Friedrich von Ledebur
- Recitazione
- 3 giugno 1900 · Nisko, Poland
- 25 dicembre 1986
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- Ginger e Fred · Admiral Aulenti
- Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut · General Schwerin
- Linea di sangue · Innkeeper
- Die Standarte · General
- Il salario della paura · 'Carlos'
- Massacro a Condor Pass · Martin Ross
- Un genio, due compari, un pollo · Don Felipe
- Comenius · Kanzler Oxenstjerna
- Une invitation à la chasse · Prince Von Ehrenberg
- Engadiner Bilderbogen · Carlo Bivetti
- Ludwig · Hofmarschall (uncredited)
- Mattatoio 5 · German Leader
- La Demoiselle d'Avignon · Roi de Kurlande, grand-père de Koba, Rollon...
- Fellini: The Director as Creator
- Ride This Way Grey Horse · Horse Master
- L'albero di Natale · Vernet
- Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat · Hildebrand
- La vendetta dei barbari · Hildebrand
- Oedipus the King · King Laius
- Superspia K
- Riflessi in un occhio d'oro · Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
- La caduta delle aquile · Feldmarschall von Lenndorf
- Giulietta degli spiriti · Medium
- I violenti di Rio Bravo · Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
- Der Schut · Mübarek
- La caduta dell'impero romano · Barbarian (uncredited)
- Barabba · Officer (as Frederich Ledebur), Stunts
- Olympia · Count Sandor
- Ai confini della realtà · Brother Christophorus
- Enchanted Island · Mehevi
- Le radici del cielo · Peer Qvist
- Prigionieri dell'eternità · Eric
- L'isola stregata degli zombies · Native Chief
- I 27 giorni del pianeta Sigma · Dr. Karl Neuhaus
- Moby Dick - La balena bianca · Queequeg
- Alessandro il grande · Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
- Il grande peccatore · Casino Secretary
- La casa dei nostri sogni · Workman (uncredited)
- My Girl Tisa · Igor (uncredited)
- Ambra
- Notorious - L'amante perduta · Knerr (uncredited)
- Scandalo a corte · Russian General (uncredited)