Vladek Sheybal
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: March 12, 1923
Place of Birth: Zgierz, Lódzkie, Poland
Known For
The Human Jungle
The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.
Dance of the Seven Veils
Russell’s composer biopics were usually labours of love. This was the opposite: he regarded Strauss’s music as 'bombastic, sham and hollow', and despised the composer for claiming to be apolitical while cosying up to the Nazi regime. Strauss is depicted in a variety of grotesquely caricatured situations: attacked by nuns after adopting Nietzsche’s philosophy, duels with jealous husbands, literally batters his critics into submission with his music, and glorifies the women in his life and fantasies.
The Main Chance
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
QB VII
A physician sues a novelist for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes.
Smiley's People
Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends past days, discovering that the clues lead to a high person in the Russian Secret service, and a secret important enough to kill for.
Kanal
In the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in the sewers under the orders of leader Zadra, but it's only a matter of time before they will have to emerge. However, when they try, they are met only with intense hostility from the Nazis. Despite their attempts stay resolute through immense mental strain, it becomes increasingly apparent that they may be doomed.
UFO
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.
The Debussy Film
An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.
Shōgun
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
Running Blind
Cold War thriller set in Iceland – a British agent and his Icelandic fiancee try to protect an electronic device from falling into the clutches of the KGB.
Filmography
as Pawnbroker
as Kinksi
as Hiyam El-Alfi (The Hotel Manager)
as Comte Plasky
as The Narraor
as Bratchenko
as Ali
as Morjack
as Gen. Zorin
as Otto Leipzig
as Andret
as Boogalow
as Captain Ferriera
as Dr. Doug Jackson
as Zannbin
as Trainmaster
as Kenniken
as Mr Marango
as Mr. Marango
as Herr Hubert
as (voice)
as Zarcardi
as Dutchman
as Francesco
as Player Queen / Lucianus / 1st Player
as The Bashaw
as Borisenko
as Portiere d'albergo
as Sobotnik
as Prince Józef Poniatowski
as Zemetkin
as Sandor Karoleon
as Aaron Kaplan
as Kajfasz
as Vladek
as De Thrill
as Dr. Doug Jackson
as Mathias
as Hans Weider
as Hans Weider
as Doug Jackson
as Laszlo
as Meegeren
as Kulik
as Loerke
as Psychiatrist
as Lieutenant Schack
as Otto Zobel
as Max Kellor
as Dr. Delgado
as Mijnheer Smith
as Dr. Eiwort
as Herbert (voice)
as Joseph Goebbels
as Le Chiffre's Representative
as Manager
as Mr. Miller
as Herr Lenz
as Yasha Saroya
as Max Opals
as Pierre Louÿs / Film Director
as Narrator (voice)
as Kronsteen
as William Jones
as Nikita Roskin
as Tewfick
as Michał