Vernon Dent

Vernon Dent

Birthday: 1895-02-15
Deathday: 1963-11-05
Place of birth: San Jose, California, USA
Also know as: Vernon Bruce Dent

Biography

Vernon Bruce Dent (February 16, 1895 – November 5, 1963) was an American comic actor, who appeared in over 400 films. He co-starred in many short films for Columbia Pictures, frequently as the foil and the main antagonist and ally to The Three Stooges.

Filmography

The Cameraman

1928

As Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)

Secret Command

1944

As Shipyard Worker (uncredited)

Sing a Song of Six Pants

1947

As Police Detective

Malice in the Palace

1949

As Hassan Ben Sober

The Villain Still Pursued Her

1940

As Jim, a policeman

Tars and Stripes

1935

As Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack

Pardon My Berth Marks

1940

As Newspaper City Editor

The Extra Girl

1923

As Aaron Applejohn

Golf

1922

As The suitor

Dream House

1932

As Director Von Schnauble

Half Shot Shooters

1936

As Man in Restaurant

A Bird in the Head

1946

As Prof. Panzer

No Dough Boys

1944

As Hugo (Nazi spy)

Three Pests in a Mess

1945

As Philip Black

Beer Barrel Polecats

1946

As Warden

Half-Wits Holiday

1947

As Prof. Quackenbush

Idle Roomers

1944

As Mr. Leander

Crash Goes the Hash

1944

As Fuller Bull

Matri-Phony

1942

As Emperor Octopus Grabus

Booby Dupes

1945

As Captain

Heavenly Daze

1948

As I. Fleecem

Hokus Pokus

1949

As Insurance Adjuster

Mummy's Dummies

1948

As King Rootentooten

Studio Stoops

1950

As Police Captain Casey

Three Arabian Nuts

1951

As Mr. Bradley

Pest Man Wins

1951

As Mr. Philander

Scrambled Brains

1951

As Nora's Father

Listen Judge

1952

As Judge Henderson

Booty And The Beast

1953

As Night Watchman

A Missed Fortune

1952

As Hotel Manager

Of Cash and Hash

1955

As Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)

Flagpole Jitters

1956

As Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)

Rumpus in the Harem

1956

As Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)

Knight Duty

1933

As The Cop

Hooks and Jabs

1933

As

The Best Man

1928

As Groom

Tied for Life

1933

As Angry motorist

The Hitchhiker

1933

As Adolph

The Shadow

1937

As Dutch Schultz

The Fainting Lover

1931

As Dr. Dudley Schmidt

Hoboken to Hollywood

1926

As Mr. Pinkney

Soldier Man

1926

As The Prime Minister

Fiddlesticks

1927

As Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer

Saturday Afternoon

1926

As Steve Smith

Just a Pain in the Parlor

1932

As

Dragnet Patrol

1931

As Cookie

A Doggone Mixup

1938

As Mr. Tilson

Please

1933

As Elmer Smoot

Adventure in Washington

1941

As Senator in gym

The Hollywood Kid

1924

As Claude Climax - Director

Smith's Army Life

1928

As The Colonel

The Pride of Pikeville

1927

As The Train Conductor

The All-American Kickback

1931

As Football Coach

I Don't Remember

1935

As Oscar Glick

Black Oxfords

1924

As Sandy Haig

A Sea Dog's Tale

1926

As Jo Jo

Crazy House

1930

As Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S')

His Marriage Wow

1925

As A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm

Bachelor Daze

1944

As Onlooker in doorway

Hail the Woman

1921

As Joe Hurd

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

1925

As Gasoline Customer

Easy Living

1937

As First Partner (uncredited)

Bull and Sand

1924

As Joe Archer

Soul of the Beast

1923

As The Boob

An Auto Nut

1919

As The Lawyer's Clerk alias the Doctor (uncredited)

Clunked on the Corner

1929

As Jip Bennett

Thanks for the Memory

1938

As Refuse Man

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

1939

As Fat Man at Party (uncredited)

Picking Peaches

1924

As The Store Manager

Start Cheering

1938

As Pops

Hot Dogs

1920

As

Broken Bubbles

1920

As

Only Angels Have Wings

1939

As Ship's Captain

Stanley and Livingstone

1939

As Newspaperman in Office

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

As Senate Reporter (uncredited)

Tired Feet

1933

As

Sue My Lawyer

1938

As Judge

Wall Street Blues

1924

As Mal A. Mute - the Loan Shark's Partner

Sweet Spirits of the Nighter

1941

As Watkins

The Lion and the Souse

1924

As Mr. Niblick Van Hoosit

The Gum Riot

1920

As

Naughty Nurses

1920

As

Waiting in the Lurch

1949

As J. Peabody Knott

The Fire Chaser

1954

As J. Peabody Knott

Money Squawks

1940

As Night Watchman

Bride and Gloom

1947

As Sally's Father (uncredited)

Society Mugs

1946

As Lord Wafflebottom

Home on the Rage

1938

As Mr. Lent (uncredited)

The Good Bad Egg

1947

As Rest Home Manager (uncredited)

Mr. Noisy

1946

As Slim - Baseball Spectator

The Lone Wolf Strikes

1940

As Hotel Doorman

Nothing But Pleasure

1940

As Bus Rider with Child

The Taming of the Snood

1940

As Man on Street

The Heckler

1940

As Baseball Spectator with Hotdog

Cold Turkey

1940

As J.T. Caldwell

Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts

2006

As (archive footage)

You Can't Take It with You

1938

As Expressman (uncredited)

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Having Wonderful Crime

1945

As Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Hitler: Beast of Berlin

1939

As Lustig

The Golf Nut

1927

As The Club President

A Blitz on the Fritz

1943

As Spy chief

Artist's Muddles

1933

As Luckenbach, the artist

To Heir Is Human

1944

As Board Chairman

House of Errors

1942

As White

Hollywood Trouble

1935

As Mr. Mahoney

His First Flame

1927

As Amos McCarthy

The Doctor Takes a Wife

1940

As Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)

San Diego I Love You

1944

As Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)

He Stayed for Breakfast

1940

As Chef

The Lady in Question

1940

As Gendarme (uncredited)

There He Goes

1925

As Jerry the Bull

Riders of the Purple Cows

1924

As Mike Maverick

When Spirits Move

1920

As

Juvenile Court

1938

As Mr. Schultz (uncredited)

The Tooth Will Out

1951

As Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry

Lone Star Moonlight

1946

As Sheriff

Fiddlers Three

1948

As King Cole

How High Is Up?

1940

As Mr. Blake (uncredited)

I'll Never Heil Again

1941

As Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)

San Francisco

1936

As Fat Man (uncredited)

Texas Cyclone

1932

As Hefty

Share the Wealth

1936

As Mayor

Remember When?

1925

As Mack - Circus Owner

Murder in Greenwich Village

1937

As Ship's Officer

The Half-Back of Notre Dame

1924

As Football Opponent

Girls Will Be Boys

1931

As

Million Dollar Legs

1932

As Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)

Gents of Leisure

1931

As

Time Out for Trouble

1938

As Bakery Man

The Mind Needer

1938

As Mr. Ryan

His Unlucky Night

1928

As Homer Brown

What a Trip

1929

As

Howling Hollywood

1929

As

Smith's Landlord

1926

As The Cop

Smith's Cook

1927

As Pete - the Motor Cop

True to Life

1943

As Man (uncredited)

A Star Is Shorn

1939

As Producer

The Golden Age of Comedy

1957

As archive footage

Address Unknown

1944

As Nazi Party Member (uncredited)

The Good Humor Man

1950

As Man in Park (uncredited)

Manhattan Melodrama

1934

As Otto (uncredited)

Daring Danger

1932

As Bartender Pee Wee

The Riding Tornado

1932

As Hefty - Bartender

Mendelssohn's Wedding March

1939

As The Baron (uncredited)

The Nickel Snatcher

1920

As

All Night Long

1924

As the Rival

Boobs in the Wood

1925

As Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon

J-U-N-K

1920

As The Junk Dealer

Calling All Doctors

1937

As Sneezing Man

Many Sappy Returns

1938

As Concerned Pedestrian

Teacher's Pest

1939

As Christmas Tree Buyer

His Bridal Fright

1940

As Doorman

A Harem Hero

1920

As Oriental Potentate

A One Mama Man

1927

As The Suitor

Reformatory

1938

As Cook Howard

One Shivery Night

1950

As Boss

Mutiny on the Body

1939

As Mr. Gibson

Good Morning, Eve!

1934

As Emperor Nero

His Wedding Scare

1943

As The Minister

The Iceman's Ball

1932

As Officer Schmaltz

Night Editor

1946

As Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)

Way Out West

1920

As

Mystic Mush

1920

As

A Close Shave

1929

As George Billings

The Beach Club

1928

As Mr. Kronk

The Bicycle Flirt

1928

As Henry Harper - The Boyfriend

Smith's Restaurant

1928

As Big Diner

Motorboat Mamas

1928

As Charley Whalen

Hubby's Weekend Trip

1928

As Charley Whalen

Don't Get Jealous

1929

As Wilbur Warner

Slippery Silks

1936

As Morgan Morgan (uncredited)

Dizzy Doctors

1937

As Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)

Back to the Woods

1937

As Governor (uncredited)

Wee Wee Monsieur

1938

As Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)

Hot Stuff

1956

As (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mutts to You

1938

As Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Three Little Sew and Sews

1939

As Party Guest (uncredited)

From Nurse to Worse

1940

As Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)

Rockin' in the Rockies

1945

As Stanton

A Prodigal Bridegroom

1926

As Gertie's Father in Flashback

Masked Mamas

1926

As Jim Denton

East of the Water Plug

1924

As Jim's Rival - the Villain

Hurry, Doctor!

1925

As Police Officer Bill Trapps

Her Actor Friend

1926

As Actor in Play

Should Husbands Marry?

1947

As Hugh's Boss

Should Sleepwalkers Marry?

1927

As George Stevens

Little Robinson Corkscrew

1924

As Horace Horlick

Flirty Four-Flushers

1926

As Bill Brown

Cured in the Excitement

1927

As Hector Strong

For Sale, a Bungalow

1927

As 2nd Real Estate Broker

San Antonio Rose

1941

As Worthington

Tassels in the Air

1938

As Building superintendent (uncredited)

Isn't Love Cuckoo?

1925

As Auto Agency Manager

Hubby’s Quiet Little Game

1926

As Jim Stone

Special Delivery

1922

As

Beach Pajamas

1931

As

An Ache in Every Stake

1941

As Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)

Higher Than a Kite

1943

As Marshall Boering (uncredited)

Busy Buddies

1944

As Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)

Idiots Deluxe

1945

As Judge (uncredited)

Shivering Sherlocks

1948

As Police Capt. Mullins

Nutty But Nice

1940

As Dr. Walters (uncredited)

Cactus Makes Perfect

1942

As Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)

Sock-a-Bye Baby

1942

As 1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

They Stooge to Conga

1943

As Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)

Back from the Front

1943

As Lt. Dungen (uncredited)

The Sheepish Wolf

1948

As

A Blonde's Revenge

1926

As Tim Hayes

Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath

1948

As

Sappy Pappy

1942

As Jealous Husband

Midnight Daddies

1930

As Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer

A College Racket

1931

As

The Freshman's Finish

1931

As

Dutiful but Dumb

1941

As Mr. Wilson (uncredited)

Guns A Poppin

1957

As Judge (archive footage)

The Old Barn

1929

As Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor

A Ducking They Did Go

1939

As Vegetarian (uncredited)

Yes, We Have No Bonanza

1939

As Sheriff (uncredited)

Pardon My Terror

1946

As Jonas Morton

In the Sweet Pie and Pie

1941

As Senator (uncredited)

Out West

1947

As Doctor (uncredited)

Three Smart Saps

1942

As (uncredited)

Even as IOU

1942

As Motorist (uncredited)

The Awful Sleuth

1951

As Al Keefer

Dangerous Business

1946

As Fat Man (uncredited)

Three Little Pirates

1946

As Governor

Squareheads of the Round Table

1948

As King Arthur

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949

As Guard (uncredited)

The Glass Key

1942

As Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)

Fuelin' Around

1949

As General

Fred Windemere

1920

As

Road to Hollywood

1947

As A Film Director

The Sound of Laughter

1963

As Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach

Feet of Mud

1924

As Football Coach

Murder at Midnight

1931

As Detective Eating Peanuts

Punchy Cowpunchers

1950

As General

The Bride's Mistake

1931

As Mr. Grimm

Hot Sports

1929

As

The Bees' Buzz

1929

As Jim - Homer's Pal

Plain Clothes

1925

As A Crook

A Maid Made Mad

1943

As Blonde's Boyfriend

Sappy Birthday

1942

As Neighbor Policeman

Rip, Sew and Stitch

1953

As Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)

Income Tax Sappy

1954

As IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)

Musty Musketeers

1954

As King Cole

Pals and Gals

1954

As Doctor (uncredited)

Knutzy Knights

1954

As King Arthur (uncredited)

Calling Hubby's Bluff

1929

As Vernon Vance

Pink Pajamas

1929

As Vernon Vance

Bedlam in Paradise

1955

As I. Fleecem (archive footage)

Saved by the Belle

1939

As Mike (uncredited)

The Big Flash

1932

As Klaus

Innocently Guilty

1950

As Mr. Bass

Lucky Stars

1925

As Hiram Healy

His Marriage Mix-up

1935

As

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

1943

As William Ruff

Defective Detectives

1944

As Rodney Boodle

Snooper Service

1945

As

Romeo and Juliet

1924

As Billy Durham

The Sea of Grass

1947

As Train Conductor (uncredited)

Production

His Marriage Mix-up

1935

As Writer

Hollywood Trouble

1935

As Writer

Hooks and Jabs

1933

As Writer

Please

1933

As Story

Tied for Life

1933

As Writer