1. John Vernon made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in Canada.
16 Facts About John Vernon
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John Vernon was educated at the Banff School of Fine Arts and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London before becoming a live stage actor for CBC Television's dramatic programs.
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John Vernon made his screen debut in 1956 as the voice of Big Brother in Michael Anderson's film version of George Orwell's 1984 starring Edmond O'Brien.
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John Vernon returned to Canada afterwards and gained film experience appearing on the TV series The Adventures of Tugboat Annie and The Last of the Mohicans.
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John Vernon debuted on Broadway in 1964 as DeSoto opposite Christopher Plummer and David Carradine in The Royal Hunt of the Sun.
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John Vernon appeared on The High Chaparral as the leader of a group of striking Irish miners in "No Irish Need Apply".
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In 1974, John Vernon turned in a supporting performance in Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night.
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John Vernon played Dean John Vernon Wormer of fictional Faber College in 1978's Animal House.
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John Vernon played Mr Prindle in 1980's Herbie Goes Bananas, Ted Striker's psychiatrist Dr Stone in 1982's Airplane II: The Sequel, and Sherman Krader in 1987's Ernest Goes to Camp.
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In 1979, John Vernon played villainous American bigot Jonathon Pritts in New Mexico, who was trying to steal the land from Mexican landowners in the Louis L'Amour story of The Sacketts.
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John Vernon appeared in several cult exploitation and action films in the 1980s, most notably Chained Heat and Savage Streets, both starring Linda Blair, and Jungle Warriors, opposite Sybil Danning.
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John Vernon played Ted Jarrett in the season two The A-Team episode "Labor Pains".
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John Vernon played Cameron Zachary in the season two Knight Rider episode "A Good Knight's Work".
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John Vernon guest starred as the grouchy principal Dinkler in "Brad to Worse", an episode of Duckman on USA Network.
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John Vernon did voice work, including voicing Iron Man and Namor in The Marvel Super Heroes, Rupert Thorne in Batman: The Animated Series, Thunderbolt Ross in The Incredible Hulk series, and Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm.
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John Vernon died of complications following heart surgery on February 1,2005, in Westwood, Los Angeles at the age of 72.