Vernon Dobtcheff

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

245

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-08-14 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Nimes, France

Vernon Dobtcheff

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.

Known For

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • The Witcher

    The Witcher

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Highlander: The Series

    Highlander: The Series

  • Highlander: The Series

    Highlander: The Series

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Relic Hunter

    Relic Hunter

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

  • Meridian

    Meridian

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • Caravaggio

    Caravaggio

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

  • The Hostage of Europe

    The Hostage of Europe

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • The Gold

    The Gold

  • The Borgias

    The Borgias

  • The Borgias

    The Borgias

  • Zarafa

    Zarafa

  • Cartesius

    Cartesius

  • Van der Valk

    Van der Valk

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • March or Die

    March or Die

  • The Ogre

    The Ogre

  • Blake's 7

    Blake's 7

  • Pascali's Island

    Pascali's Island

  • The Durrells

    The Durrells

  • M. Butterfly

    M. Butterfly

  • The Hunchback

    The Hunchback

  • The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

    The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

  • Rumpole of the Bailey

    Rumpole of the Bailey

  • The Order

    The Order

  • The Assassination Bureau

    The Assassination Bureau

  • Merlin

    Merlin

  • Enigma

    Enigma

  • Baby Love

    Baby Love

  • Them

    Them

  • Undisputed III: Redemption

    Undisputed III: Redemption

  • Darling

    Darling

  • Police Commissioner Moulin

    Police Commissioner Moulin

  • The Champions

    The Champions

  • Condorman

    Condorman

  • Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

    Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

  • The Spy Who Loved Me

    The Spy Who Loved Me

  • The Scales of Justice

    The Scales of Justice

  • Evilenko

    Evilenko

  • Nutcracker

    Nutcracker

  • As Time Goes By

    As Time Goes By

  • Festival

    Festival

  • Vigo

    Vigo

  • Hilary and Jackie

    Hilary and Jackie

  • Jinnah

    Jinnah

  • Thank You, Doctor Rey

    Thank You, Doctor Rey

  • The Invisible Boy

    The Invisible Boy

  • Horsehead

    Horsehead

  • Revelation

    Revelation

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Empire of the Wolves

    Empire of the Wolves

  • The Name of the Rose

    The Name of the Rose

  • The Body

    The Body

  • An American Haunting

    An American Haunting

  • Holocaust

    Holocaust

  • Scent of a Woman

    Scent of a Woman

  • The Romanoffs

    The Romanoffs

  • The Protectors

    The Protectors

  • Emerald City

    Emerald City

  • The Achurch Letters

    The Achurch Letters

  • Nijinsky

    Nijinsky

  • Before Sunset

    Before Sunset

  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

  • The Day of the Jackal

    The Day of the Jackal

  • Godforsaken

    Godforsaken

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

  • Father Ted

    Father Ted

  • Priceless

    Priceless

  • The House that Mary Bought

    The House that Mary Bought

  • Maigret

    Maigret

  • Crossbow

    Crossbow

  • Highlander: The Raven

    Highlander: The Raven

  • Déjà Vu

    Déjà Vu

  • Marco Polo

    Marco Polo

  • Michael Strogoff

    Michael Strogoff

  • L'Amour nu

    L'Amour nu

  • Mystery and Imagination

    Mystery and Imagination

  • Little Girl in Blue Velvet

    Little Girl in Blue Velvet

  • Largo Winch

    Largo Winch

  • Largo Winch

    Largo Winch

  • Fall of Eagles

    Fall of Eagles

  • Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green

  • Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

  • Ike

    Ike

  • The Red Siren

    The Red Siren

  • The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

    The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

  • Out of the Unknown

    Out of the Unknown

  • Soft Beds, Hard Battles

    Soft Beds, Hard Battles

  • Masada

    Masada

  • Ace of Wands

    Ace of Wands

  • Brocéliande

    Brocéliande

  • The Great Beauty

    The Great Beauty

  • Tender Is the Night

    Tender Is the Night

  • The Mask of Janus

    The Mask of Janus

  • A.D.

    A.D.

  • Mata Hari

    Mata Hari

  • Gwendoline

    Gwendoline

  • The Edwardians

    The Edwardians

  • The Man with the Iron Heart

    The Man with the Iron Heart

  • Le Beau Monde

    Le Beau Monde

  • La Légende des 3 clefs

    La Légende des 3 clefs

  • Pontormo - Un amore eretico

    Pontormo - Un amore eretico

  • Sweetheart

    Sweetheart

  • Spanish Fly

    Spanish Fly

  • Fiddler on the Roof

    Fiddler on the Roof

  • Churchill's People

    Churchill's People

  • Mussolini: The Untold Story

    Mussolini: The Untold Story

  • Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

    Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

  • Splendor

    Splendor

  • Dramarama

    Dramarama

  • Let Him Have It

    Let Him Have It

  • The Further Adventures of the Musketeers

    The Further Adventures of the Musketeers

  • The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • Jude

    Jude

  • Troilus & Cressida

    Troilus & Cressida

  • Apparitions

    Apparitions

  • Dickens of London

    Dickens of London

  • Fortunes of War

    Fortunes of War

  • Natalia

    Natalia

  • Peter and Paul

    Peter and Paul

  • 1990

    1990

  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

    Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

  • Rumpole of the Bailey

    Rumpole of the Bailey

  • Testimony

    Testimony

  • The Strauss Dynasty

    The Strauss Dynasty

  • Mon Ami Washington

    Mon Ami Washington

  • Nicholas and Alexandra

    Nicholas and Alexandra

  • Anne of the Thousand Days

    Anne of the Thousand Days

  • Surviving Picasso

    Surviving Picasso

  • The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

  • Codename

    Codename

  • L'Homme de Suez

    L'Homme de Suez

  • The Canterbury Tales

    The Canterbury Tales

  • The Krays

    The Krays

  • Vincent and me

    Vincent and me

  • Night Patrol

    Night Patrol

  • The World of Wooster

    The World of Wooster

  • The Scarlet and the Black

    The Scarlet and the Black

  • The Hour of the Pig

    The Hour of the Pig

  • Private Schulz

    Private Schulz

  • Le Prof

    Le Prof

  • The Night of Varennes

    The Night of Varennes

  • Catherine the Great

    Catherine the Great

  • Killing Jesus

    Killing Jesus

  • Another Woman's Life

    Another Woman's Life

  • Breaking Point

    Breaking Point

  • The Married Couple of the Year Two

    The Married Couple of the Year Two

  • Surviving Disaster

    Surviving Disaster

  • Operation: Daybreak

    Operation: Daybreak

  • Mary, Queen of Scots

    Mary, Queen of Scots

  • Jefferson in Paris

    Jefferson in Paris

  • The Passage

    The Passage

  • Lovers Like Us

    Lovers Like Us

  • Playing with Fire

    Playing with Fire

  • The Marseille Contract

    The Marseille Contract

  • Morenga

    Morenga

  • The Messiah

    The Messiah

  • Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

    Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

  • À vous de jouer Milord

    À vous de jouer Milord

  • Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

    Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

  • Nobody Is Norman Wisdom

    Nobody Is Norman Wisdom

  • Impossible Object

    Impossible Object

  • Goldene Zeiten - Bittere Zeiten

    Goldene Zeiten - Bittere Zeiten

  • India Song

    India Song

  • 30 Years to Life

    30 Years to Life

  • Doctor Who: The War Games

    Doctor Who: The War Games

  • A Dandy in Aspic

    A Dandy in Aspic

  • Dreaming of Joseph Lees

    Dreaming of Joseph Lees

  • Joseph Andrews

    Joseph Andrews

  • The Garden

    The Garden

  • Changing Climates, Changing Times

    Changing Climates, Changing Times

  • An Englishman Abroad

    An Englishman Abroad

  • The Plot to Kill Hitler

    The Plot to Kill Hitler

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • The First Circle

    The First Circle

  • St. Ives

    St. Ives

  • The Horsemen

    The Horsemen

  • Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus

    Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus

  • The Haunting of Margam Castle

    The Haunting of Margam Castle

  • Up the Front

    Up the Front

  • Falling Through

    Falling Through

  • The Falklands Play

    The Falklands Play

  • The Beast in the Cellar

    The Beast in the Cellar

  • The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

    The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

  • The Violet Hour

    The Violet Hour

  • Martin Chuzzlewit

    Martin Chuzzlewit

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

  • David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

  • Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

    Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

  • Ike

    Ike

  • Festival in Cannes

    Festival in Cannes

  • The Joy of Singing

    The Joy of Singing

  • The Sweet House of Horrors

    The Sweet House of Horrors

  • French Without Tears

    French Without Tears

  • Last In, First Out

    Last In, First Out

  • The Ice Princess

    The Ice Princess

  • Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

    Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

  • Catacombs

    Catacombs

  • Seven Lucky Gods

    Seven Lucky Gods

  • Le due croci

    Le due croci

  • Cat and Mouse

    Cat and Mouse

  • The Life of Galileo

    The Life of Galileo

  • Courts mais Gay : Tome 12

    Courts mais Gay : Tome 12

  • Obiettivo indiscreto

    Obiettivo indiscreto

  • The Debussy Film

    The Debussy Film

  • Venice/Venice

    Venice/Venice

  • The Secret Agent

    The Secret Agent

  • Burning Casablanca

    Burning Casablanca

  • The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

  • The World of George Orwell: 1984

    The World of George Orwell: 1984

  • For the Time Being

    For the Time Being

  • Question of Love

    Question of Love

  • Mademoiselle O

    Mademoiselle O

  • Flight from Paradise

    Flight from Paradise

  • Temptation of Sainthood

    Temptation of Sainthood

  • Alec Guinness: A Class Act

    Alec Guinness: A Class Act

  • Van der Valk and the Scapegoat

    Van der Valk and the Scapegoat

  • An Echo of Theresa

    An Echo of Theresa

  • Beach Head

    Beach Head

  • Le fils de Paul

    Le fils de Paul

  • Sredni Vashtar

    Sredni Vashtar

  • The Wonderland Experience

    The Wonderland Experience

  • The Devil's Lieutenant

    The Devil's Lieutenant

  • Berlin-Jerusalem

    Berlin-Jerusalem

  • The Roads of Exile

    The Roads of Exile

  • L'hypothèse de la reine rouge

    L'hypothèse de la reine rouge

  • San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça

    San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça

  • Far from Dallas

    Far from Dallas

  • Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher

    Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher

  • Parlez-nous de l'Amour

    Parlez-nous de l'Amour