John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz; February 24, 1932 [1] – 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.

John Vernon was a prolific stage-trained Canadian character player who made a career out of convincingly playing crafty villains, morally-bankrupt officials and heartless authority figures in American films and television since the 1960s.

John Vernon was a Canadian actor who was often seen playing the roles of shrewd villains and unethical officials in Hollywood movies. Read this biography to know his birthday, childhood, achievements, family life and timeline.

2005年2月4日 · John Vernon, a stage-trained character actor who played cunning villains in film and TV and made his comedy mark as Dean Wormer in “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” has died. He was 72.

John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz; 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.

2005年2月6日 · LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 - John Vernon, a stage-trained character actor who played cunning villains in film and television and made his comedy mark in "National Lampoon's Animal House," died on...

2005年2月7日 · WITH HIS brawny build, weathered face, curly hair and deeply resonant voice, John Vernon made a distinctive screen villain in such films as Point Blank and Topaz.

2012年2月20日 · John Vernon, né Adolphus Raimundus Vernon Agopsowicz, actor (b at Zehner, Sask 24 Feb 1932; d at Los Angeles, 1 Feb 2005). John Vernon, with his strong presence and deep, resonant voice, made a career predominantly …

John Vernon was a steely-eyed, pockmarked, mean-looking Canadian actor with a deep, resonant voice, who usually played bad guys. In his film debut, Vernon was unseen, but provided the voice of Big Brother in the 1956 Edmond O'Brien version of Orwell 's 1984.

2023年11月7日 · The versatile and acclaimed actor John Vernon, with a career that spanned both Canadian and American entertainment industries, had a rich heritage with Armenian-Polish roots.