Friedrich Anton Maria Hubertus Bonifacius Graf von LedeburWicheln June 3 1900 December 25 1986 was an Austrian actor who was known for Moby Dick 1956 Alexander the Great 1955 and SlaughterhouseFive 1972 Ledebur was born in Nisko AustroHungarian Empire now Poland in 1900 Friedrich enlisted in the AustroHungarian 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 Melvilles 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 CCBYSA 30
Login to comment!
