John Vernon
Born: 1932-02-24 in Zehner, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died: 2005-02-01
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
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- Point Blank the Documentary as Self
2008
- Delgo as Judge Nohrin (voice)
- Animal House: The Inside Story as Self
2004
- Los Angeles Plays Itself as Mal Reese in Point Blank (archive footage)
2003
- Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman as Rupert Thorne (voice)
- Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update as Vernon Wormer
2002
- Sorority Boys as Old Man
- Warrior Angels as Ansgar / Bladrick
- Welcome to America as Det. Golding
2001
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Dean Toadblatt
2000
- Pigs Next Door as Grand Porcinus (voice)
- The Strangerers as D.N.E. Agent
- The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
- Stageghost as Slim
1999
- Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure as Principal Scotti
- Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales as Self
1998
- The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion as Self - Dean Wormer
1997
- Wojeck: Out of the Fire as Dr Steve Wojeck
1996
- Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm as Shao Kahn (voice)
- The Incredible Hulk as General Ross (voice)
1995
- Pinky and the Brain as Admiral (voice)
- Marker
- Malicious as Detective Pronzini
- Family of Cops as Frank Rampola
1994
- Spider-Man as Doctor Strange (voice)
- Duckman as Principal Dinkler (voice)
- Fantastic Four as Dr. Doom (voice)
- Sodbusters as Slade Cantrell
- Paris or Somewhere as Old Mahon
- The Forget-Me-Not Murders as Boyce
- Hostage for a Day as V.D. Regan
1993
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Clint Murdock / Max Slater
- Acapulco H.E.A.T. as Mr. Smith
- SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron as Rex Shard (voice)
1992
- Batman: The Animated Series as Rupert Thorne (voice)
- Renegade as Capt. Ed McKendrick
- African Skies
- The Naked Truth as Von Bulo
1991
- Dinosaurs as Mr. Ashland (voice)
- Dark Justice
- The Woman Who Sinned as Lieutenant Girvetz
- Rewrite for Murder as Claude Dempsey
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Mr. Chalmers
- Bail Out as Mr. Ridgeway
- Hostile Takeover as Mayor
- Mob Story as Don "Luce" Luciano
- Afghanistan: The Last War Bus as Ken Ross
1988
- War of the Worlds as General Wilson
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space as Curtis Mooney
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Mr. Big
- Dixie Lanes as Elmer Sinclair
- Deadly Stranger as Mr. Mitchell
1987
- The New Adventures of Beans Baxter as Number One
- Ernest Goes to Camp as Sherman Krader
- Terminal Exposure as Mr. Karrothers
- Nightstick as Adam Beardsly
- Blue Monkey as Roger Levering
1986
- Sledge Hammer! as Mayor Jack Flambo
- Wildfire
- Fuzzbucket as Principal
- Rat Tales as Bronc
1985
- MacGyver as Dave Ryerson
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mr. Brenner
- Hail to the Chief as Gen. Hannibal Stryker
- Fraternity Vacation as Chief Ferret
- Doin' Time as Big Mac
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Henry Hayward
- Airwolf as John Bradford Horn
- Partners in Crime
- Savage Streets as Principal Underwood
- The Blood of Others as Charles
- Jungle Warriors as Vito Mastranga
1983
- The A-Team as Ted Jarrett
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- Automan
- Chained Heat as Warden Bacman
- Philip Marlowe, Private Eye as Big John Masters
- Curtains as Jonathan Stryker
- Little Red Riding Hood as Father
1982
- Knight Rider as Cameron Zachary
- T. J. Hooker as Grant Chandler
- Faerie Tale Theatre as Father
- Airplane II: The Sequel as Dr. Stone
- The Blue and the Gray as Seward
1981
- The Fall Guy
- Heavy Metal as Prosecutor (voice)
- The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats as Coach "Bulldog" Malone
1980
- Herbie Goes Bananas as Prindle
- Fantastica as Jim McPherson
- It Rained All Night the Day I Left as Killian
1979
- Hart to Hart as Travis Saunders
- The Littlest Hobo
- The Sacketts as Jonathan Pritts
- Delta House as Dean Vernon Wormer
- California Fever
1978
- Vega$
- Animal House as Dean Vernon Wormer
1977
- CHiPs
- The Oregon Trail
- A Special Day as Emanuele Taberi
- The Uncanny as Pomeroy (segment "Hollywood 1936")
- Golden Rendezvous as Luis Carreras
- Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night as Dr. Orrin Helgerson
- Angela as Benjamin Kincaid
1976
- Quincy, M.E.
- The Outlaw Josey Wales as Fletcher
- For the Record
- Drum
- Here To Stay
1975
- Switch as Jack Morgan
- S.W.A.T.
- Brannigan as Ben Larkin
- The Swiss Family Robinson as Charles Forsythe
- Matt Helm as Harry Paine
- The Impostor as Sheriff Turner
1974
- Petrocelli as Barney Majors
- Sweet Movie as Aristote Alplanalpe, AKA M. Kapital
- The Black Windmill as McKee
- Virginia Hill as Nick Rubanos
- Mousey as David Richardson
- W as Arnie Felson
- The Questor Tapes as Geoffrey Darro
1973
- Barnaby Jones as Dr. Hank Danvers
- Charley Varrick as Maynard Boyle
- The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping as Julian Peck
- Hunter as David Hunter / Praetorius
- Nightmare Step as Allan
1972
- Search
- Cool Million as Inspector Duprez
- Fear Is the Key as Vyland
- Kung Fu as Gen. Cantrell
- Journey as Boulder Allin
1971
- Cannon
- McMillan & Wife
- Dirty Harry as The Mayor
- One More Train to Rob as Timothy Xavier Nolan
- Face-Off as Fred Wares
- Escape as Doctor Charles Walding
1970
- Mission: Impossible - The Falcon as General Ramon Sabattini
1969
- Topaz as Rico Parra
- Justine as Nessim
- Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Hacker
- Trial Run as Leo D'Agosta
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Cal Anderson
1967
- Mannix
- The High Chaparral as Sean McLaren
- Judd, for the Defense as Dr. Bellew
- Point Blank as Mal Reese
- The Rock as Self (uncredited)
1966
- Mission: Impossible as Colonel Josef Strom
- Tarzan
- Felony Squad
- The Marvel Super Heroes as Iron Man (Tony Stark) (voice)
- Wojeck as Steve Wojeck
1965
- The F.B.I. as Mike Burton
1964
- The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
- Nobody Waved Goodbye as Lot Supervisor
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Steve Wojeck
1962
- Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec as Galt
- Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist as Alexander Galt
1960
- Festival as Vershinin
1959
- Bonanza as Beaudry
- Tourist Go Home
1957
1956
- 1984 as Big Brother (uncredited)
1955
- Gunsmoke as Oliver Harker