Which actor played King Mongkut of Siam in the 1956 film The King and I?
Gordon MacRae
Rossano Brazzi
Yul Brynner
Christopher Plummer
Fact: Yul Brynner first played King Mongkut of Siam in the 1951 Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I, earning a Tony Award for the role. He returned as the king in the 1956 film adaptation, opposite Deborah Kerr. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Brynner. The role became a hallmark of his career, and he returned to Broadway to play the king in 1985. He played the role 4,625 times onstage and kept his shaved head as a personal trademark long after adopting it for The King and I.
Correct Answer: Yul Brynner