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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.
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Known For
Women in Cellblock 9
(1978)
Dr. Milton
The Train
(1964)
Dietrich
Triple Cross
(1966)
German Embassy Official
The Day of the Jackal
(1973)
Cabinet Member
Delicatessen
(1991)
Frog Man
The Night of the Generals
(1967)
Murder Suspect (uncredited)
Alphaville
(1965)
Léonard von Braun (uncredited)
Marquis de Sade: Justine
(1969)
Clément
Love and Death
(1975)
General Leveque
Bob le Flambeur
(1956)
McKimmie, the Sponsor
Celestine
(1974)
Grandfather
Léon Morin, Priest
(1961)
The colonel
The Silence of the Sea
(1949)
Werner von Ebrennac
Terminus
(1987)
Monsieur (voice)
Mayerling
(1968)
Prince of Montenuovo
What's New Pussycat?
(1965)
Doctor
Full Filmography
Acting
Angel and Sinner
(1945)
A Friend Will Come Tonight
(1946)
Robert Langlois, le muet
Behind These Walls
(1946)
German officer (uncredited)
Clandestine
(1946)
The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic
(1946)
(uncredited)
Alert Nights
(1946)
English aviator
Mr. Orchid
(1946)
Devil and the Angel
(1946)
Furet henchman
The Chips Are Down
(1947)
Le chef milicien
Sky Battalion
(1947)
The Royalists
(1947)
Le capitaine Gérard
Colonel Durand
(1948)
The Devil Who Limped
(1948)
Lord Palmerston
The Silence of the Sea
(1949)
Werner von Ebrennac
Du Guesclin
(1949)
Lancaster
The Inn of Sin
(1949)
Ducourt
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
(1949)
Secret Document: Vienna
(1950)
Colonel von Pennwitz
Black Jack
(1950)
Schooner Captain
The Elusive Pimpernel
(1950)
Comte de Tournai
Adventures of Captain Fabian
(1951)
Emile
Hotbed of Sin
(1951)
Charles
Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter
(1952)
Éric
Si ça vous chante
(1952)
The Girl with the Whip
(1952)
Borgo
Poison Ivy
(1953)
Rudy Saltierra
Lucrèce Borgia
(1953)
The chaplain
Mr. Scrupule, Gangster
(1953)
Le petit Jacques
(1953)
Phantom of the Big Tent
(1954)
Armand LaRue
Royal Affairs in Versailles
(1954)
l'acheteur anglais
08/15 at Home
(1955)
Der grüne Kakadu
(1955)
Henri
Gottes Utopia
(1955)
Paco Hernandes
El fugitivo de Amberes
(1955)
Bell Fermer
Pas de souris dans le business
(1955)
Robert Leperque
Bob le Flambeur
(1956)
McKimmie, the Sponsor
Das Abschiedsgeschenk
(1956)
Andrew Crocker-Harris
La melodía misteriosa
(1956)
L'inspecteur Revel
Operation Thunder
(1956)
Roger Kervec
Alert in the Canary Islands
(1956)
The River of Three Junks
(1957)
Igor Kourguine
Weekend
(1957)
Richard Greatham
Until the Last One
(1957)
Philippe Dario, the trapeze artist
Doctor Crippen Lives
(1958)
Pensione Edelweiss
(1959)
Général Funck
Atomic Agent
(1959)
William Dantoren
Heiße Ware
(1959)
Heinrich Strasser
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
(1960)
No. 12
Rendezvous
(1960)
Howard
Death at Dawn
(1960)
Dossier AST-555
(1960)
L'inspecteur Jackson
The Sword of Vengeance
(1961)
Léon Morin, Priest
(1961)
The colonel
Première brigade criminelle
(1961)
Steven Hals
The Secret Ways
(1961)
Colonel Hidas
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus
(1962)
Max von Klaus
Zorro the Avenger
(1962)
The General Clarence
The Awful Dr. Orlof
(1962)
Dr. Orloff
The Shadow of Zorro
(1962)
El General (credit only)
Vice and Virtue
(1963)
S.S. General
Autopsy of a Criminal
(1963)
Villar
Un cas intéressant
(1963)
Pr Schroeder
The Train
(1964)
Dietrich
Black Angel of the Mississippi
(1964)
Ray Terris
On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts
(1964)
Operation Double Cross
(1965)
Le professeur
What's New Pussycat?
(1965)
Doctor
Alphaville
(1965)
Léonard von Braun (uncredited)
The Diabolical Dr. Z
(1966)
Dr. Vicas
The Game Is Over
(1966)
Lawyer
The Mad Dog
(1966)
Fred
Residence for Spies
(1966)
Radek (uncredited)
Triple Cross
(1966)
German Embassy Official
Poppies Are Also Flowers
(1966)
Dr. Pineau
The Night of the Generals
(1967)
Murder Suspect (uncredited)
The Orgies of Dr. Orloff
(1967)
Dam Gaillimh
The Unknown Man of Shandigor
(1967)
Yvan
The Dinosaur and the Baby
(1967)
Himself
The Hotheads
(1967)
Mr. Gorsi, The Boss.
Castle of the Creeping Flesh
(1968)
Graf Saxon
Succubus
(1968)
Admiral Kapp
Mayerling
(1968)
Prince of Montenuovo
Marquis de Sade: Justine
(1969)
Clément
The Invisible Man's Love Life
(1970)
Professor Orloff
The Bloody Judge
(1970)
Jack Ketch
Sex Charade
(1970)
The Blood Rose
(1970)
Professeur Römer
Ce que cherche Jacques
(1970)
Nightmares Come at Night
(1970)
Howard
The Devil Came from Akasava
(1971)
Valet Humphrey
She Killed in Ecstasy
(1971)
Prof. Jonathan Walker
X312 - Flight to Hell
(1971)
Pedro
Love Me Strangely
(1971)
Maître Wasserman - l'administrateur de biens
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein
(1972)
Dracula
The French Sex Murders
(1972)
Professor Waldemar
Virgin Report
(1972)
Anna's Father / The Inquisitor
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
(1972)
Yakube / Actor in Adult Movie / Film Director's Assistant
Daughter of Dracula
(1972)
Count Karlstein / Dracula
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
(1973)
Cagliostro
The Demons
(1973)
Lord Malcolm De Winter
The Obscene Mirror
(1973)
Ana's Father
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
(1973)
Le docteur
Lovers of Devil's Island
(1973)
Colonel Ford
Dolls for Sale
(1973)
Al Pereira
The Day of the Jackal
(1973)
Cabinet Member
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
(1973)
Uncle Howard
Les Gloutonnes
(1974)
Cagliostro
Celestine
(1974)
Grandfather
How to Seduce a Virgin
(1974)
Mathias
Lorna, the Exorcist
(1974)
Maurizius (Lornas Butler)
Fifteen Year Old Captain
(1974)
Korda
The Perverse Countess
(1975)
Count Rabor Zaroff
The Mark of Zorro
(1975)
Governor Hayes
Love and Death
(1975)
General Leveque
The Adventures of Sylvia Couski
(1975)
Don't Change Hands
(1975)
Jacques des Grieux
Seven Women for Satan
(1975)
Karl, Zaroff's servant
The Garden That Tilts
(1975)
Paul
The Musician Killer
(1976)
Anton
The Theatre of the Matters
(1977)
Hermann
Women in Cellblock 9
(1978)
Dr. Milton
From Hell to Victory
(1979)
SS Major Karl
The Long Vacation of Lotte H. Eisner
(1979)
Self
Zombie Lake
(1981)
The Mayor
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
(1981)
Dr. Lanyon
Loin de Manhattan
(1982)
René Dimanche
Revenge in the House of Usher
(1983)
Roderic Usher
Ogroff
(1983)
Vampire
Blood on My Shoes
(1983)
Albert von Klaus
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
(1984)
Dr. Orloff
Le fou du roi
(1984)
Abbé guibourd
Angel of Death
(1985)
Josef Mengele
All Mixed Up
(1985)
Le docteur Belin - un médecin hémiplégique
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included
(1985)
Coronel Daniel J. Blimp
Hommage à Vernon
(1986)
The Death of Empedocles
(1987)
Hermokrates
Terminus
(1987)
Monsieur (voice)
The Making of 'The Howl of the Devil'
(1987)
Self
Faceless
(1988)
Dr. Orloff
Howl of the Devil
(1988)
Eric
Black Sin
(1989)
Manes
The Carpathian Mushroom
(1990)
Jeremy Fairfax
Delicatessen
(1991)
Frog Man
Jungle of Fear
(1993)
Hey Stranger
(1994)
Old officer
Le Complexe de Toulon
(1996)
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
(1999)
Cagliostro
Camera