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Yul Brynner

1920-07-11

The 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. Description above from the Wikipedia Yul Brynner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Ten Commandments

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The Magnificent Seven

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Westworld

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Return of the Seven

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The King and I

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Solomon and Sheba

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The Poppy Is Also a Flower

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Futureworld

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The Light at the Edge of the World

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Anastasia

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Testament of Orpheus

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Death Rage

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Port of New York

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The Buccaneer

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Fuzz

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Morituri

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The Sound and the Fury

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Kings of the Sun

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