Personal Info
Birth date
1895-02-15 (130 Years)
Day of death
1963-11-05
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
San Jose, California, USA
Also known as
Vernon Bruce Dent
Vernan Dent
Vernon 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.
Filmography
I Love Lucy
7.884
Overview:
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
6.267
Overview:
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1905 auto mechanic, to Arthurian England, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.Days of Thrills and Laughter
5.5
Overview:
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.Hoboken to Hollywood
NYR
Overview:
Billy Judkins is a naturally gloomy Gus. His life changes when he is transferred from working in his company's Hoboken office to their Hollywood office. He is going to drive there with his wife and mother. Along the way, they encounter Mr. Pinkney and his new bride, who too are heading west. Their misadventures together and meeting up with a band of marauding Indians may prevent any of them from reaching their intended destination. If Billy and Mr. Pinkney ever make it to Hollywood, they're both in a for a big surprise.Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
NYR
Overview:
An eccentric inventor has thought of a way that automobiles can run on radio waves, without gasoline. His plans put him in conflict with the owner of an oil company, who is also pursuing the inventor's daughter. This rival begins to scheme against the inventor, and it is left up to the inventor's hired man to try to stop him.Secret Command
6.8
Overview:
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the shipyards where his brother, Jeff, is a foreman. Jeff still resents Sam for abandoning the family years ago and fears he may steal away Lea Damaron, his current girlfriend -- who is Sam's old flame. While Sam tries to sniff out Nazi saboteurs in the plant, he grows closer to Jill McGann, the agent tasked with pretending to be his wife.Hail the Woman
NYR
Overview:
Oliver Beresford is a stern, Puritanical, and uncompromisingly rigid father. When shameful stories about his daughter Judith surface, rather than determine whether the stories are true, he bans her from his house. Her brother David, a pusillanimous reprobate, has secretly married and fathered, then abandoned, a child. Judith takes care of the child and finds a way to restore her family through the love for the babe.The Lone Wolf Strikes
6.3
Overview:
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.Having Wonderful Crime
6.3
Overview:
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.San Francisco
6.613
Overview:
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.Soul of the Beast
6
Overview:
This northwoods comedy-drama, by way of a circus drama, was directed by John Griffith Wray for Thomas H. Ince, and stars Madge Bellamy.Dragnet Patrol
5.2
Overview:
A sailor falls for a gangster's moll, leaves his wife and finds himself caught up in a life of crime.So Long Mr. Chumps
6.2
Overview:
The stooges are street cleaners who find some valuable bonds and return them to their owner. The man is so grateful that he offers them a big reward if they can find an honest man with executive ability. Their search leads them to a woman who's fiancée is honest, but he's in jail. The boys decide to commit a crime so they can go behind bars to find him. In prison the boys locate the man and help him escape, only to find out that their benefactor is a con man and on the way himself to the slammer.Hitler: Beast of Berlin
4.3
Overview:
Hans Memling, a young intellectual, patriotic German, is secretly opposed to the Nazi regime. With the aid of Gustav Schultz, Father Pommer, Anna Wahl and others, he is gleaning accurate information from foreign radio broadcasts and distributing it through Germany with an underground-press operation.Cured in the Excitement
NYR
Overview:
Professor Brawn has been swinging a dumbbell for so long he looks like one!His Wedding Scare
NYR
Overview:
El and his new bride go on their honeymoon; no matter where they go, they keep running into her former husbands.Juvenile Court
5
Overview:
Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.Little Robinson Corkscrew
NYR
Overview:
Returning to his hometown a fitness equipment salesman falls in love with the store keeper's daughter.Saturday Afternoon
5.6
Overview:
Harry and his friend have planned to go out for an afternoon of fun. But first, Harry must figure out how to slip away from his domineering wife with some money to spend...Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
7.844
Overview:
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.Mendelssohn's Wedding March
1
Overview:
This short film provides a fanciful account of how Felix Mendelssohn came to compose "The Wedding March".Dutiful But Dumb
6.3
Overview:
The Stooges are photographers for Whack magazine who, after messing up an assignment, are sent to the country of Vulgaria to get a picture of a death ray gun. Features the famous scene where Curly pits his wits against a strong drink, and then a defiant oyster in his stew.Feet of Mud
7
Overview:
As Harry has "cleaned up" on the football field and won the big game, Natalie's dad figured that he should do the same in the world of work before marrying his daughter. Harry's chance to prove himself comes with an "engineering" job with the city. But it's sanitary engineering, and while our street sweeping hero tries his best, he just can't avoid making enemies. When he stumbles into the midst of a lively Chinatown tong war, it's Harry's bravery that saves Natalie and wins the day.San Diego I Love You
6.2
Overview:
A harried daughter tries to keep her wacky family together while trying to sell her eccentric father's latest invention, a collapsible life raft.Bedlam in Paradise
6.2
Overview:
Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and Larry. He returns to earth as an invisible spirit and sets out to prevent the other two stooges, who are in league with the devil, from selling a phony invention (a fountain pen that writes under whip cream) to a rich couple. Shemp sabotages Moe and Larry's plans in an effort to get through the pearly gates.Lone Star Moonlight
NYR
Overview:
Returning G.I. Curt Norton (Ken Curtis), owner of a radio station, finds his father Amos (Guy Kibbee) has allowed the station to run down and has squandered Curt's money in bad investments in war-surplus material. Eddie Jackson (Robert Kellard), who owns the rival station, is also attracted to Curt's sweetheart Jean White (Joan Barton). When Curt and the Hoosier Hotshots successfully stage an auction to raise money, Eddie hires Mimi Carston (Claudia Drake) to claim that Curt married her in France.Acting
2006Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts as (archive footage)
1963The Sound of Laughter as Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach
1961Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1957The Golden Age of Comedy as archive footage
1957Guns a Poppin! as Judge (archive footage)
1956Hot Stuff as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1956Rumpus in the Harem as Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)
1956Flagpole Jitters as Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)
1955Bedlam in Paradise as I. Fleecem (archive footage)
1955Of Cash and Hash as Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)
1954The Fire Chaser as J. Peabody Knott
1954Knutzy Knights as King Arthur (uncredited)
1954Pals and Gals as Doctor (uncredited)
1954Musty Musketeers as King Cole
1954Income Tax Sappy as IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)
1953Rip, Sew and Stitch as Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)
1953Booty and the Beast as Night Watchman
1952Listen Judge as Judge Henderson
1952A Missed Fortune as Hotel Manager
1951Pest Man Wins as Mr. Philander
1951I Love Lucy (2 Episodes) as Santa Claus (uncredited)
1951The Tooth Will Out as Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry
1951Scrambled Brains as Nora's Father
1951The Awful Sleuth as Al Keefer
1951Three Arabian Nuts as Mr. Bradley
1950Studio Stoops as Police Captain Casey
1950Innocently Guilty as Mr. Bass
1950One Shivery Night as Boss
1950The Good Humor Man as Man in Park (uncredited)
1950Punchy Cowpunchers as General
1949Waiting in the Lurch as J. Peabody Knott
1949Malice in the Palace as Hassan Ben Sober
1949The Doolins of Oklahoma as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
1949Hokus Pokus as Insurance Adjuster
1949A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Guard (uncredited)
1949Fuelin' Around as General
1948Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath as Unknown
1948Mummy's Dummies as King Rootentooten
1948Heavenly Daze as I. Fleecem
1948The Sheepish Wolf as Unknown
1948Fiddlers Three as King Cole
1948Squareheads of the Round Table as King Arthur
1948Shivering Sherlocks as Police Capt. Mullins
1947It Had to Be You as Man in Drugstore (uncredited)
1947Should Husbands Marry? as Hugh's Boss
1947Sing a Song of Six Pants as Police Detective
1947Road to Hollywood as A Film Director
1947The Sea of Grass as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1947Out West as Doctor (uncredited)
1947Bride and Gloom as Sally's Father (uncredited)
1947The Good Bad Egg as Rest Home Manager (uncredited)
1947Half-Wits Holiday as Prof. Quackenbush
1946Lone Star Moonlight as Sheriff
1946Three Little Pirates as Governor
1946Society Mugs as Lord Wafflebottom
1946Pardon My Terror as Jonas Morton
1946Dangerous Business as Fat Man (uncredited)
1946Night Editor as Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)
1946Mr. Noisy as Slim - Baseball Spectator
1946A Bird in the Head as Prof. Panzer
1946Beer Barrel Polecats as Warden
1945Booby Dupes as Captain
1945Idiots Deluxe as Judge (uncredited)
1945Rockin' in the Rockies as Stanton
1945Having Wonderful Crime as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1945Snooper Service as Unknown
1945Three Pests in a Mess as Philip Black
1944No Dough Boys as Hugo (Nazi spy)
1944San Diego I Love You as Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)
1944Kansas City Kitty as Repo man from the A-1 Piano Co.
1944Secret Command as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
1944Idle Roomers as Mr. Leander
1944Address Unknown as Nazi Party Member (uncredited)
1944Defective Detectives as Rodney Boodle
1944Busy Buddies as Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)
1944Bachelor Daze as Onlooker in doorway
1944Crash Goes the Hash as Fuller Bull
1944To Heir Is Human as Board Chairman
1943True to Life as Man (uncredited)
1943Higher Than a Kite as Marshall Boering (uncredited)
1943Here Comes Mr. Zerk as William Ruff
1943Back from the Front as Lt. Dungen (uncredited)
1943A Maid Made Mad as Blonde's Boyfriend
1943A Blitz on the Fritz as Spy chief
1943His Wedding Scare as The Minister
1943They Stooge to Conga as Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)
1942Sock-a-Bye Baby as 1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
1942Sappy Pappy as Jealous Husband
1942Even as IOU as Motorist (uncredited)
1942The Glass Key as Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)
1942Three Smart Saps as (uncredited)
1942Matri-Phony as Emperor Octopus Grabus
1942Cactus Makes Perfect as Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)
1942House of Errors as White
1942Sappy Birthday as Neighbor Policeman
1941Sweet Spirits of the Nighter as Watkins
1941In the Sweet Pie and Pie as Senator (uncredited)
1941An Ache in Every Stake as Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)
1941San Antonio Rose as Worthington
1941Adventure in Washington as Senator in gym
1941I'll Never Heil Again as Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)
1941Dutiful But Dumb as Mr. Wilson (uncredited)
1941So You Won't Squawk as The bartender
1941You're the One as Zeno Springs Hotel Guest
1941So Long Mr. Chumps as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1940Cold Turkey as J.T. Caldwell
1940The Villain Still Pursued Her as Jim, a policeman
1940He Stayed for Breakfast as Chef
1940From Nurse to Worse as Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)
1940The Lady in Question as Gendarme (uncredited)
1940How High Is Up? as Mr. Blake (uncredited)
1940His Bridal Fright as Doorman
1940The Taming of the Snood as Man on Street
1940Nutty But Nice as Dr. Walters (uncredited)
1940The Doctor Takes a Wife as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
1940Money Squawks as Night Watchman
1940Pardon My Berth Marks as Newspaper City Editor
1940The Heckler as Baseball Spectator with Hotdog
1940The Lone Wolf Strikes as Hotel Doorman
1940Nothing But Pleasure as Bus Rider with Child
1939Mendelssohn's Wedding March as The Baron (uncredited)
1939Teacher's Pest as Christmas Tree Buyer
1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
1939Hitler: Beast of Berlin as Lustig
1939Stanley and Livingstone as Newspaperman in Office
1939Saved by the Belle as Mike (uncredited)
1939Yes, We Have No Bonanza as Sheriff (uncredited)
1939Only Angels Have Wings as Ship's Captain
1939A Star Is Shorn as Producer
1939A Ducking They Did Go as Vegetarian (uncredited)
1939Mutiny on the Body as Mr. Gibson
1939The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt as Fat Man at Party (uncredited)
1939Three Little Sew and Sews as Party Guest (uncredited)
1938Home on the Rage as Mr. Lent (uncredited)
1938A Doggone Mixup as Mr. Tilson
1938Thanks for the Memory as Refuse Man (uncredited)
1938Mutts to You as Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1938Sue My Lawyer as Judge
1938Juvenile Court as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
1938You Can't Take It with You as Expressman (uncredited)
1938Many Sappy Returns as Concerned Pedestrian
1938Reformatory as Cook Howard
1938The Mind Needer as Mr. Ryan
1938Tassels in the Air as Building superintendent (uncredited)
1938Time Out for Trouble as Bakery Man
1938Start Cheering as Pops
1938Wee Wee Monsieur as Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)
1937The Shadow as Dutch Schultz
1937Murder in Greenwich Village as Ship's Officer
1937Calling All Doctors as Sneezing Man
1937Easy Living as First Partner (uncredited)
1937Back to the Woods as Governor (uncredited)
1937Dizzy Doctors as Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)
1936Slippery Silks as Morgan Morgan (uncredited)
1936San Francisco as Fat Man (uncredited)
1936Share the Wealth as Mayor
1936Half Shot Shooters as Man in Restaurant
1935I Don't Remember as Oscar Glick
1935His Marriage Mix-up as Unknown
1935Tars and Stripes as Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack
1935Hollywood Trouble as Mr. Mahoney
1934Good Morning, Eve! as Emperor Nero
1934Manhattan Melodrama as Otto (uncredited)
1933Please as Elmer Smoot
1933Hooks and Jabs as Unknown
1933Tied for Life as Angry motorist
1933Knight Duty as The Cop
1933The Hitchhiker as Adolph
1933Artist's Muddles as Luckenbach, the artist
1933Tired Feet as Unknown
1932The Big Flash as Klaus
1932The Iceman's Ball as Officer Schmaltz
1932The Hollywood Handicap as Unknown
1932Million Dollar Legs as Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)
1932Daring Danger as Bartender Pee Wee
1932The Riding Tornado as Hefty - Bartender
1932Just a Pain in the Parlor as Speaker
1932Texas Cyclone as Hefty
1932Dream House as Director Von Schnauble
1931Hollywood Halfbacks as Unknown
1931Dragnet Patrol as Cookie
1931The All-American Kickback as Football Coach
1931Beach Pajamas as Unknown
1931The Freshman's Finish as Unknown
1931Murder at Midnight as Detective Eating Peanuts
1931The Fainting Lover as Dr. Dudley Schmidt
1931A College Racket as Unknown
1931Gents of Leisure as Unknown
1931The Bride's Mistake as Mr. Grimm
1931Girls Will Be Boys as Unknown
1930Crazy House as Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S')
1930Midnight Daddies as Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer
1929Hot Sports as Unknown
1929A Close Shave as George Billings
1929Don't Get Jealous as Wilbur Warner
1929Pink Pajamas as Vernon Vance
1929Howling Hollywood as Unknown
1929The Bees' Buzz as Jim - Homer's Pal
1929Calling Hubby's Bluff as Vernon Vance
1929The Old Barn as Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor
1929What a Trip as Unknown
1929Clunked on the Corner as Jip Bennett
1928Hubby's Weekend Trip as Charley Whalen
1928Motorboat Mamas as Charley Whalen
1928The Campus Carmen as Extra
1928The Cameraman as Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)
1928Smith's Restaurant as Big Diner
1928His Unlucky Night as Homer Brown
1928The Bicycle Flirt as Henry Harper - The Boyfriend
1928The Best Man as Groom
1928Smith's Army Life as The Colonel
1928The Beach Club as Mr. Kronk
1927Fiddlesticks as Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer
1927For Sale, a Bungalow as 2nd Real Estate Broker
1927Smith's Cook as Pete - the Motor Cop
1927The Golf Nut as The Club President
1927Cured in the Excitement as Hector Strong
1927The Pride of Pikeville as The Train Conductor
1927His First Flame as Amos McCarthy
1927A One Mama Man as The Suitor
1927Should Sleepwalkers Marry? as George Stevens
1926Flirty Four-Flushers as Bill Brown
1926A Blonde's Revenge as Tim Hayes
1926Have Courage as Gendarme
1926Masked Mamas as Jim Denton
1926Smith's Landlord as The Cop
1926Hoboken to Hollywood as Mr. Pinkney
1926Her Actor Friend as Actor in Play
1926Hubby’s Quiet Little Game as Jim Stone
1926A Sea Dog's Tale as Jo Jo
1926A Prodigal Bridegroom as Gertie's Father in Flashback
1926Soldier Man as The Prime Minister
1926Saturday Afternoon as Steve Smith
1925There He Goes as Jerry the Bull
1925Isn't Love Cuckoo? as Auto Agency Manager
1925Hurry, Doctor! as Police Officer Bill Trapps
1925Lucky Stars as Hiram Healy
1925Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies as Gasoline Customer
1925Remember When? as Mack - Circus Owner
1925Plain Clothes as A Crook
1925His Marriage Wow as A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm
1925Boobs in the Wood as Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon
1924Bull and Sand as Joe Archer
1924Feet of Mud as Football Coach
1924All Night Long as the Rival
1924Riders of the Purple Cows as Mike Maverick
1924Little Robinson Corkscrew as Horace Horlick
1924East of the Water Plug as Jim's Rival - the Villain
1924Wall Street Blues as Mal A. Mute - the Loan Shark's Partner
1924Romeo and Juliet as Billy Durham
1924The Lion and the Souse as Mr. Niblick Van Hoosit
1924Black Oxfords as Sandy Haig
1924The Hollywood Kid as Claude Climax - Director
1924The Half-Back of Notre Dame as Football Opponent
1924Picking Peaches as The Store Manager
1923The Extra Girl as Aaron Applejohn
1923Soul of the Beast as The Boob
1922Golf as The suitor
1922Mummy's Nightmare as Delivery Driver
1922Special Delivery as Unknown
1921Hail the Woman as Joe Hurd
1920A Harem Hero as Oriental Potentate
1920Hot Dogs as Unknown
1920Hopping Bells as Unknown
1920J-U-N-K as The Junk Dealer
1920Broken Bubbles as Unknown
1920Way Out West as Unknown
1920Mystic Mush as Unknown
1920Naughty Nurses as Unknown
1920The Gum Riot as Unknown
1920When Spirits Move as Unknown
1920The Nickel Snatcher as Unknown
1919An Auto Nut as The Lawyer's Clerk alias the Doctor (uncredited)
Writing
1935His Marriage Mix-up ... Writer
1935Hollywood Trouble ... Writer
1933Please ... Story
1933Hooks and Jabs ... Writer
1933Tied for Life ... Writer