Friedrich von Ledebur

Friedrich von Ledebur

Birthday: 1900-06-03

Deathday: 1986-12-25

Place of birth: Nisko, Poland

Also known as: Fredrick Ledebur, Friedrich Ledebur

imdb_id: nm0496428

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.

Played in movies:

Notorious

Score: 7.7

The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal

Score: 7.5

Ludwig

Score: 7.5

Sorcerer

Score: 7.4

Juliet of the Spirits

Score: 7.2

Moby Dick

Score: 7.1

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Score: 7.0

A Royal Scandal

Score: 6.9

Ginger and Fred

Score: 6.9

Barabbas

Score: 6.9

The Blue Max

Score: 6.8

The Great Sinner

Score: 6.6

Slaughterhouse-Five

Score: 6.5

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Score: 6.5

Reflections in a Golden Eye

Score: 6.5

Yellow Devil

Score: 6.4

The 27th Day

Score: 6.3

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

Score: 6.3

The Roots of Heaven

Score: 6.2

The Christmas Tree

Score: 6.1

The Fight for Rome

Score: 6.0

Alexander the Great

Score: 5.9

Assignment K

Score: 5.9

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande

Score: 5.8

Oedipus the King

Score: 5.5

A Breath of Scandal

Score: 5.1

Montana Trap

Score: 5.0

Bloodline

Score: 4.9

Enchanted Island

Score: 4.5

The Man Who Turned to Stone

Score: 4.5

Voodoo Island

Score: 4.5

The Standard

Score: 0.5

Ride This Way Grey Horse

Score: 0.0

Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut

Score: 0.0

Comenius

Score: 0.0

An Invitation to the Hunt

Score: 0.0

My Girl Tisa

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Twilight Zone

Score: 8.5

La Demoiselle d'Avignon

Score: 7.5

Engadiner Bilderbogen

Score: 0.0