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
| Birth Location | San Jose, California, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1895-02-15 |
| Died | 1963-11-05 |
Movies
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
as (archive footage)
2006
The Sound of Laughter
as Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach
1963
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
1957
Guns A Poppin
as Judge (archive footage)
1957
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)
1956
Bedlam in Paradise
as I. Fleecem (archive footage)
1955
Of Cash and Hash
as Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)
1955
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
Rip, Sew and Stitch
as Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)
1953
Booty And The Beast
as Night Watchman
1953
Listen Judge
as Judge Henderson
1952
A Missed Fortune
as Hotel Manager
1952
Pest Man Wins
as Mr. Philander
1951
The Tooth Will Out
as Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry
1951
Scrambled Brains
as Nora's Father
1951
1951
Three Arabian Nuts
as Mr. Bradley
1951
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
1950
Waiting in the Lurch
as J. Peabody Knott
1949
Malice in the Palace
as Hassan Ben Sober
1949
Hokus Pokus
as Insurance Adjuster
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Guard (uncredited)
1949
Fuelin' Around
as General
1949
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
1948
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
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
1947
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
Beer Barrel Polecats
as Warden
1946
Booby Dupes
as Captain
1945
Idiots Deluxe
as Judge (uncredited)
1945
Rockin' in the Rockies
as Stanton
1945
Having Wonderful Crime
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1945
1945
Three Pests in a Mess
as Philip Black
1945
No Dough Boys
as Hugo (Nazi spy)
1944
San Diego I Love You
as Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)
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
1944
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)
1943
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
1942
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
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
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
1940
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
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)
1939
Home on the Rage
as Mr. Lent (uncredited)
1938
A Doggone Mixup
as Mr. Tilson
1938
Thanks for the Memory
as Refuse Man
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)
1938
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)
1937
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
1936
I Don't Remember
as Oscar Glick
1935
1935
Tars and Stripes
as Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack
1935
Hollywood Trouble
as Mr. Mahoney
1935
Good Morning, Eve!
as Emperor Nero
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
as Otto (uncredited)
1934
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
1933
The Big Flash
as Klaus
1932
The Iceman's Ball
as Officer Schmaltz
1932
Million Dollar Legs
as Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)
1932
Daring Danger
as Bartender Pee Wee
1932
The Riding Tornado
as Hefty - Bartender
1932
Texas Cyclone
as Hefty
1932
Dream House
as Director Von Schnauble
1932
Dragnet Patrol
as Cookie
1931
The All-American Kickback
as Football Coach
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
1931
Crazy House
as Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S')
1930
Midnight Daddies
as Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer
1930
1929
A Close Shave
as George Billings
1929
Don't Get Jealous
as Wilbur Warner
1929
Pink Pajamas
as Vernon Vance
1929
1929
The Bees' Buzz
as Jim - Homer's Pal
1929
Calling Hubby's Bluff
as Vernon Vance
1929
The Old Barn
as Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor
1929
1929
Clunked on the Corner
as Jip Bennett
1929
Hubby's Weekend Trip
as Charley Whalen
1928
Motorboat Mamas
as Charley Whalen
1928
The Cameraman
as Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)
1928
Smith's Restaurant
as Big Diner
1928
His Unlucky Night
as Homer Brown
1928
The Bicycle Flirt
as Henry Harper - The Boyfriend
1928
The Best Man
as Groom
1928
Smith's Army Life
as The Colonel
1928
The Beach Club
as Mr. Kronk
1928
Fiddlesticks
as Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer
1927
For Sale, a Bungalow
as 2nd Real Estate Broker
1927
Smith's Cook
as Pete - the Motor Cop
1927
The Golf Nut
as The Club President
1927
Cured in the Excitement
as Hector Strong
1927
The Pride of Pikeville
as The Train Conductor
1927
His First Flame
as Amos McCarthy
1927
A One Mama Man
as The Suitor
1927
Should Sleepwalkers Marry?
as George Stevens
1927
Flirty Four-Flushers
as Bill Brown
1926
A Blonde's Revenge
as Tim Hayes
1926
Masked Mamas
as Jim Denton
1926
Smith's Landlord
as The Cop
1926
Hoboken to Hollywood
as Mr. Pinkney
1926
Her Actor Friend
as Actor in Play
1926
Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
as Jim Stone
1926
A Sea Dog's Tale
as Jo Jo
1926
A Prodigal Bridegroom
as Gertie's Father in Flashback
1926
Soldier Man
as The Prime Minister
1926
Saturday Afternoon
as Steve Smith
1926
There He Goes
as Jerry the Bull
1925
Isn't Love Cuckoo?
as Auto Agency Manager
1925
Hurry, Doctor!
as Police Officer Bill Trapps
1925
Lucky Stars
as Hiram Healy
1925
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
as Gasoline Customer
1925
Remember When?
as Mack - Circus Owner
1925
Plain Clothes
as A Crook
1925
His Marriage Wow
as A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm
1925
Boobs in the Wood
as Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon
1925
Bull and Sand
as Joe Archer
1924
Feet of Mud
as Football Coach
1924
All Night Long
as the Rival
1924
Riders of the Purple Cows
as Mike Maverick
1924
Little Robinson Corkscrew
as Horace Horlick
1924
East of the Water Plug
as Jim's Rival - the Villain
1924
Wall Street Blues
as Mal A. Mute - the Loan Shark's Partner
1924
Romeo and Juliet
as Billy Durham
1924
The Lion and the Souse
as Mr. Niblick Van Hoosit
1924
Black Oxfords
as Sandy Haig
1924
The Hollywood Kid
as Claude Climax - Director
1924
The Half-Back of Notre Dame
as Football Opponent
1924
Picking Peaches
as The Store Manager
1924
The Extra Girl
as Aaron Applejohn
1923
Soul of the Beast
as The Boob
1923
Golf
as The suitor
1922
1922
Hail the Woman
as Joe Hurd
1921
A Harem Hero
as Oriental Potentate
1920
1920
1920
J-U-N-K
as The Junk Dealer
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
1920
An Auto Nut
as The Lawyer's Clerk alias the Doctor (uncredited)
1919
Movies
His Marriage Mix-up
Writer
1935
Hollywood Trouble
Writer
1935
Please
Story
1933
Hooks and Jabs
Writer
1933
Tied for Life
Writer
1933
