Portrait of John Vernon

Acting

John Vernon

Titles
90movies74TV shows
Career

Active from 1962 to 2002, busiest in 1974 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
33
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Two-Face
Two-Face
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 110 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 6.0Style
John Vernon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    3.6, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    4.1, average 5.2
  • Coming of Age
    2.0, average 2.9
  • Family Dynamics
    3.8, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Mystery 4
  • 1980s 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Suspenseful 3
  • Fast-Paced 3
  • Moral Dilemmas 3
  • Crime 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • 80s Nostalgia 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Betrayal 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

54
TypeAllTV shows43Movies11
RoleAnyActing54Appearances3
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1950s21960s71970s171980s131990s102000s5
GenreAnyDrama29Action & Adventure18Crime17Comedy12Animation10Mystery9Sci-Fi & Fantasy9Family8Western6Kids5Action4Thriller3TV Movie2Science Fiction1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2000s

5 titles · average score 75
GoodWatch71
Poster for The Strangerers

TV show · as D.N.E. Agent

Poster for Pigs Next Door

TV show · as Grand Porcinus (voice)

1990s

10 titles · average score 83
Poster for The Incredible Hulk

as General Thunderbolt Ross (voice)

GoodWatch78
Poster for Pinky and the Brain

TV show · as Admiral (voice)

GoodWatch87
Poster for Spider-Man

TV show · as Doctor Strange (voice)

GoodWatch84
Poster for Duckman

TV show · as Principal Dinkler (voice)

GoodWatch82
Poster for SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

TV show · as Rex Shard (voice)

GoodWatch91
Poster for Batman: The Animated Series

TV show · as Rupert Thorne (voice)

GoodWatch91
Poster for Two-Face

as Rupert Thorne

GoodWatch86
Poster for Dinosaurs

TV show · as Mr. Ashland (voice)

1980s

13 titles · average score 76
GoodWatch75
Poster for Tales from the Crypt

TV show · as Mr. Chalmers

GoodWatch86
Poster for Sledge Hammer!

TV show · as Mayor Jack Flambo

GoodWatch78
Poster for MacGyver

TV show · as Dave Ryerson

GoodWatch76
Poster for Murder, She Wrote

TV show · as Henry Hayward

GoodWatch74
Poster for The A-Team

TV show · as Ted Jarrett

GoodWatch73
Poster for Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

TV show · as Big John Masters

GoodWatch76
Poster for Knight Rider

TV show · as Cameron Zachary / Claude Watkins

GoodWatch82
Poster for Faerie Tale Theatre

TV show · as Father

GoodWatch71
Poster for The Blue and the Gray

TV show · as Seward

All 13 titles from the 1980s

1970s

17 titles · average score 76
GoodWatch76
Poster for The Sacketts

TV show · as Jonathan Pritts

GoodWatch80
Poster for Animal House

as Dean Vernon Wormer

GoodWatch80
Poster for A Special Day

as Emanuele Taberi

GoodWatch72
Poster for Petrocelli

TV show · as Barney Majors

GoodWatch70
Poster for Barnaby Jones

TV show · as Dr. Hank Danvers

Poster for Cool Million

TV show · as Inspector Duprez

All 17 titles from the 1970s

1960s

7 titles · average score 75
GoodWatch71
Poster for The High Chaparral

TV show · as Sean McLaren

GoodWatch77
Poster for Judd, for the Defense

TV show · as Dr. Bellew

Poster for Wojeck

TV show · as Steve Wojeck

GoodWatch79
Poster for Mission: Impossible

TV show · as Colonel Josef Strom / General Ramon Sabattini

1950s

2 titles · average score 74
GoodWatch73
Poster for Bonanza

TV show · as Beaudry

GoodWatch76
Poster for Gunsmoke

TV show · as Oliver Harker

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