Mongkut Mongkut Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramenthra Maha Mongkut Phra Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua (), or Rama IV, known in English-speaking countries as King Mongkut (18 October 18041 October 1868), was the fourth monarch of Siam (Thailand) under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1851 to 1868. Outside Thailand, he is best known as the king in the 1951 musical and 1956 film "The King and I", based on the 1946 film "Anna and the King of Siam"in turn based on a 1944 novel by an American missionary about Anna Leonowens' years at his court, from 1862 to 1867. During
Geoffrey Kerr Broadway, as Geoffrey Kerr, he performed in such plays as "The Stork" (1925) and "London Calling", the latter which he wrote. He also directed occasionally, and co-starred with wife June Walker on Broadway in "The Bachelor Father" (1928). He ended his acting career in 1934, though he did appear in a play on Broadway in 1949–50, to celebrate the silver Broadway anniversary of the two stars Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Geoffrey Kerr became known in the film industry when he co-starred with his father in the British silent film "12.10" (1919), although he did appear in several other silent