Vernon Dobtcheff
Biography
Vernon Dobtcheff is a French-British character actor whose work covers more than 300 stage, film and television productions across six decades. Born in Nîmes and raised in Sussex, England, he made his professional stage debut in 1960 with the Colchester Repertory Company, then joined the Old Vic, where he appeared in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. His stage work in 1965 included the first staging of John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. His first film role came the same year in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, and he became known for character parts in The Day of the Jackal (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Taming of the Shrew (1967), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Before Sunset (2004). On television, he played the Chief Scientist in the 1969 Doctor Who serial The War Games, the first character to mention the Time Lords.
92years old
Turns 93 on August 14in 277 days
- Born Nîmes
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 49
- Career span
- 53 years1967 to 2020
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First role
In 1960 Dobtcheff began his professional stage career with the Colchester Repertory Company. That same year he joined The Old Vic's repertory company, where his first role came in Franco Zeffirelli's production of Romeo and Juliet.
A first
On television, Dobtcheff appeared in the Doctor Who serial The War Games in 1969 as the Chief Scientist. That part was the first ever to speak the name of the Time Lords.
Vernon Dobtcheff movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Charles Jarrott directed three of these films, Lewis Gilbert two and Franco Zeffirelli two. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Charles JarrottDirector, 3 films, 1969 to 1981
All films by Charles Jarrott
All films by Lewis Gilbert
All films by Franco Zeffirelli
Also three films together4 more actors
- Walter GotellThe Scarlet and the Black (1983), March or Die (1977) and The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
- Ronald PickupEvilenko (2003), Nijinsky (1980) and The Day of the Jackal (1973)
- Ian RichardsonCatherine the Great (1996), M. Butterfly (1993) and The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)
- Patrick FloersheimEmpire of the Wolves (2005), The Ogre (1996) and The Marseille Contract (1974)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Vernon Dobtcheff's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.1 billion
21 of the 49 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 49 films: 21 worldwide figure; 8 us gross only; 8 never in cinemas; 12 figure not found.
- 21Worldwide figure
- 8US gross only
- 8Never in cinemas
- 12Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$474M43.9% of the total
- 2$185M17.2% of the total
- 3$83M7.7% of the total
- 4$77M7.1% of the total
- 5$77M7.1% of the total
- 6$36M3.3% of the total
- 7$30M2.7% of the total
- 8$25M2.3% of the total
$94.3 millionfrom the other 13 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.