John Vernon

Actor Feb 24 (died age 72) Zehner, Saskatchewan, Canada 1955–2008 (53 year career)

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Biography

John Keith Vernon (February 24, 1932 – February 1, 2005) 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.

Known For

Film

Dirty Harry

The Mayor

Film

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Fletcher

Film

A Special Day

Emanuele Taberi

Film

Animal House

Dean Vernon Wormer

Film

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Curtis Mooney

Film

Airplane II: The Sequel

Dr. Stone

Film

Heavy Metal

Prosecutor (voice)

Film

Point Blank

Mal Reese

Filmography

Acting (166)

Movies (94)

Delgo

2008

as Judge Nohrin (voice)

4.5

Animal House: The Inside Story

2008

as Self

4.0

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Mal Reese in Point Blank (archive footage)

7.6

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

2003

as Rupert Thorne (voice)

6.7

Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update

2003

as Vernon Wormer

Sorority Boys

as Old Man

Warrior Angels

as Ansgar / Bladrick

Welcome to America

as Det. Golding

Stageghost

as Slim

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

2000

Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure

1999

as Principal Scotti

1.0

Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales

1999

as Self

7.0

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

1998

as Self - Dean Wormer

7.0

Wojeck: Out of the Fire

1997

as Dr Steve Wojeck

Family of Cops

1995

as Frank Rampola

6.4

Malicious

1995

as Detective Pronzini

Hostage for a Day

as V.D. Regan

Paris or Somewhere

as Old Mahon

Sodbusters

as Slade Cantrell

The Forget-Me-Not Murders

as Boyce

The Naked Truth

as Von Bulo

The Woman Who Sinned

as Lieutenant Girvetz

4.7

Rewrite for Murder

1991

as Claude Dempsey

Bail Out

as Mr. Ridgeway

Hostile Takeover

as Mayor

Mob Story

as Don "Luce" Luciano

1.0

Afghanistan: The Last War Bus

1989

as Ken Ross

8.2

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

1988

as Curtis Mooney

6.6

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

as Mr. Big

Dixie Lanes

as Elmer Sinclair

Deadly Stranger

as Mr. Mitchell

Nightstick

as Adam Beardsly

Ernest Goes to Camp

as Sherman Krader

Terminal Exposure

as Mr. Karrothers

Blue Monkey

as Roger Levering

Fuzzbucket

as Principal

Rat Tales

as Bronc

Fraternity Vacation

as Chief Ferret

Doin' Time

as Big Mac

The Blood of Others

as Charles

Savage Streets

as Principal Underwood

Jungle Warriors

as Vito Mastranga

Curtains

as Jonathan Stryker

Chained Heat

as Warden Bacman

Little Red Riding Hood

1983

as Father

6.3

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

as Dr. Stone

6.1

Heavy Metal

1981

as Prosecutor (voice)

6.5

The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats

1981

as Coach "Bulldog" Malone

Herbie Goes Bananas

as Prindle

Fantastica

as Jim McPherson

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

1980

as Killian

4.8

Animal House

1978

as Dean Vernon Wormer

7.0

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

1977

as Dr. Orrin Helgerson

Angela

as Benjamin Kincaid

A Special Day

as Emanuele Taberi

Golden Rendezvous

as Luis Carreras

The Uncanny

as Pomeroy (segment "Hollywood 1936")

5.9

The Outlaw Josey Wales

as Fletcher

Drum

Brannigan

as Ben Larkin

The Swiss Family Robinson

as Charles Forsythe

The Impostor

as Sheriff Turner

Matt Helm

as Harry Paine

The Black Windmill

1974

as McKee

6.2

Sweet Movie

1974

as Aristote Alplanalpe, AKA M. Kapital

Mousey

as David Richardson

Virginia Hill

as Nick Rubanos

as Arnie Felson

The Questor Tapes

as Geoffrey Darro

Charley Varrick

as Maynard Boyle

Hunter

as David Hunter / Praetorius

Nightmare Step

1973

as Allan

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping

as Julian Peck

Fear Is the Key

as Vyland

Journey

as Boulder Allin

Dirty Harry

as The Mayor

Face-Off

as Fred Wares

Escape

as Doctor Charles Walding

4.8

One More Train to Rob

1971

as Timothy Xavier Nolan

5.4

Mission: Impossible - The Falcon

1970

as General Ramon Sabattini

Topaz

as Rico Parra

Trial Run

as Leo D'Agosta

Justine

as Nessim

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

as Hacker

Point Blank

as Mal Reese

The Rock

as Self (uncredited)

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk

1964

Nobody Waved Goodbye

1964

as Lot Supervisor

6.0

Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec

1962

as Galt

1.0

Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist

1962

as Alexander Galt

Tourist Go Home

1959

as Himself

Fires of Envy

1957

1984

1956

as Big Brother (uncredited)

6.5

Object of Desire

Television (72)

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

2001

as Dean Toadblatt

8.1

Pigs Next Door

2000

as Grand Porcinus (voice)

The Strangerers

as D.N.E. Agent

The Incredible Hulk

as General Ross (voice)

6.3

Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm

as Shao Kahn (voice)

Marker

Spider-Man

as Doctor Strange (voice)

8.3

Duckman

1994

as Principal Dinkler (voice)

Fantastic Four

as Dr. Doom (voice)

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Clint Murdock / Max Slater

7.0

Acapulco H.E.A.T.

1993

as Mr. Smith

5.1

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

1993

as Rex Shard (voice)

8.0

Batman: The Animated Series

1992

as Rupert Thorne (voice)

8.6

Renegade

1992

as Capt. Ed McKendrick

African Skies

Dinosaurs

as Mr. Ashland (voice)

Dark Justice

Tales from the Crypt

as Mr. Chalmers

War of the Worlds

as General Wilson

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

as Number One

Sledge Hammer!

as Mayor Jack Flambo

Wildfire

MacGyver

as Dave Ryerson

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985

as Mr. Brenner

7.2

Hail to the Chief

1985

as Gen. Hannibal Stryker

Murder, She Wrote

as Henry Hayward

Airwolf

as John Bradford Horn

Partners in Crime

The A-Team

as Ted Jarrett

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Automan

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

as Big John Masters

Knight Rider

as Cameron Zachary

T. J. Hooker

as Grant Chandler

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Father

The Blue and the Gray

as Seward

The Fall Guy

Hart to Hart

as Travis Saunders

The Littlest Hobo

The Sacketts

as Jonathan Pritts

Delta House

as Dean Vernon Wormer

California Fever

Vega$

CHiPs

The Oregon Trail

Quincy, M.E.

For the Record

Here To Stay

Switch

as Jack Morgan

S.W.A.T.

Barbary Coast

as Robin Templar

Petrocelli

Barnaby Jones

as Dr. Hank Danvers

Cool Million

as Inspector Duprez

Kung Fu

as Gen. Cantrell

Cannon

McMillan & Wife

Hawaii Five-O

as Cal Anderson

Mannix

The High Chaparral

as Sean McLaren

Judd for the Defense

as Dr. Bellew

Mission: Impossible

as Colonel Josef Strom

7.6

Felony Squad

1966

6.4

The Marvel Super Heroes

1966

as Iron Man (Tony Stark) (voice)

Tarzan

Wojeck

as Steve Wojeck

The F.B.I.

1965

as Mike Burton

5.4

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Steve Wojeck

Bonanza

as Beaudry

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

as Lyman

Gunsmoke

as Oliver Harker