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