Vernon Dent

Vernon Dent

1895-02-15 San Jose, California, USA Male 281 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-02-15

Place of Birth

San Jose, California, USA

Known Credits

281

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Vernon Bruce Dent, Vernan Dent

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

Senate Reporter (uncredited)

The Cameraman

1928

Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You

1938

Expressman (uncredited)

Only Angels Have Wings

1939

Ship's Captain (uncredited)

Crazy House

1930

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

Pink Pajamas

1929

Vernon Vance

Cold Turkey

1940

J.T. Caldwell

The Harvey Girls

1946

Engineer (uncredited)

Stanley and Livingstone

1939

Newspaperman in Office

Out West

1947

Doctor (uncredited)

Reformatory

1938

Cook Howard

Bachelor Daze

1944

Onlooker in doorway

Soldier Man

1926

The Prime Minister

Knutzy Knights

1954

King Arthur (uncredited)

Golf Widows

1928

Ernest Ward

Remember When?

1925

Mack - Circus Owner

Innocently Guilty

1950

Mr. Bass

Manhattan Melodrama

1934

Otto (uncredited)

Society Mugs

1946

Lord Wafflebottom

The Glass Key

1942

Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)

The Best Man

1928

Groom

Golf

1922

The suitor

Dizzy Doctors

1937

Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)

Musty Musketeers

1954

King Cole

Hokus Pokus

1949

Insurance Adjuster

Address Unknown

1944

Nazi Party Member (uncredited)

The Villain Still Pursued Her

1940

Jim, a policeman

Boobs in the Wood

1925

Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon

Scrambled Brains

1951

Nora's Father

Isn't Love Cuckoo?

1925

Auto Agency Manager

San Francisco

1936

Fat Man (uncredited)

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

I'll Never Heil Again

1941

Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)

Idiots Deluxe

1945

Judge (uncredited)

Rumpus in the Harem

1956

Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)

Easy Living

1937

First Partner (uncredited)

Defective Detectives

1944

Rodney Boodle

Murder in Greenwich Village

1937

Ship's Officer

Waiting in the Lurch

1949

J. Peabody Knott

Hurry, Doctor!

1925

Police Officer Bill Trapps

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

1939

Fat Man at Party (uncredited)

The Doolins of Oklahoma

1949

Bank Clerk (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass

1947

Train Conductor (uncredited)

His First Flame

1927

Amos McCarthy

The Beach Club

1928

Mr. Kronk

Sue My Lawyer

1938

Judge

His Marriage Wow

1925

A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm

The Golden Age of Comedy

1957

archive footage

Half Shot Shooters

1936

Man in Restaurant

The Lady in Question

1940

Gendarme (uncredited)

The Funnymooners

1926

Sheriff Joel Springboard

Bride and Gloom

1947

Sally's Father (uncredited)

The Doctor Takes a Wife

1940

Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)

A Doggone Mixup

1938

Mr. Tilson

Bedlam in Paradise

1955

I. Fleecem (archive footage)

Tassels in the Air

1938

Building superintendent (uncredited)

Thanks for the Memory

1938

Refuse Man (uncredited)

Don't Get Jealous

1929

Wilbur Warner

So You Won't Squawk

1941

The bartender

It Had to Be You

1947

Man in Drugstore (uncredited)

The Good Humor Man

1950

Man in Park (uncredited)

Income Tax Sappy

1954

IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)

Knight Duty

1933

The Cop

Tars and Stripes

1935

Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack

They Stooge to Conga

1943

Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)

A Maid Made Mad

1943

Blonde's Boyfriend

The Tooth Will Out

1951

Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry

Cactus Makes Perfect

1942

Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)

Guns a Poppin!

1957

Judge (archive footage)

Night Editor

1946

Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)

True to Life

1943

Man (uncredited)

Juvenile Court

1938

Mr. Schultz (uncredited)

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

2020

Claude Climax - Director, archive footage

Calling All Doctors

1937

Sneezing Man

The Golf Nut

1927

The Club President

The Fire Chaser

1954

J. Peabody Knott

The Bees' Buzz

1929

Jim - Homer's Pal

Ladies Must Eat

1929

George

His Bridal Fright

1940

Doorman

You're the One

1941

Zeno Springs Hotel Guest

Texas Cyclone

1932

Hefty

Rip, Sew and Stitch

1953

Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)

Mutts to You

1938

Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)

The Big Flash

1932

Klaus

Saved by the Belle

1939

Mike (uncredited)

Malice in the Palace

1949

Hassan Ben Sober

Million Dollar Legs

1932

Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)

Sock-a-Bye Baby

1942

1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

The Good Bad Egg

1947

Rest Home Manager (uncredited)

The Bride's Mistake

1931

Mr. Grimm

Clunked on the Corner

1929

Jip Bennett

An Ache in Every Stake

1941

Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)

The Hollywood Kid

1924

Claude Climax - Director

The Heckler

1940

Baseball Spectator with Hotdog

Three Arabian Nuts

1951

Mr. Bradley

The Extra Girl

1923

Aaron Applejohn

A Ducking They Did Go

1939

Vegetarian (uncredited)

The Sound of Laughter

1963

Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach

Of Cash and Hash

1955

Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)

Pardon My Terror

1946

Jonas Morton

Yes, We Have No Bonanza

1939

Sheriff (uncredited)

Even as IOU

1942

Motorist (uncredited)

Wee Wee Monsieur

1938

Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)

Secret Command

1944

Shipyard Worker (uncredited)

Time Out for Trouble

1938

Bakery Man

There He Goes

1925

Jerry the Bull

The Taming of the Snood

1940

Man on Street

The Lone Wolf Strikes

1940

Hotel Doorman

A Missed Fortune

1952

Hotel Manager

Rockin' in the Rockies

1945

Stanton (uncredited)

The Mind Needer

1938

Mr. Ryan

Booty and the Beast

1953

Night Watchman

Crash Goes the Hash

1944

Fuller Bull

Wall Street Blues

1924

Mal A. Mute - the Loan Shark's Partner

Should Husbands Marry?

1947

Hugh's Boss

Pals and Gals

1954

Doctor (uncredited)

Murder at Midnight

1931

Detective Eating Peanuts

A Bird in the Head

1946

Prof. Panzer

Lucky Stars

1925

Hiram Healy

Daring Danger

1932

Bartender Pee Wee

No Dough Boys

1944

Hugo (Nazi spy)

San Diego I Love You

1944

Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)

Higher Than a Kite

1943

Marshall Boering (uncredited)

Calling Hubby's Bluff

1929

Vernon Vance

Soul of the Beast

1923

The Boob

Hail the Woman

1921

Joe Hurd

Having Wonderful Crime

1945

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Motorboat Mamas

1928

Charley Whalen

Matri-Phony

1942

Emperor Octopus Grabus

Riders of the Purple Cows

1924

Mike Maverick

Artist's Muddles

1933

Luckenbach, the artist

The Pride of Pikeville

1927

The Train Conductor

Plain Clothes

1925

A Crook

Mummy's Nightmare

1922

Delivery Driver

Bull and Sand

1924

Joe Archer

A Blonde's Revenge

1926

Tim Hayes

Three Smart Saps

1942

(uncredited)

Sappy Birthday

1942

Neighbor Policeman

Half-Wits Holiday

1947

Prof. Quackenbush

Her Actor Friend

1926

Actor in Play

The Shadow

1937

Dutch Schultz

Mr. Noisy

1946

Slim - Baseball Spectator

Fiddlesticks

1927

Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer

Three Little Sew and Sews

1939

Party Guest (uncredited)

Home on the Rage

1938

Mr. Lent (uncredited)

Road to Hollywood

1947

A Film Director

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

1925

Gasoline Customer

Hubby's Weekend Trip

1928

Charley Whalen

Back to the Woods

1937

Governor (uncredited)

Picking Peaches

1924

The Store Manager

East of the Water Plug

1924

Jim's Rival - the Villain

Dragnet Patrol

1931

Cookie

Little Robinson Corkscrew

1924

Horace Horlick

His Unlucky Night

1928

Homer Brown

All Night Long

1924

the Rival

Flirty Four-Flushers

1926

Bill Brown

Kansas City Kitty

1944

Repo man from the A-1 Piano Co.

An Auto Nut

1919

The Lawyer's Clerk alias the Doctor (uncredited)

Pardon My Berth Marks

1940

Newspaper City Editor

The Old Barn

1929

Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor

In the Sweet Pie and Pie

1941

Senator (uncredited)

Smith's Army Life

1928

The Colonel

Midnight Daddies

1930

Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer

Dream House

1932

Director Von Schnauble

Black Oxfords

1924

Sandy Haig

So Long Mr. Chumps

1941

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

San Antonio Rose

1941

Worthington

The Bicycle Flirt

1928

Henry Harper - The Boyfriend

Dangerous Business

1946

Fat Man (uncredited)

How High Is Up?

1940

Mr. Blake (uncredited)

Saturday Afternoon

1926

Steve Smith

Three Pests in a Mess

1945

Philip Black

Listen Judge

1952

Judge Henderson

Nothing But Pleasure

1940

Bus Rider with Child

Back from the Front

1943

Lt. Dungen (uncredited)

Slippery Silks

1936

Morgan Morgan (uncredited)

The Riding Tornado

1932

Hefty - Bartender

Smith's Restaurant

1928

Big Diner

A Star Is Shorn

1939

Producer

Sing a Song of Six Pants

1947

Police Detective

Adventure in Washington

1941

Senator in gym

Pest Man Wins

1951

Mr. Philander

The Fainting Lover

1931

Dr. Dudley Schmidt

To Heir Is Human

1944

Board Chairman

Masked Mamas

1926

Jim Denton

His Wedding Scare

1943

The Minister

Studio Stoops

1950

Police Captain Casey

Smith's Landlord

1926

The Cop

Money Squawks

1940

Night Watchman

Booby Dupes

1945

Captain

Dutiful But Dumb

1941

Mr. Wilson (uncredited)

Sappy Pappy

1942

Jealous Husband

Many Sappy Returns

1938

Concerned Pedestrian

The Lion and the Souse

1924

Mr. Niblick Van Hoosit

Please

1933

Elmer Smoot

Hot Stuff

1956

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Smith's Cook

1927

Pete - the Motor Cop

Busy Buddies

1944

Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)

I Don't Remember

1935

Oscar Glick

A Blitz on the Fritz

1943

Spy chief

Fuelin' Around

1949

General

A Prodigal Bridegroom

1926

Gertie's Father in Flashback

The Iceman's Ball

1932

Officer Schmaltz

Hollywood Trouble

1935

Mr. Mahoney

Hoboken to Hollywood

1926

Mr. Pinkney

Cured in the Excitement

1927

Hector Strong

The Hitchhiker

1933

Adolph

Mummy's Dummies

1948

King Rootentooten

Shivering Sherlocks

1948

Police Capt. Mullins

The Half-Back of Notre Dame

1924

Football Opponent

The Awful Sleuth

1951

Al Keefer

A Close Shave

1929

George Billings

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

1943

William Ruff

Mutiny on the Body

1939

Mr. Gibson

Idle Roomers

1944

Mr. Leander

Nutty But Nice

1940

Dr. Walters (uncredited)

From Nurse to Worse

1940

Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)

Feet of Mud

1924

Football Coach

Romeo and Juliet

1924

Billy Durham

Fiddlers Three

1948

King Cole

For Sale, a Bungalow

1927

2nd Real Estate Broker

Should Sleepwalkers Marry?

1927

George Stevens

Teacher's Pest

1939

Christmas Tree Buyer

The All-American Kickback

1931

Football Coach

Mendelssohn's Wedding March

1939

The Baron (uncredited)

Heavenly Daze

1948

I. Fleecem

Flagpole Jitters

1956

Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)

Tied for Life

1933

Angry motorist

J-U-N-K

1920

The Junk Dealer

Good Morning, Eve!

1934

Emperor Nero

A One Mama Man

1927

The Suitor

Have Courage

1926

Gendarme

A Harem Hero

1920

Oriental Potentate

TV Credits

I Love Lucy

1951

Santa Claus (uncredited) (2 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

Hooks and Jabs

Writer

1933

Please

Story

1933

Tied for Life

Writer

1933

TV Production Credits

No TV production credits available.