Gabor Vernon
Leslie Gabor Vernon ( 1925 - April 23, 1985 in London ) was a British actor .
Vernon played supporting roles in some feature films and several British television series in the 1970s and 1980s . He embodied most of the noble gentlemen , often in a high social position. His roles included diplomats , ambassadors , scientists , doctors and courtiers . However, in some of his cinema roles, he was not mentioned in the credits .
Vernon starred in two James Bond films : 1973 as a Hungarian diplomat in Live and Let Die and 1983 as Russian Borchoi in James Bond 007 - Octopussy . In Octopussy he played a curator and art expert at the Leningrad Hermitage who threw the Romanovs' star ( Romanov star in the original script ), a Fabergé egg , to the ground after realizing that it was a fake.
In 1978 he played a courtier at the side of Kabir Bedi in the fairytale adventure film The Thief of Baghdad . In the US miniseries Holocaust - The Story of the Weiss Family , he played the role of Rabbi Samuel . In 1980 he played a translator in Peter Greenaway's film The Falls . His last role was in 1985 the jeweler in the historical drama Lady Jane - Queen for Nine Days .
Filmography
- 1971: Jason King
- 1973: Jack the Ripper (miniseries)
- 1973: Live and Let Die ( Live and Let Die )
- 1973: No Pardon for Guardian Angels (TV series)
- 1974: Colditz (TV series)
- 1977: Uppdraget
- 1977: With an umbrella, charm and bowler hat
- 1978: The Thief of Baghdad ( The Thief of Baghdad )
- 1978; 1979: The professionals
- 1978: Holocaust - The History of the Weiss Family
- 1980: Journeys from Berlin / 1971
- 1980: The Falls
- 1980: Oppenheimer (TV series)
- 1982: Whoops Apocalypse (TV series)
- 1982: The Brack Report (TV series)
- 1983: James Bond 007 - Octopussy ( Octopussy )
- 1986: Lady Jane - Queen for Nine Days ( Lady Jane )
Web links
- Gabor Vernon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gabor Vernon British Film Institute roll directory
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gabor Vernon at Aveleyman.com (with photos)
- ^ Recurring Actors The Bond Film Informant
- ↑ Borchoi at James Bond Movies (with photo)
- ↑ The Thief of Baghdad Kabir Bedi Fan Club
- ↑ HOLOCAUST. THE STORY OF THE FAMILY WEISS ( Memento from January 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The Falls ( Memento of the original from October 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Cast & Credits
- ↑ Lady Jane at Tudorplace.com (cast and stills )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Vernon, Gabor |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vernon, Leslie Gabor (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1925 |
DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1985 |
Place of death | London |