Editing Yul Brynner (section)

===1940s===
In 1941, Brynner made his stage debut in a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' that premiered on December 2, 1941. In it, Brynner appeared as Fabian. He had to deliver only a few lines, as his English was limited and he had a noticeable Russian accent. The job helped him to start adding English to the list of languages he spoke, which included Russian, French, Japanese, and Hungarian.<ref name="Los Angeles Times 1985">{{cite web | title=Yul Brynner Dies at 65; 30 Years in 'King and I' | website=Los Angeles Times | date=October 10, 1985 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-10-10-mn-15605-story.html | access-date=August 30, 2022}}</ref> The show closed, as did many other Broadway productions, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when America declared war on [[Japan]] and [[Nazi Germany]]. 

Soon Brynner found a job as a radio commentator presenting war propaganda in French and Russian at the [[Voice of America]] radio station. He had little acting work during the next few years.<ref name="Rochman" /> But he co-starred in a 1946 production of ''[[Lute Song (musical)|Lute Song]]'' with [[Mary Martin]]. He also did some modeling work and was photographed nude by [[George Platt Lynes]].<ref>Leddick, David. ''George Platt Lynes'', New York: Taschen, 2000.</ref><ref name="ReferenceB"/>

[[File:Yul Brynner Port of New York 01.jpg|thumb|Yul Brynner as [[drug dealer]] Paul Vicola, a supporting role in ''[[Port of New York (film)|Port of New York]]'' (1949)]]

In 1944 Brynner married actress [[Virginia Gilmore]]. Soon after he began working as a director at the new [[CBS]] television studios. In 1948 and 1949, he directed and also appeared on television alongside his wife in the first two seasons of ''[[Studio One (CBS series)|Studio One]]''. He also appeared in other shows.

Brynner made his film debut in ''[[Port of New York (film)|Port of New York]]'', released in November 1949.<ref>[http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/title/19181/Port-of-New-York/notes.html " 'Port of New York' Notes"] tcm.com, retrieved May 30, 2019</ref>