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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.
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| 1 | Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022) | Self | - | - |
| 2 | The Man with the Iron Heart (2017) | Emile Hacha | 5.2 | |
| 3 | Killing Jesus (2015) | Isaiah | 5 | |
| 4 | Horsehead (2014) | George | 5.4 | |
| 5 | The Invisible Boy (2014) | Artiglio | 7.3 | |
| 6 | The Great Beauty (2013) Oscars 2014 | Arturo | 8.1 | |
| 7 | Zarafa (2012) | Le vieux sage (voice) | 7.5 | |
| 8 | Undisputed III: Redemption (2010) | Rezo | 7.1 | |
| 9 | The Joy of Singing (2008) | Le lecteur du bar | 6 | |
| 10 | Priceless (2006) | Jacques | 6.7 | |
| 11 | An American Haunting (2005) | Elder #1 | 6.1 | |
| 12 | Empire of the Wolves (2005) | Kudseyi | 6.5 | |
| 13 | Evilenko (2004) | Bagdasarov | - | - |
| 14 | Before Sunset (2004) Oscars 2005 | Bookstore Manager | 7.9 | |
| 15 | David Copperfield (2001) | Quinion | - | - |
| 16 | The Body (2001) | Monsignor | 5.7 | |
| 17 | The Order (2001) | Oscar | 4.5 | |
| 18 | Hilary and Jackie (1998) Oscars 1999 | Professor Bentley | 8.5 | |
| 19 | Jinnah (1998) | Lord Willingdon | - | - |
| 20 | Anna Karenina (1997) | Pestov | - | - |
| 21 | The Hunchback (1997) | Father Michel | - | - |
| 22 | The Ice Princess (1996) | Chancellor | 8 | |
| 23 | The Ogre (1996) | Lawyer | 4 | |
| 24 | Surviving Picasso (1996) | Diaghilev | - | - |
| 25 | Jude (1996) | Curator | 7.3 | |
| 26 | Jefferson in Paris (1995) | King's Translator | - | - |
| 27 | The Hour of the Pig (1993) | Apothecary | 6 | |
| 28 | M. Butterfly (1993) | Agent Etancelin | 6.2 | |
| 29 | Frankenstein (1993) | Chancellor | - | - |
| 30 | Hamlet (1990) | Reynaldo | 5.8 | |
| 31 | The Garden (1990) | Old Man at Sauna | 6 | |
| 32 | Vincent and Me (1990) | Dr Winkler | - | - |
| 33 | The Krays (1990) | Teacher | 6.5 | |
| 34 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | Butler | 8.3 | |
| 35 | Berlin-Jerusalem (1989) | Editor | 6 | |
| 36 | Catacombs (1988) | Brother Timothy | 6 | |
| 37 | The Name of the Rose (1986) | Hugh of Newcastle | 7.5 | |
| 38 | Caravaggio (1986) | Art Lover | 3.5 | |
| 39 | Gwendoline (1984) | Shirko | 6 | |
| 40 | That Night of Varennes (1982) | Judge at the confiscation | 3 | |
| 41 | Condorman (1981) | Russian Agent | 6 | |
| 42 | The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) | Max Kalba | 6.9 | |
| 43 | March or Die (1977) | Mean Corporal | 6 | |
| 44 | Operation: Daybreak (1975) | Pyotr | 8 | |
| 45 | Scent of a Woman (1974) | Don Carlo (uncredited) | 4 | |
| 46 | Murder on the Orient Express (1974) | Concierge | 7.1 | |
| 47 | Cartesius (1974) | Astronomo Ciprus | 5 | |
| 48 | Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974) | Padre | - | - |
| 49 | The Day of the Jackal (1973) | Interrogator | 8 | |
| 50 | Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) | Duc De Guise | - | - |
| 51 | Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) | Dr. Lazovert | 8 | |
| 52 | Fiddler on the Roof (1971) | Russian Official | 7.7 | |
| 53 | Darling Lili (1970) | Otto Kraus | 6 | |
| 54 | Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) | Mendoza | 7 | |
| 55 | The Taming of the Shrew (1967) | Pedant | - | - |
| 56 | Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Min (1965) | Member of the French Team | 6.3 | |
| 57 | Darling (1965) | Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited) | - | - |
