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John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz; February 24, 1932 [1] – 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.
Landis met with Jack Webb to play Dean Wormer and Kim Novak to play his wife; at the time, Webb reportedly turned down the role because of concerns over his clean-cut Dragnet image, but later said he did not find the script funny. Ultimately, John Vernon was cast as Wormer after Landis saw him in The Outlaw Josey Wales. [6]
John Vernon as Dean Vernon Wormer, the corrupt dean of Faber College and the main nemesis of the Delta Fraternity. Stephen Furst as Kent "Flounder" Dorfman, an overweight and dim-witted freshman member of the Delta House. Bruce McGill as Daniel Simpson Day a.k.a. "D-Day," a motorcycle-riding member of the Delta House.
Dazzling in the ups, terrifying and depressing in the downs. The burning devotion of the small-unit brotherhood, the adrenaline rush of danger, the nagging fear and loneliness, the pride of service. The thrill of raw power, the brutal ecstasy of life on the edge. “It was,” said Nick, “the worst, best experience of my life.”
Tucked into the landscape of South Salem, New York, the Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) is a haven of hope and education for one of nature’s most misunderstood predators. Founded in the mid-1990s ...
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Dean "Vernon Wormer", a P.E. and civics teacher as well as an athletic coach in the yearbook, is played by John Vernon in Animal House. Five years after the Yearbook parody, in 1978, the National Lampoon published the National Lampoon Sunday Newspaper Parody , a fake Sunday newspaper which also claimed to originate in "Dacron, Ohio" but was ...
Today, Klein said Minnelli’s life is filled "with joy." Liza Minnelli spoke out in the film, along with her friends and loved ones. "She wants you to be her friend," said Klein. " . . . I think ...