Wally Vernon (1905-1970) was an American comic and character actor.Vernon was born in New York City, in show business from the age of three, and made his first Hollywood appearance in 1937's Mountain Music.He made more than 75 films altogether, including a series of short subjects at Columbia Pictures teamed with Eddie Quillan and produced by Jules White. White emphasized extreme physical comedy in these films, and Vernon and Quillan enthusiastically engaged in pratfalling, kick-in-the-pants slapstick. The series ran from 1948 through 1956. Vernon's considerable skill as an eccentric dancer is most fully seen in Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938), where he appears as himself. Vernon was killed in an automobile accident March, 7th 1970.His films include:This Way Please (1937)Broadway Serenade (1939)Tail Spin (1939)Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)The Gorilla (1939)Sailor's Lady (1940)Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)What Price Glory? (1952)What a Way to Go! (1964)
On March 7, 1970, he and his wife were out walking near their home in Van Nuys, CA, when they were both struck by a hit-and-run driver. His wife survived, but he died of his injuries.
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Was a wonderfully eccentric dancer. Unfortunately, the only opportunity he got to demonstrate this was in two numbers in Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938).
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dr. Kildare
1965
TV Series
Fur Salesman
What a Way to Go!
1964
Agent
Vacation Playhouse
1963
TV Series
The Untouchables
1962
TV Series
Newsboy
Target: The Corruptors
1962
TV Series
Stagecoach West
1961
TV Series
Professor
Peter Loves Mary
1961
TV Series
Smitty
The Law and Mr. Jones
1960-1961
TV Series
Mortimer Wild / Mr. Bowles
Bat Masterson
1961
TV Series
Bartender
The Ann Sothern Show
1958
TV Series
Cornelius Van Dyke
Mike Hammer
1958
TV Series
Wally Davis
The Adventures of McGraw
1958
TV Series
Winkle
Casey Jones
1957
TV Series
Giles
Tales of the Texas Rangers
1957
TV Series
Grubstake
The White Squaw
1956
Faro Bill
Come on Seven
1956
Short
Wally
Fury at Gunsight Pass
1956
Okay, Okay aka Johnny Oakes
Damon Runyon Theater
1955-1956
TV Series
Joey Perhaps
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1955
TV Series
Smiley
He Took a Powder
1955
Short
Wally
Celebrity Playhouse
1955
TV Series
Joey Perhaps
Nobody's Home
1955
Short
Wally
His Pest Friend
1955
Short
Wally
Doggie in the Bedroom
1954
Short
Affair with a Stranger
1953
Joe, Taxi Driver
He Popped His Pistol
1953
Short
Wally
Strop, Look and Listen
1952
Short
Wally
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1952
Harry 'Poorly' Sammis
What Price Glory
1952
Lipinsky
Heebie Gee-Gees
1952
Short
Wally
A Fool and His Honey
1952
Short
Wally
Fun on the Run
1951
Short
Wally
He Flew the Shrew
1951
Short
Wally Werson
Holiday Rhythm
1950
Klaxon
Border Rangers
1950
Hungry Hicks
Train to Tombstone
1950
Clifton Gulliver
Gunfire
1950
Clem
I Shot Billy the Kid
1950
Vicente
House About It
1950
Short
Wally
Beauty on Parade
1950
Sam Short
Always Leave Them Laughing
1949
Wally Vernon - Comic
Let Down Your Aerial
1949
Short
Wally
Square Dance Jubilee
1949
Seldom Sam Jenks
The Lucky Stiff
1949
Card Player (uncredited)
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
1948
Short
Wally
He Walked by Night
1948
Postman (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1948
Taxi Driver
Behind Locked Doors
1948
Maintenance Man (uncredited)
Crabbin' in the Cabin
1948
Short
Wally
King of the Gamblers
1948
Mike Burns
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948
Archie Stone
A-Hunting They Did Go
1948
Short
Wally
Stagecoach to Monterey
1944
Throckmorton 'Other-Hand' Snodgrass
Silver City Kid
1944
Wildcat Higgens
Silent Partner
1944
Room Service Waiter
Call of the South Seas
1944
Handsome
Outlaws of Santa Fe
1944
Buckshot Peters
California Joe
1943
Tumbleweed Smith
Pistol Packin' Mama
1943
The Joker
Canyon City
1943
Beauty Bradshaw
Here Comes Elmer
1943
Wally
The Man from the Rio Grande
1943
Jimpson Simpson
A Scream in the Dark
1943
Klousky
Black Hills Express
1943
Deputy Deadeye
Thumbs Up
1943
Comedy Trio Member (uncredited)
Fugitive from Sonora
1943
Jack Pot Murphy
Get Going
1943
Comic Bit
Tahiti Honey
1943
Maxie
Hit Parade of 1943
1943
Vaudeville Actor (uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly
1943
Stomp McCoy
Fresh as a Freshman
1941
Short
Uncle Pat Patrick
Sandy Gets Her Man
1940
Fireman Bagshaw
Margie
1940
Al
Sailor's Lady
1940
Goofer
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939
Elmer Kelner
The Gorilla
1939
Seaman
Chasing Danger
1939
Waldo Winkle [AFI Name: Waldo Rohrbeck]
Broadway Serenade
1939
Joey - the Jinx
Tail Spin
1939
Chick
Sharpshooters
1938
Waldo
Meet the Girls
1938
Delbert Jones
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
Wally Vernon
Kentucky Moonshine
1938
Gus Bryce
Happy Landing
1938
Al Mahoney
Submarine D-1
1937
Sailor (uncredited)
This Way Please
1937
Bumps
You Can't Have Everything
1937
Jerry
Mountain Music
1937
Odette Potta
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Holiday Rhythm
1950
performer: "I'll Think It Over", "Mad'moiselle"
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
performer: "Everybody's Doin' It Now" 1911, "This Is the Life" 1914, "In My Harem" 1913 - uncredited