John Vernon was a prolific stage-trained Canadian character player who made a career out of convincingly playing crafty villains, morally-bankrupt officials and heartless authority figures in American films and television since the 1960s. Vernon has been directed by some stellar filmmakers including Alfred Hitchcock (Topaz (1969)); George Cukor (Justine (1969)); Don Siegel (Dirty Harry (1971)) and Clint Eastwood (The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976))...(imdb)

Credits include: Mazes and Monsters, Rock & Rule, Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, The Care Bears Family and Friday the 13th: The Series

Credits include: The Romance of Transportation in Canada, The Marvel Super Heroes, The Incredible Hulk, Romie-O and Julie-8 and The Great Buffalo Saga

Credits include: Invaders from the Deep, Zemo and his Masters of Evil/Zemo Strikes/The Fury of Zemo, Bruce Banner Is the Hulk, The Planet of Doom and The Mandarin's Revenge/The Mandarin's Death Ray/No One Escapes the Mandarin

Credits include: Starship Invasions, Hockey Night, The Marvel Super Heroes, Change of Mind and It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Credits include: Nobody Waved Good-bye, Let the Stranger Die ..!, To Conquer a Crown and The Coming of the Swordsman/Vengeance Is Ours/Emissary of Destruction

Credits include: Beetlejuice, The Raccoons, The Legend of Zelda, C.O.P.S. and Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors

Credits include: Spider-Man, The Marvel Super Heroes, The Invincible Iron Man, Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner and The Mighty Thor

Credits include: To Conquer a Crown, The Coming of the Swordsman/Vengeance Is Ours/Emissary of Destruction, Let the Stranger Die ..!, When the Commissar Commands/Doorway to Doom/Duel or Die and Peril in the Surface World

Credits include: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Videodrome, Rituals, Change of Mind and All in Good Taste