Yul Brynner
Born: 1920-07-11
• Vladivostok, Russia
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.
Filmography
Chauves, la revanche
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
Spanish Western
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Broadway's Lost Treasures
My Sister Maria
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Night of 100 Stars II
Death Rage
Futureworld
It's Showtime
The Ultimate Warrior
Westworld
The Serpent
On Location with Westworld
Fuzz
Catlow
Romance of a Horsethief
The Light at the Edge of the World
Adiós, Sabata
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
The Magic Christian
The File of the Golden Goose
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Battle of Neretva
Villa Rides
The Long Duel
The Double Man
Triple Cross
Return of the Seven
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Cast a Giant Shadow
Morituri
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Flight from Ashiya
Kings of the Sun
Taras Bulba
Escape from Zahrain
Goodbye Again
The Magnificent Seven
Surprise Package
Testament of Orpheus
Once More, with Feeling!
Solomon and Sheba
The Sound and the Fury
The Journey
The Buccaneer
The Brothers Karamazov
Anastasia
The Ten Commandments
The King and I
Flowers from a Stranger
Port of New York
Flowers from a Stranger