Vernon Dobtcheff

Career timeline

1. 1934 · Born

   Born in Nimes, France

2. 1955 · Screen debut

   Dixon of Dock Green (TV)

3. 1963 · Breakthrough

   Doctor Who (TV)

4. 2024 · Latest release

   Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1950s

14 1960s

28 1970s

16 1980s

20 1990s

14 2000s

9 2010s

2 2020s

• Drama76
• Action & Adventure18
• Crime17
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy15
• Comedy14
• Thriller12

Highest-rated title Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989 8.2 Most popular title Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 7.9

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Vernon Dobtcheff in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

7 titles together

John Gorrie

6 titles together

Christopher Barry

4 titles together

Waris Hussein

4 titles together

Ian Richardson

4 titles together

Michael E. Briant

3 titles together

Anthony Horowitz

3 titles together

Sam Wanamaker

3 titles together

Peter Medak

3 titles together

Alan Bates

3 titles together

1. 2024 Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour as The Scientist (archive footage) Movie
2. 2023 The Gold as Matteo Constantino 7.3 TV
3. 2019 The Witcher as Older Elf 7.9 TV
4. 2018 The Romanoffs as M. Audran 6.4 TV
5. 2017 The Man with the Iron Heart as Emile Hacha 6.5 Movie
6. 2017 Emerald City as High Born Man 6.6 TV
7. 2016 The Durrells as Mr. Kralefsky 7.5 TV
8. 2014 The Invisible Boy as Artiglio 6.3 Movie
9. 2013 The Great Beauty as Arturo 7.5 Movie
10. 2011 The Borgias as Cardinal Versucci 7.6 TV
11. 2010 Undisputed III: Redemption as Rezo 7.6 Movie
12. 2009 The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as Anatole Deschanel 7.4 TV
13. 2008 Apparitions 7.2 TV
14. 2006 Priceless as Jacques 6.4 Movie
15. 2006 Surviving Disaster TV
16. 2005 An American Haunting as Elder #1 5.5 Movie
17. 2005 Empire of the Wolves as Kudseyi 5.7 Movie
18. 2004 Before Sunset as Bookstore Manager 7.8 Movie
19. 2004 Evilenko as Bagdasarov 5.8 Movie
20. 2001 The Order as Oscar 5.1 Movie
21. 2001 The Body as Monsignor 5.5 Movie
22. 2001 Largo Winch as Maurice de Beliveau TV
23. 2000 David Copperfield as Quinion TV
24. 2000 Le Prof as Patte Folle Movie
25. 2000 Falling Through as Father Movie
26. 1999 Relic Hunter as Anthony Cureton 6.8 TV
27. 1998 Highlander: The Raven as Count Van Der Meer 5.4 TV
28. 1998 Vigo as Papa Lozinska Movie
29. 1998 Merlin as 1st Physician 7.0 TV
30. 1998 Déjà Vu as Konstantine Movie
31. 1997 The Odyssey as Aegyptius 7.3 TV
32. 1997 Anna Karenina as Pestov 6.1 Movie
33. 1996 Jude as Curator 6.3 Movie
34. 1995 Sharpe's Sword as Don Felipe 7.3 Movie
35. 1995 Father Ted as Old Nazi 8.2 TV
36. 1993 Frankenstein as Chancellor 6.8 Movie
37. 1993 M. Butterfly as Agent Etancelin 6.6 Movie
38. 1993 Sharpe as Don Felipe 8.0 TV
39. 1992 Highlander: The Series as Carlo Luchesi 7.4 TV
40. 1992 The First Circle as Riyumin Movie
41. 1992 As Time Goes By as Dr. Stoker 7.6 TV
42. 1991 Let Him Have It as Clerk of Court 6.7 Movie
43. 1990 Hamlet as Reynaldo 6.6 Movie
44. 1990 The Krays as Teacher 6.1 Movie
45. 1990 The Plot to Kill Hitler as Fellgiebel 6.2 Movie
46. 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as Butler 7.9 Movie
47. 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot as Simeon Lee 8.2 TV
48. 1988 War and Remembrance as Henri Bulle 7.8 TV
49. 1988 Catacombs as Brother Timothy 4.9 Movie
50. 1987 Crossbow TV
51. 1986 The Name of the Rose as Hugh of Newcastle 7.5 Movie
52. 1985 A.D. as Flavius Sabinus TV
53. 1985 Morenga as Lohmann TV
54. 1984 Sherlock Holmes as Mendelstam 8.2 TV
55. 1983 Dramarama as Mr. Rolyat TV
56. 1982 Nutcracker as Markovitch Movie
57. 1982 Enigma as Minister 5.6 Movie
58. 1981 Condorman as Russian Agent 5.5 Movie
59. 1981 Private Schulz as Sturmer TV
60. 1981 Masada as Chief Priest 7.1 TV
61. 1980 Nijinsky as Sergei Grigoriev 4.9 Movie
62. 1979 Ike as Gen. Charles DeGaulle TV
63. 1979 Ike as Gen. Charles DeGaulle Movie
64. 1978 Mazarin as Pimentel TV
65. 1978 Holocaust as Karp 7.3 TV
66. 1978 Blake's 7 as The Chairman 7.3 TV
67. 1977 1990 TV
68. 1977 The Spy Who Loved Me as Max Kalba 6.8 Movie
69. 1976 Police Commissioner Moulin as Astman TV
70. 1976 Killers as Clerk of the Assizes TV
71. 1975 The Sweeney as Harry Kretchmar 8.1 TV
72. 1974 Churchill's People as De Reynes TV
73. 1974 Scent of a Woman as Don Carlo (uncredited) 7.4 Movie
74. 1974 Murder on the Orient Express as Concierge 7.1 Movie
75. 1974 Fall of Eagles as Count Stookau TV
76. 1974 Cartesius as Astronomo Ciprus TV
77. 1973 Impossible Object as Private Investigator Movie
78. 1973 The Day of the Jackal as Interrogator 7.5 Movie
79. 1973 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em as Henry 7.6 TV
80. 1972 Crown Court as John Maitland-Wilson TV
81. 1972 Van der Valk as Sebastian Jonge TV
82. 1972 The Canterbury Tales as The Franklin 6.1 Movie
83. 1972 New Scotland Yard as Jacob Harmann TV
84. 1971 Fiddler on the Roof as Russian Official 7.7 Movie
85. 1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Molbech TV
86. 1970 Them as Brisbane Movie
87. 1970 Play for Today TV
88. 1970 Ace of Wands as Sandor Zandar TV
89. 1970 Codename as Herman Voss TV
90. 1968 The Champions as Manager 6.5 TV
91. 1968 The Name of the Game as Dedushko TV
92. 1967 The Taming of the Shrew as Pedant 6.9 Movie
93. 1966 Breaking Point TV
94. 1966 Mystery and Imagination as Dr Lutz TV
95. 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre as Carpenter TV
96. 1965 Out of the Unknown as N.G. Waldron TV
97. 1965 The Troubleshooters as Peebles TV
98. 1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes as Member of the French Team 6.8 Movie
99. 1964 Theatre 625 as Priest TV
100. 1963 Doctor Who as Scientist 7.9 TV
101. 1963 Festival as Philosopher TV
102. 1963 Espionage as Captain of Police TV
103. 1961 The Avengers as Spencer 7.8 TV
104. 1955 Dixon of Dock Green as Counsel for Defence TV

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