Birthday
1895/02/15
Day of death
1963/11/05 (68 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
San Jose, California, USA
Also know as
Vernon Bruce Dent, Vernan 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.
(1949) Fuelin' Around
as General
(1928) The Cameraman
as Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)
(1920) Hopping Bells
as ---
(1947) Road to Hollywood
as A Film Director
(1963) The Sound of Laughter
as Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach
(1924) Feet of Mud
as Football Coach
(1931) Murder at Midnight
as Detective Eating Peanuts
(1938) Reformatory
as Cook Howard
(1950) One Shivery Night
as Boss
(1950) Punchy Cowpunchers
as General
(1939) Mutiny on the Body
as Mr. Gibson
(1934) Good Morning, Eve!
as Emperor Nero
(1943) His Wedding Scare
as The Minister
(1946) Night Editor
as Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)
(1932) The Iceman's Ball
as Officer Schmaltz
(1931) The Bride's Mistake
as Mr. Grimm
(1929) A Close Shave
as George Billings
(1920) Way Out West
as ---
(1928) The Beach Club
as Mr. Kronk
(1928) The Bicycle Flirt
as Henry Harper - The Boyfriend
(1928) Smith's Restaurant
as Big Diner
(1920) Mystic Mush
as ---
(1928) Motorboat Mamas
as Charley Whalen
(1928) Hubby's Weekend Trip
as Charley Whalen
(1929) Don't Get Jealous
as Wilbur Warner
(1936) Slippery Silks
as Morgan Morgan (uncredited)
(1938) Wee Wee Monsieur
as Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)
(1937) Dizzy Doctors
as Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)
(1937) Back to the Woods
as Governor (uncredited)
(1956) Hot Stuff
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1938) Mutts to You
as Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
(1925) Plain Clothes
as A Crook
(1944) Secret Command
as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
(1929) Hot Sports
as ---
(1929) The Bees' Buzz
as Jim - Homer's Pal
(1939) Three Little Sew and Sews
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1949) Malice in the Palace
as Hassan Ben Sober
(1947) Sing a Song of Six Pants
as Police Detective
(1923) The Extra Girl
as Aaron Applejohn
(1940) Pardon My Berth Marks
as Newspaper City Editor
(1935) Tars and Stripes
as Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack
(1940) The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Jim, a policeman
(1940) From Nurse to Worse
as Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)
(1943) A Maid Made Mad
as Blonde's Boyfriend
(1942) Sappy Birthday
as Neighbor Policeman
(1953) Rip, Sew and Stitch
as Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)
(1945) Rockin' in the Rockies
as Stanton
(1954) Income Tax Sappy
as IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)
(1954) Musty Musketeers
as King Cole
(1954) Pals and Gals
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1929) Calling Hubby's Bluff
as Vernon Vance
(1929) Pink Pajamas
as Vernon Vance
(1955) Bedlam in Paradise
as I. Fleecem (archive footage)
(1954) Knutzy Knights
as King Arthur (uncredited)
(1922) Golf
as The suitor
(1926) A Prodigal Bridegroom
as Gertie's Father in Flashback
(1926) Masked Mamas
as Jim Denton
(1924) East of the Water Plug
as Jim's Rival - the Villain
(1925) Hurry, Doctor!
as Police Officer Bill Trapps
(1926) Her Actor Friend
as Actor in Play
(1947) Should Husbands Marry?
as Hugh's Boss
(1927) Should Sleepwalkers Marry?
as George Stevens
(1924) Little Robinson Corkscrew
as Horace Horlick
(1926) Flirty Four-Flushers
as Bill Brown
(1927) Cured in the Excitement
as Hector Strong
(1927) For Sale, a Bungalow
as 2nd Real Estate Broker
(1941) San Antonio Rose
as Worthington
(1932) Dream House
as Director Von Schnauble
(1938) Tassels in the Air
as Building superintendent (uncredited)
(1936) Half Shot Shooters
as Man in Restaurant
(1944) Crash Goes the Hash
as Fuller Bull
(1944) No Dough Boys
as Hugo (Nazi spy)
(1945) Booby Dupes
as Captain
(1942) Matri-Phony
as Emperor Octopus Grabus
(1944) Idle Roomers
as Mr. Leander
(1945) Three Pests in a Mess
as Philip Black
(1947) Half-Wits Holiday
as Prof. Quackenbush
(1946) A Bird in the Head
as Prof. Panzer
(1946) Beer Barrel Polecats
as Warden
(1948) Mummy's Dummies
as King Rootentooten
(1948) Heavenly Daze
as I. Fleecem
(1949) Hokus Pokus
as Insurance Adjuster
(1951) Pest Man Wins
as Mr. Philander
(1950) Studio Stoops
as Police Captain Casey
(1951) Three Arabian Nuts
as Mr. Bradley
(1951) Scrambled Brains
as Nora's Father
(1952) Listen Judge
as Judge Henderson
(1952) A Missed Fortune
as Hotel Manager
(1953) Booty and the Beast
as Night Watchman
(1925) Isn't Love Cuckoo?
as Auto Agency Manager
(1955) Of Cash and Hash
as Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)
(1956) Flagpole Jitters
as Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)
(1956) Rumpus in the Harem
as Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)
(1933) Knight Duty
as The Cop
(1933) Hooks and Jabs
as ---
(1926) Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
as Jim Stone
(1928) The Best Man
as Groom
(1933) Tied for Life
as Angry motorist
(1933) The Hitchhiker
as Adolph
(1937) The Shadow
as Dutch Schultz
(1940) Nutty But Nice
as Dr. Walters (uncredited)
(1943) Back from the Front
as Lt. Dungen (uncredited)
(1942) Sock-a-Bye Baby
as 1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1943) They Stooge to Conga
as Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)
(1942) Cactus Makes Perfect
as Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)
(1935) I Don't Remember
as Oscar Glick
(1931) The Fainting Lover
as Dr. Dudley Schmidt
(1926) Hoboken to Hollywood
as Mr. Pinkney
(1922) Special Delivery
as ---
(1931) Beach Pajamas
as ---
(1945) Idiots Deluxe
as Judge (uncredited)
(1948) Shivering Sherlocks
as Police Capt. Mullins
(1944) Busy Buddies
as Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)
(1943) Higher Than a Kite
as Marshall Boering (uncredited)
(1941) An Ache in Every Stake
as Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)
(1930) Crazy House
as Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S')
(1927) Fiddlesticks
as Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer
(1926) Soldier Man
as The Prime Minister
(1926) Saturday Afternoon
as Steve Smith
(1932) Just a Pain in the Parlor
as Speaker
(1926) A Blonde's Revenge
as Tim Hayes
(1948) The Sheepish Wolf
as ---
(1948) Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
as ---
(1931) Dragnet Patrol
as Cookie
(1931) The Freshman's Finish
as ---
(1938) A Doggone Mixup
as Mr. Tilson
(1942) Sappy Pappy
as Jealous Husband
(1924) The Hollywood Kid
as Claude Climax - Director
(1930) Midnight Daddies
as Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer
(1931) A College Racket
as ---
(1933) Please
as Elmer Smoot
(1941) Adventure in Washington
as Senator in gym
(1941) Dutiful But Dumb
as Mr. Wilson (uncredited)
(1928) Smith's Army Life
as The Colonel
(1957) Guns a Poppin!
as Judge (archive footage)
(1929) The Old Barn
as Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor
(1931) The All-American Kickback
as Football Coach
(1927) The Pride of Pikeville
as The Train Conductor
(1939) Saved by the Belle
as Mike (uncredited)
(1939) Yes, We Have No Bonanza
as Sheriff (uncredited)
(1939) A Ducking They Did Go
as Vegetarian (uncredited)
(1942) Even as IOU
as Motorist (uncredited)
(1941) In the Sweet Pie and Pie
as Senator (uncredited)
(1946) Pardon My Terror
as Jonas Morton
(1947) Out West
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1924) Black Oxfords
as Sandy Haig
(1925) His Marriage Wow
as A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm
(1926) A Sea Dog's Tale
as Jo Jo
(1942) Three Smart Saps
as (uncredited)
(1944) Bachelor Daze
as Onlooker in doorway
(1921) Hail the Woman
as Joe Hurd
(1937) Easy Living
as First Partner (uncredited)
(1925) Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
as Gasoline Customer
(1924) Bull and Sand
as Joe Archer
(1923) Soul of the Beast
as The Boob
(1919) An Auto Nut
as The Lawyer's Clerk alias the Doctor (uncredited)
(1951) The Awful Sleuth
as Al Keefer
(1929) Clunked on the Corner
as Jip Bennett
(1932) The Big Flash
as Klaus
(1938) Thanks for the Memory
as Refuse Man (uncredited)
(1924) Picking Peaches
as The Store Manager
(1939) The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Fat Man at Party (uncredited)
(1920) Hot Dogs
as ---
(1946) Dangerous Business
as Fat Man (uncredited)
(1938) Start Cheering
as Pops
(1939) Only Angels Have Wings
as Ship's Captain
(1939) Stanley and Livingstone
as Newspaperman in Office
(1939) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
(1933) Tired Feet
as ---
(1938) Sue My Lawyer
as Judge
(1920) The Gum Riot
as ---
(1920) Naughty Nurses
as ---
(1924) Wall Street Blues
as Mal A. Mute - the Loan Shark's Partner
(1941) Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
as Watkins
(1920) Broken Bubbles
as ---
(1924) The Lion and the Souse
as Mr. Niblick Van Hoosit
(1954) The Fire Chaser
as J. Peabody Knott
(1949) Waiting in the Lurch
as J. Peabody Knott
(1947) The Good Bad Egg
as Rest Home Manager (uncredited)
(1947) Bride and Gloom
as Sally's Father (uncredited)
(1938) Home on the Rage
as Mr. Lent (uncredited)
(1940) Money Squawks
as Night Watchman
(1946) Mr. Noisy
as Slim - Baseball Spectator
(1946) Society Mugs
as Lord Wafflebottom
(1940) The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Hotel Doorman
(1940) Nothing But Pleasure
as Bus Rider with Child
(1940) Cold Turkey
as J.T. Caldwell
(1940) The Taming of the Snood
as Man on Street
(1940) The Heckler
as Baseball Spectator with Hotdog
(1946) Three Little Pirates
as Governor
(2006) Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
as (archive footage)
(1948) Squareheads of the Round Table
as King Arthur
(1949) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Guard (uncredited)
(1942) The Glass Key
as Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)
(1938) You Can't Take It with You
as Expressman (uncredited)
(1950) Innocently Guilty
as Mr. Bass
(1961) Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1925) Lucky Stars
as Hiram Healy
(1935) His Marriage Mix-up
as ---
(1943) Here Comes Mr. Zerk
as William Ruff
(1944) Defective Detectives
as Rodney Boodle
(1945) Snooper Service
as ---
(1945) Having Wonderful Crime
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
(1924) Romeo and Juliet
as Billy Durham
(1939) Hitler: Beast of Berlin
as Lustig
(1927) The Golf Nut
as The Club President
(1947) The Sea of Grass
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1943) A Blitz on the Fritz
as Spy chief
(1933) Artist's Muddles
as Luckenbach, the artist
(1944) To Heir Is Human
as Board Chairman
(1942) House of Errors
as White
(1940) The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
(1927) His First Flame
as Amos McCarthy
(1947) It Had to Be You
as Man in Drugstore (uncredited)
(1944) San Diego I Love You
as Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)
(1940) He Stayed for Breakfast
as Chef
(1940) The Lady in Question
as Gendarme (uncredited)
(1925) There He Goes
as Jerry the Bull
(1924) Riders of the Purple Cows
as Mike Maverick
(1920) When Spirits Move
as ---
(1938) Juvenile Court
as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
(1951) The Tooth Will Out
as Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry
(1946) Lone Star Moonlight
as Sheriff
(1935) Hollywood Trouble
as Mr. Mahoney
(1941) I'll Never Heil Again
as Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)
(1948) Fiddlers Three
as King Cole
(1940) How High Is Up?
as Mr. Blake (uncredited)
(1936) San Francisco
as Fat Man (uncredited)
(1932) Texas Cyclone
as Hefty
(1936) Share the Wealth
as Mayor
(1925) Remember When?
as Mack - Circus Owner
(1937) Murder in Greenwich Village
as Ship's Officer
(1924) The Half-Back of Notre Dame
as Football Opponent
(1931) Girls Will Be Boys
as ---
(1932) Million Dollar Legs
as Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)
(1931) Gents of Leisure
as ---
(1938) Time Out for Trouble
as Bakery Man
(1938) The Mind Needer
as Mr. Ryan
(1928) His Unlucky Night
as Homer Brown
(1929) What a Trip
as ---
(1929) Howling Hollywood
as ---
(1926) Smith's Landlord
as The Cop
(1927) Smith's Cook
as Pete - the Motor Cop
(1943) True to Life
as Man (uncredited)
(1939) A Star Is Shorn
as Producer
(1957) The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
(1944) Address Unknown
as Nazi Party Member (uncredited)
(1950) The Good Humor Man
as Man in Park (uncredited)
(1934) Manhattan Melodrama
as Otto (uncredited)
(1932) Daring Danger
as Bartender Pee Wee
(1932) The Riding Tornado
as Hefty - Bartender
(1939) Mendelssohn's Wedding March
as The Baron (uncredited)
(1920) The Nickel Snatcher
as ---
(1924) All Night Long
as the Rival
(1925) Boobs in the Wood
as Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon
(1920) J-U-N-K
as The Junk Dealer
(1939) Teacher's Pest
as Christmas Tree Buyer
(1940) His Bridal Fright
as Doorman
(1920) A Harem Hero
as Oriental Potentate
(1937) Calling All Doctors
as Sneezing Man
(1938) Many Sappy Returns
as Concerned Pedestrian
(1927) A One Mama Man
as The Suitor
(1949) The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
(1931) Hollywood Halfbacks
as ---
(1928) The Campus Carmen
as Extra
(1922) Mummy's Nightmare
as Delivery Driver
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Santa Claus (uncredited)