Jonathan Farwell, Unfulfilled Understudy for Yul Brynner on ‘The King and I,’ Dies at 93

A veteran of soap operas and regional theater, he never got to step in for the star on Broadway. “If I ever tried to take his ...
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Eddie Murphy Opens Up About Yul Brynner Encounter, Hollywood Fatigue, and Why He Still Has No Oscar

Eddie Murphy is pulling back the curtain in his new Netflix documentary Being Eddie, and he doesn’t hold back. One of the ...
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TV Q&A: Did Yul Brynner make an anti-smoking ad to air after he died?

From left: Ron Richardson, Yul Brynner and Jackie Gleason at the 1985 Tony Awards in New York City. Q • I seem to remember in the mid- or late 1960s that Yul Brynner made an ad that said “If you see ...

The Hollywood legend opens up about his life and career in the new Netflix documentary 'Being Eddie'

In the new Netflix documentary Being Eddie, which tracks the New York native’s meteoric rise from teenage comedian to ...