From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Howard Vernon (15 July 1908, Baden, Switzerland - 25 July 1996, Paris, France) was a Swiss actor. Vernon was born Mario Lippert to a Swiss father and an American mother and was fluent in German, English, and French. Originally a stage and radio actor, he worked primarily in France and became a well-known supporting actor after 1945 by playing villainous Nazi officers in French films. Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Silence de la mer, in which he played a gentle anti-Nazi German officer, made him somewhat famous, but, in part due to his looks and Swiss accent, he was subsequently relegated to playing gangsters and heavies. In the 1960s, he became a favorite actor of Spanish horror director Jesús Franco and began starring in many low-budget horror movies produced in Spain or in France, often portraying a mad doctor, "Dr. Orloff". Franco cast him in a number of adult films, in some of which Vernon even did nude scenes (he stated once in an interview that he would always do anything Franco requested of him). He continued to make increasingly small appearances in high-profile movies while often getting top billing in many Z-grade horror films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Vernon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
| Birth Location | Baden, Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Born | 1908-07-15 |
| Died | 1996-07-25 |
Movies
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
as Cagliostro
1999
Hey Stranger
as Old officer
1994
1993
Delicatessen
as Frog Man
1991
The Carpathian Mushroom
as Jeremy Fairfax
1990
Black Sin
as Manes
1989
Faceless
as Dr. Orloff
1988
Howl of the Devil
as Eric
1988
The Death of Empedocles
as Hermokrates
1987
Terminus
as Monsieur (voice)
1987
1987
1986
Angel of Death
as Josef Mengele
1985
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included
as Coronel Daniel J. Blimp
1985
All Mixed Up
as Le docteur Belin - un médecin hémiplégique
1985
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
as Dr. Orloff
1984
Le fou du roi
as Abbé guibourd
1984
Revenge in the House of Usher
as Roderic Usher
1983
Blood on My Shoes
as Albert von Klaus
1983
Ogroff
as Vampire
1983
Loin de Manhattan
as René Dimanche
1982
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
as Dr. Lanyon
1981
Zombie Lake
as The Mayor
1981
1979
From Hell to Victory
as SS Major Karl
1979
Women in Cellblock 9
as Dr. Milton
1978
The Theatre of the Matters
as Hermann
1977
The Musician Killer
as Anton
1976
The Perverse Countess
as Count Rabor Zaroff
1975
Seven Women for Satan
as Karl, Zaroff's servant
1975
Don't Change Hands
as Jacques des Grieux
1975
Love and Death
as General Leveque
1975
The Garden That Tilts
as Paul
1975
The Mark of Zorro
as Governor Hayes
1975
Lorna, the Exorcist
as Maurizius (Lornas Butler)
1974
Celestine
as Grandfather
1974
Fifteen Year Old Captain
as Korda
1974
How to Seduce a Virgin
as Mathias
1974
Les Gloutonnes
as Cagliostro
1974
Dolls for Sale
as Al Pereira
1973
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
as Uncle Howard
1973
Lovers of Devil's Island
as Colonel Ford
1973
The Obscene Mirror
as Ana's Father
1973
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
as Le docteur
1973
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
as Cagliostro
1973
The Day of the Jackal
as Cabinet Member
1973
The Demons
as Lord Malcolm De Winter
1973
Daughter of Dracula
as Count Karlstein / Dracula
1972
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein
as Dracula
1972
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
as Yakube / Actor in Adult Movie / Film Director's Assistant
1972
The French Sex Murders
as Professor Waldemar
1972
Virgin Report
as Anna's Father / The Inquisitor
1972
She Killed in Ecstasy
as Prof. Jonathan Walker
1971
X312 - Flight to Hell
as Pedro
1971
The Devil Came from Akasava
as Valet Humphrey
1971
Love Me Strangely
as Maître Wasserman - l'administrateur de biens
1971
The Invisible Man's Love Life
as Professor Orloff
1970
The Blood Rose
as Professeur Römer
1970
Nightmares Come at Night
as Howard
1970
The Bloody Judge
as Jack Ketch
1970
1970
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Clément
1969
Mayerling
as Prince of Montenuovo
1968
Castle of the Creeping Flesh
as Graf Saxon
1968
Succubus
as Admiral Kapp
1968
The Hotheads
as Mr. Gorsi, The Boss.
1967
The Orgies of Dr. Orloff
as Dam Gaillimh
1967
The Unknown Man of Shandigor
as Yvan
1967
The Dinosaur and the Baby
as Himself
1967
The Night of the Generals
as Murder Suspect (uncredited)
1967
Triple Cross
as German Embassy Official
1966
The Mad Dog
as Fred
1966
The Diabolical Dr. Z
as Dr. Vicas
1966
The Game Is Over
as Lawyer
1966
Poppies Are Also Flowers
as Dr. Pineau
1966
Residence for Spies
as Radek (uncredited)
1966
Operation Double Cross
as Le professeur
1965
What's New Pussycat?
as Doctor
1965
Alphaville
as Léonard von Braun (uncredited)
1965
The Train
as Dietrich
1964
Black Angel of the Mississippi
as Ray Terris
1964
Autopsy of a Criminal
as Villar
1963
Vice and Virtue
as S.S. General
1963
Un cas intéressant
as Pr Schroeder
1963
The Shadow of Zorro
as El General (credit only)
1962
Zorro the Avenger
as The General Clarence
1962
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus
as Max von Klaus
1962
The Awful Dr. Orlof
as Dr. Orloff
1962
Léon Morin, Priest
as The colonel
1961
Première brigade criminelle
as Steven Hals
1961
The Secret Ways
as Colonel Hidas
1961
Dossier AST-555
as L'inspecteur Jackson
1960
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
as No. 12
1960
Rendezvous
as Howard
1960
1960
Atomic Agent
as William Dantoren
1959
Heiße Ware
as Heinrich Strasser
1959
Pensione Edelweiss
as Général Funck
1959
1958
Weekend
as Richard Greatham
1957
Until the Last One
as Philippe Dario, the trapeze artist
1957
The River of Three Junks
as Igor Kourguine
1957
La melodía misteriosa
as L'inspecteur Revel
1956
Bob le Flambeur
as McKimmie, the Sponsor
1956
Operation Thunder
as Roger Kervec
1956
Das Abschiedsgeschenk
as Andrew Crocker-Harris
1956
1955
Der grüne Kakadu
as Henri
1955
Gottes Utopia
as Paco Hernandes
1955
El fugitivo de Amberes
as Bell Fermer
1955
Pas de souris dans le business
as Robert Leperque
1955
Phantom of the Big Tent
as Armand LaRue, König der Luft
1954
Phantom of the Big Tent
as Armand LaRue
1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as l'acheteur anglais
1954
Lucrèce Borgia
as The chaplain
1953
1953
Poison Ivy
as Rudy Saltierra
1953
1952
The Girl with the Whip
as Borgo
1952
1952
Adventures of Captain Fabian
as Emile
1951
Hotbed of Sin
as Charles
1951
Black Jack
as Schooner Captain
1950
The Elusive Pimpernel
as Comte de Tournai
1950
Secret Document: Vienna
as Colonel von Pennwitz
1950
The Inn of Sin
as Ducourt
1949
Du Guesclin
as Lancaster
1949
The Silence of the Sea
as Werner von Ebrennac
1949
1948
The Devil Who Limped
as Lord Palmerston
1948
The Chips Are Down
as Le chef milicien
1947
The Royalists
as Le capitaine Gérard
1947
1947
Devil and the Angel
as Furet henchman
1946
Alert Nights
as English aviator
1946
The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic
as (uncredited)
1946
1946
1946
A Friend Will Come Tonight
as Robert Langlois, le muet
1946
Behind These Walls
as German officer (uncredited)
1946
1945
Taiwo Shango oder: Der zweite Tag nach dem Tod
as Dr. Brian
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Movies
Lorna, the Exorcist
Still Photographer
1974
Fifteen Year Old Captain
Still Photographer
1974
How to Seduce a Virgin
Still Photographer
1974
Les Gloutonnes
Still Photographer
1974
Succubus
Still Photographer
1968
