Howard Vernon

Howard Vernon

Acting
Born Jul 15, 1908
From Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]
Died Jul 25, 1996

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Vernon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Filmography — Acting

The Day of the Jackal
7.5
1973

The Day of the Jackal

Cabinet Member

Delicatessen
7.3
1991

Delicatessen

Frog Man

Black Angel of the Mississippi
5.5
1964

Black Angel of the Mississippi

Ray Terris

Marquis de Sade: Justine
5.0
1969

Marquis de Sade: Justine

Clément

The Night of the Generals
6.8
1967

The Night of the Generals

Murder Suspect (uncredited)

Women in Cellblock 9
4.6
1978

Women in Cellblock 9

Dr. Milton Costa

The Train
7.6
1964

The Train

Dietrich

Alphaville
6.9
1965

Alphaville

Léonard von Braun (uncredited)

Mayerling
6.2
1968

Mayerling

Prince of Montenuovo

Celestine
5.5
1974

Celestine

Grandfather

Love and Death
7.5
1975

Love and Death

General Leveque

What's New Pussycat?
6.0
1965

What's New Pussycat?

Doctor

Royal Affairs in Versailles
6.6
1953

Royal Affairs in Versailles

English buyer

Triple Cross
6.0
1966

Triple Cross

German Embassy Official

Le Silence de la mer
7.5
1949

Le Silence de la mer

Werner von Ebrennac

The Bloody Judge
5.0
1970

The Bloody Judge

Jack Ketch

The Poppy Is Also a Flower
5.8
1966

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

Dr. Pineau

Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
5.2
1973

Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac

Le docteur

A Virgin Among the Living Dead
4.7
1973

A Virgin Among the Living Dead

Uncle Howard

She Killed in Ecstasy
5.1
1971

She Killed in Ecstasy

Prof. Jonathan Walker

Léon Morin, Priest
7.1
1961

Léon Morin, Priest

Colonel

Bob le Flambeur
7.3
1956

Bob le Flambeur

McKimmie, the Sponsor

Countess Perverse
4.4
1975

Countess Perverse

Count Rabor Zaroff

From Hell to Victory
6.1
1979

From Hell to Victory

SS Major Karl

Succubus
5.3
1968

Succubus

Admiral Kapp

Lorna, the Exorcist
4.7
1974

Lorna, the Exorcist

Maurizius (Lornas Butler)

The Demons
5.3
1973

The Demons

Lord Malcolm De Winter

The Secret Ways
5.2
1961

The Secret Ways

Colonel Hidas

Deadline
6.0
1982

Deadline

Doorman

08/15 at Home
5.2
1955

08/15 at Home

CIC-Offizier Ted

How to Seduce a Virgin
4.9
1974

How to Seduce a Virgin

Mathias

Death at Dawn
5.5
1960

Death at Dawn

Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter
5.3
1952

Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter

Éric

Terminus
3.9
1987

Terminus

Monsieur (voice)

Black Jack
5.8
1950

Black Jack

Schooner Captain

Faceless
5.7
1988

Faceless

Dr. Orloff

The Shadow of Zorro
5.9
1962

The Shadow of Zorro

El General (credit only)

The Royalists
6.8
1947

The Royalists

Captain Gérard

Vice and Virtue
5.4
1963

Vice and Virtue

S.S. General

Revenge in the House of Usher
3.2
1983

Revenge in the House of Usher

Roderic Usher

Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein
4.8
1972

Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein

Dracula

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
3.3
1972

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves

Yakube / Actor in Adult Movie / Film Director's Assistant

The Elusive Pimpernel
5.9
1950

The Elusive Pimpernel

Comte de Tournai

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
5.0
1973

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein

Cagliostro

Angel of Death
4.1
1985

Angel of Death

Josef Mengele

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
6.8
1960

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

No. 12

Zombie Lake
3.2
1981

Zombie Lake

The Mayor

Devil and the Angel
5.4
1946

Devil and the Angel

Furet henchman

The Game Is Over
4.9
1966

The Game Is Over

Lawyer

The Dinosaur and the Baby
6.0
1967

The Dinosaur and the Baby

Self

Nightmares Come at Night
4.4
1973

Nightmares Come at Night

Howard

The French Sex Murders
4.7
1972

The French Sex Murders

Professor Waldemar

Poison Ivy
5.9
1953

Poison Ivy

Rudy Saltierra

The Devil Who Limped
6.4
1948

The Devil Who Limped

Lord Palmerston

Zorro the Avenger
7.0
1962

Zorro the Avenger

The General Clarence

Angel and Sinner
5.1
1945

Angel and Sinner

Prussian officer in Uville (uncredited)

The Unknown Man of Shandigor
5.8
1967

The Unknown Man of Shandigor

Bobby Gun

The Man on the Eiffel Tower
5.1
1949

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

Inspector (uncredited)

The Devil Came from Akasava
4.5
1971

The Devil Came from Akasava

Valet Humphrey

The Garden That Tilts
6.6
1975

The Garden That Tilts

Paul

The Greedy Ones
2.4
1974

The Greedy Ones

Cagliostro

X312 - Flight to Hell
4.2
1971

X312 - Flight to Hell

Pedro

Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included
5.0
1985

Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included

Coronel Daniel J. Blimp

Daughter of Dracula
3.9
1972

Daughter of Dracula

Count Karlstein / Dracula

Fifteen Year Old Captain
5.0
1974

Fifteen Year Old Captain

Korda

Secret Document: Vienna
1950

Secret Document: Vienna

Colonel von Pennwitz

The Diabolical Dr. Z
5.7
1966

The Diabolical Dr. Z

Dr. Vicas

Love Me Strangely
4.1
1971

Love Me Strangely

Maître Wasserman, property administrator

Operation Double Cross
3.0
1965

Operation Double Cross

The 'professor'

All Mixed Up
5.2
1985

All Mixed Up

Le docteur Belin - un médecin hémiplégique

Seven Women for Satan
3.5
1975

Seven Women for Satan

Karl, Zaroff's servant

Sex Charade
1972

Sex Charade

General

Castle of the Creeping Flesh
4.0
1968

Castle of the Creeping Flesh

Graf Saxon

Pensione Edelweiss
5.1
1959

Pensione Edelweiss

Général Funck

A Friend Will Come Tonight
5.5
1946

A Friend Will Come Tonight

Robert Langlois, le muet

Adventures of Captain Fabian
5.2
1951

Adventures of Captain Fabian

Emile

The Howl of the Devil
5.0
1988

The Howl of the Devil

Eric

Behind These Walls
5.8
1946

Behind These Walls

German officer (uncredited)

The Other Side of the Mirror
5.1
1973

The Other Side of the Mirror

Ana's Father

The Chips Are Down
6.6
1947

The Chips Are Down

Le chef milicien

Virgin Report
3.7
1972

Virgin Report

Anna's Father / The Inquisitor

Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
1.3
1999

Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell

Cagliostro

The Death of Empedocles
5.3
1987

The Death of Empedocles

Hermokrates

Until the Last One
5.6
1957

Until the Last One

Philippe Dario, the trapeze artist

Lucrèce Borgia
3.9
1953

Lucrèce Borgia

The chaplain

The Blood Rose
5.6
1970

The Blood Rose

Professeur Römer

Autopsia de un criminal
5.0
1963

Autopsia de un criminal

The Orgies of Dr. Orloff
3.2
1967

The Orgies of Dr. Orloff

Dam Gaillimh

The Rock of Acapulco
5.0
1996

The Rock of Acapulco

Le vieil homme

The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus
4.9
1962

The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus

Max von Klaus

Blood on My Shoes
5.8
1983

Blood on My Shoes

Albert von Klaus

Le fou du roi
2.3
1984

Le fou du roi

Abbot Guibourd

The Invisible Man's Love Life
3.3
1970

The Invisible Man's Love Life

Professor Orloff

Doctor Crippen Lives
5.7
1958

Doctor Crippen Lives

1993

Jungle of Fear

Residence for Spies
4.5
1968

Residence for Spies

Radek (uncredited)

The Hotheads
6.0
1967

The Hotheads

Mr. Gorsi, The Boss.

Du Guesclin
5.1
1949

Du Guesclin

Lancaster

Sky Battalion
6.0
1947

Sky Battalion

German officer (uncredited)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
5.5
1981

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

Dr. Lanyon

The Sinister Doctor Orloff
4.2
1984

The Sinister Doctor Orloff

Dr. Orloff

The Awful Dr. Orlof
5.8
1962

The Awful Dr. Orlof

Dr. Orloff

1964

On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts

The Girl with the Whip
1952

The Girl with the Whip

Borgo

Atomic Agent
1.0
1959

Atomic Agent

William Dantoren

Far from Manhattan
7.6
1982

Far from Manhattan

René Dimanche

Phantom of the Big Tent
1954

Phantom of the Big Tent

Armand LaRue, König der Luft

Pas de souris dans le business
1955

Pas de souris dans le business

Robert Leperque

The Complex of Toulon
5.0
1996

The Complex of Toulon

Charles Toulon

The Mad Dog
2.5
1966

The Mad Dog

Fred

Hotbed of Sin
1951

Hotbed of Sin

Charles

Ogroff
5.2
1983

Ogroff

Vampire

Mr. Orchid
6.4
1946

Mr. Orchid

German Lieutenant Fleischer

The Theatre of the Matters
6.7
1977

The Theatre of the Matters

Hermann

The Adventures of Sylvia Couski
4.3
1975

The Adventures of Sylvia Couski

Rendezvous
4.0
1960

Rendezvous

Howard

Ce que cherche Jacques
1970

Ce que cherche Jacques

Jacques

Mr. Scrupule, Gangster
1953

Mr. Scrupule, Gangster

Rolande's friend

The Inn of Sin
1949

The Inn of Sin

Ducourt

El fugitivo de Amberes
6.0
1955

El fugitivo de Amberes

Bell Fermer

The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic
1946

The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic

(uncredited)

Première brigade criminelle
1961

Première brigade criminelle

Steven Hals

The Long Vacation of Lotte H. Eisner
1979

The Long Vacation of Lotte H. Eisner

Self

Dolls for Sale
4.4
1973

Dolls for Sale

Al Pereira

Si ça vous chante
1952

Si ça vous chante

1987

The Making of 'The Howl of the Devil'

Self

The Sword of Vengeance
4.0
1961

The Sword of Vengeance

1955

Der grüne Kakadu

Henri

Heiße Ware
1959

Heiße Ware

Heinrich Strasser

The Carpathian Mushroom
5.2
1990

The Carpathian Mushroom

Jeremy Fairfax

Alert Nights
1946

Alert Nights

English aviator

1955

Gottes Utopia

Paco Hernandes

Description of a Struggle
7.3
1960

Description of a Struggle

Narrator (German version)

The River of Three Junks
1.0
1957

The River of Three Junks

Igor Kourguine

The Mark of Zorro
3.3
1975

The Mark of Zorro

Governor Hayes

Hey Stranger
5.0
1994

Hey Stranger

Old officer

Clandestine
1946

Clandestine

Lovers of Devil's Island
4.9
1973

Lovers of Devil's Island

Colonel Ford

1957

Weekend

Richard Greatham

Le Petit Jacques
1953

Le Petit Jacques

Daniel Mortal

Dossier AST-555
1960

Dossier AST-555

Inspector Jackson

7.4
1976

The Musician Killer

Anton Varga

Operation Thunder
1956

Operation Thunder

Roger Kervec

Black Sin
4.3
1989

Black Sin

Manes

Un cas intéressant
1963

Un cas intéressant

Pr. Schroeder

Alert in the Canary Islands
1956

Alert in the Canary Islands

Maxime Bellac

Opération Jericho

Un soldat allemand

Colonel Durand
5.0
1948

Colonel Durand

1956

Das Abschiedsgeschenk

Andrew Crocker-Harris

1988

Hommage à Vernon

Self (archive footage)

The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent
6.3
1956

The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent

Inspector Revel

1965

Taiwo Shango oder: Der zweite Tag nach dem Tod

Dr. Brian

Don't Change Hands
5.8
1975

Don't Change Hands

Jacques des Grieux