975-02-28

Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut

0

Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut
1981-01-01

Alexander the Great

5.9

Alexander the Great
1956-03-28

The Great Sinner

6.7

The Great Sinner
1949-06-29

6.9

Barabbas
1961-12-23

0.5

The Standard
1977-11-25

The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal

7.5

The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
1969-02-21

4.9

Bloodline
1979-06-29

A Royal Scandal

6.9

A Royal Scandal
1945-03-26

Reflections in a Golden Eye

6.5

Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967-10-13

Ride This Way Grey Horse

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Ride This Way Grey Horse
1970-01-01

La Demoiselle d'Avignon

7.5

La Demoiselle d'Avignon
1972-01-08

The Twilight Zone

8.445

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

Engadiner Bilderbogen

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Engadiner Bilderbogen
1974-01-07