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Vernon Dobtcheff

14th August 1934 Nimes, France Acting

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.

162 Movies 85 TV Shows 247 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Zarafa poster
Zarafa 25th January 2012 as Le vieux sage (voice)
The Falklands Play poster
The Falklands Play 10th April 2002 as Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
Revelation poster
Revelation 12th April 2001 as Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau
Le Prof poster
Le Prof 12th April 2000 as Patte Folle
Jinnah poster
Jinnah 7th November 1998 as Lord Willingdon
Vigo poster
Vigo 14th September 1998 as Papa Lozinska
Jude poster
Jude 6th February 1996 as Curator
Hamlet poster
Hamlet 19th December 1990 as Reynaldo
Natalia poster
Natalia 12th April 1989 as Alfred Grabner
Enigma poster
Enigma 15th October 1982 as Minister
L'Amour nu poster
L'Amour nu 7th October 1981 as John, le patron de Claire
Nijinsky poster
Nijinsky 20th March 1980 as Sergei Grigoriev
Ike poster
Ike 3rd May 1979 as Gen. Charles DeGaulle
Them poster
Them 18th November 1970 as Brisbane
Darling poster
Darling 3rd August 1965 as Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited)
The Gold poster
The Gold 12th February 2023 as Matteo Constantino
Merlin poster
Merlin 26th April 1998 as 1st Physician
A.D. poster
A.D. 31st March 1985 as Flavius Sabinus
L'Homme de Suez poster
L'Homme de Suez 3rd May 1984 as Konya, Turkish Colonel, spy in the service of the English
Masada poster
Masada 5th April 1981 as Chief Priest
Ike poster
Ike 3rd May 1979 as Gen. Charles DeGaulle
1990 poster
1990 18th September 1977
Cartesius poster
Cartesius 21st February 1974 as Astronomo Ciprus