Howard Vernon
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.
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Known For
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Known For
Acting
Known Credits
157
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-07-15 (116 years old)
Place of Birth
Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]
Acting
1999
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell as Cagliostro1996
The Complex of Toulon as Charles Toulon1994
Hey Stranger as Old officer1993
Jungle of Fear as Not available1991
Delicatessen as Frog Man1990
The Carpathian Mushroom as Jeremy Fairfax1989
Black Sin as Manes1988
Faceless as Dr. Orloff1988
Howl of the Devil as Eric1988
Hommage à Vernon as Self (archive footage)1987
Terminus as Monsieur (voice)1987
The Death of Empedocles as Hermokrates1987
The Making of 'The Howl of the Devil' as Self1985
All Mixed Up as Le docteur Belin - un médecin hémiplégique1985
Angel of Death as Josef Mengele1985
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included as Coronel Daniel J. Blimp1984
The Sinister Doctor Orloff as Dr. Orloff1984
Le fou du roi as Abbot Guibourd1983
Blood on My Shoes as Albert von Klaus1983
Revenge in the House of Usher as Roderic Usher1983
Ogroff as Vampire1982
Deadline as Doorman1982
Far from Manhattan as René Dimanche1981
Zombie Lake as The Mayor1981
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne as Dr. Lanyon1979
From Hell to Victory as SS Major Karl1979
The Long Vacation of Lotte H. Eisner as Self1978
Women in Cellblock 9 as Dr. Milton1977
The Theatre of the Matters as Hermann1976
The Musician Killer as Anton Varga1975
The Perverse Countess as Count Rabor Zaroff1975
Love and Death as General Leveque1975
Seven Women for Satan as Karl, Zaroff's servant1975
The Garden That Tilts as Paul1975
The Mark of Zorro as Governor Hayes1975
The Adventures of Sylvia Couski as Not available1975
Don't Change Hands as Jacques des Grieux1974
Celestine as Grandfather1974
Les Gloutonnes as Cagliostro1974
Lorna, the Exorcist as Maurizius (Lornas Butler)1974
How to Seduce a Virgin as Mathias1974
Fifteen Year Old Captain as Korda1973
The Day of the Jackal as Cabinet Member1973
Graf Luckner as Mercer1973
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac as Le docteur1973
A Virgin Among the Living Dead as Uncle Howard1973
The Demons as Lord Malcolm De Winter1973
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein as Cagliostro1973
Lovers of Devil's Island as Colonel Ford1973
The Other Side of the Mirror as Ana's Father1973
Dolls for Sale as Al Pereira1972
The French Sex Murders as Professor Waldemar1972
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves as Yakube / Actor in Adult Movie / Film Director's Assistant1972
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein as Dracula1972
Daughter of Dracula as Count Karlstein / Dracula1972
Sex Charade as General1972
Virgin Report as Anna's Father / The Inquisitor1971
Love Me Strangely as Maître Wasserman - l'administrateur de biens1971
She Killed in Ecstasy as Prof. Jonathan Walker1971
The Devil Came from Akasava as Valet Humphrey1971
X312 - Flight to Hell as Pedro1970
The Bloody Judge as Jack Ketch1970
The Invisible Man's Love Life as Professor Orloff1970
Nightmares Come at Night as Howard1970
The Blood Rose as Professeur Römer1970
Ce que cherche Jacques as Not available1969
Marquis de Sade: Justine as Clément1968
Succubus as Admiral Kapp1968
Mayerling as Prince of Montenuovo1968
Castle of the Creeping Flesh as Graf Saxon1967
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre as Ricardo Solesta1967
The Night of the Generals as Murder Suspect (uncredited)1967
The Dinosaur and the Baby as Self1967
The Unknown Man of Shandigor as Yvan1967
The Orgies of Dr. Orloff as Dam Gaillimh1967
The Hotheads as Mr. Gorsi, The Boss.1966
Triple Cross as German Embassy Official1966
The Diabolical Dr. Z as Dr. Vicas1966
The Game Is Over as Lawyer1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower as Dr. Pineau1966
Residence for Spies as Radek (uncredited)1966
The Mad Dog as Fred1965
Alphaville as Léonard von Braun (uncredited)1965
What's New Pussycat? as Doctor1965
Operation Double Cross as Le professeur1965
Taiwo Shango oder: Der zweite Tag nach dem Tod as Dr. Brian1964
The Train as Dietrich1964
Black Angel of the Mississippi as Ray Terris1964
On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts as Not available1963
Vice and Virtue as S.S. General1963
Autopsia de un criminal as Not available1963
Un cas intéressant as Pr. Schroeder1962
The Awful Dr. Orlof as Dr. Orloff1962
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus as Max von Klaus1962
Zorro the Avenger as The General Clarence1962
The Shadow of Zorro as El General (credit only)1961
Léon Morin, Priest as Colonel1961
The Secret Ways as Colonel Hidas1961
Première brigade criminelle as Steven Hals1961
The Sword of Vengeance as Not available1960
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse as No. 121960
Dossier AST-555 as Inspector Jackson1960
Death at Dawn as Not available1960
Rendezvous as Howard1959
Heiße Ware as Heinrich Strasser1959
Pensione Edelweiss as Général Funck1959
Atomic Agent as William Dantoren1958
Doctor Crippen Lives as Not available1957
Until the Last One as Philippe Dario, the trapeze artist1957
Weekend as Richard Greatham1957
The River of Three Junks as Igor Kourguine1956
Bob le Flambeur as McKimmie, the Sponsor1956
La melodía misteriosa as Inspector Revel1956
Alert in the Canary Islands as Maxime Bellac1956
Operation Thunder as Roger Kervec1956
Das Abschiedsgeschenk as Andrew Crocker-Harris1955
08/15 at Home as CIC-Offizier Ted1955
Gottes Utopia as Paco Hernandes1955
Pas de souris dans le business as Robert Leperque1955
Der grüne Kakadu as Henri1955
El fugitivo de Amberes as Bell Fermer1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles as English buyer1954
Phantom of the Big Tent as Armand LaRue, König der Luft1953
Lucrèce Borgia as The chaplain1953
Poison Ivy as Rudy Saltierra1953
Mr. Scrupule, Gangster as Rolande's friend1953
Le Petit Jacques as Daniel Mortal1952
Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter as Éric1952
The Girl with the Whip as Borgo1952
Si ça vous chante as Not available1951
Adventures of Captain Fabian as Emile1951
Hotbed of Sin as Charles1950
The Elusive Pimpernel as Comte de Tournai1950
Black Jack as Schooner Captain1950
Secret Document: Vienna as Colonel von Pennwitz1949
The Man on the Eiffel Tower as Inspector (uncredited)1949
The Silence of the Sea as Werner von Ebrennac1949
Du Guesclin as Lancaster1949
The Inn of Sin as Ducourt1948
The Devil Who Limped as Lord Palmerston1948
Colonel Durand as Not available1947
The Royalists as Captain Gérard1947
The Chips Are Down as Le chef milicien1947
Sky Battalion as German officer (uncredited)1946
Devil and the Angel as Furet henchman1946
Behind These Walls as German officer (uncredited)1946
Mr. Orchid as German Lieutenant Fleischer1946
Alert Nights as English aviator1946
The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic as (uncredited)1946
Clandestine as Not available1946
A Friend Will Come Tonight as Robert Langlois, le muet1945
Angel and Sinner as Prussian officer in Uville (uncredited)Crew
1974
Lorna, the Exorcist Still Photographer1974
How to Seduce a Virgin Still Photographer1974
Les Gloutonnes Still Photographer1974
Fifteen Year Old Captain Still Photographer1968
Succubus Still Photographer