Howard Vernon
Supporting Actor ● Still Photographer
Howard Vernon was a Swiss actor. He worked primarily in France and became a well-known supporting actor after 1945 by playing villainous Nazi officers in French films. Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Silence de la mer, in which he played a gentle anti-Nazi German officer, made him somewhat famous, but, in part due to his looks and Swiss accent, he was subsequently relegated to playing gangsters and heavies. In the 1960s, he became a favorite actor of Spanish horror director Jesús Franco and began starring for many horror movies produced in Spain or in France, often portraying a mad doctor named "Dr. Orloff".He continued to make increasingly small appearances in high-profile films while often getting top billing in many Grade-Z horror films. His horror fans consider these three films to be the greatest horror film roles "The Awful Dr. Orloff"(1961), "Dracula vs Frankenstein"(1971), "The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein"(1972).
Born on: 15 July, 1914
Born in: Baden, Switzerland
Died on: 25 July, 1996
Height: 6' 0½"
