Vernon Dobtcheff
Born August 14, 1934 (Age: 91)
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Nimes, France
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Dobtcheff is set to appear in the upcoming Doctor Who audio drama The Children of Seth where he'll be playing the role of Shamur, set for release in December 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vernon Dobtcheff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Dobtcheff is set to appear in the upcoming Doctor Who audio drama The Children of Seth where he'll be playing the role of Shamur, set for release in December 2011.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Vernon Dobtcheff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
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The Violet Hour
2018
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as M. Audran
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Age: 84
The Man with the Iron Heart
2017
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as Emile Hacha
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Age: 82
The Invisible Boy
2014
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as Artiglio
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Age: 80
The Great Beauty
2013
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as Arturo
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Age: 78
Another Woman's Life
2012
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as Dimitri Speranski
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Age: 77
Zarafa
2012
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as Le vieux sage (voice)
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Age: 77
The Passage
2011
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as Vieil homme
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Age: 77
Undisputed III: Redemption
2010
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as Rezo
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Age: 75
Priceless
2006
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as Jacques
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Age: 72
Courts mais Gay : Tome 12
2006
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as Anthony
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Age: 72
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For the Time Being
2006
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as Anthony
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Age: 71
An American Haunting
2005
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as Elder #1
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Age: 70
Empire of the Wolves
2005
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as Kudseyi
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Age: 70
Before Sunset
2004
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as Bookstore Manager
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Age: 69
The Red Siren
2002
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as Vitali
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Age: 68
The Falklands Play
2002
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as Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
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Age: 67
Festival in Cannes
2001
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as Millie's Escort
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Age: 67
Revelation
2001
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as Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau
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Age: 66
Le Prof
2000
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as Patte Folle
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Age: 65
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
2000
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as Cleisthenes
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Age: 65
Falling Through
2000
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as Father
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Age: 65
Hilary and Jackie
1998
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as Professor Bentley
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Age: 64
Jinnah
1998
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as Lord Willingdon
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Age: 64
30 Years to Life
1998
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as Sandler
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Age: 64
Vigo
1998
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as Papa Lozinska
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Age: 64
Spanish Fly
1998
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as Carl's Friend
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Age: 64
Déjà Vu
1998
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as Konstantine
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Age: 63
The Wonderland Experience
1998
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as Vincent
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Age: 63
St. Ives
1998
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as Bonnefoy
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Age: 63
Anna Karenina
1997
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as Pestov
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Age: 62
The Hunchback
1997
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as Father Michel
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Age: 62
The Ice Princess
1996
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as Chancellor
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Age: 62
The Ogre
1996
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as Lawyer
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Age: 62
Surviving Picasso
1996
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as Diaghilev
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Age: 62
Catherine the Great
1996
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as Naryshkin
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Age: 61
Jude
1996
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as Curator
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Age: 61
Jefferson in Paris
1995
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as King's Translator
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Age: 60
Frankenstein
1993
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as Chancellor
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Age: 59
M. Butterfly
1993
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as Agent Etancelin
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Age: 59
The Hour of the Pig
1993
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as Apothecary
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Age: 59
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Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
1993
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as Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc
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Age: 58
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Temptation of Sainthood
1993
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as Freud
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Age: 58
Obiettivo indiscreto
1992
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as Primo editore
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Age: 57
Venice/Venice
1992
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as Alexander
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Age: 57
Sweetheart
1992
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as Thurson
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Age: 57
The First Circle
1992
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as Riyumin
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Age: 57
Let Him Have It
1991
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as Clerk of Court
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Age: 57
Hamlet
1990
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as Reynaldo
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Age: 56
Vincent and Me
1990
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as Dr Winkler
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Age: 56
Meridian
1990
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as Priest
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Age: 56
The Garden
1990
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as Old Man at Sauna
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Age: 56
The Krays
1990
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as Teacher
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Age: 55
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990
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as Fellgiebel
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Age: 55
Flight from Paradise
1990
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as Merrill
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Age: 55
The Hostage of Europe
1989
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as Hudson Lowe
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Age: 55
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
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as Butler
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Age: 54
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
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as Doctor Webber
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Age: 54
Natalia
1989
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as Alfred Grabner
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Age: 54
Splendor
1989
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as
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Age: 54
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Berlin-Jerusalem
1989
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as Editor
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Age: 54
The Sweet House of Horrors
1989
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as The Exorcist
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Age: 54
Testimony
1988
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as Gargolovsky
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Age: 54
Pascali's Island
1988
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as Pariente
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Age: 53
Catacombs
1988
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as Brother Timothy
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Age: 53
Le due croci
1988
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as Bischof de Jong
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Age: 53
Maigret
1988
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as Gannett
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Age: 53
The Name of the Rose
1986
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as Hugh of Newcastle
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Age: 52
Mata Hari
1985
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as Prosecutor
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Age: 51
Gwendoline
1984
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as Shirko
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Age: 49
Troilus & Cressida
1981
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as Agamemnon
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Age: 47
L'Amour nu
1981
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as John, le patron de Claire
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Age: 47
Sredni Vashtar
1981
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as Dr. Russell
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Age: 47
Condorman
1981
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as Russian Agent
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Age: 46
Le Beau Monde
1981
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as Pablo
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Age: 46
San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
1981
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as Un tueur russe
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Age: 46
Nijinsky
1980
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as Sergei Grigoriev
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Age: 45
Romeo and Juliet
1978
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as Apothecary
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Age: 44
Question of Love
1978
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as Peter
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Age: 44
Last In, First Out
1978
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as Le réceptionniste
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Age: 44
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
1978
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as Lamberti
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Age: 44
The Roads of Exile
1978
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as Le peintre Ramsay
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Age: 43
March or Die
1977
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as Mean Corporal
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Age: 43
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
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as Max Kalba
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Age: 42
The Achurch Letters
1977
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as Eugene
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Age: 42
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The Secret Agent
1975
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as Karl Yundt
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Age: 41
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat
1975
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as Reinders
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Age: 40
Scent of a Woman
1974
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as Don Carlo (uncredited)
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Age: 40
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
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as Concierge
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Age: 40
The Marseille Contract
1974
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as Lazar
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Age: 40
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974
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as Padre
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Age: 39
Impossible Object
1973
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as Private Investigator
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Age: 38
The Day of the Jackal
1973
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as Interrogator
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Age: 38
An Echo of Theresa
1973
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as Bannerheim
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Age: 38
Up the Front
1972
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as Muller
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Age: 37
Far from Dallas
1972
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as
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Age: 37
Fiddler on the Roof
1971
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as Russian Official
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Age: 37
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
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as Mendoza
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Age: 35
Baby Love
1969
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as Man in Cinema
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Age: 34
The Assassination Bureau
1969
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as Baron Muntzof
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Age: 34
Beach Head
1969
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as N.G. Waldron
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Age: 34
The World of George Orwell: 1984
1965
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as Goldstein
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Age: 31
Darling
1965
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as Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited)
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Age: 30
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965
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as Member of the French Team
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Age: 30
The Debussy Film
1965
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as The Actor
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Age: 30
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The Life of Galileo
1964
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as Philosopher
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Age: 29