Vern Tessio

&nbsp Vern Tessio is a tritagonist of "Stand by Me". He is a preteenaged boy who is shy and overweight. While trying to find pennies under his house, he heard his brother talking about finding a dead body. So, he convinced his friends, Gordie LaChance, Chris Chambers and Teddy Duchamp to set out to try to find the body. He is often ridiculed by the others. Jerry O'Connell played him.