Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1895-02-15 (68 years old)
Deathday
1963-11-05
Place of Birth
San Jose, California, USA
Also known As
Vernon Bruce Dent
Vernan Dent
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.
1949
as General
1928
as Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)
1920
1947
as A Film Director
1963
as Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach
1924
as Football Coach
1931
as Detective Eating Peanuts
1938
as Cook Howard
1950
as Boss
1950
as General
1939
as Mr. Gibson
1934
as Emperor Nero
1943
as The Minister
1946
as Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)
1932
as Officer Schmaltz
1931
as Mr. Grimm
1920
1929
as George Billings
1920
1928
as Mr. Kronk
1928
as Henry Harper - The Boyfriend
1928
as Charley Whalen
1928
as Big Diner
1928
as Charley Whalen
1929
as Wilbur Warner
1936
as Morgan Morgan (uncredited)
1938
as Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)
1937
as Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)
1937
as Governor (uncredited)
1956
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
as Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1925
as A Crook
1944
as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
1929
1929
as Jim - Homer's Pal
1949
as Hassan Ben Sober
1939
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1947
as Police Detective
1923
as Aaron Applejohn
1935
as Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack
1940
as Newspaper City Editor
1940
as Jim, a policeman
1940
as Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)
1943
as Blonde's Boyfriend
1942
as Neighbor Policeman
1953
as Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)
1945
as Stanton
1954
as IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)
1954
as King Cole
1954
as Doctor (uncredited)
1929
as Vernon Vance
1929
as Vernon Vance
1955
as I. Fleecem (archive footage)
1954
as King Arthur (uncredited)
1922
as The suitor
1926
as Gertie's Father in Flashback
1926
as Jim Denton
1924
as Jim's Rival - the Villain
1925
as Police Officer Bill Trapps
1926
as Actor in Play
1947
as Hugh's Boss
1927
as George Stevens
1924
as Horace Horlick
1926
as Bill Brown
1927
as 2nd Real Estate Broker
1927
as Hector Strong
1941
as Worthington
1932
as Director Von Schnauble
1938
as Building superintendent (uncredited)
1936
as Man in Restaurant
1944
as Fuller Bull
1944
as Mr. Leander
1942
as Emperor Octopus Grabus
1946
as Prof. Panzer
1945
as Philip Black
1947
as Prof. Quackenbush
1944
as Hugo (Nazi spy)
1945
as Captain
1946
as Warden
1948
as I. Fleecem
1948
as King Rootentooten
1949
as Insurance Adjuster
1951
as Mr. Philander
1950
as Police Captain Casey
1951
as Mr. Bradley
1951
as Nora's Father
1952
as Hotel Manager
1953
as Night Watchman
1952
as Judge Henderson
1925
as Auto Agency Manager
1955
as Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)
1956
as Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)
1956
as Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)
1933
as The Cop
1933
1926
as Jim Stone
1928
as Groom
1933
as Angry motorist
1933
as Adolph
1937
as Dutch Schultz
1940
as Dr. Walters (uncredited)
1942
as Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)
1942
as 1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
1943
as Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)
1943
as Lt. Dungen (uncredited)
1935
as Oscar Glick
1931
as Dr. Dudley Schmidt
1926
as Mr. Pinkney
1922
1931
1945
as Judge (uncredited)
1948
as Police Capt. Mullins
1944
as Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)
1943
as Marshall Boering (uncredited)
1941
as Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)
1930
as Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S')
1927
as Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer
1926
as The Prime Minister
1926
as Steve Smith
1932
as Speaker
1926
as Tim Hayes
1931
as Cookie
1938
as Mr. Tilson
1942
as Jealous Husband
1924
as Claude Climax - Director
1930
as Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer
1931
1933
as Elmer Smoot
1941
as Senator in gym
1941
as Mr. Wilson (uncredited)
1928
as The Colonel
1957
as Judge (archive footage)
1929
as Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor
1931
as Football Coach
1927
as The Train Conductor
1939
as Mike (uncredited)
1939
as Vegetarian (uncredited)
1939
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1942
as Motorist (uncredited)
1941
as Senator (uncredited)
1946
as Jonas Morton
1947
as Doctor (uncredited)
1924
as Sandy Haig
1925
as A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm
1926
as Jo Jo
1942
as (uncredited)
1944
as Onlooker in doorway
1921
as Joe Hurd
1937
as First Partner (uncredited)
1925
as Gasoline Customer
1924
as Joe Archer
1923
as The Boob
1919
as The Lawyer's Clerk alias the Doctor (uncredited)
1951
as Al Keefer
1932
as Klaus
1929
as Jip Bennett
1938
as Refuse Man (uncredited)
1924
as The Store Manager
1939
as Fat Man at Party (uncredited)
1946
as Fat Man (uncredited)
1920
1938
as Pops
1939
as Ship's Captain
1939
as Newspaperman in Office
1939
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
1933
1938
as Judge
1920
1920
1924
as Mal A. Mute - the Loan Shark's Partner
1941
as Watkins
1920
1924
as Mr. Niblick Van Hoosit
1949
as J. Peabody Knott
1954
as J. Peabody Knott
1947
as Sally's Father (uncredited)
1947
as Rest Home Manager (uncredited)
1940
as Night Watchman
1946
as Slim - Baseball Spectator
1946
as Lord Wafflebottom
1938
as Mr. Lent (uncredited)
1940
as Hotel Doorman
1940
as J.T. Caldwell
1940
as Bus Rider with Child
1940
as Man on Street
1940
as Baseball Spectator with Hotdog
1946
as Governor
2006
as (archive footage)
1948
as King Arthur
1949
as Guard (uncredited)
1942
as Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)
1938
as Expressman (uncredited)
1950
as Mr. Bass
1961
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1925
as Hiram Healy
1943
as William Ruff
1944
as Rodney Boodle
1945
1945
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1924
as Billy Durham
1939
as Lustig
1927
as The Club President
1947
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1943
as Spy chief
1933
as Luckenbach, the artist
1944
as Board Chairman
1942
as White
1940
as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
1927
as Amos McCarthy
1947
as Man in Drugstore (uncredited)
1944
as Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)
1940
as Chef
1940
as Gendarme (uncredited)
1925
as Jerry the Bull
1924
as Mike Maverick
1938
as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
1951
as Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry
1946
as Sheriff
1935
as Mr. Mahoney
1948
as King Cole
1941
as Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)
1940
as Mr. Blake (uncredited)
1936
as Fat Man (uncredited)
1932
as Hefty
1936
as Mayor
1925
as Mack - Circus Owner
1937
as Ship's Officer
1924
as Football Opponent
1932
as Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)
1931
1938
as Bakery Man
1938
as Mr. Ryan
1928
as Homer Brown
1929
1927
as Pete - the Motor Cop
1926
as The Cop
1943
as Man (uncredited)
1939
as Producer
1957
as archive footage
1944
as Nazi Party Member (uncredited)
1950
as Man in Park (uncredited)
1934
as Otto (uncredited)
1932
as Hefty - Bartender
1932
as Bartender Pee Wee
1939
as The Baron (uncredited)
1924
as the Rival
1925
as Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon
1920
as The Junk Dealer
1939
as Christmas Tree Buyer
1940
as Doorman
1920
as Oriental Potentate
1937
as Sneezing Man
1938
as Concerned Pedestrian
1927
as The Suitor
1949
as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
1928
as Extra
1922
as Delivery Driver
1944
as Repo man from the A-1 Piano Co.
1941
as The bartender
1926
as Gendarme
1941
as Zeno Springs Hotel Guest
1935
as Writer
1933
as Writer
1933
as Story
1935
as Writer
1933
as Writer
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