Yul Brynner

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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 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.

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2023
Chauves, la revanche
Movie Self (archive footage)
2020
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)
2015
Spanish Western
Movie Self (archive footage)
2003
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Movie Self (archive footage)
2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Movie The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")
2002
My Sister Maria
Movie Himself (archive)
1996
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Movie Self (archive footage)
1995
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Movie Self (archive footage)
1991
Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice
Movie Self (archive footage)
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie Self
1976
Death Rage
Movie Peter Marciani
1976
Futureworld
Movie The Gunslinger
1976
It's Showtime
Movie Self (archive footage)
1975
The Ultimate Warrior
Movie Carson
1974
Dinah!
TV show Self
1973
Westworld
Movie The Gunslinger