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

Delicatessen
Delicatessen

1991

as Frog Man

Lorna, the Exorcist
Lorna, the Exorcist

1974

as Maurizius (Lornas Butler)

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Opération Jericho

as Un soldat allemand

Marquis de Sade: Justine
Celestine
Celestine

1974

as Grandfather

Lucrèce Borgia
Lucrèce Borgia

1953

as The chaplain

Alphaville
Alphaville

1965

as Léonard von Braun (uncredited)

Mayerling
Mayerling

1968

as Prince of Montenuovo

Dolls for Sale
Dolls for Sale

1973

as Al Pereira

The Night of the Generals
The Night of the Generals

1967

as Murder Suspect (uncredited)

The Train
The Train

1964

as Dietrich

Léon Morin, Priest
Léon Morin, Priest

1961

as Colonel

Ogroff
Ogroff

1983

as Vampire

Nightmares Come at Night
Countess Perverse
Countess Perverse

1975

as Count Rabor Zaroff

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Das Abschiedsgeschenk

1956

as Andrew Crocker-Harris

Women in Cellblock 9
Women in Cellblock 9

1978

as Dr. Milton Costa

Love and Death
Love and Death

1975

as General Leveque