Vernon Dent

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-02-15 (68 years old)

Deathday

1963-11-05

Place of Birth

San Jose, California, USA

Vernon 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.

Acting

1949

Fuelin' Around

as General

1928

The Cameraman

as Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)

1947

Road to Hollywood

as A Film Director

1963

The Sound of Laughter

as Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach

1924

Feet of Mud

as Football Coach

1931

Murder at Midnight

as Detective Eating Peanuts

1938

Reformatory

as Cook Howard

1950

1939

Mutiny on the Body

as Mr. Gibson

1934

Good Morning, Eve!

as Emperor Nero

1943

His Wedding Scare

as The Minister

1946

Night Editor

as Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)

1932

The Iceman's Ball

as Officer Schmaltz

1931

1929

A Close Shave

as George Billings

1928

The Beach Club

as Mr. Kronk

1928

The Bicycle Flirt

as Henry Harper - The Boyfriend

1928

Motorboat Mamas

as Charley Whalen

1928

Smith's Restaurant

as Big Diner

1928

Hubby's Weekend Trip

as Charley Whalen

1929

Don't Get Jealous

as Wilbur Warner

1936

Slippery Silks

as Morgan Morgan (uncredited)

1938

Wee Wee Monsieur

as Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)

1937

Dizzy Doctors

as Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)

1937

Back to the Woods

as Governor (uncredited)

1956

Hot Stuff

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1938

Mutts to You

as Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)

1925

Plain Clothes

as A Crook

1944

Secret Command

as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)

1929

The Bees' Buzz

as Jim - Homer's Pal

1949

Malice in the Palace

as Hassan Ben Sober

1939

Three Little Sew and Sews

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1947

Sing a Song of Six Pants

as Police Detective

1923

The Extra Girl

as Aaron Applejohn

1935

Tars and Stripes

as Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack

1940

Pardon My Berth Marks

as Newspaper City Editor

1940

1940

From Nurse to Worse

as Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)

1943

A Maid Made Mad

as Blonde's Boyfriend

1942

Sappy Birthday

as Neighbor Policeman

1953

Rip, Sew and Stitch

as Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)

1954

Income Tax Sappy

as IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)

1954

Musty Musketeers

as King Cole

1954

Pals and Gals

as Doctor (uncredited)

1929

Calling Hubby's Bluff

as Vernon Vance

1929

Pink Pajamas

as Vernon Vance

1955

Bedlam in Paradise

as I. Fleecem (archive footage)

1954

Knutzy Knights

as King Arthur (uncredited)

1922

Golf

as The suitor

1926

A Prodigal Bridegroom

as Gertie's Father in Flashback

1926

Masked Mamas

as Jim Denton

1924

East of the Water Plug

as Jim's Rival - the Villain

1925

Hurry, Doctor!

as Police Officer Bill Trapps

1926

Her Actor Friend

as Actor in Play

1947

1927

1924

Little Robinson Corkscrew

as Horace Horlick

1926

1927

For Sale, a Bungalow

as 2nd Real Estate Broker

1927

Cured in the Excitement

as Hector Strong

1941

San Antonio Rose

as Worthington

1932

Dream House

as Director Von Schnauble

1938

Tassels in the Air

as Building superintendent (uncredited)

1936

Half Shot Shooters

as Man in Restaurant

1944

Crash Goes the Hash

as Fuller Bull

1944

Idle Roomers

as Mr. Leander

1942

Matri-Phony

as Emperor Octopus Grabus

1946

A Bird in the Head

as Prof. Panzer

1945

Three Pests in a Mess

as Philip Black

1947

Half-Wits Holiday

as Prof. Quackenbush

1944

No Dough Boys

as Hugo (Nazi spy)

1945

Booby Dupes

as Captain

1948

Heavenly Daze

as I. Fleecem

1948

Mummy's Dummies

as King Rootentooten

1949

Hokus Pokus

as Insurance Adjuster

1951

Pest Man Wins

as Mr. Philander

1950

Studio Stoops

as Police Captain Casey

1951

Three Arabian Nuts

as Mr. Bradley

1951

Scrambled Brains

as Nora's Father

1952

A Missed Fortune

as Hotel Manager

1953

Booty and the Beast

as Night Watchman

1952

Listen Judge

as Judge Henderson

1925

Isn't Love Cuckoo?

as Auto Agency Manager

1955

Of Cash and Hash

as Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)

1956

Flagpole Jitters

as Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)

1956

Rumpus in the Harem

as Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)

1933

Knight Duty

as The Cop

1928

The Best Man

as Groom

1933

Tied for Life

as Angry motorist

1933

1937

The Shadow

as Dutch Schultz

1940

Nutty But Nice

as Dr. Walters (uncredited)

1942

Cactus Makes Perfect

as Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)

1942

Sock-a-Bye Baby

as 1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

1943

They Stooge to Conga

as Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)

1943

Back from the Front

as Lt. Dungen (uncredited)

1935

I Don't Remember

as Oscar Glick

1931

The Fainting Lover

as Dr. Dudley Schmidt

1926

Hoboken to Hollywood

as Mr. Pinkney

1945

Idiots Deluxe

as Judge (uncredited)

1948

Shivering Sherlocks

as Police Capt. Mullins

1944

Busy Buddies

as Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)

1943

Higher Than a Kite

as Marshall Boering (uncredited)

1941

An Ache in Every Stake

as Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)

1930

Crazy House

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

1927

Fiddlesticks

as Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer

1926

Soldier Man

as The Prime Minister

1926

Saturday Afternoon

as Steve Smith

1926

A Blonde's Revenge

as Tim Hayes

1931

1938

A Doggone Mixup

as Mr. Tilson

1942

Sappy Pappy

as Jealous Husband

1924

The Hollywood Kid

as Claude Climax - Director

1930

Midnight Daddies

as Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer

1933

Please

as Elmer Smoot

1941

Adventure in Washington

as Senator in gym

1941

Dutiful But Dumb

as Mr. Wilson (uncredited)

1928

Smith's Army Life

as The Colonel

1957

Guns a Poppin!

as Judge (archive footage)

1929

The Old Barn

as Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor

1931

The All-American Kickback

as Football Coach

1927

The Pride of Pikeville

as The Train Conductor

1939

Saved by the Belle

as Mike (uncredited)

1939

A Ducking They Did Go

as Vegetarian (uncredited)

1939

Yes, We Have No Bonanza

as Sheriff (uncredited)

1942

Even as IOU

as Motorist (uncredited)

1941

In the Sweet Pie and Pie

as Senator (uncredited)

1946

Pardon My Terror

as Jonas Morton

1947

Out West

as Doctor (uncredited)

1924

Black Oxfords

as Sandy Haig

1925

His Marriage Wow

as A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm

1926

1942

Three Smart Saps

as (uncredited)

1944

Bachelor Daze

as Onlooker in doorway

1921

Hail the Woman

as Joe Hurd

1937

Easy Living

as First Partner (uncredited)

1925

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

as Gasoline Customer

1924

Bull and Sand

as Joe Archer

1923

1919

An Auto Nut

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

1951

The Awful Sleuth

as Al Keefer

1932

1929

Clunked on the Corner

as Jip Bennett

1938

Thanks for the Memory

as Refuse Man (uncredited)

1924

Picking Peaches

as The Store Manager

1939

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

as Fat Man at Party (uncredited)

1946

Dangerous Business

as Fat Man (uncredited)

1938

1939

Only Angels Have Wings

as Ship's Captain

1939

Stanley and Livingstone

as Newspaperman in Office

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

1938

1924

Wall Street Blues

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

1924

The Lion and the Souse

as Mr. Niblick Van Hoosit

1949

Waiting in the Lurch

as J. Peabody Knott

1954

The Fire Chaser

as J. Peabody Knott

1947

Bride and Gloom

as Sally's Father (uncredited)

1947

The Good Bad Egg

as Rest Home Manager (uncredited)

1940

Money Squawks

as Night Watchman

1946

Mr. Noisy

as Slim - Baseball Spectator

1946

Society Mugs

as Lord Wafflebottom

1938

Home on the Rage

as Mr. Lent (uncredited)

1940

The Lone Wolf Strikes

as Hotel Doorman

1940

Cold Turkey

as J.T. Caldwell

1940

Nothing But Pleasure

as Bus Rider with Child

1940

The Taming of the Snood

as Man on Street

1940

The Heckler

as Baseball Spectator with Hotdog

1946

1942

The Glass Key

as Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)

1938

You Can't Take It with You

as Expressman (uncredited)

1950

1961

Days of Thrills and Laughter

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1925

Lucky Stars

as Hiram Healy

1943

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

as William Ruff

1944

Defective Detectives

as Rodney Boodle

1945

Having Wonderful Crime

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1924

Romeo and Juliet

as Billy Durham

1927

The Golf Nut

as The Club President

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1943

1933

Artist's Muddles

as Luckenbach, the artist

1944

To Heir Is Human

as Board Chairman

1942

1940

The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)

1927

His First Flame

as Amos McCarthy

1947

It Had to Be You

as Man in Drugstore (uncredited)

1944

San Diego I Love You

as Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)

1940

The Lady in Question

as Gendarme (uncredited)

1925

There He Goes

as Jerry the Bull

1924

1938

Juvenile Court

as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)

1951

The Tooth Will Out

as Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry

1946

1935

Hollywood Trouble

as Mr. Mahoney

1948

Fiddlers Three

as King Cole

1941

I'll Never Heil Again

as Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)

1940

How High Is Up?

as Mr. Blake (uncredited)

1936

San Francisco

as Fat Man (uncredited)

1932

1936

1925

Remember When?

as Mack - Circus Owner

1937

1924

The Half-Back of Notre Dame

as Football Opponent

1932

Million Dollar Legs

as Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)

1938

1938

The Mind Needer

as Mr. Ryan

1928

His Unlucky Night

as Homer Brown

1927

Smith's Cook

as Pete - the Motor Cop

1926

1943

True to Life

as Man (uncredited)

1939

A Star Is Shorn

as Producer

1957

The Golden Age of Comedy

as archive footage

1944

Address Unknown

as Nazi Party Member (uncredited)

1950

The Good Humor Man

as Man in Park (uncredited)

1934

Manhattan Melodrama

as Otto (uncredited)

1932

The Riding Tornado

as Hefty - Bartender

1932

Daring Danger

as Bartender Pee Wee

1939

Mendelssohn's Wedding March

as The Baron (uncredited)

1924

All Night Long

as the Rival

1925

Boobs in the Wood

as Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon

1920

J-U-N-K

as The Junk Dealer

1939

Teacher's Pest

as Christmas Tree Buyer

1940

1920

A Harem Hero

as Oriental Potentate

1937

Calling All Doctors

as Sneezing Man

1938

Many Sappy Returns

as Concerned Pedestrian

1927

A One Mama Man

as The Suitor

1949

The Doolins of Oklahoma

as Bank Clerk (uncredited)

1928

1922

Mummy's Nightmare

as Delivery Driver

1944

Kansas City Kitty

as Repo man from the A-1 Piano Co.

1941

So You Won't Squawk

as The bartender

1926

Have Courage

as Gendarme

1941

You're the One

as Zeno Springs Hotel Guest

Production

1935

1933

1933

Please

as Story

1935

1933

Tied for Life

as Writer

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