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.
Movies
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
Shows
I Love Lucy
Santa Claus (uncredited)