Friedrich von Ledebur
- Atuação
- 3 de junho de 1900 · Nisko, Poland
- 25 de dezembro de 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
- A Herdeira · Innkeeper
- Die Standarte · General
- O Comboio do Medo · 'Carlos'
- Potato Fritz · Martin Ross
- Trinity e Seus Companheiros · Don Felipe
- Comenius · Kanzler Oxenstjerna
- Une invitation à la chasse · Prince Von Ehrenberg
- Engadiner Bilderbogen · Carlo Bivetti
- Ludwig - A Paixão de Um Rei · Hofmarschall (uncredited)
- Matadouro 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'Arbre de Noël · Vernet
- Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat · Hildebrand
- Kampf um Rom – 1. Teil · Hildebrand
- Édipo Rei: A Tragédia de um Rei · King Laius
- Missão Secreta K
- O Pecado de Todos Nós · Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)
- Crepúsculo das Águias · Feldmarschall von Lenndorf
- Julieta dos Espíritos · Medium
- Der Schatz der Azteken · Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
- Der Schut · Mübarek
- A Queda do Império Romano · Barbarian (uncredited)
- Barrabás · Officer (as Frederich Ledebur), Stunts
- O Escândalo da Princesa · Count Sandor
- Além da Imaginação · Brother Christophorus
- O Maior Ódio de Um Homem · Mehevi
- Raízes do Céu · Peer Qvist
- The Man Who Turned to Stone · Eric
- A Ilha do Terror · Native Chief
- The 27th Day · Dr. Karl Neuhaus
- Moby Dick · Queequeg
- Alexandre, O Grande · Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
- O Grande Pecador · Casino Secretary
- Lar, Meu Tormento · Workman (uncredited)
- Anos de Inocência · Igor (uncredited)
- Entre o Amor e o Pecado
- Interlúdio · Knerr (uncredited)
- Czarina · Russian General (uncredited)