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Vernon Dobtcheff
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Vernon Dobtcheff

Born 1934 · Nimes, France · Active 1955–2024

Vernon Dobtcheff, born in Nîmes, France, has carved a niche in cult cinema with his appearances in Darling (1965) and The Assassination Bureau (1969). His role as a supporting character often adds depth to the narratives, as seen in The Beast in the Cellar (1970) where he navigates a tale of suspense and intrigue. With a career that spans decades and a flair for the unconventional, Dobtcheff's contributions to films like Gwendoline (1984) and Mata Hari (1985) highlight his versatility and enduring presence in the genre.

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Meridian

Meridian

1990 ★ 4.6
as Priest

Two American girls in Italy are drugged and raped by an evil magician and his twin brother who suffer from a curse that turns them into beastmen each day. One of the girls falls for the good twin and decides to help him break the curse.

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Filmography

252 credits
2020s 6 credits
2024
Movie ★ 6.0
2024
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour as The Scientist (archive footage)
Movie ★ 5.8
2023
The Gold as Matteo Constantino
TV ★ 7.3
2021
Movie ★ 5.9
2020
Movie ★ 5.1
2010s 18 credits
2019
The Witcher as Older Elf
TV ★ 7.9
2018
The Violet Hour as M. Audran
Movie
2018
Movie ★ 8.0
2018
The Romanoffs as M. Audran
TV ★ 6.4
2017
Movie ★ 6.6
2017
Emerald City as High Born Man
TV ★ 6.6
2016
The Durrells as Mr. Kralefsky
TV ★ 7.4
2015
Killing Jesus as Isaiah
Movie ★ 6.3
2014
Horsehead as George
Movie ★ 5.3
2014
Seven Lucky Gods as Lawrence
Movie ★ 5.6
2014
Movie ★ 6.3
2013
Movie ★ 7.5
2012
Zarafa as Le vieux sage (voice)
Movie ★ 6.8
2012
Another Woman's Life as Dimitri Speranski
Movie ★ 6.2
2011
The Passage as Vieil homme
Movie ★ 4.0
2011
The Borgias as Cardinal Versucci
TV ★ 7.6
2010
Movie ★ 7.6
2010
Godforsaken as The Surgeon
Movie
2000s 31 credits
2009
Movie ★ 6.4
2009
TV ★ 7.4
2008
The Joy of Singing as Le lecteur du bar
Movie ★ 3.4
2008
TV ★ 7.2
2007
La Légende des 3 clefs as The anthropologist Gilles Clément
TV ★ 6.8
2006
Priceless as Jacques
Movie ★ 6.4
2006
Movie
2006
Movie
2006
TV ★ 6.7
2005
Movie ★ 5.5
2005
Movie ★ 5.7
2004
Before Sunset as Bookstore Manager
Movie ★ 7.8
2004
Evilenko as Bagdasarov
Movie ★ 5.8
2004
Movie ★ 6.5
2003
Brocéliande as Brennos
Movie ★ 4.0
2003
Movie ★ 5.5
2002
The Red Siren as Vitali
Movie ★ 5.3
2002
The Falklands Play as Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
Movie ★ 7.0
2001
The Body as Monsignor
Movie ★ 5.5
2001
The Order as Oscar
Movie ★ 5.1
2001
Revelation as Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau
Movie ★ 5.1
2001
Festival in Cannes as Millie's Escort
Movie ★ 6.3
2001
Movie ★ 6.3
2001
Largo Winch as Maurice de Beliveau
TV ★ 6.0
2001
TV ★ 6.0
2000
Le Prof as Patte Folle
Movie ★ 4.8
2000
Movie
2000
Movie ★ 4.3
2000
TV ★ 7.4
2000
TV
1990s 47 credits
1999
Dreaming of Joseph Lees as Italian Doctor
Movie ★ 6.4
1999
Movie ★ 10.0
1999
Relic Hunter as Anthony Cureton
TV ★ 6.7
1998
Hilary and Jackie as Professor Bentley
Movie ★ 6.6
1998
St. Ives as Bonnefoy
Movie ★ 5.6
1998
Spanish Fly as Carl's Friend
Movie ★ 3.2
1998
Movie ★ 6.3
1998
Déjà Vu as Konstantine
Movie ★ 5.5
1998
Jinnah as Lord Willingdon
Movie ★ 6.7
1998
Movie ★ 8.0
1998
Vigo as Papa Lozinska
Movie ★ 4.9
1998
Highlander: The Raven as Count Van Der Meer
TV ★ 5.4
1998
Merlin as 1st Physician
TV ★ 6.9
1997
Anna Karenina as Pestov
Movie ★ 6.1
1997
The Hunchback as Father Michel
Movie ★ 5.9
1996
Surviving Picasso as Diaghilev
Movie ★ 5.8
1996
Jude as Curator
Movie ★ 6.3
1996
Movie ★ 5.6
1996
The Ice Princess as Chancellor
Movie ★ 5.8
1996
The Ogre as Lawyer
Movie ★ 6.4
1995
Jefferson in Paris as King's Translator
Movie ★ 5.1
1995
Movie ★ 6.5
1995
Movie ★ 7.0
1995
Sharpe's Sword as Don Felipe
Movie ★ 7.3
1995
Father Ted as Old Nazi
TV ★ 8.2
1994
Movie ★ 10.0
1993
M. Butterfly as Agent Etancelin
Movie ★ 6.6
1993
Frankenstein as Chancellor
Movie ★ 6.9
1993
Movie ★ 7.0
1993
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher as Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc
Movie ★ 10.0
1993
The Hour of the Pig as Apothecary
Movie ★ 6.1
1992
Obiettivo indiscreto as Primo editore
Movie ★ 7.0
1992
Venice/Venice as Alexander
Movie ★ 7.0
1992
Sweetheart as Thurson
Movie ★ 6.2
1992
Movie ★ 5.0
1992
As Time Goes By as Dr. Stoker
TV ★ 7.5
1992
Highlander: The Series as Carlo Luchesi
TV ★ 7.4
1992
TV ★ 7.4
1991
Let Him Have It as Clerk of Court
Movie ★ 6.7
1991
TV
1990
Meridian as Priest
Movie ★ 4.6
1990
Vincent and Me as Dr Winkler
Movie ★ 5.5
1990
The Krays as Teacher
Movie ★ 6.1
1990
Hamlet as Reynaldo
Movie ★ 6.6
1990
Movie ★ 8.5
1990
The Garden as Old Man at Sauna
Movie ★ 5.6
1990
Movie ★ 6.2
1980s 49 credits
1989
Movie ★ 7.9
1989
Movie ★ 4.9
1989
Movie ★ 7.5
1989
Natalia as Alfred Grabner
Movie ★ 6.4
1989
Movie ★ 5.9
1989
Movie ★ 5.3
1989
Movie ★ 6.5
1989
TV ★ 5.7
1989
TV ★ 8.2
1988
Catacombs as Brother Timothy
Movie ★ 4.9
1988
Maigret as Gannett
Movie ★ 7.5
1988
Testimony as Gargolovsky
Movie ★ 5.6
1988
Pascali's Island as Pariente
Movie ★ 6.4
1988
Le due croci as Bischof de Jong
Movie ★ 10.0
1988
War and Remembrance as Henri Bulle
TV ★ 7.9
1987
Fortunes of War as Prince Hadjimoscos
TV ★ 6.3
1987
TV ★ 6.3
1986
Caravaggio as Art Lover
Movie ★ 6.1
1986
The Name of the Rose as Hugh of Newcastle
Movie ★ 7.5
1985
Mata Hari as Prosecutor
Movie ★ 4.1
1985
A.D. as Flavius Sabinus
TV ★ 5.4
1985
TV ★ 5.3
1985
Morenga as Lohmann
TV ★ 8.0
1985
Tender Is the Night as Luis Campion
TV ★ 6.3
1984
Gwendoline as Shirko
Movie ★ 4.9
1984
Movie ★ 9.0
1984
Movie ★ 5.5
1984
The Devil's Lieutenant as Dr. Goldschmiedt
Movie ★ 9.0
1984
Movie ★ 6.8
1984
Sherlock Holmes as Mendelstam
TV ★ 8.2
1984
L'Homme de Suez as Konya, Turkish Colonel, spy in the service of the English
TV ★ 7.7
1983
An Englishman Abroad as Guildenstern
Movie ★ 6.1
1983
The Scarlet and the Black as Count Langenthal
Movie ★ 7.0
1983
Dramarama as Mr. Rolyat
TV ★ 7.3
1982
Enigma as Minister
Movie ★ 5.6
1982
Nutcracker as Markovitch
Movie ★ 3.3
1982
That Night of Varennes as Judge at the confiscation
Movie ★ 6.9
1982
Marco Polo as Pietro De Abano
TV ★ 6.7
1981
Condorman as Russian Agent
Movie ★ 5.5
1981
Movie ★ 8.0
1981
L'Amour nu as John, le patron de Claire
Movie ★ 5.0
1981
Sredni Vashtar as Dr. Russell
Movie ★ 7.2
1981
Movie ★ 3.5
1981
Movie ★ 7.5
1981
TV ★ 7.0
1981
Peter and Paul as High Priest of Herod
TV ★ 7.2
1981
Masada as Chief Priest
TV ★ 7.0
1981
Private Schulz as Sturmer
TV ★ 5.3
1980
Nijinsky as Sergei Grigoriev
Movie ★ 4.9
1970s 66 credits
1979
Ike as Gen. Charles DeGaulle
Movie ★ 6.8
1979
Ike as Gen. Charles DeGaulle
TV ★ 7.3
1978
Movie ★ 5.7
1978
The Roads of Exile as Le peintre Ramsay
Movie ★ 9.0
1978
Movie ★ 6.8
1978
Romeo and Juliet as Apothecary
Movie ★ 7.6
1978
Last In, First Out as Le réceptionniste
Movie ★ 4.5
1978
Blake's 7 as The Chairman
TV ★ 7.3
1978
Holocaust as Karp
TV ★ 7.3
1978
Mazarin as Pimentel
TV ★ 7.0
1977
Movie ★ 6.8
1977
March or Die as Mean Corporal
Movie ★ 5.8
1977
Joseph Andrews as Fop Two
Movie ★ 5.2
1977
Movie
1977
TV ★ 6.5
1976
French Without Tears as Monsieur Maingot
Movie ★ 7.0
1976
TV ★ 7.1
1976
Dickens of London as Legal Gentleman
TV ★ 7.3
1976
Killers as Clerk of the Assizes
TV
1975
The Messiah as Samuel
Movie ★ 6.6
1975
Lovers Like Us as Coleman
Movie ★ 6.6
1975
Cat and Mouse as Germain's accomplice
Movie ★ 5.7
1975
India Song as Georges Crawn
Movie ★ 6.4
1975
Playing with Fire as A messenger
Movie ★ 5.5
1975
Movie ★ 6.9
1975
Rumpole of the Bailey as Magnus Piecan
Movie ★ 8.0
1975
Movie ★ 10.0
1975
The Secret Agent as Karl Yundt
Movie ★ 10.0
1975
The Sweeney as Harry Kretchmar
TV ★ 8.0
1975
Rumpole of the Bailey as Edward Gandolphini
TV ★ 7.0
1975
TV ★ 6.7
1974
Movie ★ 7.1
1974
Movie ★ 4.6
1974
Scent of a Woman as Don Carlo (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.4
1974
Movie ★ 6.0
1974
Fall of Eagles as Count Stookau
TV ★ 7.0
1974
TV ★ 8.0
1974
Playhouse as Eugene
TV ★ 7.0
1974
TV ★ 5.0
1974
Cartesius as Astronomo Ciprus
TV ★ 9.0
1974
Father Brown as Simon Vesty
TV ★ 6.8
1973
Impossible Object as Private Investigator
Movie ★ 4.8
1973
An Echo of Theresa as Bannerheim
Movie ★ 7.0
1973
The Day of the Jackal as Interrogator
Movie ★ 7.5
1973
TV
1972
The Canterbury Tales as The Franklin
Movie ★ 6.1
1972
Movie ★ 7.3
1972
Up the Front as Muller
Movie ★ 4.4
1972
The Protectors as Joe Flynn
TV ★ 6.1
1972
Van der Valk as Sebastian Jonge
TV ★ 6.2
1972
Crown Court as John Maitland-Wilson
TV ★ 5.7
1972
The Edwardians as Benjamin Disraeli
TV ★ 6.3
1972
New Scotland Yard as Jacob Harmann
TV ★ 6.3
1971
Movie ★ 6.5
1971
Mary, Queen of Scots as Duc De Guise
Movie ★ 6.7
1971
Fiddler on the Roof as Russian Official
Movie ★ 7.8
1971
The Horsemen as Zam Hajji
Movie ★ 6.3
1971
Movie ★ 4.9
1971
Nicholas and Alexandra as Dr. Lazovert
Movie ★ 7.0
1971
TV ★ 7.5
1970
Them as Brisbane
Movie ★ 4.3
1970
Codename as Herman Voss
TV ★ 8.0
1970
TV ★ 6.6
1970
Ace of Wands as Sandor Zandar
TV ★ 6.3
1960s 33 credits
1969
Movie ★ 7.1
1969
Movie ★ 6.7
1969
Doctor Who: The War Games as Chief Scientist
Movie ★ 9.7
1969
Baby Love as Man in Cinema
Movie ★ 5.3
1969
Beach Head as N.G. Waldron
Movie ★ 7.0
1968
Movie ★ 6.9
1968
The Champions as Manager
TV ★ 6.5
1968
TV ★ 7.0
1967
Movie ★ 6.9
1967
TV ★ 7.7
1966
TV ★ 6.0
1966
TV ★ 5.8
1965
The Debussy Film as The Actor
Movie ★ 7.6
1965
Darling as Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1965
Movie ★ 7.0
1965
Out of the Unknown as N.G. Waldron
TV ★ 7.1
1965
The Mask of Janus as Colonel Valenkov
TV ★ 8.0
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Monsieur Maingot
TV ★ 5.3
1965
The World of Wooster as Music Store Assistant
TV ★ 7.0
1965
TV ★ 4.3
1964
The Life of Galileo as Philosopher
Movie
1964
TV ★ 8.0
1964
Theatre 625 as Priest
TV ★ 7.2
1964
Theatre 625 as Emmanuel Goldstein
TV ★ 7.2
1963
Doctor Who as Scientist
TV ★ 7.9
1963
Festival as Philosopher
TV ★ 8.0
1963
Espionage as Captain of Police
TV ★ 10.0
1962
TV ★ 6.7
1962
The Saint as Vogel
TV ★ 7.4
1961
The Avengers as Spencer
TV ★ 7.8
1961
The Avengers as Stenson
TV ★ 7.8
1950s 1 credit
1955
Dixon of Dock Green as Counsel for Defence
TV ★ 6.0
s 1 credit