Howard Vernon

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

July 15, 1908

died

July 25, 1996

place of birth

Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]

also known as

Mario Lippert · Mario Lipert · Mario Walter Lippert · Howard Wernon

total credits

50 movies

Biography

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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Known For

Filmography

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The Day of the Jackal
7.5

The Day of the Jackal

1973as Cabinet Member
Marquis de Sade: Justine
5.1

Marquis de Sade: Justine

1969as Clément
Delicatessen
7.3

Delicatessen

1991as Frog Man
Women in Cellblock 9
4.6

Women in Cellblock 9

1978as Dr. Milton Costa
The Train
7.6

The Train

1964as Dietrich
Alphaville
6.9

Alphaville

1965as Léonard von Braun (uncredited)
Celestine
5.6

Celestine

1974as Grandfather
The Night of the Generals
6.8

The Night of the Generals

1967as Murder Suspect (uncredited)
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
4.7

A Virgin Among the Living Dead

1973as Uncle Howard
Triple Cross
6.1

Triple Cross

1966as German Embassy Official
The Game Is Over
5.4

The Game Is Over

1966as Lawyer
Countess Perverse
4.6

Countess Perverse

1975as Count Rabor Zaroff
The Sword of Vengeance
5.5

The Sword of Vengeance

1961
Love and Death
7.5

Love and Death

1975as General Leveque
The Bloody Judge
5.0

The Bloody Judge

1970as Jack Ketch
What's New Pussycat?
6.0

What's New Pussycat?

1965as Doctor
Mayerling
6.2

Mayerling

1968as Prince of Montenuovo
Royal Affairs in Versailles
6.7

Royal Affairs in Versailles

1953as English buyer
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
5.3

Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac

1973as Le docteur
Léon Morin, Priest
7.1

Léon Morin, Priest

1961as Colonel
Zombie Lake
3.2

Zombie Lake

1981as The Mayor
Bob le Flambeur
7.3

Bob le Flambeur

1956as McKimmie, the Sponsor
Succubus
5.4

Succubus

1968as Admiral Kapp
Lorna, the Exorcist
4.9

Lorna, the Exorcist

1974as Maurizius (Lornas Butler)
The French Sex Murders
4.9

The French Sex Murders

1972as Professor Waldemar
Faceless
5.7

Faceless

1988as Dr. Orloff
Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter
5.4

Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter

1952as Éric
The Secret Ways
5.5

The Secret Ways

1961as Colonel Hidas
The Silence of the Sea
7.5

The Silence of the Sea

1949as Werner von Ebrennac
The Demons
5.3

The Demons

1973as Lord Malcolm De Winter
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
5.1

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein

1973as Cagliostro
How to Seduce a Virgin
5.0

How to Seduce a Virgin

1974as Mathias
From Hell to Victory
6.3

From Hell to Victory

1979as SS Major Karl
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
5.9

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

1966as Dr. Pineau
Lucrèce Borgia
4.4

Lucrèce Borgia

1953as The chaplain
The Awful Dr. Orlof
5.9

The Awful Dr. Orlof

1962as Dr. Orloff
Angel and Sinner
5.4

Angel and Sinner

1945as Prussian officer in Uville (uncredited)
Terminus
4.1

Terminus

1987as Monsieur (voice)
Love Me Strangely
4.6

Love Me Strangely

1971as Maître Wasserman, property administrator
The Greedy Ones
3.2

The Greedy Ones

1974as Cagliostro
The Blood Rose
5.7

The Blood Rose

1970as Professeur Römer
08/15 at Home
5.3

08/15 at Home

1955as CIC-Offizier Ted
Deadline
6.3

Deadline

1982as Doorman
Fifteen Year Old Captain
5.7

Fifteen Year Old Captain

1974as Korda
Poison Ivy
6.1

Poison Ivy

1953as Rudy Saltierra
Daughter of Dracula
4.1

Daughter of Dracula

1972as Count Karlstein / Dracula
The Elusive Pimpernel
6.0

The Elusive Pimpernel

1950as Comte de Tournai
The Howl of the Devil
5.1

The Howl of the Devil

1988as Eric
Adventures of Captain Fabian
5.3

Adventures of Captain Fabian

1951as Emile
The Other Side of the Mirror
5.2

The Other Side of the Mirror

1973as Ana's Father