Howard Vernon
Biography
Howard Vernon was a German-born Swiss actor who worked mainly in French cinema for over five decades, appearing in close to 200 productions. Raised in Switzerland and trained for the stage in Berlin, he made his stage debut in 1936, then moved to Paris, where he worked in cabarets, music halls and theaters. From 1945 he was a busy supporting player, often cast as villainous Nazi officers, and the Melville film The Silence of the Sea (1949) brought him notice, even as his looks and accent pushed him toward gangsters and heavies. In the 1960s he became a favorite of Jesús Franco, appearing in about 40 of the director's films, starting with the title role in The Awful Dr. Orloff (1962), and he often played mad doctors and sadists. He also dubbed and kept working in the theater, and died in 1996.
88years old at death
- Born Baden-Baden
- Died Issy-les-Moulineaux
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Mario Walter Lippert (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 42 years1949 to 1991
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Early training
Vernon studied acting in Berlin and made his stage debut there in 1936, then continued his training in Switzerland under Erwin Kalser.
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Howard Vernon shares two films with Capucine, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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