John “Dean Wormer” Vernon, 72
Posted: Friday, February 4th, 2005 10:56 amLOS ANGELES (AP) — John Vernon, a stage-trained character actor who played cunning villains in film and TV and made his comedy mark as Dean Wormer in National Lampoon’s Animal House, has died. He was 72.
Vernon died at home in his sleep Tuesday following complications from Jan. 16 heart surgery, his daughter Kate Vernon said Thursday. …
Movie fans may know him best for his role in Animal House as Dean Wormer, who is bent on expelling the hard-partying Delta fraternity house. The movie, starring John Belushi and Tim Matheson, is one of the most popular comedies ever made.
Born in 1932 in Montreal, Vernon studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He did repertory work in England and was heard off-screen as the voice of Big Brother in the 1956 film 1984. … Read full obituary
