John Vernon
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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
Credits
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
as Dr. Stone
Dirty Harry (1971)
as The Mayor
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
as Fletcher
Animal House (1978)
as Dean Vernon Wormer
Heavy Metal (1981)
as Prosecutor (voice)
Sweet Movie (1974)
as Aristote Alplanalpe, AKA M. Kapital
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
as Curtis Mooney
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)
as Rupert Thorne (voice)
A Special Day (1977)
as Emanuele Taberi
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
as Prindle
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
as Mr. Big
Point Blank (1967)
as Mal Reese
Topaz (1969)
as Rico Parra
1984 (1956)
as Big Brother (uncredited)
Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
as Sherman Krader
Chained Heat (1983)
as Warden Bacman
Charley Varrick (1973)
as Maynard Boyle
The Black Windmill (1974)
as McKee
Savage Streets (1984)
as Principal Underwood
Fraternity Vacation (1985)
as Chief Ferret
Sorority Boys (2002)
as Old Man
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
as Hacker
Warrior Angels (2002)
as Ansgar / Bladrick
Brannigan (1975)
as Ben Larkin
Drum (1976)
Actor
One More Train to Rob (1971)
as Timothy Xavier Nolan
Bail Out (1989)
as Mr. Ridgeway
Angela (1977)
as Benjamin Kincaid
Nightstick (1987)
as Adam Beardsly
The Rock (1967)
as Self (uncredited)
Delgo (2008)
as Judge Nohrin (voice)
Terminal Exposure (1987)
as Mr. Karrothers
Blue Monkey (1987)
as Roger Levering
Face-Off (1971)
as Fred Wares
Jungle Warriors (1984)
as Vito Mastranga
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats (1981)
as Coach "Bulldog" Malone
Malicious (1995)
as Detective Pronzini
Fuzzbucket (1986)
as Principal
The Uncanny (1977)
as Pomeroy (segment "Hollywood 1936")
Rat Tales (1986)
as Bronc
The Woman Who Sinned (1991)
as Lieutenant Girvetz
Fear Is the Key (1972)
as Vyland
Family of Cops (1995)
as Frank Rampola
Curtains (1983)
as Jonathan Stryker
Golden Rendezvous (1977)
as Luis Carreras
The Questor Tapes (1974)
as Geoffrey Darro
The Blood of Others (1984)
as Charles
Justine (1969)
as Nessim
Doin' Time (1985)
as Big Mac
Nightmare Step (1973)
as Allan
Escape (1971)
as Doctor Charles Walding
Sodbusters (1994)
as Slade Cantrell
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973)
as Julian Peck
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (2003)
as Vernon Wormer
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion (1998)
as Self - Dean Wormer
Little Red Riding Hood (1983)
as Father
Point Blank the Documentary (2024)
as Self
Mob Story (1989)
as Don "Luce" Luciano
Virginia Hill (1974)
as Nick Rubanos
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977)
as Dr. Orrin Helgerson
Hostage for a Day (1994)
as V.D. Regan
The Naked Truth (1992)
as Von Bulo
Hostile Takeover (1989)
as Mayor
The Impostor (1975)
as Sheriff Turner
Nobody Waved Goodbye (1964)
as Lot Supervisor
The Forget-Me-Not Murders (1994)
as Boyce
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story (2000)
Actor
Paris or Somewhere (1994)
as Old Mahon
W (1974)
as Arnie Felson
The Swiss Family Robinson (1975)
as Charles Forsythe
Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure (1999)
as Principal Scotti
Trial Run (1969)
as Leo D'Agosta
Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales (1999)
as Self
Mousey (1974)
as David Richardson
Hunter (1973)
as David Hunter / Praetorius
Fantastica (1980)
as Jim McPherson
Animal House: The Inside Story (2008)
as Self
Two Men (1988)
as Alex Kores
Rewrite for Murder (1991)
as Claude Dempsey
Matt Helm (1975)
as Harry Paine
Dixie Lanes (1988)
as Elmer Sinclair
Stageghost (2000)
as Slim
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon (1970)
as General Ramon Sabattini
Afghanistan: The Last War Bus (1989)
as Ken Ross
Welcome to America (2002)
as Det. Golding
Tourist Go Home (1959)
Actor
Deadly Stranger (1988)
as Mr. Mitchell
Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec (1962)
as Galt
Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist (1962)
as Alexander Galt
Fires of Envy (1957)
Actor
Object of Desire (—)
Actor
It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980)
as Killian
Journey (1972)
as Boulder Allin
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk (1964)
Actor
Wojeck: Out of the Fire (1997)
as Dr Steve Wojeck