Friedrich von Ledebur

Friedrich Anton Maria Hubertus Bonifacius Graf von Ledebur-Wicheln
Born (1900-06-03)June 3, 1900
Nisko, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died December 25, 1986(1986-12-25) (aged 86)
Linz,Austria
Years active 1945-1986
Known for Actor in Moby Dick, Alexander the Great (1955) and Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Spouse(s) Iris Tree (1934-?) (divorced) (1 child)
Gräfin Alice Hoyos von Stichsenstein (1955-?) (1 child)

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

Ledebur was born in Austria-Hungary (later 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 1945, von Ledebur made his film debut. He later appeared in Alexander the Great (1955), and played chief harpooneer Queequeg, a South Sea chieftan, 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 Twilight Zone episode "The Howling Man"

Selected filmography

External links

Friedrich von Ledebur at Find a Grave

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