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Howard Vernon

Howard Vernon

Actor · 1908–1996 · Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Vernon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Acted in 141

1990s

  1. 1999

    Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell

    Cagliostro

  2. 1996

    The Rock of Acapulco

    Le vieil homme

  3. The Complex of Toulon

    Charles Toulon

  4. 1994

    Hey Stranger

    Old officer

  5. 1991
  6. 1990

    The Carpathian Mushroom

    Jeremy Fairfax

1980s

  1. 1989

    Black Sin

    Manes

  2. 1988

    Faceless

    Dr. Orloff

  3. Howl of the Devil

    Eric

  4. 1987

    The Death of Empedocles

    Hermokrates

  5. 1985
  6. Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included

    Coronel Daniel J. Blimp

  7. All Mixed Up

    Le docteur Belin - un médecin hémiplégique

  8. 1984

    The Sinister Doctor Orloff

    Dr. Orloff

  9. Le fou du roi

    Abbot Guibourd

  10. 1983

    Revenge in the House of Usher

    Roderic Usher

  11. Ogroff

    Vampire

  12. Blood on My Shoes

    Albert von Klaus

  13. 1982

    Far from Manhattan

    René Dimanche

  14. Deadline

    Doorman

  15. 1981

    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

    Dr. Lanyon

  16. Zombie Lake

    The Mayor

1970s

  1. 1979

    From Hell to Victory

    SS Major Karl

  2. 1978
  3. 1977

    The Theatre of the Matters

    Hermann

  4. 1975

    Countess Perverse

    Count Rabor Zaroff

  5. Seven Women for Satan

    Karl, Zaroff's servant

  6. Don't Change Hands

    Jacques des Grieux

  7. The Garden That Tilts

    Paul

  8. The Adventures of Sylvia Couski

    Movie

  9. The Mark of Zorro

    Governor Hayes

  10. 1974

    Lorna, the Exorcist

    Maurizius (Lornas Butler)

  11. Celestine

    Grandfather

  12. How to Seduce a Virgin

    Mathias

  13. The Greedy Ones

    Cagliostro

  14. 1973
  15. Lovers of Devil's Island

    Colonel Ford

  16. The Other Side of the Mirror

    Ana's Father

  17. Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac

    Le docteur

  18. The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein

    Cagliostro

  19. Fifteen Year Old Captain

    Korda

  20. The Demons

    Lord Malcolm De Winter

  21. Nightmares Come at Night

    Howard

  22. 1972
  23. Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves

    Yakube / Actor in Adult Movie / Film Director's Assistant

  24. Virgin Report

    Anna's Father / The Inquisitor

  25. 1971

    Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur

    Sir Horace Mill · 1 episode

  26. X312 - Flight to Hell

    Pedro

  27. Graf Luckner

    Mercer · 1 episode

  28. The Devil Came from Akasava

    Valet Humphrey

  29. Love Me Strangely

    Maître Wasserman, property administrator

  30. 1970

    Orloff and the Invisible Man

    Professor Orloff

  31. The Blood Rose

    Professeur Römer

  32. Ce que cherche Jacques

    Jacques

1960s

  1. 1969
  2. 1968
  3. Succubus

    Admiral Kapp

  4. Residence for Spies

    Radek (uncredited)

  5. 1967

    The Hotheads

    Mr. Gorsi, The Boss.

  6. The Orgies of Dr. Orloff

    Dam Gaillimh

  7. 1966
  8. The Mad Dog

    Fred

  9. The Diabolical Dr. Z

    Dr. Vicas

  10. The Game Is Over

    Lawyer

  11. 1965

    Operation Double Cross

    The 'professor'

  12. 1964
  13. Black Angel of the Mississippi

    Ray Terris

  14. 1963

    Autopsia de un criminal

    Movie

  15. Vice and Virtue

    S.S. General

  16. Un cas intéressant

    Pr. Schroeder

  17. 1962

    The Shadow of Zorro

    El General (credit only)

  18. Zorro the Avenger

    The General Clarence

  19. The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus

    Max von Klaus

  20. The Awful Dr. Orlof

    Dr. Orloff

  21. 1961

    The Sword of Vengeance

    Movie

  22. Léon Morin, Priest

    Colonel

  23. Première brigade criminelle

    Steven Hals

  24. The Secret Ways

    Colonel Hidas

  25. 1960

    Dossier AST-555

    Inspector Jackson

  26. Rendezvous

    Howard

  27. Death at Dawn

    Movie

1950s

  1. 1959

    Atomic Agent

    William Dantoren

  2. Heiße Ware

    Heinrich Strasser

  3. Pensione Edelweiss

    Général Funck

  4. 1958

    Doctor Crippen Lives

    Movie

  5. 1957

    Until the Last One

    Philippe Dario, the trapeze artist

  6. The River of Three Junks

    Igor Kourguine

  7. 1956

    The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent

    Inspector Revel

  8. Bob le Flambeur

    McKimmie, the Sponsor

  9. Alert in the Canary Islands

    Maxime Bellac

  10. Operation Thunder

    Roger Kervec

  11. 1955

    08/15 at Home

    CIC-Offizier Ted

  12. El fugitivo de Amberes

    Bell Fermer

  13. Pas de souris dans le business

    Robert Leperque

  14. 1954

    Phantom of the Big Tent

    Armand LaRue, König der Luft

  15. 1953
  16. Lucrèce Borgia

    The chaplain

  17. Le Petit Jacques

    Daniel Mortal

  18. Mr. Scrupule, Gangster

    Rolande's friend

  19. 1952
  20. The Girl with the Whip

    Borgo

  21. Si ça vous chante

    Movie

  22. 1951

    Adventures of Captain Fabian

    Emile

  23. Hotbed of Sin

    Charles

  24. 1950

    Black Jack

    Schooner Captain

  25. The Elusive Pimpernel

    Comte de Tournai

  26. Secret Document: Vienna

    Colonel von Pennwitz

1940s

  1. 1949

    The Inn of Sin

    Ducourt

  2. Du Guesclin

    Lancaster

  3. The Silence of the Sea

    Werner von Ebrennac

  4. 1948

    Colonel Durand

    Movie

  5. The Devil Who Limped

    Lord Palmerston

  6. 1947

    The Chips Are Down

    Le chef milicien

  7. The Royalists

    Captain Gérard

  8. Sky Battalion

    German officer (uncredited)

  9. 1946

    Devil and the Angel

    Furet henchman

  10. Alert Nights

    English aviator

  11. The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic

    (uncredited)

  12. Mr. Orchid

    German Lieutenant Fleischer

  13. Clandestine

    Movie

  14. A Friend Will Come Tonight

    Robert Langlois, le muet

  15. Behind These Walls

    German officer (uncredited)

  16. 1945

    Angel and Sinner

    Prussian officer in Uville (uncredited)

Camera 6

1970s

  1. 1975

    Countess Perverse

    Still Photographer

  2. 1974

    Lorna, the Exorcist

    Still Photographer

  3. How to Seduce a Virgin

    Still Photographer

  4. The Greedy Ones

    Still Photographer

  5. 1973

    Fifteen Year Old Captain

    Still Photographer

1960s

  1. 1968

    Succubus

    Still Photographer

Appearances3

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Long Vacation of Lotte H. Eisner

    Self

1960s

  1. 1967

    The Dinosaur and the Baby

    Self

  2. 1960

    Description of a Struggle

    Narrator (German version)