Acting · Nisko, Poland · Born June 3, 1900
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.
MovieGinger and Fred
1986
as Admiral Aulenti
MovieWie der Mond über Feuer und Blut
1981
as General Schwerin
MovieBloodline
1979
as Innkeeper
MovieThe Standard
1977
as General
MovieSorcerer
1977
as 'Carlos'
MovieMontana Trap
1976
as Martin Ross
MovieA Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975
as Don Felipe
Comenius
1975
as Kanzler Oxenstjerna
MovieAn Invitation to the Hunt
1974
as Prince Von Ehrenberg
Engadiner Bilderbogen
1974
as Carlo Bivetti
MovieLudwig
1973
as Hofmarschall (uncredited)
MovieSlaughterhouse-Five
1972
as German Leader
TVLa Demoiselle d'Avignon
1972
as Roi de Kurlande, grand-père de Koba, Rollon...
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1970
Ride This Way Grey Horse
1970
as Horse Master
MovieThe Christmas Tree
1969
as Vernet
MovieThe Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
1969
as Hildebrand
MovieThe Fight for Rome
1968
as Hildebrand
MovieOedipus the King
1968
as King Laius
MovieAssignment K
1968
MovieReflections in a Golden Eye
1967
as Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
MovieThe Blue Max
1966
as Feldmarschall von Lenndorf
MovieJuliet of the Spirits
1965
as Medium
MovieMercenaries of the Rio Grande
1965
as Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
MovieYellow Devil
1964
as Mübarek
MovieThe Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Barbarian (uncredited)
MovieBarabbas
1961
as Officer (as Frederich Ledebur)
MovieA Breath of Scandal
1960
as Count Sandor
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Brother Christophorus
MovieEnchanted Island
1958
as Mehevi
MovieThe Roots of Heaven
1958
as Peer Qvist
MovieThe Man Who Turned to Stone
1957
as Eric
MovieVoodoo Island
1957
as Native Chief
MovieThe 27th Day
1957
as Dr. Karl Neuhaus
MovieMoby Dick
1956
as Queequeg
MovieAlexander the Great
1956
as Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
MovieThe Great Sinner
1949
as Casino Secretary
MovieMr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Workman (uncredited)
MovieMy Girl Tisa
1948
as Igor (uncredited)
MovieForever Amber
1947
MovieNotorious
1946
as Knerr (uncredited)
MovieA Royal Scandal
1945
as Russian General (uncredited)
