Yul Brynner is a titan of the Golden Age of Hollywood, appearing in everything from biblical epics to lighthearted musicals and bloody Westerns.

Plus, as Seth Meyers so astutely pointed out, Yul Brynner won a Tony years ago. So maybe that good fortune might rub off on Clooney should he choose to rock that style during this year’s show.

Return of the Seven has plenty of action, nearly all of it generated by seven men working their jaws. Their conversation takes place in a Mexican village, where Yul Brynner and half a dozen ...

Yul Brynner will always be associated with his role as King Mongkut of Siam in the stage and film versions of “The King and I,” for which he won the Best Actor Oscar in 1956. But he played many other ...

The only male child of the actor Yul Brynner, he built a peripatetic career as a historian, novelist, playwright — and roadie for the Band.