Name
Vernon Dobtcheff
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1934-08-14 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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Known For
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
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Murder on the Orient Express
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In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to ...
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Before Sunset
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Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about t...
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The Spy Who Loved Me
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Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight witho...
Relase Date : 7 Jul, 1977
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The Name of the Rose
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14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a confe...
Relase Date : 24 Sep, 1986
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The Day of the Jackal
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An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French gene...
Relase Date : 16 May, 1973
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The Great Beauty
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Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but ...
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- 2004 Before Sunset as Bookstore Manager
- 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as Butler
- 1993 M. Butterfly as Agent Etancelin
- 1977 The Spy Who Loved Me as Max Kalba
- 2005 An American Haunting as Elder #1
- 1993 Frankenstein as Chancellor
- 1965 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
- 1974 Murder on the Orient Express as Concierge
- 1982 Enigma as Minister
- 2005 Empire of the Wolves as Kudseyi
- 1971 The Married Couple of the Year Two as le pasteur
- 2003 Brocéliande as Brennos
- 1986 Caravaggio as Art Lover
- 1972 The Canterbury Tales as The Franklin
- 1998 Hilary and Jackie as Professor Bentley
- 2006 Priceless as Jacques
- 1969 Anne of the Thousand Days as Mendoza
- 1975 The Messiah as Samuel
- 1977 March or Die as Mean Corporal
- 1967 The Taming of the Shrew as Pedant
- 2021 Burning Casablanca as Corny
- 2001 The Body as Monsignor
- 2008 Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 as Self
- 1992 Obiettivo indiscreto as Primo editore
- 1974 Soft Beds, Hard Battles as Padre
- 2010 Undisputed III: Redemption as Rezo
- 2009 Changing Climates, Changing Times as Lucas
- 1971 Mary, Queen of Scots as Duc De Guise
- 2004 Evilenko as Bagdasarov
- 1989 The Sweet House of Horrors as The Exorcist
- 1981 Condorman as Russian Agent
- 1969 The Assassination Bureau as Baron Muntzof
- 1985 Mata Hari as Prosecutor
- 1990 Meridian as Priest
- 2012 Zarafa as Le vieux sage (voice)
- 1975 Lovers Like Us as Coleman
- 1975 Cat and Mouse as Germain's accomplice
- 1982 Nutcracker as Markovitch
- 1988 Catacombs as Brother Timothy
- 1999 Dreaming of Joseph Lees as Italian Doctor
- 1984 Gwendoline as Shirko
- 2012 Another Woman's Life as Dimitri Speranski
- 2010 Godforsaken as The Surgeon
- 1989 The Hostage of Europe as Hudson Lowe
- 1990 Vincent and Me as Dr Winkler
- 1980 Nijinsky as Sergei Grigoriev
- 1992 Venice/Venice as Alexander
- 2022 Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self
- 1999 The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka as Art Gallery Lecturer
- 1973 Impossible Object as Private Investigator
- 1996 Surviving Picasso as Diaghilev
- 1977 Joseph Andrews as Fop Two
- 1998 St. Ives as Bonnefoy
- 1998 Spanish Fly as Carl's Friend
- 2002 The Red Siren as Vitali
- 1978 Little Girl in Blue Velvet as Lamberti
- 1997 Anna Karenina as Pestov
- 2006 Courts mais Gay : Tome 12 as Anthony
- 2014 Horsehead as George
- 1975 India Song as Georges Crawn
- 2018 The Violet Hour as M. Audran
- 1998 30 Years to Life as Sandler
- 1998 Déjà Vu as Konstantine
- 1998 Jinnah as Lord Willingdon
- 1984 Mon Ami Washington
- 1972 Far from Dallas
- 1993 Temptation of Sainthood as Freud
- 1996 Jude as Curator
- 1989 Natalia as Alfred Grabner
- 1997 The Hunchback as Father Michel
- 1978 The Roads of Exile as Le peintre Ramsay
- 1965 The Debussy Film as The Actor
- 1984 Night Patrol as James
- 1988 Maigret as Gannett
- 1990 The Krays as Teacher
- 1979 Ike as Gen. Charles DeGaulle
- 1998 The Wonderland Experience as Vincent
- 1970 Them as Brisbane
- 1964 The Life of Galileo as Philosopher
- 1975 Playing with Fire as A messenger
- 1989 Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story as Doctor Webber
- 1975 Operation: Daybreak as Pyotr
- 1990 Hamlet as Reynaldo
- 1971 Fiddler on the Roof as Russian Official
- 1971 The Horsemen as Zam Hajji
- 1983 An Englishman Abroad as Guildenstern
- 2008 The Joy of Singing as Le lecteur du bar
- 1971 The Beast in the Cellar as Newsmith
- 2000 Le Prof as Patte Folle
- 1989 Berlin-Jerusalem as Editor
- 2013 The Great Beauty as Arturo
- 1992 Sweetheart as Thurson
- 1996 Catherine the Great as Naryshkin
- 2003 Thank You, Doctor Rey as François
- 1983 The Scarlet and the Black as Count Langenthal
- 2014 Seven Lucky Gods as Lawrence
- 2015 Killing Jesus as Isaiah
- 1978 Question of Love as Peter
- 1990 Flight from Paradise as Merrill
- 2000 The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization as Cleisthenes
- 1993 Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher as Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc
- 1981 Troilus & Cressida as Agamemnon
- 1990 The Garden as Old Man at Sauna
- 2014 The Invisible Boy as Artiglio
- 1986 The Name of the Rose as Hugh of Newcastle
- 1975 Rumpole of the Bailey as Magnus Piecan
- 2004 Pontormo - Un amore eretico as Riccio
- 1984 The Devil's Lieutenant as Dr. Goldschmiedt
- 1974 Scent of a Woman as Don Carlo (uncredited)
- 1973 An Echo of Theresa as Bannerheim
- 1994 Mademoiselle O as Rouka
- 1988 Testimony as Gargolovsky
- 1996 The Ice Princess as Chancellor
- 2017 The Man with the Iron Heart as Emile Hacha
- 1991 Let Him Have It as Clerk of Court
- 1978 Romeo and Juliet as Apothecary
- 1981 L'Amour nu as John, le patron de Claire
- 1974 The Marseille Contract as Lazar
- 1971 Nicholas and Alexandra as Dr. Lazovert
- 1996 The Ogre as Lawyer
- 1965 Darling as Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited)
- 2011 The Passage as Vieil homme
- 2001 The Order as Oscar
- 2001 Revelation as Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau
- 1988 Pascali's Island as Pariente
- 1984 Much Ado About Nothing as Don John
- 1973 The Day of the Jackal as Interrogator
- 1982 That Night of Varennes as Judge at the confiscation
- 2018 L'hypothèse de la reine rouge as Sherlock Holmes
- 1965 The World of George Orwell: 1984 as Goldstein
- 1981 Sredni Vashtar as Dr. Russell
- 1995 Jefferson in Paris as King's Translator
- 1969 Doctor Who: The War Games as Chief Scientist
- 2020 The Haunting of Margam Castle as Enos
- 2002 The Falklands Play as Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
- 1976 French Without Tears as Monsieur Maingot
- 2006 For the Time Being as Anthony
- 1989 Splendor
- 2001 Festival in Cannes as Millie's Escort
- 1981 San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça as Un tueur russe
- 1981 Le Beau Monde as Pablo
- 1998 Vigo as Papa Lozinska
- 1977 The Achurch Letters as Eugene
- 1995 The House that Mary Bought
- 1993 The Hour of the Pig as Apothecary
- 1975 Van der Valk and the Scapegoat as Reinders
- 2000 Falling Through as Father
- 1968 A Dandy in Aspic
- 1988 Le due croci as Bischof de Jong
- 2024 Alec Guinness: A Class Act as self
- 1978 Last In, First Out as Le réceptionniste
- 2024 Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour as The Scientist (archive footage)
- 1969 Baby Love as Man in Cinema
- 1975 The Secret Agent as Karl Yundt
- 2001 David Copperfield as Quinion
- 1992 The First Circle as Riyumin
- 1972 Up the Front as Muller
- 1969 Beach Head as N.G. Waldron
- 1995 Le fils de Paul as Duval
- 1990 The Plot to Kill Hitler as Fellgiebel
- Soon Parlez-nous de l'Amour
- 1995 Sharpe's Sword as Don Felipe
- 1970 Darling Lili as Otto Kraus
- 1992 As Time Goes By ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Stoker
- 1965 Out of the Unknown ( 1 episode ) as N.G. Waldron
- 1995 Father Ted ( 1 episode ) as Old Nazi
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 3 episodes ) as Scientist
- 1978 Blake's 7 ( 1 episode ) as The Chairman
- 1983 Dramarama ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Rolyat
- 1975 The Sweeney ( 1 episode ) as Harry Kretchmar
- 1972 The Protectors ( 1 episode ) as Joe Flynn
- 1961 The Avengers ( 2 episodes ) as Spencer
- 1999 Relic Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Anthony Cureton
- 1975 Rumpole of the Bailey ( 1 episode ) as Edward Gandolphini
- 1962 The Scales of Justice ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Strang
- 1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Vogel
- 1989 Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story ( 6 episodes ) as Jules Glaenzer
- 1998 Highlander: The Raven ( 1 episode ) as Count Van Der Meer
- 1955 Dixon of Dock Green ( 1 episode ) as Counsel for Defence
- 1973 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em ( 1 episode )
- 1968 The Champions ( 2 episodes ) as Manager
- 2008 Apparitions ( 1 episode )
- 1972 Van der Valk ( 1 episode ) as Sebastian Jonge
- 1970 Codename ( 1 episode ) as Herman Voss
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode )
- 1977 1990 ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Fall of Eagles ( 1 episode ) as Count Stookau
- 1966 Breaking Point ( 5 episodes )
- 2023 The Gold ( 3 episodes ) as Matteo Constantino
- 1964 Martin Chuzzlewit ( 3 episodes )
- 2011 The Borgias ( 18 episodes ) as Cardinal Versucci
- 2007 La Légende des 3 clefs ( 3 episodes ) as The anthropologist Gilles Clément
- 2009 The Little Murders of Agatha Christie ( 1 episode ) as Anatole Deschanel
- 1975 Michael Strogoff ( 4 episodes ) as Blount
- 2019 The Witcher ( 1 episode ) as Older Elf
- 2000 The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization ( 3 episodes ) as Cleisthenes
- 1975 Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Canard
- 1984 Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as Mendelstam
- 1974 À vous de jouer Milord ( 6 episodes ) as N° 2
- 1985 A.D. ( 5 episodes ) as Flavius Sabinus
- 1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Dedushko
- 1998 Merlin ( 2 episodes ) as 1st Physician
- 1985 Mussolini: The Untold Story ( 4 episodes ) as Sebastiani
- 1981 Goldene Zeiten - Bittere Zeiten ( 1 episode ) as M. Bernard
- 2006 Surviving Disaster ( 1 episode )
- 1978 Holocaust ( 2 episodes ) as Karp
- 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot ( 1 episode ) as Simeon Lee
- 1992 Highlander: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Carlo Luchesi
- 1992 Highlander: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Hamad
- 1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as Molbech
- 1985 Morenga ( 3 episodes ) as Lohmann
- 1981 Peter and Paul ( 2 episodes ) as High Priest of Herod
- 2018 The Romanoffs ( 1 episode ) as M. Audran
- 1976 Police Commissioner Moulin ( 1 episode ) as Astman
- 1982 Marco Polo ( 2 episodes ) as Pietro De Abano
- 1972 Crown Court ( 3 episodes ) as John Maitland-Wilson
- 1984 L'Homme de Suez ( 1 episode ) as Konya, Turkish Colonel, spy in the service of the English
- 2016 The Durrells ( 3 episodes ) as Mr. Kralefsky
- 1961 The Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Stenson
- 1965 The Mask of Janus ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Valenkov
- 1974 Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Eugene
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Monsieur Maingot
- 1976 Dickens of London ( 1 episode ) as Legal Gentleman
- 1963 Festival ( 1 episode ) as Philosopher
- 1973 Nobody Is Norman Wisdom ( 6 episodes ) as Proshnik
- 1970 Ace of Wands ( 4 episodes ) as Sandor Zandar
- 1965 The World of Wooster ( 1 episode ) as Music Store Assistant
- 1966 The Three Musketeers ( 2 episodes ) as Commissary
- 1967 The Further Adventures of the Musketeers ( 6 episodes ) as Msgr. de Gondy
- 1987 Fortunes of War ( 3 episodes ) as Prince Hadjimoscos
- 1972 The Edwardians ( 1 episode ) as Benjamin Disraeli
- 1985 Tender Is the Night ( 1 episode ) as Luis Campion
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Priest
- 1981 Masada ( 4 episodes ) as Chief Priest
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Emmanuel Goldstein
- 2001 Largo Winch ( 1 episode ) as Maurice de Beliveau
- 2001 Largo Winch ( 4 episodes )
- 1974 Churchill's People ( 1 episode ) as De Reynes
- 2017 Emerald City ( 2 episodes ) as High Born Man
- 1979 Ike ( 2 episodes ) as Gen. Charles DeGaulle
- 1966 Mystery and Imagination ( 1 episode ) as Dr Lutz
- 1981 Private Schulz ( 1 episode ) as Sturmer
- 1987 Crossbow ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Cartesius ( 2 episodes ) as Astronomo Ciprus
- 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Carpenter
- 1991 The Strauss Dynasty ( 1 episode ) as Hirsch
- 2000 David Copperfield ( 2 episodes ) as Quinion
- 1988 War and Remembrance ( 1 episode ) as Henri Bulle
- 1963 Espionage ( 1 episode ) as Captain of Police
- 1978 Mazarin ( 2 episodes ) as Pimentel
- 1972 New Scotland Yard ( 1 episode ) as Jacob Harmann
- 1976 Killers ( 1 episode ) as Clerk of the Assizes
- 1974 Father Brown ( 1 episode ) as Simon Vesty
- 1986 The Return of Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as Mendelstam
- 1964 The Protectors ( 1 episode ) as Cherni
- 1993 Sharpe ( 1 episode ) as Don Felipe
- 1997 The Odyssey ( 2 episodes ) as Aegyptius
- 1964 The Count of Monte Cristo ( 1 episode ) as Prison Inspector
- 1986 If Tomorrow Comes ( 1 episode ) as Boris Melnikov
