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Vladek Sheybal (born Władysław Rudolf Zbigniew Sheybal; 12 March 1923 – 16 October 1992) [1] was a Polish character actor, singer and director of both television and stage productions. [2] 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 ...
Vladek Sheybal. Actor: Red Dawn. Looking back at his filmography, it isn't difficult to imagine Vladek Sheybal in a scene, lobbing Molotov cocktails at advancing German troops, against a backdrop of war-torn Warsaw. However, this part of his life played out for real. A member of the Polish underground, he was twice captured and interned in concentration camps. Both times he escaped. After the ...
- March 12, 1923
- October 16, 1992
He also taught acting classes at the London Academy of TV and made several forays into French cinema as middle-aged men obsessed with younger women. A consummate perfectionist at his craft and one of the great European character actors, Vladek died unexpectedly in October 1992 at his home in London, aged 69. Born March 12, 1923.
- January 1, 1
- Zgierz, Lódzkie, Poland
- January 1, 1
- London, England, UK
After the war ended, Vladek went back into acting and the rest is history. In his professional life as an actor he took the stage name of Vladek Sheybal, although he would be cast as Vladets Shebal in "Avalanche Express" and Wladyslaw Sheybal in "Kanal." In the early 1960's Vladek Sheybal arrived in England not knowing anyone here and unable to ...
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).
Vladek Sheybal (1923-1992) Wladislaw Sheybal was born in March 1923, into a Catholic family at Zgierz, near Lodz in Poland, the son of a university professor. Imprisoned in a concentration camp during the war, Sheybal escaped only to be captured and to escape once again. During each spell in prison, he was forced to face a mock execution as ...
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Oct 16, 1992 · 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.
