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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

7.067

Moby Dick
1956-06-27

9

My Girl Tisa
1948-02-07

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

6.265

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

6.27

The 27th Day
1957-01-07

Slaughterhouse-Five

6.506

Slaughterhouse-Five
1972-03-15

6.447

Yellow Devil
1964-08-20

The Man Who Turned to Stone

5.167

The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957-03-01

Ginger and Fred

6.867

Ginger and Fred
1986-01-22

4.587

Voodoo Island
1957-02-01

7.447

Sorcerer
1977-06-24

7.427

Ludwig
1973-03-07

Juliet of the Spirits

7.214

Juliet of the Spirits
1965-10-22

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande

5.9

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
1965-03-04

6.772

The Blue Max
1966-06-21

A Breath of Scandal

5.55

A Breath of Scandal
1960-03-16

The Christmas Tree

6.2

The Christmas Tree
1969-09-25

The Roots of Heaven

6.16

The Roots of Heaven
1958-10-15

The Fight for Rome

5.889

The Fight for Rome
1968-12-17

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

6.992

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

6.333

Assignment K
1968-02-16

The Fall of the Roman Empire

6.5

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964-03-24

7.726

Notorious
1946-08-21

6.25

Montana Trap
1976-05-05

Enchanted Island

4.864

Enchanted Island
1958-11-08

An Invitation to the Hunt

7

An Invitation to the Hunt
1974-11-01

0

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

6

Alexander the Great
1956-03-28

The Great Sinner

6.8

The Great Sinner
1949-06-29

6.888

Barabbas
1961-12-23

4.25

The Standard
1977-11-25

The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal

7

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

4.941

Bloodline
1979-06-29

A Royal Scandal

6.974

A Royal Scandal
1945-03-26

Reflections in a Golden Eye

6.478

Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967-10-13

Ride This Way Grey Horse

0

Ride This Way Grey Horse
1970-01-01

Oedipus the King

6

Oedipus the King
1968-06-01

Fellini: The Director as Creator

0

Fellini: The Director as Creator
1970-06-02

La Demoiselle d'Avignon

7.333

La Demoiselle d'Avignon
1972-01-08

The Twilight Zone

8.5

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

Engadiner Bilderbogen

9

Engadiner Bilderbogen
1974-01-07