Birth Day: 1934-08-14
Place of birth: Nimes, France
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.
Credits
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As self -
As The Scientist (archive footage) -
As Self -
As Corny -
As Enos -
As Sherlock Holmes -
As M. Audran
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As Emile Hacha -
As Isaiah -
As Artiglio -
As Lawrence -
As George -
As Arturo -
As Dimitri Speranski -
As Le vieux sage (voice) -
As Vieil homme -
As The Surgeon -
As Rezo -
As Lucas -
As Self -
As Le lecteur du bar -
As Jacques -
As Anthony -
As Anthony
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As Kudseyi -
As Elder #1 -
As Bagdasarov -
As Bookstore Manager -
As Riccio -
As Brennos -
As François -
As Vitali -
As Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations) -
As Oscar -
As Monsignor -
As Millie's Escort -
As Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau -
As Quinion -
As Father -
As Patte Folle -
As Cleisthenes -
As Art Gallery Lecturer -
As Italian Doctor -
As Carl's Friend -
As Bonnefoy -
As Lord Willingdon -
As Papa Lozinska -
As Vincent -
As Sandler -
As Konstantine -
As Professor Bentley -
As Father Michel -
As Pestov -
As Lawyer -
As Naryshkin -
As Curator -
As Chancellor -
As Diaghilev -
As Don Felipe -
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As Duval -
As King's Translator -
As Rouka -
As Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc
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As Chancellor -
As Freud
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As Agent Etancelin -
As Apothecary -
As Riyumin -
As Alexander -
As Primo editore -
As Thurson -
As Clerk of Court -
As Reynaldo -
As Fellgiebel -
As Teacher -
As Old Man at Sauna -
As Priest -
As Dr Winkler -
As Merrill -
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As Hudson Lowe -
As Butler -
As Doctor Webber -
As The Exorcist -
As Alfred Grabner -
As Editor
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As Gargolovsky -
As Pariente -
As Brother Timothy -
As Bischof de Jong -
As Gannett -
As Art Lover -
As Hugh of Newcastle -
As Prosecutor -
As Don John -
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As James -
As Shirko -
As Dr. Goldschmiedt
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As Guildenstern -
As Count Langenthal -
As Minister -
As Markovitch -
As Judge at the confiscation -
As Dr. Russell -
As John, le patron de Claire -
As Agamemnon -
As Pablo -
As Russian Agent -
As Un tueur russe -
As Sergei Grigoriev -
As Gen. Charles DeGaulle -
As Le réceptionniste -
As Le peintre Ramsay -
As Peter -
As Apothecary -
As Lamberti -
As Max Kalba -
As Fop Two -
As Eugene -
As Mean Corporal -
As Monsieur Maingot -
As Reinders -
As Karl Yundt
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As Pyotr -
As A messenger -
As Samuel -
As Coleman -
As Magnus Piecan -
As Germain's accomplice -
As Georges Crawn -
As Concierge -
As Lazar -
As Padre -
As Don Carlo (uncredited) -
As Interrogator -
As Private Investigator -
As Bannerheim -
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As Muller -
As The Franklin -
As Duc De Guise -
As Dr. Lazovert -
As le pasteur -
As Russian Official -
As Zam Hajji -
As Newsmith -
As Otto Kraus -
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As Brisbane -
As N.G. Waldron -
As Chief Scientist -
As Man in Cinema -
As Baron Muntzof -
As Mendoza -
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As Pedant -
As Goldstein -
As Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited) -
As The Actor -
As Member of the French Team -
As Philosopher