John Vernon

Acting · Born 1932-02-24 in Zehner, Saskatchewan, Canada

Biography

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.

Filmography

• Dirty Harry as The Mayor
• The Outlaw Josey Wales as Fletcher
• Animal House as Dean Vernon Wormer
• Point Blank as Mal Reese
• Charley Varrick as Maynard Boyle
• A Special Day as Emanuele Taberi
• Sweet Movie as Aristote Alplanalpe, AKA M. Kapital
• Topaz as Rico Parra
• Airplane II: The Sequel as Dr. Stone
• The Blood of Others as Charles

TV

• Sledge Hammer! as Mayor Jack Flambo
• Spider-Man as Doctor Strange (voice)
• Kung Fu as Gen. Cantrell
• Tales from the Crypt as Mr. Chalmers
• Automan
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Dean Toadblatt
• Batman: The Animated Series as Rupert Thorne (voice)
• MacGyver as Dave Ryerson
• Dinosaurs as Mr. Ashland (voice)
• Kung Fu as Forbes