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Howard Vernon

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Howard Vernon

Born July 15, 1908 in Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]Died July 25, 1996147 films

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.

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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.

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Essential films

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Delicatessen poster7.3Delicatessen1991Love and Death poster7.4Love and Death1975The Day of the Jackal poster7.5The Day of the Jackal1973Alphaville poster6.9Alphaville1965Bob le Flambeur poster7.3Bob le Flambeur1956The Silence of the Sea poster7.5The Silence of the Sea1949Léon Morin, Priest poster7.1Léon Morin, Priest1961The Night of the Generals poster6.8The Night of the Generals1967

Filmography

147 films as actor
  1. TBAOpération JerichoUn soldat allemand
  2. 1999Dr. Wong's Virtual HellCagliostro
  3. 1996The Rock of AcapulcoLe vieil homme
  4. 1996The Complex of ToulonCharles Toulon
  5. 1994Hey StrangerOld officer
  6. 1993Jungle of Fear
  7. 1991DelicatessenFrog Man
  8. 1990The Carpathian MushroomJeremy Fairfax
  9. 1989Black SinManes
  10. 1988FacelessDr. Orloff
  11. 1988The Howl of the DevilEric
  12. 1987The Death of EmpedoclesHermokrates
  13. 1987TerminusMonsieur (voice)
  14. 1985Angel of DeathJosef Mengele
  15. 1985Trip to Bangkok, Coffin IncludedCoronel Daniel J. Blimp
  16. 1985All Mixed UpLe docteur Belin - un médecin hémiplégique
  17. 1984The Sinister Doctor OrloffDr. Orloff
  18. 1984Le fou du roiAbbot Guibourd
  19. 1983Revenge in the House of UsherRoderic Usher
  20. 1983OgroffVampire
  21. 1983Blood on My ShoesAlbert von Klaus
  22. 1982Far from ManhattanRené Dimanche
  23. 1982DeadlineDoorman
  24. 1981The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss OsbourneDr. Lanyon
  25. 1981Zombie LakeThe Mayor
  26. 1979From Hell to VictorySS Major Karl
  27. 1978Women in Cellblock 9Dr. Milton Costa
  28. 1977The Theatre of the MattersHermann
  29. 1976The Musician KillerAnton Varga
  30. 1975Countess PerverseCount Rabor Zaroff
  31. 1975Seven Women for SatanKarl, Zaroff's servant
  32. 1975Don't Change HandsJacques des Grieux
  33. 1975Love and DeathGeneral Leveque
  34. 1975The Garden That TiltsPaul
  35. 1975The Adventures of Sylvia Couski
  36. 1975The Mark of ZorroGovernor Hayes
  37. 1974Lorna, the ExorcistMaurizius (Lornas Butler)
  38. 1974CelestineGrandfather
  39. 1974How to Seduce a VirginMathias
  40. 1974The Greedy OnesCagliostro
  41. 1973Dolls for SaleAl Pereira
  42. 1973A Virgin Among the Living DeadUncle Howard
  43. 1973Lovers of Devil's IslandColonel Ford
  44. 1973The Other Side of the MirrorAna's Father
  45. 1973Sinner: The Secret Diary of a NymphomaniacLe docteur
  46. 1973The Erotic Rites of FrankensteinCagliostro
  47. 1973Fifteen Year Old CaptainKorda
  48. 1973The Day of the JackalCabinet Member
  49. 1973The DemonsLord Malcolm De Winter
  50. 1973Nightmares Come at NightHoward
  51. 1972Daughter of DraculaCount Karlstein / Dracula
  52. 1972Dracula, Prisoner of FrankensteinDracula
  53. 1972Robinson and His Tempestuous SlavesYakube / Actor in Adult Movie / Film Director's Assistant
  54. 1972The French Sex MurdersProfessor Waldemar
  55. 1972Virgin ReportAnna's Father / The Inquisitor
  56. 1971She Killed in EcstasyProf. Jonathan Walker
  57. 1971X312 - Flight to HellPedro
  58. 1971The Devil Came from AkasavaValet Humphrey
  59. 1971Love Me StrangelyMaître Wasserman, property administrator
  60. 1970The Invisible Man's Love LifeProfessor Orloff
  61. 1970The Blood RoseProfesseur Römer
  62. 1970The Bloody JudgeJack Ketch
  63. 1970Ce que cherche JacquesJacques
  64. 1969Marquis de Sade: JustineClément
  65. 1968MayerlingPrince of Montenuovo
  66. 1968Castle of the Creeping FleshGraf Saxon
  67. 1968SuccubusAdmiral Kapp
  68. 1968Residence for SpiesRadek (uncredited)
  69. 1967The HotheadsMr. Gorsi, The Boss.
  70. 1967The Orgies of Dr. OrloffDam Gaillimh
  71. 1967The Unknown Man of ShandigorBobby Gun
  72. 1967The Night of the GeneralsMurder Suspect (uncredited)
  73. 1966Triple CrossGerman Embassy Official
  74. 1966The Mad DogFred
  75. 1966The Diabolical Dr. ZDr. Vicas
  76. 1966The Game Is OverLawyer
  77. 1966The Poppy Is Also a FlowerDr. Pineau
  78. 1965Taiwo Shango oder: Der zweite Tag nach dem TodDr. Brian
  79. 1965Operation Double CrossThe 'professor'
  80. 1965What's New Pussycat?Doctor
  81. 1965AlphavilleLéonard von Braun (uncredited)
  82. 1964On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts
  83. 1964The TrainDietrich
  84. 1964Black Angel of the MississippiRay Terris
  85. 1963Autopsia de un criminal
  86. 1963Vice and VirtueS.S. General
  87. 1963Un cas intéressantPr. Schroeder
  88. 1962The Shadow of ZorroEl General (credit only)
  89. 1962Zorro the AvengerThe General Clarence
  90. 1962The Sadistic Baron Von KlausMax von Klaus
  91. 1962The Awful Dr. OrlofDr. Orloff
  92. 1961The Sword of Vengeance
  93. 1961Léon Morin, PriestColonel
  94. 1961Première brigade criminelleSteven Hals
  95. 1961The Secret WaysColonel Hidas
  96. 1960Dossier AST-555Inspector Jackson
  97. 1960The Thousand Eyes of Dr. MabuseNo. 12
  98. 1960RendezvousHoward
  99. 1960Death at Dawn
  100. 1959Atomic AgentWilliam Dantoren
  101. 1959Heiße WareHeinrich Strasser
  102. 1959Pensione EdelweissGénéral Funck
  103. 1958Doctor Crippen Lives
  104. 1957WeekendRichard Greatham
  105. 1957Until the Last OnePhilippe Dario, the trapeze artist
  106. 1957The River of Three JunksIgor Kourguine
  107. 1956The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansentInspector Revel
  108. 1956Bob le FlambeurMcKimmie, the Sponsor
  109. 1956Alert in the Canary IslandsMaxime Bellac
  110. 1956Operation ThunderRoger Kervec
  111. 1956Das AbschiedsgeschenkAndrew Crocker-Harris
  112. 195508/15 at HomeCIC-Offizier Ted
  113. 1955Der grüne KakaduHenri
  114. 1955Gottes UtopiaPaco Hernandes
  115. 1955El fugitivo de AmberesBell Fermer
  116. 1955Pas de souris dans le businessRobert Leperque
  117. 1954Phantom of the Big TentArmand LaRue, König der Luft
  118. 1953Royal Affairs in VersaillesEnglish buyer
  119. 1953Lucrèce BorgiaThe chaplain
  120. 1953Le Petit JacquesDaniel Mortal