Vernon Dobtcheff

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Vernon Dobtcheff (born August 14, 1934) is an Anglo-French actor.

Dobtcheff was born in Nîmes, France to a family of Russian descent. [ [http://www.cineman.ch/fr/entertainfo/vernon-dobtcheff.html Entertainfo - Vernon Dobtcheff ] ] He attended Ascham Preparatory School in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, in the 1940's, 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.

Filmography

*"The Taming of the Shrew" (1967) - Pedant
*"Baby Love" (1968) - Man In Cinema
*"Anne of the Thousand Days" (1969) - Mendoza
*"The Assassination Bureau" (1969) - Baron Muntzof
*"Them" (1970) - Brisbane
*"Darling Lili" (1970) - Kraus
*"Nicholas and Alexandra" (1971) - Dr. Lazovert
*"Fiddler on the Roof" (1971) - Russian Official
*"The Horsemen" (1971) - Zam Hajji
*"Les mariés de l'an II" (1971) - Le pasteur
*"Mary, Queen of Scots" (1971) - Duc François de Guise
*"The Canterbury Tales" (1972) - The Manager
*"Revolt of the City" (1973)
*"The Day of the Jackal" (1973) - The Interrogator
*"Murder on the Orient Express" (1974) - Concierge
*"Operation Daybreak" (1975) - Pyotr
*"Le Sauvage" (1975) - Coleman
*"Playing with Fire" (1975) - Un messager
*"India Song" (1975) - George Crown
*"Galileo" (1975) - First Secretary
*"Il Messia" (1976) - Samuele
*"March or Die" (1977) - Mean corporal
*"The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) - Max Kalba
*"Joseph Andrews" (1977) - Fop Two
*"Little Girl in Blue Velvet" (1978) - Lamberti
*"Nijinsky" (1980) - Sergei Grigoriev
*"L'Amour nu" (1981) - John, le patron de Claire
*"San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça" (1981) - Actor
*"La nuit de Varennes" (1982) - Le juge saisie
*"Nutcracker" (1982) - Markovitch
*"Enigma" (1983) - Actor
*"The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak" (1984) - Actor
*"Ronde de nuit" (1984) - Le majordome
*"My Friend Washington" (1984) - Actor
*"Mata Hari" (1985) - Prosecutor
*"The Name of the Rose" (1986) - Hugh of Newcastle
*"Je hais les acteurs" (1986) - Fritz Kesselberger
*"Caravagio"(1986) - Art Lover
*"Maschenka" (1987) - Yasha
*"Testimony" (1988) - Gargolovsky
*"Madame Sousatzka" (1988) - Music Critic
*"Pascali's Island" (1988) - Pariente
*"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989) - Butler
*"Splendor" (1989) - Don Arno
*"Natalia" (1989) - Alfred Grabner
*"Vincent and Me" (1990) - Dr. Winkler
*"Hamlet" (1990) - Reynaldo
*"The Garden" (1990) - Actor
*"The Krays" (1990) - Teacher
*"Near Mrs." (1990) - Ivan, Paris KGB Chief
*"Let Him Have It" (1991) - Clerk of Court
*"Toutes peines confondues" (1992) - Thurston
*"The Hour of the Pig" (1993) - Apothecary
*"M. Butterfly" (1993) - Agent Etancelin
*"Jefferson in Paris" (1995) - King's Translator
*"England, My England" (1995) - Dr. Spratt
*"Agatha Christie's Poirot" - "Hercule Poirot's Christmas" (1995) - Simeon Lee
*"The Ogre" (1996) - Lawyer
*"Jude" (1996) - Curator
*"Surviving Picasso" (1996) - Diaghilev
*"Déja vu" (1997) - Konstantine
*"Anna Karenina" (1997) - Pestov
*"Hilary and Jackie" (1998) - Professor Bentley
*"Vigo" (1998) - Papa Lozinska
*"Dreaming of Joseph Lees" (1999) - Italian Doctor
*"Festival in Cannes" (2001) - Millie's Escort
*"The Body" (2001) - Monsignor
*"Merci Docteur Rey" (2002) - François
*"Before Sunset" (2004) - Bookstore Manager
*"Iznogoud" (2005) - Kitussé
*"" (2005) - Brabantio
*"Hors des Prix"(2006) - Jacques

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External links

*imdb name|name=Vernon Dobtcheff|id=0229943