Vladek Sheybal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vladek Sheybal

Polish actor

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1923

Place of Birth: Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 16-Oct-1992

Profession: actor, stage actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Vladek Sheybal (born Wladyslaw Rudolf Z.
Sheybal; 12 March 1923 – 16 October 1992) 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 Otto Leipzig in Smiley's People (1982).He became a naturalised British citizen, but remained "fiercely proud of his homeland and its culture."