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Howard Vernon

Howard Vernon

Actor·1908–1996·Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]

38 horror credits

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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Actor38 films

Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell

Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell

Cagliostro

1999
Delicatessen

Delicatessen

Frog Man

1991 4.0
Faceless

Faceless

Dr. Orloff

1988
The Howl of the Devil

The Howl of the Devil

Eric

1988
The Sinister Doctor Orloff

The Sinister Doctor Orloff

Dr. Orloff

1984
Revenge in the House of Usher

Revenge in the House of Usher

Roderic Usher

1983
Ogroff

Ogroff

Vampire

1983
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

Dr. Lanyon

1981 3.5
Zombie Lake

Zombie Lake

The Mayor

1981
Women in Cellblock 9

Women in Cellblock 9

Dr. Milton Costa

1978
Countess Perverse

Countess Perverse

Count Rabor Zaroff

1975
Seven Women for Satan

Seven Women for Satan

Karl, Zaroff's servant

1975
Lorna, the Exorcist

Lorna, the Exorcist

Maurizius (Lornas Butler)

1974 3.0
How to Seduce a Virgin

How to Seduce a Virgin

Mathias

1974
The Greedy Ones

The Greedy Ones

Cagliostro

1974
A Virgin Among the Living Dead

A Virgin Among the Living Dead

Uncle Howard

1973
Lovers of Devil's Island

Lovers of Devil's Island

Colonel Ford

1973
The Other Side of the Mirror

The Other Side of the Mirror

Ana's Father

1973
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein

Cagliostro

1973
The Demons

The Demons

Lord Malcolm De Winter

1973
Nightmares Come at Night

Nightmares Come at Night

Howard

1973
Daughter of Dracula

Daughter of Dracula

Count Karlstein / Dracula

1972
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein

Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein

Dracula

1972 3.0
The French Sex Murders

The French Sex Murders

Professor Waldemar

1972
Virgin Report

Virgin Report

Anna's Father / The Inquisitor

1972
She Killed in Ecstasy

She Killed in Ecstasy

Prof. Jonathan Walker

1971 3.0
The Invisible Man's Love Life

The Invisible Man's Love Life

Professor Orloff

1970 2.5
The Blood Rose

The Blood Rose

Professeur Römer

1970
The Bloody Judge

The Bloody Judge

Jack Ketch

1970
Marquis de Sade: Justine

Marquis de Sade: Justine

Clément

1969
Castle of the Creeping Flesh

Castle of the Creeping Flesh

Graf Saxon

1968
Succubus

Succubus

Admiral Kapp

1968 3.0
The Orgies of Dr. Orloff

The Orgies of Dr. Orloff

Dam Gaillimh

1967
The Diabolical Dr. Z

The Diabolical Dr. Z

Dr. Vicas

1966 3.5
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus

The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus

Max von Klaus

1962
The Awful Dr. Orlof

The Awful Dr. Orlof

Dr. Orloff

1962
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

No. 12

1960
Phantom of the Big Tent

Phantom of the Big Tent

Armand LaRue, König der Luft

1954

Other Crew5 films

Countess Perverse

Countess Perverse

Still Photographer

1975
Lorna, the Exorcist

Lorna, the Exorcist

Still Photographer

1974 3.0
How to Seduce a Virgin

How to Seduce a Virgin

Still Photographer

1974
The Greedy Ones

The Greedy Ones

Still Photographer

1974
Succubus

Succubus

Still Photographer

1968 3.0