Yul Brynner
Russian-born american actor (1920-1985) · United States · Actors · Died at 65 · also Switzerland
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Something wrong?He played the same role 4,625 times and kept the shaved head for life. Yul Brynner owned the part of the Siamese king so completely that the look became him - a personal trademark worn decades past the curtain call.
A life in dates
Death RageFilm, Peter Marciani1975
The Ultimate WarriorFilm, Carson1974
Dinah!Series1972
Anna and the KingSeries, King Mongkut
FuzzFilm, 1972The Deaf Man1971
CatlowFilm, Catlow1969
The Battle of NeretvaFilm, Vlado1967
The Double ManFilm, Dan Slater / Kalmar1966
Cast a Giant ShadowFilm, Asher Gonen1964
Flight from AshiyaFilm, TSgt. Mike Takashima1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries
Escape from ZahrainFilm, 1962Sharif1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries
Goodbye AgainFilm, 1961Extra in Nightclub Scene1959
Solomon and ShebaFilm, Solomon1958
The Brothers KaramazovFilm, Dmitri Karamazov1957Academy Award for Best ActorAward1956National Board of Review Award for Best ActorAward
CinépanoramaSeries, 19561954
Reflets de CannesSeries1953
The OscarsSeries1952Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a MusicalAwardTony AwardsAward
OmnibusSeries, 1952Director1950DangerSeries, Director1949
Port of New YorkFilm, Paul Vicola1948Actors StudioSeries, Director1920Born11 July 1920Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 40
76 credits on file
Television 16
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Yuliy Borisovich Briner was born in Russia on July 11, 1920, and crossed into American stardom under a shorter name. The King and I opened on Broadway in 1951 and Brynner won two Tonys for playing King Mongkut - then an Oscar in 1956 when the musical went to film. That same year he took the National Board of Review Award for playing both Rameses II in The Ten Commandments and General Bounine in Anastasia, a run that landed his handprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. He rode into The Magnificent Seven in 1960 as gunslinger Chris Adams, returned for the sequel, then played a homicidal android in Westworld and Futureworld in the seventies. Between films he worked as a model and photographer and wrote books. He died October 10, 1985, decades into a trademark he never dropped.
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