
Howard Vernon
Actor · Died July 25, 1996, aged 88 · Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]
Howard Vernon (15 July 1908 – 25 July 1996), born Mario Walter Lippert, was a German-Swiss stage and film actor who appeared in films by Jean-Pierre Melville, Sacha Guitry, Fritz Lang, Roger Vadim, Jean-Luc Godard and Jesús Franco. Vernon was born Mario Lippert in Baden-Baden, Germany, to a Swiss father and a German mother. Originally a stage and radio actor, he played Nazi officers, gangsters and psychopaths in French and American films after World War II. In the 1960s, he became a favourite actor of Spanish film director Jesús Franco, starring in many low-budget horror and erotic films produced in Spain and France. He died in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, 10 days after his 88th birthday. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Vernon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 15, 1908
- July 25, 1996 (aged 88)
- Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]
- Actor
- 37 on MovieCove · 151 credits in all
What are Howard Vernon's films like?
Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 5 · Earnest 14
Light 2 · Serious 11 · Dark 8
Grounded 4 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 7
Gentle 4 · Charged 12 · Intense 5
Steady 6 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2
Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1
Casual 8 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 11 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 8
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.
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- Shapeshifteras Werner von Ebrennac in The Silence of the Sea (1949)
- Shadowas Éric in The Girl in the Bikini (1952)
- Threshold guardianas Colonel Hidas in The Secret Ways (1961)
- Shadowas Graf von Saxon in Castle of the Creeping Flesh (1968)
- Shadowas Professor Theodore Waldemar in The French Sex Murders (1972)
- Threshold guardianas Maurizius in Lorna . . . the Exorcist (1974)
- Heroas The Mayor in Zombie Lake (1981)
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet7
- Tragic4
- Ambiguous7
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Howard Vernon's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 37 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).
- The Train (1964) · actor · free
- Love and Death (1975) · actor · free
- Delicatessen (1991) · actor · free
- The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) · actor · free
- Triple Cross (1966) · actor · free
- What's New Pussycat (1965) · actor · free
- The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) · actor · free
- The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966) · actor · free
- The Girl in the Bikini (1952) · actor · free
- Night of the Blood Monster (1970) · actor · free
- The French Sex Murders (1972) · actor · free
- Castle of the Creeping Flesh (1968) · actor · free
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Subscription and free streaming for Howard Vernon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
151 credits, 37 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

The Rock of Acapulco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

The Complex of Toulon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Hey Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Jungle of Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Delicatessen(1991)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Carpathian Mushroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Black Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Faceless(1988)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The Howl of the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

The Death of Empedocles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Terminus(1987)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Angel of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

All Mixed Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

The Sinister Doctor Orloff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Le fou du roi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Revenge in the House of Usher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Blood on My Shoes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Ogroff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Far from Manhattan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Deadline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Zombie Lake(1981)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
From Hell to Victory(1979)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Women in Cellblock 9 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

The Theatre of the Matters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
The Musician Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Countess Perverse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Seven Women for Satan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Don't Change Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Love and Death(1975)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Garden That Tilts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

The Adventures of Sylvia Couski (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

The Mark of Zorro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Lorna . . . the Exorcist(1974)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
How to Seduce a Virgin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

The Greedy Ones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Dolls for Sale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

A Virgin Among the Living Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Lovers of Devil's Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

The Other Side of the Mirror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Fifteen Year Old Captain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

The Day of the Jackal(1973)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Demons(1973)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Nightmares Come at Night(1970)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Daughter of Dracula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The French Sex Murders(1972)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Virgin Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

She Killed in Ecstasy(1971)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
X312 - Flight to Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Graf Luckner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

The Devil Came from Akasava (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Love Me Strangely (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

The Invisible Man's Love Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

The Blood Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Ce que cherche Jacques (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Mayerling(1968)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Succubus(1968)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Residence for Spies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The Hotheads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

The Orgies of Dr. Orloff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

The Unknown Man of Shandigor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Triple Cross(1966)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Mad Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

The Diabolical Dr. Z (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

The Game Is Over(1966)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all filmsTaiwo Shango oder: Der zweite Tag nach dem Tod (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Operation Double Cross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

What's New Pussycat(1965)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Alphaville(1965)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all filmsOn Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

The Train(1964)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Black Angel of the Mississippi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Autopsia de un criminal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Vice and Virtue(1963)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Un cas intéressant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Shadow of Zorro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Zorro the Avenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Awful Dr. Orlof (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Sword of Vengeance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Léon Morin, Priest(1961)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Première brigade criminelle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

The Secret Ways(1961)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Dossier AST-555 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Rendezvous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Description of a Struggle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Death at Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Atomic Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Heiße Ware (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Pensione Edelweiss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Doctor Crippen Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Weekend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Until the Last One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

The River of Three Junks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Bob le Flambeur(1956)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Alert in the Canary Islands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Operation Thunder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Das Abschiedsgeschenk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

08/15 at Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Der grüne Kakadu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Gottes Utopia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

El fugitivo de Amberes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Pas de souris dans le business (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Phantom of the Big Tent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Lucrèce Borgia(1953)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Le Petit Jacques (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Mr. Scrupule, Gangster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Poison Ivy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

The Girl in the Bikini(1952)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
The Girl with the Whip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Si ça vous chante (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Hotbed of Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Black Jack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

The Elusive Pimpernel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Secret Document: Vienna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

The Inn of Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Du Guesclin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

The Silence of the Sea(1949)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Colonel Durand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

The Devil Who Limped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

The Chips Are Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

The Royalists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

Sky Battalion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

Devil and the Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

Alert Nights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

Mr. Orchid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

Clandestine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

A Friend Will Come Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

Behind These Walls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

Angel and Sinner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Opération Jericho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 151 titles, 150 of them dated from 1945 to 1999; peak year 1973.

Biggest box office
Léon Morin, Priest (1961)

Highest rated
The Silence of the Sea (1949)

Most popular right now
The French Sex Murders (1972)
Film career
Peak 1973 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1946Screen debut· Mr. Orchid
- 1949First top-billed film· The Silence of the Sea
- 1949Breakout· The Silence of the Sea
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Howard Vernon's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 37; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up10
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th15
- Below 25th10
Shape of the crowd
17 of their 37 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved7
- Universally Panned2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed17
Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 21 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Howard Vernon's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Howard Vernon work with?
People who share at least 2 of Howard Vernon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jesús Franco shares the most, 9.
Directors
- Jesús FrancoShared titles: Faceless (1988), Zombie Lake (1981), Celestine, Maid at Your Service (1974), Lorna . . . the Exorcist (1974), The Demons (1973), She Killed in Ecstasy (1971), Night of the Blood Monster (1970), Castle of the Creeping Flesh (1968), Succubus (1968)See all 9 shared titles with Jesús Franco

- Jean-Pierre MelvilleShared titles: Léon Morin, Priest (1961), Bob le Flambeur (1956), The Silence of the Sea (1949)See all 3 shared titles with Jean-Pierre Melville

Writers
- Nicole GuettardShared titles: Celestine, Maid at Your Service (1974), Lorna . . . the Exorcist (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Nicole Guettard
Actors
- Catherine LafferièreShared titles: Celestine, Maid at Your Service (1974), Lorna . . . the Exorcist (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Catherine Lafferière

- Lina RomayShared titles: Celestine, Maid at Your Service (1974), Lorna . . . the Exorcist (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Lina Romay

- Pamela StanfordShared titles: Celestine, Maid at Your Service (1974), Lorna . . . the Exorcist (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Pamela Stanford

- Raymond HardyShared titles: Celestine, Maid at Your Service (1974), Lorna . . . the Exorcist (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Raymond Hardy

Composers and cinematographers
- Bruno NicolaiShared titles: The French Sex Murders (1972), She Killed in Ecstasy (1971), Night of the Blood Monster (1970)See all 3 shared titles with Bruno Nicolai

- Henri DecaëShared titles: Léon Morin, Priest (1961), Bob le Flambeur (1956), The Silence of the Sea (1949)See all 3 shared titles with Henri Decaë

- Étienne RosenfeldShared titles: Celestine, Maid at Your Service (1974), Lorna . . . the Exorcist (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Étienne Rosenfeld
- Manuel MerinoShared titles: She Killed in Ecstasy (1971), Night of the Blood Monster (1970)See all 2 shared titles with Manuel Merino
Producers
- Arturo MarcosShared titles: The Demons (1973), She Killed in Ecstasy (1971), Night of the Blood Monster (1970)See all 3 shared titles with Arturo Marcos
- Daniel LesoeurShared titles: Zombie Lake (1981), The French Sex Murders (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Lesoeur
- Marius LesoeurShared titles: Zombie Lake (1981), The French Sex Murders (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Marius Lesoeur
- Robert de NesleShared titles: Celestine, Maid at Your Service (1974), Lorna . . . the Exorcist (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Robert de Nesle

