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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 3, 1900
Died
December 25, 1986
Place of Birth
Nisko, Poland
Also Known As
- Fredrick Ledebur
- Friedrich Ledebur
Friedrich von Ledebur
0.5 Popularity
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
6.8
Admiral Aulenti
Ginger and Fred
1986
0.0
General Schwerin
Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut
1981
4.9
Innkeeper
Bloodline
1979
0.5
General
The Standard
1977
7.4
"Carlos"
Sorcerer
1977
5.0
Martin Ross
Montana Trap
1976
6.3
Don Felipe
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975
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0.0
Kanzler Oxenstjerna
Comenius
1975
0.0
Prince Von Ehrenberg
An Invitation to the Hunt
1974
🎬
0.0
Carlo Bivetti
Engadiner Bilderbogen
1974
Credits
Ginger and Fred
as Admiral Aulenti
1986
6.8
Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut
as General Schwerin
1981
0.0
Bloodline
as Innkeeper
1979
4.9
The Standard
as General
1977
0.5
Sorcerer
as "Carlos"
1977
7.4
Montana Trap
as Martin Ross
1976
5.0
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
as Don Felipe
1975
6.3
🎬
Comenius
as Kanzler Oxenstjerna
1975
0.0
An Invitation to the Hunt
as Prince Von Ehrenberg
1974
0.0
🎬
Engadiner Bilderbogen
as Carlo Bivetti
1974
0.0
Ludwig
as Hofmarschall (uncredited)
1973
7.4
Slaughterhouse-Five
as German Leader
1972
6.5
La Demoiselle d'Avignon
as Roi de Kurlande, grand-père de Koba, Rollon...
1972
7.5
Fellini: The Director as Creator
1970
0.0
🎬
Ride This Way Grey Horse
as Horse Master
1970
0.0
The Christmas Tree
as Vernet
1969
6.2
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
as Hildebrand
1969
7.5
The Fight for Rome
as Hildebrand
1968
5.4
Oedipus the King
as King Laius
1968
5.5
Assignment K
1968
5.9
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
1967
6.4
The Blue Max
as Feldmarschall von Lenndorf
1966
6.8
Juliet of the Spirits
as Medium
1965
7.2
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
as Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
1965
5.8
Yellow Devil
as Mübarek
1964
6.4
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Barbarian (uncredited)
1964
6.5
Barabbas
as Officer (as Frederich Ledebur)
1961
6.9
A Breath of Scandal
as Count Sandor
1960
5.1
The Twilight Zone
as Brother Christophorus
1959
8.5
Enchanted Island
as Mehevi
1958
4.5
The Roots of Heaven
as Peer Qvist
1958
6.2
The Man Who Turned to Stone
as Eric
1957
4.5
Voodoo Island
as Native Chief
1957
4.3
The 27th Day
as Dr. Karl Neuhaus
1957
6.3
Moby Dick
as Queequeg
1956
7.0
Alexander the Great
as Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
1956
6.0
The Great Sinner
as Casino Secretary
1949
6.6
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Workman (uncredited)
1948
7.0
My Girl Tisa
as Igor (uncredited)
1948
0.0
Notorious
as Knerr (uncredited)
1946
7.7
A Royal Scandal
as Russian General (uncredited)
1945
6.9