Howard Vernon
Acting1908Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]
Biography
Howard Vernon (15 July 1908 – 25 July 1996), born Mario Walter Lippert, was a German-Swiss stage and film actor who appeared in films by Jean-Pierre Melville, Sacha Guitry, Fritz Lang, Roger Vadim, Jean-Luc Godard and Jesús Franco.
Vernon was born Mario Lippert in Baden-Baden, Germany, to a Swiss father and a German mother. Originally a stage and radio actor, he played Nazi officers, gangsters and psychopaths in French and American films after World War II. In the 1960s, he became a favourite actor of Spanish film director Jesús Franco, starring in many low-budget horror and erotic films produced in Spain and France. He died in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, 10 days after his 88th birthday.
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Known For
Acting History
Future
Opération Jericho
as Un soldat allemand
1999
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
as Cagliostro
1996
The Rock of Acapulco
as Le vieil homme
The Complex of Toulon
as Charles Toulon
1994
Hey Stranger
as Old officer
1993
1991
Delicatessen
as Frog Man
1990
The Carpathian Mushroom
as Jeremy Fairfax
1989
Black Sin
as Manes
1988
1987
Terminus
as Monsieur (voice)
The Death of Empedocles
as Hermokrates
1985
Angel of Death
as Josef Mengele
All Mixed Up
as Le docteur Belin - un médecin hémiplégique
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included
as Coronel Daniel J. Blimp
1984
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
as Dr. Orloff
Le fou du roi
as Abbot Guibourd
1983
1982
Far from Manhattan
as René Dimanche
Deadline
as Doorman
1981
Zombie Lake
as The Mayor
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
as Dr. Lanyon
1979
From Hell to Victory
as SS Major Karl
1978
Women in Cellblock 9
as Dr. Milton Costa
1977
The Theatre of the Matters
as Hermann
1976
The Musician Killer
as Anton Varga
1975
The Mark of Zorro
as Governor Hayes
Countess Perverse
as Count Rabor Zaroff
Love and Death
as General Leveque
The Garden That Tilts
as Paul
Seven Women for Satan
as Karl, Zaroff's servant
Countess Perverse
Still Photographer
1974
Celestine
as Grandfather
Fifteen Year Old Captain
as Korda
The Greedy Ones
as Cagliostro
Lorna, the Exorcist
as Maurizius (Lornas Butler)
How to Seduce a Virgin
as Mathias
Fifteen Year Old Captain
Still Photographer
The Greedy Ones
Still Photographer
Lorna, the Exorcist
Still Photographer
How to Seduce a Virgin
Still Photographer
1973
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
as Le docteur
The Other Side of the Mirror
as Ana's Father
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
as Cagliostro
Lovers of Devil's Island
as Colonel Ford
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
as Uncle Howard
The Demons
as Lord Malcolm De Winter
Dolls for Sale
as Al Pereira
Nightmares Come at Night
as Howard
The Day of the Jackal
as Cabinet Member
1972
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein
as Dracula
Virgin Report
as Anna's Father / The Inquisitor
The French Sex Murders
as Professor Waldemar
Daughter of Dracula
as Count Karlstein / Dracula
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
as Yakube / Actor in Adult Movie / Film Director's Assistant
Sex Charade
as General
1971
X312 - Flight to Hell
as Pedro
She Killed in Ecstasy
as Prof. Jonathan Walker
The Devil Came from Akasava
as Valet Humphrey
Love Me Strangely
as Maître Wasserman, property administrator
Graf Luckner
TVas Mercer
Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur
TVas Sir Horace Mill
1970
The Bloody Judge
as Jack Ketch
The Blood Rose
as Professeur Römer
The Invisible Man's Love Life
as Professor Orloff
1969
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Clément
1968
Castle of the Creeping Flesh
as Graf Saxon
Succubus
as Admiral Kapp
Mayerling
as Prince of Montenuovo
Residence for Spies
as Radek (uncredited)
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
TVas Ricardo Solesta• 1 eps
Succubus
Still Photographer
1967
The Night of the Generals
as Murder Suspect (uncredited)
The Hotheads
as Mr. Gorsi, The Boss.
The Orgies of Dr. Orloff
as Dam Gaillimh
The Unknown Man of Shandigor
as Bobby Gun
The Dinosaur and the Baby
as Self
1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as Dr. Pineau
The Diabolical Dr. Z
as Dr. Vicas
Triple Cross
as German Embassy Official
The Game Is Over
as Lawyer
The Mad Dog
as Fred
1965
Alphaville
as Léonard von Braun (uncredited)
What's New Pussycat?
as Doctor
Operation Double Cross
as The 'professor'
Taiwo Shango oder: Der zweite Tag nach dem Tod
as Dr. Brian
1964
Black Angel of the Mississippi
as Ray Terris
The Train
as Dietrich
1963
1962
The Awful Dr. Orlof
as Dr. Orloff
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus
as Max von Klaus
Zorro the Avenger
as The General Clarence
The Shadow of Zorro
as El General (credit only)
1961
Première brigade criminelle
as Steven Hals
Léon Morin, Priest
as Colonel
The Secret Ways
as Colonel Hidas
1960
Description of a Struggle
as Narrator (German version)
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
as No. 12
Dossier AST-555
as Inspector Jackson
Rendezvous
as Howard
1959
1957
Until the Last One
as Philippe Dario, the trapeze artist
Weekend
as Richard Greatham
The River of Three Junks
as Igor Kourguine
1956
Bob le Flambeur
as McKimmie, the Sponsor
The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent
as Inspector Revel
Das Abschiedsgeschenk
as Andrew Crocker-Harris
Alert in the Canary Islands
as Maxime Bellac
Operation Thunder
as Roger Kervec
1955
08/15 at Home
as CIC-Offizier Ted
Der grüne Kakadu
as Henri
Gottes Utopia
as Paco Hernandes
Pas de souris dans le business
as Robert Leperque
El fugitivo de Amberes
as Bell Fermer
1954
Phantom of the Big Tent
as Armand LaRue, König der Luft
1953
Lucrèce Borgia
as The chaplain
Poison Ivy
as Rudy Saltierra
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as English buyer
Le Petit Jacques
as Daniel Mortal
Mr. Scrupule, Gangster
as Rolande's friend
1951
Adventures of Captain Fabian
as Emile
Hotbed of Sin
as Charles
1950
Black Jack
as Schooner Captain
The Elusive Pimpernel
as Comte de Tournai
Secret Document: Vienna
as Colonel von Pennwitz
1949
Le Silence de la mer
as Werner von Ebrennac
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
as Inspector (uncredited)
Du Guesclin
as Lancaster
The Inn of Sin
as Ducourt
1948
The Devil Who Limped
as Lord Palmerston
1947
Sky Battalion
as German officer (uncredited)
The Royalists
as Captain Gérard
The Chips Are Down
as Le chef milicien
1946
Mr. Orchid
as German Lieutenant Fleischer
Devil and the Angel
as Furet henchman
Behind These Walls
as German officer (uncredited)
A Friend Will Come Tonight
as Robert Langlois, le muet
Alert Nights
as English aviator
The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic
as (uncredited)
1945
Angel and Sinner
as Prussian officer in Uville (uncredited)