Vernon Dobtcheff
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieDoctor Who: The War Games in Colour
2024
The Scientist (archive footage)
tvThe Gold
2023
Matteo Constantino
tvThe Witcher
2019
Older Elf
tvThe Romanoffs
2018
M. Audran
movieL'hypothèse de la reine rouge
2018
Sherlock Holmes
movieThe Man with the Iron Heart
2017
Emile Hacha
tvEmerald City
2017
High Born Man
tvThe Durrells
2016
Mr. Kralefsky
movieKilling Jesus
2015
Isaiah
movieThe Invisible Boy
2014
Artiglio
movieHorsehead
2014
George
movieSeven Lucky Gods
2014
Lawrence
movieAnother Woman's Life
2012
Dimitri Speranski
movieZarafa
2012
Le vieux sage (voice)
movieThe Passage
2011
Vieil homme
tvThe Borgias
2011
Cardinal Versucci
movieGodforsaken
2010
The Surgeon
tvThe Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009
Anatole Deschanel
movieThe Joy of Singing
2008
Le lecteur du bar
tvLa Légende des 3 clefs
2007
The anthropologist Gilles Clément
moviePriceless
2006
Jacques
movieAn American Haunting
2005
Elder #1
movieBefore Sunset
2004
Bookstore Manager
movieEvilenko
2004
Bagdasarov
movieThank You, Doctor Rey
2003
François
movieBrocéliande
2003
Brennos
movieThe Red Siren
2002
Vitali
movieThe Falklands Play
2002
Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
movieDavid Copperfield
2001
Quinion
movieFestival in Cannes
2001
Millie's Escort
movieThe Order
2001
Oscar
movieThe Body
2001
Monsignor
movieRevelation
2001
Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau
tvLargo Winch
2001
Maurice de Beliveau
tvDavid Copperfield
2000
Quinion
movieLe Prof
2000
Patte Folle
tvThe Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
2000
Cleisthenes
movieFalling Through
2000
Father
movieDreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
Italian Doctor
tvRelic Hunter
1999
Anthony Cureton
movieThe Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
Art Gallery Lecturer
movieHilary and Jackie
1998
Professor Bentley
movieJinnah
1998
Lord Willingdon
movie30 Years to Life
1998
Sandler
tvHighlander: The Raven
1998
Count Van Der Meer
movieVigo
1998
Papa Lozinska
movieSpanish Fly
1998
Carl's Friend
tvMerlin
1998
1st Physician
movieDéjà Vu
1998
Konstantine
movieSt. Ives
1998
Bonnefoy
movieAnna Karenina
1997
Pestov
movieThe Hunchback
1997
Father Michel
movieThe Ice Princess
1996
Chancellor
movieThe Ogre
1996
Lawyer
movieSurviving Picasso
1996
Diaghilev
movieCatherine the Great
1996
Naryshkin
movieJude
1996
Curator
movieSharpe's Sword
1995
Don Felipe
tvFather Ted
1995
Old Nazi
movieJefferson in Paris
1995
King's Translator
movieFrankenstein
1993
Chancellor
movieM. Butterfly
1993
Agent Etancelin
movieThe Hour of the Pig
1993
Apothecary
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
1993
Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc
tvHighlander: The Series
1992
Carlo Luchesi / Hamad
movieObiettivo indiscreto
1992
Primo editore
movieVenice/Venice
1992
Alexander
movieSweetheart
1992
Thurson
movieThe First Circle
1992
Riyumin
tvAs Time Goes By
1992
Dr. Stoker
movieLet Him Have It
1991
Clerk of Court
movieHamlet
1990
Reynaldo
movieVincent and Me
1990
Dr Winkler
movieMeridian
1990
Priest
movieThe Garden
1990
Old Man at Sauna
movieThe Krays
1990
Teacher
movieThe Plot to Kill Hitler
1990
Fellgiebel
movieThe Hostage of Europe
1989
Hudson Lowe
tvPoor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
Jules Glaenzer
movieNatalia
1989
Alfred Grabner
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Simeon Lee
movieThe Sweet House of Horrors
1989
The Exorcist
tvWar and Remembrance
1988
Henri Bulle
movieTestimony
1988
Gargolovsky
moviePascali's Island
1988
Pariente
movieCatacombs
1988
Brother Timothy
movieLe due croci
1988
Bischof de Jong
movieMaigret
1988
Gannett
tvFortunes of War
1987
Prince Hadjimoscos
movieThe Name of the Rose
1986
Hugh of Newcastle
movieCaravaggio
1986
Art Lover
tvThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986
Mendelstam
tvMussolini: The Untold Story
1985
Sebastiani
tvTender Is the Night
1985
Luis Campion
movieMata Hari
1985
Prosecutor
tvA.D.
1985
Flavius Sabinus
tvMorenga
1985
Lohmann
movieMuch Ado About Nothing
1984
Don John
tvL'Homme de Suez
1984
Konya, Turkish Colonel, spy in the service of the English
tvSherlock Holmes
1984
Mendelstam
movieGwendoline
1984
Shirko
The Devil's Lieutenant
1984
Dr. Goldschmiedt
movieAn Englishman Abroad
1983
Guildenstern
tvDramarama
1983
Mr. Rolyat
movieThe Scarlet and the Black
1983
Count Langenthal
movieNutcracker
1982
Markovitch
tvMarco Polo
1982
Pietro De Abano
movieEnigma
1982
Minister
movieThat Night of Varennes
1982
Judge at the confiscation
movieTroilus & Cressida
1981
Agamemnon
movieL'Amour nu
1981
John, le patron de Claire
movieSredni Vashtar
1981
Dr. Russell
movieCondorman
1981
Russian Agent
movieSan-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
1981
Un tueur russe
tvPrivate Schulz
1981
Sturmer
tvPeter and Paul
1981
High Priest of Herod
tvMasada
1981
Chief Priest
movieNijinsky
1980
Sergei Grigoriev
movieIke
1979
Gen. Charles DeGaulle
tvIke
1979
Gen. Charles DeGaulle
tvMazarin
1978
Pimentel
movieRomeo and Juliet
1978
Apothecary
movieLast In, First Out
1978
Le réceptionniste
tvHolocaust
1978
Karp
tvBlake's 7
1978
The Chairman
movieThe Roads of Exile
1978
Le peintre Ramsay
movieMarch or Die
1977
Mean Corporal
movieThe Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Max Kalba
movieJoseph Andrews
1977
Fop Two
tvDickens of London
1976
Legal Gentleman
Killers
1976
Clerk of the Assizes
movieFrench Without Tears
1976
Monsieur Maingot
tvMichael Strogoff
1975
Blount
tvRumpole of the Bailey
1975
Edward Gandolphini
movieRumpole of the Bailey
1975
Magnus Piecan
movieLovers Like Us
1975
Coleman
movieThe Messiah
1975
Samuel
movieCat and Mouse
1975
Germain's accomplice
movieIndia Song
1975
Georges Crawn
moviePlaying with Fire
1975
A messenger
tvThe Sweeney
1975
Harry Kretchmar
tvChurchill's People
1974
De Reynes
movieScent of a Woman
1974
Don Carlo (uncredited)
tvFather Brown
1974
Simon Vesty
tvFall of Eagles
1974
Count Stookau
tvPlayhouse
1974
Eugene
tvCartesius
1974
Astronomo Ciprus
movieImpossible Object
1973
Private Investigator
movieThe Day of the Jackal
1973
Interrogator
movieAn Echo of Theresa
1973
Bannerheim
tvThe Edwardians
1972
Benjamin Disraeli
tvCrown Court
1972
John Maitland-Wilson
tvThe Protectors
1972
Joe Flynn
tvVan der Valk
1972
Sebastian Jonge
movieThe Canterbury Tales
1972
The Franklin
movieUp the Front
1972
Muller
tvNew Scotland Yard
1972
Jacob Harmann
movieMary, Queen of Scots
1971
Duc De Guise
movieNicholas and Alexandra
1971
Dr. Lazovert
movieFiddler on the Roof
1971
Russian Official
movieThe Horsemen
1971
Zam Hajji
movieThe Beast in the Cellar
1971
Newsmith
movieThem
1970
Brisbane
tvAce of Wands
1970
Sandor Zandar
movieDarling Lili
1970
Otto Kraus
Codename
1970
Herman Voss
movieDoctor Who: The War Games
1969
Chief Scientist
movieBaby Love
1969
Man in Cinema
movieThe Assassination Bureau
1969
Baron Muntzof
movieBeach Head
1969
N.G. Waldron
tvThe Champions
1968
Manager
tvThe Name of the Game
1968
Dedushko
tvThe Further Adventures of the Musketeers
1967
Msgr. de Gondy
tvThe Three Musketeers
1966
Commissary
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Monsieur Maingot
The Mask of Janus
1965
Colonel Valenkov
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Carpenter
tvOut of the Unknown
1965
N.G. Waldron
movieDarling
1965
Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited)
movieThose Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965
Member of the French Team
The World of Wooster
1965
Music Store Assistant
movieThe Debussy Film
1965
The Actor
tvTheatre 625
1964
Priest / Emmanuel Goldstein
tvDoctor Who
1963
Scientist
Festival
1963
Philosopher
tvEspionage
1963
Captain of Police
tvThe Saint
1962
Vogel
tvThe Scales of Justice
1962
Mr. Strang
tvThe Avengers
1961
Spencer / Stenson
tvDixon of Dock Green
1955
Counsel for Defence
