John Vernon

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-02-24 (73 years old)

Deathday

2005-02-01

Place of Birth

Zehner, Saskatchewan, Canada

John Vernon

Biography

John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz) was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in Canada. He was best known for playing Dean Wormer in Animal House, the Mayor in Dirty Harry and Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Vernon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Acting

1971

Dirty Harry

as The Mayor

1974

Sweet Movie

as Aristote Alplanalpe, AKA M. Kapital

1969

Topaz

as Rico Parra

1982

1976

1984

2003

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

as Rupert Thorne (voice)

1978

Animal House

as Dean Vernon Wormer

1985

Fraternity Vacation

as Chief Ferret

1980

1972

1967

Point Blank

as Mal Reese

1973

Charley Varrick

as Maynard Boyle

1975

Brannigan

as Ben Larkin

1959

Tourist Go Home

as Himself

1977

A Special Day

as Emanuele Taberi

1989

Bail Out

as Mr. Ridgeway

1969

Justine

as Nessim

1984

Savage Streets

as Principal Underwood

1974

The Questor Tapes

as Geoffrey Darro

1988

1983

Curtains

as Jonathan Stryker

1977

Golden Rendezvous

as Luis Carreras

1983

Chained Heat

as Warden Bacman

1987

Ernest Goes to Camp

as Sherman Krader

1995

Malicious

as Detective Pronzini

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Mal Reese in Point Blank (archive footage)

1985

Doin' Time

as Big Mac

1987

Nightstick

as Adam Beardsly

1977

The Uncanny

as Pomeroy (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936")

1995

Family of Cops

as Frank Rampola

1984

Jungle Warriors

as Vito Mastranga

1981

1974

Mousey

as David Richardson

1971

Face-Off

as Fred Wares

1971

One More Train to Rob

as Timothy Xavier Nolan

1992

The Naked Truth

as Von Bulo

1971

Escape

as Doctor Charles Walding

1967

The Rock

as Self (uncredited)

1972

Journey

as Boulder Allin

1994

Hostage for a Day

as V.D. Regan

1974

2002

Warrior Angels

as Ansgar / Bladrick

1987

Terminal Exposure

as Mr. Karrothers

1994

Paris or Somewhere

as Old Mahon

1973

1975

The Impostor

as Sheriff Turner

1991

The Woman Who Sinned

as Lieutenant Girvetz

1974

W

as Arnie Felson

1987

Blue Monkey

as Roger Levering

1988

Dixie Lanes

as Elmer Sinclair

1988

Deadly Stranger

as Mr. Mitchell

1977

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

as Dr. Orrin Helgerson

1994

Sodbusters

as Slade Cantrell

1964

Nobody Waved Goodbye

as Lot Supervisor

1956

1984

as Big Brother (uncredited)

1989

Mob Story

as Don "Luce" Luciano

1976

1981

Heavy Metal

as Prosecutor (voice)

2000

Stageghost

as Slim

1986

Fuzzbucket

as Principal

1975

Matt Helm

as Harry Paine

1999

1975

The Swiss Family Robinson

as Charles Forsythe

1974

Virginia Hill

as Nick Rubanos

1980

Fantastica

as Jim McPherson

1989

1998

1977

Angela

as Benjamin Kincaid

1997

Wojeck: Out of the Fire

as Dr Steve Wojeck

2002

Sorority Boys

as Old Man

2002

Welcome to America

as Det. Golding

1969

Trial Run

as Leo D'Agosta

1973

Hunter

as David Hunter / Praetorius

2008

Delgo

as Judge Nohrin (voice)

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