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).
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".
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Filmography (Movies)
Ginger and Fred
Character:Admiral Aulenti
Release Date:22/01/1986
Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut
Character:General Schwerin
Release Date:01/01/1981
Bloodline
Character:Innkeeper
Release Date:29/06/1979
The Standard
Character:General
Release Date:25/11/1977
Sorcerer
Character:"Carlos"
Release Date:24/06/1977
Montana Trap
Character:Martin Ross
Release Date:05/05/1976
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Character:Don Felipe
Release Date:16/12/1975
Comenius
Character:Kanzler Oxenstjerna
Release Date:28/02/1975
An Invitation to the Hunt
Character:Prince Von Ehrenberg
Release Date:01/11/1974
Ludwig
Character:Hofmarschall (uncredited)
Release Date:07/03/1973
Slaughterhouse-Five
Character:German Leader
Release Date:15/03/1972
Fellini: The Director as Creator
Character:
Release Date:02/06/1970
Ride This Way Grey Horse
Character:Horse Master
Release Date:01/01/1970
The Christmas Tree
Character:Vernet
Release Date:25/09/1969
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
Character:Hildebrand
Release Date:21/02/1969
The Fight for Rome
Character:Hildebrand
Release Date:17/12/1968
Oedipus the King
Character:King Laius
Release Date:01/06/1968
Assignment K
Character:
Release Date:16/02/1968
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Character:Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
Release Date:13/10/1967
The Blue Max
Character:Feldmarschall von Lenndorf
Release Date:21/06/1966
Juliet of the Spirits
Character:Medium
Release Date:22/10/1965
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
Character:Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
Release Date:04/03/1965
Yellow Devil
Character:Mübarek
Release Date:20/08/1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Character:Barbarian (uncredited)
Release Date:24/03/1964
Barabbas
Character:Officer (as Frederich Ledebur)
Release Date:23/12/1961
A Breath of Scandal
Character:Count Sandor
Release Date:16/03/1960
Enchanted Island
Character:Mehevi
Release Date:08/11/1958
The Roots of Heaven
Character:Peer Qvist
Release Date:15/10/1958
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Character:Eric
Release Date:01/03/1957
Voodoo Island
Character:Native Chief
Release Date:01/02/1957
The 27th Day
Character:Dr. Karl Neuhaus
Release Date:07/01/1957
Moby Dick
Character:Queequeg
Release Date:27/06/1956
Alexander the Great
Character:Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
Release Date:28/03/1956
The Great Sinner
Character:Casino Secretary
Release Date:29/06/1949
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Character:Workman (uncredited)
Release Date:25/03/1948
My Girl Tisa
Character:Igor (uncredited)
Release Date:07/02/1948
Notorious
Character:Knerr (uncredited)
Release Date:21/08/1946
A Royal Scandal
Character:Russian General (uncredited)
Release Date:26/03/1945
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