08/14/1934
Nimes, France:
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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Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour (2024) as The Scientist (archive footage) |
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Alec Guinness: A Class Act (2024) as self |
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022) as Self |
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الزنقة كونتاكت (2021) as Corny |
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The Haunting of Margam Castle (2020) as Enos |
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The Violet Hour (2018) as M. Audran |
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L'hypothèse de la reine rouge (2018) as Sherlock Holmes |
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The Man with the Iron Heart (2017) as Emile Hacha |
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Killing Jesus (2015) as Isaiah |
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Il ragazzo invisibile (2014) as Artiglio |
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Horsehead (2014) as George |
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Seven Lucky Gods (2014) as Lawrence |
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La grande bellezza (2013) as Arturo |
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La Vie d'une autre (2012) as Dimitri Speranski |
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Zarafa (2012) as Le vieux sage (voice) |
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Le passage (2011) as Vieil homme |
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Undisputed III: Redemption (2010) as Rezo |
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Godforsaken (2010) as The Surgeon |
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Changing Climates, Changing Times (2009) as Lucas |
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Le Plaisir de chanter (2008) as Le lecteur du bar |
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Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 (2008) as Self |
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Hors de prix (2006) as Jacques |
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Courts mais Gay : Tome 12 (2006) as Anthony |
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Le moment venu (2006) as Anthony |
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An American Haunting (2005) as Elder #1 |
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L'Empire des loups (2005) as Kudseyi |
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Merci Docteur Rey (2004) as François |
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Before Sunset (2004) as Bookstore Manager |
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Evilenko (2004) as Bagdasarov |
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Pontormo - Un amore eretico (2004) as Riccio |
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Brocéliande (2003) as Brennos |
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La sirène rouge (2002) as Vitali |
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The Falklands Play (2002) as Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations) |
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David Copperfield (2001) as Quinion |
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Festival in Cannes (2001) as Millie's Escort |
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The Order (2001) as Oscar |
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The Body (2001) as Monsignor |
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Revelation (2001) as Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau |
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Le Prof (2000) as Patte Folle |
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The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization (2000) as Cleisthenes |
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Falling Through (2000) as Father |
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Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999) as Italian Doctor |
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The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka (1999) as Art Gallery Lecturer |
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Hilary and Jackie (1998) as Professor Bentley |
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Jinnah (1998) as Lord Willingdon |
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30 Years to Life (1998) as Sandler |
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Vigo (1998) as Papa Lozinska |
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Spanish Fly (1998) as Carl's Friend |
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Déjà Vu (1998) as Konstantine |
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The Wonderland Experience (1998) as Vincent |
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St. Ives (1998) as Bonnefoy |
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Anna Karenina (1997) as Pestov |
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The Hunchback (1997) as Father Michel |
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Die Eisprinzessin (1996) as Chancellor |
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Der Unhold (1996) as Lawyer |
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Surviving Picasso (1996) as Diaghilev |
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Catherine the Great (1996) as Naryshkin |
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Jude (1996) as Curator |
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Le fils de Paul (1995) as Duval |
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Sharpe's Sword (1995) as Don Felipe |
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Jefferson in Paris (1995) as King's Translator |
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The House that Mary Bought (1995) as |
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Mademoiselle O (1994) as Rouka |
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Frankenstein (1993) as Chancellor |
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M. Butterfly (1993) as Agent Etancelin |
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The Hour of the Pig (1993) as Apothecary |
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Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (1993) as Un Héraut / Un prêtre / Un clerc |
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Temptation of Sainthood (1993) as Freud |
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Venice/Venice (1992) as Alexander |
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Obiettivo indiscreto (1992) as Primo editore |
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Toutes peines confondues (1992) as Thurson |
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The First Circle (1992) as Riyumin |
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Let Him Have It (1991) as Clerk of Court |
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Hamlet (1990) as Reynaldo |
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Vincent et moi (1990) as Dr Winkler |
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Meridian (1990) as Priest |
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The Garden (1990) as Old Man at Sauna |
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The Krays (1990) as Teacher |
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The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990) as Fellgiebel |
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Fuga dal paradiso (1990) as Merrill |
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Jeniec Europy (1989) as Hudson Lowe |
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) as Butler |
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Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989) as Doctor Webber |
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Natalia (1989) as Alfred Grabner |
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Splendor (1989) as |
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ברלין ירושלים (1989) as Editor |
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La dolce casa degli orrori (1989) as The Exorcist |
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Testimony (1988) as Gargolovsky |
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Pascali's Island (1988) as Pariente |
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Catacombs (1988) as Brother Timothy |
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Le due croci (1988) as Bischof de Jong |
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Maigret (1988) as Gannett |
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The Name of the Rose (1986) as Hugh of Newcastle |
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Caravaggio (1986) as Art Lover |
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Mata Hari (1985) as Prosecutor |
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Much Ado About Nothing (1984) as Don John |
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Gwendoline (1984) as Shirko |
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The Devil's Lieutenant (1984) as Dr. Goldschmiedt |
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Ronde de nuit (1984) as James |
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Mon Ami Washington (1984) as |
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An Englishman Abroad (1983) as Guildenstern |
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The Scarlet and the Black (1983) as Count Langenthal |
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Nutcracker (1982) as Markovitch |
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Enigma (1982) as Minister |
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La Nuit de Varennes (1982) as Judge at the confiscation |
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Troilus & Cressida (1981) as Agamemnon |
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L'Amour nu (1981) as John, le patron de Claire |
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Sredni Vashtar (1981) as Dr. Russell |
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Condorman (1981) as Russian Agent |
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Le Beau Monde (1981) as Pablo |
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San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça (1981) as Un tueur russe |
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Nijinsky (1980) as Sergei Grigoriev |
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Ike (1979) as Gen. Charles DeGaulle |
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Romeo and Juliet (1978) as Apothecary |
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L'Amour en question (1978) as Peter |
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L'Ordre et la sécurité du monde (1978) as Le réceptionniste |
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La Petite Fille en velours bleu (1978) as Lamberti |
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Les Chemins de l'exil ou Les dernières années de Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1978) as Le peintre Ramsay |
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March or Die (1977) as Mean Corporal |
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The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) as Max Kalba |
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Joseph Andrews (1977) as Fop Two |
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The Achurch Letters (1977) as Eugene |
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French Without Tears (1976) as Monsieur Maingot |
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Rumpole of the Bailey (1975) as Magnus Piecan |
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Le Sauvage (1975) as Coleman |
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Operation: Daybreak (1975) as Pyotr |
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Il Messia (1975) as Samuel |
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The Secret Agent (1975) as Karl Yundt |
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Le Chat et la Souris (1975) as Germain's accomplice |
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Pas de frontières pour l'inspecteur - Le bouc émissaire (1975) as Reinders |
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India Song (1975) as Georges Crawn |
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Le Jeu avec le feu (1975) as A messenger |
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Profumo di donna (1974) as Don Carlo (uncredited) |
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974) as Concierge |
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The Marseille Contract (1974) as Lazar |
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Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974) as Padre |
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L'Impossible Objet (1973) as Private Investigator |
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The Day of the Jackal (1973) as Interrogator |
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An Echo of Theresa (1973) as Bannerheim |
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I racconti di Canterbury (1972) as The Franklin |
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Up the Front (1972) as Muller |
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Far from Dallas (1972) as |
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Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) as Duc De Guise |
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Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) as Dr. Lazovert |
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Fiddler on the Roof (1971) as Russian Official |
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The Horsemen (1971) as Zam Hajji |
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The Beast in the Cellar (1971) as Newsmith |
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Les Mariés de l'an deux (1971) as le pasteur |
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Ils... (1970) as Brisbane |
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Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) as Mendoza |
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Doctor Who: The War Games (1969) as Chief Scientist |
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Baby Love (1969) as Man in Cinema |
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The Assassination Bureau (1969) as Baron Muntzof |
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Beach Head (1969) as N.G. Waldron |
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A Dandy in Aspic (1968) as |
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The Taming of the Shrew (1967) as Pedant |
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The World of George Orwell: 1984 (1965) as Goldstein |
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Darling (1965) as Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited) |
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965) as Member of the French Team |
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The Debussy Film (1965) as The Actor |
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The Life of Galileo (1964) as Philosopher |
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Parlez-nous de l'Amour () as |