Howard Vernon
Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Vernon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Born: July 15, 1908
Place of Birth: Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]
Known For
Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur
Schulmeister, l’espion de l’empereur (Schulmeister, the Emperor's Spy) is a French historical adventure television series consisting of 13 episodes (1971–1974), inspired by the real life of Charles Louis Schulmeister, a famous spy in the service of Napoleon I. It alternates between historical facts and fiction, offering a fictionalized portrait of a cunning spy, loyal to Napoleon, and always ready to turn a situation to his advantage.
Far from Manhattan
Christian, an art critic, must write a study on the painter René Dimanche in order to understand why he did not produce anything for eight years. He asks his friend Ingrid to help him break through this mystery.
The Train
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
Le Silence de la mer
In a small town in WWII France, a German officer is billeted in the house of an elderly man and his niece who resist the occupation by refusing to interact with him, even as he speaks to them candidly about his life and hopes for the future of France and Germany.
The Day of the Jackal
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
Love and Death
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
Delicatessen
In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.
Description of a Struggle
Chris Marker’s documentary portrays Israel twelve years after its founding, blending location and archival footage to explore its diverse communities—from kibbutzim and Arab villages to Orthodox quarters and tourist sites. The “struggle” of the title reflects the nation’s search for identity in a rapidly changing region.
Bob le Flambeur
In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town, including police inspector Ledru. However, when Bob's luck turns sour, he begins to lose friends and makes the most desperate gamble of his life: to rob the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend, when the vaults are full. Unfortunately, Bob soon learns that the game is rigged and the cops are on to him.
Léon Morin, Priest
Barny, although a Marxist, is intrigued by the mysteries of religion. In confession, she teases a priest, Léon Morin, but he is a young and intelligent man and ready to discuss anything.
Filmography
as Cagliostro
as Le vieil homme
as Charles Toulon
as Old officer
as Frog Man
as Jeremy Fairfax
as Manes
as Dr. Orloff
as Eric
as Hermokrates
as Monsieur (voice)
as Josef Mengele
as Coronel Daniel J. Blimp
as Le docteur Belin - un médecin hémiplégique
as Dr. Orloff
as Abbot Guibourd
as Roderic Usher
as Albert von Klaus
as Vampire
as René Dimanche
as Doorman
as Dr. Lanyon
as The Mayor
as SS Major Karl
as Dr. Milton
as Hermann
as Count Rabor Zaroff
as Karl, Zaroff's servant
as Jacques des Grieux
as General Leveque
as Paul
as Governor Hayes
as Maurizius (Lornas Butler)
as Grandfather
as Korda
as Mathias
as Cagliostro
as Al Pereira
as Uncle Howard
as Colonel Ford
as Ana's Father
as Le docteur
as Cagliostro
as Cabinet Member
as Lord Malcolm De Winter
as Howard
as Count Karlstein / Dracula
as Dracula
as Yakube / Actor in Adult Movie / Film Director's Assistant
as Professor Waldemar
as General
as Anna's Father / The Inquisitor
as Sir Horace Mill
as Prof. Jonathan Walker
as Pedro
as Mercer
as Valet Humphrey
as Maître Wasserman, property administrator
as Professor Orloff
as Professeur Römer
as Jack Ketch
as Clément
as Prince of Montenuovo
as Graf Saxon
as Admiral Kapp
as Radek (uncredited)
as Mr. Gorsi, The Boss.
as Dam Gaillimh
as Ricardo Solesta
as Yvan
as Self
as Murder Suspect (uncredited)
as German Embassy Official
as Fred
as Dr. Vicas
as Lawyer
as Dr. Pineau
as The 'professor'
as Doctor
as Léonard von Braun (uncredited)
as Dietrich
as Ray Terris
as S.S. General
as Pr. Schroeder
as El General (credit only)
as The General Clarence
as Max von Klaus
as Dr. Orloff
as Colonel
as Steven Hals
as Colonel Hidas
as Inspector Jackson
as No. 12
as Howard
as Narrator (German version)
as William Dantoren
as Heinrich Strasser
as Général Funck
as Philippe Dario, the trapeze artist
as Igor Kourguine
as Inspector Revel
as McKimmie, the Sponsor
as Maxime Bellac
as Roger Kervec
as CIC-Offizier Ted
as Bell Fermer
as Robert Leperque
as Armand LaRue, König der Luft
as English buyer
as The chaplain
as Daniel Mortal
as Rolande's friend
as Rudy Saltierra
as Borgo
as Emile
as Charles
as Schooner Captain
as Comte de Tournai
as Colonel von Pennwitz
as Ducourt
as Inspector (uncredited)
as Lancaster
as Werner von Ebrennac
as Lord Palmerston
as Le chef milicien
as Captain Gérard
as German officer (uncredited)
as Furet henchman
as English aviator
as (uncredited)
as German Lieutenant Fleischer
as Robert Langlois, le muet
as German officer (uncredited)
as Prussian officer in Uville (uncredited)