Friedrich von Ledebur
Acting
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.
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
Age 67 (now 86)
Alexander the Great
as Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
Age 55 (now 86)
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
as Don Felipe
Age 75 (now 86)
Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut
as General Schwerin
Age 80 (now 86)
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
as Don Felipe
Age 75 (now 86)
An Invitation to the Hunt
as Prince Von Ehrenberg
Age 74 (now 86)
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
as Hildebrand
Age 68 (now 86)
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
Age 67 (now 86)
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
as Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
Age 64 (now 86)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Barbarian (uncredited)
Age 63 (now 86)
Alexander the Great
as Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
Age 55 (now 86)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Workman (uncredited)
Age 47 (now 86)
La Demoiselle d'Avignon
as Roi de Kurlande, grand-père de Koba, Rollon...
Age 71 (now 86)
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Also Known As
Fredrick Ledebur, Friedrich Ledebur
IMDB
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