Vernon Weddle

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.4705

Gender

Male

Birthday

23-Aug-1935

Age

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Hattieburg, Mississippi, USA

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Vernon Weddle

Biography

Vernon Weddle Jr. (born August 23, 1935) is an American film, stage and television actor. He is perhaps best known for playing General Washburne in the 1986 film Short Circuit.


Credits

Getting Wasted Getting Wasted (1980) Character: Plain Clothes Cop
An uptight military school gets a dose of hippie-infused rebellion when a group of students gather in support of the 1960s uprising going on around them. When a few students decide to bring the more liberal, artsy side of the revolution onto campus, they face opposition from much of the school's staff.
Panic in Echo Park Panic in Echo Park (1977) Character: N/A
A young doctor tries to convince everyone about an impending epidemic, but he is accused of creating panic.
The Choice The Choice (1981) Character: Dr. Nathanson
A young woman agonizes over whether or not to have an abortion and learns that her mother did the same 20 years prior.
Harry's War Harry's War (1981) Character: Ponde
After his aunt dies of a heart attack while fighting the IRS, Harry Johnson decides to take up the cause.
The Awakening of Candra The Awakening of Candra (1983) Character: Reiser
Based on the true-life story of teenage bride Candra Torres who was abducted in 1976 while on a honeymoon camping trip in the High Sierras.
To Kill a Cop To Kill a Cop (1978) Character: Chief Duncan
Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree including the killing of a police officer. He is also trying to battle with a mayor and police commissioner that want him out of his job.
Second Chance Second Chance (1972) Character: Lester Fern
A rich stockbroker buys a Nevada ghost town as a community for people who need a second chance in life.
Betrayal Betrayal (1974) Character: Savings Officer
Wealthy widow Helen Mercer hires a young woman, Gretchen Addison, to act as her personal assistant and companion. Unfortunately, Helen is a poor judge of character, as Gretchen is part of a murderous extortionist duo with her boyfriend, Jay. However, Gretchen has second thoughts when she develops genuine affection for Helen. When Gretchen informs Jay that she wants to call off their plot, he refuses and carries on with the plan. Now both Helen and Gretchen may be in grave danger.
Malice in Wonderland Malice in Wonderland (1985) Character: Sam Goldwyn
Struggling actress Hedda Hopper can't get a break in Hollywood, even though an acquaintence of hers is the extremely powerful gossip monger Louella Parsons - maker and breaker of careers (and lives) through her daily syndicated newspaper column. The big movie moguls, fed up with Parson's power over their stars, decide to de-claw her by setting up gossip Hopper as a competitor in the rumour industry. What they couldn't forsee was that Hopper would become as big as Parsons -- and every bit as much of a pain. Based on the true life stories of two of the most powerful (and arguably dangerous) women of Hollywood's hay-day.
Death Sentence Death Sentence (1974) Character: Hayden
A juror on a murder trial begins to believe that the man charged with the crime is innocent — and that the real killer is her own husband.
Norma Rae Norma Rae (1979) Character: Reverend Hubbard
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981) Character: Aide
Biography of the former first lady, focusing on her years as a photojournalist and leading up to her marriage to John F. Kennedy and their moving into the White House.
The President's Plane Is Missing The President's Plane Is Missing (1973) Character: Second Controller
When the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board, it is left to the seemingly weak Vice President to try to avert a nuclear exchange with the Chinese.
Oh, God! Book II Oh, God! Book II (1980) Character: Superintendant Jeffrey Hodges
God appears before 11-year-old Tracy Richards to ask for her help to spread his word and influence over the world which she suggests the slogan 'Think God.' Naturaly, Tracy's divorced parents think Tracy's crazy, and plot to halt her 'heaven-sent' mission to spread God's word.
Short Circuit Short Circuit (1986) Character: General Washburne
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.
The Forgotten Man The Forgotten Man (1971) Character: Surgeon
A Marine officer reported as killed in Vietnam, but who was actually a POW, returns home. Instead of being welcomed home, however, he discovers that his father has died, his wife has remarried, his daughter has been adopted, his business has been sold, and his life has completely changed.
Endangered Species Endangered Species (1982) Character: Varney
A retired New York cop on vacation in America's West is drawn into a sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.
Family Plot Family Plot (1976) Character: Priest in Diner (uncredited)
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
The Cracker Factory The Cracker Factory (1979) Character: John
Drama depicting the problems of a suburban housewife suffering from fits of depression and alcoholism, and her stay in a psychiatric center after a feeble suicide attempt.
The Last Married Couple in America The Last Married Couple in America (1980) Character: Man at Soccer Game
Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and neighbors going through separations and divorces. Seemingly surrounded by people with domestic problems, Jeff and Mari begin to question their own relationship.
Resurrection Resurrection (1980) Character: 2nd Scientist
The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. She becomes an unwitting celebrity, the hope of those in desperate need of healing, and a lightning rod for religious beliefs and skeptics.
Scream of the Wolf Scream of the Wolf (1974) Character: Newsman
A big-game hunter comes out of retirement to help track down a killer wolf, and begins to suspect that it isn't a wolf but an animal that can take human form.
Friendly Fire Friendly Fire (1980) Character: Col. Georgi
In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." Their determined attempts to learn more about the circumstances of their son's death are the subject of this true account film.
The Clone Master The Clone Master (1978) Character: Pine
In order to test the validity of his experiments on cloning, a scientist makes clones of himself, but it causes problems that he didn't foresee.
The Parallax View The Parallax View (1974) Character: Harry Lutz
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
Carbon Copy Carbon Copy (1981) Character: Wardlow
A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of San Marino, California.
White Dog White Dog (1982) Character: Vet
Samuel Fuller’s throat-grabbing exposé on American racism was misunderstood and withheld from release when it was made in the early eighties.Today, the notorious film is lauded for its daring metaphor and gripping pulp filmmaking. Kristy McNichol stars as a young actress who adopts a lost German shepherd, only to discover through a series of horrifying incidents that the dog has been trained to attack black people, and Paul Winfield plays the animal trainer who tries to cure him. A snarling, uncompromising vision, White Dog is a tragic portrait of the evil done by that most corruptible of all animals; the human being.



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