Vernon Dobtcheff
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
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.
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Born
Aug 14, 1934
Nimes, France
Known For
Acting
Movies
165 acting
0 crew
Popularity
0.7
Known For
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as Butler
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Concierge
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
as Max Kalba
Undisputed III: Redemption
2010
as Rezo
The Name of the Rose
1986
as Hugh of Newcastle
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Interrogator
Before Sunset
2004
as Bookstore Manager
Fiddler on the Roof
1971
as Russian Official
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Pedant
The Great Beauty
2013
as Arturo
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