Vernon Dobtcheff
Actor
Biography
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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.
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Filmography
Before Sunset
as Bookstore Manager 2004
The Great Beauty
as Arturo 2013
The Name of the Rose
as Hugh of Newcastle 1986
The Spy Who Loved Me
as Max Kalba 1977
Murder on the Orient Express
as Concierge 1974
Undisputed III: Redemption
as Rezo 2010
The Invisible Boy
as Artiglio 2014
The Man with the Iron Heart
as Emile Hacha 2017
Priceless
as Jacques 2006
The Day of the Jackal
as Interrogator 1973
Fiddler on the Roof
as Russian Official 1971
An American Haunting
as Elder #1 2005
Hamlet
as Reynaldo 1990
Empire of the Wolves
as Kudseyi 2005
The Order
as Oscar 2001
Scent of a Woman
as Don Carlo (uncredited) 1974