Vladek Sheybal










































Vladek Sheybal

Vladek Sheybal as Kronsteen.jpg
Sheybal as Kronsteen in From Russia with Love (1963)

Born
Władysław Rudolf Z. Sheybal


(1923-03-12)12 March 1923

Zgierz, Poland
Died 16 October 1992(1992-10-16) (aged 69)

London, England
Resting place
Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England
51°26′12″N 0°14′34″W / 51.436588°N 0.242655°W / 51.436588; -0.242655
Residence United Kingdom
Alma mater Merton College, Oxford
Occupation Actor, singer
Years active 1957–1992
Website www.vladeksheybal.com

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.[1] 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 Otto Leipzig in Smiley's People (1982).[2][3]


He became a naturalised British citizen, but remained "fiercely proud of his homeland and its culture."[1]




Contents






  • 1 Life and career


  • 2 Selected filmography


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Life and career


Sheybal was born in Zgierz, near Łódź, in the Second Polish Republic.[4] He appeared in the film Kanał (1957, credited as Władysław Sheybal), directed by Andrzej Wajda, before emigrating to the United Kingdom, where he was typically cast in villainous roles.[5] He also appeared as Holocaust survivor Egon Sobotnik in the television mini-series QB VII.[6]


He had a dual role as "the Director" and as Pierre Louys in Ken Russell's The Debussy Film, one of Russell's composer biopics for the BBC.[7] Other Russell films in which he appeared were Billion Dollar Brain, Women in Love and The Boy Friend.[8]


His other films include Casino Royale, Doppelgänger, The Last Valley, Puppet on a Chain, Innocent Bystanders, The Wind and the Lion, The Lady Vanishes, Fire and Sword and Red Dawn.[9]


Sheybal's other TV credits include Z-Cars, Danger Man, The Troubleshooters, The Saint, The Baron, The Champions, Callan, Strange Report, UFO, The New Avengers, Supernatural, Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy, Shōgun and Smiley's People.[10]



A granite headstone with a cross inscribed on it and a bunch of red and white flowers next to it, among many other gravestones

Sheybal's grave at Putney Vale Cemetery, London, in 2015


In 1977, he won the Dracula Society's prestigious Hamilton Deane Award for his performance in the BBC play Night of the Marionettes, part of the Supernatural series, in which he played a sinister Austrian innkeeper whose life-size puppets supposedly inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.[11][12] Sheybal's final stage appearance was as Friedrich Nietzsche in the Pierre Bourgeade play The Eagle and the Serpent at London's Offstage Downstairs Theatre in 1988.[13]


He died in London in 1992, aged 69, from a ruptured aortic aneurysm. He is buried in Putney Vale Cemetery.[8]




Selected filmography





  • Kanał (1957) - Michał 'Ogromny', the composter


  • Trzy Kobiety (1957) - Gestapo Officer


  • From Russia with Love (1963) - Tov Kronsteen


  • Return from the Ashes (1965) - Paul, Chess Club Manager


  • Casino Royale (1967) - Le Chiffre's Representative


  • Billion Dollar Brain (1967) - Dr. Eiwort


  • The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) - Herbert von Krolock (voice)


  • To Grab the Ring (1968) - Mijnheer Smith


  • Deadfall (1968) - Dr. Delgado


  • The Limbo Line (1968) - Oleg


  • Mosquito Squadron (1969) - Lieutenant Schack


  • Doppelgänger (1969) - Psychiatrist


  • Women in Love (1969) - Loerke


  • Leo the Last (1970) - Laszlo


  • UFO (1970) - Dr. Douglas Jackson


  • The Last Valley (1971) - Mathias


  • Puppet on a Chain (1971) - Meegern


  • The Boy Friend (1971) - De Thril


  • The Spy's Wife (1972) - Vladek


  • Innocent Bystanders (1972) - Aaron Kaplan


  • Scorpio (1973) - Zemetkin


  • Shado (1974) - Dr. Doug Jackson


  • Invasion: UFO (1974) - Dr. Doug Jackson


  • S*P*Y*S (1974) - Borisenko


  • Il bacio (1974) - Portiere d'albergo


  • UFO: Distruggete base Luna! (1974) - Dr. Doug Jackson


  • The Wind and the Lion (1975) - The Bashaw


  • House of Pleasure for Women (1976) - Francesco


  • The Sell Out (1976) - Dutchman


  • Gulliver's Travels (1977) - President of Blefuscu (voice)


  • Hamlet (1979) - Player Queen / Lucianus / 1st Player


  • The Lady Vanishes (1979) - Trainmaster


  • Avalanche Express (1979) - Zannbin


  • Shōgun (1980) - Captain Ferriera


  • The Apple (1980) - Boogalow


  • All About a Prima Ballerina (1980) - Marcus


  • Fire and Sword (1981) - Andret


  • Marco Polo (1982) - Prosecuting Reverend


  • Where Is Parsifal? (1984)


  • Memed My Hawk (1984) - Ali


  • Red Dawn (1984) - General Bratchenko


  • The Jigsaw Man (1984) - Gen. Zorin


  • Strike It Rich (1990) - Kinski


  • After Midnight (1990) - Hiyam El-Afi, The Hotel Manager


  • Double X: The Name of the Game (1992) - Pawnbroker




References





  1. ^ ab Flintoff, Ian (30 October 1992). "Vladek Sheybal: A very Polish practitioner". The Guardian. Manchester..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Home and Bio English - Vladek Sheybal Online". www.vladeksheybal.com.


  3. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Smiley's People (1982)". www.screenonline.org.uk.


  4. ^ "Vladek Sheybal". The Times. London. 16 November 1992.


  5. ^ McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). "The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.


  6. ^ https://movie-dude.co.uk/[TV]%20'QB%20VII'%20(1974).htm


  7. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Debussy Film, The (1965)". www.screenonline.org.uk.


  8. ^ ab "Vladek Sheybal". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 May 2009.


  9. ^ "Vladek Sheybal - Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.


  10. ^ "Vladek Sheybal". www.aveleyman.com.


  11. ^ "The Hamilton Deane Award". www.thedraculasociety.org.uk.


  12. ^ "Night of the Marionettes (1977)". BFI.


  13. ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.com.




External links



  • Official website


  • Vladek Sheybal on IMDb








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