
John Vernon
Department: Acting
Biography
John Keith Vernon (February 24, 1932 – February 1, 2005) was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in Canada. He was best known for playing Dean Wormer in Animal House, the Mayor in Dirty Harry and Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales.
Known For

Dirty Harry
1971

Sweet Movie
1974

Topaz
1969

Airplane II: The Sequel
1982

The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976

The Blood of Others
1984

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
2003

Animal House
1978

Fraternity Vacation
1985

Herbie Goes Bananas
1980

Fear Is the Key
1972

Point Blank
1967

Charley Varrick
1973

Brannigan
1975

Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec
1962

Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist
1962

Tourist Go Home
1959

A Special Day
1977

Bail Out
1989

Justine
1969

Savage Streets
1984

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969

The Questor Tapes
1974

Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988

Curtains
1983

Golden Rendezvous
1977

Chained Heat
1983

Ernest Goes to Camp
1987

Malicious
1995

Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004

Doin' Time
1985

Nightstick
1987

The Uncanny
1977

Family of Cops
1995

Jungle Warriors
1984

Afghanistan: The Last War Bus
1989

The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
1981

Mousey
1974

Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
1999

Face-Off
1971

One More Train to Rob
1971

The Naked Truth
1992

Escape
1971

The Rock
1967

Journey
1972

Hostage for a Day
1994

The Black Windmill
1974

Warrior Angels
2002

Terminal Exposure
1987

Paris or Somewhere
1994

Nightmare Step
1973

The Impostor
1975

The Woman Who Sinned
1991

It Rained All Night the Day I Left
1980

W
1974

Blue Monkey
1987

Dixie Lanes
1988

Deadly Stranger
1988

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977

The Forget-Me-Not Murders
1994

Sodbusters
1994

Nobody Waved Goodbye
1964

1984
1956

Object of Desire
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Little Red Riding Hood
1983

Mob Story
1989

Drum
1976

Heavy Metal
1981

Stageghost
2000

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
1964

Fuzzbucket
1986

Matt Helm
1975

Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure
1999

The Swiss Family Robinson
1975

Virginia Hill
1974

Fantastica
1980

Hostile Takeover
1989

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
1973

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998

Fires of Envy
1957

Angela
1977

Wojeck: Out of the Fire
1997

Sorority Boys
2002

Animal House: The Inside Story
2008

Welcome to America
2002

Trial Run
1969

Hunter
1973

Delgo
2008

Rewrite for Murder
1991

Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
2003

Rat Tales
1986

Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
1970

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Duckman
1994

CHiPs
1977

Sledge Hammer!
1986

Wojeck
1966

Spider-Man
1994

T. J. Hooker
1982

Kung Fu
1972

The A-Team
1983

The F.B.I.
1965

War of the Worlds
1988

Hawaii Five-O
1968

Airwolf
1984

The Marvel Super Heroes
1966

Knight Rider
1982

Tales from the Crypt
1989

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983

Mannix
1967

Fantastic Four
1994

Hart to Hart
1979

Gunsmoke
1955

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982

Mission: Impossible
1966

Cannon
1971

California Fever
1979

African Skies
1992

The Incredible Hulk
1996

The Fall Guy
1981

Felony Squad
1966

McMillan & Wife
1971

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957

Vega$
1978

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
1987

Wildfire
1986

Delta House
1979

Switch
1975

The High Chaparral
1967

S.W.A.T.
1975

Hail to the Chief
1985

Search
1972

Cool Million
1972

Petrocelli
1974

Dark Justice
1991

Automan
1983

Judd for the Defense
1967

The Littlest Hobo
1979

Tarzan
1966

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957

Here To Stay
1976

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001

The Oregon Trail
1977

Partners in Crime
1984

Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
1996

Batman: The Animated Series
1992

The F.B.I.
1965

The F.B.I.
1965

Acapulco H.E.A.T.
1993

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
1983

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Knight Rider
1982

For the Record
1976

Bonanza
1959

MacGyver
1985

Pigs Next Door
2000

Dinosaurs
1991

The Sacketts
1979

The Blue and the Gray
1982

Mission: Impossible
1966

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957

Marker
1995

Barnaby Jones
1973

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957

Mission: Impossible
1966

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957

Renegade
1992

The Strangerers
2000

Kung Fu
1972

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993