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
John Kerr (actor) him on the series, which focuses on the cases of attorneys with the Legal Aid Society of New York. He made "The Cobweb" for MGM, who liked his work so much they co-starred him with Leslie Caron in "Gaby" (1956), the third remake of "Waterloo Bridge", which, in its original pre-Code 1931 version, featured John's grandfather, actor Frederick Kerr. Kerr starred with Deborah Kerr (no relation) in "Tea and Sympathy" in 1956. In a widely publicized decision in 1956, Kerr declined to play the role of Charles Lindbergh in "The Spirit of St. Louis" because he did not respect Lindbergh's