Vernon Dobtcheff
Actor, Film actor
1934 –
Who is Vernon Dobtcheff?
Vernon Dobtcheff is a Franco-British actor.
Dobtcheff was born in Nîmes, France, to a family of Russian descent. 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 series The War Games in 1969, in which he became the first actor to ever mention the Time Lords by name.
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 appeared in the Doctor Who audio drama The Children of Seth in which he plays the role of Shamur.
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- Born
- Aug 14, 1934
Nîmes - Also known as
- Alexandre Vernon Dobtcheff
- Vernon Dobcheff
- Vernon Dobthcheff
- Eugene
- Alexander Vernon Dobtcheff
- Ethnicity
- Russian
- Nationality
- France
- United Kingdom
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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