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