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Birthday:
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
(1961) StensonThe Saint
(1962) VogelHighlander: The Series
(1992) HamadThe Witcher
(2019) Older ElfDoctor Who
(1963) ScientistAgatha Christie's Poirot
(1989) Simeon LeeThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(1971) MolbechRelic Hunter
(1999) Anthony CuretonActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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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 |