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