John Vernon Biography (1932-)

Original name, Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopowicz; born February 24, 1932, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (one source says Montreal, Quebec, Canada); wife's name, Nancy; children: Kate (an actress). Addresses: Contact: 15125 Mulholland Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90024.

Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, producer
Birth Details: February 24, 1932; Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Farm hand, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1956
Henry V, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1956
Charles, As You Like It, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1959
Second senator, Othello, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1959
Montague, Romeo and Juliet, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1960
Duke of Austria, King John, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1960
Titus Laritius and Volscian officer, Coriolanus, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1961
Duke of Suffolk, Henry VIII, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1961
Curtis, The Taming of the Shrew, Stratford Shakespearean Festival,1962
Ross, Macbeth, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1962
Musketeer, Cyrano de Bergerac, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1962
Achilles, Troilus and Cressida, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1965
Hernando de Soto, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, American National Theatre and Academy, New York City, 1965
Film Appearances
(Uncredited) Voice of Big Brother, 1984, 1956
The Harvest, 1957
Georges-Etienne Cartier: The Lion of Quebec (also known as Georges-Etienne Cartier - Le lion du Quebec), 1962
Alexander Tilloch Galt, Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist (also known as Alexander Galt: L'idealiste impenitent), 1962
Title role, John Cabot: A Man of the Renaissance, 1964
Lot supervisor, Nobody Waved Goodbye (also known as Depart sansadieux), Cinema V, 1965
Once Upon a Prime Time, 1966
(Uncredited) The Rock, 1967
Mal Reese, Point Blank, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
Nessim, Justine, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
Hacker, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (also known as Willie Boy), Universal, 1969
Rico Parra, Topaz, Universal, 1969
Mayor, Dirty Harry, Warner Bros., 1971
Timothy X. Nolan, One More Train to Rob, Universal, 1971
Fred Wares, Face-Off (also known as Mise au geu and Winter Comes Early), 1971
Boulder Allin, Journey (also known as Detour), 1972
Maynard Boyle, president of Finance Corp., Charley Varrick (also known as Kill Charley Varrick), Universal, 1973
Vyland, Fear Is the Key, Paramount, 1973
McKee, The Black Windmill, Universal, 1974
Arnie Felson, W (also known as I Want Her Dead), Cinerama,1974
Mr. Kapital, Sweet Movie, CFDC, 1974
Ben Larkin, Brannigan (also known as Joe Battle), United Artists, 1975
Fletcher, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Warner Bros., 1976
Ben Kincaid, Angela (also known as Angela - il suo unico peccato era l'amore ... il suo unico amore era il figlio), Montreal Travel, 1977
Luis Carreras, Golden Rendezvous (also known as Nuclear Terror), Golden Rendezvous, 1977
Emanuele, A Special Day (also known as Una giornata speciale, Una giornata particolare, and The Great Day), Cinema V, 1977
Pomeroy, "Hollywood, 1936," The Uncanny, Rank, 1977
Dean Vernon Wormer, National Lampoon's Animal House, Universal, 1978
Jim McPherson, Fantastica, Gaumont, 1980
Prindle, Herbie Goes Bananas, Buena Vista, 1980
Killian, It Rained All Night the Day I Left (also known as Deuxaffreux sur le sable), 1980
Voice of prosecutor, Heavy Metal (animated), Columbia, 1981
Malone, The Kinky Coaches and the Pom-Pom Pussycats (also known asCrunch), Summa Vista, 1981
Dr. Stone, Airplane II: The Sequel (also known as Flying High II), Paramount, 1982
Warden Backman, Chained Heat, Jensen Farley, 1983
Jonathan Stryker, Curtains, Jensen Farley, 1983
Vito Mastranga, Jungle Warriors (also known as Euer Weg fuehrtdurch die Hoelle), Aquarius, 1984
Principal Underwood, Savage Streets, Motion Picture Marketing, 1984
Big Mac, Doin' Time, Ladd/Warner Bros., 1985
Chief Ferret, Fraternity Vacation, New World, 1985
Sherman Krader, Ernest Goes to Camp, Buena Vista, 1987
Adam Beardsley, Nightstick (also known as Calhoun), Production Distribution, 1987
Object of Desire, 1987
Karrothers, Double Exposure (also known as Terminal Exposure), United Film Distribution, 1987
Roger Levering, Blue Monkey (also known as Green Monkey, Insect!, and Invasion of the Bodysuckers), Spectrafilm, 1988
Elmer Sinclair, Dixie Lanes (also known as Relative Secrets), Miramax, 1988
Warbus 2, 1988
Mr. Mitchell, Border Heat (also known as Deadly Strangers),Manson/Forum, 1988
Officer Mooney, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Trans World, 1988
Mr. Big, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
War Bus Commando (also known as Afghanistan Connection andAfghanistan: Last War Bus), 1989
Don Luciano, Mob Story, 1989
Mr. Ridgeway, Bail Out (also known as W. B., Blue and the Bean), 1990
Mayor, Hostile Takeover (also known as Office Party and The Devastator), Miramax, 1990
Von Bulo, The Naked Truth, Cinemax, 1993
Detective Pronzini, Malicious, Republic, 1995
Voice of Omar/master ghost, The Gnomes Great Adventure, BRB Internacional, 1995
Maynard Boyle, You're Still Not Fooling Anybody (archive footage),Impossible Funky Productions, 1997
Also appeared in Drum.
Television Appearances
Movies
Leo D'Agosta, Trial Run, NBC, 1969
Nick Rubanos, The Virginia Hill Story, NBC, 1974
David Richardson, Mousey (also known as Cat and Mouse), ABC, 1974
Dr. Orrin Helgerson, Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night, CBS, 1977
Jonathan Pritts, Louis L'Amour's "The Sacketts," NBC, 1979
General Karlheinz von Loenig, The Blood of Others (also known as Les sang des autres), HBO, 1984
Kojak: The Belarus File, CBS, 1985
The Principal, "Fuzzbucket," Disney Sunday Movie, ABC, 1986
Alex Kores, Two Men, 1988
Lieutenant Girvetz, The Woman Who Sinned, ABC, 1991
Title role, Wojeck, 1992
Irritated man, You Me + It, 1993
Boudreaux, The Fire Next Time, 1993
V. D. Regan, Hostage for a Day, Fox, 1994

Slade Cantrell, Sodbusters, Showtime, 1994
Ruggieri/Boyce, The Forget-Me-Not Murders (also known as Janek:The Wallflower Murders), CBS, 1994
Old Mahon, Paris or Somewhere, 1994
Frank Rampola, Family of Cops (also known as The Brewery),CBS, 1995
Series
Dr. Steve Wojeck, Wojeck, 1966
Voice of Prince Namor, the sub-mariner, Submariner, 1966
Voice of Tony Stark/Iron man, Iron Man, 1966
Voice of Major Glenn Talbot, Incredible Hulk, 1966
Dean Vernon Wormer, Delta House, ABC, 1979
General Hannibal Stryker, Hail to the Chief, ABC, 1985
Voice of Wildfire, Wildfire (animated), CBS, 1986-1987
General Hank Wilson, War of the Worlds, syndicated, 1988
Voice of Rupert Thorne, The Adventures of Batman and Robin (also known as Batman: The Animated Series), Fox, 1992
Narrator, Matrix, USA Network, 1993
Mr. Smith, Acapulco H.E.A.T., syndicated, 1993
Voice of Dr. Stephen Strange, Spider-Man (animated), Fox, 1995
Voice of General Thaddeus `Thunderbolt' Ross, The Incredible Hulk,UPN, 1996
Also appeared on the Canadian television series Tugboat Annie.
Miniseries
William Seward, The Blue and the Gray, CBS, 1982
Also appeared on the French miniseries, Louisiana.
Pilots
Charles Walding, Escape, ABC, 1971
Inspector Duprez, The Mask of Marcella (pilot for the series Cool Million), NBC, 1972
David Hunter/Praetorius, Hunter, CBS, 1973
Geoffrey Darro, The Questor Tapes, NBC, 1974
Robin Templar, The Barbary Coast, ABC, 1975
Sheriff Turner, The Impostor, NBC, 1975
Harry Paine, Matt Helm, ABC, 1975
Charles Forsythe, Swiss Family Robinson, ABC, 1975
Mayor Flambo, "Sledge Hammer," Sledge Hammer!, ABC, 1986
Rewrite for Murder (also known as Love and Bullets), CBS, 1991
Episodic
Chub's father, "Chub's Father Comes to Indian River," The Forest Rangers, 1964
Butler, "Deadly Friends," The Forest Rangers, 1964
"Vendetta," The F.B.I, 1966
Ali, "The Assassins," Coronet Blue, 1967
"Southwind," The F.B.I., 1968
Beaudry, "Yonder Man," Bonanza, 1968
Colonel Josef Strom, "The Exchange," Mission: Impossible, 1969
Gregg, "No Irish Need Apply," The High Chaparral, 1969
"Journey into Night," The F.B.I, 1969
General Ramon Sabattini, "The Falcon: Part 1," Mission: Impossible, 1970
Cal Anderson, "Force of Waves," Hawaii Five-O, 1970
Ramone Fuego, "The Catafalque," Mission: Impossible, 1971
Chief Beldon, "Shadow Play, "Mannix, 1971
Jason Ryker, "The Devil Wears Armor," Bearcats!, 1971
"The Banker," The Silent Force, ABC, 1971
"Yesterday Is But a Dream," Men at Law, CBS, 1971
Dexter, "Scapegoat," Mannix, 1972
"Escape to Nowhere," The F.B.I., 1972
"To Kill a Memory," Mannix, 1972
Norman Shields, "Movie," Mission: Impossible, 1972
Brad Calvert, "Night Flight to Murder," Cannon, CBS, 1973
"Goddess of Destruction," Search, NBC, 1973
"The Solid Gold Kidnapping," The Six Million Dollar Man, ABC, 1973
Ross McClintock, "Hard Rock Roller Coaster," Cannon, 1973
"Woman in the Shadows," Barnaby Jones, CBS, 1974
"By Reason of Madness," Petrocelli, NBC, 1974
"My Brother, My Executioner," Kung Fu, ABC, 1974
"The Child Buyers," Police Woman, NBC, 1974
Oliver Harker, "The Fires of Ignorance," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1975
"The Brothers Cain," Kung Fu, ABC, 1975
Ernest Sheed, "Man of Influence," The Invisible Man, NBC, 1975
"Dealers in Death," S.W.A.T., ABC, 1975
"The Deadly Missiles Caper," Switch, CBS, 1975
"Full Circle," Kung Fu, 1975
Ward Trustin, "The Set Up," Cannon, 1975
"Secrets for Sale, "McMillan and Wife, 1975
Correll, "The Star," Cannon, 1975
"Hard Ride Home and the Last Game," The Oregon Trail, 1977
"Requiem for the Living," Quincy, M.E., NBC, 1978
Sam Burrows, "Trapper," The Littlest Hobo, 1980
Sergeant Honeyton, "K-9-1," ChiPs, 1982
"Brain Drain," The Powers of Matthew Star, NBC, 1983
Carson Connally, "Just a Small Circle of Friends," The Fall Guy, ABC, 1983
Travis Saunders, "Love Game," Hart to Hart, ABC, 1983
"Little Red Riding Hood," Faerie Tale Theater, Showtime, 1983
Jarrett, "Labor Pains," The A-Team, 1983
Grant Chandler, "Matter of Passion," T.J. Hooker, 1983
Cameron Zachary, "A Good Knight's Work," Knight Rider, NBC, 1984
"Zippers," Automan, ABC, 1984
"Blackbird," Call to Glory, ABC, 1984
"The Strangler," Partners in Crime, NBC, 1984
Ellis, "Boom," The Fall Guy, ABC, 1984
General McDermott, "The Move," Call to Glory, 1984
Justin King, "Desperado," The Greatest American Hero, 1984
Mardovitch, "High Orbit," The Fall Guy, ABC, 1985
Dave Ryerson, "The Gauntlet," MacGyver, ABC, 1985
Henry Hayward, "School for Scandal," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1985
"Discovery," Airwolf, CBS, 1986
Claude Watkins, "Voo Doo Knight," Knight Rider, NBC, 1986
Gus Cavalaris, "Unfantasy," Tough Cookies, CBS, 1986
"Spanish Blood," Philip Marlowe, Private Eye, HBO, 1986
Mayor Jack Flambo, "Under the Gun," Sledge Hammer!, 1986
Donald Jordan, "Promises to Keep," Scarecrow and Mrs. King, CBS, 1987
Mr. Brenner, "Conversation with a Corpse," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, USA Network, 1987
Number One, "A Hill O'Beans," The New Adventures of Beans Baxter,Fox, 1987
Number One, "Beans and the Satanical Backwoods Masking Conspiracy," The New Adventures of Beans Baxter, Fox, 1987
General Wilson, "The Resurrection," War of the Worlds, 1988
General Wilson, "The Walls of Jericho," War of the Worlds, 1988
Lieutenant Naylor, "B-Men," CBS Summer Playhouse, CBS, 1989
Sam McCauley, "The Undercover Nun Mystery," Father Dowling Mysteries, 1990
Voice of Mr. Ashlund, "Power Erupts," Dinosaurs, 1991
Mr. Chalmers, "Seance," Tales from the Crypt, HBO, 1992
"The Martian," The Ray Bradbury Theatre, 1992
Gordon, African Skies, 1993
Captain Ed McKendrick, "Lyon's Roar," Renegade, 1993
Dr. Phillips, "Private Sessions," In the Heat of the Night, 1993
Hank Bellamy, "Dorky Housecall, M.D.," Doogie Howser, M.D., 1993
Rex Shard, "Chaos in Crystal," Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron, 1993
Voice of admiral, Pinky and the Brain, The WB, 1995
Max, "Family Ties," Renegade, USA Network and syndicated, 1995
Clint Murdock/Max Slater, "Final Justice," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1995
Voice of Dr. Steven Strange, "Sins of the Fathers: Part 1: Dr. Strange,"Spider-Man, Fox, 1996
Voice of Principal Dinkler, "From Brad to Worse," Duckman, USA Network, 1997
Rory Shaw, "Friends Like You," Heartbeat, 1999
D.N.E. agent, "The Streets of Laredo," The Strangerers, 2000
Also appeared in Tarzan; as Rex Shard, "Chaos in Crystal," SwatKats.
Television Director
Movies
Cinderella, 1969
Un ballo in maschera, 1975
Samson et Dalila, 1981
Peter Grimes, 1981
La fanciulla del West, 1982
A Night on the Town, 1983
Arabella, 1984
Television Producer
Movies
Julius Caesar, 1964
RECORDINGS
Video Games
Voice of Fark, Privateer 2: The Darkening, Electronic Arts, 1996

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