John Vernon was the stage name of Adolph Raymond Vernon Agopsowicz (February 24, 1932–February 1, 2005). He was a Canadian actor. A stage name, or a screen name for movie stars, is a pseudonym used by performers and actors. ... Jump to: navigation, search February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... February 1, 2005 Pope John Paul II is taken to a hospital suffering from a serious case of influenza. ... Jump to: navigation, search Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

Vernon typically played a stern, authoritarian kind of character. He was best known as the title character from Wojeck; as the deadly serious and stereotypical Dean Wormer in one of the most famous comedic movies, Animal House; as Harry Callahan's perpetually frustrated by-the-book boss in Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry movies; and for playing movie and television villains. Wojeck was a Canadian dramatic television series, which aired on the CBC from 1966 to 1968. ... National Lampoons Animal House (also called Animal House) is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of Delta fraternity boys takes on the system at their college. ... Jump to: navigation, search Clint Eastwood today. ...

Vernon was born in Zehner, Saskatchewan, and baptised in Sacred Heart Roman Catholic parish in nearby Arat, Saskatchewan, with the names Adolphus Raimundus Vernon. Some sources list his birthplace as the nearby city of Regina. He was one of two sons of Adolf Agopsowicz, a grocer, and his wife Eleonore Krückel (also spelled as Eleanor Kriekle or Kriekel). Both parents' families immigrated to the Edenwold district in the late 19th century from the Austrian crownland and duchy of Bukovina. He was of mixed Polish Armenian, Bohemian German, and Polish origins. Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (From many peoples, strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant Governor Lynda M. Haverstock Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Area 651,036 km² (7th) • Land 591,670 km² • Water 59,366 km² (9. ... Regina, Saskatchewan Regina is the provincial capital of Saskatchewan, Canada and was incorporated as a city on June 19, 1903. ... Bukovina, in green, divided between Romania (red) and Ukraine (yellow) Bukovina is the territory on the slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains. ...

Vernon was educated at the Banff School of Fine Arts and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London before becoming a live stage actor on the early CBC. The role later earned him many Hollywood roles including voice acting, his first major role was in Point Blank. After more than 100 films, his later career included mostly voice work for video games. Jump to: navigation, search RADAs theatre in London Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, England is a British drama school. ... Jump to: navigation, search The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... CBC is an abbreviation for: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (TV 8) - Located in Barbados Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co. ... ... Jump to: navigation, search A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animation (including animated feature films, television series, animated shorts), radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Point Blank is a 1967 crime film directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin, adapted from the pulp classic The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...

With his wife Nancy West, John Vernon was the father of actress Kate Vernon and singer Nan Vernon. Kate Vernon (born c. ...

He died at home in Los Angeles, California at the age of 72. The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish Los Ángeles , meaning the angels), also known as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ...

External links

• John Vernon at the Internet Movie Database
• CBC article: Wojeck star John Vernon dies