John Vernon

Known for: Acting

Born: 1932-02-24 – 2005-02-01 (aged 72)

From: Zehner, Saskatchewan, Canada

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.

Filmography (169)

MOVIE
Point Blank the Documentary
2024
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.6
Delgo
2008
as Judge Nohrin (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.0
Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
2003
as Rupert Thorne (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
2003
as Vernon Wormer
MOVIE★ 4.5
Warrior Angels
2002
as Ansgar / Bladrick
MOVIE★ 5.8
Sorority Boys
2002
as Old Man
MOVIE★ 9.5
Welcome to America
2002
as Det. Golding
TV★ 8.1
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001
as Dean Toadblatt
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
TV★ 8.7
Pigs Next Door
2000
as Grand Porcinus (voice)
TV★ 7.3
The Strangerers
2000
as D.N.E. Agent
MOVIE★ 6.5
Stageghost
2000
as Slim
MOVIE★ 7.5
Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.0
Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure
1999
as Principal Scotti
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
as Self - Dean Wormer
MOVIE★ 10.0
Wojeck: Out of the Fire
1997
as Dr Steve Wojeck
TV★ 7.1
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
1996
as Shao Kahn (voice)
TV★ 6.4
The Incredible Hulk
1996
as General Ross (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Family of Cops
1995
as Frank Rampola
MOVIE★ 4.9
Malicious
1995
as Detective Pronzini
TV★ 7.7
Pinky and the Brain
1995
as Admiral (voice)
TV★ 5.5
Marker
1995
TV★ 8.3
Spider-Man
1994
as Doctor Strange (voice)
TV★ 6.6
Fantastic Four
1994
as Dr. Doom (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Sodbusters
1994
as Slade Cantrell
MOVIE★ 5.5
Paris or Somewhere
1994
as Old Mahon
MOVIE★ 5.2
Hostage for a Day
1994
as V.D. Regan
MOVIE★ 3.7
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
1994
as Boyce
TV★ 7.2
Duckman
1994
as Principal Dinkler (voice)
TV★ 5.3
Acapulco H.E.A.T.
1993
as Mr. Smith
TV★ 8.0
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
as Rex Shard (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Clint Murdock / Max Slater
TV★ 7.0
African Skies
1992
MOVIE★ 3.1
The Naked Truth
1992
as Von Bulo
TV★ 6.7
Renegade
1992
as Capt. Ed McKendrick
TV★ 8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Rupert Thorne (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Woman Who Sinned
1991
as Lieutenant Girvetz
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rewrite for Murder
1991
as Claude Dempsey
TV★ 7.8
Dinosaurs
1991
as Mr. Ashland (voice)
TV★ 6.9
Dark Justice
1991
MOVIE★ 5.5
Mob Story
1989
as Don "Luce" Luciano
MOVIE★ 3.9
Bail Out
1989
as Mr. Ridgeway
TV★ 6.5
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
as Hank Bellamy
MOVIE★ 4.9
Hostile Takeover
1989
as Mayor
TV★ 8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Mr. Chalmers
MOVIE★ 8.8
Afghanistan: The Last War Bus
1989
as Ken Ross
MOVIE★ 6.4
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
as Mr. Big
TV★ 6.4
War of the Worlds
1988
as General Wilson
MOVIE★ 6.7
Deadly Stranger
1988
as Mr. Mitchell
MOVIE★ 7.0
Two Men
1988
as Alex Kores
MOVIE★ 6.6
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988
as Curtis Mooney
MOVIE★ 4.0
Dixie Lanes
1988
as Elmer Sinclair
MOVIE★ 4.9
Blue Monkey
1987
as Roger Levering
MOVIE★ 4.5
Terminal Exposure
1987
as Mr. Karrothers
MOVIE★ 3.5
Nightstick
1987
as Adam Beardsly
TV★ 7.0
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
1987
as Number One
MOVIE★ 5.2
Ernest Goes to Camp
1987
as Sherman Krader
TV★ 8.0
Sledge Hammer!
1986
as Mayor Jack Flambo
TV★ 6.8
Wildfire
1986
MOVIE★ 5.8
Fuzzbucket
1986
as Principal
MOVIE
Rat Tales
1986
as Bronc
MOVIE★ 5.2
Fraternity Vacation
1985
as Chief Ferret
TV★ 7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Mr. Brenner
TV★ 7.7
MacGyver
1985
as Dave Ryerson
MOVIE★ 4.8
Doin' Time
1985
as Big Mac
TV★ 7.0
Hail to the Chief
1985
as Gen. Hannibal Stryker
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Henry Hayward
TV★ 6.5
Partners in Crime
1984
MOVIE★ 6.3
Savage Streets
1984
as Principal Underwood
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Blood of Others
1984
as Charles
MOVIE★ 4.1
Jungle Warriors
1984
as Vito Mastranga
TV★ 7.6
Airwolf
1984
as John Bradford Horn
TV★ 7.8
Automan
1983
MOVIE★ 6.4
Little Red Riding Hood
1983
as Father
TV★ 6.6
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
MOVIE★ 5.1
Chained Heat
1983
as Warden Bacman
TV★ 6.9
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
1983
as Big John Masters
MOVIE★ 5.4
Curtains
1983
as Jonathan Stryker
TV★ 7.5
The A-Team
1983
as Ted Jarrett
MOVIE★ 6.1
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
as Dr. Stone
TV★ 6.7
The Blue and the Gray
1982
as Seward
TV★ 7.5
Knight Rider
1982
as Cameron Zachary
TV★ 8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Father
TV★ 6.5
T. J. Hooker
1982
as Grant Chandler
TV★ 7.6
The Fall Guy
1981
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
1981
as Coach "Bulldog" Malone
MOVIE★ 6.5
Heavy Metal
1981
as Prosecutor (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.2
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
1980
as Killian
MOVIE★ 5.4
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980
as Prindle
MOVIE★ 6.2
Fantastica
1980
as Jim McPherson
TV★ 7.3
The Littlest Hobo
1979
TV★ 7.7
California Fever
1979
TV★ 6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
as Travis Saunders
TV★ 7.6
The Sacketts
1979
as Jonathan Pritts
TV★ 5.8
Delta House
1979
as Dean Vernon Wormer
TV★ 6.9
Vega$
1978
MOVIE★ 7.0
Animal House
1978
as Dean Vernon Wormer
MOVIE★ 5.5
Golden Rendezvous
1977
as Luis Carreras
MOVIE★ 4.7
Angela
1977
as Benjamin Kincaid
MOVIE★ 7.5
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977
as Dr. Orrin Helgerson
TV★ 5.7
The Oregon Trail
1977
TV★ 6.9
CHiPs
1977
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Uncanny
1977
as Pomeroy (segment "Hollywood 1936")
MOVIE★ 8.1
A Special Day
1977
as Emanuele Taberi
TV
Here To Stay
1976
TV★ 7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
MOVIE★ 5.3
Drum
1976
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976
as Fletcher
TV★ 9.0
For the Record
1976
TV★ 6.6
Switch
1975
as Jack Morgan
MOVIE
Matt Helm
1975
as Harry Paine
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Swiss Family Robinson
1975
as Charles Forsythe
MOVIE★ 6.0
Brannigan
1975
as Ben Larkin
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Impostor
1975
as Sheriff Turner
TV★ 7.1
S.W.A.T.
1975
MOVIE★ 5.7
Virginia Hill
1974
as Nick Rubanos
TV★ 7.2
Petrocelli
1974
as Barney Majors
MOVIE★ 5.3
Sweet Movie
1974
as Aristote Alplanalpe, AKA M. Kapital
MOVIE★ 5.9
W
1974
as Arnie Felson
MOVIE★ 5.2
Mousey
1974
as David Richardson
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Black Windmill
1974
as McKee
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Questor Tapes
1974
as Geoffrey Darro
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
1973
as Julian Peck
MOVIE★ 7.4
Charley Varrick
1973
as Maynard Boyle
MOVIE
Nightmare Step
1973
as Allan
TV★ 7.0
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Dr. Hank Danvers
MOVIE★ 10.0
Hunter
1973
as David Hunter / Praetorius
MOVIE★ 5.9
Fear Is the Key
1972
as Vyland
TV★ 7.0
Cool Million
1972
as Inspector Duprez
TV★ 7.7
Kung Fu
1972
as Gen. Cantrell
MOVIE★ 9.0
Journey
1972
as Boulder Allin
TV★ 7.1
Search
1972
MOVIE★ 7.5
Dirty Harry
1971
as The Mayor
MOVIE★ 5.5
Face-Off
1971
as Fred Wares
TV★ 7.0
McMillan & Wife
1971
TV★ 6.7
Cannon
1971
MOVIE★ 5.7
Escape
1971
as Doctor Charles Walding
MOVIE★ 5.4
One More Train to Rob
1971
as Timothy Xavier Nolan
MOVIE
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
1970
as General Ramon Sabattini
MOVIE★ 6.0
Topaz
1969
as Rico Parra
MOVIE★ 5.8
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969
as Hacker
MOVIE★ 4.4
Justine
1969
as Nessim
MOVIE★ 5.0
Trial Run
1969
as Leo D'Agosta
TV★ 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Cal Anderson
TV★ 6.8
Mannix
1967
TV★ 6.8
The High Chaparral
1967
as Sean McLaren
TV★ 7.7
Judd, for the Defense
1967
as Dr. Bellew
MOVIE★ 7.0
Point Blank
1967
as Mal Reese
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Rock
1967
as Self (uncredited)
TV★ 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Colonel Josef Strom
TV★ 9.0
Wojeck
1966
as Steve Wojeck
TV★ 6.5
Felony Squad
1966
TV★ 6.9
Tarzan
1966
TV★ 6.8
The Marvel Super Heroes
1966
as Iron Man (Tony Stark) (voice)
TV★ 5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
as Mike Burton
MOVIE★ 6.2
Nobody Waved Goodbye
1964
as Lot Supervisor
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
1964
TV★ 5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Steve Wojeck
MOVIE★ 9.0
Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist
1962
as Alexander Galt
MOVIE★ 4.5
Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec
1962
as Galt
TV
Festival
1960
as Vershinin
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Beaudry
MOVIE★ 7.0
Tourist Go Home
1959
TV★ 5.8
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957
as Varney
MOVIE★ 10.0
Fires of Envy
1957
MOVIE★ 6.5
1984
1956
as Big Brother (uncredited)
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Oliver Harker
MOVIE
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