Friedrich von Ledebur
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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Acting
Movie
Notorious
as Knerr (uncredited)
1946
TV
The Twilight Zone
as Brother Christophorus
1959
Movie
Sorcerer
as 'Carlos'
1977
Movie
Moby Dick
as Queequeg
1956
Movie
Juliet of the Spirits
as Medium
1965
Movie
Slaughterhouse-Five
as German Leader
1972
Movie
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Barbarian (uncredited)
1964
Movie
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Workman (uncredited)
1948
Movie
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
as Don Felipe
1975
Movie
Ludwig
as Hofmarschall (uncredited)
1973
Movie
Barabbas
as Officer (as Frederich Ledebur)
1961
Movie
Ginger and Fred
as Admiral Aulenti
1986
Movie
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
1967
Movie
The Blue Max
as Feldmarschall von Lenndorf
1966
Movie
Alexander the Great
as Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
1956
Movie
Bloodline
as Innkeeper
1979
Movie
Yellow Devil
as Mübarek
1964
Movie
The Christmas Tree
as Vernet
1969
Movie
The 27th Day
as Dr. Karl Neuhaus
1957
Movie
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
as Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
1965
Movie
The Roots of Heaven
as Peer Qvist
1958
Movie
Voodoo Island
as Native Chief
1957
Movie
The Great Sinner
as Casino Secretary
1949
Movie
A Breath of Scandal
as Count Sandor
1960