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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 15, 1908
Place of Birth:
Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]
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Howard Vernon
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell | Cagliostro |
| 1996 | The Complex of Toulon | Charles Toulon |
| 1996 | The Rock of Acapulco | Le vieil homme |
| 1994 | Hey Stranger | Old officer |
| 1993 | Jungle of Fear | |
| 1991 | Delicatessen | Frog Man |
| 1990 | The Carpathian Mushroom | Jeremy Fairfax |
| 1989 | Black Sin | Manes |
| 1988 | Faceless | Dr. Orloff |
| 1988 | Hommage à Vernon | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | The Howl of the Devil | Eric |
| 1987 | Terminus | Monsieur (voice) |
| 1987 | The Making of 'The Howl of the Devil' | Self |
| 1987 | The Death of Empedocles | Hermokrates |
| 1985 | Angel of Death | Josef Mengele |
| 1985 | All Mixed Up | Le docteur Belin - un médecin hémiplégique |
| 1985 | Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included | Coronel Daniel J. Blimp |
| 1984 | The Sinister Doctor Orloff | Dr. Orloff |
| 1984 | Le fou du roi | Abbot Guibourd |
| 1983 | Revenge in the House of Usher | Roderic Usher |
| 1983 | Ogroff | Vampire |
| 1983 | Blood on My Shoes | Albert von Klaus |
| 1982 | Far from Manhattan | René Dimanche |
| 1982 | Deadline | Doorman |
| 1981 | Zombie Lake | The Mayor |
| 1981 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne | Dr. Lanyon |
| 1979 | From Hell to Victory | SS Major Karl |
| 1979 | The Long Vacation of Lotte H. Eisner | Self |
| 1978 | Women in Cellblock 9 | Dr. Milton |
| 1977 | The Theatre of the Matters | Hermann |
| 1976 | The Musician Killer | Anton Varga |
| 1975 | Countess Perverse | Count Rabor Zaroff |
| 1975 | The Mark of Zorro | Governor Hayes |
| 1975 | Love and Death | General Leveque |
| 1975 | The Adventures of Sylvia Couski | |
| 1975 | Don't Change Hands | Jacques des Grieux |
| 1975 | Seven Women for Satan | Karl, Zaroff's servant |
| 1975 | The Garden That Tilts | Paul |
| 1974 | The Greedy Ones | Cagliostro |
| 1974 | Celestine | Grandfather |
| 1974 | How to Seduce a Virgin | Mathias |
| 1974 | Lorna, the Exorcist | Maurizius (Lornas Butler) |
| 1974 | Fifteen Year Old Captain | Korda |
| 1973 | The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein | Cagliostro |
| 1973 | The Demons | Lord Malcolm De Winter |
| 1973 | The Other Side of the Mirror | Ana's Father |
| 1973 | Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac | Le docteur |
| 1973 | Lovers of Devil's Island | Colonel Ford |
| 1973 | Dolls for Sale | Al Pereira |
| 1973 | The Day of the Jackal | Cabinet Member |
| 1973 | A Virgin Among the Living Dead | Uncle Howard |
| 1972 | Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein | Dracula |
| 1972 | The French Sex Murders | Professor Waldemar |
| 1972 | Virgin Report | Anna's Father / The Inquisitor |
| 1972 | Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves | Yakube / Actor in Adult Movie / Film Director's Assistant |
| 1972 | Sex Charade | General |
| 1972 | Daughter of Dracula | Count Karlstein / Dracula |
| 1971 | The Devil Came from Akasava | Valet Humphrey |
| 1971 | She Killed in Ecstasy | Prof. Jonathan Walker |
| 1971 | Love Me Strangely | Maître Wasserman, property administrator |
| 1971 | X312 - Flight to Hell | Pedro |
| 1970 | The Invisible Man's Love Life | Professor Orloff |
| 1970 | The Bloody Judge | Jack Ketch |
| 1970 | The Blood Rose | Professeur Römer |
| 1970 | Ce que cherche Jacques | |
| 1970 | Nightmares Come at Night | Howard |
| 1969 | Marquis de Sade: Justine | Clément |
| 1968 | Castle of the Creeping Flesh | Graf Saxon |
| 1968 | Succubus | Admiral Kapp |
| 1968 | Mayerling | Prince of Montenuovo |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | Murder Suspect (uncredited) |
| 1967 | The Orgies of Dr. Orloff | Dam Gaillimh |
| 1967 | The Unknown Man of Shandigor | Yvan |
| 1967 | The Dinosaur and the Baby | Self |
| 1967 | The Hotheads | Mr. Gorsi, The Boss. |
| 1966 | The Diabolical Dr. Z | Dr. Vicas |
| 1966 | The Game Is Over | Lawyer |
| 1966 | The Mad Dog | Fred |
| 1966 | Residence for Spies | Radek (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Triple Cross | German Embassy Official |
| 1966 | The Poppy Is Also a Flower | Dr. Pineau |
| 1965 | What's New Pussycat? | Doctor |
| 1965 | Operation Double Cross | The 'professor' |
| 1965 | Taiwo Shango oder: Der zweite Tag nach dem Tod | Dr. Brian |
| 1965 | Alphaville | Léonard von Braun (uncredited) |
| 1964 | The Train | Dietrich |
| 1964 | Black Angel of the Mississippi | Ray Terris |
| 1964 | On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts | |
| 1963 | Un cas intéressant | Pr. Schroeder |
| 1963 | Vice and Virtue | S.S. General |
| 1963 | Autopsia de un criminal | |
| 1962 | The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus | Max von Klaus |
| 1962 | Zorro the Avenger | The General Clarence |
| 1962 | The Awful Dr. Orlof | Dr. Orloff |
| 1962 | The Shadow of Zorro | El General (credit only) |
| 1961 | The Secret Ways | Colonel Hidas |
| 1961 | The Sword of Vengeance | |
| 1961 | Léon Morin, Priest | Colonel |
| 1961 | Première brigade criminelle | Steven Hals |
| 1960 | The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse | No. 12 |
| 1960 | Dossier AST-555 | Inspector Jackson |
| 1960 | Rendezvous | Howard |
| 1960 | Death at Dawn | |
| 1960 | Description of a Struggle | Narrator (German version) |
| 1959 | Pensione Edelweiss | Général Funck |
| 1959 | Atomic Agent | William Dantoren |
| 1959 | Heiße Ware | Heinrich Strasser |
| 1958 | Doctor Crippen Lives | |
| 1957 | The River of Three Junks | Igor Kourguine |
| 1957 | Weekend | Richard Greatham |
| 1957 | Until the Last One | Philippe Dario, the trapeze artist |
| 1956 | Bob le Flambeur | McKimmie, the Sponsor |
| 1956 | Alert in the Canary Islands | Maxime Bellac |
| 1956 | Das Abschiedsgeschenk | Andrew Crocker-Harris |
| 1956 | The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent | Inspector Revel |
| 1956 | Operation Thunder | Roger Kervec |
| 1955 | Pas de souris dans le business | Robert Leperque |
| 1955 | 08/15 at Home | CIC-Offizier Ted |
| 1955 | Der grüne Kakadu | Henri |
| 1955 | Gottes Utopia | Paco Hernandes |
| 1955 | El fugitivo de Amberes | Bell Fermer |
| 1954 | Royal Affairs in Versailles | English buyer |
| 1954 | Phantom of the Big Tent | Armand LaRue, König der Luft |
| 1953 | Poison Ivy | Rudy Saltierra |
| 1953 | Mr. Scrupule, Gangster | Rolande's friend |
| 1953 | Le Petit Jacques | Daniel Mortal |
| 1953 | Lucrèce Borgia | The chaplain |
| 1952 | Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter | Éric |
| 1952 | Si ça vous chante | |
| 1952 | The Girl with the Whip | Borgo |
| 1951 | Hotbed of Sin | Charles |
| 1951 | Adventures of Captain Fabian | Emile |
| 1950 | Secret Document: Vienna | Colonel von Pennwitz |
| 1950 | Black Jack | Schooner Captain |
| 1950 | The Elusive Pimpernel | Comte de Tournai |
| 1949 | The Silence of the Sea | Werner von Ebrennac |
| 1949 | The Inn of Sin | Ducourt |
| 1949 | The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Inspector (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Du Guesclin | Lancaster |
| 1948 | Colonel Durand | |
| 1948 | The Devil Who Limped | Lord Palmerston |
| 1947 | Sky Battalion | German officer (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Royalists | Captain Gérard |
| 1947 | The Chips Are Down | Le chef milicien |
| 1946 | Behind These Walls | German officer (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Clandestine | |
| 1946 | The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic | (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Alert Nights | English aviator |
| 1946 | Mr. Orchid | German Lieutenant Fleischer |
| 1946 | Devil and the Angel | Furet henchman |
| 1946 | A Friend Will Come Tonight | Robert Langlois, le muet |
| 1945 | Angel and Sinner | Prussian officer in Uville (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Graf Luckner | Mercer |
| 1971 | Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur | Sir Horace Mill |
| 1967 | Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre | Ricardo Solesta |