Once called “the patron saint of the acting profession”” by Rupert Everett, Franco-British thespian Vernon Dobtcheff was born to a family of Russian extraction Nîmes and reared at Ascham Preparatory School in Eastbourne, Sussex, where he was bitten by the acting bug and won the school’s Acting Cup. He became a staple of British television dramas in the 1960s, including a historic episode of Doctor Who (2005) where he became the first actor to ever utter the phrase “”Time Lord”” in the show’s canon.Often cast as clergymen, bureaucrats, and other authority figures; Dobtcheff has appeared in many high-profile films and television programmes throughout the following decades, starring opposite the likes of Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, Tom Courtenay, Julie Andrews, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Caine, Albert Finney, Sean Connery, Meryl Streep, John Gielgud, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Jeremy Irons, and Ethan Hawke. He’s equally at home on the theatrical stage, or in projects made in his native France.”
Vernon Dobtcheff
Movies
Darling
Young, attractive and vivacious, model Diana Scott (Julie Christie) is firmly decided to become rich and famous as well. To succeed, she does not hesitate to take bold steps. After a while, she literally strikes gold: she meets Robert Gold (Sir Dirk Bogarde), a well-known television journalist, who not only…
Fun Facts
Has acted in both the Eon James Bond Series and the Doctor Who Franchise.
He's perfectly bilingual (English-French).
As of 2018, he's appeared in at least four films that were nominated for Best Picture Oscar: Darling (1965), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and Fiddler on the Roof (1971).
Fluent in both English and French. Also speaks some Italian.
According to Rupert Everett in his memoir "Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins""