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Howard Vernon

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jul 15, 1908 (118 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Known For

Acting
1999Dr. Wong's Virtual HellCagliostro
1996The Complex of ToulonCharles Toulon
1996The Rock of AcapulcoLe vieil homme
1994Hey StrangerOld officer
1993Jungle of Fear
1991DelicatessenFrog Man
1990The Carpathian MushroomJeremy Fairfax
1989Black SinManes
1988FacelessDr. Orloff
1988Hommage à VernonSelf (archive footage)
1988The Howl of the DevilEric
1987TerminusMonsieur (voice)
1987The Making of 'The Howl of the Devil'Self
1987The Death of EmpedoclesHermokrates
1985Angel of DeathJosef Mengele
1985All Mixed UpLe docteur Belin - un médecin hémiplégique
1985Trip to Bangkok, Coffin includedCoronel Daniel J. Blimp
1984The Sinister Doctor OrloffDr. Orloff
1984Le fou du roiAbbot Guibourd
1983Revenge in the House of UsherRoderic Usher
1983OgroffVampire
1983Blood on My ShoesAlbert von Klaus
1982Far from ManhattanRené Dimanche
1982DeadlineDoorman
1981Zombie LakeThe Mayor
1981The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss OsbourneDr. Lanyon
1979From Hell to VictorySS Major Karl
1979The Long Vacation of Lotte H. EisnerSelf
1978Women in Cellblock 9Dr. Milton Costa
1977The Theatre of the MattersHermann
1976The Musician KillerAnton Varga
1975Countess PerverseCount Rabor Zaroff
1975The Mark of ZorroGovernor Hayes
1975Love and DeathGeneral Leveque
1975The Adventures of Sylvia Couski
1975Don't Change HandsJacques des Grieux
1975Seven Women for SatanKarl, Zaroff's servant
1975The Garden That TiltsPaul
1974The Greedy OnesCagliostro
1974CelestineGrandfather
1974How to Seduce a VirginMathias
1974Lorna, the ExorcistMaurizius (Lornas Butler)
1974Fifteen Year Old CaptainKorda
1973The Erotic Rites of FrankensteinCagliostro
1973The DemonsLord Malcolm De Winter
1973The Other Side of the MirrorAna's Father
1973Sinner: The Secret Diary of a NymphomaniacLe docteur
1973Lovers of Devil's IslandColonel Ford
1973Dolls for SaleAl Pereira
1973The Day of the JackalCabinet Member
1973A Virgin Among the Living DeadUncle Howard
1973Nightmares Come at NightHoward
1972Dracula, Prisoner of FrankensteinDracula
1972The French Sex MurdersProfessor Waldemar
1972Virgin ReportAnna's Father / The Inquisitor
1972Robinson and His Tempestuous SlavesYakube / Actor in Adult Movie / Film Director's Assistant
1972Sex CharadeGeneral
1972Daughter of DraculaCount Karlstein / Dracula
1971The Devil Came from AkasavaValet Humphrey
1971She Killed in EcstasyProf. Jonathan Walker
1971Love Me StrangelyMaître Wasserman, property administrator
1971X312 - Flight to HellPedro
1971Graf LucknerMercer
1971Schulmeister, l'espion de l'EmpereurSir Horace Mill
1971Schulmeister, l'espion de l'EmpereurSir Horace
1971Schulmeister, l'espion de l'EmpereurHorace Mill
1970The Invisible Man's Love LifeProfessor Orloff
1970The Bloody JudgeJack Ketch
1970The Blood RoseProfesseur Römer
1970Ce que cherche JacquesJacques
1969Marquis de Sade: JustineClément
1968Castle of the Creeping FleshGraf Saxon
1968SuccubusAdmiral Kapp
1968MayerlingPrince of Montenuovo
1968Residence for SpiesRadek (uncredited)
1967The Night of the GeneralsMurder Suspect (uncredited)
1967The Orgies of Dr. OrloffDam Gaillimh
1967The Unknown Man of ShandigorBobby Gun
1967The Dinosaur and the BabySelf
1967The HotheadsMr. Gorsi, The Boss.
1967Graf Yoster gibt sich die EhreRicardo Solesta
1966The Diabolical Dr. ZDr. Vicas
1966The Game Is OverLawyer
1966The Mad DogFred
1966Triple CrossGerman Embassy Official
1966The Poppy Is Also a FlowerDr. Pineau
1965What's New Pussycat?Doctor
1965Operation Double CrossThe 'professor'
1965Taiwo Shango oder: Der zweite Tag nach dem TodDr. Brian
1965AlphavilleLéonard von Braun (uncredited)
1964The TrainDietrich
1964Black Angel of the MississippiRay Terris
1964On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts
1963Un cas intéressantPr. Schroeder
1963Vice and VirtueS.S. General
1963Autopsia de un criminal
1962The Sadistic Baron Von KlausMax von Klaus
1962Zorro the AvengerThe General Clarence
1962The Awful Dr. OrlofDr. Orloff
1962The Shadow of ZorroEl General (credit only)
1961The Secret WaysColonel Hidas
1961The Sword of Vengeance
1961Léon Morin, PriestColonel
1961Première brigade criminelleSteven Hals
1960The Thousand Eyes of Dr. MabuseNo. 12
1960Dossier AST-555Inspector Jackson
1960RendezvousHoward
1960Death at Dawn
1960Description of a StruggleNarrator (German version)
1959Pensione EdelweissGénéral Funck
1959Atomic AgentWilliam Dantoren
1959Heiße WareHeinrich Strasser
1958Doctor Crippen Lives
1957The River of Three JunksIgor Kourguine
1957WeekendRichard Greatham
1957Until the Last OnePhilippe Dario, the trapeze artist
1956Bob le FlambeurMcKimmie, the Sponsor
1956Alert in the Canary IslandsMaxime Bellac
1956Das AbschiedsgeschenkAndrew Crocker-Harris
1956The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansentInspector Revel
1956Operation ThunderRoger Kervec
1955Pas de souris dans le businessRobert Leperque
195508/15 at HomeCIC-Offizier Ted
1955Der grüne KakaduHenri
1955Gottes UtopiaPaco Hernandes
1955El fugitivo de AmberesBell Fermer
1954Phantom of the Big TentArmand LaRue, König der Luft
1953Poison IvyRudy Saltierra
1953Royal Affairs in VersaillesEnglish buyer
1953Mr. Scrupule, GangsterRolande's friend
1953Le Petit JacquesDaniel Mortal
1953Lucrèce BorgiaThe chaplain
1952Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's DaughterÉric
1952Si ça vous chante
1952The Girl with the WhipBorgo
1951Hotbed of SinCharles
1951Adventures of Captain FabianEmile
1950Secret Document: ViennaColonel von Pennwitz
1950Black JackSchooner Captain
1950The Elusive PimpernelComte de Tournai
1949Le Silence de la merWerner von Ebrennac
1949The Inn of SinDucourt
1949The Man on the Eiffel TowerInspector (uncredited)
1949Du GuesclinLancaster
1948Colonel Durand
1948The Devil Who LimpedLord Palmerston
1947Sky BattalionGerman officer (uncredited)
1947The RoyalistsCaptain Gérard
1947The Chips Are DownLe chef milicien
1946Behind These WallsGerman officer (uncredited)
1946Clandestine
1946The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic(uncredited)
1946Alert NightsEnglish aviator
1946Mr. OrchidGerman Lieutenant Fleischer
1946Devil and the AngelFuret henchman
1946A Friend Will Come TonightRobert Langlois, le muet
1945Angel and SinnerPrussian officer in Uville (uncredited)
-Opération JerichoUn soldat allemand