Yul Brynner
Born: 1920-07-11
From: Vladivostok, Russia
About: 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 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.
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
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Ingrid Bergman Remembered
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Chauves, la revanche
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Testament of Orpheus
Court Usher (uncredited)
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The Brothers Karamazov
Dmitri Karamazov
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Anastasia
General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
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The File of the Golden Goose
Peter Novak
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The Light at the Edge of the World
Jonathan Kongre
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Invitation to a Gunfighter
Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
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The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Chairman
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Flight from Ashiya
TSgt. Mike Takashima
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The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Colonel Salem
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Romance of a Horsethief
Captain Stoloff
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Once More, with Feeling!
Victor Fabian
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Broadway's Lost Treasures
The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")
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The Magic Christian
Transvestite Cabaret Singer
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Goodbye Again
Extra in Nightclub Scene
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Spanish Western
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On Location with Westworld
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Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
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The Making of The Ten Commandments
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