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". Source: Article "Friedrich von Ledebur" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Barbarian (uncredited)In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the...
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Moby Dick
as QueequegIn 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New...
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Notorious
as Knerr (uncredited)In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia...
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Workman (uncredited)An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the...
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Barabbas
as Officer (as Frederich Ledebur)Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when...
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A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
as Don FelipeExpert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the...
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Sorcerer
as 'Carlos'Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South...
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The Blue Max
as Feldmarschall von LenndorfA young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries...
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Alexander the Great
as Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops...
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Slaughterhouse-Five
as German LeaderBilly Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time,...
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Juliet of the Spirits
as MediumMiddle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows...
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Ludwig
as Hofmarschall (uncredited)Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in...
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Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Lieutenant at Garden Party (uncredited)Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.
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Ginger and Fred
as Admiral AulentiAmelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act,...
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Bloodline
as InnkeeperA pampered heiress inherits her father's pharmaceutical empire when he dies in a suspicious...
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The 27th Day
as Dr. Karl NeuhausFive individuals from five nations, including the USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves...
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Voodoo Island
as Native ChiefA wealthy industrialist hires the renowned hoax-buster Phillip Knight to prove that an island he...
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Yellow Devil
as MübarekWhen a villain named "Der Schut" terrorizes the constituents of Albanian country, which he...
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The Christmas Tree
as VernetA French-American millionaire, his girlfriend and his war buddy try to grant his dying son's...
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The Roots of Heaven
as Peer QvistIn French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support...
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Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
as Count Don Fernando di Rodriganda y SevillaDr. Karl Sternau, the personal physician of the count Bismarck, who spent much of his youth in...
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A Breath of Scandal
as Count SandorA European princess jeopardizes her crown when she falls for an American millionaire.
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The Great Sinner
as Casino SecretaryA young man succumbs to gambling fever.
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The Man Who Turned to Stone
as EricA new social worker at a girls' reformatory discovers that her charges are being used by a group...
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The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
as HildebrandThe devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his...
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A Royal Scandal
as Russian General (uncredited)Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.
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Assignment K
as uncreditedPhilip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy...
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Enchanted Island
as MeheviTwo 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal...
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The Fight for Rome
as HildebrandA Roman noble, Cethegus, tries to start a war, setting the Ostrogoths and their Queen,...
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Montana Trap
as Martin RossPotato Fritz (Hardy Kruger) and his friends have moved from Germany to the American Wild West,...
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An Invitation to the Hunt
as Prince Von EhrenbergClaude Chabrol film for TV based on the short story An Invitation to the Hunt by Georges...
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The Standard
as GeneralDuring the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the...
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My Girl Tisa
as Igor (uncredited)1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed...
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The Twilight Zone
as Brother ChristophorusA series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...
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La Demoiselle d'Avignon
as Roi de Kurlande, grand-père de Koba, Rollon...Koba is a princess, a real one. To meet up the men she loves, she finds herself in Paris......
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