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Aliases: Eugene , Alexander Vernon Dobtcheff , Alexandre Vernon Dobtcheff , Vernon Dobthcheff

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Nimes, France

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Movie Involvements: 112

TV Involvements: 43


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

The Avengers
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8

The Avengers

(1961) Stenson
The Saint
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7

The Saint

(1962) Vogel
Highlander: The Series
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7

Highlander: The Series

(1992) Hamad
The Witcher
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8

The Witcher

(2019) Older Elf
Doctor Who
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8

Doctor Who

(1963) Scientist
Agatha Christie's Poirot
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8

Agatha Christie's Poirot

(1989) Simeon Lee
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
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7
Relic Hunter
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7

Relic Hunter

(1999) Anthony Cureton

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Matteo Constantino
2022 Self
2021 Corny
2020 N/A
2019 Older Elf
2018 M. Audran
M. Audran
Sherlock Holmes
2017 Emile Hacha
2016 Mr. Kralefsky
2015 Isaiah
2014 Artiglio
George
Lawrence
2013 Arturo
2012 Dimitri Speranski
Le vieux sage (voice)
2011 Vieil homme
Cardinal Versucci
N/A
2010 Rezo
The Surgeon
2009 Lucas
Anatole Deschanel
2008 Le lecteur du bar
N/A
Self
2007 The anthropologist Gilles Clément
2006 Jacques
Anthony
Anthony
N/A
2005 Elder #1
Kudseyi
2004 Bookstore Manager
Bagdasarov
Riccio
2003 Brennos
2002 François
Vitali
Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
2001 Millie's Escort
Oscar
Monsignor
Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau
2000 Patte Folle
Cleisthenes
Cleisthenes
1999 Italian Doctor
Anthony Cureton
Art Gallery Lecturer
1998 Professor Bentley
Lord Willingdon
Sandler
Count Van Der Meer
Papa Lozinska
Carl's Friend
1st Physician
Konstantine
Vincent
N/A
1997 Pestov
Father Michel
1996 N/A
Lawyer
N/A
Naryshkin
Curator
1995 Old Nazi
King's Translator
N/A
1994 Rouka
1993 Chancellor
Agent Etancelin
Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc
Freud
1992 Carlo Luchesi
Hamad
Alexander
Primo editore
Thurson
Dr. Stoker
1991 Clerk of Court
Hirsch
Reynaldo (archive footage)
1990 Reynaldo
Dr Winkler
Priest
Old Man at Sauna
Teacher
Merrill
1989 Hudson Lowe
Butler
Jules Glaenzer
Doctor Webber
Alfred Grabner
N/A
Editor
Simeon Lee
The Exorcist
1988 Gargolovsky
Pariente
Brother Timothy
Gannett
1987 N/A
1986 Hugh of Newcastle
Art Lover
1985 Sebastiani
Prosecutor
Flavius Sabinus
Lohmann
Lohmann
1984 Don John
Mendelstam
Shirko
Dr. Goldschmiedt
N/A
N/A
1983 Guildenstern
N/A
Count Langenthal
1982 Markovitch
Pietro De Abano
Minister
Judge at the confiscation
1981 Agamemnon
John, le patron de Claire
M. Bernard
Dr. Russell
Russian Agent
Pablo
Un tueur russe
N/A
High Priest of Herod
Chief Priest
1980 Sergei Grigoriev
1979 Gen. Charles DeGaulle
1978 Apothecary
Apothecary
Peter
N/A
Le réceptionniste
Lamberti
N/A
Karp
The Chairman
Le peintre Ramsay
1977 N/A
Mean Corporal
Max Kalba
Fop Two
1976 Astman
Monsieur Maingot
1975 Blount
N/A
Magnus Piecan
Coleman
Dr. Canard
Pyotr
Samuel
le complice de Germain
Georges Crawn
A messenger
N/A
Harry Kretchmar
1974 Don Carlo (uncredited)
Concierge
N° 2
N/A
Lazar
Count Stookau
Astronomo Ciprus
Padre
1973 N/A
Interrogator
N/A
Bannerheim
1972 N/A
John Maitland-Wilson
Joe Flynn
Sebastian Jonge
The Franklin
N/A
1971 Duc De Guise
Dr. Lazovert
Russian Official
Molbech
Zam Hajji
le pasteur
1970 N/A
N/A
Newsmith
N/A
Herman Voss
1969 Mendoza
Chief Scientist
Baron Muntzof
1968 Manager
Dedushko
1967 Pedant
1966 N/A
N/A
1965 Goldstein
N/A
N/A
Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited)
Member of the French Team
The Actor
1964 Philosopher
N/A
1963 Scientist
1962 Vogel
Mr. Strang
1961 Spencer
Stenson
1955 Counsel for Defence
Year Character Movie/Tv

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