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