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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vernon Dobtcheff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | Nimes, France |
|---|---|
| Born | 1934-08-14 |
Movies
2022
Burning Casablanca
as Corny
2021
The Violet Hour
as M. Audran
2018
L'hypothèse de la reine rouge
as Sherlock Holmes
2018
The Man with the Iron Heart
as Emile Hacha
2017
Killing Jesus
as Isaiah
2015
The Invisible Boy
as Artiglio
2014
Horsehead
as George
2014
Seven Lucky Gods
as Lawrence
2014
The Great Beauty
as Arturo
2013
Another Woman's Life
as Dimitri Speranski
2012
Zarafa
as Le vieux sage (voice)
2012
Le passage
as Vieil homme
2011
Undisputed III: Redemption
as Rezo
2010
Godforsaken
as The Surgeon
2010
An Englishman Abroad
as Guildenstern
2009
Changing Climates, Changing Times
as Lucas
2009
2008
Priceless
as Jacques
2006
Courts mais Gay : Tome 12
as Anthony
2006
For the Time Being
as Anthony
2006
An American Haunting
as Elder #1
2005
Empire of the Wolves
as Kudseyi
2005
Before Sunset
as Bookstore Manager
2004
Evilenko
as Bagdasarov
2004
Pontormo - Un amore eretico
as Riccio
2004
Brocéliande
as Brennos
2003
Thank You, Doctor Rey
as François
2002
The Red Siren
as Vitali
2002
The Falklands Play
as Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
2002
Festival in Cannes
as Millie's Escort
2001
The Order
as Oscar
2001
The Body
as Monsignor
2001
Revelation
as Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau
2001
Le Prof
as Patte Folle
2000
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
as Cleisthenes
2000
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
as Italian Doctor
1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
as Art Gallery Lecturer
1999
Hilary and Jackie
as Professor Bentley
1998
Jinnah
as Lord Willingdon
1998
30 Years to Life
as Sandler
1998
Vigo
as Papa Lozinska
1998
Spanish Fly
as Carl's Friend
1998
Déjà Vu
as Konstantine
1998
The Wonderland Experience
as Vincent
1998
1998
Anna Karenina
as Pestov
1997
The Hunchback
as Father Michel
1997
1996
The Ogre
as Lawyer
1996
1996
Catherine the Great
as Naryshkin
1996
Jude
as Curator
1996
Jefferson in Paris
as King's Translator
1995
1995
Mademoiselle O
as Rouka
1994
Frankenstein
as Chancellor
1993
M. Butterfly
as Agent Etancelin
1993
Temptation of Sainthood
as Freud
1993
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
as Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc
1993
Obiettivo indiscreto
as Primo editore
1992
Venice/Venice
as Alexander
1992
Sweetheart
as Thurson
1992
Let Him Have It
as Clerk of Court
1991
Hamlet
as Reynaldo
1990
Vincent and me
as Dr Winkler
1990
Meridian
as Priest
1990
The Garden
as Old Man at Sauna
1990
The Krays
as Teacher
1990
Flight from Paradise
as Merrill
1990
The Hostage of Europe
as Hudson Lowe
1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
as Butler
1989
Natalia
as Alfred Grabner
1989
1989
Berlin-Jerusalem
as Editor
1989
The Sweet House of Horrors
as The Exorcist
1989
Testimony
as Gargolovsky
1988
Pascali's Island
as Pariente
1988
Catacombs
as Brother Timothy
1988
Maigret
as Gannett
1988
The Name of the Rose
as Hugh of Newcastle
1986
Caravaggio
as Art Lover
1986
Mata Hari
as Prosecutor
1985
Morenga
as Lohmann
1985
Much Ado About Nothing
as Don John
1984
Gwendoline
as Shirko
1984
1984
The Devil's Lieutenant
as Dr. Goldschmiedt
1984
1984
The Scarlet and the Black
as Count Langenthal
1983
Nutcracker
as Markovitch
1982
Enigma
as Minister
1982
The Night of Varennes
as Judge at the confiscation
1982
Troilus & Cressida
as Agamemnon
1981
L'Amour nu
as John, le patron de Claire
1981
Sredni Vashtar
as Dr. Russell
1981
Condorman
as Russian Agent
1981
Le Beau Monde
as Pablo
1981
San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
as Un tueur russe
1981
Nijinsky
as Sergei Grigoriev
1980
Ike
as Gen. Charles DeGaulle
1979
Romeo & Juliet
as Apothecary
1978
Question of Love
as Peter
1978
Last In, First Out
as Le réceptionniste
1978
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
as Lamberti
1978
The Roads of Exile
as Le peintre Ramsay
1978
March or Die
as Mean Corporal
1977
The Spy Who Loved Me
as Max Kalba
1977
Joseph Andrews
as Fop Two
1977
French Without Tears
as Monsieur Maingot
1976
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Magnus Piecan
1975
Lovers Like Us
as Coleman
1975
Operation: Daybreak
as Pyotr
1975
The Messiah
as Samuel
1975
Cat and Mouse
as le complice de Germain
1975
India Song
as Georges Crawn
1975
Playing with Fire
as A messenger
1975
Scent of a Woman
as Don Carlo (uncredited)
1974
Murder on the Orient Express
as Concierge
1974
The Marseille Contract
as Lazar
1974
Cartesius
as Astronomo Ciprus
1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as Padre
1974
The Day of the Jackal
as Interrogator
1973
An Echo of Theresa
as Bannerheim
1973
The Canterbury Tales
as The Franklin
1972
1972
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 Horsemen
as Zam Hajji
1971
The Married Couple of the Year Two
as le pasteur
1971
1970
The Beast in the Cellar
as Newsmith
1970
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Mendoza
1969
Doctor Who: The War Games
as Chief Scientist
1969
The Assassination Bureau
as Baron Muntzof
1969
The Taming of the Shrew
as Pedant
1967
The World of George Orwell: 1984
as Goldstein
1965
Darling
as 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
as Member of the French Team
1965
The Debussy Film
as The Actor
1965
The Life of Galileo
as Philosopher
1964
Vernon Dobtcheff hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows