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