And completing the trifecta begun with last week comes the announcement of the death of John Vernon, the character actor who we’ve all seen dozens of times… but whose face became famous with his portrayal of the smarmy, nasty Dean Wormer from “Animal House.”
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John on the other hand was quite the reverse. Except for Animal House I can’t think of any movie I liked him in.
I’m gonna get you sucka?
Ernest goes to camp?
Airplane II?
The kinky coaches and the pom pom pussycats?
Sorry to say none of these are in my top 10.
I am sorry he’s gone, perhaps his best was yet to come? But in a world full of great actors I just don’t see him near the top.