Vladek Sheybal - Movies, Bio & Filmography

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★ Acting🎥 50 films📺 25 TV shows📅 1957–1992🔥 1

Also known as: Владек Шейбал, Władysław Sheybal

Born in Zgierz, Lódzkie, Poland

1923-03-12 (age 69 at death)

Died 1992-10-16

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.From Wikipedia
Vladek Sheybal (born Władysław Rudolf Zbigniew Sheybal; 12 March 1923 – 16 October 1992) was a Polish character actor, singer and director of both television and stage productions. He was well known for his portrayal of the chess grandmaster Kronsteen in the James Bond film From Russia with Love (1963), a role for which he had been personally recommended by his friend Sean Connery, and as Otto Leipzig in Smiley's People (1982). He also had notable recurring roles as Dr. Douglas Jackson in Gerry Anderson's UFO, Captain Ferreira in the NBC miniseries Shōgun and as Gen. Bratchenko in the 1984 version of Red Dawn.
He became a naturalised British citizen, but remained "fiercely proud of his homeland and its culture".
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