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John Keith Vernon 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, his role as the Mayor in Dirty Harry and as Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales.
Birth Name
Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz
Born
Wednesday, 24 February 1932
Died
Tuesday, 01 February 2005
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Decade You Were Born: The 1980's | Self | 2011 |
| Confessions of a Horror Baby | Jonathan Stryker | 2010 |
| Double Take | Rico Parra in 'Topaz' | 2009 |
| Delgo | Nohrin Judge | 2008 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Curtis Mooney | 2007 |
| Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman | Rupert Thorne (voice) / Rupert Thorne | 2003 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Mal Reese in Point Blank | 2003 |
| Warrior Angels | Ansgar / Bladrick / Baldrick | 2002 |
| VH-1 Behind the Movie | Self | 2002 |
| Sorority Boys | Old Man | 2002 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Decade You Were Born: The 1980's | Self | 2011 |
| Confessions of a Horror Baby | Jonathan Stryker | 2010 |
| Double Take | Rico Parra in 'Topaz' | 2009 |
| Delgo | Nohrin Judge | 2008 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Curtis Mooney | 2007 |
| Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman | Rupert Thorne (voice) / Rupert Thorne | 2003 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Mal Reese in Point Blank | 2003 |
| Warrior Angels | Ansgar / Bladrick / Baldrick | 2002 |
| VH-1 Behind the Movie | Self | 2002 |
| Sorority Boys | Old Man | 2002 |
| The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Warden Toadblatt | 2001 |
| The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | 2000 | |
| Doctors | Lance Watkins | 2000 |
| Pigs Next Door | Grand Porcinus | 2000 |
| Stageghost | Slim | 2000 |
| Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure | Principal Scotti | 1999 |
| The Yearbook: An 'Animal House' Reunion | Self - 'Dean Wormer' / Himself - 'Dean Wormer' | 1998 |
| Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain | Principal / Principal Cheevers | 1998 |
| You're Still Not Fooling Anybody | Self | 1997 |
| Adventures in Odyssey: A Twist in Time | Mr. Fontaine | 1997 |
| Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm | Shao Kahn | 1996 |
| The Incredible Hulk | General Ross / General Ross (voice) | 1996 |
| Family of Cops | Frank Rampola | 1995 |
| Malicious | Detective Pronzini | 1995 |
| Pinky and the Brain | Admiral | 1995 |
| Legend | Seamus Calhoun | 1995 |
| Marker | Russian Mobster | 1995 |
| Spider-Man: The Animated Series | Doctor Strange / Stephen Strange | 1994 |
| Fantastic Four: The Animated Series | Dr. Doom | 1994 |
| Paris or Somewhere | Old Mahon | 1994 |
| Hostage for a Day | V.D. Regan | 1994 |
| The Forget-Me-Not Murders | Boyce | 1994 |
| Sodbusters | Slade Cantrell | 1994 |
| Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man | Principal Dinkler | 1994 |
| Acapulco H.E.A.T. | Mr. Smith | 1993 |
| Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron | Rex Shard | 1993 |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Clint Murdock / Max Slater | 1993 |
| The Fire Next Time | Boudreaux | 1993 |
| Matrix | Narrator | 1993 |
| The Naked Truth | Von Bulo | 1992 |
| Renegade | Max Powers / Capt. Ed McKendrick | 1992 |
| Batman: The Animated Series | Rupert Thorne | 1992 |
| The Woman Who Sinned | Lieutenant Girvetz | 1991 |
| Dinosaurs | Mr. Ashland | 1991 |
| Dark Justice | Don Paolo | 1991 |
| Max Monroe | Dr. Greenfield | 1990 |
| Mob Story | Don "Luce" Luciano | 1989 |
| W.B., Blue and the Bean | Mr. Ridgeway | 1989 |
| Doogie Howser, M.D. | Hank Bellamy | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Mr. Chalmers | 1989 |
| Afganistan - The Last War Bus | Ken Ross | 1989 |
| Father Dowling Mysteries | Sam McCauley | 1989 |
| I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | Mr. Big | 1988 |
| War of the Worlds | General Henry J. Wilson | 1988 |
| Killer Klowns from Outer Space | Curtis Mooney | 1988 |
| Deadly Stranger | Mr. Mitchell | 1988 |
| Dixie Lanes | Elmer Sinclair | 1988 |
| In the Heat of the Night | Dr. Langley Phillips | 1988 |
| Hostile Takeover | Mayor | 1988 |
| Blue Monkey | Roger Levering | 1987 |
| Terminal Exposure | Mr. Karrothers | 1987 |
| The New Adventures of Beans Baxter | Number One | 1987 |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Lt. Naylor | 1987 |
| Ernest Goes to Camp | Sherman Krader | 1987 |
| Nightstick | Adam Beardsly | 1987 |
| Sledge Hammer! | Mayor Jack Flambo | 1986 |
| Wildfire | Wildfire | 1986 |
| MacGyver | Dave Ryerson | 1985 |
| The Ray Bradbury Theater | La Farge | 1985 |
| Doin' Time | Big Mac | 1985 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mr. Brenner | 1985 |
| Fraternity Vacation | Chief Ferret | 1985 |
| Hail to the Chief | Gen. Hannibal Stryker / General Hannibal Stryker | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Henry Hayward | 1984 |
| Partners in Crime | Chief Carl Fallon | 1984 |
| Savage Streets | Principal Underwood | 1984 |
| The Brief | Micky Blackstone | 1984 |
| Jungle Warriors | Vito Mastranga | 1984 |
| The Blood of Others | Charles | 1984 |
| Airwolf | John Bradford Horn | 1984 |
| Automan | Carlos Rayner | 1983 |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Jordan | 1983 |
| Chained Heat | Warden Bacman | 1983 |
| Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | Big John Masters | 1983 |
| Curtains | Jonathan Stryker | 1983 |
| The A-Team | Ted Jarrett | 1983 |
| Airplane II: The Sequel | Dr. Stone | 1982 |
| The Blue and the Gray | Secretary of State Seward / Seward | 1982 |
| Knight Rider | Claude Watkins / Cameron Zachary | 1982 |
| The Powers of Matthew Star | Eric Weston | 1982 |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | Father | 1982 |
| T.J. Hooker | Grant Chandler | 1982 |
| The Fall Guy | Mardovitch / Ellis / Carson Connally | 1981 |
| Today's F.B.I. | Lowry | 1981 |
| Heartbreak High | Coach 'Bulldog' Malone / Coach "Bulldog" Malone | 1981 |
| Heavy Metal | Prosecutor (segment "Captain Sternn") / Prosecutor (voice) | 1981 |
| Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride) i still med Don Felder | Prosecutor (segment "Captain Sternn") / Prosecutor (voice) | 1981 |
| The Phoenix | Harry Atkins | 1981 |
| The Greatest American Hero | Justin King | 1981 |
| Herbie Goes Bananas | Prindle | 1980 |
| Fantastica | Jim McPherson | 1980 |
| It Rained All Night the Day I Left | Killian | 1980 |
| The Littlest Hobo | Sam Burrows | 1979 |
| California Fever | Ken | 1979 |
| Hart to Hart | Travis Saunders | 1979 |
| The Sacketts | Jonathan Pritts | 1979 |
| Delta House | Dean Vernon Wormer | 1979 |
| National Lampoon's Animal House | Dean Vernon Wormer | 1978 |
| Vega$ | Marvin Grant | 1978 |
| Golden Rendezvous | Luis Carreras | 1977 |
| Angela | Benjamin Kincaid | 1977 |
| Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night | Dr. Orrin Helgerson | 1977 |
| CHiPs | Sgt. Honeyton | 1977 |
| The Uncanny | Pomeroy (segment "Hollywood 1936") / Pomeroy (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936") | 1977 |
| A Special Day | Emanuele Taberi | 1977 |
| Quincy M.E. | Vincent DiNardi | 1976 |
| Drum | (scenes deleted) | 1976 |
| The Outlaw Josey Wales | Fletcher / Captain Fletcher | 1976 |
| The Oregon Trail | Charles Shrigley | 1976 |
| The Invisible Man | Ernest Sheed | 1975 |
| Brannigan | Larkin / Ben Larkin | 1975 |
| Switch | Jack Morgan | 1975 |
| S.W.A.T. | Shannon | 1975 |
| Police Woman | Ed Cory | 1974 |
| Petrocelli | Barney Majors | 1974 |
| Sweet Movie | Aristote Alplanalpe, AKA M. Kapital / Aristote / M. Kapital | 1974 |
| W | Arnie Felson | 1974 |
| The Black Windmill | McKee | 1974 |
| Movin' On | Vincent Felton / Felton | 1974 |
| Mousey | David Richardson | 1974 |
| The Questor Tapes | Geoffrey Darro | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping | Julian Peck | 1973 |
| Charley Varrick | Maynard Boyle | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Dr. Hank Danvers | 1973 |
| The Wide World of Mystery | Allan | 1973 |
| Fear Is the Key | Vyland | 1972 |
| Journey | Boulder Allin | 1972 |
| Cool Million | Inspector Duprez | 1972 |
| Search | Paul Holloway | 1972 |
| Kung Fu | Gen. Cantrell / Forbes | 1972 |
| Dirty Harry | The Mayor | 1971 |
| Winter Comes Early | Fred Wares | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Nelson | 1971 |
| Cannon | Arthur Correll / Brad Calvert / Ross McClintock / Ward Trustin | 1971 |
| Bearcats! | Jason Ryker | 1971 |
| Escape | Doctor Charles Walding | 1971 |
| One More Train to Rob | Timothy Xavier Nolan | 1971 |
| Matt Lincoln | Philip Henshaw | 1970 |
| Men at Law | Martin Carlyle | 1970 |
| Topaz | Rico Parra | 1969 |
| Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | George Hacker / Hacker | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Dr. Frank Stedman | 1969 |
| Justine | Nessim | 1969 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Cal Anderson | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Lloyd Embers | 1968 |
| Mannix | Chief Belden / James Dexter / John Thompson | 1967 |
| Ironside | Jack Phelps | 1967 |
| The High Chaparral | Sean McLaren | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Dr. Christopher Bellew | 1967 |
| Point Blank | Mal Reese | 1967 |
| Coronet Blue | Ali Mufti | 1967 |
| The Rock | Himself / Self | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible | General Ramon Sabattini / Colonel Josef Strom / Norman Shields / Ramone Fuego | 1966 |
| The Felony Squad | Royce Taylor | 1966 |
| Tarzan | Dan Burton | 1966 |
| Iron Man | Tony Stark / Iron Man / Namor / Major Glenn Talbot / Major Corey | 1966 |
| Hulk | Tony Stark / Iron Man / Namor / Major Glenn Talbot / Major Corey | 1966 |
| Captain America | Tony Stark / Iron Man / Namor / Major Glenn Talbot / Major Corey | 1966 |
| Wojeck | Steve Wojeck / Dr. Steve Wojeck - Coroner | 1966 |
| The F.B.I. | Rudy Keppler / Mike Burton / Michael Durgom / David Starret | 1965 |
| Nobody Waved Good-bye | Lot Supervisor | 1964 |
| The Forest Rangers | Oliver Bell / Butler / Adams | 1963 |
| Bonanza | Beaudry | 1959 |
| Cannonball | Detective Burton / Announcer | 1958 |
| The Unforeseen | Marlo | 1958 |
| Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans | Varney / Rego / Nangus / Lyman / Kubaka / Eliwasset / Cap'n Tolliver / Burns | 1957 |
| 1984 | Big Brother | 1956 |
| Gunsmoke | Oliver Harker | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Principal | 1954 |
| On Camera | Doctor / Mike / Schwartz / Wes Baron | 1954 |
