Vernon Dent
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 15, 1895, San Jose, California, USA
- Died
- November 5, 1963
- Movies
- 285
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2020 | Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty | Claude Climax - Director, archive footage |
| 2006 | Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts | (archive footage) |
| 1963 | The Sound of Laughter | Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach |
| 1961 | Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Golden Age of Comedy | archive footage |
| 1957 | Guns a Poppin! | Judge (archive footage) |
| 1956 | Hot Stuff | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Rumpus in the Harem | Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage) |
| 1956 | Flagpole Jitters | Insurance Adjustor (archive footage) |
| 1955 | Bedlam in Paradise | I. Fleecem (archive footage) |
| 1955 | Of Cash and Hash | Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage) |
| 1954 | The Fire Chaser | J. Peabody Knott |
| 1954 | Knutzy Knights | King Arthur (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Pals and Gals | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Musty Musketeers | King Cole |
| 1954 | Income Tax Sappy | IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Doggie in the Bedroom | Doctor |
| 1953 | Rip, Sew and Stitch | Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Booty and the Beast | Night Watchman |
| 1952 | Listen Judge | Judge Henderson |
| 1952 | A Missed Fortune | Hotel Manager |
| 1951 | Pest Man Wins | Mr. Philander |
| 1951 | The Tooth Will Out | Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry |
| 1951 | She Took a Powder | |
| 1951 | Scrambled Brains | Nora's Father |
| 1951 | The Awful Sleuth | Al Keefer |
| 1951 | Three Arabian Nuts | Mr. Bradley |
| 1950 | Studio Stoops | Police Captain Casey |
| 1950 | Innocently Guilty | Mr. Bass |
| 1950 | One Shivery Night | Boss |
| 1950 | The Good Humor Man | Man in Park (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Punchy Cowpunchers | General |
| 1949 | Waiting in the Lurch | J. Peabody Knott |
| 1949 | Malice in the Palace | Hassan Ben Sober |
| 1949 | Clunked in the Clink | |
| 1949 | The Doolins of Oklahoma | Bank Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Hokus Pokus | Insurance Adjuster |
| 1949 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Fuelin' Around | General |
| 1948 | Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath | |
| 1948 | Mummy's Dummies | King Rootentooten |
| 1948 | Heavenly Daze | I. Fleecem |
| 1948 | The Sheepish Wolf | |
| 1948 | Fiddlers Three | King Cole |
| 1948 | Squareheads of the Round Table | King Arthur |
| 1948 | Shivering Sherlocks | Police Capt. Mullins |
| 1947 | It Had to Be You | Man in Drugstore (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Should Husbands Marry? | Hugh's Boss |
| 1947 | Sing a Song of Six Pants | Police Detective |
| 1947 | Road to Hollywood | A Film Director |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Out West | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Bride and Gloom | Sally's Father (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Good Bad Egg | Rest Home Manager (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Half-Wits Holiday | Prof. Quackenbush |
| 1946 | Lone Star Moonlight | Sheriff |
| 1946 | Three Little Pirates | Governor |
| 1946 | Society Mugs | Lord Wafflebottom |
| 1946 | Pardon My Terror | Jonas Morton |
| 1946 | Dangerous Business | Fat Man (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Night Editor | Fat Man in Library (Uncredited) |
| 1946 | Mr. Noisy | Slim - Baseball Spectator |
| 1946 | A Bird in the Head | Prof. Panzer |
| 1946 | The Harvey Girls | Engineer (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Beer Barrel Polecats | Warden |
| 1945 | Booby Dupes | Captain |
| 1945 | Idiots Deluxe | Judge (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Rockin' in the Rockies | Stanton (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Having Wonderful Crime | Hotel Guest (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Snooper Service | |
| 1945 | Three Pests in a Mess | Philip Black |
| 1944 | No Dough Boys | Hugo (Nazi spy) |
| 1944 | San Diego I Love You | Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Kansas City Kitty | Repo man from the A-1 Piano Co. |
| 1944 | Secret Command | Shipyard Worker (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Idle Roomers | Mr. Leander |
| 1944 | Address Unknown | Nazi Party Member (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Defective Detectives | Rodney Boodle |
| 1944 | Busy Buddies | Hotcakes Customer (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Bachelor Daze | Onlooker in doorway |
| 1944 | Crash Goes the Hash | Fuller Bull |
| 1944 | To Heir Is Human | Board Chairman |
| 1943 | True to Life | Man (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Higher Than a Kite | Marshall Boering (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Here Comes Mr. Zerk | William Ruff |
| 1943 | Back from the Front | Lt. Dungen (uncredited) |
| 1943 | A Maid Made Mad | Blonde's Boyfriend |
| 1943 | A Blitz on the Fritz | Spy chief |
| 1943 | His Wedding Scare | The Minister |
| 1943 | They Stooge to Conga | Hans - the Nazi (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Sock-a-Bye Baby | 1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Sappy Pappy | Jealous Husband |
| 1942 | Even as IOU | Motorist (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Glass Key | Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Three Smart Saps | (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Matri-Phony | Emperor Octopus Grabus |
| 1942 | Cactus Makes Perfect | Heavyset Prospector (uncredited) |
| 1942 | House of Errors | White |
| 1942 | Sappy Birthday | Neighbor Policeman |
| 1941 | Sweet Spirits of the Nighter | Watkins |
| 1941 | In the Sweet Pie and Pie | Senator (uncredited) |
| 1941 | An Ache in Every Stake | Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited) |
| 1941 | San Antonio Rose | Worthington |
| 1941 | Adventure in Washington | Senator in gym |
| 1941 | I'll Never Heil Again | Mr. Ixnay (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Dutiful But Dumb | Mr. Wilson (uncredited) |
| 1941 | So You Won't Squawk | The bartender |
| 1941 | You're the One | Zeno Springs Hotel Guest |
| 1941 | So Long Mr. Chumps | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Cold Turkey | J.T. Caldwell |
| 1940 | The Villain Still Pursued Her | Jim, a policeman |
| 1940 | He Stayed for Breakfast | Chef |
| 1940 | From Nurse to Worse | Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Lady in Question | Gendarme (uncredited) |
| 1940 | How High Is Up? | Mr. Blake (uncredited) |
| 1940 | His Bridal Fright | Doorman |
| 1940 | The Taming of the Snood | Man on Street |
| 1940 | Nutty But Nice | Dr. Walters (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Money Squawks | Night Watchman |
| 1940 | Pardon My Berth Marks | Newspaper City Editor |
| 1940 | The Heckler | Baseball Spectator with Hotdog |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Strikes | Hotel Doorman |
| 1940 | Nothing But Pleasure | Bus Rider with Child |
| 1939 | Mendelssohn's Wedding March | The Baron (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Teacher's Pest | Christmas Tree Buyer |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senate Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Hitler: Beast of Berlin | Lustig |
| 1939 | Stanley and Livingstone | Newspaperman in Office |
| 1939 | Saved by the Belle | Mike (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Yes, We Have No Bonanza | Sheriff (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Only Angels Have Wings | Ship's Captain (uncredited) |
| 1939 | A Star Is Shorn | Producer |
| 1939 | A Ducking They Did Go | Vegetarian (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Mutiny on the Body | Mr. Gibson |
| 1939 | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Fat Man at Party (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Three Little Sew and Sews | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Home on the Rage | Mr. Lent (uncredited) |
| 1938 | A Doggone Mixup | Mr. Tilson |
| 1938 | Thanks for the Memory | Refuse Man (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Mutts to You | Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Sue My Lawyer | Judge |
| 1938 | Juvenile Court | Mr. Schultz (uncredited) |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Expressman (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Many Sappy Returns | Concerned Pedestrian |
| 1938 | Reformatory | Cook Howard |
| 1938 | The Mind Needer | Mr. Ryan |
| 1938 | Tassels in the Air | Building superintendent (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Time Out for Trouble | Bakery Man |
| 1938 | Start Cheering | Pops |
| 1938 | Wee Wee Monsieur | Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Shadow | Dutch Schultz |
| 1937 | Murder in Greenwich Village | Ship's Officer |
| 1937 | Calling All Doctors | Sneezing Man |
| 1937 | Easy Living | First Partner (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Back to the Woods | Governor (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Dizzy Doctors | Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Slippery Silks | Morgan Morgan (uncredited) |
| 1936 | San Francisco | Fat Man (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Share the Wealth | Mayor |
| 1936 | Half Shot Shooters | Man in Restaurant |
| 1935 | I Don't Remember | Oscar Glick |
| 1935 | His Marriage Mix-up | |
| 1935 | Tars and Stripes | Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack |
| 1935 | Hollywood Trouble | Mr. Mahoney |
| 1934 | Good Morning, Eve! | Emperor Nero |
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama | Otto (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Please | Elmer Smoot |
| 1933 | Hooks and Jabs | |
| 1933 | Tied for Life | Angry motorist |
| 1933 | Knight Duty | The Cop |
| 1933 | The Hitchhiker | Adolph |
| 1933 | Artist's Muddles | Luckenbach, the artist |
| 1933 | Tired Feet | |
| 1932 | The Big Flash | Klaus |
| 1932 | The Iceman's Ball | Officer Schmaltz |
| 1932 | The Hollywood Handicap | |
| 1932 | Million Dollar Legs | Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Daring Danger | Bartender Pee Wee |
| 1932 | The Riding Tornado | Hefty - Bartender |
| 1932 | Just a Pain in the Parlor | Speaker |
| 1932 | Texas Cyclone | Hefty |
| 1932 | Dream House | Director Von Schnauble |
| 1931 | Hollywood Halfbacks | |
| 1931 | Dragnet Patrol | Cookie |
| 1931 | The All-American Kickback | Football Coach |
| 1931 | Beach Pajamas | |
| 1931 | The Freshman's Finish | |
| 1931 | Murder at Midnight | Detective Eating Peanuts |
| 1931 | The Fainting Lover | Dr. Dudley Schmidt |
| 1931 | A College Racket | |
| 1931 | Gents of Leisure | |
| 1931 | The Bride's Mistake | Mr. Grimm |
| 1931 | Girls Will Be Boys | |
| 1930 | Crazy House | Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S') |
| 1930 | Midnight Daddies | Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer |
| 1929 | Hot Sports | |
| 1929 | A Close Shave | George Billings |
| 1929 | Don't Get Jealous | Wilbur Warner |
| 1929 | Pink Pajamas | Vernon Vance |
| 1929 | Howling Hollywood | |
| 1929 | The Bees' Buzz | Jim - Homer's Pal |
| 1929 | Ladies Must Eat | George |
| 1929 | Calling Hubby's Bluff | Vernon Vance |
| 1929 | The Old Barn | Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor |
| 1929 | What a Trip | |
| 1929 | Clunked on the Corner | Jip Bennett |
| 1928 | The Lion's Roar | Professor of Music |
| 1928 | Hubby's Weekend Trip | Charley Whalen |
| 1928 | Motorboat Mamas | Charley Whalen |
| 1928 | The Campus Carmen | Extra |
| 1928 | The Cameraman | Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Smith's Restaurant | Big Diner |
| 1928 | His Unlucky Night | Homer Brown |
| 1928 | Golf Widows | Ernest Ward |
| 1928 | The Bicycle Flirt | Henry Harper - The Boyfriend |
| 1928 | The Best Man | Groom |
| 1928 | Smith's Army Life | The Colonel |
| 1928 | The Beach Club | Mr. Kronk |
| 1927 | Fiddlesticks | Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer |
| 1927 | For Sale, a Bungalow | 2nd Real Estate Broker |
| 1927 | Smith's Cook | Pete - the Motor Cop |
| 1927 | The Golf Nut | The Club President |
| 1927 | Cured in the Excitement | Hector Strong |
| 1927 | The Pride of Pikeville | The Train Conductor |
| 1927 | His First Flame | Amos McCarthy |
| 1927 | A One Mama Man | The Suitor |
| 1927 | Should Sleepwalkers Marry? | George Stevens |
| 1926 | Flirty Four-Flushers | Bill Brown |
| 1926 | A Blonde's Revenge | Tim Hayes |
| 1926 | Have Courage | Gendarme |
| 1926 | Masked Mamas | Jim Denton |
| 1926 | Smith's Landlord | The Cop |
| 1926 | Hoboken to Hollywood | Mr. Pinkney |
| 1926 | Her Actor Friend | Actor in Play |
| 1926 | Hubby’s Quiet Little Game | Jim Stone |
| 1926 | A Sea Dog's Tale | Jo Jo |
| 1926 | A Prodigal Bridegroom | Gertie's Father in Flashback |
| 1926 | Soldier Man | The Prime Minister |
| 1926 | The Funnymooners | Sheriff Joel Springboard |
| 1926 | Saturday Afternoon | Steve Smith |
| 1925 | There He Goes | Jerry the Bull |
| 1925 | Isn't Love Cuckoo? | Auto Agency Manager |
| 1925 | Hurry, Doctor! | Police Officer Bill Trapps |
| 1925 | Lucky Stars | Hiram Healy |
| 1925 | Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies | Gasoline Customer |
| 1925 | Remember When? | Mack - Circus Owner |
| 1925 | Plain Clothes | A Crook |
| 1925 | His Marriage Wow | A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm |
| 1925 | Boobs in the Wood | Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon |
| 1924 | Bull and Sand | Joe Archer |
| 1924 | Feet of Mud | Football Coach |
| 1924 | All Night Long | the Rival |
| 1924 | Riders of the Purple Cows | Mike Maverick |
| 1924 | Little Robinson Corkscrew | Horace Horlick |
| 1924 | East of the Water Plug | Jim's Rival - the Villain |
| 1924 | Wall Street Blues | Mal A. Mute - the Loan Shark's Partner |
| 1924 | Romeo and Juliet | Billy Durham |
| 1924 | The Lion and the Souse | Mr. Niblick Van Hoosit |
| 1924 | Black Oxfords | Sandy Haig |
| 1924 | The Hollywood Kid | Claude Climax - Director |
| 1924 | The Half-Back of Notre Dame | Football Opponent |
| 1924 | Picking Peaches | The Store Manager |
| 1923 | The Extra Girl | Aaron Applejohn |
| 1923 | Soul of the Beast | The Boob |
| 1922 | Golf | The suitor |
| 1922 | Mummy's Nightmare | Delivery Driver |
| 1922 | Special Delivery | |
| 1921 | Hail the Woman | Joe Hurd |
| 1920 | A Harem Hero | Oriental Potentate |
| 1920 | Hot Dogs | |
| 1920 | Hopping Bells | |
| 1920 | J-U-N-K | The Junk Dealer |
| 1920 | Broken Bubbles | |
| 1920 | Way Out West | |
| 1920 | Mystic Mush | |
| 1920 | Naughty Nurses | |
| 1920 | The Gum Riot | |
| 1920 | When Spirits Move | |
| 1920 | The Nickel Snatcher | |
| 1919 | An Auto Nut | The Lawyer's Clerk alias the Doctor (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1935 | His Marriage Mix-up | Writer |
| 1935 | Hollywood Trouble | Writer |
| 1933 | Hooks and Jabs | Writer |
| 1933 | Tied for Life | Writer |
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