Biography
Vladek Sheybal (born Władysław Rudolf Z. Sheybal; 12 March 1923 – 16 October 1992) was a Polish character actor, singer and director of both television and stage productions.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Kronsteen (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.
Double X: The Name of the Game
1992
as Pawnbroker
Expert safecracker Arthur Clutten masterminds heists for a criminal syndicate he belongs to. But after witnessing the brutal methods of persuasion bei...
Strike It Rich
1990
as Kinksi
A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.
After Midnight
1990
as Hiyam El-Alfi (The Hotel Manager)
An alcoholic night watchman in a Dublin hotel redeems himself with the help of a new assistant.
Champagne Charlie
1989
as Comte Plasky
This is the story of the Charles Heidsieck who opened the market for Champagne sales in America just prior to the American Civil War. He is a reluctan...
La fine – The End
1986
as The Narraor
Ex-architect PATRICK KEILLER brings a graphic and compositional sense of landscape to this complex essay film following a conceited modern-day flaneur...
Red Dawn
1984
as Bratchenko
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Sovie...
Memed My Hawk
1984
as Ali
In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in marriage to the fat, dullard cousin of the province'...
Where Is Parsifal?
1984
as Morjack
Tucked away in his castle, a hypochondriac inventor plays generous host to a revolving cast of wacky guests. But to pay off his mounting debts, he mus...
The Jigsaw Man
1983
as Gen. Zorin
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to...
Fire and Sword
1982
as Andret
The young knight Tristan is injured in a fight in Ireland and cared for by the beautiful Isolde. He falls in love with her, unaware that she is the da...
The Apple
1980
as Boogalow
In a pseudo-futuristic 1994, a square couple enter the corrupt world of the music industry, and subsequently a maze of drugs, sex, and temptation.
All About a Prima Ballerina
1980
as Marcus
An actor and his protege lock themselves away from the world while he rehearses for a part in an upcoming feature.
All About a Prima Ballerina
1980
Director, Writer
An actor and his protege lock themselves away from the world while he rehearses for a part in an upcoming feature.
Avalanche Express
1979
as Zannbin
CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting to the west. Wargrave decides they should travel to...
The Lady Vanishes
1979
as Trainmaster
On the eve of World War II, zany heiress Amanda Kelly travels by train to Switzerland. While passing through Germany, she meets a sweet elderly lady, ...
Running Blind
1979
as Kenniken
Cold War thriller set in Iceland – a British agent and his Icelandic fiancee try to protect an electronic device from falling into the clutches of the...
The Kitchen
1977
as Mr Marango
Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen for Play of the Week. The Kitchen, first preformed in 1957, was Wesker's first work and his m...
Gulliver's Travels
1977
as (voice)
Based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift and built around the Lilliput and Blefuscu episode. It was made partly in live action and partly...
The Sell Out
1976
as Dutchman
This action drama centers on a former CIA operative who grudgingly rejoins the spy game due to the machinations of his one-time student - a screw up w...
House of Pleasure for Women
1976
as Francesco
The United States of America, after the great success of Vietnam, Watergate and so on, have decided to expand their activities in Italy. Mr. Chips has...
Hamlet
1976
as Player Queen / Lucianus / 1st Player
The classic Shakespeare play in a way you've never seen.
The Wind and the Lion
1975
as The Bashaw
At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers, and the attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure ...
S*P*Y*S
1974
as Borisenko
Two CIA bunglers botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.
The Kiss of Death
1974
as Portiere d'albergo
Adaptation of a novel by Carolina Invernizio.
Scorpio
1973
as Zemetkin
Cross is an old hand at the CIA who often teams up with Frenchman Jean “Scorpio” Laurier, a gifted freelance operative. After their last mission toget...
Innocent Bystanders
1972
as Aaron Kaplan
Washed-up agent John Craig is given the task of proving his worth by tracking down a Russian scientist on the run. Cross and double-cross is the name ...
Pilate and Others
1972
as Kajfasz
The trial of Yeshua Ha-Notsri is led by prosecutor Pontius Pilate who believes in the innocence of the accused but is forced to sentence him to death....
The Spy's Wife
1972
as Vladek
A spy and his wife simultaneously attempt adultery.
The Boy Friend
1971
as De Thrill
When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place.
Invasion: UFO
1971
as Dr. Doug Jackson
The Earth is threatened by an alien race who kidnap and kill humans and even animals and use them for their body parts. In the year 1980 S.H.A.D.O. (S...
UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!
1971
as Dr. Doug Jackson
The Last Valley
1971
as Mathias
People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War try to exist in peace with a group of sol...
A Distant Thunder
1970
as Hans Weider
Peter Barkham hero-worships his distinguished father. However, this is threatened by the intrusion of events and people from his father's wartime past...
Leo the Last
1970
as Laszlo
Prince Leo, last in the line of rulers of a long-deposed monarchy on continental Europe and jaded with the frenetic search for kicks with the European...
Puppet on a Chain
1970
as Meegeren
Following a triple professional hit a U.S. agent, Paul Sherman, arrives in Amsterdam to investigate a heroin smuggling ring. He finds a city rife with...
Dance of the Seven Veils
1970
Russell’s composer biopics were usually labours of love. This was the opposite: he regarded Strauss’s music as 'bombastic, sham and hollow', and despi...
Women in Love
1969
as Loerke
Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920s English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a weal...
Doppelgänger
1969
as Psychiatrist
A planet is discovered in the same orbit as Earth's but is located on the exact opposite side of the sun, making it not visible from Earth. The Europe...
Mosquito Squadron
1969
as Lieutenant Schack
England, World War II. Quint Munroe, RAF officer and new leader of a Mosquito squadron, is tasked with destroying a secret Nazi base in France while t...
The Limbo Line
1969
The Limbo Line tells a story of Cold War double-crossing with British secret agent Manston trying to break up a group of Russian agents who return def...
Deadfall
1968
as Dr. Delgado
Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau of millionaire Salinas.
Gates to Paradise
1968
Assistant Director
In 1212, a Children's Crusade is launched after a young shepherd, Jacques de Cloyes, claims to have had a vision in which it is said that the innocenc...
To Grab the Ring
1968
as Mijnheer Smith
This film takes a decidedly satirical look at the inner workings of the gangster underworld. Alfred Lowell is a washed-up actor sent to London to take...
The Fearless Vampire Killers
1967
as Herbert (voice)
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
Billion Dollar Brain
1967
as Dr. Eiwort
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
Casino Royale
1967
as Le Chiffre's Representative
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be...
Return from the Ashes
1965
as Manager
A Jewish woman, Dr. Michele Wolf, interred in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII returns to her Paris home after the war's end. She's unaware that ...
The Debussy Film
1965
as Pierre Louÿs / Film Director
An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.
From Russia with Love
1963
as Kronsteen
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa K...
Man of Rope
1961
as Prisoner
Story of a man in prison, condemned to death, and his subsequent execution. Inspired by "Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde.
Trzy kobiety
1957
as Gestapo Officer
Three women, ex-prisoners of a Nazi death camp, decide to live together after the war.
Kanal
1957
as Michał (as Władysław Sheybal)
During the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising following World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in the...