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Tall, lean, austere-looking Austrian character actor, whose chiselled features appeared on screen in small parts from 1945. Friedrich was the younger brother of renowned Viennese stage and film actor and director Leopold von Ledebur, both descended from a distinguished aristocratic family (their forebears included several high-ranking luminaries among the clergy, as well as political and military leaders). As a cavalry officer in an Ulan (Light Cavalry) Regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Army, he saw action during the First World War. Friedrich was a superb rider, a skill which later stood him in good stead as a trainer of horses for the film industry. After the war, having gained an engineering diploma (which he rarely, if ever, put to use), he 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. Having finally settled down in the United States in 1939, he eventually anglicised his name to 'Frederick'.
A close friendship with a fellow adventurer, the director John Huston, paved the way for more substantial character roles in Hollywood. The first and best of these was as the laconic cannibal Queeqeg, chief harpooneer on the ship "Pequod" in Huston's Moby Dick (1956). This is unquestionably the role for which he is best remembered. Friedrich came to specialise in eccentric character roles, ranging from stoic Indian chiefs to Vikings, from German Field Marshals to imposing Pirate Captains and Spanish aristocrats. Latterly white-maned, he popped up in a wide variety of genres, from historical epics, to spy thrillers and European westerns, even as one of the monastic guardians of the devil in the "The Howling Man" episode of The Twilight Zone (1959).
The actor was first married to English actress, poet and noted wit Iris Tree. His second wife (from 1955) was the Countess Alice Hoyos, who was descended from a titled Spanish dynasty, latterly resident in Austria.- Romuald Pekny was born on 1 July 1920 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor, known for Faust - Vom Himmel durch die Welt zur Hölle (1988), Der Floh im Ohr (1966) and Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski (1975). He was married to Eva Petrus. He died on 9 November 2007 in Linz, Austria.
- Renate Brausewetter was born on 1 October 1905 in Málaga, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain. She was an actress, known for Adventures of a Ten Mark Note (1926), Menschen untereinander (1926) and Schwere Jungs - leichte Mädchen (1927). She was married to Hubert Wagner. She died on 19 August 2006 in Linz am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Sylvia Glogner was born on 19 November 1940 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Kleinstadtbahnhof (1972), Eigentlich hatte ich Angst... - Die Geschichte eines ungewöhnlichen Helden (1973) and Überlebensgroß Herr Krott - Requiem für einen Unsterblichen (1971). She died on 8 September 2011 in Linz, Austria.
- Adalbert Stifter was born on 23 October 1805 in Oberplan, Krumau, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Horní Planá, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Bergkristall (1949), La valle di pietra (1992) and Die Flucht (1978). He was married to Amalia Mohaupt. He died on 28 January 1868 in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria].
- Richard Billinger was born on 20 July 1890 in Sankt Marienkirchen, Austria. He was a writer, known for Musica di sogno (1940), Traummusik (1940) and Auf Wiedersehen am blauen Meer (1962). He died on 7 June 1965 in Linz, Austria.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Animation Department
Zdenka Hajdová was born on 22 December 1925 in Doksy u Kladna, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was a cinematographer, known for Srdecný pozdrav ze zemekoule (1983), Automatic (1973) and La création du monde (1958). She died on 21 December 1991 in Linz, Austria.- Composer
- Editor
- Soundtrack
Bert Rudolf was born on 25 April 1905 in Seifersdorf, Silesia, Germany [now Zátor, Czech Republic]. He was a composer and editor, known for Die große Schuld (1953), Das Tor zum Frieden (1951) and Das letzte Aufgebot (1953). He died on 6 November 1992 in Linz, Austria.- Actor
- Director
Walter Sofka was born in 1906 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor and director, known for Hirnbrennen (1988), Ein tolles Früchtchen (1953) and Der Zarewitsch (1963). He died in 2000 in Linz, Austria.- Bernd Lürgen was born on 17 July 1897 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Zweierlei Moral (1931). He died on 21 October 1974 in Linz, Austria.
- Andreas Hutter died on 29 April 2016 in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria.
- Hubert Mann was born on 7 July 1920 in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria. He was an actor, known for Der 13. Tag (1991), As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (1959) and Wohin und zurück - Teil 3: Welcome in Vienna (1986). He died on 6 August 2014 in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria.
- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Peter Donke was born in 1960. He was a production manager, known for Midsummer Madness (2007), Unveiled (2005) and Augenleuchten (2005). He died on 18 April 2016 in Linz, Austria.- Hugo Kirnbauer was born on 3 June 1918 in Vienna, Austria. He died on 2 May 2006 in Linz, Austria.
- Alfred Peschek was born on 14 May 1929 in Linz, Austria. He died on 4 February 2015 in Linz, Austria.
- Rosa Winter was born on 23 December 1923 in Königswiesen, Upper Austria, Austria. She died on 16 May 2005 in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wilfried Scheitlin was born on 1 February 1911 in Basel, Switzerland. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Der achti Schwyzer (1940), Hinter den sieben Gleisen (1959) and Wilhelm Tell (1960). He died on 2 May 1988 in Linz, Austria.- Additional Crew
- Actor
Jochen Ulrich was born on 3 August 1944 in Osterode, Lower Saxony, Germany. He was an actor, known for Moses und Aron (1975), Locker vom Hocker (1979) and Salome (1989). He died on 10 November 2012 in Linz, Austria.- Curt Cappi was born on 8 January 1878 in Weimar, Germany. He was an actor, known for Marriage in Name Only (1930), Das Achtgroschenmädel, Teil 1 (1921) and Der Bankspion (1921). He died on 7 October 1964 in Linz, Austria.
- Serge Weber was born on 1 April 1951 in Paris, France. He was a composer, known for Der Geschichtenerzähler (1989), Ron & Tanja (1990) and Achterbahn (1992). He died on 9 April 2019 in Linz, Austria.
- Gabriela Moser was born on 28 July 1954 in Linz, Austria. She died on 12 March 2019 in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria.
- Gerhard Pilz was born on 3 July 1942 in Perg, Upper Austria, Austria. He was an actor, known for Monstrosity (2016), Leonhards Geschichte (2014) and Das Fest des Huhnes (1992). He died on 3 September 2016 in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria.
- Arthur Popp was born on 26 June 1902 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor, known for Das vierte Gebot (1950) and Zyankali (1948). He died on 19 November 1957 in Linz, Austria.
- Claudia Schwarz was born on 12 December 1948 in Austria. She died on 11 August 2021 in Linz, Austria.
- Herwig Strobl was born on 24 December 1940 in Oberneukirchen, Austria. He was a composer, known for Process B-7815 (1999). He died on 12 March 2019 in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria.