Vladek Sheybal
Vladek Sheybal 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.
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🎬 Movies
Red Dawn
actor
1984
Memed My Hawk
actor
1984
Where Is Parsifal?
actor
1984
The Jigsaw Man
actor
1983
Fire and Sword
actor
1982
The Apple
actor
1980
Invasion: UFO
actor
1980
Avalanche Express
actor
1979
The Lady Vanishes
actor
1979
Gulliver's Travels
actor
1977
House of Pleasure for Women
actor
1976
The Wind and the Lion
actor
1975
S*P*Y*S
actor
1974
Scorpio
actor
1973
Innocent Bystanders
actor
1972
The Boy Friend
actor
1971
Puppet on a Chain
actor
1970
Women in Love
actor
1969
Doppelgänger
actor
1969
Mosquito Squadron
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1969
Deadfall
actor
1968
Billion Dollar Brain
actor
1967
The Fearless Vampire Killers
actor
1967
From Russia with Love
actor
1963
Kanal
actor
1957
