Vernon Dobtcheff
Born
August 14, 1934 (90 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Nimes, 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.
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Known For
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
The Scientist (archive footage)
2024
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
2024
The Gold
Matteo Constantino · (3 episodes)
2023
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
2022
Burning Casablanca
Corny
2021
The Haunting of Margam Castle
Enos
2020
The Witcher
Older Elf · (1 episode)
2019
The Violet Hour
M. Audran
2018
The Romanoffs
M. Audran · (1 episode)
2018
L'hypothèse de la reine rouge
Sherlock Holmes
2018
The Man with the Iron Heart
Emile Hacha
2017
The Durrells
Mr. Kralefsky · (3 episodes)
2016
Killing Jesus
Isaiah
2015
The Invisible Boy
Artiglio
2014
Horsehead
George
2014
Seven Lucky Gods
Lawrence
2014
The Great Beauty
Arturo
2013
Another Woman's Life
Dimitri Speranski
2012
Zarafa
Le vieux sage (voice)
2012
Le passage
Vieil homme
2011
The Borgias
(1 episode)
2011
The Borgias
Cardinal Versucci · (20 episodes)
2011
Undisputed III: Redemption
Rezo
2010
Godforsaken
The Surgeon
2010
Changing Climates, Changing Times
Lucas
2009
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
Anatole Deschanel · (1 episode)
2009
The Joy of Singing
Le lecteur du bar
2008
Apparitions
(1 episode)
2008
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Self
2008
La Légende des 3 clefs
The anthropologist Gilles Clément · (3 episodes)
2007
Priceless
Jacques
2006
Courts mais Gay : Tome 12
Anthony
2006
For the Time Being
Anthony
2006
Surviving Disaster
(1 episode)
2006
An American Haunting
Elder #1
2005
Empire of the Wolves
Kudseyi
2005
Thank You, Doctor Rey
François
2004
Before Sunset
Bookstore Manager
2004
Evilenko
Bagdasarov
2004
Pontormo - Un amore eretico
Riccio
2004
Brocéliande
Brennos
2003
White Teeth
Devil of Dachau · (4 episodes)
2002
The Red Siren
Vitali
2002
The Falklands Play
Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
2002
David Copperfield
Quinion
2001
Festival in Cannes
Millie's Escort
2001
The Order
Oscar
2001
The Body
Monsignor
2001
Revelation
Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau
2001
Le Prof
Patte Folle
2000
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
Cleisthenes
2000
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
Cleisthenes · (3 episodes)
2000
Falling Through
Father
2000
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Italian Doctor
1999
Relic Hunter
Anthony Cureton · (1 episode)
1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Art Gallery Lecturer
1999
Hilary and Jackie
Professor Bentley
1998
Jinnah
Lord Willingdon
1998
30 Years to Life
Sandler
1998
Highlander: The Raven
Count Van Der Meer · (1 episode)
1998
Vigo
Papa Lozinska
1998
Spanish Fly
Carl's Friend
1998
Merlin
1st Physician · (2 episodes)
1998
Déjà Vu
Konstantine
1998
The Wonderland Experience
Vincent
1998
St. Ives
Bonnefoy
1998
Anna Karenina
Pestov
1997
The Hunchback
Father Michel
1997
The Ice Princess
1996
The Ogre
Lawyer
1996
Surviving Picasso
Diaghilev
1996
Catherine the Great
Naryshkin
1996
Jude
Curator
1996
Father Ted
Old Nazi · (1 episode)
1995
Jefferson in Paris
King's Translator
1995
The House that Mary Bought
1995
Mademoiselle O
Rouka
1994
Frankenstein
Chancellor
1993
M. Butterfly
Agent Etancelin
1993
The Hour of the Pig
Apothecary
1993
Temptation of Sainthood
Freud
1993
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc
1993
Highlander: The Series
Carlo Luchesi · (1 episode)
1992
Highlander: The Series
Hamad · (1 episode)
1992
Obiettivo indiscreto
Primo editore
1992
Venice/Venice
Alexander
1992
Sweetheart
Thurson
1992
As Time Goes By
Dr. Stoker · (1 episode)
1992
The Strauss Dynasty
Hirsch · (6 episodes)
1991
Let Him Have It
Clerk of Court
1991
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
Reynaldo (archive footage)
1991
Hamlet
Reynaldo
1990
Vincent and me
Dr Winkler
1990
Meridian
Priest
1990
The Garden
Old Man at Sauna
1990
The Krays
Teacher
1990
Flight from Paradise
Merrill
1990
The Hostage of Europe
Hudson Lowe
1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Butler
1989
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Jules Glaenzer · (6 episodes)
1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Doctor Webber
1989
Natalia
Alfred Grabner
1989
Splendor
1989
Berlin-Jerusalem
Editor
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Simeon Lee · (1 episode)
1989
The Sweet House of Horrors
The Exorcist
1989
Testimony
Gargolovsky
1988
Pascali's Island
Pariente
1988
Catacombs
Brother Timothy
1988
Le due croci
Bischof de Jong
1988
Maigret
Gannett
1988
Fortunes of War
(7 episodes)
1987
The Name of the Rose
Hugh of Newcastle
1986
Caravaggio
Art Lover
1986
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Sebastiani · (4 episodes)
1985
Mata Hari
Prosecutor
1985
A.D.
Flavius Sabinus · (5 episodes)
1985
Morenga
Lohmann · (3 episodes)
1985
Much Ado About Nothing
Don John
1984
L'Homme de Suez
Konya, Turkish Colonel, spy in the service of the English · (1 episode)
1984
Sherlock Holmes
Mendelstam · (1 episode)
1984
Gwendoline
Shirko
1984
Night Patrol
James
1984
The Devil's Lieutenant
Dr. Goldschmiedt
1984
Mon Ami Washington
1984
An Englishman Abroad
Guildenstern
1983
Dramarama
(1 episode)
1983
The Scarlet and the Black
Count Langenthal
1983
Nutcracker
Markovitch
1982
Marco Polo
Pietro De Abano · (2 episodes)
1982
Enigma
Minister
1982
The Night of Varennes
Judge at the confiscation
1982
Troilus & Cressida
Agamemnon
1981
L'Amour nu
John, le patron de Claire
1981
Goldene Zeiten - Bittere Zeiten
M. Bernard · (1 episode)
1981
Sredni Vashtar
Dr. Russell
1981
Condorman
Russian Agent
1981
Le Beau Monde
Pablo
1981
San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
Un tueur russe
1981
Private Schulz
(1 episode)
1981
Peter and Paul
High Priest of Herod · (2 episodes)
1981
Masada
Chief Priest · (4 episodes)
1981
Nijinsky
Sergei Grigoriev
1980
Ike
Gen. Charles DeGaulle
1979
Romeo and Juliet
Apothecary
1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Apothecary · (1 episode)
1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Don John · (1 episode)
1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Agamemnon · (1 episode)
1978
Question of Love
Peter
1978
Lillie
(3 episodes)
1978
Last In, First Out
Le réceptionniste
1978
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Lamberti
1978
The Devil's Crown
(1 episode)
1978
Holocaust
Karp · (2 episodes)
1978
Blake's 7
The Chairman · (1 episode)
1978
The Roads of Exile
Le peintre Ramsay
1978
1990
(1 episode)
1977
March or Die
Mean Corporal
1977
The Spy Who Loved Me
Max Kalba
1977
Joseph Andrews
Fop Two
1977
The Achurch Letters
Eugene
1977
Dickens of London
Legal Gentleman · (1 episode)
1976
Police Commissioner Moulin
Astman · (1 episode)
1976
French Without Tears
Monsieur Maingot
1976
Michael Strogoff
Blount · (4 episodes)
1975
Rumpole of the Bailey
(1 episode)
1975
Rumpole of the Bailey
Magnus Piecan
1975
Lovers Like Us
Coleman
1975
Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus
Dr. Canard · (1 episode)
1975
Operation: Daybreak
Pyotr
1975
The Messiah
Samuel
1975
The Secret Agent
1975
Cat and Mouse
Germain's accomplice
1975
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat
Reinders
1975
India Song
Georges Crawn
1975
Playing with Fire
A messenger
1975
The Venturers
(1 episode)
1975
The Sweeney
Harry Kretchmar · (1 episode)
1975
Scent of a Woman
Don Carlo (uncredited)
1974
Murder on the Orient Express
Concierge
1974
À vous de jouer Milord
N° 2 · (6 episodes)
1974
Father Brown
(1 episode)
1974
The Marseille Contract
Lazar
1974
Fall of Eagles
Count Stookau · (1 episode)
1974
Playhouse
Eugene · (1 episode)
1974
Cartesius
Astronomo Ciprus
1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
Padre
1974
Nobody Is Norman Wisdom
Proshnik · (6 episodes)
1973
Impossible Object
Private Investigator
1973
The Day of the Jackal
Interrogator
1973
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
(1 episode)
1973
An Echo of Theresa
Bannerheim
1973
The Edwardians
(1 episode)
1972
Crown Court
John Maitland-Wilson · (3 episodes)
1972
The Protectors
Joe Flynn · (1 episode)
1972
Van der Valk
Sebastian Jonge · (1 episode)
1972
The Canterbury Tales
The Franklin
1972
Far from Dallas
1972
Mary, Queen of Scots
Duc De Guise
1971
Nicholas and Alexandra
Dr. Lazovert
1971
Fiddler on the Roof
Russian Official
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Molbech · (1 episode)
1971
The Horsemen
Zam Hajji
1971
The Married Couple of the Year Two
le pasteur
1971
Them
Brisbane
1970
Play for Today
(1 episode)
1970
The Beast in the Cellar
Newsmith
1970
Ace of Wands
(3 episodes)
1970
Codename
Herman Voss · (1 episode)
1970
Anne of the Thousand Days
Mendoza
1969
Doctor Who: The War Games
Chief Scientist
1969
Baby Love
Man in Cinema
1969
The Assassination Bureau
Baron Muntzof
1969
The Champions
Manager · (2 episodes)
1968
The Name of the Game
Dedushko · (1 episode)
1968
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
The Taming of the Shrew
Pedant
1967
Breaking Point
(5 episodes)
1966
Mystery and Imagination
(1 episode)
1966
The World of George Orwell: 1984
Goldstein
1965
BBC Play of the Month
Monsieur Maingot · (1 episode)
1965
The Mask of Janus
Colonel Valenkov · (1 episode)
1965
Out of the Unknown
(1 episode)
1965
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
Member of the French Team
1965
The Debussy Film
The Actor
1965
The Life of Galileo
Philosopher
1964
Martin Chuzzlewit
(3 episodes)
1964
Doctor Who
Scientist · (3 episodes)
1963
Festival
Philosopher · (1 episode)
1963
The Saint
Vogel · (1 episode)
1962
The Scales of Justice
Mr. Strang · (1 episode)
1962
The Avengers
Spencer · (2 episodes)
1961
The Avengers
Stenson · (1 episode)
1961
Dixon of Dock Green
Counsel for Defence · (1 episode)
1955