Vernon Dobtcheff
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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.
Known for
Credits
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
as Butler
Undisputed III: Redemption (2010)
as Rezo
Before Sunset (2004)
as Bookstore Manager
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
as Interrogator
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
as Max Kalba
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
as Concierge
The Name of the Rose (1986)
as Hugh of Newcastle
Gwendoline (1984)
as Shirko
The Great Beauty (2013)
as Arturo
The Man with the Iron Heart (2017)
as Emile Hacha
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
as Russian Official
Anna Karenina (1997)
as Pestov
The Order (2001)
as Oscar
The Hunchback (1997)
as Father Michel
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
as Pedant
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
as Count Langenthal
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
as Member of the French Team
Hamlet (1990)
as Reynaldo
The Body (2001)
as Monsignor
M. Butterfly (1993)
as Agent Etancelin
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
as Mendoza
Jude (1996)
as Curator
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
as Baron Muntzof
The Krays (1990)
as Teacher
Priceless (2006)
as Jacques
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
as The Franklin
The Invisible Boy (2014)
as Artiglio
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
as Dr. Lazovert
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
as Duc De Guise
The Ogre (1996)
as Lawyer
An American Haunting (2005)
as Elder #1
Baby Love (1969)
as Man in Cinema
Evilenko (2004)
as Bagdasarov
Ike (1979)
as Gen. Charles DeGaulle
Darling (1965)
as Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited)
Killing Jesus (2015)
as Isaiah
March or Die (1977)
as Mean Corporal
Condorman (1981)
as Russian Agent
David Copperfield (2001)
as Quinion
Zarafa (2012)
as Le vieux sage (voice)
Enigma (1982)
as Minister
Darling Lili (1970)
as Otto Kraus
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
as Apothecary
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
as Professor Bentley
Operation: Daybreak (1975)
as Pyotr
Caravaggio (1986)
as Art Lover
Empire of the Wolves (2005)
as Kudseyi
Meridian (1990)
as Priest
Scent of a Woman (1974)
as Don Carlo (uncredited)
Sharpe's Sword (1995)
as Don Felipe
Lovers Like Us (1975)
as Coleman
The Horsemen (1971)
as Zam Hajji
Joseph Andrews (1977)
as Fop Two
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
as King's Translator
Mata Hari (1985)
as Prosecutor
The Red Siren (2002)
as Vitali
Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978)
as Lamberti
Playing with Fire (1975)
as A messenger
Pascali's Island (1988)
as Pariente
That Night of Varennes (1982)
as Judge at the confiscation
Surviving Picasso (1996)
as Diaghilev
Revelation (2001)
as Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau
Brocéliande (2003)
as Brennos
Spanish Fly (1998)
as Carl's Friend
Let Him Have It (1991)
as Clerk of Court
A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
Actor
Jinnah (1998)
as Lord Willingdon
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022)
as Self
The Garden (1990)
as Old Man at Sauna
The Marseille Contract (1974)
as Lazar
Thank You, Doctor Rey (2003)
as François
Catherine the Great (1996)
as Naryshkin
Le Prof (2000)
as Patte Folle
The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971)
as le pasteur
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989)
as Doctor Webber
St. Ives (1998)
as Bonnefoy
India Song (1975)
as Georges Crawn
Horsehead (2014)
as George
Romeo and Juliet (1978)
as Apothecary
Nijinsky (1980)
as Sergei Grigoriev
Them (1970)
as Brisbane
The Messiah (1975)
as Samuel
Festival in Cannes (2001)
as Millie's Escort
Maigret (1988)
as Gannett
The Falklands Play (2002)
as Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)
as Italian Doctor
Night Patrol (1984)
as James
Natalia (1989)
as Alfred Grabner
Vincent and Me (1990)
as Dr Winkler
Déjà Vu (1998)
as Konstantine
Vigo (1998)
as Papa Lozinska
Catacombs (1988)
as Brother Timothy
The Haunting of Margam Castle (2020)
as Enos
An Englishman Abroad (1983)
as Guildenstern
Splendor (1989)
Actor
The First Circle (1992)
as Riyumin
Up the Front (1972)
as Muller
L'Amour nu (1981)
as John, le patron de Claire
Nutcracker (1982)
as Markovitch
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 (2008)
as Self
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization (2000)
as Cleisthenes
The Secret Agent (1975)
as Karl Yundt
The Beast in the Cellar (1971)
as Newsmith
Frankenstein (1993)
as Chancellor
Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974)
as Padre
30 Years to Life (1998)
as Sandler
Venice/Venice (1992)
as Alexander
Alec Guinness: A Class Act (2024)
as self
The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)
as Fellgiebel
Sweetheart (1992)
as Thurson
Seven Lucky Gods (2014)
as Lawrence
Doctor Who: The War Games (1969)
as Chief Scientist
Le fils de Paul (1995)
as Duval
Another Woman's Life (2012)
as Dimitri Speranski
The House that Mary Bought (1995)
Actor
Burning Casablanca (2021)
as Corny
Flight from Paradise (1990)
as Merrill
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour (2024)
as The Scientist (archive footage)
Impossible Object (1973)
as Private Investigator
Testimony (1988)
as Gargolovsky
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat (1975)
as Reinders
The Passage (2011)
as Vieil homme
Le Beau Monde (1981)
as Pablo
Beach Head (1969)
as N.G. Waldron
Godforsaken (2010)
as The Surgeon
Pontormo - Un amore eretico (2004)
as Riccio
Much Ado About Nothing (1984)
as Don John
French Without Tears (1976)
as Monsieur Maingot
Mademoiselle O (1994)
as Rouka
Cat and Mouse (1975)
as Germain's accomplice
The Violet Hour (2018)
as M. Audran
Falling Through (2000)
as Father
San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça (1981)
as Un tueur russe
The Roads of Exile (1978)
as Le peintre Ramsay
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka (1999)
as Art Gallery Lecturer
Question of Love (1978)
as Peter
Le due croci (1988)
as Bischof de Jong
Troilus & Cressida (1981)
as Agamemnon
The Life of Galileo (1964)
as Philosopher
The Achurch Letters (1977)
as Eugene
Changing Climates, Changing Times (2009)
as Lucas
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (1993)
as Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc
The Sweet House of Horrors (1989)
as The Exorcist
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
as Magnus Piecan
The Debussy Film (1965)
as The Actor
The Joy of Singing (2008)
as Le lecteur du bar
The World of George Orwell: 1984 (1965)
as Goldstein
Last In, First Out (1978)
as Le réceptionniste
The Ice Princess (1996)
as Chancellor
Berlin-Jerusalem (1989)
as Editor
An Echo of Theresa (1973)
as Bannerheim
The Wonderland Experience (1998)
as Vincent
Temptation of Sainthood (1993)
as Freud
The Hostage of Europe (1989)
as Hudson Lowe
Mon Ami Washington (1984)
Actor
Obiettivo indiscreto (1992)
as Primo editore
Courts mais Gay : Tome 12 (2006)
as Anthony
Sredni Vashtar (1981)
as Dr. Russell
L'hypothèse de la reine rouge (2018)
as Sherlock Holmes
For the Time Being (2006)
as Anthony
The Devil's Lieutenant (1984)
as Dr. Goldschmiedt
Far from Dallas (1972)
Actor
Parlez-nous de l'Amour (—)
Actor