Vernon Dent
280 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 15, 1895
- Died
- Nov 5, 1963 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- San Jose, California, USA
- Also known as
- Vernon Bruce Dent · Vernan Dent
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Vernon Dent: movies and TV shows
Acting (281)
- 2020 Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as Claude Climax - Director, archive footage
- 2006 Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
as (archive footage)
- 1963 The Sound of Laughter
as Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach
- 1957 The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
- 1957 Guns a Poppin!
as Judge (archive footage)
- 1956 Hot Stuff
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1956 Rumpus in the Harem
as Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)
- 1956 Flagpole Jitters
as Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)
- 1955 Bedlam in Paradise
as I. Fleecem (archive footage)
- 1955 Of Cash and Hash
as Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)
- 1954 The Fire Chaser
as J. Peabody Knott
- 1954 Knutzy Knights
as King Arthur (uncredited)
- 1954 Pals and Gals
as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1954 Musty Musketeers
as King Cole
- 1954 Income Tax Sappy
as IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)
- 1954 Doggie in the Bedroom
as Doctor
- 1953 Rip, Sew and Stitch
as Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1953 Booty and the Beast
as Night Watchman
- 1952 Listen Judge
as Judge Henderson
- 1952 A Missed Fortune
as Hotel Manager
- 1951 Pest Man Wins
as Mr. Philander
- 1951
- 1951 The Tooth Will Out
as Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry
- 1951
- 1951 Scrambled Brains
as Nora's Father
- 1951 The Awful Sleuth
as Al Keefer
- 1951 Three Arabian Nuts
as Mr. Bradley
- 1950 Studio Stoops
as Police Captain Casey
- 1950 Innocently Guilty
as Mr. Bass
- 1950 One Shivery Night
as Boss
- 1950 The Good Humor Man
as Man in Park (uncredited)
- 1950 Punchy Cowpunchers
as General
- 1949 Waiting in the Lurch
as J. Peabody Knott
- 1949 Malice in the Palace
as Hassan Ben Sober
- 1949
- 1949 The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
- 1949 Hokus Pokus
as Insurance Adjuster
- 1949 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Guard (uncredited)
- 1949 Fuelin' Around
as General
- 1948
- 1948 Mummy's Dummies
as King Rootentooten
- 1948 Heavenly Daze
as I. Fleecem
- 1948
- 1948 Fiddlers Three
as King Cole
- 1948 Squareheads of the Round Table
as King Arthur
- 1948 Shivering Sherlocks
as Police Capt. Mullins
- 1947 It Had to Be You
as Man in Drugstore (uncredited)
- 1947 Should Husbands Marry?
as Hugh's Boss
- 1947 Sing a Song of Six Pants
as Police Detective
- 1947 Road to Hollywood
as A Film Director
- 1947 The Sea of Grass
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1947 Out West
as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1947 Bride and Gloom
as Sally's Father (uncredited)
- 1947 The Good Bad Egg
as Rest Home Manager (uncredited)
- 1947 Half-Wits Holiday
as Prof. Quackenbush
- 1946 Lone Star Moonlight
as Sheriff
- 1946 Three Little Pirates
as Governor
- 1946 Society Mugs
as Lord Wafflebottom
- 1946 Pardon My Terror
as Jonas Morton
- 1946 Dangerous Business
as Fat Man (uncredited)
- 1946 Night Editor
as Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)
- 1946 Mr. Noisy
as Slim - Baseball Spectator
- 1946 A Bird in the Head
as Prof. Panzer
- 1946 The Harvey Girls
as Engineer (uncredited)
- 1946 Beer Barrel Polecats
as Warden
- 1945 Booby Dupes
as Captain
- 1945 Idiots Deluxe
as Judge (uncredited)
- 1945 Rockin' in the Rockies
as Stanton (uncredited)
- 1945 Having Wonderful Crime
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
- 1945
- 1945 Three Pests in a Mess
as Philip Black
- 1944 No Dough Boys
as Hugo (Nazi spy)
- 1944 San Diego I Love You
as Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)
- 1944 Kansas City Kitty
as Repo man from the A-1 Piano Co.
- 1944 Secret Command
as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
- 1944 Idle Roomers
as Mr. Leander
- 1944 Address Unknown
as Nazi Party Member (uncredited)
- 1944 Defective Detectives
as Rodney Boodle
- 1944 Busy Buddies
as Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)
- 1944 Bachelor Daze
as Onlooker in doorway
- 1944 Crash Goes the Hash
as Fuller Bull
- 1944 To Heir Is Human
as Board Chairman
- 1943 True to Life
as Man (uncredited)
- 1943 Higher Than a Kite
as Marshall Boering (uncredited)
- 1943 Here Comes Mr. Zerk
as William Ruff
- 1943 Back from the Front
as Lt. Dungen (uncredited)
- 1943 A Maid Made Mad
as Blonde's Boyfriend
- 1943 A Blitz on the Fritz
as Spy chief
- 1943 His Wedding Scare
as The Minister
- 1943 They Stooge to Conga
as Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)
- 1942 Sock-a-Bye Baby
as 1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
- 1942 Sappy Pappy
as Jealous Husband
- 1942 Even as IOU
as Motorist (uncredited)
- 1942 The Glass Key
as Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)
- 1942 Three Smart Saps
as (uncredited)
- 1942 Matri-Phony
as Emperor Octopus Grabus
- 1942 Cactus Makes Perfect
as Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)
- 1942 House of Errors
as White
- 1942 Sappy Birthday
as Neighbor Policeman
- 1941 Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
as Watkins
- 1941 In the Sweet Pie and Pie
as Senator (uncredited)
- 1941 An Ache in Every Stake
as Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)
- 1941 San Antonio Rose
as Worthington
- 1941 Adventure in Washington
as Senator in gym
- 1941 I'll Never Heil Again
as Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)
- 1941 Dutiful But Dumb
as Mr. Wilson (uncredited)
- 1941 So You Won't Squawk
as The bartender
- 1941 You're the One
as Zeno Springs Hotel Guest
- 1941 So Long Mr. Chumps
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1940 Cold Turkey
as J.T. Caldwell
- 1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Jim, a policeman
- 1940 He Stayed for Breakfast
as Chef
- 1940 From Nurse to Worse
as Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)
- 1940 The Lady in Question
as Gendarme (uncredited)
- 1940 How High Is Up?
as Mr. Blake (uncredited)
- 1940 His Bridal Fright
as Doorman
- 1940 The Taming of the Snood
as Man on Street
- 1940 Nutty But Nice
as Dr. Walters (uncredited)
- 1940 The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
- 1940 Money Squawks
as Night Watchman
- 1940 Pardon My Berth Marks
as Newspaper City Editor
- 1940 The Heckler
as Baseball Spectator with Hotdog
- 1940 The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Hotel Doorman
- 1940 Nothing But Pleasure
as Bus Rider with Child
- 1939 Mendelssohn's Wedding March
as The Baron (uncredited)
- 1939 Teacher's Pest
as Christmas Tree Buyer
- 1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
- 1939 Hitler: Beast of Berlin
as Lustig
- 1939 Stanley and Livingstone
as Newspaperman in Office
- 1939 Saved by the Belle
as Mike (uncredited)
- 1939 Yes, We Have No Bonanza
as Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1939 Only Angels Have Wings
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
- 1939 A Star Is Shorn
as Producer
- 1939 A Ducking They Did Go
as Vegetarian (uncredited)
- 1939 Mutiny on the Body
as Mr. Gibson
- 1939 The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Fat Man at Party (uncredited)
- 1939 Three Little Sew and Sews
as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1938 Home on the Rage
as Mr. Lent (uncredited)
- 1938 A Doggone Mixup
as Mr. Tilson
- 1938 Thanks for the Memory
as Refuse Man (uncredited)
- 1938 Mutts to You
as Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- 1938 Sue My Lawyer
as Judge
- 1938 Juvenile Court
as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
- 1938 You Can't Take It with You
as Expressman (uncredited)
- 1938 Many Sappy Returns
as Concerned Pedestrian
- 1938 Reformatory
as Cook Howard
- 1938 The Mind Needer
as Mr. Ryan
- 1938 Tassels in the Air
as Building superintendent (uncredited)
- 1938 Time Out for Trouble
as Bakery Man
- 1938 Start Cheering
as Pops
- 1938 Wee Wee Monsieur
as Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)
- 1937 The Shadow
as Dutch Schultz
- 1937 Murder in Greenwich Village
as Ship's Officer
- 1937 Calling All Doctors
as Sneezing Man
- 1937 Easy Living
as First Partner (uncredited)
- 1937 Back to the Woods
as Governor (uncredited)
- 1937 Dizzy Doctors
as Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)
- 1936 Slippery Silks
as Morgan Morgan (uncredited)
- 1936 San Francisco
as Fat Man (uncredited)
- 1936 Share the Wealth
as Mayor
- 1936 Half Shot Shooters
as Man in Restaurant
- 1935 I Don't Remember
as Oscar Glick
- 1935
- 1935 Tars and Stripes
as Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack
- 1935 Hollywood Trouble
as Mr. Mahoney
- 1934 Good Morning, Eve!
as Emperor Nero
- 1934 Manhattan Melodrama
as Otto (uncredited)
- 1933 Please
as Elmer Smoot
- 1933
- 1933 Tied for Life
as Angry motorist
- 1933 Knight Duty
as The Cop
- 1933 The Hitchhiker
as Adolph
- 1933 Artist's Muddles
as Luckenbach, the artist
- 1933
- 1932 The Big Flash
as Klaus
- 1932 The Iceman's Ball
as Officer Schmaltz
- 1932
- 1932 Million Dollar Legs
as Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)
- 1932 Daring Danger
as Bartender Pee Wee
- 1932 The Riding Tornado
as Hefty - Bartender
- 1932 Just a Pain in the Parlor
as Speaker
- 1932 Texas Cyclone
as Hefty
- 1932 Dream House
as Director Von Schnauble
- 1931
- 1931 Dragnet Patrol
as Cookie
- 1931 The All-American Kickback
as Football Coach
- 1931
- 1931
- 1931 Murder at Midnight
as Detective Eating Peanuts
- 1931 The Fainting Lover
as Dr. Dudley Schmidt
- 1931
- 1931
- 1931 The Bride's Mistake
as Mr. Grimm
- 1931
- 1930 Crazy House
as Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S')
- 1930 Midnight Daddies
as Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer
- 1929
- 1929 A Close Shave
as George Billings
- 1929 Don't Get Jealous
as Wilbur Warner
- 1929 Pink Pajamas
as Vernon Vance
+ 81 more credits
Behind the camera (5)
- 1935 His Marriage Mix-up
Writer
- 1935 Hollywood Trouble
Writer
- 1933 Please
Story
- 1933 Hooks and Jabs
Writer
- 1933 Tied for Life
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1961