# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vladek-sheybal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:11:57.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vladek-sheybal"
name: "Vladek Sheybal"
slug: "vladek-sheybal"
description: "Vladek Sheybal was a Polish character actor, singer and director of both television and stage productions. He was well known for his portrayal of the chess grandmaster Kronsteen in the James Bond film From Russia with Love (1963), a role for which he had been personally recommended by his friend Sean Connery, and as Otto Leipzig in Smiley's People (1982). He also had notable recurring roles as Dr. Douglas Jackson in Gerry Anderson's UFO, Captain Ferreira in the NBC miniseries Shōgun and as Gen. Bratchenko in the 1984 version of Red Dawn."
tagline: "Polish actor (1923–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poolse_regisseur_Sheybal%2C_Toneelgroep_Centrum%2C_1965_-_19.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1923-03-12"
deathDate: "1992-10-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.51
  momentum:             0.664760543245175
  historical:           14.227016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792996/"
    handle:    "nm0792996"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.vladeksheybal.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sheybal"
    title: "Władysław Sheybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ڤلاديك شيبال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladek_Sheybal"
    title: "Vladek Sheybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladek_Sheybal"
    title: "Vladek Sheybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladek_Sheybal"
    title: "Vladek Sheybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladek_Sheybal"
    title: "Vladek Sheybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%A9_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ولادک شیبال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladek_Sheybal"
    title: "Vladek Sheybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%93%D7%A7_%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%99%D7%91%D7%9C"
    title: "ולאדק שייבל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladek_Sheybal"
    title: "Vladek Sheybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladek_Sheybal"
    title: "Vladek Sheybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladek_Sheybal"
    title: "Vladek Sheybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sheybal"
    title: "Władysław Sheybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladek_Sheybal"
    title: "Vladek Sheybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladek_Sheybal"
    title: "Vladek Sheybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladek_Sheybal"
    title: "Vladek Sheybal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q353031"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39036"
    title: "Vladek Sheybal"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump