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Vernon Dobtcheff

ACTOR · FROM NIMES, FRANCE

Vernon Dobtcheff

Born 1934 · 92 years old253 credits since 19551 coming up

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ABOUT VERNON

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 The War Games in 1969.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born14 August 1934

BirthplaceNimes, France

Known forActing

On Cineora139 of 253 titles

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Known for

The titles people know Vernon from.

Before Sunset poster

Movie

2004IMDb8.1

The Borgias poster

Series

2011–2013IMDb7.9

Doctor Who poster

Series

1963–1989IMDb8.4

Priceless poster

Movie

2006IMDb7.0

The Durrells poster

Series

2016–2019IMDb8.2

The Gold poster

Series

2023–2025IMDb7.4

The Order poster

Movie

2001IMDb4.7

Condorman poster

Movie

1981IMDb5.7

Gwendoline poster

Movie

1984IMDb5.2

India Song poster

Movie

1975IMDb6.1

Masada poster

Series

1981IMDb7.8

Another Woman's Life poster

Movie

Another Woman's Life

2012IMDb6.3

Coming up

What Vernon is working on next.

Parlez-nous de l'AmourDate to be announced

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 139
Average IMDb: 6.7
Highest rated: Sherlock HolmesIMDb 8.7
Working since: 1955

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

253 credits

The 2020s

4 titles · IMDb 5.0 on average

Not on Cineora

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

2024

as The Scientist (archive footage)

The Gold poster

Series

2023–2025IMDb7.4

as Matteo Constantino · 3 episodes

Not on Cineora

Burning Casablanca

2021

as Corny

The Haunting of Margam Castle poster

Movie

The Haunting of Margam Castle

2020IMDb2.5

as Enos

The 2010s

18 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average

The Witcher poster

Series

2019–IMDb7.8

as Older Elf · 1 episode

The Violet Hour

Not on Cineora

The Violet Hour

2018

as M. Audran

The Romanoffs poster

Series

2018IMDb7.0

as M. Audran · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

L'hypothèse de la reine rouge

2018

as Sherlock Holmes

The Man with the Iron Heart poster

Movie

The Man with the Iron Heart

2017IMDb6.4

as Emile Hacha

Emerald City poster

Series

2017IMDb7.1

as High Born Man · 2 episodes

The Durrells poster

Series

2016–2019IMDb8.2

as Mr. Kralefsky · 3 episodes

Killing Jesus poster

Movie

2015IMDb4.7

as Isaiah

The 2000s

29 titles · IMDb 6.0 on average

Not on Cineora

Changing Climates, Changing Times

2009

as Lucas

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie poster

Series

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

2009–2024IMDb7.6

as Anatole Deschanel · 1 episode

The Joy of Singing poster

Movie

The Joy of Singing

2008IMDb5.8

as Le lecteur du bar

Apparitions poster

Series

2008IMDb7.8

1 episode

Not on Cineora

Accordez-moi

2008

as Joseph Von Stieglitz

Not on Cineora

La Légende des 3 clefs

2007

as The anthropologist Gilles Clément · 3 episodes

Priceless poster

Movie

2006IMDb7.0

as Jacques

Not on Cineora

Courts mais Gay : Tome 12

2006

as Anthony

The 1990s

48 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average

Dreaming of Joseph Lees poster

Movie

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

1999IMDb6.2

as Italian Doctor

Relic Hunter poster

Series

1999–2002IMDb6.5

as Anthony Cureton · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

1999

as Art Gallery Lecturer

Hilary and Jackie poster

Movie

Hilary and Jackie

1998IMDb7.3

as Professor Bentley

Jinnah poster

Movie

1998IMDb7.7

as Lord Willingdon

Not on Cineora

30 Years to Life

1998

as Sandler

Highlander: The Raven poster

Series

Highlander: The Raven

1998–1999IMDb5.3

as Count Van Der Meer · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Vigo

1998

as Papa Lozinska

The 1980s

52 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average

Not on Cineora

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

1989

as Felix Penroux · 2 episodes

Not on Cineora

The Hostage of Europe

1989

as Hudson Lowe

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade poster

Movie

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989IMDb8.2

as Butler

Not on Cineora

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

1989

as Jules Glaenzer · 6 episodes

Not on Cineora

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

1989

as Doctor Webber

Not on Cineora

Natalia

1989

as Alfred Grabner

Splendor poster

Movie

1989IMDb7.1

Berlin-Jerusalem

Not on Cineora

Berlin-Jerusalem

1989

as Editor

The 1970s

68 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average

Turning Year Tales

Not on Cineora

Turning Year Tales

1979

as Bailiff · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Ike

1979

as Gen. Charles DeGaulle

Not on Cineora

Ike

1979

as Gen. Charles DeGaulle · 2 episodes

Not on Cineora

Mazarin

1978

as Pimentel · 2 episodes

Not on Cineora

Romeo and Juliet

1978

as Apothecary

Not on Cineora

Question of Love

1978

as Peter

Not on Cineora

Last In, First Out

1978

as Le réceptionniste

Not on Cineora

Little Girl in Blue Velvet

1978

as Lamberti

The 1960s

33 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

Anne of the Thousand Days poster

Movie

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969IMDb7.4

as Mendoza

Not on Cineora

Doctor Who: The War Games

1969

as Chief Scientist

Baby Love poster

Movie

1969IMDb5.7

as Man in Cinema

The Assassination Bureau poster

Movie

The Assassination Bureau

1969IMDb6.4

as Baron Muntzof

Not on Cineora

Beach Head

1969

as N.G. Waldron

The Champions poster

Series

1968–1969IMDb7.5

as Manager · 2 episodes

The Name of the Game poster

Series

The Name of the Game

1968–1971IMDb7.6

as Dedushko · 1 episode

A Dandy in Aspic poster

Movie

A Dandy in Aspic

1968IMDb6.2

The 1950s

1 title

Not on Cineora

Dixon of Dock Green

1955

as Counsel for Defence · 1 episode

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Vernon’s titles.

Michael LonsdaleThe Name of the Rose, The Day of the Jackal and 3 more

Sean BeanCaravaggio, Anna Karenina and 2 more

Ian HolmHamlet, Mary, Queen of Scots and 2 more

Alan BatesHamlet, Nijinsky and 2 more

Ennio MorriconeComposer · Hamlet, The Canterbury Tales and 2 more

Peter MedakDirector · The Krays, Let Him Have It and 2 more

Claude RenoirCinematographer · The Spy Who Loved Me, The Married Couple of the Year Two and 2 more

Richard Rodney BennettComposer · Murder on the Orient Express, Doctor Who and 2 more

Jeremy IronsThe Borgias, M. Butterfly and 1 more

James FoxThose Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes, Anna Karenina and 1 more