Vladek Sheybal

Vladek Sheybal

1923-03-12 Zgierz, Lódzkie, Poland 53 Credits

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.

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Best Ever Bond

2002

as Kronsteen (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

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

Double X: The Name of the Game

1992

as Pawnbroker

5.0
Acting

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

Strike It Rich

1990

as Kinksi

5.0
Acting

A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.

After Midnight

After Midnight

1990

as Hiyam El-Alfi (The Hotel Manager)

5.0
Acting

An alcoholic night watchman in a Dublin hotel redeems himself with the help of a new assistant.

Champagne Charlie

Champagne Charlie

1989

as Comte Plasky

3.0
Acting

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

La fine – The End

1986

as The Narraor

Acting

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

Red Dawn

1984

as Bratchenko

6.3
Acting

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

Memed My Hawk

1984

as Ali

5.0
Acting

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?

Where Is Parsifal?

1984

as Morjack

3.5
Acting

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

The Jigsaw Man

1983

as Gen. Zorin

4.9
Acting

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

Fire and Sword

1982

as Andret

5.0
Acting

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

The Apple

1980

as Boogalow

4.4
Acting

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

Acting

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

Directing Writing

An actor and his protege lock themselves away from the world while he rehearses for a part in an upcoming feature.

Avalanche Express

Avalanche Express

1979

as Zannbin

4.8
Acting

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

The Lady Vanishes

1979

as Trainmaster

6.0
Acting

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

Running Blind

1979

as Kenniken

7.5
Acting

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

The Kitchen

1977

as Mr Marango

Acting

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

Gulliver's Travels

1977

as (voice)

5.5
Acting

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

The Sell Out

1976

as Dutchman

5.2
Acting

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

House of Pleasure for Women

1976

as Francesco

5.5
Acting

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

Hamlet

1976

as Player Queen / Lucianus / 1st Player

4.8
Acting

The classic Shakespeare play in a way you've never seen.

The Wind and the Lion

The Wind and the Lion

1975

as The Bashaw

6.5
Acting

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

S*P*Y*S

1974

as Borisenko

5.2
Acting

Two CIA bunglers botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.

The Kiss of Death

The Kiss of Death

1974

as Portiere d'albergo

2.0
Acting

Adaptation of a novel by Carolina Invernizio.

Scorpio

Scorpio

1973

as Zemetkin

6.1
Acting

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

Innocent Bystanders

1972

as Aaron Kaplan

7.2
Acting

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

Pilate and Others

1972

as Kajfasz

6.0
Acting

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

The Spy's Wife

1972

as Vladek

Acting

A spy and his wife simultaneously attempt adultery.

The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend

1971

as De Thrill

6.6
Acting

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

Invasion: UFO

1971

as Dr. Doug Jackson

5.8
Acting

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!

UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!

1971

as Dr. Doug Jackson

6.0
Acting
The Last Valley

The Last Valley

1971

as Mathias

6.5
Acting

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

A Distant Thunder

1970

as Hans Weider

Acting

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

Leo the Last

1970

as Laszlo

5.4
Acting

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

Puppet on a Chain

1970

as Meegeren

6.0
Acting

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

Dance of the Seven Veils

1970

8.0
Acting

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

Women in Love

1969

as Loerke

6.5
Acting

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

Doppelgänger

1969

as Psychiatrist

6.2
Acting

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

Mosquito Squadron

1969

as Lieutenant Schack

5.4
Acting

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

The Limbo Line

1969

4.0
Acting

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

Deadfall

1968

as Dr. Delgado

5.4
Acting

Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau of millionaire Salinas.

Gates to Paradise

Gates to Paradise

1968

Assistant Director

6.2
Directing

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

To Grab the Ring

1968

as Mijnheer Smith

Acting

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

The Fearless Vampire Killers

1967

as Herbert (voice)

7.0
Acting

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

Billion Dollar Brain

1967

as Dr. Eiwort

5.7
Acting

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

Casino Royale

1967

as Le Chiffre's Representative

5.2
Acting

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

Return from the Ashes

1965

as Manager

6.1
Acting

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

The Debussy Film

1965

as Pierre Louÿs / Film Director

7.6
Acting

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

From Russia with Love

1963

as Kronsteen

7.1
Acting

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

Acting

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

Acting

Three women, ex-prisoners of a Nazi death camp, decide to live together after the war.

Kanal

Kanal

1957

as Michał (as Władysław Sheybal)

7.7
Acting

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...