Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner

1920-07-11 Vladivostok, Russia 59 Credits

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 ...

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Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

2024

as Self (archive footage)

6.2
Acting

Newly discovered interviews with Elizabeth Taylor and unprecedented access to the star’s personal archive reveal the complex inner life and vulnerabil...

Chauves, la revanche

Chauves, la revanche

2023

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

They take over on the fields of sport and show business. For a few years, bald people took a sensational revenge. But they had to impose themselves as...

Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

2020

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

The incredible story of the mythical Russian-American actor and filmmaker Yul Brynner (1920-85), the most exotic sex-symbol since Rudolph Valentino; t...

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

2015

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

A personal and captivating account of the extraordinary life and work of Ingrid Bergman (1915-82), a young Swedish woman who became one of the most ce...

Spanish Western

Spanish Western

2015

as Self (archive footage)

6.2
Acting

A vindication of the role of the technicians and artists who made spaghetti western genre possible, and a walk through the landscapes that made it pos...

The Making of The Ten Commandments

The Making of The Ten Commandments

2003

as Self (archive footage)

8.0
Acting

Go behind the scenes of the beloved biblical epic The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston as Moses and directed by legendary filmmaker Cecil B....

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Broadway's Lost Treasures

2003

as The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")

6.1
Acting

The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which Alexander H. Cohen and his wife, Hildy Parks, wer...

My Sister Maria

My Sister Maria

2002

as Himself (archive)

6.0
Acting

Maximilian Schell's portrait of his sister Maria.

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

1996

as Self (archive footage)

6.7
Acting

Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time, she is best remembered for a natural and vulnerable p...

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

1995

as Self (archive footage)

8.5
Acting

There is only one Yul Brynner. No other actor had his looks, his range of talents, his energy and his capacity to draw others into the spell of his ch...

Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0
Acting

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...

Death Rage

Death Rage

1976

as Peter Marciani

5.5
Acting

A professional killer is lured into a deadly double-cross when he agrees to assassinate a Mafia kingpin.

Futureworld

Futureworld

1976

as The Gunslinger

5.9
Acting

Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and...

It's Showtime

It's Showtime

1976

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.

The Ultimate Warrior

The Ultimate Warrior

1975

as Carson

5.7
Acting

Only a few people still live in New York in 2012. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot,...

Westworld

Westworld

1973

as The Gunslinger

6.8
Acting

Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds—ancient Rome, Medieval times and the Old West—populated by human-like androids. After...

The Serpent

The Serpent

1973

as Col. Alexi Vlassov

6.1
Acting

Vlassov is a Soviet spy who defects in France. He is whisked to the U.S, where Allan Davies takes over the case. After polygraph tests and cross-exami...

On Location with Westworld

On Location with Westworld

1973

as Self (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

This promotional short shows what went on behind the scenes during the shooting of the science fiction classic Westworld (1973). Director Michael Cric...

Fuzz

Fuzz

1972

as The Deaf Man

5.5
Acting

Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.

Catlow

Catlow

1971

as Catlow

5.1
Acting

An outlaw tries to avoid interference as he journeys to Mexico to pull off a $2,000,000 gold robbery.

Romance of a Horsethief

Romance of a Horsethief

1971

as Captain Stoloff

2.7
Acting

Since time immemorial, the simple-minded boisterous people of Malava, a small Polish town near the border of imperial Russia, have lived on horse-stea...

The Light at the Edge of the World

The Light at the Edge of the World

1971

as Jonathan Kongre

5.9
Acting

Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone membe...

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

1970

Still Photographer

4.9

Dany Longo is red-haired, beautiful, disturbed, passionate--and nearsighted. As she speeds through the south of France in a purloined Thunderbird on a...

Adiós, Sabata

Adiós, Sabata

1970

as Sabata / Indio Black

6.3
Acting

Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerrilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austri...

Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

1969

Acting

Banned by the BBC in 1971, director Tony Palmer's profile of the late Peter Sellers was, in the words of the film's subject himself, "the only portrai...

The Magic Christian

The Magic Christian

1969

as Transvestite Cabaret Singer

5.7
Acting

Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought...

The File of the Golden Goose

The File of the Golden Goose

1969

as Peter Novak

5.5
Acting

U.S. Secret Service agent Peter Novak goes undercover with Scotland Yard officer Thompson to halt a murderous gang of counterfeiters known as the Gold...

The Madwoman of Chaillot

The Madwoman of Chaillot

1969

as The Chairman

7.1
Acting

An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others. The story is set in ...

The Battle of Neretva

The Battle of Neretva

1969

as Vlado

6.8
Acting

In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia....

Villa Rides

Villa Rides

1968

as Pancho Villa

6.3
Acting

Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner and pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa and his band of ded...

The Long Duel

The Long Duel

1967

as Sultan

5.1
Acting

An idealistic colonial police officer is sent to capture a rebel leader who threatens the stability of the Raj's north-west frontier. Despite his offi...

The Double Man

The Double Man

1967

as Dan Slater / Kalmar

6.1
Acting

In a complex piece of espionage the Russian secret service attempts to kidnap a high ranking officer in the CIA and replace him with a one of its own.

Triple Cross

Triple Cross

1966

as Baron von Grunen

6.0
Acting

A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.

Return of the Seven

Return of the Seven

1966

as Chris Adams

6.1
Acting

Chico, one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven, now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most...

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

1966

as Colonel Salem

5.8
Acting

A special United Nations bureau organises a campaign to trace a drug-smuggling ring across Europe to its source on the Afghanistan-Iran border.

Cast a Giant Shadow

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966

as Asher Gonen

6.3
Acting

An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish herita...

Morituri

Morituri

1965

as Captain Müller

6.8
Acting

A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for German...

Invitation to a Gunfighter

Invitation to a Gunfighter

1964

as Jules Gaspard d'Estaing

5.9
Acting

In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, his Yankee neighbors rallied against him and his pro...

Flight from Ashiya

Flight from Ashiya

1964

as TSgt. Mike Takashima

5.0
Acting

Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal pr...

Kings of the Sun

Kings of the Sun

1963

as Chief Black Eagle

6.1
Acting

In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the U...

Taras Bulba

Taras Bulba

1962

as Taras Bulba

6.3
Acting

Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for hi...

Escape from Zahrain

Escape from Zahrain

1962

as Sharif

6.2
Acting

Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and th...

Goodbye Again

Goodbye Again

1961

as Extra in Nightclub Scene

7.1
Acting

Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her lo...

The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

1960

as Chris Adams

7.5
Acting

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

Surprise Package

Surprise Package

1960

as Nico March

5.8
Acting

Comic crime caper, set on a Greek island, starring Yul Brynner and Mitzi Gaynor.

Testament of Orpheus

Testament of Orpheus

1960

as Court Usher (uncredited)

7.7
Acting

An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic...

Once More, with Feeling!

Once More, with Feeling!

1960

as Victor Fabian

5.9
Acting

The wife of brilliant, but boisterous and ill-tempered conductor of the London Symphony puts up with his childishness, but the last straw is drawn whe...

Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba

1959

as Solomon

6.4
Acting

Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the cou...

The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

1959

as Jason Compson

6.6
Acting

Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fo...

The Journey

The Journey

1959

as Major Surov

6.4
Acting

A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary.

The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer

1958

as Jean Lafitte

6.4
Acting

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will ...

Houseboat

Houseboat

1958

Still Photographer

6.4

An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

1958

as Dmitri Karamazov

6.6
Acting

Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons ...

Anastasia

Anastasia

1956

as General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine

6.8
Acting

Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russ...

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

1956

as Rameses

7.8
Acting

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal qu...

The King and I

The King and I

1956

as King Mongkut of Siam

7.1
Acting

Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna an...

Flowers from a Stranger

Flowers from a Stranger

1950

as Dr. Nestri

Acting

The mental condition of psychiatrist's wife Lorna Baylor begins to deteriorate as an anonymous delivery of flowers arrives at her home, awakening her ...

Port of New York

Port of New York

1949

as Paul Vicola

4.8
Acting

Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.

Flowers from a Stranger

Flowers from a Stranger

1949

as Dr. Nestri

Acting

The mental condition of psychiatrist's wife Lorna Baylor begins to deteriorate as an anonymous delivery of flowers arrives at her home, awakening her ...