Known for Acting
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.
Born
February 24, 1932
Died
February 1, 2005 (age 72)
Birthplace
Zehner, Saskatchewan, Canada
Filmography
94 films, 74 shows


Point Blank the Documentary
2024 · 46m
country: United States
How Lee Marvin and John Boorman's movie Point Blank was made.


Delgo
2008 · 1h 29m
country: United States
In a divided land, it takes a rebellious boy and his clandestine love for a Princess of an opposing race to stop a war orchestrated by a power hungry villain.


Animal House: The Inside Story
2008 · 2h
country: United States
Documentary about the making of Animal House


Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
2003 · 1h 14m
country: United States
As if the Penguin wasn't enough to contend with, a new vigilante has surfaced in Gotham City, and her strong-arm tactics give Batman cause for concern. Being the World's Greatest Detective and The Dark Knight, he sets out to uncover her identity while stopping a dangerous criminal plot.
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
2003 · 23m
country: Unknown
A follow up on the lives of the Faber students in Animal House.


Warrior Angels
2002 · 1h 32m
country: Lithuania
Elizabeth of Cooke (Joanna Pacula), a beautiful and valiant warrior returns from the Crusades to discover that her son Peter (Sander Kolosov) has been taken by Grekkor (Rutger Hauer), an ex-Lord wreaking havoc throughout the land. She sets out to locate and save Peter.


Sorority Boys
2002 · 1h 33m
country: United States
After being falsely accused of stealing the budget for their annual cocktail cruise, three very different fraternity brothers are kicked out of their dorm. In order to clear their name and to secure their future careers, the three dress up in drag and pledge the sorority next door where they learn a few valuable - and hilarious - lessons about themselves and the female species.
Welcome to America
Welcome to America
2002
country: United States
A gang of Estonian bank robbers in Los Angeles.


The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses and background accounts by historians.


Stageghost
2000 · 1h 44m
country: United States
A group of people are trapped inside a stagecoach station under attack by spirits.


Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
1999 · 32m
country: United States
John Milius narrates this featurette on the Clint Eastwood classic.


Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure
1999 · 1h 29m
country: United States
In this live-action musical comedy, Baby Huey, the lovable seven foot tall duckling, is taken in by a caring little boy named Nick and his kind but surprised family. A sinister scientist and a mean Las Vegas producer want Baby Huey for themselves, but they don't know what a little boy, a caring community, and a baby bird that's bigger than all of them is capable of.


The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998 · 45m
country: United States
This documentary, created for the Animal House (1978) collector's edition DVD, is composed of a collection of new interviews with the cast and crew behind the making of the film. There's even some archive footage of John Belushi, and many hilarious behind the scenes stories are told. Its evident that they had a great time creating this classic, and memorable comedic landmark of a film.


Wojeck: Out of the Fire
1997
country: Canada
Former coroner Dr. Steve Wojeck returns to Toronto after 21 years working at a clinic in the Congo. While he reunites with his family, he gets embroiled with the plight of a family of refugees from Guatemala.


Family of Cops
1995 · 1h 27m
country: United States
Paul Fein is a veteran police detective whose son Eddie is also a cop. Paul is assigned to investigate the murder of a prominent businessman, and he soon learns that the field of suspects has been narrowed down to two—the victim's sexually freewheeling wife Anna, and Paul's wild-child daughter Jackie. Neither Paul nor Eddie believe that Jackie could have committed the murder, and soon Paul is using himself as a decoy in a bid to find out more about what Anna does and doesn't know about her husband's death.


Malicious
1995 · 1h 32m
country: United States
A mystery woman turns vengeful after a college athlete dumps her following a one-night stand.


Sodbusters
1994 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A group of homesteaders in 1875 are harassed by an evil, land-grabbing, gunslinging cattleman until a stranger with a mysterious past comes to their aid.


Paris or Somewhere
1994 · 1h 24m
country: Canada
A confessed killer wanders into a small community in the Canadian prairies.


Hostage for a Day
1994 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Harried suburban man Warren Kooey fakes a hostage situation in order to get the money he needs to escape his humdrum life.


The Forget-Me-Not Murders
1994 · 1h 40m
country: Unknown
A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is thought to be targeting the policeman's god-daughter.


The Naked Truth
1992 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Two friends, both named Frank, accidentally obtain a suitcase at the airport. It contains incriminating evidence against a mafia boss, who sends his Terminator-like lackie to find them. The Franks hide by impersonating make-up women for a beauty pageant. While in drag, the mafioso falls in love with one of the Franks.


The Woman Who Sinned
1991 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A woman contemplates having an affair, which leads her into a web of deceit, suspense, and murder.


Rewrite for Murder
1991 · 1h
country: Unknown
Unaired CBS television pilot from 1991 starring George Clooney and Pam Dawber was an attempt at a breezy comedy/mystery in the style of Moonlighting about a pair of mismatched writers on a television mystery program who have to solve a real-life murder.


Mob Story
1989 · 1h 38m
country: Canada
On the run from a U.S. Senate investigation, New York mob boss Don Luciano flees to his Canadian hometown and old flame Dolores in this kooky, disorganized crime caper. Luciano soon discovers his long-lost son and tries to teach him the tricks of the trade. Meanwhile, Luciano's bumbling right-hand man -- who'd like to become the boss himself -- has put a contract on Luciano.


Bail Out
1989 · 1h 27m
country: Unknown
A bail bondman hires three L.A. bounty hunters to protect a wealthy heiress, after her ex-boyfriend with connections to a drug cartel is murdered. When the heiress is abducted and taken to the cartel's Mexican hideout, the trio heads south to rescue her in time for her to testify against her ex-boyfriend's killers.


Hostile Takeover
1989 · 1h 33m
country: Canada
A man takes three co-workers hostage while working overtime on Thanksgiving weekend. He has no demands.


Afghanistan: The Last War Bus
1989 · 1h 30m
country: Italy
Soldiers find themselves trapped and in mortal danger behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. Their only hope for survival is to board a specially-designed bus. THE WAR BUS!!!!


I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the 70s.


Deadly Stranger
1988 · 1h 34m
country: United States
An undercover cop infiltrates an illegal labor racket on a remote Texan/Mexican border farm. After falling for the farm owner's mistress, the two discover the tables have been turned and they are the hunted.


Two Men
1988 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Years after surviving the Holocaust, Alex Koves sees Michael Barna, the man who killed his family, on the streets of Toronto. Barna is now an upstanding citizen and a loving husband, but Alex will not rest until justice is served.


Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.


Dixie Lanes
1988 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Small town America, 1945. The boys are coming home, as is Clarence Laidlaw who served overseas in lieu of serving time in prison. Chaos and confusion greet Clarence upon his return - his pre-war moonshine activities and absence have embittered his teenage son, split apart his family, and alienated the small town. Moreover, his conniving sister-in-law conspires with the crooked sheriff to prevent a family reconciliation. In attempting to stabilize his family, and in seeking to punish the conspirator who brought him before the law, Clarence almost destroys both the town and his family. But sanity, love and music conquer all, and family and town are reunited.


Blue Monkey
1987 · 1h 36m
country: United States
While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an exotic plant. Immediately, he falls ill and is taken to an emergency room where the doctors diagnose him as suffering from an unknown bacteria, and a strange parasite which emerges from his mouth as a large slimy wormlike creature. Soon, there are more cases of bacterial infection, but the more immediate problem for the hospital is the wormlike creature which after accidental exposure to a genetic growth stimulant grows to monstrous proportions and starts a reign of terror and bloodshed in the hospitals abandoned wing.


Terminal Exposure
1987 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Two beach combing-shutterbugs accidentally capture a murder on film. Now detectives, the boys set out to capture a murderess shot only from behind, with a rose tattoo on her behind. Fun in the sun turns dangerous when they end up shooting bullets instead of film.


Nightstick
1987 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A cop tries to prevent a gang of extortionists from blowing up New York City with nitroglycerin.


Ernest Goes to Camp
1987 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance counselor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents while stopping a shady strip mining company from closing the camp as well.


Fuzzbucket
1986 · 46m
country: United States
In the vein of "Harvey", an invisible creature befriends a 12 year old boy. Of course, no one else can see him nor believes in him.


Rat Tales
1986 · 50m
country: Unknown
While consuming several bottles of liquor, a veteran member of Alberta's Rat Patrol shows his younger colleague the ropes.


Fraternity Vacation
1985 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A nerd gains the friendship of two of his frat brothers when his dad offers them his condo for the week in Palm Springs, and also offers the fraternity a hot tub and jacuzzi if they can help his son find a girl. They meet two guys from a rival fraternity, and make a bet on who can nail the Designated Babe first.


Doin' Time
1985 · 1h 21m
country: United States
Duke Jarrett is sent to jail at the John Dillinger prison. However, the prison looks more like a zoo, more or less ruled by the prisoners themselves.


Savage Streets
1984 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Brenda, vivacious leader of the "Satins", a fun-loving group of pretty high school girls, searches for deadly vengeance against the gang members who assaulted her deaf-mute sister.


The Blood of Others
1984 · 2h 15m
country: Canada
In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection.


Jungle Warriors
1984 · 1h 35m
country: Germany
A group of models fly into the jungle of some South American country to look for a photo location. Their plane is shot down and they are captured by a drug baron's private army. At the same time, the Mafia's representative arrive to negotiate future collaboration.


Little Red Riding Hood
1983 · 54m
country: United States
A sheltered but adventurous young woman finds trouble when she encounters a wolf.


Chained Heat
1983 · 1h 39m
country: Germany
After killing a man in a drunk driving accident, a young woman is sent to a prison where both the inmates and the corrupt leadership are violent and abusive.


Curtains
1983 · 1h 29m
country: Canada
Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.


Airplane II: The Sequel
1982 · 1h 24m
country: United States
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his relationship with Elaine.


The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
1981 · 1h 31m
country: Canada
Two long-time rival high school football coaches lead their respective teams into battle for the city football championship. However, before the opening kickoff, various students from each school try to do whatever it takes to throw the opposing team off of their game.


Heavy Metal
1981 · 1h 30m
country: Canada
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.


It Rained All Night the Day I Left
1980 · 1h 35m
country: Canada
A tough rich female ranch owner in Africa wants to cut off the water supply to the locals, since she holds them responsible for the murder of her husband. She hires two charming gunrunners as help, but they suspect her shady competitor.


Herbie Goes Bananas
1980 · 1h 33m
country: United States
The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.


Fantastica
1980 · 1h 51m
country: Canada
In this French–Canadian oddity of music and drama, an actress in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets and falls for an aging ecological activist. He too is drawn to her, and together they try to stop a factory from being built over an old-growth forest.


Animal House
1978 · 1h 49m
country: United States
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.


Golden Rendezvous
1977 · 1h 42m
country: South Africa
First Officer John Carter is aboard a cruise ship hijacked by terrorists who plan to steal gold bullion from a U.S. Treasury ship, using a nuclear bomb as leverage


Angela
1977 · 1h 31m
country: Canada
A war vet finds out that a former prostitute had his baby. Doubting it's his, he gives it away, so she reports him. Twenty years later, she still wants to find her son. She meets a young man and falls in love, but the vet's prison term ends.


Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A disturbed young mother with some serious psychological problems begins to take them out on her toddler daughter.


The Uncanny
1977 · 1h 29m
country: Canada
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.


A Special Day
1977 · 1h 46m
country: Italy
Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome.


Drum
1976 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.


The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976 · 2h 15m
country: United States
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.


Matt Helm
1975 · 1h 11m
country: United States
In this pilot film for the later series, a former secret agent, now a private investigator, is hired to protect a beautiful film star and gets involved with black marketeers and gun runners.


The Swiss Family Robinson
1975 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A family shipwrecked on a deserted island tries to survive the best way they can. All is going well until a gang of pirates arrives on the island looking for a hidden treasure.


Brannigan
1975 · 1h 51m
country: United Kingdom
A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for extradition. Brannigan in his Irish-American way brings American law to the people of Scotland Yard but has to contend with a stuffy old London first.


The Impostor
1975 · 1h 13m
country: United States
An ex-Army intelligence agent is hired to impersonate a rich builder who has been marked for assassination. While impersonating the builder, he discovers a conspiracy to embezzle a land-development company.


Virginia Hill
1974 · 1h 14m
country: United States
The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of '40s killer and gangster Bugsy Siegel.


Sweet Movie
1974 · 1h 38m
country: Canada
The winner of the Miss World Virginity contest marries, escapes from her masochistic husband and ends up involved in a world of debauchery.


W
1974 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Is a young woman being stalked by her ex, or is she imagining things?


Mousey
1974 · 1h 25m
country: United Kingdom
A high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.


The Black Windmill
1974 · 1h 46m
country: United Kingdom
A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.


The Questor Tapes
1974 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Project Questor is brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik: he developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he's disappeared and half of his programming tape was erased in the attempt to decode it, his former colleagues continue the project and finally succeed. But Vaslovik seems to have installed a secret program in Questor's brain: He flees and starts to search for Vaslovik. Since half of his knowledge is missing, he needs the help of Jerry Robinson, who's now under suspect of having stolen the android.


The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
1973 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A criminal organization known as OSO specializes in kidnapping high ranking U.S. representatives. Although Steve Austin has already thwarted one of their kidnappings, he is unable to stop them from grabbing William Henry Cameron right from under OSI's nose. OSO demands one million dollars in gold and Oscar Goldman takes the opportunity to try and lure them out into the open. Meanwhile, Steve accompanies Dr. Erica Bergner, who is testing a new method of brain transferal in order to find out where Cameron is being kept.


Charley Varrick
1973 · 1h 51m
country: United States
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.


Nightmare Step
1973 · 1h 13m
country: United States
The cure is more dangerous than the malady as a mild-mannered woman who is slowly summoning the strength to rid herself of a cruel and domineering husband ... permanently.


Hunter
1973 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A fatal crash at a racetrack injures a government agent and exposes an enemy brainwashing scheme.


Fear Is the Key
1972 · 1h 43m
country: United Kingdom
A deep-sea salvage expert enacts an elaborate plan to infiltrate and take revenge on a criminal organization that dealt him a foul misdeed.


Journey
1972 · 1h 28m
country: Canada
A woman with a troubled past is saved from drowning in a river and brought to a strange community hidden in the woods.


Dirty Harry
1971 · 1h 42m
country: United States
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.


Face-Off
1971 · 1h 45m
country: Canada
A love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player and a hippie folk singer. Their union is tumultuous, as both try to come to terms with their differences in careers and lifestyles. Several National Hockey League players also appear in the film.


Escape
1971 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A scientist's experiment could lead to the first man-made, functioning, living organism. An elite escape artist-private investigator is working to stop him.


One More Train to Rob
1971 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Harker Flet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in money and jewelry from a California train in the gold-mining country of the 1880's. The six split up and while they are hiding out awaiting the rendezvous to divide the loot, Hark is cornered, framed and sent to prison. He is released after two-and-a-half years and sets out to find Katy and Nolan and get his share of the loot.


Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
1970 · 1h 37m
country: United States
Prince Stephan's death has been faked by General Sabattini; leaving Stephan's childlike cousin Nicolai as sovereign. Sabattini is forcing Stefan's fiancée Francesca into marrying him, placing him in line to the throne. Phelps joins a group of Dutch tourists while the rest of the team infiltrate the royal palace as a magic act led by Paris. Before the show begins Barney loots the royal vault. It's the beginning of a complex scheme to rescue Stephan, Nicolai, Francesca and simultaneously eliminate Sabatini.


Topaz
1969 · 2h 7m
country: United States
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.


Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969 · 1h 38m
country: United States
While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.


Justine
1969 · 1h 56m
country: United States
In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England.


Trial Run
1969 · 2h
country: United States
A slice-of-life drama involving a young lawyer, his adoring secretary who tries to help to advance his career, and his employer, a famed lawyer burdened with an unfaithful wife.


Point Blank
1967 · 1h 32m
country: United States
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.


The Rock
1967 · 16m
country: United States
A promotional two-part short for John Boorman's "Point Blank" shot on and around Alcatraz. Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson and former inmate Joe Giles share their thoughts on the former prison.


Nobody Waved Goodbye
1964 · 1h 21m
country: Canada
A teenage boy rebels against parental authority and must face a harsh reality when he tries to live on his own.


The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
1964
country: United States
A feature made out of two episodes from the 1958 TV series "Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans."


Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist
1962 · 28m
country: Canada
For Alexander Galt it was the middle of the road, until he saw some hope for his dream of a united Canada. What was he like, this stubborn idealist? How did he measure up to other political strongmen of his time? In this film you sense the personal clashes and the interplay of political ambitions that left their mark on history.


Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec
1962 · 28m
country: Canada
This short biopic profiles Montreal lawyer-turned-politician George-Étienne Cartier as he campaigns to unite English and French Canada under Confederation. The political world of a century ago comes to life as we hear debates in the Parliament of Upper and Lower Canada amidst political strife and personal feuds. Ultimately, Cartier skilfully allays the fears of party and sectional leaders, convincing them that federal union would protect, rather than weaken, Quebec’s cherished rights of language and religion. The eloquent and enigmatic Cartier was instrumental in shaping the Canada that was soon to emerge.


Tourist Go Home
1959 · 24m
country: Canada
This short film is a humorous look at the tourist industry in Canada. In tongue-in-cheek fashion, it points out the importance of good public relations in the tourist industry - more specifically, what not to do to tourists. (Sourced from the National Film Board of Canada: https://www.nfb.ca/film/tourist_go_home)


Fires of Envy
1957 · 29m
country: Canada
A dramatization of Canadian author W.O. Mitchell's penetrating story about the racial prejudice encountered by a Polish immigrant farmer in a rural Saskatchewan community.


1984
1956 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.