Vernon Dobtcheff
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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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Acted in
The Gold
2023
as Matteo Constantino
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
as Self
Burning Casablanca
2021
as Corny
The Haunting of Margam Castle
2020
The Witcher
2019
as Older Elf
The Violet Hour
2018
as M. Audran
The Romanoffs
2018
as M. Audran
L'hypothèse de la reine rouge
2018
as Sherlock Holmes
The Man with the Iron Heart
2017
as Emile Hacha
The Durrells
2016
as Mr. Kralefsky
Killing Jesus
2015
as Isaiah
The Invisible Boy
2014
as Artiglio
Horsehead
2014
as George
Seven Lucky Gods
2014
as Lawrence
The Great Beauty
2013
as Arturo
Another Woman's Life
2012
as Dimitri Speranski
Zarafa
2012
as Le vieux sage (voice)
Le passage
2011
as Vieil homme
The Borgias
2011
The Borgias
2011
as Cardinal Versucci
Undisputed III: Redemption
2010
as Rezo
Godforsaken
2010
as The Surgeon
Changing Climates, Changing Times
2009
as Lucas
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009
as Anatole Deschanel
The Joy of Singing
2008
as Le lecteur du bar
Apparitions
2008
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008
as Self
La Légende des 3 clefs
2007
as The anthropologist Gilles Clément
Priceless
2006
as Jacques
Courts mais Gay : Tome 12
2006
as Anthony
For the Time Being
2006
as Anthony
Surviving Disaster
2006
An American Haunting
2005
as Elder #1
Empire of the Wolves
2005
as Kudseyi
Thank You, Doctor Rey
2004
as François
Before Sunset
2004
as Bookstore Manager
Evilenko
2004
as Bagdasarov
Pontormo - Un amore eretico
2004
as Riccio
Brocéliande
2003
as Brennos
White Teeth
2002
as Devil of Dachau
The Red Siren
2002
as Vitali
The Falklands Play
2002
as Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
Festival in Cannes
2001
as Millie's Escort
The Order
2001
as Oscar
The Body
2001
as Monsignor
Revelation
2001
as Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau
Le Prof
2000
as Patte Folle
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
2000
as Cleisthenes
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
2000
as Cleisthenes
Falling Through
2000
as Father
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
as Italian Doctor
Relic Hunter
1999
as Anthony Cureton
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
as Art Gallery Lecturer
Hilary and Jackie
1998
as Professor Bentley
Jinnah
1998
as Lord Willingdon
30 Years to Life
1998
as Sandler
Highlander: The Raven
1998
as Count Van Der Meer
Vigo
1998
as Papa Lozinska
Spanish Fly
1998
as Carl's Friend
Merlin
1998
as 1st Physician
Déjà Vu
1998
as Konstantine
The Wonderland Experience
1998
as Vincent
St. Ives
1998
Anna Karenina
1997
as Pestov
The Hunchback
1997
as Father Michel
The Ice Princess
1996
The Ogre
1996
as Lawyer
Surviving Picasso
1996
as Diaghilev
Catherine the Great
1996
as Naryshkin
Jude
1996
as Curator
Father Ted
1995
as Old Nazi
Jefferson in Paris
1995
as King's Translator
The House that Mary Bought
1995
Mademoiselle O
1994
as Rouka
Frankenstein
1993
as Chancellor
M. Butterfly
1993
as Agent Etancelin
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Apothecary
Temptation of Sainthood
1993
as Freud
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
1993
as Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Carlo Luchesi
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Hamad
Obiettivo indiscreto
1992
as Primo editore
Venice/Venice
1992
as Alexander
Sweetheart
1992
as Thurson
As Time Goes By
1992
as Dr. Stoker
Let Him Have It
1991
as Clerk of Court
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
1991
as Reynaldo (archive footage)
Strauss Dynasty
1991
as Hirsch
Hamlet
1990
as Reynaldo
Vincent and me
1990
as Dr Winkler
Meridian
1990
as Priest
The Garden
1990
as Old Man at Sauna
The Krays
1990
as Teacher
Flight from Paradise
1990
as Merrill
The Hostage of Europe
1989
as Hudson Lowe
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as Butler
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
as Jules Glaenzer
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Doctor Webber
Natalia
1989
as Alfred Grabner
Splendor
1989
Berlin-Jerusalem
1989
as Editor
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Simeon Lee
The Sweet House of Horrors
1989
as The Exorcist
Testimony
1988
as Gargolovsky
Pascali's Island
1988
as Pariente
Catacombs
1988
as Brother Timothy
Maigret
1988
as Gannett
Fortunes of War
1987
The Name of the Rose
1986
as Hugh of Newcastle
Caravaggio
1986
as Art Lover
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as Sebastiani
Mata Hari
1985
as Prosecutor
A.D.
1985
as Flavius Sabinus
Morenga
1985
as Lohmann
Morenga
1985
as Lohmann
Much Ado About Nothing
1984
as Don John
L'Homme de Suez
1984
as Konya, Turkish Colonel, spy in the service of the English
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Mendelstam
Gwendoline
1984
as Shirko
Night Patrol
1984
The Devil's Lieutenant
1984
as Dr. Goldschmiedt
Mon Ami Washington
1984
An Englishman Abroad
1983
as Guildenstern
Dramarama
1983
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Count Langenthal
Nutcracker
1982
as Markovitch
Marco Polo
1982
as Pietro De Abano
Enigma
1982
as Minister
The Night of Varennes
1982
as Judge at the confiscation
Troilus & Cressida
1981
as Agamemnon
L'Amour nu
1981
as John, le patron de Claire
Goldene Zeiten - Bittere Zeiten
1981
as M. Bernard
Sredni Vashtar
1981
as Dr. Russell
Condorman
1981
as Russian Agent
Le Beau Monde
1981
as Pablo
San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
1981
as Un tueur russe
Private Schulz
1981
Peter and Paul
1981
as High Priest of Herod
Masada
1981
as Chief Priest
Nijinsky
1980
as Sergei Grigoriev
Ike
1979
as Gen. Charles DeGaulle
Romeo & Juliet
1978
as Apothecary
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Apothecary
Question of Love
1978
as Peter
Lillie
1978
Last In, First Out
1978
as Le réceptionniste
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
1978
as Lamberti
The Devil's Crown
1978
Holocaust
1978
as Karp
Blake's 7
1978
as The Chairman
The Roads of Exile
1978
as Le peintre Ramsay
1990
1977
March or Die
1977
as Mean Corporal
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
as Max Kalba
Joseph Andrews
1977
as Fop Two
The Achurch Letters
1977
as Eugene
Police Commissioner Moulin
1976
as Astman
French Without Tears
1976
as Monsieur Maingot
Michael Strogoff
1975
as Blount
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Magnus Piecan
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Magnus Piecan
Lovers Like Us
1975
as Coleman
Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus
1975
as Dr. Canard
Operation: Daybreak
1975
as Pyotr
The Messiah
1975
as Samuel
Cat and Mouse
1975
as Germain's accomplice
Pas de frontières pour l'inspecteur - Le bouc émissaire
1975
as Reinders
India Song
1975
as Georges Crawn
Playing with Fire
1975
as A messenger
The Venturers
1975
The Sweeney
1975
as Harry Kretchmar
Scent of a Woman
1974
as Don Carlo (uncredited)
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Concierge
À vous de jouer Milord
1974
as N° 2
Father Brown
1974
The Marseille Contract
1974
as Lazar
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Count Stookau
Cartesius
1974
as Astronomo Ciprus
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974
as Padre
Story of a Love Story
1973
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Interrogator
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
An Echo of Theresa
1973
as Bannerheim
The Edwardians
1972
Crown Court
1972
as John Maitland-Wilson
The Protectors
1972
as Joe Flynn
Van der Valk
1972
as Sebastian Jonge
The Canterbury Tales
1972
as The Franklin
Far from Dallas
1972
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
as Duc De Guise
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Dr. Lazovert
Fiddler on the Roof
1971
as Russian Official
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Molbech
The Horsemen
1971
as Zam Hajji
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971
as le pasteur
Them
1970
Play for Today
1970
The Beast in the Cellar
1970
as Newsmith
Ace of Wands
1970
Codename
1970
as Herman Voss
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Mendoza
Doctor Who: The War Games
1969
as Chief Scientist
The Assassination Bureau
1969
as Baron Muntzof
The Champions
1968
as Manager
The Name of the Game
1968
as Dedushko
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Pedant
Breaking Point (UK)
1966
Mystery and Imagination
1966
The World of George Orwell: 1984
1965
as Goldstein
Out of the Unknown
1965
Darling
1965
as Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited)
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
The Debussy Film
1965
as The Actor
The Life of Galileo
1964
as Philosopher
Martin Chuzzlewit
1964
Doctor Who
1963
as Scientist
The Saint
1962
as Vogel
The Scales of Justice
1962
as Mr. Strang
The Avengers
1961
as Spencer
The Avengers
1961
as Stenson
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Counsel for Defence