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Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Birthday: 1934-08-14 | Place of Birth: Nimes, France

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2015
Zarafa

as    Le vieux sage (voice)

2014
Horsehead

as    George

2010
2010
Godforsaken

as    The Surgeon

2005
An American Haunting

as    Elder #1

2004
Evilenko

as    Bagdasarov

2004
Before Sunset

as    Bookstore Manager

2004
The Red Siren

as    Vitali

2003
Brocéliande

as    Brennos

2001
The Body

as    Monsignor

2000
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

as    Cleisthenes

1999
Dreaming of Joseph Lees

as    Italian Doctor

1998
Déjà Vu

as    Konstantine

1993
Frankenstein

as    Chancellor

1990
Vincent and me

as    Dr Winkler

1990
Meridian

as    Priest

1989
The Sweet House of Horrors

as    The Exorcist

1988
Catacombs

as    Brother Timothy

1985
Mata Hari

as    Prosecutor

1984
Much Ado About Nothing

as    Don John

1981
Condorman

as    Russian Agent

1980
Nijinsky

as    Sergei Grigoriev

1975
The Messiah

as    Samuel