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