Vernon Dent

from San Jose, California, USA

Artwork for Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonImage of 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.

Timeline

2020Aged 125

  • Poster for Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

    Claude Climax - Director, archive footage

2006Aged 111

  • Poster for Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts

    (archive footage)

1963Aged 68

  • Poster for The Sound of Laughter

    Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach

1961Aged 66

  • Poster for Days of Thrills and Laughter

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1957Aged 62

  • Poster for Guns a Poppin!

    Judge (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Golden Age of Comedy

    archive footage

1956Aged 61

  • Poster for Flagpole Jitters

    Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)

  • Poster for Rumpus in the Harem

    Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)

  • Poster for Hot Stuff

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

1955Aged 60

  • Poster for Of Cash and Hash

    Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)

  • Poster for Bedlam in Paradise

    I. Fleecem (archive footage)

1954Aged 59

  • Doggie in the Bedroom

    Doctor

  • Poster for Income Tax Sappy

    IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)

  • Poster for Musty Musketeers

    King Cole

  • Poster for Pals and Gals

    Doctor (uncredited)

  • Poster for Knutzy Knights

    King Arthur (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Fire Chaser

    J. Peabody Knott

1953Aged 58

  • Poster for Booty and the Beast

    Night Watchman

  • Poster for Rip, Sew and Stitch

    Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)

1952Aged 57

  • Poster for A Missed Fortune

    Hotel Manager

  • Poster for Listen Judge

    Judge Henderson

1951Aged 56

  • Poster for Three Arabian Nuts

    Mr. Bradley

  • Poster for The Awful Sleuth

    Al Keefer

  • Poster for Scrambled Brains

    Nora's Father

  • She Took a Powder

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Tooth Will Out

    Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry

  • Poster for Pest Man Wins

    Mr. Philander

1950Aged 55

  • Poster for Punchy Cowpunchers

    General

  • Poster for The Good Humor Man

    Man in Park (uncredited)

  • Poster for One Shivery Night

    Boss

  • Poster for Innocently Guilty

    Mr. Bass

  • Poster for Studio Stoops

    Police Captain Casey

1949Aged 54

  • Poster for Fuelin' Around

    General

  • Poster for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    Guard (uncredited)

  • Poster for Hokus Pokus

    Insurance Adjuster

  • Poster for The Doolins of Oklahoma

    Bank Clerk (uncredited)

  • Poster for Clunked in the Clink

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Malice in the Palace

    Hassan Ben Sober

  • Poster for Waiting in the Lurch

    J. Peabody Knott

1948Aged 53

  • Poster for Shivering Sherlocks

    Police Capt. Mullins

  • Poster for Squareheads of the Round Table

    King Arthur

  • Poster for Fiddlers Three

    King Cole

  • The Sheepish Wolf

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Heavenly Daze

    I. Fleecem

  • Poster for Mummy's Dummies

    King Rootentooten

  • Poster for Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath

    (Unknown)

1947Aged 52

  • Poster for Half-Wits Holiday

    Prof. Quackenbush

  • Poster for The Good Bad Egg

    Rest Home Manager (uncredited)

  • Poster for Bride and Gloom

    Sally's Father (uncredited)

  • Poster for Out West

    Doctor (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Sea of Grass

    Train Conductor (uncredited)

  • Poster for Road to Hollywood

    A Film Director

  • Poster for Sing a Song of Six Pants

    Police Detective

  • Poster for Should Husbands Marry?

    Hugh's Boss

  • Poster for It Had to Be You

    Man in Drugstore (uncredited)

1946Aged 51

  • Poster for Beer Barrel Polecats

    Warden

  • Poster for The Harvey Girls

    Engineer (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Bird in the Head

    Prof. Panzer

  • Poster for Mr. Noisy

    Slim - Baseball Spectator

  • Poster for Night Editor

    Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)

  • Poster for Dangerous Business

    Fat Man (uncredited)

  • Poster for Pardon My Terror

    Jonas Morton

  • Poster for Society Mugs

    Lord Wafflebottom

  • Poster for Three Little Pirates

    Governor

  • Poster for Lone Star Moonlight

    Sheriff

1945Aged 50

  • Poster for Three Pests in a Mess

    Philip Black

  • Poster for Snooper Service

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Having Wonderful Crime

    Hotel Guest (uncredited)

  • Poster for Rockin' in the Rockies

    Stanton (uncredited)

  • Poster for Idiots Deluxe

    Judge (uncredited)

  • Poster for Booby Dupes

    Captain

1944Aged 49

  • Poster for To Heir Is Human

    Board Chairman

  • Poster for Crash Goes the Hash

    Fuller Bull

  • Bachelor Daze

    Onlooker in doorway

  • Poster for Busy Buddies

    Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)

  • Poster for Defective Detectives

    Rodney Boodle

  • Poster for Address Unknown

    Nazi Party Member (uncredited)

  • Poster for Idle Roomers

    Mr. Leander

  • Poster for Secret Command

    Shipyard Worker (uncredited)

  • Poster for Kansas City Kitty

    Repo man from the A-1 Piano Co.

  • Poster for San Diego I Love You

    Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)

  • Poster for No Dough Boys

    Hugo (Nazi spy)

1943Aged 48

  • Poster for They Stooge to Conga

    Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)

  • Poster for His Wedding Scare

    The Minister

  • Poster for A Blitz on the Fritz

    Spy chief

  • Poster for A Maid Made Mad

    Blonde's Boyfriend

  • Poster for Back from the Front

    Lt. Dungen (uncredited)

  • Poster for Here Comes Mr. Zerk

    William Ruff

  • Poster for Higher Than a Kite

    Marshall Boering (uncredited)

  • Poster for True to Life

    Man (uncredited)

1942Aged 47

  • Sappy Birthday

    Neighbor Policeman

  • Poster for House of Errors

    White

  • Poster for Cactus Makes Perfect

    Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)

  • Poster for Matri-Phony

    Emperor Octopus Grabus

  • Poster for Three Smart Saps

    (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Glass Key

    Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)

  • Poster for Even as IOU

    Motorist (uncredited)

  • Poster for Sappy Pappy

    Jealous Husband

  • Poster for Sock-a-Bye Baby

    1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

1941Aged 46

  • Poster for So Long Mr. Chumps

    Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Poster for You're the One

    Zeno Springs Hotel Guest

  • Poster for So You Won't Squawk

    The bartender

  • Poster for Dutiful But Dumb

    Mr. Wilson (uncredited)

  • Poster for I'll Never Heil Again

    Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)

  • Poster for Adventure in Washington

    Senator in gym

  • Poster for San Antonio Rose

    Worthington

  • Poster for An Ache in Every Stake

    Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)

  • Poster for In the Sweet Pie and Pie

    Senator (uncredited)

  • Poster for Sweet Spirits of the Nighter

    Watkins

1940Aged 45

  • Poster for Nothing But Pleasure

    Bus Rider with Child

  • Poster for The Lone Wolf Strikes

    Hotel Doorman

  • Poster for The Heckler

    Baseball Spectator with Hotdog

  • Poster for Pardon My Berth Marks

    Newspaper City Editor

  • Poster for Money Squawks

    Night Watchman

  • Poster for The Doctor Takes a Wife

    Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)

  • Poster for Nutty But Nice

    Dr. Walters (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Taming of the Snood

    Man on Street

  • Poster for His Bridal Fright

    Doorman

  • Poster for How High Is Up?

    Mr. Blake (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Lady in Question

    Gendarme (uncredited)

  • Poster for From Nurse to Worse

    Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)

  • Poster for He Stayed for Breakfast

    Chef

  • Poster for The Villain Still Pursued Her

    Jim, a policeman

  • Cold Turkey

    J.T. Caldwell

1939Aged 44

  • Poster for Three Little Sew and Sews

    Party Guest (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

    Fat Man at Party (uncredited)

  • Mutiny on the Body

    Mr. Gibson

  • Poster for A Ducking They Did Go

    Vegetarian (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Star Is Shorn

    Producer

  • Poster for Only Angels Have Wings

    Ship's Captain (uncredited)

  • Poster for Yes, We Have No Bonanza

    Sheriff (uncredited)

  • Poster for Saved by the Belle

    Mike (uncredited)

  • Poster for Stanley and Livingstone

    Newspaperman in Office

  • Poster for Hitler: Beast of Berlin

    Lustig

  • Poster for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Senate Reporter (uncredited)

  • Poster for Teacher's Pest

    Christmas Tree Buyer

  • Poster for Mendelssohn's Wedding March

    The Baron (uncredited)

1938Aged 43

  • Poster for Wee Wee Monsieur

    Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)

  • Poster for Start Cheering

    Pops

  • Poster for Time Out for Trouble

    Bakery Man

  • Poster for Tassels in the Air

    Building superintendent (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Mind Needer

    Mr. Ryan

  • Poster for Reformatory

    Cook Howard

  • Poster for Many Sappy Returns

    Concerned Pedestrian

  • Poster for You Can't Take It with You

    Expressman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Juvenile Court

    Mr. Schultz (uncredited)

  • Poster for Sue My Lawyer

    Judge

  • Poster for Mutts to You

    Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)

  • Poster for Thanks for the Memory

    Refuse Man (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Doggone Mixup

    Mr. Tilson

  • Poster for Home on the Rage

    Mr. Lent (uncredited)

1937Aged 42

  • Poster for Dizzy Doctors

    Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)

  • Poster for Back to the Woods

    Governor (uncredited)

  • Poster for Easy Living

    First Partner (uncredited)

  • Poster for Calling All Doctors

    Sneezing Man

  • Poster for Murder in Greenwich Village

    Ship's Officer

  • Poster for The Shadow

    Dutch Schultz

1936Aged 41

  • Poster for Half Shot Shooters

    Man in Restaurant

  • Poster for Share the Wealth

    Mayor

  • Poster for San Francisco

    Fat Man (uncredited)

  • Poster for Slippery Silks

    Morgan Morgan (uncredited)

1935Aged 40

1934Aged 39

  • Poster for Manhattan Melodrama

    Otto (uncredited)

  • Poster for Good Morning, Eve!

    Emperor Nero

1933Aged 38

1932Aged 37

1931Aged 36

1930Aged 35

  • Poster for Midnight Daddies

    Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer

  • Poster for Crazy House

    Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S')

1929Aged 34

1928Aged 33

  • Poster for The Beach Club

    Mr. Kronk

  • Poster for Smith's Army Life

    The Colonel

  • Poster for The Best Man

    Groom

  • Poster for The Bicycle Flirt

    Henry Harper - The Boyfriend

  • Poster for Golf Widows

    Ernest Ward

  • Poster for His Unlucky Night

    Homer Brown

  • Poster for Smith's Restaurant

    Big Diner

  • Poster for The Cameraman

    Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Campus Carmen

    Extra

  • Poster for Motorboat Mamas

    Charley Whalen

  • Hubby's Weekend Trip

    Charley Whalen

  • Poster for The Lion's Roar

    Professor of Music

1927Aged 32

1926Aged 31

1925Aged 30

  • Poster for Boobs in the Wood

    Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon

  • Poster for His Marriage Wow

    A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm

  • Poster for Plain Clothes

    A Crook

  • Poster for Remember When?

    Mack - Circus Owner

  • Poster for Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

    Gasoline Customer

  • Poster for Lucky Stars

    Hiram Healy

  • Poster for Hurry, Doctor!

    Police Officer Bill Trapps

  • Poster for Isn't Love Cuckoo?

    Auto Agency Manager

  • Poster for There He Goes

    Jerry the Bull

1924Aged 29

  • Poster for Picking Peaches

    The Store Manager

  • The Half-Back of Notre Dame

    Football Opponent

  • Poster for The Hollywood Kid

    Claude Climax - Director

  • Poster for Black Oxfords

    Sandy Haig

  • The Lion and the Souse

    Mr. Niblick Van Hoosit

  • Poster for Romeo and Juliet

    Billy Durham

  • Poster for Wall Street Blues

    Mal A. Mute - the Loan Shark's Partner

  • Poster for East of the Water Plug

    Jim's Rival - the Villain

  • Poster for Little Robinson Corkscrew

    Horace Horlick

  • Poster for Riders of the Purple Cows

    Mike Maverick

  • Poster for All Night Long

    the Rival

  • Poster for Feet of Mud

    Football Coach

  • Poster for Bull and Sand

    Joe Archer

1923Aged 28

  • Poster for Soul of the Beast

    The Boob

  • Poster for The Extra Girl

    Aaron Applejohn

1922Aged 27

1921Aged 26

  • Poster for Hail the Woman

    Joe Hurd

1920Aged 25

1919Aged 24

  • An Auto Nut

    The Lawyer's Clerk alias the Doctor (uncredited)