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Howard Vernon (I) (1914–1996)

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Swiss-born actor Howard Vernon (né Mario Lippert) would make his infamous claim to fame as a stock lead player for the lowgrade, campy horror features of notorious director Jesús Franco, starring as Dr. Orloff, Dracula, and other terrorizers, most of them produced in Spain or France. Born in 1914 the son of a Swiss father and American mother... See full bio »

Born:

Mario Lippert
in Baden, Switzerland

Died:

(age 82) in Paris, France
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2000 Banqueroute
Georges
 
1996 Le complexe de Toulon
Charles Toulon
 
1995 Le rocher d'Acapulco
Le vieil homme
 
1994 Le talon d'Achille (short)
 
1994 Terre sainte (short)
 
1994 Hey Stranger
Old officer
 
1993 Jungle of Fear (video)
 
1993 Tête de citrouille (short)
 
1992 The Girl Who Came Late
Dr. Montgomery
 
1992 Bad Terms, Good Reports
Garnier
 
1991 Delicatessen
Frog Man
 
1990 In the Eye of the Snake
Old Jean
 
1990 Le champignon des Carpathes
Jeremy Fairfax
 
1990 Black Sin (short)
Manes
 
1989 Moravagine (TV movie)
 
1989 Nick chasseur de têtes (TV mini-series)
Orcan (episode "Roxane")
 
1989 Le conte d'hiver (TV movie)
Cléomènes
 
1988 Zombie 5
Roderic Usher
 
1988 Série noire (TV series)
Ellenis
– Le funiculaire des anges (1988) … Ellenis
 
1988 Somewhere in Europe (short)
 
1987 Bonne fête maman (TV movie)
 
1987 Commando Mengele
Colonel Josef Mengele / Dr. Josef Mengele
 
1987 Faceless
Dr. Orloff
 
1987 Last Summer in Tangiers
Maître Schmidt, un avocat suisse
 
1987 Der Tod des Empedokles
Hermokrates
 
1987 Terminus
Monsieur (voice)
 
1987 La voix du désert (short)
 
1987 El aullido del diablo
Eric
 
1986 Faubourg St Martin
Le Clients Grincheux
 
1986 Las tribulaciones de un Buda Bizco
 
1985 Le regard dans le miroir (TV mini-series)
Pavel
 
1985 The Boy Who Had Everything
Singing Man
 
1985 Sac de noeuds
Le docteur Belin - un médecin hémiplégique
 
1985 El hombre que mató a Mengele
 
1985 Viaje a Bangkok, ataúd incluido
 
1984 El siniestro doctor Orloff
Dr. Orloff
 
1984 Le fou du roi
Abbé guibourd
 
1983 Mad Mutilator
Vampire
 
1983 Blood on My Shoes
Profesor Albert Von Klaus
 
1982 Le rêve d'Icare (TV movie)
L'homme de 1916
 
1982 Loin de Manhattan
René Dimanche
 
1982 Pan Pan (short)
 
1981 Sonne, Wein und harte Nüsse (TV series)
Casino-Direktor
– Die Sache mit dem Roulett (1981) … Casino-Direktor
 
1981 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Dr. Lanyon
 
1981 Zombie Lake
The Mayor
 
1981 L'appât du gain
 
1980 Jean Jaurès: vie et mort d'un socialiste (TV movie)
Auguste Bebel
 
1979 Mers El-Kebir (TV movie)
Sir Dudley Pound
 
1979 Caméra une première (TV series)
Le directeur de la prison
– Ann Dollwood (1979) … Le directeur de la prison
 
1979 From Hell to Victory
SS Major Karl
 
1978 Fine Manners
Le directeur de la prison
 
1978 Tropical Inferno
Dr. Milton
 
1977 Le théâtre des matières
Hermann
 
1976 The Musician Killer
Anton Varga
 
1976 Seven Women for Satan
Karl, Zaroff's servant
 
1975 Don't Change Hands
Jacques des Grieux
 
1975 Love and Death
Gen. Leveque/Sidney Applebaum
 
1975 The Garden That Tilts
Paul
 
1975 Les intrigues de Sylvia Couski
 
1975 That Most Important Thing: Love (voice - uncredited)
 
1975 La marque de Zorro
Gov. Hayes
 
1974 The Tiger Brigades (TV series)
Von Vogt
– Visite incognito (1974) … Von Vogt
 
1974 Exorcism
Maurizius, Lorna's butler
 
1974 Celestine, Maid at Your Service
Le duc
 
1974 Fifteen Year Old Captain
Korda
 
1974 Plaisir à trois
Mathias
 
1972-1974 Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur (TV series)
Sir Horace Mill
– Après les cent jours (1974) … Sir Horace Mill
– Avant les cent jours (1974) … Sir Horace Mill
– L'affaire Adams (1974) … Sir Horace Mill
– Au pays de l'eau tranquille (1972) … Sir Horace Mill (uncredited)
– Le petit matelot (1972) … Sir Horace Mill
 
1974 Lovers of Devil's Island
Colonel Ford
 
1974 La comtesse perverse
Count Rabor Zaroff
 
1973 A Virgin Among the Living Dead
Uncle Howard
 
1973 Diary of a Nymphomaniac
Doctor
 
1973 The Day of the Jackal
State Secretary (uncredited)
 
1973 L'alphomega (TV mini-series)
 
1973 Les démons
Lord Malcolm De Winter
 
1973 Les gloutonnes
Cagliostro
 
1973 Al otro lado del espejo
Ana's father
 
1972 La fille de Dracula
Count Karlstein (Dracula)
 
1972 Drácula contra Frankenstein
Drácula
 
1972 Robinson und seine wilden Sklavinnen
Yakube/Actor in Adult Movie/Film Director's Assistant
 
1972 The French Sex Murders
Professor Waldemar
 
1972 Jungfrauen-Report
Anna's Father/The Inquisitor
 
1972 La maldición de Frankenstein
Cagliostro
 
1972 Les ebranlées
Al Pereira
 
1971 She Killed in Ecstasy
Prof. Jonathan Walker
 
1971 X312 - Flight to Hell
Pedro
 
1971 Der Teufel kam aus Akasava
Valet Humphrey
 
1971 Love Me Strangely
L'administrateur de biens
 
1970 Dr. Orloff's Invisible Monster
Le professeur Orloff
 
1970 The Blood Rose
Professeur Römer
 
1970 The Bloody Judge
Jack Ketch
 
1969 Deadly Sanctuary
Clement
 
1969 Sex Charade
 
1968 Affäre Dreyfuss (TV mini-series)
Hauptmann Lauth
 
1968 Mayerling
Prince Montenuevo (uncredited)
 
1968 La prunelle (TV series)
 
1968 Im Schloß der blutigen Begierde
Graf Saxon
 
1968 Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (TV series)
Ricardo Solesta
– Marmor und Diamanten (1968) … Ricardo Solesta
 
1967 The Hotheads
 
1967 Only a Coffin
Dam Gaillimh
 
1967 L'inconnu de Shandigor
Yank/Bobby Gun
 
1967 The Night of the Generals
Suspect in Erica Muller's Murder (uncredited)
 
1967 Succubus
Admiral Kapp (as Howard Varnon)
 
1966 Triple Cross
German Embassy Official
 
1966 The Diabolical Dr. Z
Dr. Vicas
 
1966 The Game Is Over
Lawyer
 
1966 Poppies Are Also Flowers
Dr. Pineau
 
1966 The Mad Dog
Fred
 
1966 Residencia para espías
Captain Hunter (uncredited)
 
1965 Der zweite Tag nach dem Tod (TV movie)
Dr. Brian Murray
 
1965 Train d'enfer
Le 'professeur'
 
1965 Le monde est petit (TV movie)
 
1965 What's New Pussycat
Doctor
 
1965 Alphaville
Prof. Leonard Nosferatu aka von Braun (uncredited)
 
1964 Les diamants de Palinos (TV series)
Malister
 
1964 The Train
Dietrich
 
1964 Black Angel of the Mississippi
Ray Terris
 
1964 De l'assassinat considéré comme un des beaux-arts
 
1963 Autopsy of a Criminal
Villar
 
1963 Vice and Virtue
Un général S.S./SS Man
 
1962 Shades of Zorro
El General (credit only)
 
1962 They Killed a Corpse
Inspector Bernhardt
 
1962 Zorro the Avenger
The General
 
1962 The Awful Dr. Orlof
Dr. Orloff
 
1962 La mano de un hombre muerto
Max von Klaus
 
1961 Captain Tempest
 
1961 Léon Morin, Priest
The colonel
 
1961 The Secret Ways
Colonel Hidas
 
1961 Les Concini (TV movie)
Concino Concini
 
1960 Brandenburg Division
Secret Service Man
 
1960 The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
No. 12
 
1960 Rendezvous
Howard
 
1960 Première brigade criminelle
Steven Hals
 
1960 Interpol contre X
L'inspecteur Jackson
 
1959 Atomic Agent
William Dantoren
 
1959 Heiße Ware
Heinrich Strasser
 
1959 Pensione Edelweiss
Général Funck
 
1959 Death at Dawn
 
1958 Othello (TV movie)
Jago
 
1958 Dr. Crippen lebt
 
1957 Der Herr im ersten Stock (TV movie)
George Longford
 
1957 The River of Three Junks
Igor Kourguine
 
1957 Weekend (TV movie)
Richard Greatham
 
1957 Monsignores große Stunde (TV movie)
 
1957 Until the Last One
Philippe Dario - le trapéziste
 
1957 Zwischen Himmel und Meer (TV movie)
Benito Cereno - spanischer Kapitän
 
1956 La melodía misteriosa
L'inspecteur de police Revel
 
1956 Bob le Flambeur
McKimmie, le commanditaire
 
1956 Rheingold Theatre (TV series)
Peters
– The Murderer (1956) … Peters
 
1956 Das Abschiedsgeschenk (TV movie)
 
1956 Alerte aux Canaries
Maxime Bellac
 
1955 08/15 at Home
CIC-Offizier Ted
 
1955 Der grüne Kakadu (TV movie)
Henri
 
1955 Gottes Utopia (TV movie)
Paco
 
1955 El fugitivo de Amberes
 
1955 Pas de souris dans le business
Robert Leperque
 
1955 Napoléon
Lord Liverpool (uncredited)
 
1955 Kopf in der Schlinge (TV movie)
William Mason
 
1955 Paris Precinct (TV series)
– Le châtiment (1955)
 
1954 Das Phantom des großen Zeltes
Armand LaRue, König der Luft
 
1954 Opération tonnerre
Roger Kervec
 
1954 Royal Affairs in Versailles
L'acheteur anglais (uncredited)
 
1953 Lucrèce Borgia
Le chapelain
 
1953 Le petit Jacques
Daniel Mortal
 
1953 Mr. Scrupule, Gangster
L'ami de Rolande
 
1953 Poison Ivy
Rudy Saltierra
 
1952 The Girl in the Bikini
Éric
 
1952 Girl with the Whip
Borgo
 
1952 Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee
Borgo, der Schmugglerwirt
 
1951 Boîte de nuit
Charles
 
1951 Adventures of Captain Fabian
Emile
 
1951 Si ça vous chante
 
1950 The Fighting Pimpernel
Comte de Tournai
 
1950 Secret Document: Vienna
Colonel von Pennwitz
 
1950 Caprices de Paris (short)
Lui-même
 
1950 Captain Blackjack
Schooner Captain
 
1949 The Inn of Sin
Ducourt
 
1949 The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Inspector (uncredited)
 
1949 Du Guesclin
Lancaster
 
1949 Le silence de la mer
Werner von Ebrennac
 
1948 The Lame Devil
Lord Palmerston
 
1948 Le colonel Durand
 
1947 Les jeux sont faits
Le chef milicien
 
1947 The Royalists
Le capitaine Gérard
 
1947 They Are Not Angels
Un officier allemand (uncredited)
 
1946 Devil and the Angel
Un homme de main de Furet
 
1946 Nuits d'alerte
L'aviateur anglais
 
1946 The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic (uncredited)
 
1946 Mr. Orchid
Le lieutenant Fleischer, l'officier allemand
 
1946 Clandestine
 
1946 A Friend Will Come Tonight
Robert Langlois, le muet
 
1946 Jericho
Un officier allemand (uncredited)
 
1945 Angel and Sinner
Un Prussien (uncredited)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (9 titles)
1974 Exorcism (still photographer - as Mario Lippert)
 
1974 Celestine, Maid at Your Service (still photographer - as Mario Lippert)
 
1974 Fifteen Year Old Captain (still photographer - as Mario Lippert)
 
1974 Plaisir à trois (still photographer - as Mario Lippert)
 
1974 The Lustful Amazons (still photographer - as Mario Lippert)
 
1974 La comtesse perverse (still photographer - as Mario Lippert)
 
1973 Diary of a Nymphomaniac (still photographer - as Mario Lippert)
 
1973 Al otro lado del espejo (still photographer - as Mario Lippert)
 
1967 Succubus (still photographer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1969 Army of Shadows (dialogue: English)
 
1967 The Blonde from Peking (voice dubbing: Garland/Gandler)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1996 Lord of the Eagles (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1995 Avoue Cognacq-Jay (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Fine Cooked Meats: A Nod to Jeunet and Caro's feature film 'Delicatessen' (TV documentary short)
 
1979 The Long Vacation of Lotte H. Eisner (documentary)
Himself
 
1967 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Le dinosaure et le bébé, dialogue en huit parties entre Fritz Lang et Jean-Luc Godard (1967) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2007 Bloody Jess (TV documentary)
Jack Ketch (uncredited)
 
2000 Call Him Jess (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Cagliostro
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1946) Dubbing voice of Harry Feist in the French post-synchronized version of Roberto Rossellini's 1945 "Roma, città aperta" (Rome, ville ouverte). See more »

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Alternate Names:

Mario Lippert | Howard Varnon | Vernon

Height:

6' 0½" (1.84 m)
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In two movies he was the French voice of Oliver Hardy (from Laurel & Hardy). See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer