Vladek sheybal as bratchenko

          A small animal, like a badger, but terribly ferocious.!

          Vladek Sheybal

          Polish actor (1923–1992)

          Vladek Sheybal (born Władysław Rudolf Zbigniew Sheybal; 12 March 1923 – 16 October 1992)[1] was a Polish character actor, singer and director of both television and stage productions.[2] He was well known for his portrayal of the chess grandmasterKronsteen 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 as Otto Leipzig in Smiley's People (1982).[3][4] He also had notable recurring roles as Dr.

          Douglas Jackson in Gerry Anderson's UFO, Captain Ferreira in the NBC miniseries Shōgun and as Gen. Bratchenko in the 1984 version of Red Dawn.

          He became a naturalised British citizen, but remained "fiercely proud of his homeland and its culture".[2]

          Life and career

          Sheybal was born in Zgierz, near Łódź, in the Second Polish Republic.[5] The son of a university professor, he was attra