Vernon Dobtcheff

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.

Filmografi

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade1989 · ButlerThe Name of the Rose1986 · Hugh of NewcastleThe Spy Who Loved Me1977 · Max KalbaMurder on the Orient Express1974 · ConciergeAnna Karenina1997 · PestovUndisputed III: Redemption2010 · RezoBefore Sunset2004 · Bookstore ManagerThe Great Beauty2013 · ArturoZarafa2012 · Le vieux sage (voice)Gwendoline1984 · ShirkoThe Day of the Jackal1973 · InterrogatorFiddler on the Roof1971 · Russian OfficialThe Order2001 · OscarThe Man with the Iron Heart2017 · Emile HachaThe Hunchback1997 · Father MichelNatalia1989 · Alfred GrabnerEmpire of the Wolves2005 · KudseyiBrocéliande2003 · BrennosPriceless2006 · JacquesAn American Haunting2005 · Elder #1Le Prof2000 · Patte FolleThem1970 · BrisbaneMaigret1988 · GannettThose Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes1965 · Member of the French Team