Yul Brynner
1920-1985
Known for The Magnificent Seven, Westworld, The Ten Commandments.
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Death Rage (1976)
The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
The Serpent (1973)
Catlow (1971)
Adiós, Sabata (1970)
The File of the Golden Goose (1969)
Villa Rides (1968)
The Long Duel (1967)
Return of the Seven (1966)
Flight from Ashiya (1964)
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
Kings of the Sun (1963)
Escape from Zahrain (1962)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
The Sound and the Fury (1959)
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
The Buccaneer (1958)
The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
Morituri (1965)
Taras Bulba (1962)
The Journey (1959)
Anastasia (1956)
The King and I (1956)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Futureworld (1976)
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
Triple Cross (1966)
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
Testament of Orpheus (1960)
The Magic Christian (1969)
