Trivia

Father of Martin Varno.

Varno was the youngest member of the royal Dutch theater at that time. After he graduated from college in Leyden, he traveled and continued to study dramatics.

Varno worked in vaudeville, performing and designing scenery.

After his retirement, he moved to Mexico, where he directed in the English-language theater of Ajijic, among others.

He briefly returned to the Netherlands from the United States for the shooting of the film Malle gevallen (1934) in which he plays a supporting role as a student, and Het meisje met den blauwen hoed (1934), in which he plays a leading role. Earlier, he had the lead role in the Dutch feature film De sensatie der toekomst (1931), which was shot at the Paramount studio in Paris.

Varno's father was a tea planter, Martin Fredrick Vuerhard, and his mother was a concert pianist. Although they hoped for him to have a military career, he began acting when he was 16 years old.

During World War II, Varno served in the Office of Strategic Services, the predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency.

Roland Varno was an American character actor from Utrecht, Netherlands.

He went to Hollywood after a talent scout for MGM saw him in a German film in 1931.

Born Jacob Frederik Vuerhard, he was the father of Martin Varno, author of the 1958 science fiction film Night of the Blood Beast.