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Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Acting August 14, 1934 (92 years old) Nimes, France

Biography

Vernon Alexandre Dobtcheff (born 14 August 1934) is a French-British character actor, who has appeared in over 300 film, television, and stage productions in a career spanning six decades. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vernon Dobtcheff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies 165

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 7.9

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

as Butler

1989
The Spy Who Loved Me 6.8

The Spy Who Loved Me

as Max Kalba

1977
Murder on the Orient Express 7.1

Murder on the Orient Express

as Concierge

1974
Undisputed III: Redemption 7.6

Undisputed III: Redemption

as Rezo

2010
The Name of the Rose 7.5

The Name of the Rose

as Hugh of Newcastle

1986
The Day of the Jackal 7.5

The Day of the Jackal

as Interrogator

1973
Before Sunset 7.8

Before Sunset

as Bookstore Manager

2004
The Great Beauty 7.5

The Great Beauty

as Arturo

2013
Fiddler on the Roof 7.7

Fiddler on the Roof

as Russian Official

1971
The Man with the Iron Heart 6.5

The Man with the Iron Heart

as Emile Hacha

2017
The Taming of the Shrew 6.9

The Taming of the Shrew

as Pedant

1967
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes 6.8

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

as Member of the French Team

1965
The Body 5.5

The Body

as Monsignor

2001
Darling 6.8

Darling

as Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited)

1965
The Canterbury Tales 6.1

The Canterbury Tales

as The Franklin

1972
M. Butterfly 6.6

M. Butterfly

as Agent Etancelin

1993
Anne of the Thousand Days 7.2

Anne of the Thousand Days

as Mendoza

1969
Jude 6.3

Jude

as Curator

1996
Anna Karenina 6.1

Anna Karenina

as Pestov

1997
Hamlet 6.6

Hamlet

as Reynaldo

1990
Priceless 6.4

Priceless

as Jacques

2006
The Hunchback 5.9

The Hunchback

as Father Michel

1997
The Scarlet and the Black 7.1

The Scarlet and the Black

as Count Langenthal

1983
Caravaggio 6.1

Caravaggio

as Art Lover

1986
The Order 5.1

The Order

as Oscar

2001
Gwendoline 4.9

Gwendoline

as Shirko

1984
Empire of the Wolves 5.7

Empire of the Wolves

as Kudseyi

2005
The Krays 6.1

The Krays

as Teacher

1990
Evilenko 5.8

Evilenko

as Bagdasarov

2004
Hilary and Jackie 6.6

Hilary and Jackie

as Professor Bentley

1998
An American Haunting 5.5

An American Haunting

as Elder #1

2005
Nicholas and Alexandra 7.0

Nicholas and Alexandra

as Dr. Lazovert

1971
March or Die 5.8

March or Die

as Mean Corporal

1977
A Dandy in Aspic 6.9

A Dandy in Aspic

1968
Playing with Fire 5.5

Playing with Fire

as A messenger

1975
Ike 6.8

Ike

as Gen. Charles DeGaulle

1979
Condorman 5.5

Condorman

as Russian Agent

1981
Meridian 4.5

Meridian

as Priest

1990
Killing Jesus 6.3

Killing Jesus

as Isaiah

2015
The Hour of the Pig 6.2

The Hour of the Pig

as Apothecary

1993
The Assassination Bureau 6.7

The Assassination Bureau

as Baron Muntzof

1969
Enigma 5.6

Enigma

as Minister

1982
The Invisible Boy 6.3

The Invisible Boy

as Artiglio

2014
Mary, Queen of Scots 6.7

Mary, Queen of Scots

as Duc De Guise

1971
Surviving Picasso 5.8

Surviving Picasso

as Diaghilev

1996
Let Him Have It 6.7

Let Him Have It

as Clerk of Court

1991
The Horsemen 6.3

The Horsemen

as Zam Hajji

1971
Zarafa 6.9

Zarafa

as Le vieux sage (voice)

2012
The Beast in the Cellar 4.8

The Beast in the Cellar

as Newsmith

1971
Little Girl in Blue Velvet 5.7

Little Girl in Blue Velvet

as Lamberti

1978
That Night of Varennes 6.9

That Night of Varennes

as Judge at the confiscation

1982
Operation: Daybreak 6.9

Operation: Daybreak

as Pyotr

1975
Catherine the Great 5.6

Catherine the Great

as Naryshkin

1996
Darling Lili 5.6

Darling Lili

as Otto Kraus

1970
The Married Couple of the Year Two 6.5

The Married Couple of the Year Two

as le pasteur

1971
Nijinsky 4.9

Nijinsky

as Sergei Grigoriev

1980
Baby Love 5.1

Baby Love

as Man in Cinema

1969
Jefferson in Paris 5.1

Jefferson in Paris

as King's Translator

1995
Scent of a Woman 7.4

Scent of a Woman

as Don Carlo (uncredited)

1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles 4.6

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

as Padre

1974
Them 4.3

Them

as Brisbane

1970
Another Woman's Life 6.2

Another Woman's Life

as Dimitri Speranski

2012
Mata Hari 4.1

Mata Hari

as Prosecutor

1985
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 6.0

Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

as Self

2008
The Plot to Kill Hitler 6.2

The Plot to Kill Hitler

as Fellgiebel

1990
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story 5.9

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

as Doctor Webber

1989
The Ogre 6.4

The Ogre

as Lawyer

1996
David Copperfield 6.3

David Copperfield

as Quinion

2001
Pascali's Island 6.3

Pascali's Island

as Pariente

1988
Horsehead 5.3

Horsehead

as George

2014
The Haunting of Margam Castle 5.0

The Haunting of Margam Castle

as Enos

2020
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour 6.1

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

as The Scientist (archive footage)

2024
The Falklands Play 7.0

The Falklands Play

as Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)

2002
Cat and Mouse 5.7

Cat and Mouse

as Germain's accomplice

1975
Lovers Like Us 6.6

Lovers Like Us

as Coleman

1975
Alec Guinness: A Class Act 6.0

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

as self

2024
The Marseille Contract 6.0

The Marseille Contract

as Lazar

1974
Jinnah 6.9

Jinnah

as Lord Willingdon

1998
Dreaming of Joseph Lees 6.4

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

as Italian Doctor

1999
The Joy of Singing 3.4

The Joy of Singing

as Le lecteur du bar

2008
The Sweet House of Horrors 4.9

The Sweet House of Horrors

as The Exorcist

1989
Nutcracker 3.2

Nutcracker

as Markovitch

1982
Joseph Andrews 5.4

Joseph Andrews

as Fop Two

1977
Le Prof 4.8

Le Prof

as Patte Folle

2000
Venice/Venice 7.0

Venice/Venice

as Alexander

1992
Maigret 7.5

Maigret

as Gannett

1988
India Song 6.3

India Song

as Georges Crawn

1975
The Red Siren 5.2

The Red Siren

as Vitali

2002
The Garden 5.7

The Garden

as Old Man at Sauna

1990
Changing Climates, Changing Times 6.4

Changing Climates, Changing Times

as Lucas

2009
Question of Love 6.8

Question of Love

as Peter

1978
Vigo 5.4

Vigo

as Papa Lozinska

1998
Frankenstein 6.8

Frankenstein

as Chancellor

1993
Romeo and Juliet 7.6

Romeo and Juliet

as Apothecary

1978
Thank You, Doctor Rey 5.5

Thank You, Doctor Rey

as François

2003
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba 7.3

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

as Self

2022
Revelation 5.1

Revelation

as Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau

2001
An Englishman Abroad 6.1

An Englishman Abroad

as Guildenstern

1983
30 Years to Life 5.8

30 Years to Life

as Sandler

1998
Spanish Fly 3.2

Spanish Fly

as Carl's Friend

1998
Rumpole of the Bailey 8.0

Rumpole of the Bailey

as Magnus Piecan

1975
Brocéliande 3.9

Brocéliande

as Brennos

2003
Catacombs 4.9

Catacombs

as Brother Timothy

1988
Falling Through 4.0

Falling Through

as Father

2000
Much Ado About Nothing 7.4

Much Ado About Nothing

as Don John

1984
Splendor 6.6

Splendor

1989
The Messiah 6.6

The Messiah

as Samuel

1975
Impossible Object 4.7

Impossible Object

as Private Investigator

1973
Troilus & Cressida 8.0

Troilus & Cressida

as Agamemnon

1981
Déjà Vu 5.5

Déjà Vu

as Konstantine

1998
The World of George Orwell: 1984 7.0

The World of George Orwell: 1984

as Goldstein

1965
Doctor Who: The War Games 9.7

Doctor Who: The War Games

as Chief Scientist

1969
The Secret Agent 10.0

The Secret Agent

as Karl Yundt

1975
Sweetheart 6.2

Sweetheart

as Thurson

1992
The Life of Galileo

The Life of Galileo

as Philosopher

1964
Up the Front 4.4

Up the Front

as Muller

1972
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

as Cleisthenes

2000
St. Ives 5.5

St. Ives

as Bonnefoy

1998
L'hypothèse de la reine rouge 8.0

L'hypothèse de la reine rouge

as Sherlock Holmes

2018
Sharpe's Sword 7.3

Sharpe's Sword

as Don Felipe

1995
Seven Lucky Gods 5.6

Seven Lucky Gods

as Lawrence

2014
Night Patrol 5.5

Night Patrol

as James

1984
An Echo of Theresa 6.5

An Echo of Theresa

as Bannerheim

1973
The Hostage of Europe 7.5

The Hostage of Europe

as Hudson Lowe

1989
Festival in Cannes 5.2

Festival in Cannes

as Millie's Escort

2001
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka 10.0

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

as Art Gallery Lecturer

1999
Natalia 6.4

Natalia

as Alfred Grabner

1989
Vincent and Me 5.6

Vincent and Me

as Dr Winkler

1990
Last In, First Out 4.5

Last In, First Out

as Le réceptionniste

1978
The Debussy Film 7.6

The Debussy Film

as The Actor

1965
The House that Mary Bought 6.5

The House that Mary Bought

1995
Burning Casablanca 5.9

Burning Casablanca

as Corny

2021
Pontormo - Un amore eretico 6.5

Pontormo - Un amore eretico

as Riccio

2004
The Achurch Letters

The Achurch Letters

as Eugene

1977
The Roads of Exile 9.0

The Roads of Exile

as Le peintre Ramsay

1978
Le fils de Paul 7.0

Le fils de Paul

as Duval

1995
Parlez-nous de l'Amour

Parlez-nous de l'Amour

Testimony 5.6

Testimony

as Gargolovsky

1988
The First Circle 5.0

The First Circle

as Riyumin

1992
French Without Tears 7.0

French Without Tears

as Monsieur Maingot

1976
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat 10.0

Van der Valk and the Scapegoat

as Reinders

1975
Le Beau Monde 7.5

Le Beau Monde

as Pablo

1981
The Passage 4.0

The Passage

as Vieil homme

2011
San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça 3.5

San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça

as Un tueur russe

1981
Flight from Paradise 8.5

Flight from Paradise

as Merrill

1990
Courts mais Gay : Tome 12

Courts mais Gay : Tome 12

as Anthony

2006
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher 10.0

Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher

as Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc

1993
The Devil's Lieutenant 9.0

The Devil's Lieutenant

as Dr. Goldschmiedt

1984
Mon Ami Washington 9.0

Mon Ami Washington

1984
The Ice Princess 5.8

The Ice Princess

as Chancellor

1996
A Question Of Faith 9.0

A Question Of Faith

as Mikhail Mikhailovich

1979
The Wonderland Experience 8.0

The Wonderland Experience

as Vincent

1998
L'Amour nu 5.0

L'Amour nu

as John, le patron de Claire

1981
Mademoiselle O 10.0

Mademoiselle O

as Rouka

1994
Accordez-moi

Accordez-moi

as Joseph Von Stieglitz

2008
Sredni Vashtar 7.2

Sredni Vashtar

as Dr. Russell

1981
Godforsaken 4.0

Godforsaken

as The Surgeon

2010
Beach Head 7.0

Beach Head

as N.G. Waldron

1969
The Violet Hour

The Violet Hour

as M. Audran

2018
Le due croci 10.0

Le due croci

as Bischof de Jong

1988
Far from Dallas 7.3

Far from Dallas

1972
Temptation of Sainthood 7.0

Temptation of Sainthood

as Freud

1993
For the Time Being

For the Time Being

as Anthony

2006
Berlin-Jerusalem 5.2

Berlin-Jerusalem

as Editor

1989
Obiettivo indiscreto 7.0

Obiettivo indiscreto

as Primo editore

1992

TV Shows 99

Doctor Who 7.9

Doctor Who

as Scientist

1963
Agatha Christie's Poirot 8.2

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Simeon Lee

1989
The Witcher 7.9

The Witcher

as Older Elf

2019
The Avengers 7.8

The Avengers

as Spencer

1961
The Avengers 7.8

The Avengers

as Stenson

1961
Crown Court 5.7

Crown Court

as John Maitland-Wilson

1972
Play for Today 6.6

Play for Today

1970
The Saint 7.4

The Saint

as Vogel

1962
Highlander: The Series 7.4

Highlander: The Series

as Carlo Luchesi

1992
Highlander: The Series 7.4

Highlander: The Series

as Hamad

1992
BBC Play of the Month 5.2

BBC Play of the Month

as Monsieur Maingot

1965
Sherlock Holmes 8.2

Sherlock Holmes

as Mendelstam

1984
Thirty-Minute Theatre 4.2

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Carpenter

1965
Relic Hunter 6.8

Relic Hunter

as Anthony Cureton

1999
The Name of the Game 7.0

The Name of the Game

as Dedushko

1968
Playhouse 7.0

Playhouse

as Eugene

1974
The Sweeney 8.1

The Sweeney

as Harry Kretchmar

1975
Churchill's People 5.0

Churchill's People

as De Reynes

1974
Theatre 625 7.2

Theatre 625

as Priest

1964
Theatre 625 7.2

Theatre 625

as Emmanuel Goldstein

1964
The Borgias 7.6

The Borgias

as Cardinal Versucci

2011
The Troubleshooters 7.3

The Troubleshooters

as Peebles

1965
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie 7.4

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

as Anatole Deschanel

2009
Rumpole of the Bailey 7.1

Rumpole of the Bailey

as Edward Gandolphini

1975
Blake's 7 7.3

Blake's 7

as The Chairman

1978
The Durrells 7.5

The Durrells

as Mr. Kralefsky

2016
Dixon of Dock Green 6.0

Dixon of Dock Green

as Counsel for Defence

1955
Sharpe 8.0

Sharpe

as Don Felipe

1993
The Gold 7.3

The Gold

as Matteo Constantino

2023
The Champions 6.5

The Champions

as Manager

1968
The Protectors 6.1

The Protectors

as Joe Flynn

1972
As Time Goes By 7.6

As Time Goes By

as Dr. Stoker

1992
Police Commissioner Moulin 7.1

Police Commissioner Moulin

as Astman

1976
The Odyssey 7.3

The Odyssey

as Aegyptius

1997
Father Ted 8.2

Father Ted

as Old Nazi

1995
New Scotland Yard 6.3

New Scotland Yard

as Jacob Harmann

1972
Crossbow 6.3

Crossbow

1987
Van der Valk 6.2

Van der Valk

as Sebastian Jonge

1972
Dramarama 7.2

Dramarama

as Mr. Rolyat

1983
Largo Winch 6.0

Largo Winch

as Maurice de Beliveau

2001
Largo Winch 6.0

Largo Winch

2001
War and Remembrance 7.9

War and Remembrance

as Henri Bulle

1988
Out of the Unknown 7.1

Out of the Unknown

as N.G. Waldron

1965
Highlander: The Raven 5.4

Highlander: The Raven

as Count Van Der Meer

1998
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 7.5

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Molbech

1971
Fall of Eagles 7.0

Fall of Eagles

as Count Stookau

1974
Ace of Wands 6.3

Ace of Wands

as Sandor Zandar

1970
Espionage 10.0

Espionage

as Captain of Police

1963
Emerald City 6.6

Emerald City

as High Born Man

2017
Marco Polo 6.8

Marco Polo

as Pietro De Abano

1982
Holocaust 7.3

Holocaust

as Karp

1978
Festival 8.0

Festival

as Philosopher

1963
The Romanoffs 6.4

The Romanoffs

as M. Audran

2018
Merlin 6.9

Merlin

as 1st Physician

1998
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 7.6

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

as Henry

1973
Mystery and Imagination 5.8

Mystery and Imagination

as Dr Lutz

1966
Father Brown 7.1

Father Brown

as Simon Vesty

1974
Dickens of London 7.3

Dickens of London

as Legal Gentleman

1976
If Tomorrow Comes 7.3

If Tomorrow Comes

as Boris Melnikov

1986
The Return of Sherlock Holmes 7.9

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

as Mendelstam

1986
Masada 7.1

Masada

as Chief Priest

1981
Private Schulz 5.3

Private Schulz

as Sturmer

1981
Fortunes of War 6.3

Fortunes of War

as Prince Hadjimoscos

1987
Ike 7.3

Ike

as Gen. Charles DeGaulle

1979
A.D. 5.4

A.D.

as Flavius Sabinus

1985
The World of Wooster 7.0

The World of Wooster

as Music Store Assistant

1965
The Edwardians 6.2

The Edwardians

as Benjamin Disraeli

1972
Codename 8.0

Codename

as Herman Voss

1970
The Scales of Justice 6.7

The Scales of Justice

as Mr. Strang

1962
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers 7.7

The Further Adventures of the Musketeers

as Msgr. de Gondy

1967
Tender Is the Night 6.3

Tender Is the Night

as Luis Campion

1985
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story 5.7

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

as Jules Glaenzer

1989
The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

as Prison Inspector

1964
The Mask of Janus 8.0

The Mask of Janus

as Colonel Valenkov

1965
The Strauss Dynasty

The Strauss Dynasty

as Hirsch

1991
The Protectors 8.0

The Protectors

as Cherni

1964
1990 6.5

1990

1977
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again 7.0

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

as Felix Penroux

1989
Mussolini: The Untold Story 5.3

Mussolini: The Untold Story

as Sebastiani

1985
The Three Musketeers 6.0

The Three Musketeers

as Commissary

1966
Goldene Zeiten - Bittere Zeiten 7.0

Goldene Zeiten - Bittere Zeiten

as M. Bernard

1981
Michael Strogoff 6.9

Michael Strogoff

as Blount

1975
Peter and Paul 7.2

Peter and Paul

as High Priest of Herod

1981
Surviving Disaster 6.7

Surviving Disaster

2006
Apparitions 7.2

Apparitions

2008
À vous de jouer Milord 8.0

À vous de jouer Milord

as N° 2

1974
David Copperfield 7.0

David Copperfield

as Quinion

2000
Mazarin 7.0

Mazarin

as Pimentel

1978
Cartesius 9.0

Cartesius

as Astronomo Ciprus

1974
Martin Chuzzlewit 8.0

Martin Chuzzlewit

1964
L'Homme de Suez 7.7

L'Homme de Suez

as Konya, Turkish Colonel, spy in the service of the English

1984
La Légende des 3 clefs 6.8

La Légende des 3 clefs

as The anthropologist Gilles Clément

2007
Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus 6.8

Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus

as Dr. Canard

1975
Turning Year Tales

Turning Year Tales

as Bailiff

1979
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization 7.4

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

as Cleisthenes

2000
Nobody Is Norman Wisdom

Nobody Is Norman Wisdom

as Proshnik

1973
Breaking Point

Breaking Point

1966
Killers

Killers

as Clerk of the Assizes

1976
Morenga 8.0

Morenga

as Lohmann

1985

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