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

Marquis de Sade: Justine
Women in Cellblock 9
Women in Cellblock 9

1978

as Dr. Milton Costa

Delicatessen
Delicatessen

1991

as Frog Man

The Train
The Train

1964

as Dietrich

Celestine
Celestine

1974

as Grandfather

Alphaville
Alphaville

1965

as Léonard von Braun (uncredited)

Mayerling
Mayerling

1968

as Prince of Montenuovo

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

1965

as Doctor

The Night of the Generals
The Night of the Generals

1967

as Murder Suspect (uncredited)

Triple Cross
Triple Cross

1966

as German Embassy Official

Countess Perverse
Countess Perverse

1975

as Count Rabor Zaroff

Love and Death
Love and Death

1975

as General Leveque

From Hell to Victory
From Hell to Victory

1979

as SS Major Karl

Terminus
Terminus

1987

as Monsieur (voice)

Deadline
Deadline

1982

as Doorman

The Silence of the Sea
The Silence of the Sea

1949

as Werner von Ebrennac

Bob le Flambeur
Bob le Flambeur

1956

as McKimmie, the Sponsor

The Demons
The Demons

1973

as Lord Malcolm De Winter