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Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Acting

Born: August 14, 1934Nimes, France

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dobtcheff was born in Nîmes, France, to a British mother (Vernon) and a father of Bulgarian descent (Dobtcheff). He attended Ascham Preparatory School in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, in the 1940s, where he won the Acting Cup. One of his many television roles was as the Chief Scientist in the Doctor Who story The War Games in 1969. In his 2006 memoir Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins, British actor Rupert Everett describes an encounter with Dobtcheff on the boat train to Paris, and reveals his extraordinary reputation as the "patron saint" of the acting profession, stating that Dobtcheff "was legendary not so much for his acting as for his magical ability to catch every first night in the country". Widely travelled and prone to pop up in the most unlikely of locales, if unable to attend an opening night, Dobtcheff will still endeavour to send the cast a card wishing the production good luck. Dobtcheff is set to appear in the upcoming Doctor Who audio drama The Children of Seth where he'll be playing the role of Shamur, set for release in December 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vernon Dobtcheff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For
Filmography
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

The Scientist (archive footage)

2024
Alec Guinness: A Class Act

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

self

2024
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Self

2022
Burning Casablanca

Burning Casablanca

Corny

2021
The Haunting of Margam Castle

The Haunting of Margam Castle

Enos

2020

The Violet Hour

M. Audran

2018
L'hypothèse de la reine rouge

L'hypothèse de la reine rouge

Sherlock Holmes

2018
The Man with the Iron Heart

The Man with the Iron Heart

Emile Hacha

2017
Killing Jesus

Killing Jesus

Isaiah

2015
The Invisible Boy

The Invisible Boy

Artiglio

2014
Horsehead

Horsehead

George

2014
Seven Lucky Gods

Seven Lucky Gods

Lawrence

2014
The Great Beauty

The Great Beauty

Arturo

2013
Another Woman's Life

Another Woman's Life

Dimitri Speranski

2012
Zarafa

Zarafa

Le vieux sage (voice)

2012
The Passage

The Passage

Vieil homme

2011
Undisputed III: Redemption

Undisputed III: Redemption

Rezo

2010
Godforsaken

Godforsaken

The Surgeon

2010
Changing Climates, Changing Times

Changing Climates, Changing Times

Lucas

2009
The Joy of Singing

The Joy of Singing

Le lecteur du bar

2008
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

Self

2008
Priceless

Priceless

Jacques

2006
Courts mais Gay : Tome 12

Courts mais Gay : Tome 12

Anthony

2006

For the Time Being

Anthony

2006
An American Haunting

An American Haunting

Elder #1

2005
Empire of the Wolves

Empire of the Wolves

Kudseyi

2005
Thank You, Doctor Rey

Thank You, Doctor Rey

François

2004
Before Sunset

Before Sunset

Bookstore Manager

2004
Evilenko

Evilenko

Bagdasarov

2004
Pontormo - Un amore eretico

Pontormo - Un amore eretico

Riccio

2004
Brocéliande

Brocéliande

Brennos

2003
The Red Siren

The Red Siren

Vitali

2002
The Falklands Play

The Falklands Play

Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)

2002
David Copperfield

David Copperfield

Quinion

2001
Festival in Cannes

Festival in Cannes

Millie's Escort

2001
The Order

The Order

Oscar

2001
The Body

The Body

Monsignor

2001
Revelation

Revelation

Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau

2001
Le Prof

Le Prof

Patte Folle

2000
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

Cleisthenes

2000
Falling Through

Falling Through

Father

2000
Dreaming of Joseph Lees

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

Italian Doctor

1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

Art Gallery Lecturer

1999
Hilary and Jackie

Hilary and Jackie

Professor Bentley

1998
Jinnah

Jinnah

Lord Willingdon

1998
30 Years to Life

30 Years to Life

Sandler

1998
Vigo

Vigo

Papa Lozinska

1998
Spanish Fly

Spanish Fly

Carl's Friend

1998
Déjà Vu

Déjà Vu

Konstantine

1998
The Wonderland Experience

The Wonderland Experience

Vincent

1998
St. Ives

St. Ives

Bonnefoy

1998
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Pestov

1997
The Hunchback

The Hunchback

Father Michel

1997
The Ice Princess

The Ice Princess

Chancellor

1996
The Ogre

The Ogre

Lawyer

1996
Surviving Picasso

Surviving Picasso

Diaghilev

1996
Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

Naryshkin

1996
Jude

Jude

Curator

1996
Le fils de Paul

Le fils de Paul

Duval

1995
Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris

King's Translator

1995
The House that Mary Bought

The House that Mary Bought

1995
Mademoiselle O

Mademoiselle O

Rouka

1994
Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Chancellor

1993
M. Butterfly

M. Butterfly

Agent Etancelin

1993
The Hour of the Pig

The Hour of the Pig

Apothecary

1993

Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher

Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc

1993

Temptation of Sainthood

Freud

1993
Venice/Venice

Venice/Venice

Alexander

1992
Obiettivo indiscreto

Obiettivo indiscreto

Primo editore

1992
Sweetheart

Sweetheart

Thurson

1992
The First Circle

The First Circle

Riyumin

1992
Let Him Have It

Let Him Have It

Clerk of Court

1991
Hamlet

Hamlet

Reynaldo

1990
Vincent and Me

Vincent and Me

Dr Winkler

1990
Meridian

Meridian

Priest

1990
The Garden

The Garden

Old Man at Sauna

1990
The Krays

The Krays

Teacher

1990
The Plot to Kill Hitler

The Plot to Kill Hitler

Fellgiebel

1990
Flight from Paradise

Flight from Paradise

Merrill

1990
The Hostage of Europe

The Hostage of Europe

Hudson Lowe

1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Butler

1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Doctor Webber

1989
Natalia

Natalia

Alfred Grabner

1989
Splendor

Splendor

1989

Berlin-Jerusalem

Editor

1989
The Sweet House of Horrors

The Sweet House of Horrors

The Exorcist

1989
Testimony

Testimony

Gargolovsky

1988
Pascali's Island

Pascali's Island

Pariente

1988
Catacombs

Catacombs

Brother Timothy

1988
Le due croci

Le due croci

Bischof de Jong

1988
Maigret

Maigret

Gannett

1988
The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

Hugh of Newcastle

1986
Caravaggio

Caravaggio

Art Lover

1986
Mata Hari

Mata Hari

Prosecutor

1985
Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Don John

1984
Gwendoline

Gwendoline

Shirko

1984

The Devil's Lieutenant

Dr. Goldschmiedt

1984
Night Patrol

Night Patrol

James

1984
Mon Ami Washington

Mon Ami Washington

1984
An Englishman Abroad

An Englishman Abroad

Guildenstern

1983
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

Count Langenthal

1983
Nutcracker

Nutcracker

Markovitch

1982
Enigma

Enigma

Minister

1982
That Night of Varennes

That Night of Varennes

Judge at the confiscation

1982
Troilus & Cressida

Troilus & Cressida

Agamemnon

1981
L'Amour nu

L'Amour nu

John, le patron de Claire

1981
Sredni Vashtar

Sredni Vashtar

Dr. Russell

1981
Condorman

Condorman

Russian Agent

1981
Le Beau Monde

Le Beau Monde

Pablo

1981
San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça

San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça

Un tueur russe

1981
Nijinsky

Nijinsky

Sergei Grigoriev

1980
Ike

Ike

Gen. Charles DeGaulle

1979
Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Apothecary

1978
Question of Love

Question of Love

Peter

1978
Last In, First Out

Last In, First Out

Le réceptionniste

1978
Little Girl in Blue Velvet

Little Girl in Blue Velvet

Lamberti

1978
The Roads of Exile

The Roads of Exile

Le peintre Ramsay

1978
March or Die

March or Die

Mean Corporal

1977
The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me

Max Kalba

1977
Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews

Fop Two

1977
The Achurch Letters

The Achurch Letters

Eugene

1977
French Without Tears

French Without Tears

Monsieur Maingot

1976
Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey

Magnus Piecan

1975
Lovers Like Us

Lovers Like Us

Coleman

1975
Operation: Daybreak

Operation: Daybreak

Pyotr

1975
The Messiah

The Messiah

Samuel

1975

The Secret Agent

Karl Yundt

1975
Cat and Mouse

Cat and Mouse

Germain's accomplice

1975
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat

Van der Valk and the Scapegoat

Reinders

1975
India Song

India Song

Georges Crawn

1975
Playing with Fire

Playing with Fire

A messenger

1975
Scent of a Woman

Scent of a Woman

Don Carlo (uncredited)

1974
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

Concierge

1974
The Marseille Contract

The Marseille Contract

Lazar

1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

Padre

1974
Impossible Object

Impossible Object

Private Investigator

1973
The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

Interrogator

1973
An Echo of Theresa

An Echo of Theresa

Bannerheim

1973
The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

The Franklin

1972
Up the Front

Up the Front

Muller

1972
Far from Dallas

Far from Dallas

1972
Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

Duc De Guise

1971
Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra

Dr. Lazovert

1971
Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

Russian Official

1971
The Horsemen

The Horsemen

Zam Hajji

1971
The Beast in the Cellar

The Beast in the Cellar

Newsmith

1971
The Married Couple of the Year Two

The Married Couple of the Year Two

le pasteur

1971
Them

Them

Brisbane

1970
Anne of the Thousand Days

Anne of the Thousand Days

Mendoza

1969
Doctor Who: The War Games

Doctor Who: The War Games

Chief Scientist

1969
Baby Love

Baby Love

Man in Cinema

1969
The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau

Baron Muntzof

1969
Beach Head

Beach Head

N.G. Waldron

1969
A Dandy in Aspic

A Dandy in Aspic

1968
The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

Pedant

1967
The World of George Orwell: 1984

The World of George Orwell: 1984

Goldstein

1965
Darling

Darling

Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited)

1965
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Member of the French Team

1965
The Debussy Film

The Debussy Film

The Actor

1965

The Life of Galileo

Philosopher

1964