Vernon Dent
Acting
Born: February 15, 1895 · San Jose, California, USA
Died: November 5, 1963 (aged 68)
Highest Rated
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
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
You Can't Take It with You
1938
The Cameraman
1928
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
I Love Lucy
1951
The Glass Key
1942
San Francisco
1936
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
Easy Living
1937
The Harvey Girls
1946
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
The Sea of Grass
1947
Photos (4)
Movies (231)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senate Reporter (uncredited)
San Francisco
Fat Man (uncredited)
The Glass Key
Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)
The Cameraman
Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Expressman (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
Otto (uncredited)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Guard (uncredited)
Only Angels Have Wings
Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Address Unknown
Nazi Party Member (uncredited)
Easy Living
First Partner (uncredited)
A Sea Dog's Tale
Jo Jo
The Shadow
Dutch Schultz
True to Life
Man (uncredited)
A Ducking They Did Go
Vegetarian (uncredited)
It Had to Be You
Man in Drugstore (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Tassels in the Air
Building superintendent (uncredited)
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Jim, a policeman
House of Errors
White
Out West
Doctor (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Fat Man at Party (uncredited)
The Tooth Will Out
Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry
Stanley and Livingstone
Newspaperman in Office
Three Little Pirates
Governor
Remember When?
Mack - Circus Owner
From Nurse to Worse
Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)
Mutts to You
Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Back from the Front
Lt. Dungen (uncredited)
The Harvey Girls
Engineer (uncredited)
Soul of the Beast
The Boob
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
Senator (uncredited)
A Bird in the Head
Prof. Panzer
Rumpus in the Harem
Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)
I'll Never Heil Again
Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)
Society Mugs
Lord Wafflebottom
Calling Hubby's Bluff
Vernon Vance
Knutzy Knights
King Arthur (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Strikes
Hotel Doorman
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Bank Clerk (uncredited)
So You Won't Squawk
The bartender
Rockin' in the Rockies
Stanton (uncredited)
Crazy House
Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S')
The Lady in Question
Gendarme (uncredited)
He Stayed for Breakfast
Chef
Kansas City Kitty
Repo man from the A-1 Piano Co.
Squareheads of the Round Table
King Arthur
Road to Hollywood
A Film Director
Higher Than a Kite
Marshall Boering (uncredited)
Half Shot Shooters
Man in Restaurant
The Good Bad Egg
Rest Home Manager (uncredited)
Hokus Pokus
Insurance Adjuster
Night Editor
Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)
Reformatory
Cook Howard
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
Three Arabian Nuts
Mr. Bradley
Hitler: Beast of Berlin
Lustig
A Maid Made Mad
Blonde's Boyfriend
Cured in the Excitement
Hector Strong
Three Little Sew and Sews
Party Guest (uncredited)
Golf Widows
Ernest Ward
His Wedding Scare
The Minister
Calling All Doctors
Sneezing Man
Sing a Song of Six Pants
Police Detective
Three Pests in a Mess
Philip Black
Even as IOU
Motorist (uncredited)
Tars and Stripes
Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack
Thanks for the Memory
Refuse Man (uncredited)
Murder in Greenwich Village
Ship's Officer
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Claude Climax - Director, archive footage
Mendelssohn's Wedding March
The Baron (uncredited)
Idiots Deluxe
Judge (uncredited)
Dizzy Doctors
Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)
Secret Command
Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
Saved by the Belle
Mike (uncredited)
The Best Man
Groom
Yes, We Have No Bonanza
Sheriff (uncredited)
Dangerous Business
Fat Man (uncredited)
Pals and Gals
Doctor (uncredited)
Fuelin' Around
General
Smith's Army Life
The Colonel
Rip, Sew and Stitch
Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)
The Pride of Pikeville
The Train Conductor
Golf
The suitor
Guns a Poppin!
Judge (archive footage)
Clunked in the Clink
1949
Musty Musketeers
King Cole
The Good Humor Man
Man in Park (uncredited)
Soldier Man
The Prime Minister
An Ache in Every Stake
Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)
San Diego I Love You
Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
1948
Lone Star Moonlight
Sheriff
They Stooge to Conga
Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)
Matri-Phony
Emperor Octopus Grabus
San Antonio Rose
Worthington
Should Husbands Marry?
Hugh's Boss
The Extra Girl
Aaron Applejohn
Pink Pajamas
Vernon Vance
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
Watkins
The Lion's Roar
Professor of Music
Million Dollar Legs
Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)
Flirty Four-Flushers
Bill Brown
Having Wonderful Crime
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
The Sound of Laughter
Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach
Saturday Afternoon
Steve Smith
Hoboken to Hollywood
Mr. Pinkney
Scrambled Brains
Nora's Father
Innocently Guilty
Mr. Bass
Sue My Lawyer
Judge
Start Cheering
Pops
Texas Cyclone
Hefty
Malice in the Palace
Hassan Ben Sober
Back to the Woods
Governor (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
William Ruff
Adventure in Washington
Senator in gym
How High Is Up?
Mr. Blake (uncredited)
Boobs in the Wood
Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon
Pardon My Berth Marks
Newspaper City Editor
Three Smart Saps
(uncredited)
East of the Water Plug
Jim's Rival - the Villain
Time Out for Trouble
Bakery Man
A Star Is Shorn
Producer
Sock-a-Bye Baby
1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Slippery Silks
Morgan Morgan (uncredited)
The Big Flash
Klaus
Teacher's Pest
Christmas Tree Buyer
Motorboat Mamas
Charley Whalen
Hurry, Doctor!
Police Officer Bill Trapps
Knight Duty
The Cop
Wall Street Blues
Mal A. Mute - the Loan Shark's Partner
Busy Buddies
Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)
You're the One
Zeno Springs Hotel Guest
A Blonde's Revenge
Tim Hayes
Of Cash and Hash
Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)
Booty and the Beast
Night Watchman
So Long Mr. Chumps
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Cows
Mike Maverick
Fiddlers Three
King Cole
Defective Detectives
Rodney Boodle
Studio Stoops
Police Captain Casey
His Bridal Fright
Doorman
Clunked on the Corner
Jip Bennett
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Gasoline Customer
The Taming of the Snood
Man on Street
Income Tax Sappy
IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)
Waiting in the Lurch
J. Peabody Knott
The Golf Nut
The Club President
Bull and Sand
Joe Archer
Smith's Restaurant
Big Diner
His Marriage Wow
A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm
Pardon My Terror
Jonas Morton
Artist's Muddles
Luckenbach, the artist
Flagpole Jitters
Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)
Bedlam in Paradise
I. Fleecem (archive footage)
A Doggone Mixup
Mr. Tilson
Heavenly Daze
I. Fleecem
The Hollywood Kid
Claude Climax - Director
Crash Goes the Hash
Fuller Bull
Isn't Love Cuckoo?
Auto Agency Manager
The Mind Needer
Mr. Ryan
Girls Will Be Boys
1931
Nutty But Nice
Dr. Walters (uncredited)
Nothing But Pleasure
Bus Rider with Child
Punchy Cowpunchers
General
Beer Barrel Polecats
Warden
Hot Dogs
1920
His First Flame
Amos McCarthy
Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
Jim Stone
The Bicycle Flirt
Henry Harper - The Boyfriend
Wee Wee Monsieur
Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)
When Spirits Move
1920
Dutiful But Dumb
Mr. Wilson (uncredited)
Murder at Midnight
Detective Eating Peanuts
The Awful Sleuth
Al Keefer
Pest Man Wins
Mr. Philander
Hail the Woman
Joe Hurd
The Campus Carmen
Extra
Hot Stuff
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Cactus Makes Perfect
Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)
Money Squawks
Night Watchman
A Missed Fortune
Hotel Manager
One Shivery Night
Boss
Bride and Gloom
Sally's Father (uncredited)
Idle Roomers
Mr. Leander
Midnight Daddies
Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer
No Dough Boys
Hugo (Nazi spy)
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
(archive footage)
Listen Judge
Judge Henderson
Home on the Rage
Mr. Lent (uncredited)
Mr. Noisy
Slim - Baseball Spectator
Juvenile Court
Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
Daring Danger
Bartender Pee Wee
The Riding Tornado
Hefty - Bartender
Picking Peaches
The Store Manager
A One Mama Man
The Suitor
The Fire Chaser
J. Peabody Knott
To Heir Is Human
Board Chairman
A Harem Hero
Oriental Potentate
Booby Dupes
Captain
Shivering Sherlocks
Police Capt. Mullins
Lucky Stars
Hiram Healy
Black Oxfords
Sandy Haig
Fiddlesticks
Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer
Mummy's Dummies
King Rootentooten
Share the Wealth
Mayor
Naughty Nurses
1920
Hopping Bells
1920
Half-Wits Holiday
Prof. Quackenbush
A Blitz on the Fritz
Spy chief
Plain Clothes
A Crook
Hooks and Jabs
1933
Little Robinson Corkscrew
Horace Horlick
His Unlucky Night
Homer Brown
All Night Long
the Rival
Sappy Pappy
Jealous Husband
Broken Bubbles
1920
Please
Elmer Smoot
There He Goes
Jerry the Bull
A Prodigal Bridegroom
Gertie's Father in Flashback
The Beach Club
Mr. Kronk
Feet of Mud
Football Coach
The Heckler
Baseball Spectator with Hotdog
Romeo and Juliet
Billy Durham
Snooper Service
1945
The Old Barn
Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor
The Nickel Snatcher
1920
The Hitchhiker
Adolph
Many Sappy Returns
Concerned Pedestrian
Dragnet Patrol
Cookie
The Gum Riot
1920
