Vernon Dobtcheff

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

244

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

  • The Witcher

    The Witcher

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • Highlander: The Series

    Highlander: The Series

  • Highlander: The Series

    Highlander: The Series

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Relic Hunter

    Relic Hunter

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Rumpole of the Bailey

    Rumpole of the Bailey

  • Undisputed III: Redemption

    Undisputed III: Redemption

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Before Sunset

    Before Sunset

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • The Borgias

    The Borgias

  • The Borgias

    The Borgias

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

  • The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

    The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

  • India Song

    India Song

  • The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

  • Meridian

    Meridian

  • The Ice Princess

    The Ice Princess

  • Killing Jesus

    Killing Jesus

  • Blake's 7

    Blake's 7

  • The Gold

    The Gold

  • The Day of the Jackal

    The Day of the Jackal

  • The Spy Who Loved Me

    The Spy Who Loved Me

  • Van der Valk

    Van der Valk

  • The Champions

    The Champions

  • The Durrells

    The Durrells

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • Police Commissioner Moulin

    Police Commissioner Moulin

  • Venice/Venice

    Venice/Venice

  • Spanish Fly

    Spanish Fly

  • Zarafa

    Zarafa

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green

  • Merlin

    Merlin

  • Surviving Picasso

    Surviving Picasso

  • As Time Goes By

    As Time Goes By

  • The Messiah

    The Messiah

  • Caravaggio

    Caravaggio

  • Catacombs

    Catacombs

  • Condorman

    Condorman

  • Testimony

    Testimony

  • The Body

    The Body

  • Revelation

    Revelation

  • Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

  • Obiettivo indiscreto

    Obiettivo indiscreto

  • Fiddler on the Roof

    Fiddler on the Roof

  • Horsehead

    Horsehead

  • The Name of the Rose

    The Name of the Rose

  • M. Butterfly

    M. Butterfly

  • Emerald City

    Emerald City

  • The Order

    The Order

  • The Protectors

    The Protectors

  • The Man with the Iron Heart

    The Man with the Iron Heart

  • Evilenko

    Evilenko

  • Splendor

    Splendor

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Baby Love

    Baby Love

  • Jinnah

    Jinnah

  • Troilus & Cressida

    Troilus & Cressida

  • Vigo

    Vigo

  • The Krays

    The Krays

  • Ike

    Ike

  • The Romanoffs

    The Romanoffs

  • Falling Through

    Falling Through

  • The Invisible Boy

    The Invisible Boy

  • Playing with Fire

    Playing with Fire

  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

  • Darling

    Darling

  • Cartesius

    Cartesius

  • Father Ted

    Father Ted

  • Them

    Them

  • The Horsemen

    The Horsemen

  • The Hunchback

    The Hunchback

  • Festival

    Festival

  • Déjà Vu

    Déjà Vu

  • Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

    Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

  • Dramarama

    Dramarama

  • Mata Hari

    Mata Hari

  • The Ogre

    The Ogre

  • Largo Winch

    Largo Winch

  • Largo Winch

    Largo Winch

  • The Garden

    The Garden

  • Marco Polo

    Marco Polo

  • Enigma

    Enigma

  • Holocaust

    Holocaust

  • Jude

    Jude

  • Nijinsky

    Nijinsky

  • Highlander: The Raven

    Highlander: The Raven

  • March or Die

    March or Die

  • Sredni Vashtar

    Sredni Vashtar

  • Nutcracker

    Nutcracker

  • Masada

    Masada

  • The Married Couple of the Year Two

    The Married Couple of the Year Two

  • Tender Is the Night

    Tender Is the Night

  • Brocéliande

    Brocéliande

  • Empire of the Wolves

    Empire of the Wolves

  • The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew

  • Fall of Eagles

    Fall of Eagles

  • Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

    Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

  • Churchill's People

    Churchill's People

  • Maigret

    Maigret

  • The Assassination Bureau

    The Assassination Bureau

  • The Scarlet and the Black

    The Scarlet and the Black

  • The Edwardians

    The Edwardians

  • The Night of Varennes

    The Night of Varennes

  • 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

  • Another Woman's Life

    Another Woman's Life

  • Lillie

    Lillie

  • Burning Casablanca

    Burning Casablanca

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

    Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

  • Ace of Wands

    Ace of Wands

  • Out of the Unknown

    Out of the Unknown

  • The Great Beauty

    The Great Beauty

  • Nicholas and Alexandra

    Nicholas and Alexandra

  • Pascali's Island

    Pascali's Island

  • A.D.

    A.D.

  • Let Him Have It

    Let Him Have It

  • Jefferson in Paris

    Jefferson in Paris

  • The Haunting of Margam Castle

    The Haunting of Margam Castle

  • Gwendoline

    Gwendoline

  • Impossible Object

    Impossible Object

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • Le due croci

    Le due croci

  • The World of Wooster

    The World of Wooster

  • Dreaming of Joseph Lees

    Dreaming of Joseph Lees

  • Mary, Queen of Scots

    Mary, Queen of Scots

  • Vincent and me

    Vincent and me

  • Hilary and Jackie

    Hilary and Jackie

  • Apparitions

    Apparitions

  • Anne of the Thousand Days

    Anne of the Thousand Days

  • Mystery and Imagination

    Mystery and Imagination

  • Sweetheart

    Sweetheart

  • 30 Years to Life

    30 Years to Life

  • The Life of Galileo

    The Life of Galileo

  • Little Girl in Blue Velvet

    Little Girl in Blue Velvet

  • An Englishman Abroad

    An Englishman Abroad

  • Seven Lucky Gods

    Seven Lucky Gods

  • The Beast in the Cellar

    The Beast in the Cellar

  • The Devil's Lieutenant

    The Devil's Lieutenant

  • Last In, First Out

    Last In, First Out

  • The Mask of Janus

    The Mask of Janus

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • Far from Dallas

    Far from Dallas

  • The Hostage of Europe

    The Hostage of Europe

  • The Hour of the Pig

    The Hour of the Pig

  • The Marseille Contract

    The Marseille Contract

  • A Dandy in Aspic

    A Dandy in Aspic

  • Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

    Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

  • The Canterbury Tales

    The Canterbury Tales

  • Godforsaken

    Godforsaken

  • Ike

    Ike

  • The Scales of Justice

    The Scales of Justice

  • 1990

    1990

  • Mussolini: The Untold Story

    Mussolini: The Untold Story

  • Catherine the Great

    Catherine the Great

  • An Echo of Theresa

    An Echo of Theresa

  • Priceless

    Priceless

  • Codename

    Codename

  • Michael Strogoff

    Michael Strogoff

  • The Red Siren

    The Red Siren

  • The First Circle

    The First Circle

  • The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

  • Berlin-Jerusalem

    Berlin-Jerusalem

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

  • Peter and Paul

    Peter and Paul

  • Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

    Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

  • Le Beau Monde

    Le Beau Monde

  • An American Haunting

    An American Haunting

  • The Wonderland Experience

    The Wonderland Experience

  • Pontormo - Un amore eretico

    Pontormo - Un amore eretico

  • Soft Beds, Hard Battles

    Soft Beds, Hard Battles

  • Fortunes of War

    Fortunes of War

  • Scent of a Woman

    Scent of a Woman

  • The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

    The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

  • Dickens of London

    Dickens of London

  • Up the Front

    Up the Front

  • Doctor Who: The War Games

    Doctor Who: The War Games

  • The House that Mary Bought

    The House that Mary Bought

  • The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

  • The Venturers

    The Venturers

  • The Achurch Letters

    The Achurch Letters

  • Surviving Disaster

    Surviving Disaster

  • Question of Love

    Question of Love

  • Lovers Like Us

    Lovers Like Us

  • The Falklands Play

    The Falklands Play

  • The Roads of Exile

    The Roads of Exile

  • Natalia

    Natalia

  • Flight from Paradise

    Flight from Paradise

  • Thank You, Doctor Rey

    Thank You, Doctor Rey

  • Goldene Zeiten - Bittere Zeiten

    Goldene Zeiten - Bittere Zeiten

  • Alec Guinness: A Class Act

    Alec Guinness: A Class Act

  • Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

    Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

  • The Strauss Dynasty

    The Strauss Dynasty

  • Van der Valk and the Scapegoat

    Van der Valk and the Scapegoat

  • Operation: Daybreak

    Operation: Daybreak

  • San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça

    San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça

  • The Joy of Singing

    The Joy of Singing

  • L'Homme de Suez

    L'Homme de Suez

  • The Further Adventures of the Musketeers

    The Further Adventures of the Musketeers

  • The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

    The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

  • Private Schulz

    Private Schulz

  • L'Amour nu

    L'Amour nu

  • The Debussy Film

    The Debussy Film

  • Rumpole of the Bailey

    Rumpole of the Bailey

  • La Légende des 3 clefs

    La Légende des 3 clefs

  • Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus

    Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus

  • Morenga

    Morenga

  • Joseph Andrews

    Joseph Andrews

  • Night Patrol

    Night Patrol

  • Festival in Cannes

    Festival in Cannes

  • Le Prof

    Le Prof

  • Breaking Point

    Breaking Point

  • Le fils de Paul

    Le fils de Paul

  • David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

  • The Sweet House of Horrors

    The Sweet House of Horrors

  • À vous de jouer Milord

    À vous de jouer Milord

  • Martin Chuzzlewit

    Martin Chuzzlewit

  • Courts mais Gay : Tome 12

    Courts mais Gay : Tome 12

  • Cat and Mouse

    Cat and Mouse

  • Changing Climates, Changing Times

    Changing Climates, Changing Times

  • St. Ives

    St. Ives

  • The World of George Orwell: 1984

    The World of George Orwell: 1984

  • The Passage

    The Passage

  • Mademoiselle O

    Mademoiselle O

  • Mon Ami Washington

    Mon Ami Washington

  • The Secret Agent

    The Secret Agent

  • Nobody Is Norman Wisdom

    Nobody Is Norman Wisdom

  • Beach Head

    Beach Head

  • Temptation of Sainthood

    Temptation of Sainthood

  • French Without Tears

    French Without Tears

  • The Violet Hour

    The Violet Hour

  • For the Time Being

    For the Time Being

  • L'hypothèse de la reine rouge

    L'hypothèse de la reine rouge

  • Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher

    Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher