Vernon Dobtcheff
Vernon Alexandre Dobtcheff born 14 August 1934 is a FrenchBritish character actor who has appeared in over 300 film television and stage productions in a career spanning six decades Dobtcheff was born in Nîmes France to a British mother Vernon and a father of Bulgarian descent Dobtcheff 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 story The War Games in 1969 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Vernon Dobtcheff licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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