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Vernon Dobtcheff
ActorBorn August 14, 1934 (91 years)
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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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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.
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Filmography
| 2024 | The War Games in Colour · as The Scientist (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | The Gold (TV Series) · as Matteo Constantino |
| 2020 | Burning Casablanca · as Corny |
| 2020 | Transfert · as Max |
| 2020 | The Haunting of Margam Castle · as Enos |
| 2019 | The Witcher (TV Series) · as Older Elf |
| 2018 | The Romanoffs (TV Series) · as M. Audran |
| 2018 | The 15:17 to Paris · as Older Man |
| 2017 | Killing Heydrich · as Emile Hacha |
| 2016 | Emerald City (TV Series) · as High Born Man |
| 2016 | The Durrells (TV Series) · as Mr. Kralefsky |
| 2015 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV Series) · as Laurence Strange |
| 2015 | Killing Jesus · as Isaiah |
| 2015 | Peplum (TV Series) · as Plutarque |
| 2014 | The Invisible Boy · as Artiglio |
| 2014 | Horsehead · as George |
| 2014 | Seven Lucky Gods · as Lawrence |
| 2013 | The Great Beauty · as Arturo |
| 2013 | The Best Offer · as Academy President |
| 2012 | La clinique de l'amour! · as Johnattan Stork |
| 2012 | Another Woman's Life · as Dimitri Speranski |
| 2012 | Zarafa · as Le Vieux Sage (voice) |
| 2011 | The Borgias (TV Series) · as Cardinal Versucci |
| 2010 | Undisputed 3: Redemption · as Rezo |
| 2010 | Godforsaken · as The Surgeon |
| 2009 | The Little Murders of Agatha Christie (TV Series) · as Anatole Deschanel |
| 2008 | The Joy of Singing · as Le Lecteur Du Bar |
| 2008 | Changing Climates, Changing Times · as Lucas |
| 2008 | Apparitions (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Asterix at the Olympic Games · as Un Druide |
| 2007 | The Legend of the 3 keys (TV Series) · as The Anthropologist Gilles Clément |
| 2007 | Grand Star (TV Series) · as Tshishenish |
| 2006 | Priceless · as Jacques |
| 2006 | Surviving Disaster (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Rome (TV Series) · as Rabbi |
| 2005 | An American Haunting · as Elder #1 |
| 2005 | Empire of the Wolves · as Kudseyi |
| 2005 | Iznogoud- Caliph Instead of the Caliph · as Kitussé |
| 2004 | Before Sunset · as Bookstore Manager |
| 2003 | Evilenko · as Bagdasarov |
| 2003 | Brocéliande · as Brennos |
| 2002 | Thank You, Doctor Rey · as François |
| 2002 | Sister Thérèse.com (TV Series) · as Jean-Pierre Hermelin |
| 2002 | White Teeth (TV Series) · as Devil Of Dachau |
| 2002 | The Red Siren · as Vitali |
| 2002 | The Falklands Play · as Nicanor Costa Méndez (argentine Minister Of External Relations) |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Festival in Cannes · as Millie's Escort |
| 2001 | Revelation · as Curé At Rennes-Le-Chateau |
| 2001 | Largo Winch (TV Series) · as Father Maurice De Beliveau |
| 2001 | Largo Winch: The Heir · as Father Maurice De Beliveau |
| 2001 | The Body · as Monsignor |
| 2000 | David Copperfield · as Quinion |
| 2000 | Le prof · as Patte Folle |
| 2000 | The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization (TV Series) · as Cleisthenes |
| 2000 | Falling Through · as Father |
| 1999 | Dreaming of Joseph Lees · as Italian Doctor |
| 1999 | Relic Hunter (TV Series) · as Anthony Cureton |
| 1999 | La Crim' (TV Series) · as Jean Mirmont |
| 1999 | The Deep · as Karadzic |
| 1999 | The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin · as Art Gallery Lecturer |
| 1998 | Vigo · as Papa Lozinska |
| 1998 | Hilary and Jackie · as Professor Bentley |
| 1998 | Jinnah · as Lord Willingdon |
| 1998 | Spanish Fly · as Carl's Friend |
| 1998 | St. Ives · as Bonnefoy |
| 1998 | 30 Years to Life · as Sandler |
| 1998 | Highlander: The Raven (TV Series) · as Count Van Der Meer |
| 1998 | Merlin (1998) (TV Series) · as 1st Physician |
| 1997 | Deja Vu · as Konstantine |
| 1997 | The Odyssey (1997) (TV Series) · as Aegyptius |
| 1997 | Anna Karenina · as Pestov |
| 1997 | The Hunchback · as Father Michel |
| 1996 | Jude · as Curator |
| 1996 | Surviving Picasso · as Diaghilev |
| 1996 | The Ogre · as Lawyer |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Annie's Bar (TV Series) · as Markovitch |
| 1995 | Catherine the Great · as Naryshkin |
| 1995 | The Famous Five (1995) (TV Series) · as Mr. Roland |
| 1995 | Father Ted (TV Series) · as Old Nazi |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris · as King's Translator |
| 1995 | England, My England · as Dr. Spratt |
| 1995 | |
| 1993 | M. Butterfly · as Agent Etancelin |
| 1993 | The Advocate · as Apothecary |
| 1993 | Sharpe (TV Series) · as Don Felipe |
| 1992 | Frankenstein · as Chancellor |
| 1992 | Venice/Venice · as Alexander |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series (TV Series) · as Hamad |
| 1992 | Sweetheart · as Thurson |
| 1992 | Les enfants du naufrageur · as Cast |
| 1992 | As Time Goes By (TV Series) · as Dr. Stoker |
| 1992 | Near Mrs. · as Ivan |
| 1991 | The First Circle · as Riyumin |
| 1991 | Dynastie Straussů (TV Series) · as Hirsch |
| 1991 | Mel Gibson Goes Back to School · as Reynaldo (archive Footage) |
| 1991 | Prisoner of Honor · as Rennes Prosecutor |
| 1991 | Let Him Have It · as Clerk Of Court |
| 1990 | |
| 1990 | Vincent and Me · as Dr Winkler |
| 1990 | Meridian · as Priest |
| 1990 | A Season of Giants (TV Series) · as Jacopo Galli |
| 1990 | The Garden · as Old Man At Sauna |
| 1990 | The Krays · as Teacher |
| 1990 | The Plot to Kill Hitler · as Fellgiebel |
| 1990 | Zorro (TV Series) · as Andres Bolanos |
| 1990 | Flight from Paradise · as Merrill |
| 1989 | Till We Meet Again (TV Series) · as Felix Penroux |
| 1989 | Jeniec Europy · as Hudson Lowe |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · as Butler |
| 1989 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (TV Series) · as Jules Glaenzer |
| 1989 | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story · as Doctor Webber |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | Berlin-Jerusalem · as Editor |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Simeon Lee |
| 1989 | The Sweet House of Horrors · as The Exorcist |
| 1988 | Natalia · as Alfred Grabner |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance (TV Series) · as Henri Bulle |
| 1988 | Madame Sousatzka · as Music Critic |
| 1988 | Pascali's Island · as Pariente |
| 1988 | Maigret · as Gannett |
| 1988 | Catacombs · as Brother Timothy |
| 1988 | Melba (TV Series) · as Duc De Luyns |
| 1988 | Mr Majeika (TV Series) · as Wizard Marks |
| 1988 | Mount Royal (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1987 | Testimony · as Gargolovsky |
| 1987 | Maschenka · as Yasha |
| 1987 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story · as Jules Glaenzer (part 3) |
| 1987 | Fortunes of War (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Marc et Sophie (TV Series) · as Professeur Zobroswki |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | The Name of the Rose · as Hugh Of Newcastle |
| 1986 | I Hate Actors · as Fritz Kesselberger |
| 1986 | Caravaggio · as Art Lover |
| 1986 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Mendelstam |
| 1986 | If Tomorrow Comes (TV Series) · as Boris Melnikov |
| 1985 | Mussolini: The Untold Story (TV Series) · as Sebastiani |
| 1985 | Tender Is the Night (TV Series) · as Luis Campion |
| 1985 | Morenga · as Lohmann |
| 1985 | Maguy (TV Series) · as Dragos |
| 1985 | Mata Hari · as Prosecutor |
| 1985 | A.D. - Anno Domini (TV Series) · as Flavius Sabinus |
| 1984 | Much Ado About Nothing · as Don John |
| 1984 | Ellis Island (TV Series) · as Rachmaninoff |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes (1984) (TV Series) · as Mendelstam |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Night Patrol · as James |
| 1983 | An Englishman Abroad · as Guildenstern |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker (TV Series) · as Pimp |
| 1983 | Wagner (TV Series) · as Meyerbeer |
| 1983 | Dramarama (TV Series) |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black · as Count Langenthal |
| 1982 | Nutcracker · as Markovitch |
| 1982 | Marco Polo (TV Series) · as Pietro De Abano |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Tom, Dick and Harriet (TV Series) · as Braithwaite |
| 1982 | That Night in Varennes · as Judge At The Confiscation |
| 1982 | I Remember Nelson (TV Series) · as Cardinal Ruffo |
| 1981 | Troilus & Cressida · as Agamemnon |
| 1981 | Naked Love · as John, Le Patron De Claire |
| 1981 | Goldene Zeiten - Bittere Zeiten (TV Series) · as M. Bernard |
| 1981 | Condorman · as Russian Agent |
| 1981 | San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça · as Un Tueur Russe |
| 1981 | Private Schulz (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Peter and Paul (TV Series) · as High Priest Of Herod |
| 1981 | Peter and Paul · as Priest Of Herod |
| 1981 | Masada (TV Series) · as Chief Priest |
| 1980 | Ringstraßenpalais (TV Series) · as Major Georges Comte De Castroux |
| 1980 | Nijinsky · as Sergei Grigoriev |
| 1979 | Ike: The War Years · as Gen. Charles Degaulle |
| 1979 | Ike: The War Years (TV Series) · as Gen. Charles Degaulle |
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet · as Apothecary |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Apothecary |
| 1978 | Question of Love · as Peter |
| 1978 | Lillie (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Last In, First Out · as Le Réceptionniste |
| 1978 | Little Girl in Blue Velvet · as Lamberti |
| 1978 | The Devil's Crown (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Holocaust (TV Series) · as Karp |
| 1978 | Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Blake's 7 (TV Series) · as The Chairman |
| 1977 | March or Die · as Mean Corporal |
| 1977 | Les héritiers (TV Series) · as Berg |
| 1977 | 1990 (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Marie Curie (TV Series) · as Professor Kavalski |
| 1977 | The Spy Who Loved Me · as Max Kalba |
| 1977 | Joseph Andrews · as Fop Two |
| 1976 | Dickens of London (TV Series) · as Legal Gentleman |
| 1976 | Commissaire Moulin (TV Series) · as Astman |
| 1975 | Michel Strogoff (TV Series) · as Blount |
| 1975 | Le Sauvage · as Coleman |
| 1975 | Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplicissimus (TV Series) · as Dr. Canard |
| 1975 | Operation Daybreak · as Pyotr |
| 1975 | The Messiah · as Samuel |
| 1975 | The Secret Agent · as Karl Yundt |
| 1975 | Cat and Mouse · as Germain's Accomplice |
| 1975 | India Song · as Georges Crawn |
| 1975 | Playing with Fire · as A Messenger |
| 1975 | Galileo · as First Secretary |
| 1975 | The Sweeney (TV Series) · as Harry Kretchmar |
| 1974 | Les Brigades du Tigre (TV Series) · as L'inspecteur Howard |
| 1974 | Scent of a Woman · as Don Carlo (uncredited) |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express · as Concierge |
| 1974 | Undercovers Hero · as Padre |
| 1974 | Father Brown (1974) (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Microbes and Men (TV Series) · as Bertheim |
| 1974 | The Destructors · as Lazar |
| 1974 | The Nearly Man (TV Series) · as Hugh |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles (TV Series) · as Count Stookau |
| 1974 | Cartesius · as Astronomo Ciprus |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Eugene |
| 1973 | Giordano Bruno · as Cast |
| 1973 | The Day of the Jackal · as Interrogator |
| 1973 | Story of a Love Story · as Private Investigator |
| 1973 | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Thriller (1973) (TV Series) · as Bannerheim |
| 1973 | Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) · as Bannerheim |
| 1972 | The Edwardians (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as John Maitland-Wilson |
| 1972 | The Protectors (TV Series) · as Joe Flynn |
| 1972 | The Canterbury Tales · as The Franklin |
| 1972 | Van der Valk (TV Series) · as Sebastian Jonge |
| 1972 | Up the Front · as Muller |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard (TV Series) · as Jacob Harmann |
| 1972 | Clochemerle (TV Series) · as 3rd Secretary |
| 1971 | Mary, Queen of Scots · as Duc De Guise |
| 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra · as Dr. Lazovert |
| 1971 | Fiddler on the Roof · as Russian Official |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Molbech |
| 1971 | The Horsemen · as Zam Hajji |
| 1971 | The Beast in the Cellar · as Newsmith |
| 1971 | The Swashbuckler · as Le Pasteur |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) |
| 1970 | The Roads to Freedom (TV Series) · as Moneylender |
| 1970 | Ace of Wands (TV Series) · as Sandor Zandar |
| 1970 | Darling Lili · as Otto Kraus |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days · as Mendoza |
| 1969 | Doctor Who: The War Games · as Chief Scientist |
| 1969 | Baby Love · as Man In Cinema |
| 1969 | The Assassination Bureau · as Baron Muntzof |
| 1968 | The Tyrant King (TV Series) · as M. Le Coq |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Dedushko |
| 1968 | The Champions (TV Series) · as Manager |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Virgin of the Secret Service (TV Series) · as Grigori Rasputin |
| 1967 | The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (TV Series) · as Monsignor De Gondy |
| 1967 | The Taming of The Shrew · as Pedant |
| 1966 | The Three Musketeers (TV Series) · as Commissary |
| 1966 | Breaking Point (TV Series) |
| 1966 | The Idol · as Man At Party |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Return from the Ashes · as Man Breaking Up Nightclub Fight |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Monsieur Maingot |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Carpenter |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Darling · as Art Critic At Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited) |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters (TV Series) · as Peebles |
| 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 |
| 1965 | The World of Wooster (TV Series) · as Music Store Assistant |
| 1965 | The Debussy Film · as The Actor |
| 1964 | The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) (TV Series) · as Prison Inspector |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Goldstein |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Scientist |
| 1963 | Espionage (TV Series) · as Captain Of Police |
| 1963 | Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as Frank |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | The Scales of Justice (TV Series) · as Mr. Strang |
| 1961 | The Avengers (TV Series) · as Spencer |
| 1958 | Monitor (TV Series) · as The Actor |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as A. Ratt |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) · as Counsel For Defence |