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.

Filmography

• 2008Delgo — Judge Nohrin (voice)
• 2003Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman — Rupert Thorne (voice)
• 2003Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update — Vernon Wormer
• 2002Sorority Boys — Old Man
• 2002Warrior Angels — Ansgar / Bladrick
• 2002Welcome to America — Det. Golding
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy — Dean Toadblatt
• Pigs Next Door — Grand Porcinus (voice)
• 2000Stageghost — Slim
• The Strangerers — D.N.E. Agent
• 2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
• 1999Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure — Principal Scotti
• 1997Wojeck: Out of the Fire — Dr Steve Wojeck
• Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm — Shao Kahn (voice)
• The Incredible Hulk — General Ross (voice)
• 1995Family of Cops — Frank Rampola
• 1995Malicious — Detective Pronzini
• Marker
• Pinky and the Brain — Admiral (voice)
• Duckman — Principal Dinkler (voice)
• Fantastic Four — Dr. Doom (voice)
• 1994Hostage for a Day — V.D. Regan
• 1994Paris or Somewhere — Old Mahon
• 1994Sodbusters — Slade Cantrell
• Spider-Man — Doctor Strange (voice)
• 1994The Forget-Me-Not Murders — Boyce
• Acapulco H.E.A.T. — Mr. Smith
• SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron — Rex Shard (voice)
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Clint Murdock / Max Slater
• African Skies
• Batman: The Animated Series — Rupert Thorne (voice)
• Renegade — Capt. Ed McKendrick
• 1992The Naked Truth — Von Bulo
• Dark Justice
• Dinosaurs — Mr. Ashland (voice)
• 1991Rewrite for Murder — Claude Dempsey
• 1991The Woman Who Sinned — Lieutenant Girvetz
• 1989Afghanistan: The Last War Bus — Ken Ross
• 1989Bail Out — Mr. Ridgeway
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — Hank Bellamy
• 1989Hostile Takeover — Mayor
• 1989Mob Story — Don "Luce" Luciano
• Tales from the Crypt — Mr. Chalmers
• 1988Deadly Stranger — Mr. Mitchell
• 1988Dixie Lanes — Elmer Sinclair
• 1988I'm Gonna Git You Sucka — Mr. Big
• 1988Killer Klowns from Outer Space — Curtis Mooney
• 1988Two Men — Alex Kores
• War of the Worlds — General Wilson
• 1987Blue Monkey — Roger Levering
• 1987Ernest Goes to Camp — Sherman Krader
• 1987Nightstick — Adam Beardsly
• 1987Terminal Exposure — Mr. Karrothers
• The New Adventures of Beans Baxter — Number One
• 1986Fuzzbucket — Principal
• 1986Rat Tales — Bronc
• Sledge Hammer! — Mayor Jack Flambo
• Wildfire
• 1985Doin' Time — Big Mac
• 1985Fraternity Vacation — Chief Ferret
• Hail to the Chief — Gen. Hannibal Stryker
• MacGyver — Dave Ryerson
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Mr. Brenner
• Airwolf — John Bradford Horn
• 1984Jungle Warriors — Vito Mastranga
• Murder, She Wrote — Henry Hayward
• Partners in Crime
• 1984Savage Streets — Principal Underwood
• 1984The Blood of Others — Charles
• Automan
• 1983Chained Heat — Warden Bacman
• 1983Curtains — Jonathan Stryker
• 1983Little Red Riding Hood — Father
• Philip Marlowe, Private Eye — Big John Masters
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• The A-Team — Ted Jarrett
• 1982Airplane II: The Sequel — Dr. Stone
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Father
• Knight Rider — Cameron Zachary, Claude Watkins
• T. J. Hooker — Grant Chandler
• The Blue and the Gray — Seward
• 1981Heavy Metal — Prosecutor (voice)
• The Fall Guy
• 1981The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats — Coach "Bulldog" Malone
• 1980Fantastica — Jim McPherson
• 1980Herbie Goes Bananas — Prindle
• 1980It Rained All Night the Day I Left — Killian
• California Fever
• Delta House — Dean Vernon Wormer
• Hart to Hart — Travis Saunders
• The Littlest Hobo
• The Sacketts — Jonathan Pritts
• 1978Animal House — Dean Vernon Wormer
• Vega$
• 1977A Special Day — Emanuele Taberi
• 1977Angela — Benjamin Kincaid
• CHiPs
• 1977Golden Rendezvous — Luis Carreras
• 1977Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night — Dr. Orrin Helgerson
• The Oregon Trail
• 1977The Uncanny — Pomeroy (segment "Hollywood 1936")
• 1976Drum
• For the Record — I.G. Loring
• Here To Stay
• Quincy, M.E.
• 1976The Outlaw Josey Wales — Fletcher
• 1975Brannigan — Ben Larkin
• 1975Matt Helm — Harry Paine
• S.W.A.T.
• Switch — Jack Morgan
• 1975The Impostor — Sheriff Turner
• 1975The Swiss Family Robinson — Charles Forsythe
• 1974Mousey — David Richardson
• Petrocelli — Barney Majors
• 1974Sweet Movie — Aristote Alplanalpe, AKA M. Kapital
• 1974The Black Windmill — McKee
• 1974The Questor Tapes — Geoffrey Darro
• 1974Virginia Hill — Nick Rubanos
• 1974W — Arnie Felson
• Barnaby Jones — Dr. Hank Danvers
• 1973Charley Varrick — Maynard Boyle
• 1973Hunter — David Hunter / Praetorius
• 1973Nightmare Step — Allan
• 1973The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping — Julian Peck
• Cool Million — Inspector Duprez
• 1972Fear Is the Key — Vyland
• 1972Journey — Boulder Allin
• Kung Fu — Gen. Cantrell, Forbes
• Search
• Bearcats! — Jason Ryker
• Cannon — Brad Calvert, Arthur Correll
• 1971Dirty Harry — The Mayor
• 1971Escape — Doctor Charles Walding
• 1971Face-Off — Fred Wares
• McMillan & Wife
• 1971One More Train to Rob — Timothy Xavier Nolan
• 1970Mission: Impossible - The Falcon — General Ramon Sabattini
• Hawaii Five-O — Cal Anderson
• 1969Justine — Nessim
• 1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here — Hacker
• 1969Topaz — Rico Parra
• 1969Trial Run — Leo D'Agosta
• Judd, for the Defense — Dr. Bellew
• Mannix
• 1967Point Blank — Mal Reese
• The High Chaparral — Sean McLaren
• Felony Squad
• Mission: Impossible — Colonel Josef Strom, General Ramon Sabattini, Ramone Fuego
• Tarzan
• The Marvel Super Heroes — Iron Man (Tony Stark) (voice), Major Glenn Talbot (voice)
• Wojeck — Steve Wojeck
• The F.B.I. — Mike Burton, David Starret, Michael Durgom
• 1964Nobody Waved Goodbye — Lot Supervisor
• 1964The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Steve Wojeck
• 1962Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist — Alexander Galt
• 1962Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec — Galt
• Festival — Vershinin
• Bonanza — Beaudry
• 1959Tourist Go Home
• 1957Fires of Envy
• Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans — Varney, Kubaka, Lyman, Rego, Burns, Eliwasset, Cap'n Tolliver, Nangus
• 19561984 — Big Brother (uncredited)
• Gunsmoke — Oliver Harker
• Object of Desire

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2024Point Blank the Documentary — Self
• 2008Animal House: The Inside Story — Self
• 1999Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales — Self
• 1998The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion — Self - Dean Wormer
• 1967The Rock — Self (uncredited)