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.
I studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England. Also in 1974, he appeared in The Questor Tapes. Actor . Christopher Vernon Hassall (24 March 1912 – 25 April 1963) was an English actor, dramatist, librettist, lyricist and poet, who found his greatest fame in a memorable musical partnership with the actor and composer Ivor Novello after working together in the same touring company. In 1973 he appeared in Charley Varrick. Wannabe voice artist. Your email address will not be published. During the Golden Age of CBC Drama in the 1960s, he co-starred in Edna O’Brien’s A Cheap Bunch of Nice Flowers, opposite Colleen Dewhurst, and in Uncle Vanya, opposite William Hutt and Rita Gam. Add or change photo on IMDbPro Filmography . He also appeared in several cult exploitations and action films in the 1980s, most notably Chained Heat, and Savage Streets, both starring Linda Blair, and Jungle Warriors, opposite Sybil Danning.
221 likes. In 1972 he appeared as a villain in the Fear Is the Key. During World War II in 1940, Hassall served in an anti-aircraft gun emplacement with editor John Guest, architect Denys Lasdun, and socialite Angus Menzies. (1993) … Hank Bellamy, – Private Sessions (1993) … Dr. Langley Phillips, – Power Erupts (1992) … Mr. Ashland (voice). Has the unique achievement of having voiced both Gen. Ross and Maj. Talbot from “The Incredible Hulk” comics. The Best TV Shows About Being in Your 30s. With the appropriate setting and a perceptive audience of proportionate size, the work will not only sound, but feel right.[5]. Their successful collaboration for Glamorous Night (1935) ("Shine Through My Dreams", "Fold Your Wings") began a fifteen-year partnership that included six long-running hits. ('Perchance to Dream' the other hit which Novello wrote during this period, had lyrics by Novello himself). In 1967, he appeared opposite Lee Marvin in Point Blank. In 1971, he played the by-the-book mayor of San Francisco, perpetually frustrated by Clint Eastwood, in the first Dirty Harry movie. In 1974 he co-starred in the film The Black Windmill with Michael Caine and Donald Pleasence. In 1969, he played Cuban revolutionary Rico Parra in Alfred Hitchcock’s Cold War-era spy movie Topaz. Of Polish, German and Armenian descent, he was one of two sons born to an immigrant grocer, Adolf Agopsowicz, and wife Eleanore Krückel and baptized at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic parish in the nearby town of Arat, as Adolphus Raimundus Vernon Agopsowicz. John Vernon Canadian Actor. Title Year Status Character; Wentworth: 2015: TV Series: Reporter 2: My Thoughts Exactly: 2013: Short: Jamie: Unsure: 2011: Short: The Warriors: 2005: Video Game: Dealer (voice) Known for movies.