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Friedrich von Ledebur
von Ledebur in The 27th Day (1957)
Born	Friedrich Anton Maria Hubertus Bonifacius Graf von Ledebur-Wicheln (1900-06-03)3 June 1900 Nisko, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	25 December 1986(1986-12-25) (aged 86) Linz, Austria
Years active	1945–1982
Known for	Actor in Moby Dick, Alexander the Great (1955) and Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Height	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
Spouses	Iris Tree (m. 1934, divorced) Gräfin Alice Hoyos von Stichsenstein (m. 1955)
Children	2

Friedrich Anton Maria Hubertus Bonifacius Graf von Ledebur-Wicheln ((1900-06-03)3 June 1900 – (1986-12-25)25 December 1986) was an Austrian actor who was known for Moby Dick (1956), Alexander the Great (1955) and Slaughterhouse-Five (1972).

Early life

Ledebur was born in Nisko, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Poland) in 1900. Friedrich enlisted in the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1916, and was an officer in the Austrian Cavalry Division during the last years of World War I.

Interwar period

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.

Acting career

In 1945, 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".

Death

Ledebur died on December 25, 1986 of undisclosed causes, presumably old age, in Linz, Austria. He was 86 years old.

Selected filmography

A Royal Scandal (1945) - Russian General (uncredited)
Notorious (1946) - Knerr (uncredited)
Forever Amber (1947) - Cavalier (uncredited)
My Girl Tisa (1948) - Igor (uncredited)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) - Workman (uncredited)
The Great Sinner (1949) - Casino Secretary
Moulin Rouge (1952) - Maitre d'Hotel at Maxim's (uncredited)
Alexander the Great (1956) - Antipater
Moby Dick (1956) - Queequeg
Voodoo Island (1957) - Native Chief
The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957) - Eric
The 27th Day (1957) - Dr. Karl Neuhaus
The Brothers Karamazov (1958) - Chief Judge (uncredited)
Crash Landing (1958) - Priest (uncredited)
Fräulein (1958) - German Police Captain (uncredited)
The Roots of Heaven (1958) - Peer Qvist
Enchanted Island (1958) - Mehevi
The Buccaneer (1958) - Capt. Bart
A Breath of Scandal (1960) - Count Sandor
Barabbas (1961) - Officer
Freud: The Secret Passion (1962) - (uncredited)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) - Barbarian (uncredited)
The Shoot (1964) - Mübarek
The Treasure of the Aztecs (1965) - Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
Juliet of the Spirits (1965) - Medium
The Blue Max (1966) - Feldmarschall von Lenndorf
Il Natale che quasi non fu (1967) - (uncredited)
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) - Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
Assignment K (1968) - Ski Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Oedipus the King (1968) - King Laius
Mayerling (1968) - Hofmarschall (uncredited)
Kampf um Rom (1968) - Hildebrand
The Christmas Tree (1969) - Vernet
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) - German Leader
Ludwig (1973) - Hofmarschall (uncredited)
A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975) - Don Felipe, the priest
Montana Trap [de] (1976) - Martin Ross
The Standard (1977) - General
Sorcerer (1977) - 'Carlos'
Bloodline (1979) - Innkeeper
Ginger and Fred (1986) - Admiral Aulenti (final film role)

References

For his height, e. g. see photos in The Man Who Turned to Stone
'The Champagne Safari (1995) on IMDb entry
Mowis, I. S. "Friedrich von Ledebur". IMDb. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

External links

Friedrich von Ledebur at IMDb

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