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John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz; 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.

John Vernon
Vernon as the Mayor of San Francisco in Dirty Harry, 1971
Born	Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz[1] (1932-02-24)February 24, 1932 Zehner, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died	February 1, 2005(2005-02-01) (aged 72) Westwood, Los Angeles, U.S.
Education	Banff School of Fine Arts
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
Years active	1956–2005
Spouse	Nancy West (divorced)
Children	3, including Kate Vernon and Nan Vernon

Personal life

Born as Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz in Zehner, Saskatchewan,[1] Vernon was one of two sons of Adolf Agopsowicz, a grocer, and his wife Eleonore Krückel (also spelled as Kriekle or Kriekel). Both his parents' families immigrated to the Edenwold district in the late 19th century from the Austrian crownland and duchy of Bukovina. The Agopsowicz family were part of the community of Armenians in Poland. Vernon was of Armenian, German, and Polish descent.[2]^{[page needed]}

From 1935 to 1953 he attended St. Joseph's School and Campion College in Regina, Saskatchewan, where his acting career began under the direction of Rev. Arthur Nelson, S.J. and Mary Ellen Burgess at the Regina Little Theatre.[3] Vernon was educated at the Banff School of Fine Arts and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London before becoming a live stage actor for CBC Television's dramatic programs. In 1974, he completed a season at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, playing Malvolio.

Vernon was the father of actress Kate Vernon, musician Nan Vernon, and actor Chris Vernon.[1]

Career

Early roles

Vernon made his screen debut in 1956 as the voice of Big Brother in Michael Anderson's film version of George Orwell's 1984 starring Edmond O'Brien. He returned to Canada afterwards and gained film experience appearing on the TV series The Adventures of Tugboat Annie and The Last of the Mohicans.

He debuted on Broadway in 1964 as DeSoto opposite Christopher Plummer and David Carradine in The Royal Hunt of the Sun. During the Golden Age of CBC Drama in the 1960s, he co-starred in Edna O'Brien's A Cheap Bunch of Nice Flowers, opposite Colleen Dewhurst, and in Uncle Vanya, opposite William Hutt and Rita Gam. He appeared in the CBC series Wojeck in the late 1960s, playing a crime-fighting medical examiner. However, he decided to go to the United States to further his acting career.

In 1967, he appeared opposite Lee Marvin in Point Blank.

In 1969, he played Cuban revolutionary Rico Parra in Alfred Hitchcock's Cold War-era spy movie Topaz. He appeared on The High Chaparral as the leader of a group of striking Irish Miners (1969) in "No Irish Need Apply".

In 1970, he guest-starred in the Hawaii Five-O episode "Force Of Waves" as Cal Anderson, and he appeared in the two-part episode "The Banker" of The Silent Force in 1971. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he made four appearances over five years on the TV series Mission: Impossible as four different lead villains. In 1974, Vernon turned in a supporting performance in Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night.

In 1971, he played the by-the-book mayor of San Francisco, perpetually frustrated by Clint Eastwood, in the first Dirty Harry movie. He later parodied this role in the film One More Train to Rob and the premiere episode of Sledge Hammer!.

In 1974 he co-starred in the film The Black Windmill with Michael Caine and Donald Pleasence. Also in 1974, he appeared in The Questor Tapes.

In 1976, he played Fletcher in Eastwood's The Outlaw Josey Wales.

In 1977, he played the husband in the Italian film, A Special Day, with Sophia Loren and Marcelo Mastroianni.[4]

Villain

In 1972, he appeared as a villain in the Fear Is the Key and in 1973, he appeared in Charley Varrick as mob boss Maynard Boyle.

In 1975, Vernon portrayed Chicago gangster Ben Larkin in the John Wayne movie Brannigan, which was set in London, England, starring alongside Wayne and Richard Attenborough.

Vernon played Dean Vernon Wormer of fictional Faber College in 1978's Animal House (a role that he would reprise in the short-lived television sequel Delta House). He also played Mr. Prindle in 1980's Herbie Goes Bananas, Ted Striker's psychiatrist Dr. Stone in 1982's Airplane II: The Sequel, and Sherman Krader in 1987's Ernest Goes to Camp.

In 1979, Vernon played villainous American bigot Jonathon Pritts in New Mexico who was trying to steal the land from Mexican landowners in the Louis L'Amour story of The Sacketts.

He also appeared in several cult exploitation and action films in the 1980s, most notably Chained Heat and Savage Streets, both starring Linda Blair, and Jungle Warriors, opposite Sybil Danning. He underplayed his villain image (playing a character called "Mr. Big") in the 1988 Blaxploitation spoof I'm Gonna Git You Sucka: a character thinks Vernon should be "above exploitation films" and Vernon replies that many famous actors have done exploitation films, listing Jamie Lee Curtis, Angie Dickinson, and Shelley Winters as examples.

Vernon played "Ted Jarrett" in the season two The A-Team episode "Labor Pains" (1983). Vernon also played "Cameron Zachary" in the season two Knight Rider episode "A Good Knight's Work" (1984). Vernon later played "John Bradford Horn" in the season three Airwolf episode "Discovery" (1986).

In 1986, he played the Principal in Fuzz Bucket. He played Sergeant Curt Mooney in Killer Klowns from Outer Space and was a lead in the short-lived 1990s series Acapulco H.E.A.T.

Vernon guest-starred as the grouchy principal Dinkler in "Brad to Worse", an episode of Duckman on USA Network.

Voice work

Vernon did extensive voice work. He voiced the Prosecutor on the 1981 animated film Heavy Metal. He worked on animated TV series such as The Marvel Super Heroes portraying Tony Stark/Iron Man and Sub-Mariner among others, Batman: The Animated Series, The Incredible Hulk, Wildfire, Spider-Man, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Delgo.

Death

Vernon died of complications following heart surgery on February 1, 2005, in Westwood, Los Angeles at the age of 72. He was cremated after a private funeral service.[1]

Selected filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Heavy Metal	Prosecutor	segment "Captain Sternn"
2003	Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman	Rupert Thorne	Direct-to-video
2008	Delgo	Nohrin Judge	Posthumous release (final film role)

List of voice performances in television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	The Marvel Super Heroes	Iron Man/Tony Stark /[5]/ Sub-Mariner/Prince Namor,[5] /Major Glenn Talbot / Major Corey
1986	Wildfire	Wildfire	13 Episodes
1992-1994	Batman: The Animated Series	Rupert Thorne	9 Episodes
1993	SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron	Rex Shard	Episode: "Chaos in Crystal"
1994	Fantastic Four	Doctor Doom	Episodes: "The Mask of Doom: Part 1"
1995	Pinky and the Brain	Admiral	Episode: "Das Mouse"
1996	Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm	Shao Kahn	3 Episodes
1996	Spider-Man	Doctor Strange	Episode: "Doctor Strange"
1994	Duckman	Principal Dinkler	Episode: "From Brad to Worse"
1996-1997	The Incredible Hulk	General Ross	14 Episodes
1998	Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain	Principal	Episode: "Gee, Your Hair Spells Terrific"
2000	Pigs Next Door	Grand Porcinus	Uncredited, Episode: "Hog Island"
2003-2005	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Warden Toadblatt	3 Episodes

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	The Adventures of Batman & Robin	Rupert Thorne
2000	Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2	Tesla trooper
2000	Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn	Goldander Blackenrock / Baron Ployer
2000	Star Trek: Klingon Academy	Academy Communications Officer / Federation Commander 2
2001	Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge
2002	Earth & Beyond	Proconsul Dionysius Kerr
2004	Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel	Rhombus / Glowing Ghoul
2005	Area 51	Additional Voices

References

External links

• John Vernon at IMDb
• John Vernon at Find a Grave

На других языках

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- [en] John Vernon

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[es] John Vernon

John Keith Vernon (Zehner, Saskatchewan, 24 de febrero de 1932 - Los Ángeles, California, 1 de febrero de 2005) fue un actor canadiense.

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[ru] Вернон, Джон

Джон Кит Вернон (англ. John Keith Vernon, настоящее имя Адольфус Раймондус Вернон Агопсович (Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz); род. 24 февраля 1932 (1932-02-24), Зенер  (англ.) (рус., Саскачеван, Канада — 1 февраля 2005, Уэствуд  (англ.) (рус., Калифорния, США) — канадский актёр. После того, как стал звездой телевидения в Канаде, продолжил карьеру в Голливуде.

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