Vernon Dobtcheff
Acting
Born: August 14, 1934 (age 92) · Nimes, France
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
The Witcher
2019
Before Sunset
2004
The Name of the Rose
1986
The Great Beauty
2013
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
Undisputed III: Redemption
2010
The Invisible Boy
2014
The Man with the Iron Heart
2017
Priceless
2006
Doctor Who
1963
Photos (1)
Movies (151)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Butler
Undisputed III: Redemption
Rezo
Murder on the Orient Express
Concierge
The Name of the Rose
Hugh of Newcastle
The Spy Who Loved Me
Max Kalba
The Day of the Jackal
Interrogator
Before Sunset
Bookstore Manager
The Man with the Iron Heart
Emile Hacha
The Great Beauty
Arturo
The Order
Oscar
Fiddler on the Roof
Russian Official
M. Butterfly
Agent Etancelin
Priceless
Jacques
Ike
Gen. Charles DeGaulle
Anna Karenina
Pestov
The Taming of the Shrew
Pedant
The Canterbury Tales
The Franklin
The Body
Monsignor
Brocéliande
Brennos
Gwendoline
Shirko
Hamlet
Reynaldo
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Member of the French Team
Empire of the Wolves
Kudseyi
The Assassination Bureau
Baron Muntzof
The Hunchback
Father Michel
The Scarlet and the Black
Count Langenthal
Anne of the Thousand Days
Mendoza
An American Haunting
Elder #1
Darling
Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited)
Nicholas and Alexandra
Dr. Lazovert
Jude
Curator
Caravaggio
Art Lover
Catherine the Great
Naryshkin
The Invisible Boy
Artiglio
The Krays
Teacher
Hilary and Jackie
Professor Bentley
March or Die
Mean Corporal
Zarafa
Le vieux sage (voice)
Operation: Daybreak
Pyotr
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
Mata Hari
Prosecutor
Jefferson in Paris
King's Translator
Evilenko
Bagdasarov
Scent of a Woman
Don Carlo (uncredited)
Playing with Fire
A messenger
The Ogre
Lawyer
The Marseille Contract
Lazar
That Night of Varennes
Judge at the confiscation
The Hour of the Pig
Apothecary
David Copperfield
Quinion
Meridian
Priest
Darling Lili
Otto Kraus
Pascali's Island
Pariente
Surviving Picasso
Diaghilev
The Married Couple of the Year Two
le pasteur
Maigret
Gannett
Killing Jesus
Isaiah
Joseph Andrews
Fop Two
Lovers Like Us
Coleman
Enigma
Minister
Condorman
Russian Agent
Much Ado About Nothing
Don John
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Italian Doctor
Mary, Queen of Scots
Duc De Guise
Sharpe's Sword
Don Felipe
Beach Head
N.G. Waldron
Baby Love
Man in Cinema
The Red Siren
Vitali
Le Prof
Patte Folle
Splendor
1989
Horsehead
George
The Horsemen
Zam Hajji
The Beast in the Cellar
Newsmith
Nutcracker
Markovitch
Vincent and Me
Dr Winkler
Let Him Have It
Clerk of Court
Thank You, Doctor Rey
François
India Song
Georges Crawn
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Doctor Webber
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Lamberti
Jinnah
Lord Willingdon
Natalia
Alfred Grabner
Frankenstein
Chancellor
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Fellgiebel
Rumpole of the Bailey
Magnus Piecan
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
Padre
An Englishman Abroad
Guildenstern
The World of George Orwell: 1984
Goldstein
Vigo
Papa Lozinska
Catacombs
Brother Timothy
30 Years to Life
Sandler
Them
Brisbane
The First Circle
Riyumin
The Haunting of Margam Castle
Enos
Le Beau Monde
Pablo
The Passage
Vieil homme
Cat and Mouse
Germain's accomplice
Revelation
Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau
Le fils de Paul
Duval
Venice/Venice
Alexander
L'Amour nu
John, le patron de Claire
Falling Through
Father
The Garden
Old Man at Sauna
St. Ives
Bonnefoy
Up the Front
Muller
Impossible Object
Private Investigator
Doctor Who: The War Games
Chief Scientist
Night Patrol
James
The Falklands Play
Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
Spanish Fly
Carl's Friend
Flight from Paradise
Merrill
Nijinsky
Sergei Grigoriev
Déjà Vu
Konstantine
Pontormo - Un amore eretico
Riccio
Testimony
Gargolovsky
French Without Tears
Monsieur Maingot
Festival in Cannes
Millie's Escort
Mademoiselle O
Rouka
Another Woman's Life
Dimitri Speranski
The Joy of Singing
Le lecteur du bar
L'hypothèse de la reine rouge
Sherlock Holmes
Troilus & Cressida
Agamemnon
Last In, First Out
Le réceptionniste
The Messiah
Samuel
The Sweet House of Horrors
The Exorcist
Romeo and Juliet
Apothecary
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
The Scientist (archive footage)
The Ice Princess
Chancellor
The Roads of Exile
Le peintre Ramsay
Far from Dallas
1972
The Achurch Letters
Eugene
The Hostage of Europe
Hudson Lowe
The Wonderland Experience
Vincent
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
Cleisthenes
Sredni Vashtar
Dr. Russell
The Debussy Film
The Actor
Sweetheart
Thurson
Burning Casablanca
Corny
Seven Lucky Gods
Lawrence
The House that Mary Bought
1995
Question of Love
Peter
Mon Ami Washington
1984
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Art Gallery Lecturer
An Echo of Theresa
Bannerheim
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat
Reinders
Obiettivo indiscreto
Primo editore
Godforsaken
The Surgeon
Changing Climates, Changing Times
Lucas
Courts mais Gay : Tome 12
Anthony
San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
Un tueur russe
Le due croci
Bischof de Jong
TV Shows (88)
Play for Today
1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Simeon Lee · 1 eps
The Avengers
Spencer · 2 eps
The Avengers
Stenson · 1 eps
Doctor Who
Scientist · 3 eps
The Witcher
Older Elf · 1 eps
Highlander: The Series
Carlo Luchesi · 1 eps
Highlander: The Series
Hamad · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Monsieur Maingot · 1 eps
Sherlock Holmes
Mendelstam · 1 eps
The Saint
Vogel · 1 eps
Crown Court
John Maitland-Wilson · 3 eps
The Name of the Game
Dedushko · 1 eps
Relic Hunter
Anthony Cureton · 1 eps
The Odyssey
Aegyptius · 2 eps
The Borgias
Cardinal Versucci · 18 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Carpenter · 1 eps
Rumpole of the Bailey
Edward Gandolphini · 1 eps
Playhouse
Eugene · 1 eps
Blake's 7
The Chairman · 1 eps
Theatre 625
Priest · 1 eps
Theatre 625
Emmanuel Goldstein · 1 eps
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Mendelstam · 1 eps
The Sweeney
Harry Kretchmar · 1 eps
Churchill's People
De Reynes · 1 eps
The Gold
Matteo Constantino · 3 eps
Sharpe
Don Felipe · 1 eps
Father Ted
Old Nazi · 1 eps
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
Anatole Deschanel · 1 eps
The Champions
Manager · 2 eps
The Durrells
Mr. Kralefsky · 3 eps
War and Remembrance
Henri Bulle · 1 eps
As Time Goes By
Dr. Stoker · 1 eps
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Molbech · 1 eps
The Protectors
Joe Flynn · 1 eps
Out of the Unknown
N.G. Waldron · 1 eps
Largo Winch
Maurice de Beliveau · 1 eps
Largo Winch
4 eps
Dixon of Dock Green
Counsel for Defence · 1 eps
Police Commissioner Moulin
Astman · 1 eps
New Scotland Yard
Jacob Harmann · 1 eps
Merlin
1st Physician · 2 eps
Van der Valk
Sebastian Jonge · 1 eps
Crossbow
1 eps
The Romanoffs
M. Audran · 1 eps
Highlander: The Raven
Count Van Der Meer · 1 eps
Dramarama
Mr. Rolyat · 1 eps
Espionage
Captain of Police · 1 eps
Emerald City
High Born Man · 2 eps
Fall of Eagles
Count Stookau · 1 eps
Holocaust
Karp · 2 eps
Fortunes of War
Prince Hadjimoscos · 3 eps
Masada
Chief Priest · 4 eps
Marco Polo
Pietro De Abano · 2 eps
Dickens of London
Legal Gentleman · 1 eps
If Tomorrow Comes
Boris Melnikov · 1 eps
Ace of Wands
Sandor Zandar · 4 eps
Father Brown
Simon Vesty · 1 eps
A.D.
Flavius Sabinus · 5 eps
Ike
Gen. Charles DeGaulle · 2 eps
Tender Is the Night
Luis Campion · 1 eps
David Copperfield
Quinion · 2 eps
Mystery and Imagination
Dr Lutz · 1 eps
1990
1 eps
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1 eps
The Scales of Justice
Mr. Strang · 1 eps
Peter and Paul
High Priest of Herod · 2 eps
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
Msgr. de Gondy · 6 eps
The Edwardians
Benjamin Disraeli · 1 eps
Mazarin
Pimentel · 2 eps
The Protectors
Cherni · 1 eps
La Légende des 3 clefs
The anthropologist Gilles Clément · 3 eps
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Jules Glaenzer · 6 eps
Private Schulz
Sturmer · 1 eps
The Three Musketeers
Commissary · 2 eps
The Strauss Dynasty
Hirsch · 1 eps
Michael Strogoff
Blount · 4 eps
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Sebastiani · 4 eps
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
Cleisthenes · 3 eps
Cartesius
Astronomo Ciprus · 2 eps
Apparitions
1 eps
Surviving Disaster
1 eps
L'Homme de Suez
Konya, Turkish Colonel, spy in the service of the English · 1 eps
The Count of Monte Cristo
Prison Inspector · 1 eps
Martin Chuzzlewit
3 eps
À vous de jouer Milord
N° 2 · 6 eps
Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus
Dr. Canard · 1 eps
Morenga
Lohmann · 3 eps
