Acting
Howard Vernon
FR, EN, DE, ES cinema · 152 credits
Born
15 July 1908
Died
25 July 1996 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]
Also known as Mario Lippert · Mario Lipert · Mario Walter Lippert · Howard Wernon
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
Opération Jericho
Opération Jericho
as Un soldat allemand
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
as Cagliostro
The Complex of Toulon
as Charles Toulon
The Rock of Acapulco
as Le vieil homme
Hey Stranger
as Old officer
Delicatessen
as Frog Man
The Carpathian Mushroom
as Jeremy Fairfax
Black Sin
as Manes
Faceless
as Dr. Orloff
Hommage à Vernon
1988
Hommage à Vernon
as Self (archive footage)
Terminus
as Monsieur (voice)
The Making of 'The Howl of the Devil'
1987
The Making of 'The Howl of the Devil'
as Self
The Death of Empedocles
as Hermokrates
Angel of Death
as Josef Mengele
All Mixed Up
as Le docteur Belin - un médecin hémiplégique
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included
as Coronel Daniel J. Blimp
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
as Dr. Orloff
Le fou du roi
as Abbot Guibourd
Revenge in the House of Usher
as Roderic Usher
Ogroff
as Vampire
Blood on My Shoes
as Albert von Klaus
Far from Manhattan
as René Dimanche
Deadline
as Doorman
Zombie Lake
as The Mayor
From Hell to Victory
as SS Major Karl
Women in Cellblock 9
as Dr. Milton Costa
The Theatre of the Matters
as Hermann
L'assassin musicien
1976
The Musician Killer
as Anton Varga
Countess Perverse
as Count Rabor Zaroff, Still Photographer
The Mark of Zorro
as Governor Hayes
Love and Death
as General Leveque
Don't Change Hands
as Jacques des Grieux
Seven Women for Satan
as Karl, Zaroff's servant
The Greedy Ones
as Cagliostro, Still Photographer
Celestine
as Grandfather
How to Seduce a Virgin
as Mathias, Still Photographer
Lorna, the Exorcist
as Maurizius (Lornas Butler), Still Photographer
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
as Cagliostro
The Demons
as Lord Malcolm De Winter
The Other Side of the Mirror
as Ana's Father
Lovers of Devil's Island
as Colonel Ford
Dolls for Sale
as Al Pereira
Fifteen Year Old Captain
as Korda, Still Photographer
The Day of the Jackal
as Cabinet Member
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
as Uncle Howard
Nightmares Come at Night
as Howard
The French Sex Murders
as Professor Waldemar
Virgin Report
as Anna's Father / The Inquisitor
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
as Yakube / Actor in Adult Movie / Film Director's Assistant
Daughter of Dracula
as Count Karlstein / Dracula
The Devil Came from Akasava
as Valet Humphrey
She Killed in Ecstasy
as Prof. Jonathan Walker
Love Me Strangely
as Maître Wasserman, property administrator
Orloff and the Invisible Man
as Professor Orloff
The Bloody Judge
as Jack Ketch
The Blood Rose
as Professeur Römer
Ce que cherche Jacques
as Jacques
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Clément
Castle of the Creeping Flesh
as Graf Saxon
Succubus
as Admiral Kapp, Still Photographer
Mayerling
as Prince of Montenuovo
Residence for Spies
as Radek (uncredited)
The Night of the Generals
as Murder Suspect (uncredited)
The Orgies of Dr. Orloff
as Dam Gaillimh
The Unknown Man of Shandigor
as Bobby Gun
The Hotheads
as Mr. Gorsi, The Boss.
The Diabolical Dr. Z
as Dr. Vicas
The Game Is Over
as Lawyer
The Mad Dog
as Fred
Triple Cross
as German Embassy Official
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as Dr. Pineau
What's New Pussycat?
as Doctor
Operation Double Cross
as The 'professor'
Taiwo Shango oder: Der zweite Tag nach dem Tod
1965
Taiwo Shango oder: Der zweite Tag nach dem Tod
as Dr. Brian
Alphaville
as Léonard von Braun (uncredited)
The Train
as Dietrich
Black Angel of the Mississippi
as Ray Terris
Un cas intéressant
as Pr. Schroeder
Vice and Virtue
as S.S. General
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus
as Max von Klaus
Zorro the Avenger
as The General Clarence
The Awful Dr. Orlof
as Dr. Orloff
The Shadow of Zorro
as El General (credit only)
The Secret Ways
as Colonel Hidas
Léon Morin, Priest
as Colonel
Première brigade criminelle
as Steven Hals
Dossier AST-555
as Inspector Jackson
Rendezvous
as Howard
Description of a Struggle
as Narrator (German version)
Pensione Edelweiss
as Général Funck
Atomic Agent
as William Dantoren
Heiße Ware
as Heinrich Strasser
The River of Three Junks
as Igor Kourguine
Weekend
1957
Weekend
as Richard Greatham
Until the Last One
as Philippe Dario, the trapeze artist
Bob le Flambeur
as McKimmie, the Sponsor
Alert in the Canary Islands
as Maxime Bellac
Das Abschiedsgeschenk
1956
Das Abschiedsgeschenk
as Andrew Crocker-Harris
The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent
as Inspector Revel
Operation Thunder
as Roger Kervec
Pas de souris dans le business
as Robert Leperque
08/15 at Home
as CIC-Offizier Ted
Gottes Utopia
1955
Gottes Utopia
as Paco Hernandes
El fugitivo de Amberes
as Bell Fermer
Phantom of the Big Tent
as Armand LaRue, König der Luft
Poison Ivy
as Rudy Saltierra
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as English buyer
Mr. Scrupule, Gangster
as Rolande's friend
Le Petit Jacques
as Daniel Mortal
Lucrèce Borgia
as The chaplain
Hotbed of Sin
as Charles
Secret Document: Vienna
as Colonel von Pennwitz
Black Jack
as Schooner Captain
The Elusive Pimpernel
as Comte de Tournai
The Silence of the Sea
as Werner von Ebrennac
The Inn of Sin
as Ducourt
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
as Inspector (uncredited)
Du Guesclin
as Lancaster
The Devil Who Limped
as Lord Palmerston
Sky Battalion
as German officer (uncredited)
The Royalists
as Captain Gérard
The Chips Are Down
as Le chef milicien
Behind These Walls
as German officer (uncredited)
The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic
as (uncredited)
Alert Nights
as English aviator
Mr. Orchid
as German Lieutenant Fleischer
Devil and the Angel
as Furet henchman
A Friend Will Come Tonight
as Robert Langlois, le muet
Angel and Sinner
as Prussian officer in Uville (uncredited)