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
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
- Warrior Angels as Ansgar / Bladrick
- Sorority Boys as Old Man
- Welcome to America as Det. Golding
2001
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Dean Toadblatt
2000
- Stageghost as Slim
- Pigs Next Door as Grand Porcinus (voice)
- The Strangerers as D.N.E. Agent
- The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
1999
- Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales as Self
- Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure as Principal Scotti
1998
- The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion as Self - Dean Wormer
1997
- Wojeck: Out of the Fire as Dr Steve Wojeck
1996
- The Incredible Hulk as General Ross (voice)
- Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm as Shao Kahn (voice)
1995
- Malicious as Detective Pronzini
- Family of Cops as Frank Rampola
- Marker
1994
- Spider-Man as Doctor Strange (voice)
- Duckman as Principal Dinkler (voice)
- Fantastic Four as Dr. Doom (voice)
- Hostage for a Day as V.D. Regan
- Paris or Somewhere as Old Mahon
- The Forget-Me-Not Murders as Boyce
- Sodbusters as Slade Cantrell
1993
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Clint Murdock / Max Slater
- Acapulco H.E.A.T. as Mr. Smith
1992
- Batman: The Animated Series as Rupert Thorne (voice)
- Renegade as Capt. Ed McKendrick
- The Naked Truth as Von Bulo
- African Skies
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
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space as Curtis Mooney
- War of the Worlds as General Wilson
- Dixie Lanes as Elmer Sinclair
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Mr. Big
- Deadly Stranger as Mr. Mitchell
1987
- Terminal Exposure as Mr. Karrothers
- Ernest Goes to Camp as Sherman Krader
- Nightstick as Adam Beardsly
- The New Adventures of Beans Baxter as Number One
- Blue Monkey as Roger Levering
1986
- Sledge Hammer! as Mayor Jack Flambo
- Fuzzbucket as Principal
- Wildfire
1985
- MacGyver as Dave Ryerson
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mr. Brenner
- Fraternity Vacation as Chief Ferret
- Doin' Time as Big Mac
- Hail to the Chief as Gen. Hannibal Stryker
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Henry Hayward
- Airwolf as John Bradford Horn
- Jungle Warriors as Vito Mastranga
- Savage Streets as Principal Underwood
- The Blood of Others as Charles
- Partners in Crime
1983
- The A-Team as Ted Jarrett
- Chained Heat as Warden Bacman
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- Curtains as Jonathan Stryker
- Automan
- Philip Marlowe, Private Eye as Big John Masters
- 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
- The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats as Coach "Bulldog" Malone
- Heavy Metal as Prosecutor (voice)
1980
- Fantastica as Jim McPherson
- Herbie Goes Bananas as Prindle
- It Rained All Night the Day I Left as Killian
1979
- Hart to Hart as Travis Saunders
- Delta House as Dean Vernon Wormer
- The Littlest Hobo
- The Sacketts as Jonathan Pritts
- California Fever
1978
- Vega$
- Animal House as Dean Vernon Wormer
1977
- The Uncanny as Pomeroy (segment "Hollywood 1936")
- CHiPs
- Golden Rendezvous as Luis Carreras
- A Special Day as Emanuele Taberi
- Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night as Dr. Orrin Helgerson
- Angela as Benjamin Kincaid
- The Oregon Trail
- For The Record
1976
- Quincy, M.E.
- Drum
- The Outlaw Josey Wales as Fletcher
- Here To Stay
1975
- Switch as Jack Morgan
- Brannigan as Ben Larkin
- The Impostor as Sheriff Turner
- S.W.A.T.
- Matt Helm as Harry Paine
- The Swiss Family Robinson as Charles Forsythe
1974
- Mousey as David Richardson
- Sweet Movie as Aristote Alplanalpe, AKA M. Kapital
- Virginia Hill as Nick Rubanos
- Petrocelli
- The Black Windmill as McKee
- W as Arnie Felson
- The Questor Tapes as Geoffrey Darro
1973
- Barnaby Jones as Dr. Hank Danvers
- Charley Varrick as Maynard Boyle
- Hunter as David Hunter / Praetorius
- Nightmare Step as Allan
- The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping as Julian Peck
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
- Escape as Doctor Charles Walding
- One More Train to Rob as Timothy Xavier Nolan
- Face-Off as Fred Wares
1969
- Justine as Nessim
- Trial Run as Leo D'Agosta
- Topaz as Rico Parra
- Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Hacker
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Cal Anderson
1967
- Mannix
- The High Chaparral as Sean McLaren
- Point Blank as Mal Reese
- Judd for the Defense as Dr. Bellew
- The Rock as Self (uncredited)
1966
- Mission: Impossible as Colonel Josef Strom
- Felony Squad
- Tarzan
- The Marvel Super Heroes as Iron Man (Tony Stark) (voice)
- Wojeck as Steve Wojeck
1965
- The F.B.I. as Mike Burton
1964
- Nobody Waved Goodbye as Lot Supervisor
- The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Steve Wojeck
1962
- Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist as Alexander Galt
- Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec as Galt
1959
- Bonanza as Beaudry
- Tourist Go Home as Himself
1957
1956
- 1984 as Big Brother (uncredited)
1955
- Gunsmoke as Oliver Harker