Vernon Dobtcheff
Known For
Acting
Born
1934-08-14 in Nimes, France
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Simeon Lee
The Witcher
as Older Elf
Doctor Who
as Scientist
Highlander: The Series
as Carlo Luchesi
Highlander: The Series
as Hamad
The Avengers
as Spencer
The Avengers
as Stenson
The Saint
as Vogel
Play for Today
Sherlock Holmes
as Mendelstam
Relic Hunter
as Anthony Cureton
BBC Play of the Month
as Monsieur Maingot
Crown Court
as John Maitland-Wilson
Playhouse
as Eugene
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
as Anatole Deschanel
The Name of the Game
as Dedushko
The Durrells
as Mr. Kralefsky
Theatre 625
as Priest
Theatre 625
as Emmanuel Goldstein
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
as Butler