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Howard Vernon

Howard Vernon

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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

Delicatessen

Delicatessen

1991

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein

1973

Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein

Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein

1972

The Train

The Train

1964

What's New Pussycat?

What's New Pussycat?

1965

Operation Double Cross

Operation Double Cross

1965

The Devil Came from Akasava

The Devil Came from Akasava

1971

Zombie Lake

Zombie Lake

1981

Revenge in the House of Usher

Revenge in the House of Usher

1983

Angel of Death

Angel of Death

1985

Bob le Flambeur

Bob le Flambeur

1956

Terminus

Terminus

1987

The Invisible Man's Love Life

The Invisible Man's Love Life

1970

The Diabolical Dr. Z

The Diabolical Dr. Z

1966

Castle of the Creeping Flesh

Castle of the Creeping Flesh

1968

Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell

Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell

1999

Succubus

Succubus

1968

She Killed in Ecstasy

She Killed in Ecstasy

1971

Faceless

Faceless

1988

Le Silence de la mer

Le Silence de la mer

1949

The Sinister Doctor Orloff

The Sinister Doctor Orloff

1984

The Greedy Ones

The Greedy Ones

1974

The Bloody Judge

The Bloody Judge

1970

The Secret Ways

The Secret Ways

1961

The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals

1967

Far from Manhattan

Far from Manhattan

1982

Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter

Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter

1952

The Musician Killer

The Musician Killer

1976

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

1981

The French Sex Murders

The French Sex Murders

1972

Women in Cellblock 9

Women in Cellblock 9

1978

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

1960

Virgin Report

Virgin Report

1972

The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus

The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus

1962

The Game Is Over

The Game Is Over

1966

Behind These Walls

Behind These Walls

1946

Angel and Sinner

Angel and Sinner

1945

Clandestine

Clandestine

1946

The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic

The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic

1946

Alert Nights

Alert Nights

1946

Mr. Orchid

Mr. Orchid

1946

Devil and the Angel

Devil and the Angel

1946

Sky Battalion

Sky Battalion

1947

The Royalists

The Royalists

1947

Colonel Durand

Colonel Durand

1948

The Devil Who Limped

The Devil Who Limped

1948

The Demons

The Demons

1973

The Inn of Sin

The Inn of Sin

1949

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

1949

Si ça vous chante

Si ça vous chante

1952

The Girl with the Whip

The Girl with the Whip

1952

Hotbed of Sin

Hotbed of Sin

1951

Pensione Edelweiss

Pensione Edelweiss

1959

Ogroff

Ogroff

1983

Countess Perverse

Countess Perverse

1975

Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy

1953

Adventures of Captain Fabian

Adventures of Captain Fabian

1951

Hommage à Vernon

Hommage à Vernon

1988

The Other Side of the Mirror

The Other Side of the Mirror

1973

Celestine

Celestine

1974

Atomic Agent

Atomic Agent

1959

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves

1972

The Making of 'The Howl of the Devil'

The Making of 'The Howl of the Devil'

1987

The Complex of Toulon

The Complex of Toulon

1996

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro

1975

The Howl of the Devil

The Howl of the Devil

1988

The Sword of Vengeance

The Sword of Vengeance

1961

Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac

Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac

1973

A Friend Will Come Tonight

A Friend Will Come Tonight

1946

All Mixed Up

All Mixed Up

1985

Love and Death

Love and Death

1975

Doctor Crippen Lives

Doctor Crippen Lives

1958

The Adventures of Sylvia Couski

The Adventures of Sylvia Couski

1975

Black Angel of the Mississippi

Black Angel of the Mississippi

1964

The Orgies of Dr. Orloff

The Orgies of Dr. Orloff

1967

Dossier AST-555

Dossier AST-555

1960

Black Sin

Black Sin

1989

Sex Charade

Sex Charade

1972

Taiwo Shango oder: Der zweite Tag nach dem Tod

Taiwo Shango oder: Der zweite Tag nach dem Tod

1965

Lovers of Devil's Island

Lovers of Devil's Island

1973

Don't Change Hands

Don't Change Hands

1975

Royal Affairs in Versailles

Royal Affairs in Versailles

1953

The Theatre of the Matters

The Theatre of the Matters

1977

Seven Women for Satan

Seven Women for Satan

1975

The River of Three Junks

The River of Three Junks

1957

From Hell to Victory

From Hell to Victory

1979

The Long Vacation of Lotte H. Eisner

The Long Vacation of Lotte H. Eisner

1979

Dolls for Sale

Dolls for Sale

1973

Blood on My Shoes

Blood on My Shoes

1983

Jungle of Fear

Jungle of Fear

1993

Hey Stranger

Hey Stranger

1994

Mr. Scrupule, Gangster

Mr. Scrupule, Gangster

1953

Le Petit Jacques

Le Petit Jacques

1953

Pas de souris dans le business

Pas de souris dans le business

1955

Alert in the Canary Islands

Alert in the Canary Islands

1956

Love Me Strangely

Love Me Strangely

1971

How to Seduce a Virgin

How to Seduce a Virgin

1974

Alphaville

Alphaville

1965

Un cas intéressant

Un cas intéressant

1963

On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts

On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts

1964

X312 - Flight to Hell

X312 - Flight to Hell

1971

The Blood Rose

The Blood Rose

1970

Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included

Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included

1985

Lorna, the Exorcist

Lorna, the Exorcist

1974

Zorro the Avenger

Zorro the Avenger

1962

The Carpathian Mushroom

The Carpathian Mushroom

1990

The Mad Dog

The Mad Dog

1966

Marquis de Sade: Justine

Marquis de Sade: Justine

1969

The Unknown Man of Shandigor

The Unknown Man of Shandigor

1967

Heiße Ware

Heiße Ware

1959

Vice and Virtue

Vice and Virtue

1963

Ce que cherche Jacques

Ce que cherche Jacques

1970

The Death of Empedocles

The Death of Empedocles

1987

08/15 at Home

08/15 at Home

1955

Das Abschiedsgeschenk

Das Abschiedsgeschenk

1956

Weekend

Weekend

1957

Du Guesclin

Du Guesclin

1949

Der grüne Kakadu

Der grüne Kakadu

1955

Secret Document: Vienna

Secret Document: Vienna

1950

Gottes Utopia

Gottes Utopia

1955

Léon Morin, Priest

Léon Morin, Priest

1961

The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent

The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent

1956

Lucrèce Borgia

Lucrèce Borgia

1953

The Dinosaur and the Baby

The Dinosaur and the Baby

1967

Première brigade criminelle

Première brigade criminelle

1961

Rendezvous

Rendezvous

1960

El fugitivo de Amberes

El fugitivo de Amberes

1955

The Hotheads

The Hotheads

1967

Until the Last One

Until the Last One

1957

The Chips Are Down

The Chips Are Down

1947

Mayerling

Mayerling

1968

Operation Thunder

Operation Thunder

1956

Fifteen Year Old Captain

Fifteen Year Old Captain

1974

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

1973

Daughter of Dracula

Daughter of Dracula

1972

The Awful Dr. Orlof

The Awful Dr. Orlof

1962

A Virgin Among the Living Dead

A Virgin Among the Living Dead

1973

Le fou du roi

Le fou du roi

1984

Residence for Spies

Residence for Spies

1968

Nightmares Come at Night

Nightmares Come at Night

1973

The Shadow of Zorro

The Shadow of Zorro

1962

Autopsia de un criminal

Autopsia de un criminal

1963

Death at Dawn

Death at Dawn

1960

Triple Cross

Triple Cross

1966

Black Jack

Black Jack

1950

Phantom of the Big Tent

Phantom of the Big Tent

1954

The Garden That Tilts

The Garden That Tilts

1975

The Elusive Pimpernel

The Elusive Pimpernel

1950

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

1966

Deadline

Deadline

1982

The Rock of Acapulco

The Rock of Acapulco

1996

Description of a Struggle

Description of a Struggle

1960

Opération Jericho

Opération Jericho

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

1967

Graf Luckner

Graf Luckner

1971

Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur

Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur

1971