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

↑ 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 @1@ 2
↑ Lady Jane at Tudorplace.com (cast and stills )

personal data
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