Vernon Dobtcheff
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 14, 1934
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
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Actor
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour 2024
as The Scientist (archive footage)
Alec Guinness: A Class Act 2024
as self
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba 2022
as Self
Burning Casablanca 2021
as Corny
The Haunting of Margam Castle 2020
as Enos
- The Violet Hour
The Violet Hour 2018
as M. Audran
L'hypothèse de la reine rouge 2018
as Sherlock Holmes
The Man with the Iron Heart 2017
as Emile Hacha
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)
The Passage 2011
as Vieil homme
Undisputed III: Redemption 2010
as Rezo
Godforsaken 2010
as The Surgeon
Changing Climates, Changing Times 2009
as Lucas
The Joy of Singing 2008
as Le lecteur du bar
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 2008
as Self
Accordez-moi 2008
as Joseph Von Stieglitz
Priceless 2006
as Jacques
Courts mais Gay : Tome 12 2006
as Anthony
- For the Time Being
For the Time Being 2006
as Anthony
An American Haunting 2005
as Elder #1
Empire of the Wolves 2005
as Kudseyi
Before Sunset 2004
as Bookstore Manager
Evilenko 2004
as Bagdasarov
Pontormo - Un amore eretico 2004
as Riccio
Thank You, Doctor Rey 2003
as François
Brocéliande 2003
as Brennos
The Red Siren 2002
as Vitali
The Falklands Play 2002
as Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
David Copperfield 2001
as Quinion
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
Falling Through 2000
as Father
Dreaming of Joseph Lees 1999
as Italian Doctor
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
Vigo 1998
as Papa Lozinska
Spanish Fly 1998
as Carl's Friend
Déjà Vu 1998
as Konstantine
The Wonderland Experience 1998
as Vincent
St. Ives 1998
as Bonnefoy
Anna Karenina 1997
as Pestov
The Hunchback 1997
as Father Michel
The Ice Princess 1996
as Chancellor
The Ogre 1996
as Lawyer
Surviving Picasso 1996
as Diaghilev
Catherine the Great 1996
as Naryshkin
Jude 1996
as Curator
Le fils de Paul 1995
as Duval
Sharpe's Sword 1995
as Don Felipe
Jefferson in Paris 1995
as King's Translator
The House that Mary Bought 1995
Actor
Mademoiselle O 1994
as Rouka
Frankenstein 1993
as Chancellor
M. Butterfly 1993
as Agent Etancelin
The Hour of the Pig 1993
as Apothecary
- Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher 1993
as Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc
- Temptation of Sainthood
Temptation of Sainthood 1993
as Freud
Venice/Venice 1992
as Alexander
Obiettivo indiscreto 1992
as Primo editore
Sweetheart 1992
as Thurson
The First Circle 1992
as Riyumin
Let Him Have It 1991
as Clerk of Court
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
The Plot to Kill Hitler 1990
as Fellgiebel
Flight from Paradise 1990
as Merrill
The Hostage of Europe 1989
as Hudson Lowe
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989
as Butler
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story 1989
as Doctor Webber
Natalia 1989
as Alfred Grabner
Splendor 1989
Actor
- Berlin-Jerusalem
Berlin-Jerusalem 1989
as Editor
The Sweet House of Horrors 1989
as The Exorcist
Testimony 1988
as Gargolovsky
Pascali's Island 1988
as Pariente
Catacombs 1988
as Brother Timothy
Le due croci 1988
as Bischof de Jong
Maigret 1988
as Gannett
The Name of the Rose 1986
as Hugh of Newcastle
Caravaggio 1986
as Art Lover
Mata Hari 1985
as Prosecutor
Much Ado About Nothing 1984
as Don John
Gwendoline 1984
as Shirko
- The Devil's Lieutenant
The Devil's Lieutenant 1984
as Dr. Goldschmiedt
Night Patrol 1984
as James
Mon Ami Washington 1984
Actor
An Englishman Abroad 1983
as Guildenstern
The Scarlet and the Black 1983
as Count Langenthal
Nutcracker 1982
as Markovitch
Enigma 1982
as Minister
That Night of Varennes 1982
as Judge at the confiscation
Troilus & Cressida 1981
as Agamemnon
L'Amour nu 1981
as John, le patron de Claire
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
Nijinsky 1980
as Sergei Grigoriev
A Question Of Faith 1979
as Mikhail Mikhailovich
Ike 1979
as Gen. Charles DeGaulle
Romeo and Juliet 1978
as Apothecary
Question of Love 1978
as Peter
Last In, First Out 1978
as Le réceptionniste
Little Girl in Blue Velvet 1978
as Lamberti
The Roads of Exile 1978
as Le peintre Ramsay
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
French Without Tears 1976
as Monsieur Maingot
Rumpole of the Bailey 1975
as Magnus Piecan
Lovers Like Us 1975
as Coleman
Operation: Daybreak 1975
as Pyotr
The Messiah 1975
as Samuel
- The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent 1975
as Karl Yundt
Cat and Mouse 1975
as Germain's accomplice
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat 1975
as Reinders
India Song 1975
as Georges Crawn
Playing with Fire 1975
as A messenger
Scent of a Woman 1974
as Don Carlo (uncredited)
Murder on the Orient Express 1974
as Concierge
The Marseille Contract 1974
as Lazar
Soft Beds, Hard Battles 1974
as Padre
Impossible Object 1973
as Private Investigator
The Day of the Jackal 1973
as Interrogator
An Echo of Theresa 1973
as Bannerheim
The Canterbury Tales 1972
as The Franklin
Up the Front 1972
as Muller
Far from Dallas 1972
Actor
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 Horsemen 1971
as Zam Hajji
The Beast in the Cellar 1971
as Newsmith
The Married Couple of the Year Two 1971
as le pasteur
Them 1970
as Brisbane
Darling Lili 1970
as Otto Kraus
Anne of the Thousand Days 1969
as Mendoza
Doctor Who: The War Games 1969
as Chief Scientist
Baby Love 1969
as Man in Cinema
The Assassination Bureau 1969
as Baron Muntzof
Beach Head 1969
as N.G. Waldron
A Dandy in Aspic 1968
Actor
The Taming of the Shrew 1967
as Pedant
The World of George Orwell: 1984 1965
as Goldstein
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
The Life of Galileo 1964
as Philosopher
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