Vernon Dent
Born: 1895-02-15 in San Jose, California, USA
Died: 1963-11-05
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2020
- Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty as Claude Climax - Director, archive footage
2006
- Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts as (archive footage)
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
- Guns a Poppin! as Judge (archive footage)
1956
- Flagpole Jitters as Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)
- Hot Stuff as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Rumpus in the Harem as Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)
1955
- Of Cash and Hash as Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)
- Bedlam in Paradise as I. Fleecem (archive footage)
1954
- The Fire Chaser as J. Peabody Knott
- Knutzy Knights as King Arthur (uncredited)
- Musty Musketeers as King Cole
- Pals and Gals as Doctor (uncredited)
- Income Tax Sappy as IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)
1953
- Booty and the Beast as Night Watchman
- Rip, Sew and Stitch as Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)
1952
- A Missed Fortune as Hotel Manager
- Listen Judge as Judge Henderson
1951
- I Love Lucy as Santa Claus (uncredited)
- Scrambled Brains as Nora's Father
- Three Arabian Nuts as Mr. Bradley
- Pest Man Wins as Mr. Philander
- The Awful Sleuth as Al Keefer
- The Tooth Will Out as Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry
- She Took a Powder
1950
- The Good Humor Man as Man in Park (uncredited)
- Punchy Cowpunchers as General
- Studio Stoops as Police Captain Casey
- Innocently Guilty as Mr. Bass
- One Shivery Night as Boss
1949
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Guard (uncredited)
- The Doolins of Oklahoma as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
- Hokus Pokus as Insurance Adjuster
- Malice in the Palace as Hassan Ben Sober
- Fuelin' Around as General
- Clunked in the Clink
- Waiting in the Lurch as J. Peabody Knott
1948
- Squareheads of the Round Table as King Arthur
- Mummy's Dummies as King Rootentooten
- Fiddlers Three as King Cole
- Heavenly Daze as I. Fleecem
- Shivering Sherlocks as Police Capt. Mullins
- Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
- The Sheepish Wolf
1947
- The Sea of Grass as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Sing a Song of Six Pants as Police Detective
- Out West as Doctor (uncredited)
- It Had to Be You as Man in Drugstore (uncredited)
- Should Husbands Marry? as Hugh's Boss
- The Good Bad Egg as Rest Home Manager (uncredited)
- Half-Wits Holiday as Prof. Quackenbush
- Road to Hollywood as A Film Director
- Bride and Gloom as Sally's Father (uncredited)
1946
- The Harvey Girls as Engineer (uncredited)
- Society Mugs as Lord Wafflebottom
- Mr. Noisy as Slim - Baseball Spectator
- Night Editor as Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)
- Dangerous Business as Fat Man (uncredited)
- Beer Barrel Polecats as Warden
- Pardon My Terror as Jonas Morton
- A Bird in the Head as Prof. Panzer
- Three Little Pirates as Governor
- Lone Star Moonlight as Sheriff
1945
- Booby Dupes as Captain
- Idiots Deluxe as Judge (uncredited)
- Having Wonderful Crime as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
- Rockin' in the Rockies as Stanton (uncredited)
- Three Pests in a Mess as Philip Black
- Snooper Service
1944
- No Dough Boys as Hugo (Nazi spy)
- Secret Command as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
- Idle Roomers as Mr. Leander
- Address Unknown as Nazi Party Member (uncredited)
- San Diego I Love You as Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)
- Defective Detectives as Rodney Boodle
- Crash Goes the Hash as Fuller Bull
- Bachelor Daze as Onlooker in doorway
- Kansas City Kitty as Repo man from the A-1 Piano Co.
- Busy Buddies as Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)
- To Heir Is Human as Board Chairman
1943
- Back from the Front as Lt. Dungen (uncredited)
- His Wedding Scare as The Minister
- True to Life as Man (uncredited)
- They Stooge to Conga as Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)
- A Blitz on the Fritz as Spy chief
- Here Comes Mr. Zerk as William Ruff
- A Maid Made Mad as Blonde's Boyfriend
- Higher Than a Kite as Marshall Boering (uncredited)
1942
- The Glass Key as Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)
- Sock-a-Bye Baby as 1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
- Sappy Birthday as Neighbor Policeman
- House of Errors as White
- Three Smart Saps as (uncredited)
- Even as IOU as Motorist (uncredited)
- Matri-Phony as Emperor Octopus Grabus
- Cactus Makes Perfect as Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)
- Sappy Pappy as Jealous Husband
1941
- San Antonio Rose as Worthington
- So Long Mr. Chumps as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- So You Won't Squawk as The bartender
- You're the One as Zeno Springs Hotel Guest
- In the Sweet Pie and Pie as Senator (uncredited)
- I'll Never Heil Again as Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)
- Dutiful But Dumb as Mr. Wilson (uncredited)
- An Ache in Every Stake as Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)
- Adventure in Washington as Senator in gym
- Sweet Spirits of the Nighter as Watkins
1940
- The Lady in Question as Gendarme (uncredited)
- He Stayed for Breakfast as Chef
- The Doctor Takes a Wife as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
- Nothing But Pleasure as Bus Rider with Child
- The Lone Wolf Strikes as Hotel Doorman
- Pardon My Berth Marks as Newspaper City Editor
- The Villain Still Pursued Her as Jim, a policeman
- Nutty But Nice as Dr. Walters (uncredited)
- Money Squawks as Night Watchman
- Cold Turkey as J.T. Caldwell
- From Nurse to Worse as Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)
- The Taming of the Snood as Man on Street
- The Heckler as Baseball Spectator with Hotdog
- How High Is Up? as Mr. Blake (uncredited)
- His Bridal Fright as Doorman
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
- Only Angels Have Wings as Ship's Captain
- The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt as Fat Man at Party (uncredited)
- Stanley and Livingstone as Newspaperman in Office
- Three Little Sew and Sews as Party Guest (uncredited)
- A Ducking They Did Go as Vegetarian (uncredited)
- Mendelssohn's Wedding March as The Baron (uncredited)
- Saved by the Belle as Mike (uncredited)
- Hitler: Beast of Berlin as Lustig
- Yes, We Have No Bonanza as Sheriff (uncredited)
- A Star Is Shorn as Producer
- Mutiny on the Body as Mr. Gibson
- Teacher's Pest as Christmas Tree Buyer
1938
- You Can't Take It with You as Expressman (uncredited)
- The Mind Needer as Mr. Ryan
- Juvenile Court as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
- Thanks for the Memory as Refuse Man (uncredited)
- Tassels in the Air as Building superintendent (uncredited)
- Wee Wee Monsieur as Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)
- Reformatory as Cook Howard
- Start Cheering as Pops
- A Doggone Mixup as Mr. Tilson
- Mutts to You as Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- Time Out for Trouble as Bakery Man
- Sue My Lawyer as Judge
- Many Sappy Returns as Concerned Pedestrian
- Home on the Rage as Mr. Lent (uncredited)
1937
- Easy Living as First Partner (uncredited)
- Murder in Greenwich Village as Ship's Officer
- The Shadow as Dutch Schultz
- Back to the Woods as Governor (uncredited)
- Dizzy Doctors as Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)
- Calling All Doctors as Sneezing Man
1936
- San Francisco as Fat Man (uncredited)
- Slippery Silks as Morgan Morgan (uncredited)
- Half Shot Shooters as Man in Restaurant
- Share the Wealth as Mayor
1935
- Hollywood Trouble as Mr. Mahoney
- I Don't Remember as Oscar Glick
- His Marriage Mix-up
- Tars and Stripes as Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack
1934
- Manhattan Melodrama as Otto (uncredited)
- Good Morning, Eve! as Emperor Nero
1933
- Please as Elmer Smoot
- Artist's Muddles as Luckenbach, the artist
- Tied for Life as Angry motorist
- Tired Feet
- The Hitchhiker as Adolph
- Knight Duty as The Cop
- Hooks and Jabs
1932
- The Iceman's Ball as Officer Schmaltz
- Million Dollar Legs as Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)
- Daring Danger as Bartender Pee Wee
- Texas Cyclone as Hefty
- The Hollywood Handicap
- The Riding Tornado as Hefty - Bartender
- Dream House as Director Von Schnauble
- The Big Flash as Klaus
- Just a Pain in the Parlor as Speaker
1931
- The All-American Kickback as Football Coach
- Murder at Midnight as Detective Eating Peanuts
- Hollywood Halfbacks
- Girls Will Be Boys
- The Fainting Lover as Dr. Dudley Schmidt
- The Bride's Mistake as Mr. Grimm
- Gents of Leisure
- Dragnet Patrol as Cookie
- The Freshman's Finish
- Beach Pajamas
- A College Racket
1930
- Crazy House as Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S')
- Midnight Daddies as Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer
1929
- Pink Pajamas as Vernon Vance
- The Bees' Buzz as Jim - Homer's Pal
- Calling Hubby's Bluff as Vernon Vance
- A Close Shave as George Billings
- Howling Hollywood
- Don't Get Jealous as Wilbur Warner
- The Old Barn as Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor
- Hot Sports
- Ladies Must Eat as George
- Clunked on the Corner as Jip Bennett
- What a Trip
1928
- The Cameraman as Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)
- The Best Man as Groom
- The Campus Carmen as Extra
- His Unlucky Night as Homer Brown
- The Bicycle Flirt as Henry Harper - The Boyfriend
- Smith's Restaurant as Big Diner
- Motorboat Mamas as Charley Whalen
- Smith's Army Life as The Colonel
- Hubby's Weekend Trip as Charley Whalen
- Golf Widows as Ernest Ward
- The Beach Club as Mr. Kronk
1927
- Fiddlesticks as Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer
- Should Sleepwalkers Marry? as George Stevens
- The Pride of Pikeville as The Train Conductor
- The Golf Nut as The Club President
- His First Flame as Amos McCarthy
- A One Mama Man as The Suitor
- Cured in the Excitement as Hector Strong
- Smith's Cook as Pete - the Motor Cop
- For Sale, a Bungalow as 2nd Real Estate Broker
1926
- Hubby’s Quiet Little Game as Jim Stone
- Saturday Afternoon as Steve Smith
- Hoboken to Hollywood as Mr. Pinkney
- Flirty Four-Flushers as Bill Brown
- A Sea Dog's Tale as Jo Jo
- Smith's Landlord as The Cop
- A Prodigal Bridegroom as Gertie's Father in Flashback
- Masked Mamas as Jim Denton
- Soldier Man as The Prime Minister
- A Blonde's Revenge as Tim Hayes
- Her Actor Friend as Actor in Play
- The Funnymooners as Sheriff Joel Springboard
- Have Courage as Gendarme
1925
- Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies as Gasoline Customer
- His Marriage Wow as A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm
- Remember When? as Mack - Circus Owner
- Isn't Love Cuckoo? as Auto Agency Manager
- There He Goes as Jerry the Bull
- Boobs in the Wood as Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon
- Lucky Stars as Hiram Healy
- Plain Clothes as A Crook
- Hurry, Doctor! as Police Officer Bill Trapps
1924
- The Half-Back of Notre Dame as Football Opponent
- Black Oxfords as Sandy Haig
- Picking Peaches as The Store Manager
- Romeo and Juliet as Billy Durham
- Wall Street Blues as Mal A. Mute - the Loan Shark's Partner
- The Hollywood Kid as Claude Climax - Director
- East of the Water Plug as Jim's Rival - the Villain
- Riders of the Purple Cows as Mike Maverick
- Bull and Sand as Joe Archer
- All Night Long as the Rival
- The Lion and the Souse as Mr. Niblick Van Hoosit
- Little Robinson Corkscrew as Horace Horlick
- Feet of Mud as Football Coach
1923
- The Extra Girl as Aaron Applejohn
- Soul of the Beast as The Boob
1922
- Special Delivery
- Golf as The suitor
- Mummy's Nightmare as Delivery Driver
1921
- Hail the Woman as Joe Hurd
1920
- Hot Dogs
- Broken Bubbles
- Mystic Mush
- When Spirits Move
- Way Out West
- Naughty Nurses
- The Nickel Snatcher
- The Gum Riot
- J-U-N-K as The Junk Dealer
- Hopping Bells
- A Harem Hero as Oriental Potentate
1919
- An Auto Nut as The Lawyer's Clerk alias the Doctor (uncredited)