Howard Vernon

Howard Vernon

1908-07-15 – 1996-07-25 (age 88) Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]
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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

The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal

1973

as Cabinet Member

Alphaville
Alphaville

1965

as Léonard von Braun (uncredited)

The Bloody Judge
The Bloody Judge

1970

as Jack Ketch

Delicatessen
Delicatessen

1991

as Frog Man

Triple Cross
Triple Cross

1966

as German Embassy Official

Love and Death
Love and Death

1975

as General Leveque

The Night of the Generals
The Night of the Generals

1967

as Murder Suspect (uncredited)

Marquis de Sade: Justine
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
The Poppy Is Also a Flower

1966

as Dr. Pineau

The Train
The Train

1964

as Dietrich

Léon Morin, Priest
Léon Morin, Priest

1961

as Colonel

What's New Pussycat?
What's New Pussycat?

1965

as Doctor

The Secret Ways
The Secret Ways

1961

as Colonel Hidas

Celestine
Celestine

1974

as Grandfather

Zombie Lake
Zombie Lake

1981

as The Mayor

Mayerling
Mayerling

1968

as Prince of Montenuovo

Faceless
Faceless

1988

as Dr. Orloff

Countess Perverse
Countess Perverse

1975

as Count Rabor Zaroff

The Awful Dr. Orlof
The Awful Dr. Orlof

1962

as Dr. Orloff

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse