Vernon Dobtcheff
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
2024
as The Scientist (archive footage)
The Gold
2023
as Matteo Constantino
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
as Self
Burning Casablanca
2021
as Corny
The Haunting of Margam Castle
2020
as Enos
The Witcher
2019
as Older Elf
The Violet Hour
2018
as M. Audran
L'hypothèse de la reine rouge
2018
as Sherlock Holmes
The Romanoffs
2018
as M. Audran
The Man with the Iron Heart
2017
as Emile Hacha
Emerald City
2017
as High Born Man
The Durrells
2016
as Mr. Kralefsky
Killing Jesus
2015
as Isaiah
Horsehead
2014
as George
Seven Lucky Gods
2014
as Lawrence
The Invisible Boy
2014
as Artiglio
The Great Beauty
2013
as Arturo
Zarafa
2012
as Le vieux sage (voice)
Another Woman's Life
2012
as Dimitri Speranski
The Passage
2011
as Vieil homme
The Borgias
2011
as Cardinal Versucci
Undisputed III: Redemption
2010
as Rezo
Godforsaken
2010
as The Surgeon
Changing Climates, Changing Times
2009
as Lucas
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009
as Anatole Deschanel
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008
as Self
The Joy of Singing
2008
as Le lecteur du bar
Apparitions
2008
La Légende des 3 clefs
2007
as The anthropologist Gilles Clément
Priceless
2006
as Jacques
Courts mais Gay : Tome 12
2006
as Anthony
For the Time Being
2006
as Anthony
Surviving Disaster
2006
An American Haunting
2005
as Elder #1
Empire of the Wolves
2005
as Kudseyi
Before Sunset
2004
as Bookstore Manager
Evilenko
2004
as Bagdasarov
Pontormo - Un amore eretico
2004
as Riccio
Brocéliande
2003
as Brennos
Thank You, Doctor Rey
2003
as François
The Red Siren
2002
as Vitali
The Falklands Play
2002
as Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
The Body
2001
as Monsignor
The Order
2001
as Oscar
Revelation
2001
as Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau
Festival in Cannes
2001
as Millie's Escort
David Copperfield
2001
as Quinion
Largo Winch
2001
as Maurice de Beliveau
Largo Winch
2001
Le Prof
2000
as Patte Folle
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
2000
as Cleisthenes
Falling Through
2000
as Father
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
2000
as Cleisthenes
David Copperfield
2000
as Quinion
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
as Italian Doctor
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
as Art Gallery Lecturer
Relic Hunter
1999
as Anthony Cureton
Hilary and Jackie
1998
as Professor Bentley
St. Ives
1998
as Bonnefoy
Spanish Fly
1998
as Carl's Friend
30 Years to Life
1998
as Sandler
Déjà Vu
1998
as Konstantine
Jinnah
1998
as Lord Willingdon
The Wonderland Experience
1998
as Vincent
Vigo
1998
as Papa Lozinska
Highlander: The Raven
1998
as Count Van Der Meer
Merlin
1998
as 1st Physician
Anna Karenina
1997
as Pestov
The Hunchback
1997
as Father Michel
The Odyssey
1997
as Aegyptius
Surviving Picasso
1996
as Diaghilev
Jude
1996
as Curator
Catherine the Great
1996
as Naryshkin
The Ice Princess
1996
as Chancellor
The Ogre
1996
as Lawyer
Jefferson in Paris
1995
as King's Translator
The House that Mary Bought
1995
Le fils de Paul
1995
as Duval
Sharpe's Sword
1995
as Don Felipe
Father Ted
1995
as Old Nazi
Mademoiselle O
1994
as Rouka
M. Butterfly
1993
as Agent Etancelin
Frankenstein
1993
as Chancellor
Temptation of Sainthood
1993
as Freud
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
1993
as Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Apothecary
Sharpe
1993
as Don Felipe
Obiettivo indiscreto
1992
as Primo editore
Venice/Venice
1992
as Alexander
Sweetheart
1992
as Thurson
The First Circle
1992
as Riyumin
As Time Goes By
1992
as Dr. Stoker
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Carlo Luchesi
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Hamad
Let Him Have It
1991
as Clerk of Court
The Strauss Dynasty
1991
as Hirsch
Meridian
1990
as Priest
Vincent and Me
1990
as Dr Winkler
The Krays
1990
as Teacher
Hamlet
1990
as Reynaldo
Flight from Paradise
1990
as Merrill
The Garden
1990
as Old Man at Sauna
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990
as Fellgiebel
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as Butler
The Sweet House of Horrors
1989
as The Exorcist
The Hostage of Europe
1989
as Hudson Lowe
Natalia
1989
as Alfred Grabner
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Doctor Webber
Berlin-Jerusalem
1989
as Editor
Splendor
1989
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
as Jules Glaenzer
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Simeon Lee
Catacombs
1988
as Brother Timothy
Maigret
1988
as Gannett
Testimony
1988
as Gargolovsky
Pascali's Island
1988
as Pariente
Le due croci
1988
as Bischof de Jong
War and Remembrance
1988
as Henri Bulle
Fortunes of War
1987
as Prince Hadjimoscos
Crossbow
1987
Caravaggio
1986
as Art Lover
The Name of the Rose
1986
as Hugh of Newcastle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986
as Mendelstam
If Tomorrow Comes
1986
as Boris Melnikov
Mata Hari
1985
as Prosecutor
A.D.
1985
as Flavius Sabinus
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as Sebastiani
Morenga
1985
as Lohmann
Tender Is the Night
1985
as Luis Campion
Gwendoline
1984
as Shirko
Mon Ami Washington
1984
Night Patrol
1984
as James
The Devil's Lieutenant
1984
as Dr. Goldschmiedt
Much Ado About Nothing
1984
as Don John
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Mendelstam
L'Homme de Suez
1984
as Konya, Turkish Colonel, spy in the service of the English
An Englishman Abroad
1983
as Guildenstern
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Count Langenthal
Dramarama
1983
as Mr. Rolyat
Enigma
1982
as Minister
Nutcracker
1982
as Markovitch
That Night of Varennes
1982
as Judge at the confiscation
Marco Polo
1982
as Pietro De Abano
Condorman
1981
as Russian Agent
Troilus & Cressida
1981
as Agamemnon
L'Amour nu
1981
as John, le patron de Claire
Sredni Vashtar
1981
as Dr. Russell
San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
1981
as Un tueur russe
Le Beau Monde
1981
as Pablo
Goldene Zeiten - Bittere Zeiten
1981
as M. Bernard
Peter and Paul
1981
as High Priest of Herod
Masada
1981
as Chief Priest
Private Schulz
1981
as Sturmer
Nijinsky
1980
as Sergei Grigoriev
Ike
1979
as Gen. Charles DeGaulle
Ike
1979
as Gen. Charles DeGaulle
Turning Year Tales
1979
as Bailiff
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
1978
as Lamberti
The Roads of Exile
1978
as Le peintre Ramsay
Question of Love
1978
as Peter
Romeo and Juliet
1978
as Apothecary
Last In, First Out
1978
as Le réceptionniste
Blake's 7
1978
as The Chairman
Holocaust
1978
as Karp
Mazarin
1978
as Pimentel
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
as Max Kalba
March or Die
1977
as Mean Corporal
Joseph Andrews
1977
as Fop Two
The Achurch Letters
1977
as Eugene
1990
1977
French Without Tears
1976
as Monsieur Maingot
Police Commissioner Moulin
1976
as Astman
Dickens of London
1976
as Legal Gentleman
Killers
1976
as Clerk of the Assizes
The Messiah
1975
as Samuel
Lovers Like Us
1975
as Coleman
Cat and Mouse
1975
as Germain's accomplice
India Song
1975
as Georges Crawn
Playing with Fire
1975
as A messenger
Operation: Daybreak
1975
as Pyotr
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Magnus Piecan
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat
1975
as Reinders
The Secret Agent
1975
as Karl Yundt
The Sweeney
1975
as Harry Kretchmar
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Edward Gandolphini
Michael Strogoff
1975
as Blount
Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus
1975
as Dr. Canard
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Concierge
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974
as Padre
Scent of a Woman
1974
as Don Carlo (uncredited)
The Marseille Contract
1974
as Lazar
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Count Stookau
À vous de jouer Milord
1974
as N° 2
Playhouse
1974
as Eugene
Churchill's People
1974
as De Reynes
Cartesius
1974
as Astronomo Ciprus
Father Brown
1974
as Simon Vesty
Impossible Object
1973
as Private Investigator
An Echo of Theresa
1973
as Bannerheim
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Interrogator
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
Nobody Is Norman Wisdom
1973
as Proshnik
The Canterbury Tales
1972
as The Franklin
Far from Dallas
1972
Up the Front
1972
as Muller
The Protectors
1972
as Joe Flynn
Van der Valk
1972
as Sebastian Jonge
Crown Court
1972
as John Maitland-Wilson
The Edwardians
1972
as Benjamin Disraeli
New Scotland Yard
1972
as Jacob Harmann
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971
as le pasteur
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
as Duc De Guise
Fiddler on the Roof
1971
as Russian Official
The Horsemen
1971
as Zam Hajji
The Beast in the Cellar
1971
as Newsmith
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Dr. Lazovert
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Molbech
Them
1970
as Brisbane
Darling Lili
1970
as Otto Kraus
Codename
1970
as Herman Voss
Play for Today
1970
Ace of Wands
1970
as Sandor Zandar
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Mendoza
The Assassination Bureau
1969
as Baron Muntzof
Doctor Who: The War Games
1969
as Chief Scientist
Baby Love
1969
as Man in Cinema
Beach Head
1969
as N.G. Waldron
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
The Champions
1968
as Manager
The Name of the Game
1968
as Dedushko
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Pedant
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
1967
as Msgr. de Gondy
Breaking Point
1966
The Three Musketeers
1966
as Commissary
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Dr Lutz
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965
as Member of the French Team
The Debussy Film
1965
as The Actor
Darling
1965
as Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited)
The World of George Orwell: 1984
1965
as Goldstein
Out of the Unknown
1965
as N.G. Waldron
The Mask of Janus
1965
as Colonel Valenkov
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Monsieur Maingot
The World of Wooster
1965
as Music Store Assistant
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Carpenter
The Life of Galileo
1964
as Philosopher
Martin Chuzzlewit
1964
Theatre 625
1964
as Priest
Theatre 625
1964
as Emmanuel Goldstein
The Protectors
1964
as Cherni
The Count of Monte Cristo
1964
as Prison Inspector
Doctor Who
1963
as Scientist
Festival
1963
as Philosopher
Espionage
1963
as Captain of Police
The Scales of Justice
1962
as Mr. Strang
The Saint
1962
as Vogel
The Avengers
1961
as Spencer
The Avengers
1961
as Stenson
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Counsel for Defence