John Vernon

John Vernon

1932-02-24 Zehner, Saskatchewan, Canada 90 Credits

Biography

John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz) was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in Canada. He was best known for playing Dean Wormer in Animal House, the Mayor in Dirty Harry and Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Vernon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Delgo

Delgo

2008

as Judge Nohrin (voice)

4.5
Acting

In a divided land, it takes a rebellious boy and his clandestine love for a Princess of an opposing race to stop a war orchestrated by a power hungry ...

Animal House: The Inside Story

Animal House: The Inside Story

2008

as Self

4.0
Acting

Documentary about the making of Animal House

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Mal Reese in Point Blank (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen ...

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

2003

as Rupert Thorne (voice)

6.7
Acting

As if the Penguin wasn't enough to contend with, a new vigilante has surfaced in Gotham City, and her strong-arm tactics give Batman cause for concern...

Warrior Angels

Warrior Angels

2002

as Ansgar / Bladrick

3.8
Acting

Elizabeth of Cooke (Joanna Pacula), a beautiful and valiant warrior returns from the Crusades to discover that her son Peter (Sander Kolosov) has been...

Sorority Boys

Sorority Boys

2002

as Old Man

5.6
Acting

After being falsely accused of stealing the budget for their annual cocktail cruise, three very different fraternity brothers are kicked out of their ...

Welcome to America

2002

as Det. Golding

10.0
Acting

A gang of Estonian bank robbers in Los Angeles.

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

2000

Acting

Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses ...

Stageghost

Stageghost

2000

as Slim

6.0
Acting

A group of people are trapped inside a stagecoach station under attack by spirits.

Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales

Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales

1999

as Self

7.0
Acting

John Milius narrates this featurette on the Clint Eastwood classic.

Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure

Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure

1999

as Principal Scotti

1.0
Acting

In this live-action musical comedy, Baby Huey, the lovable seven foot tall duckling, is taken in by a caring little boy named Nick and his kind but su...

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

1998

as Self - Dean Wormer

7.0
Acting

This documentary, created for the Animal House (1978) collector's edition DVD, is composed of a collection of new interviews with the cast and crew be...

Wojeck: Out of the Fire

Wojeck: Out of the Fire

1997

as Dr Steve Wojeck

Acting

Former coroner Dr. Steve Wojeck returns to Toronto after 21 years working at a clinic in the Congo. While he reunites with his family, he gets embroil...

Family of Cops

Family of Cops

1995

as Frank Rampola

6.5
Acting

Paul Fein is a veteran police detective whose son Eddie is also a cop. Paul is assigned to investigate the murder of a prominent businessman, and he s...

Malicious

Malicious

1995

as Detective Pronzini

4.5
Acting

A mystery woman turns vengeful after a college athlete dumps her following a one-night stand.

Paris or Somewhere

Paris or Somewhere

1994

as Old Mahon

1.0
Acting

A confessed killer wanders into a small community in the Canadian prairies.

Hostage for a Day

Hostage for a Day

1994

as V.D. Regan

4.2
Acting

Harried suburban man Warren Kooey fakes a hostage situation in order to get the money he needs to escape his humdrum life.

The Forget-Me-Not Murders

The Forget-Me-Not Murders

1994

as Boyce

3.2
Acting

A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is thought to be targeting the policeman's god-daughter.

Sodbusters

Sodbusters

1994

as Slade Cantrell

3.0
Acting

A group of homesteaders in 1875 are harassed by an evil, land-grabbing, gunslinging cattleman until a stranger with a mysterious past comes to their a...

The Naked Truth

The Naked Truth

1992

as Von Bulo

2.6
Acting

Two friends, both named Frank, accidentally obtain a suitcase at the airport. It contains incriminating evidence against a mafia boss, who sends his T...

The Woman Who Sinned

The Woman Who Sinned

1991

as Lieutenant Girvetz

5.0
Acting

A woman contemplates having an affair, which leads her into a web of deceit, suspense, and murder.

Mob Story

Mob Story

1989

as Don "Luce" Luciano

1.0
Acting

On the run from a U.S. Senate investigation, New York mob boss Don Luciano flees to his Canadian hometown and old flame Dolores in this kooky, disorga...

Bail Out

Bail Out

1989

as Mr. Ridgeway

3.8
Acting

A bail bondman hires three L.A. bounty hunters to protect a wealthy heiress, after her ex-boyfriend with connections to a drug cartel is murdered. Whe...

Hostile Takeover

Hostile Takeover

1989

as Mayor

4.6
Acting

A man takes three co-workers hostage while working overtime on Thanksgiving weekend. He has no demands.

Afghanistan: The Last War Bus

Afghanistan: The Last War Bus

1989

as Ken Ross

8.2
Acting

Soldiers find themselves trapped and in mortal danger behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. Their only hope for survival is to board a specially-designed...

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1988

as Mr. Big

6.4
Acting

Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimel...

Deadly Stranger

Deadly Stranger

1988

as Mr. Mitchell

6.0
Acting

An undercover cop infiltrates an illegal labor racket on a remote Texan/Mexican border farm. After falling for the farm owner's mistress, the two disc...

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

1988

as Curtis Mooney

6.6
Acting

Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.

Dixie Lanes

Dixie Lanes

1988

as Elmer Sinclair

3.4
Acting

Small town America, 1945. The boys are coming home, as is Clarence Laidlaw who served overseas in lieu of serving time in prison. Chaos and confusion ...

Blue Monkey

Blue Monkey

1987

as Roger Levering

4.9
Acting

While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an exotic plant. Immediately, he falls ill and is taken to an emergency ro...

Terminal Exposure

Terminal Exposure

1987

as Mr. Karrothers

4.5
Acting

Two beach combing-shutterbugs accidentally capture a murder on film. Now detectives, the boys set out to capture a murderess shot only from behind, wi...

Nightstick

Nightstick

1987

as Adam Beardsly

2.9
Acting

A cop tries to prevent a gang of extortionists from blowing up New York City with nitroglycerin.

Ernest Goes to Camp

Ernest Goes to Camp

1987

as Sherman Krader

5.3
Acting

Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance counselor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenil...

Fuzzbucket

Fuzzbucket

1986

as Principal

5.7
Acting

In the vein of "Harvey", an invisible creature befriends a 12 year old boy. Of course, no one else can see him nor believes in him.

Fraternity Vacation

Fraternity Vacation

1985

as Chief Ferret

5.2
Acting

A nerd gains the friendship of two of his frat brothers when his dad offers them his condo for the week in Palm Springs, and also offers the fraternit...

Doin' Time

Doin' Time

1985

as Big Mac

4.5
Acting

Duke Jarrett is sent to jail at the John Dillinger prison. However, the prison looks more like a zoo, more or less ruled by the prisoners themselves.

Savage Streets

Savage Streets

1984

as Principal Underwood

6.2
Acting

Brenda, vivacious leader of the "Satins", a fun-loving group of pretty high school girls, searches for deadly vengeance against the gang members who a...

The Blood of Others

The Blood of Others

1984

as Charles

5.0
Acting

In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann...

Jungle Warriors

Jungle Warriors

1984

as Vito Mastranga

3.9
Acting

A group of models fly into the jungle of some South American country to look for a photo location. Their plane is shot down and they are captured by a...

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

1983

as Father

6.3
Acting

A sheltered but adventurous young woman finds trouble when she encounters a wolf.

Chained Heat

Chained Heat

1983

as Warden Bacman

5.1
Acting

Linda Blair plays Carol, a young woman who must serve 18 months in prison after driving drunk and killing a man. The prison turns out to be brimming w...

Curtains

Curtains

1983

as Jonathan Stryker

5.3
Acting

Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.

Airplane II: The Sequel

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

as Dr. Stone

6.1
Acting

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle...

The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats

The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats

1981

as Coach "Bulldog" Malone

Acting

Two long-time rival high school football coaches lead their respective teams into battle for the city football championship. However, before the openi...

Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal

1981

as Prosecutor (voice)

6.5
Acting

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

1980

as Killian

4.8
Acting

A tough rich female ranch owner in Africa wants to cut off the water supply to the locals, since she holds them responsible for the murder of her husb...

Herbie Goes Bananas

Herbie Goes Bananas

1980

as Prindle

5.3
Acting

The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.

Fantastica

Fantastica

1980

as Jim McPherson

5.9
Acting

In this French–Canadian oddity of music and drama, an actress in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets and fa...

Animal House

Animal House

1978

as Dean Vernon Wormer

7.0
Acting

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

Golden Rendezvous

Golden Rendezvous

1977

as Luis Carreras

4.9
Acting

Action-packed suspense thriller finds innocuous-looking purser Carter (Harris) the unlikely hero when the floating casino on which he works is hijacke...

Angela

Angela

1977

as Benjamin Kincaid

4.4
Acting

A war vet finds out that a former prostitute had his baby. Doubting it's his, he gives it away, so she reports him. Twenty years later, she still want...

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

1977

as Dr. Orrin Helgerson

7.0
Acting

A disturbed young mother with some serious psychological problems begins to take them out on her toddler daughter.

The Uncanny

The Uncanny

1977

as Pomeroy (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936")

5.9
Acting

Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate atte...

A Special Day

A Special Day

1977

as Emanuele Taberi

8.0
Acting

Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome.

Drum

Drum

1976

5.1
Acting

A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.

The Outlaw Josey Wales

The Outlaw Josey Wales

1976

as Fletcher

7.4
Acting

After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - ...

Matt Helm

Matt Helm

1975

as Harry Paine

Acting

In this pilot film for the later series, a former secret agent, now a private investigator, is hired to protect a beautiful film star and gets involve...

The Swiss Family Robinson

The Swiss Family Robinson

1975

as Charles Forsythe

6.0
Acting

A family shipwrecked on a deserted island tries to survive the best way they can. All is going well until a gang of pirates arrives on the island look...

Brannigan

Brannigan

1975

as Ben Larkin

6.0
Acting

A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for extradition. Brannigan in his Irish-American way brings Am...

The Impostor

The Impostor

1975

as Sheriff Turner

6.0
Acting

An ex-Army intelligence agent is hired to impersonate a rich builder who has been marked for assassination. While impersonating the builder, he discov...

Virginia Hill

Virginia Hill

1974

as Nick Rubanos

4.5
Acting

The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of '40s killer and gangster Bugsy Siegel.

Sweet Movie

Sweet Movie

1974

as Aristote Alplanalpe, AKA M. Kapital

5.3
Acting

The winner of the Miss World Virginity contest marries, escapes from her masochistic husband and ends up involved in a world of debauchery.

W

W

1974

as Arnie Felson

5.7
Acting

Is a young woman being stalked by her ex, or is she imagining things?

Mousey

Mousey

1974

as David Richardson

4.6
Acting

A high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.

The Black Windmill

The Black Windmill

1974

as McKee

6.2
Acting

A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on hi...

The Questor Tapes

The Questor Tapes

1974

as Geoffrey Darro

5.7
Acting

Project Questor is brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik: he developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he's disappeared and half of hi...

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping

1973

as Julian Peck

6.3
Acting

A criminal organization known as OSO specializes in kidnapping high ranking U.S. representatives. Although Steve Austin has already thwarted one of th...

Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick

1973

as Maynard Boyle

7.4
Acting

Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large ...

Nightmare Step

Nightmare Step

1973

as Allan

Acting

The cure is more dangerous than the malady as a mild-mannered woman who is slowly summoning the strength to rid herself of a cruel and domineering hus...

Hunter

Hunter

1973

as David Hunter / Praetorius

Acting

A fatal crash at a racetrack injures a government agent and exposes an enemy brainwashing scheme.

Fear Is the Key

Fear Is the Key

1972

as Vyland

5.9
Acting

A deep-sea salvage expert enacts an elaborate plan to infiltrate and take revenge on a criminal organization that dealt him a foul misdeed.

Journey

Journey

1972

as Boulder Allin

Acting

A woman with a troubled past is saved from drowning in a river and brought to a strange community hidden in the woods.

Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry

1971

as The Mayor

7.4
Acting

When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement...

Face-Off

Face-Off

1971

as Fred Wares

5.3
Acting

A love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player and a hippie folk singer. Their union is tumultuous, as both try to come to terms with th...

Escape

Escape

1971

as Doctor Charles Walding

4.8
Acting

A scientist's experiment could lead to the first man-made, functioning, living organism. An elite escape artist-private investigator is working to sto...

One More Train to Rob

One More Train to Rob

1971

as Timothy Xavier Nolan

5.4
Acting

Harker Flet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in money and jewelry from a California train in the g...

Topaz

Topaz

1969

as Rico Parra

6.0
Acting

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and...

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

1969

as Hacker

5.8
Acting

While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive m...

Justine

Justine

1969

as Nessim

4.1
Acting

In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, ...

Trial Run

Trial Run

1969

as Leo D'Agosta

1.0
Acting

A slice-of-life drama involving a young lawyer, his adoring secretary who tries to help to advance his career, and his employer, a famed lawyer burden...

Point Blank

Point Blank

1967

as Mal Reese

7.0
Acting

After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money ...

The Rock

The Rock

1967

as Self (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

A promotional two-part short for John Boorman's "Point Blank" shot on and around Alcatraz. Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson and former inmate Joe Giles sh...

Nobody Waved Goodbye

Nobody Waved Goodbye

1964

as Lot Supervisor

6.4
Acting

A teenage boy rebels against parental authority and must face a harsh reality when he tries to live on his own.

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk

1964

Acting

A feature made out of two episodes from the 1958 TV series "Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans."

Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist

Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist

1962

as Alexander Galt

Acting

For Alexander Galt it was the middle of the road, until he saw some hope for his dream of a united Canada. What was he like, this stubborn idealist? H...

Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec

Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec

1962

as Galt

1.0
Acting

This short biopic profiles Montreal lawyer-turned-politician George-Étienne Cartier as he campaigns to unite English and French Canada under Confedera...

Tourist Go Home

Tourist Go Home

1959

as Himself

Acting

This short film is a humorous look at the tourist industry in Canada. In tongue-in-cheek fashion, it points out the importance of good public relation...

Fires of Envy

Fires of Envy

1957

Acting

A dramatization of Canadian author W.O. Mitchell's penetrating story about the racial prejudice encountered by a Polish immigrant farmer in a rural Sa...

1984

1984

1956

as Big Brother (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

Object of Desire

Object of Desire

N/A

Acting

A beautiful young soap opera star is stalked and terrorized by an obsessive admirer.