Vernon Dent

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1895-02-15

Deathday 1963-11-05 (68 years old)

Place of Birth San Jose, California, USA

Also Known As Vernon Bruce Dent, Vernan Dent

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.

Known For

Actor

2006
1963
The Sound of Laughter

as Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach

1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1957
The Golden Age of Comedy

as archive footage

1957
Guns A Poppin

as Judge (archive footage)

1956
Hot Stuff

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1956
Rumpus in the Harem

as Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)

1956
Flagpole Jitters

as Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)

1955
Bedlam in Paradise

as I. Fleecem (archive footage)

1955
Of Cash and Hash

as Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)

1954
The Fire Chaser

as J. Peabody Knott

1954
Knutzy Knights

as King Arthur (uncredited)

1954
Pals and Gals

as Doctor (uncredited)

1954
Musty Musketeers

as King Cole

1954
Income Tax Sappy

as IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)

1953
Rip, Sew and Stitch

as Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)

1953
Booty and the Beast

as Night Watchman

1952
Listen Judge

as Judge Henderson

1952
A Missed Fortune

as Hotel Manager

1951
Pest Man Wins

as Mr. Philander

1951
The Tooth Will Out

as Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry

1951
Scrambled Brains

as Nora's Father

1951
The Awful Sleuth

as Al Keefer

1951
Three Arabian Nuts

as Mr. Bradley

1951
I Love Lucy

as Santa Claus (uncredited)

1950
Studio Stoops

as Police Captain Casey

1950
Innocently Guilty

as Mr. Bass

1950
1950
The Good Humor Man

as Man in Park (uncredited)

1950
1949
Waiting in the Lurch

as J. Peabody Knott

1949
Malice in the Palace

as Hassan Ben Sober

1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma

as Bank Clerk (uncredited)

1949
Hokus Pokus

as Insurance Adjuster

1949
Fuelin' Around

as General

1948
Mummy's Dummies

as King Rootentooten

1948
Heavenly Daze

as I. Fleecem

1948
Fiddlers Three

as King Cole

1948
Shivering Sherlocks

as Police Capt. Mullins

1947
It Had to Be You

as Man in Drugstore (uncredited)

1947
Should Husbands Marry?

as Hugh's Boss

1947
Sing a Song of Six Pants

as Police Detective

1947
Road to Hollywood

as A Film Director

1947
The Sea of Grass

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1947
Out West

as Doctor (uncredited)

1947
Bride and Gloom

as Sally's Father (uncredited)

1947
The Good Bad Egg

as Rest Home Manager (uncredited)

1947
Half-Wits Holiday

as Prof. Quackenbush

1946
1946
1946
Society Mugs

as Lord Wafflebottom

1946
Pardon My Terror

as Jonas Morton

1946
Dangerous Business

as Fat Man (uncredited)

1946
Night Editor

as Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)

1946
Mr. Noisy

as Slim - Baseball Spectator

1946
A Bird in the Head

as Prof. Panzer

1946
1945
Booby Dupes

as Captain

1945
Idiots Deluxe

as Judge (uncredited)

1945
1945
Having Wonderful Crime

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1945
Three Pests in a Mess

as Philip Black

1944
No Dough Boys

as Hugo (Nazi spy)

1944
San Diego I Love You

as Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)

1944
Secret Command

as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)

1944
Idle Roomers

as Mr. Leander

1944
Address Unknown

as Nazi Party Member (uncredited)

1944
Defective Detectives

as Rodney Boodle

1944
Busy Buddies

as Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)

1944
Bachelor Daze

as Onlooker in doorway

1944
Crash Goes the Hash

as Fuller Bull

1944
To Heir Is Human

as Board Chairman

1943
True to Life

as Man (uncredited)

1943
Higher Than a Kite

as Marshall Boering (uncredited)

1943
Here Comes Mr. Zerk

as William Ruff

1943
Back from the Front

as Lt. Dungen (uncredited)

1943
A Maid Made Mad

as Blonde's Boyfriend

1943
1943
His Wedding Scare

as The Minister

1943
They Stooge to Conga

as Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)

1942
Sock-a-Bye Baby

as 1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

1942
Sappy Pappy

as Jealous Husband

1942
Even as IOU

as Motorist (uncredited)

1942
The Glass Key

as Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)

1942
Three Smart Saps

as (uncredited)

1942
Matri-Phony

as Emperor Octopus Grabus

1942
Cactus Makes Perfect

as Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)

1942
1942
Sappy Birthday

as Neighbor Policeman

1941
In the Sweet Pie and Pie

as Senator (uncredited)

1941
An Ache in Every Stake

as Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)

1941
San Antonio Rose

as Worthington

1941
Adventure in Washington

as Senator in gym

1941
I'll Never Heil Again

as Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)

1941
Dutiful But Dumb

as Mr. Wilson (uncredited)

1940
Cold Turkey

as J.T. Caldwell

1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her

as Jim, a policeman

1940
From Nurse to Worse

as Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)

1940
The Lady in Question

as Gendarme (uncredited)

1940
How High Is Up?

as Mr. Blake (uncredited)

1940
1940
The Taming of the Snood

as Man on Street

1940
Nutty But Nice

as Dr. Walters (uncredited)

1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)

1940
Money Squawks

as Night Watchman

1940
Pardon My Berth Marks

as Newspaper City Editor

1940
The Heckler

as Baseball Spectator with Hotdog

1940
The Lone Wolf Strikes

as Hotel Doorman

1940
Nothing But Pleasure

as Bus Rider with Child

1939
Mendelssohn's Wedding March

as The Baron (uncredited)

1939
Teacher's Pest

as Christmas Tree Buyer

1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Senate Reporter (uncredited)

1939
Stanley and Livingstone

as Newspaperman in Office

1939
Saved by the Belle

as Mike (uncredited)

1939
Yes, We Have No Bonanza

as Sheriff (uncredited)

1939
Only Angels Have Wings

as Ship's Captain

1939
A Star Is Shorn

as Producer

1939
A Ducking They Did Go

as Vegetarian (uncredited)

1939
Mutiny on the Body

as Mr. Gibson

1939
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

as Fat Man at Party (uncredited)

1939
Three Little Sew and Sews

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1938
Home on the Rage

as Mr. Lent (uncredited)

1938
A Doggone Mixup

as Mr. Tilson

1938
Thanks for the Memory

as Refuse Man (uncredited)

1938
Mutts to You

as Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)

1938
Sue My Lawyer

as Judge

1938
Juvenile Court

as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)

1938
You Can't Take It with You

as Expressman (uncredited)

1938
Many Sappy Returns

as Concerned Pedestrian

1938
Reformatory

as Cook Howard

1938
The Mind Needer

as Mr. Ryan

1938
Tassels in the Air

as Building superintendent (uncredited)

1938
Time Out for Trouble

as Bakery Man

1938
1938
Wee Wee Monsieur

as Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)

1937
The Shadow

as Dutch Schultz

1937
Murder in Greenwich Village

as Ship's Officer

1937
Calling All Doctors

as Sneezing Man

1937
Easy Living

as First Partner (uncredited)

1937
Back to the Woods

as Governor (uncredited)

1937
Dizzy Doctors

as Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)

1936
Slippery Silks

as Morgan Morgan (uncredited)

1936
San Francisco

as Fat Man (uncredited)

1936
1936
Half Shot Shooters

as Man in Restaurant

1935
I Don't Remember

as Oscar Glick

1935
Tars and Stripes

as Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack

1935
Hollywood Trouble

as Mr. Mahoney

1934
Good Morning, Eve!

as Emperor Nero

1934
Manhattan Melodrama

as Otto (uncredited)

1933
Please

as Elmer Smoot

1933
Tied for Life

as Angry motorist

1933
Knight Duty

as The Cop

1933
The Hitchhiker

as Adolph

1933
Artist's Muddles

as Luckenbach, the artist

1932
The Big Flash

as Klaus

1932
The Iceman's Ball

as Officer Schmaltz

1932
Million Dollar Legs

as Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)

1932
Daring Danger

as Bartender Pee Wee

1932
The Riding Tornado

as Hefty - Bartender

1932
Texas Cyclone

as Hefty

1932
Dream House

as Director Von Schnauble

1931
Dragnet Patrol

as Cookie

1931
The All-American Kickback

as Football Coach

1931
Murder at Midnight

as Detective Eating Peanuts

1931
The Fainting Lover

as Dr. Dudley Schmidt

1931
The Bride's Mistake

as Mr. Grimm

1930
Crazy House

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

1930
Midnight Daddies

as Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer

1929
A Close Shave

as George Billings

1929
Don't Get Jealous

as Wilbur Warner

1929
Pink Pajamas

as Vernon Vance

1929
The Bees' Buzz

as Jim - Homer's Pal

1929
Calling Hubby's Bluff

as Vernon Vance

1929
The Old Barn

as Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor

1929
Clunked on the Corner

as Jip Bennett

1928
Hubby's Weekend Trip

as Charley Whalen

1928
Motorboat Mamas

as Charley Whalen

1928
The Cameraman

as Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)

1928
Smith's Restaurant

as Big Diner

1928
His Unlucky Night

as Homer Brown

1928
The Bicycle Flirt

as Henry Harper - The Boyfriend

1928
The Best Man

as Groom

1928
Smith's Army Life

as The Colonel

1928
The Beach Club

as Mr. Kronk

1927
Fiddlesticks

as Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer

1927
For Sale, a Bungalow

as 2nd Real Estate Broker

1927
Smith's Cook

as Pete - the Motor Cop

1927
The Golf Nut

as The Club President

1927
Cured in the Excitement

as Hector Strong

1927
The Pride of Pikeville

as The Train Conductor

1927
His First Flame

as Amos McCarthy

1927
A One Mama Man

as The Suitor

1927
Should Sleepwalkers Marry?

as George Stevens

1926
Flirty Four-Flushers

as Bill Brown

1926
A Blonde's Revenge

as Tim Hayes

1926
Masked Mamas

as Jim Denton

1926
Smith's Landlord

as The Cop

1926
Hoboken to Hollywood

as Mr. Pinkney

1926
Her Actor Friend

as Actor in Play

1926
1926
A Prodigal Bridegroom

as Gertie's Father in Flashback

1926
Soldier Man

as The Prime Minister

1926
Saturday Afternoon

as Steve Smith

1925
There He Goes

as Jerry the Bull

1925
Isn't Love Cuckoo?

as Auto Agency Manager

1925
Hurry, Doctor!

as Police Officer Bill Trapps

1925
Lucky Stars

as Hiram Healy

1925
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

as Gasoline Customer

1925
Remember When?

as Mack - Circus Owner

1925
Plain Clothes

as A Crook

1925
His Marriage Wow

as A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm

1925
Boobs in the Wood

as Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon

1924
Bull and Sand

as Joe Archer

1924
Feet of Mud

as Football Coach

1924
All Night Long

as the Rival

1924
Riders of the Purple Cows

as Mike Maverick

1924
Little Robinson Corkscrew

as Horace Horlick

1924
East of the Water Plug

as Jim's Rival - the Villain

1924
Wall Street Blues

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

1924
Romeo and Juliet

as Billy Durham

1924
The Lion and the Souse

as Mr. Niblick Van Hoosit

1924
Black Oxfords

as Sandy Haig

1924
The Hollywood Kid

as Claude Climax - Director

1924
The Half-Back of Notre Dame

as Football Opponent

1924
Picking Peaches

as The Store Manager

1923
The Extra Girl

as Aaron Applejohn

1923
Soul of the Beast

as The Boob

1922
Golf

as The suitor

1921
Hail the Woman

as Joe Hurd

1920
A Harem Hero

as Oriental Potentate

1920
J-U-N-K

as The Junk Dealer

1919
An Auto Nut

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

Writer

1935
1935
1933
Hooks and Jabs

as Writer

1933
Please

as Story

1933
Tied for Life

as Writer