Yul Brynner
Born in Vladivostok, Russia — Jul 11 1920• Died Oct 10 1985
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Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born 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 4,500 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 h…
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Studio One
Dr. Nestri
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Dinah!
Self
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Oscars
Self
The Ten Commandments
Rameses
The Magnificent Seven
Chris Adams
Danger
Directing
Reflets de Cannes
Self
Westworld
The Gunslinger
Futureworld
The Gunslinger
Solomon and Sheba
Solomon
Triple Cross
Baron von Grunen
Anna and the King
King Mongkut
Return of the Seven
Chris Adams
Actors Studio
Directing
The King and I
King Mongkut of Siam
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
The Double Man
Dan Slater / Kalmar
Kings of the Sun
Chief Black Eagle
Houseboat
Camera
Taras Bulba
Taras Bulba
Anastasia
General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
The Magic Christian
Transvestite Cabaret Singer
The Buccaneer
Jean Lafitte
Goodbye Again
Extra in Nightclub Scene
Fuzz
The Deaf Man
Sure As Fate
Directing
The Journey
Major Surov
Catlow
Catlow
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Colonel Salem
Villa Rides
Pancho Villa
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Testament of Orpheus
L'huissier (non crédité)
The Brothers Karamazov
Dmitri Karamazov
The Battle of Neretva
Vlado
The Serpent
Col. Alexi Vlassov
Adiós, Sabata
Sabata / Indio Black
Morituri
Captain Müller
Cast a Giant Shadow
Asher Gonen
Broadway's Lost Treasures
The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")
Once More, with Feeling!
Victor Fabian
The Ultimate Warrior
Carson
The Sound and the Fury
Jason Compson
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Chairman
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Camera
Surprise Package
Nico March
Romance of a Horsethief
Captain Stoloff
The Light at the Edge of the World
Jonathan Kongre
The File of the Golden Goose
Peter Novak
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
Escape from Zahrain
Sharif
The Long Duel
Sultan
Spanish Western
Self (archive footage)
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Self
Flight from Ashiya
TSgt. Mike Takashima
Death Rage
Peter Marciani
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Port of New York
Paul Vicola
On Location with Westworld
Self (uncredited)
Chauves, la revanche
Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Self (archive footage)
My Sister Maria
Himself (archive)
Flowers from a Stranger
Dr. Nestri
Flowers from a Stranger
Dr. Nestri
Tony Awards
Self - Performer