Hollywood Idols

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

Season 1, Episode 9 of 14

There will never be another like Yul Brynner. No other actor has had his looks, his range of talents, his energy, and his capacity to draw others into the spell of his charm. A true sophisticate of deliberately mysterious origins, Yul Brynner was at home in a wide variety of languages and social environments. At an early age he found his perfect role in The King And I. The Academy Award-winning success that might have become a trap for a lesser star became the ongoing glory of his career from the peak of his stardom to his untimely death. Including clips from The King And I, The Ten Commandments, Anastasia, The Magnificent Seven, The Brothers Karamazov, and Westworld, and interviews with former wife Doris Brynner, children Rock Brynner and Victoria Brynner, actors Eli Wallach, Rita Moreno, director John Frankenheimer and others.

Previously Aired

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Time
Channel
10/5/2018
11 p.m.
7/22/2019
3:30 p.m.
7/28/2019
11:30 p.m.
12/20/2019
2:30 a.m.
12/21/2019
12/27/2019
5 a.m.
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