Vernon Dent

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: Acting

Born: San Jose, California, USA, 1895-02-15

Died: 1963-11-05

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1919	An Auto Nut	The Lawyer's Clerk alias the Doctor (uncredited)	50
2	1920	Way Out West		0
3	1920	Mystic Mush		0
4	1920	The Gum Riot		0
5	1920	Naughty Nurses		0
6	1920	When Spirits Move		0
7	1920	The Nickel Snatcher		0
8	1920	Broken Bubbles		0
9	1920	J-U-N-K	The Junk Dealer	0
10	1920	Fred Windemere		0
11	1920	Hot Dogs		50
12	1920	A Harem Hero	Oriental Potentate	0
13	1921	Hail the Woman	Joe Hurd	0
14	1922	Special Delivery		0
15	1922	Golf	The suitor	58
16	1923	Soul of the Beast	The Boob	60
17	1923	The Extra Girl	Aaron Applejohn	59
18	1924	Picking Peaches	The Store Manager	42
19	1924	The Half-Back of Notre Dame	Football Opponent	0
20	1924	The Hollywood Kid	Claude Climax - Director	53
21	1924	Black Oxfords	Sandy Haig	50
22	1924	The Lion and the Souse	Mr. Niblick Van Hoosit	0
23	1924	Romeo and Juliet	Billy Durham	0
24	1924	Wall Street Blues	Mal A. Mute - the Loan Shark's Partner	0
25	1924	East of the Water Plug	Jim's Rival - the Villain	0
26	1924	Little Robinson Corkscrew	Horace Horlick	0
27	1924	Riders of the Purple Cows	Mike Maverick	0
28	1924	All Night Long	the Rival	75
29	1924	Feet of Mud	Football Coach	70
30	1924	Bull and Sand	Joe Archer	0
31	1925	Boobs in the Wood	Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon	67
32	1925	His Marriage Wow	A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm	55
33	1925	Plain Clothes	A Crook	70
34	1925	Remember When?	Mack - Circus Owner	70
35	1925	Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies	Gasoline Customer	0
36	1925	Lucky Stars	Hiram Healy	70
37	1925	Hurry, Doctor!	Police Officer Bill Trapps	0
38	1925	Isn't Love Cuckoo?	Auto Agency Manager	0
39	1925	There He Goes	Jerry the Bull	0
40	1926	Saturday Afternoon	Steve Smith	56
41	1926	Soldier Man	The Prime Minister	0
42	1926	A Prodigal Bridegroom	Gertie's Father in Flashback	40
43	1926	A Sea Dog's Tale	Jo Jo	0
44	1926	Hubby’s Quiet Little Game	Jim Stone	0
45	1926	Her Actor Friend	Actor in Play	0
46	1926	Hoboken to Hollywood	Mr. Pinkney	0
47	1926	Smith's Landlord	The Cop	0
48	1926	Masked Mamas	Jim Denton	0
49	1926	A Blonde's Revenge	Tim Hayes	10
50	1926	Flirty Four-Flushers	Bill Brown	50
51	1927	Should Sleepwalkers Marry?	George Stevens	0
52	1927	A One Mama Man	The Suitor	0
53	1927	His First Flame	Amos McCarthy	55
54	1927	The Pride of Pikeville	The Train Conductor	0
55	1927	Cured in the Excitement	Hector Strong	0
56	1927	The Golf Nut	The Club President	0
57	1927	Smith's Cook	Pete - the Motor Cop	0
58	1927	For Sale, a Bungalow	2nd Real Estate Broker	0
59	1927	Fiddlesticks	Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer	60
60	1928	The Beach Club	Mr. Kronk	0
61	1928	Smith's Army Life	The Colonel	0
62	1928	The Best Man	Groom	0
63	1928	The Bicycle Flirt	Henry Harper - The Boyfriend	0
64	1928	His Unlucky Night	Homer Brown	0
65	1928	Smith's Restaurant	Big Diner	0
66	1928	The Cameraman	Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)	79
67	1928	Motorboat Mamas	Charley Whalen	0
68	1928	Hubby's Weekend Trip	Charley Whalen	0
69	1929	Clunked on the Corner	Jip Bennett	0
70	1929	What a Trip		0
71	1929	Calling Hubby's Bluff	Vernon Vance	0
72	1929	The Old Barn	Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor	80
73	1929	The Bees' Buzz	Jim - Homer's Pal	40
74	1929	Pink Pajamas	Vernon Vance	0
75	1929	Howling Hollywood		0
76	1929	Don't Get Jealous	Wilbur Warner	0
77	1929	A Close Shave	George Billings	0
78	1929	Hot Sports		0
79	1930	Midnight Daddies	Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer	0
80	1930	Crazy House	Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S')	40
81	1931	Girls Will Be Boys		0
82	1931	The Bride's Mistake	Mr. Grimm	0
83	1931	Gents of Leisure		0
84	1931	A College Racket		0
85	1931	The Fainting Lover	Dr. Dudley Schmidt	0
86	1931	Murder at Midnight	Detective Eating Peanuts	54
87	1931	The Freshman's Finish		0
88	1931	Beach Pajamas		0
89	1931	The All-American Kickback	Football Coach	0
90	1931	Dragnet Patrol	Cookie	52
91	1931	Hollywood Halfbacks		0
92	1932	Dream House	Director Von Schnauble	74
93	1932	Texas Cyclone	Hefty	43
94	1932	Just a Pain in the Parlor	Speaker	30
95	1932	The Riding Tornado	Hefty - Bartender	0
96	1932	Daring Danger	Bartender Pee Wee	0
97	1932	Million Dollar Legs	Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)	66
98	1932	The Iceman's Ball	Officer Schmaltz	10
99	1932	The Big Flash	Klaus	45
100	1933	Tired Feet		0
101	1933	Artist's Muddles	Luckenbach, the artist	10
102	1933	The Hitchhiker	Adolph	0
103	1933	Knight Duty	The Cop	0
104	1933	Tied for Life	Angry motorist	10
105	1933	Hooks and Jabs		0
106	1933	Please	Elmer Smoot	0
107	1934	Manhattan Melodrama	Otto (uncredited)	70
108	1934	Good Morning, Eve!	Emperor Nero	60
109	1935	Hollywood Trouble	Mr. Mahoney	0
110	1935	Tars and Stripes	Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack	47
111	1935	His Marriage Mix-up		0
112	1935	I Don't Remember	Oscar Glick	20
113	1936	Half Shot Shooters	Man in Restaurant	68
114	1936	Share the Wealth	Mayor	30
115	1936	San Francisco	Fat Man (uncredited)	66
116	1936	Slippery Silks	Morgan Morgan (uncredited)	71
117	1937	Dizzy Doctors	Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)	72
118	1937	Back to the Woods	Governor (uncredited)	55
119	1937	Easy Living	First Partner (uncredited)	70
120	1937	Calling All Doctors	Sneezing Man	0
121	1937	Murder in Greenwich Village	Ship's Officer	63
122	1937	The Shadow	Dutch Schultz	65
123	1938	Wee Wee Monsieur	Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)	63
124	1938	Start Cheering	Pops	70
125	1938	Time Out for Trouble	Bakery Man	30
126	1938	Tassels in the Air	Building superintendent (uncredited)	65
127	1938	The Mind Needer	Mr. Ryan	40
128	1938	Reformatory	Cook Howard	60
129	1938	Many Sappy Returns	Concerned Pedestrian	48
130	1938	You Can't Take It with You	Expressman (uncredited)	75
131	1938	Juvenile Court	Mr. Schultz (uncredited)	50
132	1938	Sue My Lawyer	Judge	0
133	1938	Mutts to You	Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)	66
134	1938	Thanks for the Memory	Refuse Man (uncredited)	57
135	1938	A Doggone Mixup	Mr. Tilson	0
136	1938	Home on the Rage	Mr. Lent (uncredited)	0
137	1939	Three Little Sew and Sews	Party Guest (uncredited)	64
138	1939	The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt	Fat Man at Party (uncredited)	65
139	1939	Mutiny on the Body	Mr. Gibson	0
140	1939	A Ducking They Did Go	Vegetarian (uncredited)	63
141	1939	A Star Is Shorn	Producer	0
142	1939	Only Angels Have Wings	Ship's Captain	73
143	1939	Yes, We Have No Bonanza	Sheriff (uncredited)	61
144	1939	Saved by the Belle	Mike (uncredited)	50
145	1939	Stanley and Livingstone	Newspaperman in Office	64
146	1939	Hitler: Beast of Berlin	Lustig	43
147	1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Senate Reporter (uncredited)	79
148	1939	Teacher's Pest	Christmas Tree Buyer	0
149	1939	Mendelssohn's Wedding March	The Baron (uncredited)	10
150	1940	Nothing But Pleasure	Bus Rider with Child	58
151	1940	The Lone Wolf Strikes	Hotel Doorman	63
152	1940	The Heckler	Baseball Spectator with Hotdog	50
153	1940	Pardon My Berth Marks	Newspaper City Editor	65
154	1940	Money Squawks	Night Watchman	0
155	1940	The Doctor Takes a Wife	Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)	65
156	1940	Nutty But Nice	Dr. Walters (uncredited)	54
157	1940	The Taming of the Snood	Man on Street	55
158	1940	His Bridal Fright	Doorman	0
159	1940	How High Is Up?	Mr. Blake (uncredited)	68
160	1940	The Lady in Question	Gendarme (uncredited)	66
161	1940	From Nurse to Worse	Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)	50
162	1940	He Stayed for Breakfast	Chef	0
163	1940	The Villain Still Pursued Her	Jim, a policeman	51
164	1940	Cold Turkey	J.T. Caldwell	0
165	1941	Dutiful But Dumb	Mr. Wilson (uncredited)	62
166	1941	I'll Never Heil Again	Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)	70
167	1941	Adventure in Washington	Senator in gym	65
168	1941	San Antonio Rose	Worthington	70
169	1941	An Ache in Every Stake	Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)	72
170	1941	In the Sweet Pie and Pie	Senator (uncredited)	67
171	1941	Sweet Spirits of the Nighter	Watkins	0
172	1942	Sappy Birthday	Neighbor Policeman	0
173	1942	House of Errors	White	0
174	1942	Cactus Makes Perfect	Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)	55
175	1942	Matri-Phony	Emperor Octopus Grabus	47
176	1942	Three Smart Saps	(uncredited)	62
177	1942	The Glass Key	Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)	66
178	1942	Even as IOU	Motorist (uncredited)	52
179	1942	Sappy Pappy	Jealous Husband	0
180	1942	Sock-a-Bye Baby	1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)	60
181	1943	They Stooge to Conga	Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)	70
182	1943	His Wedding Scare	The Minister	0
183	1943	A Blitz on the Fritz	Spy chief	0
184	1943	A Maid Made Mad	Blonde's Boyfriend	0
185	1943	Back from the Front	Lt. Dungen (uncredited)	71
186	1943	Here Comes Mr. Zerk	William Ruff	0
187	1943	Higher Than a Kite	Marshall Boering (uncredited)	59
188	1943	True to Life	Man (uncredited)	60
189	1944	To Heir Is Human	Board Chairman	0
190	1944	Crash Goes the Hash	Fuller Bull	66
191	1944	Bachelor Daze	Onlooker in doorway	0
192	1944	Busy Buddies	Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)	65
193	1944	Defective Detectives	Rodney Boodle	0
194	1944	Address Unknown	Nazi Party Member (uncredited)	64
195	1944	Idle Roomers	Mr. Leander	56
196	1944	Secret Command	Shipyard Worker (uncredited)	68
197	1944	San Diego I Love You	Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)	63
198	1944	No Dough Boys	Hugo (Nazi spy)	70
199	1945	Three Pests in a Mess	Philip Black	60
200	1945	Snooper Service		0
201	1945	Having Wonderful Crime	Hotel Guest (uncredited)	63
202	1945	Rockin' in the Rockies	Stanton	57
203	1945	Idiots Deluxe	Judge (uncredited)	62
204	1945	Booby Dupes	Captain	48
205	1946	Beer Barrel Polecats	Warden	62
206	1946	A Bird in the Head	Prof. Panzer	58
207	1946	Mr. Noisy	Slim - Baseball Spectator	0
208	1946	Night Editor	Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)	56
209	1946	Dangerous Business	Fat Man (uncredited)	0
210	1946	Pardon My Terror	Jonas Morton	0
211	1946	Society Mugs	Lord Wafflebottom	0
212	1946	Three Little Pirates	Governor	69
213	1946	Lone Star Moonlight	Sheriff	0
214	1947	Half-Wits Holiday	Prof. Quackenbush	67
215	1947	The Good Bad Egg	Rest Home Manager (uncredited)	0
216	1947	Bride and Gloom	Sally's Father (uncredited)	0
217	1947	Out West	Doctor (uncredited)	70
218	1947	The Sea of Grass	Train Conductor (uncredited)	63
219	1947	Road to Hollywood	A Film Director	43
220	1947	Sing a Song of Six Pants	Police Detective	59
221	1947	Should Husbands Marry?	Hugh's Boss	20
222	1947	It Had to Be You	Man in Drugstore (uncredited)	65
223	1948	Shivering Sherlocks	Police Capt. Mullins	58
224	1948	Squareheads of the Round Table	King Arthur	67
225	1948	Fiddlers Three	King Cole	64
226	1948	The Sheepish Wolf		0
227	1948	Heavenly Daze	I. Fleecem	68
228	1948	Mummy's Dummies	King Rootentooten	68
229	1948	Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath		0
230	1949	Fuelin' Around	General	70
231	1949	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court	Guard (uncredited)	62
232	1949	Hokus Pokus	Insurance Adjuster	62
233	1949	The Doolins of Oklahoma	Bank Clerk (uncredited)	68
234	1949	Malice in the Palace	Hassan Ben Sober	56
235	1949	Waiting in the Lurch	J. Peabody Knott	0
236	1950	Punchy Cowpunchers	General	53
237	1950	The Good Humor Man	Man in Park (uncredited)	60
238	1950	One Shivery Night	Boss	0
239	1950	Innocently Guilty	Mr. Bass	0
240	1950	Studio Stoops	Police Captain Casey	73
241	1951	Three Arabian Nuts	Mr. Bradley	75
242	1951	The Awful Sleuth	Al Keefer	0
243	1951	Scrambled Brains	Nora's Father	73
244	1951	The Tooth Will Out	Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry	57
245	1951	Pest Man Wins	Mr. Philander	45
246	1952	A Missed Fortune	Hotel Manager	72
247	1952	Listen Judge	Judge Henderson	68
248	1953	Booty and the Beast	Night Watchman	68
249	1953	Rip, Sew and Stitch	Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)	68
250	1954	Income Tax Sappy	IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)	78
251	1954	Musty Musketeers	King Cole	55
252	1954	Pals and Gals	Doctor (uncredited)	55
253	1954	Knutzy Knights	King Arthur (uncredited)	65
254	1954	The Fire Chaser	J. Peabody Knott	0
255	1955	Of Cash and Hash	Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)	62
256	1955	Bedlam in Paradise	I. Fleecem (archive footage)	65
257	1956	Flagpole Jitters	Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)	55
258	1956	Rumpus in the Harem	Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)	48
259	1956	Hot Stuff	(archive footage) (uncredited)	55
260	1957	Guns a Poppin!	Judge (archive footage)	40
261	1957	The Golden Age of Comedy	archive footage	69
262	1961	Days of Thrills and Laughter	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	55
263	1963	The Sound of Laughter	Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach	20
264	2006	Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts	(archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	I Love Lucy	Santa Claus (uncredited)	80