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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).
Birth Name
Wladyslaw Sheybal
Born
Monday, 12 March 1923
Died
Friday, 16 October 1992
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Best Ever Bond | Kronsteen | 2002 |
| Double X: The Name of the Game | Pawnbroker | 1992 |
| Strike It Rich | Kinski / Kinksi | 1990 |
| Champagne Charlie | Comte Plasky / Count Plasky | 1989 |
| Masterpiece Theatre: Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy | Jinnah | 1986 |
| Red Dawn | Bratchenko | 1984 |
| The Brief | Mr. Lederman | 1984 |
| Memed My Hawk | Ali | 1984 |
| Where Is Parsifal? | Morjack | 1984 |
| The Jigsaw Man | Gen. Zorin | 1983 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Best Ever Bond | Kronsteen | 2002 |
| Double X: The Name of the Game | Pawnbroker | 1992 |
| Strike It Rich | Kinski / Kinksi | 1990 |
| Champagne Charlie | Comte Plasky / Count Plasky | 1989 |
| Masterpiece Theatre: Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy | Jinnah | 1986 |
| Red Dawn | Bratchenko | 1984 |
| The Brief | Mr. Lederman | 1984 |
| Memed My Hawk | Ali | 1984 |
| Where Is Parsifal? | Morjack | 1984 |
| The Jigsaw Man | Gen. Zorin | 1983 |
| Smiley's People | Otto Leipzig / Otto Leipzig (The Magician) | 1982 |
| Marco Polo | Prosecutor | 1982 |
| Tristan and Isolde | Andret | 1982 |
| The Apple | Boogalow | 1980 |
| Shogun | Captain Ferriera | 1980 |
| Shogun | Captain Ferriera | 1980 |
| Quest of Eagles | Priest | 1979 |
| Avalanche Express | Zannbin | 1979 |
| The Lady Vanishes | Trainmaster | 1979 |
| Love and Bullets | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1979 |
| Running Blind | Kennikin | 1979 |
| Supernatural | Herr Hubert | 1977 |
| Gulliver's Travels | (voice) | 1977 |
| The New Avengers | Zarcardi | 1976 |
| The Sell-Out | Dutchman | 1976 |
| House of Pleasure for Women | Francesco | 1976 |
| Hamlet | Player Queen / Lucianus / 1st Player | 1976 |
| The Wind and the Lion | The Bashaw | 1975 |
| Rogue's Rock | Boris Lubchenko | 1974 |
| No, Honestly | Giovanianni | 1974 |
| The Kiss of Death | Portiere d'albergo | 1974 |
| S*P*Y*S | Borisenko / Borisenko (Russian Spy Chief) | 1974 |
| Dial M for Murder | Yerimenko | 1974 |
| QB VII | Sobotnik | 1974 |
| Napoleon and Love | Prince Poniatowski | 1974 |
| Invasion: UFO | Dr. Doug Jackson | 1974 |
| Scorpio | Zemetkin / Andreyev Zemetkin | 1973 |
| The Protectors | Sandor Karoleon | 1972 |
| Innocent Bystanders | Aaron Kaplan | 1972 |
| Pilatus und andere - Ein Film für Karfreitag | Kaiphas / Kajfasz | 1972 |
| The Spy's Wife | Vladek | 1972 |
| The Boy Friend | De Thrill | 1971 |
| UFO: Distruggete Base Luna | Dr. Doug Jackson | 1971 |
| The Last Valley | Mathias | 1971 |
| A Distant Thunder | Hans Weider | 1970 |
| Play for Today | Hans Weider | 1970 |
| UFO | Dr. Doug Jackson / Jackson | 1970 |
| Puppet on a Chain | Meegeren | 1970 |
| Leo the Last | Laszlo | 1970 |
| Women in Love | Loerke | 1969 |
| Strange Report | Kulik | 1969 |
| Journey to the Far Side of the Sun | Psychiatrist | 1969 |
| Mosquito Squadron | Lieutenant Schack | 1969 |
| Deadfall | Dr. Delgado | 1968 |
| To Grab the Ring | Mijnheer Smith | 1968 |
| The Champions | Max Kellor | 1968 |
| Billion Dollar Brain | Dr. Eiwort | 1967 |
| Casino Royale | Le Chiffre's Representative | 1967 |
| Callan | Dicer | 1967 |
| The Fearless Vampire Killers | Herbert (voice) / Herbert | 1967 |
| The Baron | Reiner | 1966 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Mr. Miller | 1965 |
| Return from the Ashes | Paul, Chess Club Manager / Manager | 1965 |
| Court Martial | Lt. Josef Dyboski | 1965 |
| Mogul | Herr Lenz | 1965 |
| Front Page Story | George Litdz | 1965 |
| Secret Agent | Tewfick | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Narrator | 1964 |
| From Russia with Love | Kronsteen | 1963 |
| The Sentimental Agent | Arva | 1963 |
| The Human Jungle | William Jones | 1963 |
| The Saint | Nikita Roskin | 1962 |
| Monitor | Pierre Louÿs / Film Director | 1958 |
| Trzy kobiety | Gestapo Officer | 1957 |
| Kanal | Composer Michal / kompozytor Michał (w napisach: Władysław Sheybal) | 1957 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Gutman / Klaus / Mr. Prizborski | 1955 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| ITV Play of the Week | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | 1955 |
