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Vernon Dobtcheff
Actor
Born August 14, 1934 (88 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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Filmography
| 2020 | Burning Casablanca · as Corny |
| 2020 | The Haunting of Margam Castle · as Unknown |
| 2020 | Transfert · as Max |
| 2019 | The Witcher (TV Series) · as Older Elf |
| 2018 | The 15:17 to Paris · as Older Man |
| 2018 | The Romanoffs (TV Series) · as M. Audran |
| 2018 | L'hypothèse de la reine rouge · as Sherlock Holmes |
| 2017 | The Man with the Iron Heart · as Emile Hacha |
| 2016 | The Durrells (TV Series) · as Mr. Kralefsky |
| 2016 | Emerald City (TV Series) · as High Born Man |
| 2015 | Killing Jesus · as Isaiah |
| 2015 | Peplum (TV Series) · as Plutarque |
| 2015 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV Series) · as Laurence Strange |
| 2014 | Horsehead · as George |
| 2014 | Seven Lucky Gods · as Lawrence |
| 2014 | The Invisible Boy · as Artiglio |
| 2013 | The Best Offer · as Academy President |
| 2013 | The Great Beauty · as Arturo |
| 2012 | La clinique de l'amour! · as Johnattan Stork |
| 2012 | Zarafa · as Le vieux sage (voice) |
| 2012 | Another Woman's Life · as Dimitri Speranski |
| 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 | Asterix at the Olympic Games · as Un druide |
| 2008 | Apparitions (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2008 | The Joy of Singing · as Le lecteur du bar |
| 2007 | The Legend of the 3 keys (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2007 | Grand Star (TV Series) · as Tshishenish |
| 2006 | Priceless · as Jacques |
| 2006 | Surviving Disaster (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | An American Haunting · as Elder #1 |
| 2005 | Iznogoud- Caliph Instead of the Caliph · as Kitussé |
| 2005 | Rome (TV Series) · as Rabbi |
| 2005 | Empire of the Wolves · as Kudseyi |
| 2004 | Before Sunset · as Bookstore Manager |
| 2003 | Evilenko · as Bagdasarov |
| 2002 | The Falklands Play · as Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations) |
| 2002 | Merci Docteur Rey · as François |
| 2002 | White Teeth (TV Series) · as Devil of Dachau |
| 2002 | Sister Thérèse.com (TV Series) · as Jean-Pierre Hermelin |
| 2002 | Brocéliande · as Brennos |
| 2002 | The Red Siren · as Vitali |
| 2001 | The Order · as Oscar |
| 2001 | Revelation · as Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau |
| 2001 | Festival in Cannes · as Millie's Escort |
| 2001 | The Body · as Monsignor |
| 2001 | Largo Winch (TV Series) · as Father Maurice de Beliveau |
| 2000 | Falling Through · as Father |
| 2000 | The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization (TV Series) · as Cleisthenes |
| 1999 | Dreaming of Joseph Lees · as Italian Doctor |
| 1999 | The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin · as Art Gallery lecturer |
| 1999 | La Crim' (TV Series) · as Jean Mirmont |
| 1999 | Relic Hunter (TV Series) · as Anthony Cureton |
| 1999 | The Deep · as Karadzic |
| 1998 | Jinnah · as Lord Willingdon |
| 1998 | Hilary and Jackie · as Professor Bentley |
| 1998 | St. Ives · as Unknown |
| 1998 | Spanish Fly · as Carl's Friend |
| 1998 | 30 Years to Life · as Sandor |
| 1998 | Vigo · as Papa Lozinska |
| 1998 | Highlander: The Raven (TV Series) · as Count Van Der Meer |
| 1998 | Merlin (TV Series) · as 1st Physician |
| 1997 | Anna Karenina · as Pestov |
| 1997 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as Father Michel |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | The Odyssey (1997) (TV Series) · as Aegyptius |
| 1996 | Jude · as Curator |
| 1996 | Surviving Picasso · as Diaghilev |
| 1996 | The Ogre · as Lawyer |
| 1996 | Die Eisprinzessin · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Catherine the Great · as Naryshkin |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris · as King's Translator |
| 1995 | The Famous Five (1995) (TV Series) · as Mr. Roland |
| 1995 | Father Ted (TV Series) · as Old Nazi |
| 1993 | M. Butterfly · as Agent Etancelin |
| 1993 | The Advocate · as Apothecary |
| 1993 | Sharpe (TV Series) · as Don Felipe |
| 1992 | Sweetheart · as Thurson |
| 1992 | Near Mrs. · as Ivan |
| 1992 | Venice/Venice · as Alexander |
| 1992 | Les enfants du naufrageur · as actor |
| 1992 | As Time Goes By (TV Series) · as Dr. Stoker |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series (TV Series) · as Carlo Luchesi |
| 1991 | Let Him Have It · as Clerk of Court |
| 1991 | Prisoner of Honor · as Rennes Prosecutor |
| 1991 | The Strauss Dynasty (TV Series) · as Hirsch |
| 1990 | Hamlet · as Reynaldo |
| 1990 | The Krays · as Teacher |
| 1990 | Meridian · as Priest |
| 1990 | The Plot to Kill Hitler · as Fellgiebel |
| 1990 | The Garden · as Old Man at Sauna |
| 1990 | Vincent and Me · as Dr Winkler |
| 1990 | Zorro (TV Series) · as Andres Bolanos |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · as Butler |
| 1989 | Splendor · as Unknown |
| 1989 | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story · as Doctor Webber |
| 1989 | The Sweet House of Horrors · as The Exorcist |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Simeon Lee |
| 1989 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (TV Series) · as Jules Glaenzer |
| 1989 | Till We Meet Again (TV Series) · as Felix Penroux |
| 1988 | Catacombs · as Brother Timothy |
| 1988 | Pascali's Island · as Pariente |
| 1988 | Madame Sousatzka · as Music Critic |
| 1988 | Maigret · as Gannett |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance (TV Series) · as Henri Bulle |
| 1988 | Mr Majeika (TV Series) · as Wizard Marks |
| 1988 | Melba (TV Series) · as Duc de Luyns |
| 1987 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story · as Jules Glaenzer (part 3) |
| 1987 | Maschenka · as Yasha |
| 1987 | Crossbow (TV Series) · as Monk |
| 1987 | Fortunes of War (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1986 | Caravaggio · as Art Lover |
| 1986 | I Hate Actors · as Fritz Kesselberger |
| 1986 | The Name of the Rose · as Hugh of Newcastle |
| 1986 | If Tomorrow Comes (TV Series) · as Boris Melnikov |
| 1986 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Mendelstam |
| 1985 | Mata Hari · as Prosecutor |
| 1985 | Morenga · as Lohmann |
| 1985 | Tender Is the Night (TV Series) · as Luis Campion |
| 1985 | Mussolini: The Untold Story (TV Series) · as Sebastiani |
| 1985 | A.D. - Anno Domini (TV Series) · as Flavius Sabinus |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Much Ado About Nothing · as Don John |
| 1984 | Night Patrol · as James |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes (1984) (TV Series) · as Mendelstam |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black · as Count Langenthal |
| 1983 | Wagner (TV Series) · as Meyerbeer |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker (TV Series) · as Pimp |
| 1983 | Dramarama (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | That Night in Varennes · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Nutcracker · as Markovitch |
| 1982 | Enigma · as Minister |
| 1982 | Marco Polo (TV Series) · as Prosecutor |
| 1982 | I Remember Nelson (TV Series) · as Cardinal Ruffo |
| 1982 | Mozart (TV Series) · as Prince Galitzine |
| 1981 | Troilus & Cressida · as Agamemnon |
| 1981 | L'amour nu · as John, le patron de Claire |
| 1981 | San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça · as Un tueur russe |
| 1981 | Private Schulz (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Masada (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Condorman · as Russian Agent |
| 1981 | Peter and Paul · as Priest of Herod |
| 1981 | Goldene Zeiten - Bittere Zeiten (TV Series) · as M. Bernard |
| 1980 | Nijinsky · as Sergei Grigoriev |
| 1980 | Ringstraßenpalais (TV Series) · as Major Georges Comte de Castroux |
| 1979 | Ike: The War Years (TV Series) · as Gen. Charles DeGaulle |
| 1978 | Romeo & Juliet · as Apothecary |
| 1978 | Lillie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1978 | Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Apothecary |
| 1978 | Holocaust (TV Series) · as Karp |
| 1978 | Blake's 7 (TV Series) · as The Chairman |
| 1977 | The Spy Who Loved Me · as Max Kalba |
| 1977 | March or Die · as Mean Corporal |
| 1977 | Joseph Andrews · as Fop Two |
| 1977 | 1990 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | Marie Curie (TV Series) · as Professor Kavalski |
| 1977 | Les héritiers (TV Series) · as Berg |
| 1976 | Commissaire Moulin (TV Series) · as Astman |
| 1975 | The Messiah · as Samuel |
| 1975 | Playing with Fire · as A messenger |
| 1975 | Operation Daybreak · as Pyotr |
| 1975 | Cat and Mouse · as le complice de Germain |
| 1975 | India Song · as Georges Crawn |
| 1975 | Galileo · as First Secretary |
| 1975 | Lovers Like Us · as Coleman |
| 1975 | Michel Strogoff (TV Series) · as Blount |
| 1975 | Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplicissimus (TV Series) · as Dr. Canard |
| 1975 | The Nearly Man (TV Series) · as Hugh |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express · as Concierge |
| 1974 | Undercovers Hero · as Padre |
| 1974 | The Destructors · as Lazar |
| 1974 | Cartesius · as Astronomo Ciprus |
| 1974 | Scent of a Woman · as Don Carlo (uncredited) |
| 1974 | Microbes and Men (TV Series) · as Bertheim |
| 1974 | Father Brown (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | The Sweeney (TV Series) · as Harry Kretchmar |
| 1974 | Les Brigades du Tigre (TV Series) · as L'inspecteur Howard |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles (TV Series) · as Count Stookau |
| 1973 | The Day of the Jackal · as Interrogator |
| 1973 | Thriller (1973) (TV Series) · as Bannerheim |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Eugene |
| 1973 | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | Up the Front · as Muller |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as John Maitland-Wilson |
| 1972 | Van der Valk (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Edwardians (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Protectors (TV Series) · as Joe Flynn |
| 1972 | Clochemerle (TV Series) · as 3rd Secretary |
| 1972 | The Canterbury Tales · as The Franklin |
| 1971 | Swashbuckler · as le pasteur |
| 1971 | Fiddler on the Roof · as Russian Official |
| 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra · as Dr. Lazovert |
| 1971 | Mary, Queen of Scots · as Duc De Guise |
| 1971 | The Beast in the Cellar · as Newsmith |
| 1971 | The Horsemen · as Zam Hajji |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Molbech |
| 1970 | Darling Lili · as Otto Kraus |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | The Roads to Freedom (TV Series) · as Moneylender |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days · as Mendoza |
| 1969 | Baby Love · as Man in Cinema |
| 1969 | The Assassination Bureau · as Baron Muntzof |
| 1968 | A Dandy in Aspic · as Stein |
| 1968 | Virgin of the Secret Service (TV Series) · as Grigori Rasputin |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Dedushko |
| 1968 | The Champions (TV Series) · as Manager |
| 1968 | The Tyrant King (TV Series) · as M. Le Coq |
| 1967 | The Taming of The Shrew · as Pedant |
| 1967 | The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (TV Series) · as Monsignor de Gondy |
| 1966 | The Idol · as Man at Party |
| 1966 | Breaking Point (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | Return from the Ashes · as Man breaking up nightclub fight |
| 1965 | Darling · as Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Monsieur Maingot |
| 1965 | The World of Wooster (TV Series) · as Assistant in Music Store |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 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 |
| 1964 | The Count of Monte Cristo (TV Series) · as Prison Inspector |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Scientist |
| 1962 | The Saint (TV Series) · as Vogel |
| 1961 | The Avengers (TV Series) · as Spencer |
| 1958 | Monitor (TV Series) · as The Actor |