John Vernon RIP: Was Dean Wormer & the voice of Dr. Doom/Iron Man/Dr. Strange

[howardhallis]

Poor John Vernon. Dead at 72. He was Dean Wormer from Animal House and was thrown out a balcony window by Lee Marvin in Point Blank. What I didn't know was what Ain't It Cool News wrote in their obituary:

 

"He worked in TV and features starting in the mid-‘50s, and he seems to have always been drawn to the sorts of projects that would warm the heart of any geek. He may have played more different characters inside the Marvel Universe than anyone else. He was the voice of The Sub-Mariner for the ‘60s animated show, while he was also Tony Stark on the IRON MAN show of the same era and Maj. Glenn Talbot on the HULK cartoon at the same time. In the mid-‘90s, he was the voice of Doctor Doom on the FANTASTIC FOUR cartoon and Dr. Strange on the SPIDER-MAN series. He also played Rupert Thorne in BATMAN – THE ANIMATED SERIES, so he got to play in the DC Universe a bit, too."

 

Never knew that.

 

RIP

[Larryw7]

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son".

 

 

[tilleycs]

Man, RIP. I never knew he was so active in cartoons.