Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner July 11 1920 October 10 1985 was a Russianborn American actor of stage and film He was best known for his portrayal of Mongkut king of Siam in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for the film version he also played the role more than 4500 times on stage He is also remembered as Rameses II in the 1956 Cecil B DeMille film The Ten Commandments General Bounine in Anastasia and Chris Adams in The Magnificent Seven Brynner was noted for his distinctive voice and for his shaven head which he maintained as a personal trademark long after adopting it for his initial role in The King and I He was also a photographer and the author of two books Description above from the Wikipedia Yul Brynner licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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D.O.B: 1920-07-11
D.O.D: 1985-10-10
Place of Birth: Vladivostok, Russia
Profession: Acting

Credits

1995 - Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King actor - Self (archive footage)

1976 - Futureworld actor - The Gunslinger

1976 - Death Rage actor - Peter Marciani

1975 - The Ultimate Warrior actor - Carson

1973 - Westworld actor - The Gunslinger

1971 - Catlow actor - Catlow

1971 - The Light at the Edge of the World actor - Jonathan Kongre

1970 - Adios Sabata actor - Sabata / Indio Black

1969 - The Madwoman of Chaillot actor - The Chairman

1969 - The File of the Golden Goose actor - Peter Novak

1969 - The Battle of Neretva actor - Vlado

1968 - Villa Rides actor - Pancho Villa

1967 - The Long Duel actor - Sultan

1967 - The Double Man actor - Dan Slater / Kalmar

1966 - Return of the Seven actor - Chris Adams

1966 - Triple Cross actor - Baron von Grunen

1966 - Cast a Giant Shadow actor - Asher Gonen

1966 - Poppies Are Also Flowers actor - Colonel Salem

1965 - Morituri actor - Captain Müller

1964 - Invitation to a Gunfighter actor - Jules Gaspard d'Estaing

1964 - Flight from Ashiya actor - TSgt. Mike Takashima

1963 - Kings of the Sun actor - Chief Black Eagle

1962 - Escape from Zahrain actor - Sharif

1962 - Taras Bulba actor - Taras Bulba

1960 - Surprise Package actor - Nico March

1960 - The Magnificent Seven actor - Chris Adams

1960 - Once More, with Feeling! actor - Victor Fabian

1959 - Solomon and Sheba actor - Solomon

1959 - The Sound and the Fury actor - Jason Compson

1959 - The Journey actor - Major Surov

1958 - The Buccaneer actor - Jean Lafitte

1958 - The Brothers Karamazov actor - Dmitri Karamazov

1956 - The King and I actor - King Mongkut of Siam

1956 - Anastasia actor - General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine

1956 - The Ten Commandments actor - Rameses

1949 - Port of New York actor - Paul Vicola

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