Acting
Vernon Dobtcheff
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
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
Film · 2024
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
Film · 2024
The Gold
Series · 2023
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Film · 2022
Burning Casablanca
Film · 2021
The Haunting of Margam Castle
Film · 2020
The Witcher
Series · 2019
The Violet Hour
Film · 2018
L'hypothèse de la reine rouge
Film · 2018
The Romanoffs
Series · 2018
The Man with the Iron Heart
Film · 2017
Emerald City
Series · 2017
The Durrells
Series · 2016
Killing Jesus
Film · 2015
Horsehead
Film · 2014
Seven Lucky Gods
Film · 2014
The Invisible Boy
Film · 2014
The Great Beauty
Film · 2013
Zarafa
Film · 2012
Another Woman's Life
Film · 2012
The Passage
Film · 2011
The Borgias
Series · 2011
Undisputed III: Redemption
Film · 2010
Godforsaken
Film · 2010
Changing Climates, Changing Times
Film · 2009
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
Series · 2009
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Film · 2008
The Joy of Singing
Film · 2008
Accordez-moi
Film · 2008
Apparitions
Series · 2008
La Légende des 3 clefs
Series · 2007
Priceless
Film · 2006
Courts mais Gay : Tome 12
Film · 2006
For the Time Being
Film · 2006
Surviving Disaster
Series · 2006
An American Haunting
Film · 2005
Empire of the Wolves
Film · 2005
Before Sunset
Film · 2004
Evilenko
Film · 2004
Pontormo - Un amore eretico
Film · 2004
Brocéliande
Film · 2003
Thank You, Doctor Rey
Film · 2003
The Red Siren
Film · 2002
The Falklands Play
Film · 2002
The Body
Film · 2001
The Order
Film · 2001
Revelation
Film · 2001
Festival in Cannes
Film · 2001
David Copperfield
Film · 2001
Largo Winch
Series · 2001
Largo Winch
Series · 2001
Le Prof
Film · 2000
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
Film · 2000
Falling Through
Film · 2000
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
Series · 2000
David Copperfield
Series · 2000
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Film · 1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Film · 1999
Relic Hunter
Series · 1999
Hilary and Jackie
Film · 1998
St. Ives
Film · 1998
Spanish Fly
Film · 1998
30 Years to Life
Film · 1998
Déjà Vu
Film · 1998
Jinnah
Film · 1998
The Wonderland Experience
Film · 1998
Vigo
Film · 1998
Highlander: The Raven
Series · 1998
Merlin
Series · 1998
Anna Karenina
Film · 1997
The Hunchback
Film · 1997
The Odyssey
Series · 1997
Surviving Picasso
Film · 1996
Jude
Film · 1996
Catherine the Great
Film · 1996
The Ice Princess
Film · 1996
The Ogre
Film · 1996
Jefferson in Paris
Film · 1995
The House that Mary Bought
Film · 1995
Le fils de Paul
Film · 1995
Sharpe's Sword
Film · 1995
Father Ted
Series · 1995
Mademoiselle O
Film · 1994
M. Butterfly
Film · 1993
Frankenstein
Film · 1993
Temptation of Sainthood
Film · 1993
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Film · 1993
The Hour of the Pig
Film · 1993
Sharpe
Series · 1993
Obiettivo indiscreto
Film · 1992
Venice/Venice
Film · 1992
Sweetheart
Film · 1992
The First Circle
Film · 1992
As Time Goes By
Series · 1992
Highlander: The Series
Series · 1992
Highlander: The Series
Series · 1992
Let Him Have It
Film · 1991
The Strauss Dynasty
Series · 1991
Meridian
Film · 1990
Vincent and Me
Film · 1990
The Krays
Film · 1990
Hamlet
Film · 1990
Flight from Paradise
Film · 1990
The Garden
Film · 1990
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Film · 1990
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Film · 1989
The Sweet House of Horrors
Film · 1989
The Hostage of Europe
Film · 1989
Natalia
Film · 1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Film · 1989
Berlin-Jerusalem
Film · 1989
Splendor
Film · 1989
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Series · 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Series · 1989
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
Series · 1989
Catacombs
Film · 1988
Maigret
Film · 1988
Testimony
Film · 1988
Pascali's Island
Film · 1988
Le due croci
Film · 1988
War and Remembrance
Series · 1988
Fortunes of War
Series · 1987
Crossbow
Series · 1987
Caravaggio
Film · 1986
The Name of the Rose
Film · 1986
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Series · 1986
If Tomorrow Comes
Series · 1986
Mata Hari
Film · 1985
A.D.
Series · 1985
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Series · 1985
Morenga
Series · 1985
Tender Is the Night
Series · 1985
Gwendoline
Film · 1984
Mon Ami Washington
Film · 1984
Night Patrol
Film · 1984
The Devil's Lieutenant
Film · 1984
Much Ado About Nothing
Film · 1984
Sherlock Holmes
Series · 1984
L'Homme de Suez
Series · 1984
An Englishman Abroad
Film · 1983
The Scarlet and the Black
Film · 1983
Dramarama
Series · 1983
Enigma
Film · 1982
Nutcracker
Film · 1982
That Night of Varennes
Film · 1982
Marco Polo
Series · 1982
Condorman
Film · 1981
Troilus & Cressida
Film · 1981
L'Amour nu
Film · 1981
Sredni Vashtar
Film · 1981
San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
Film · 1981
Le Beau Monde
Film · 1981
Goldene Zeiten - Bittere Zeiten
Series · 1981
Peter and Paul
Series · 1981
Masada
Series · 1981
Private Schulz
Series · 1981
Nijinsky
Film · 1980
Ike
Film · 1979
Ike
Series · 1979
Turning Year Tales
Series · 1979
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Film · 1978
The Roads of Exile
Film · 1978
Question of Love
Film · 1978
Romeo and Juliet
Film · 1978
Last In, First Out
Film · 1978
Blake's 7
Series · 1978
Holocaust
Series · 1978
Mazarin
Series · 1978
The Spy Who Loved Me
Film · 1977
March or Die
Film · 1977
Joseph Andrews
Film · 1977
The Achurch Letters
Film · 1977
1990
Series · 1977
French Without Tears
Film · 1976
Police Commissioner Moulin
Series · 1976
Dickens of London
Series · 1976
Killers
Series · 1976
The Messiah
Film · 1975
Lovers Like Us
Film · 1975
Cat and Mouse
Film · 1975
India Song
Film · 1975
Playing with Fire
Film · 1975
Operation: Daybreak
Film · 1975
Rumpole of the Bailey
Film · 1975
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat
Film · 1975
The Secret Agent
Film · 1975
The Sweeney
Series · 1975
Rumpole of the Bailey
Series · 1975
Michael Strogoff
Series · 1975
Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus
Series · 1975
Murder on the Orient Express
Film · 1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
Film · 1974
Scent of a Woman
Film · 1974
The Marseille Contract
Film · 1974
Fall of Eagles
Series · 1974
À vous de jouer Milord
Series · 1974
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Churchill's People
Series · 1974
Cartesius
Series · 1974
Father Brown
Series · 1974
Impossible Object
Film · 1973
An Echo of Theresa
Film · 1973
The Day of the Jackal
Film · 1973
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Series · 1973
Nobody Is Norman Wisdom
Series · 1973
The Canterbury Tales
Film · 1972
Far from Dallas
Film · 1972
Up the Front
Film · 1972
The Protectors
Series · 1972
Van der Valk
Series · 1972
Crown Court
Series · 1972
The Edwardians
Series · 1972
New Scotland Yard
Series · 1972
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Film · 1971
Mary, Queen of Scots
Film · 1971
Fiddler on the Roof
Film · 1971
The Horsemen
Film · 1971
The Beast in the Cellar
Film · 1971
Nicholas and Alexandra
Film · 1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Series · 1971
Them
Film · 1970
Darling Lili
Film · 1970
Codename
Series · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Ace of Wands
Series · 1970
Anne of the Thousand Days
Film · 1969
The Assassination Bureau
Film · 1969
Doctor Who: The War Games
Film · 1969
Baby Love
Film · 1969
Beach Head
Film · 1969
A Dandy in Aspic
Film · 1968
The Champions
Series · 1968
The Name of the Game
Series · 1968
The Taming of the Shrew
Film · 1967
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
Series · 1967
Breaking Point
Series · 1966
The Three Musketeers
Series · 1966
Mystery and Imagination
Series · 1966
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Film · 1965
The Debussy Film
Film · 1965
Darling
Film · 1965
The World of George Orwell: 1984
Film · 1965
Out of the Unknown
Series · 1965
The Mask of Janus
Series · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
The World of Wooster
Series · 1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Series · 1965
The Life of Galileo
Film · 1964
Martin Chuzzlewit
Series · 1964
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
The Protectors
Series · 1964
The Count of Monte Cristo
Series · 1964
Doctor Who
Series · 1963
Festival
Series · 1963
Espionage
Series · 1963
The Scales of Justice
Series · 1962
The Saint
Series · 1962
The Avengers
Series · 1961
The Avengers
Series · 1961
Dixon of Dock Green
Series · 1955
Parlez-nous de l'Amour
Film