Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff was born on 14 August 1934 in Nîmes, France, to a British mother and a father of Bulgarian descent, and was educated at Ascham Preparatory School in Eastbourne, Sussex. Across a six-decade career encompassing more than 300 film, television and stage productions, Vernon shared the screen with an extraordinary roster of acting legends including Laurence Olivier, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, Meryl Streep and John Gielgud. Actor Rupert Everett famously described him as “the patron saint of the acting profession” for his habit of attending almost every theatrical opening night in the country.

Vernon has the distinction of appearing in two classic British genre franchises: he played the Chief Scientist in the Doctor Who serial The War Games (1969), becoming the first actor ever to say the words “Time Lord” on screen, and also appeared in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). His film credits beyond these franchises include Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Murder on the Orient Express.

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