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.

KNOWN FOR

I Love Lucy
1951
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
You Can't Take It with You
1938
The Cameraman
1928
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
The Sea of Grass
1947
Start Cheering
1938
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
The Harvey Girls
1946

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
282
Writing
5
2020
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as Claude Climax - Director, archive footage
2006
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
as (archive footage)
1963
The Sound of Laughter
as Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach
1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1957
Guns a Poppin!
as Judge (archive footage)
1957
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
1956
Hot Stuff
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1956
Flagpole Jitters
as Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)
1956
Rumpus in the Harem
as Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)
1955
Bedlam in Paradise
as I. Fleecem (archive footage)
1955
Of Cash and Hash
as Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)
1954
Income Tax Sappy
as IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)
1954
Musty Musketeers
as King Cole
1954
Pals and Gals
as Doctor (uncredited)
1954
Knutzy Knights
as King Arthur (uncredited)
1954
The Fire Chaser
as J. Peabody Knott
1954
Doggie in the Bedroom
as Doctor
1953
Rip, Sew and Stitch
as Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)
1953
Booty and the Beast
as Night Watchman
1952
A Missed Fortune
as Hotel Manager
1952
Listen Judge
as Judge Henderson
1951
Pest Man Wins
as Mr. Philander
1951
Three Arabian Nuts
as Mr. Bradley
1951
Scrambled Brains
as Nora's Father
1951
The Awful Sleuth
as Al Keefer
1951
The Tooth Will Out
as Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry
1951
She Took a Powder
1951
I Love Lucy
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
1950
One Shivery Night
as Boss
1950
Punchy Cowpunchers
as General
1950
Studio Stoops
as Police Captain Casey
1950
Innocently Guilty
as Mr. Bass
1950
The Good Humor Man
as Man in Park (uncredited)
1949
Fuelin' Around
as General
1949
Malice in the Palace
as Hassan Ben Sober
1949
Hokus Pokus
as Insurance Adjuster
1949
Waiting in the Lurch
as J. Peabody Knott
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Guard (uncredited)
1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
1949
Clunked in the Clink
1948
Heavenly Daze
as I. Fleecem
1948
Mummy's Dummies
as King Rootentooten
1948
Shivering Sherlocks
as Police Capt. Mullins
1948
The Sheepish Wolf
1948
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
1948
Squareheads of the Round Table
as King Arthur
1948
Fiddlers Three
as King Cole
1947
Road to Hollywood
as A Film Director
1947
Sing a Song of Six Pants
as Police Detective
1947
Should Husbands Marry?
as Hugh's Boss
1947
Half-Wits Holiday
as Prof. Quackenbush
1947
Out West
as Doctor (uncredited)
1947
Bride and Gloom
as Sally's Father (uncredited)
1947
The Good Bad Egg
as Rest Home Manager (uncredited)
1947
The Sea of Grass
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1947
It Had to Be You
as Man in Drugstore (uncredited)
1946
Night Editor
as Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)
1946
A Bird in the Head
as Prof. Panzer
1946
Beer Barrel Polecats
as Warden
1946
Pardon My Terror
as Jonas Morton
1946
Dangerous Business
as Fat Man (uncredited)
1946
Mr. Noisy
as Slim - Baseball Spectator
1946
Society Mugs
as Lord Wafflebottom
1946
Three Little Pirates
as Governor
1946
Lone Star Moonlight
as Sheriff
1946
The Harvey Girls
as Engineer (uncredited)
1945
Rockin' in the Rockies
as Stanton (uncredited)
1945
Three Pests in a Mess
as Philip Black
1945
Booby Dupes
as Captain
1945
Idiots Deluxe
as Judge (uncredited)
1945
Snooper Service
1945
Having Wonderful Crime
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1944
Secret Command
as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
1944
Crash Goes the Hash
as Fuller Bull
1944
Idle Roomers
as Mr. Leander
1944
No Dough Boys
as Hugo (Nazi spy)
1944
Busy Buddies
as Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)
1944
Bachelor Daze
as Onlooker in doorway
1944
Defective Detectives
as Rodney Boodle
1944
To Heir Is Human
as Board Chairman
1944
San Diego I Love You
as Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)
1944
Address Unknown
as Nazi Party Member (uncredited)
1944
Kansas City Kitty
as Repo man from the A-1 Piano Co.
1943
His Wedding Scare
as The Minister
1943
A Maid Made Mad
as Blonde's Boyfriend
1943
They Stooge to Conga
as Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)
1943
Back from the Front
as Lt. Dungen (uncredited)
1943
Higher Than a Kite
as Marshall Boering (uncredited)
1943
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
as William Ruff
1943
A Blitz on the Fritz
as Spy chief
1943
True to Life
as Man (uncredited)
1942
Sappy Birthday
as Neighbor Policeman
1942
Matri-Phony
as Emperor Octopus Grabus
1942
Cactus Makes Perfect
as Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)
1942
Sock-a-Bye Baby
as 1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
1942
Sappy Pappy
as Jealous Husband
1942
Even as IOU
as Motorist (uncredited)
1942
Three Smart Saps
as (uncredited)
1942
The Glass Key
as Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)
1942
House of Errors
as White
1941
San Antonio Rose
as Worthington
1941
An Ache in Every Stake
as Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)
1941
Adventure in Washington
as Senator in gym
1941
Dutiful But Dumb
as Mr. Wilson (uncredited)
1941
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
as Senator (uncredited)
1941
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
as Watkins
1941
I'll Never Heil Again
as Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)
1941
So You Won't Squawk
as The bartender
1941
You're the One
as Zeno Springs Hotel Guest
1941
So Long Mr. Chumps
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1940
Pardon My Berth Marks
as Newspaper City Editor
1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Jim, a policeman
1940
From Nurse to Worse
as Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)
1940
Nutty But Nice
as Dr. Walters (uncredited)
1940
Money Squawks
as Night Watchman
1940
The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Hotel Doorman
1940
Cold Turkey
as J.T. Caldwell
1940
Nothing But Pleasure
as Bus Rider with Child
1940
The Taming of the Snood
as Man on Street
1940
The Heckler
as Baseball Spectator with Hotdog
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
1940
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Chef
1940
The Lady in Question
as Gendarme (uncredited)
1940
How High Is Up?
as Mr. Blake (uncredited)
1940
His Bridal Fright
as Doorman
1939
Mutiny on the Body
as Mr. Gibson
1939
Three Little Sew and Sews
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1939
Saved by the Belle
as Mike (uncredited)
1939
A Ducking They Did Go
as Vegetarian (uncredited)
1939
Yes, We Have No Bonanza
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1939
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Fat Man at Party (uncredited)
1939
Only Angels Have Wings
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
1939
Stanley and Livingstone
as Newspaperman in Office
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
1939
Hitler: Beast of Berlin
as Lustig
1939
A Star Is Shorn
as Producer
1939
Mendelssohn's Wedding March
as The Baron (uncredited)
1939
Teacher's Pest
as Christmas Tree Buyer
1938
Reformatory
as Cook Howard
1938
Wee Wee Monsieur
as Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)
1938
Mutts to You
as Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1938
Tassels in the Air
as Building superintendent (uncredited)
1938
A Doggone Mixup
as Mr. Tilson
1938
Thanks for the Memory
as Refuse Man (uncredited)
1938
Start Cheering
as Pops
1938
Sue My Lawyer
as Judge
1938
Home on the Rage
as Mr. Lent (uncredited)
1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Expressman (uncredited)
1938
Juvenile Court
as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
1938
Time Out for Trouble
as Bakery Man
1938
The Mind Needer
as Mr. Ryan
1938
Many Sappy Returns
as Concerned Pedestrian
1937
Dizzy Doctors
as Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)
1937
Back to the Woods
as Governor (uncredited)
1937
The Shadow
as Dutch Schultz
1937
Easy Living
as First Partner (uncredited)
1937
Murder in Greenwich Village
as Ship's Officer
1937
Calling All Doctors
as Sneezing Man
1936
Slippery Silks
as Morgan Morgan (uncredited)
1936
Half Shot Shooters
as Man in Restaurant
1936
San Francisco
as Fat Man (uncredited)
1936
Share the Wealth
as Mayor
1935
Tars and Stripes
as Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack
1935
I Don't Remember
as Oscar Glick
1935
His Marriage Mix-up
1935
Hollywood Trouble
as Mr. Mahoney
1934
Good Morning, Eve!
as Emperor Nero
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
as Otto (uncredited)
1933
Knight Duty
as The Cop
1933
Hooks and Jabs
1933
Tied for Life
as Angry motorist
1933
The Hitchhiker
as Adolph
1933
Please
as Elmer Smoot
1933
Tired Feet
1933
Artist's Muddles
as Luckenbach, the artist
1932
The Iceman's Ball
as Officer Schmaltz
1932
Dream House
as Director Von Schnauble
1932
Just a Pain in the Parlor
as Speaker
1932
The Big Flash
as Klaus
1932
Texas Cyclone
as Hefty
1932
Million Dollar Legs
as Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)
1932
The Riding Tornado
as Hefty - Bartender
1932
Daring Danger
as Bartender Pee Wee
1932
The Hollywood Handicap
1931
Murder at Midnight
as Detective Eating Peanuts
1931
The Bride's Mistake
as Mr. Grimm
1931
The Fainting Lover
as Dr. Dudley Schmidt
1931
Beach Pajamas
1931
Dragnet Patrol
as Cookie
1931
The Freshman's Finish
1931
A College Racket
1931
The All-American Kickback
as Football Coach
1931
Girls Will Be Boys
1931
Gents of Leisure
1931
Hollywood Halfbacks
1930
Crazy House
as Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S')
1930
Midnight Daddies
as Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer
1929
A Close Shave
as George Billings
1929
Don't Get Jealous
as Wilbur Warner
1929
Hot Sports
1929
The Bees' Buzz
as Jim - Homer's Pal
1929
Calling Hubby's Bluff
as Vernon Vance
1929
Pink Pajamas
as Vernon Vance
1929
The Old Barn
as Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor
1929
Clunked on the Corner
as Jip Bennett
1929
What a Trip
1929
Howling Hollywood
1929
Ladies Must Eat
as George
1928
The Cameraman
as Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)
1928
The Beach Club
as Mr. Kronk
1928
The Bicycle Flirt
as Henry Harper - The Boyfriend
1928
Motorboat Mamas
as Charley Whalen
1928
Smith's Restaurant
as Big Diner
1928
Hubby's Weekend Trip
as Charley Whalen
1928
The Best Man
as Groom
1928
Smith's Army Life
as The Colonel
1928
His Unlucky Night
as Homer Brown
1928
The Campus Carmen
as Extra
1928
Golf Widows
as Ernest Ward
1928
The Lion's Roar
as Professor of Music
1927
Should Sleepwalkers Marry?
as George Stevens
1927
For Sale, a Bungalow
as 2nd Real Estate Broker
1927
Cured in the Excitement
as Hector Strong
1927
Fiddlesticks
as Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer
1927
The Pride of Pikeville
as The Train Conductor
1927
The Golf Nut
as The Club President
1927
His First Flame
as Amos McCarthy
1927
Smith's Cook
as Pete - the Motor Cop
1927
A One Mama Man
as The Suitor
1926
A Prodigal Bridegroom
as Gertie's Father in Flashback
1926
Masked Mamas
as Jim Denton
1926
Her Actor Friend
as Actor in Play
1926
Flirty Four-Flushers
as Bill Brown
1926
Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
as Jim Stone
1926
Hoboken to Hollywood
as Mr. Pinkney
1926
Soldier Man
as The Prime Minister
1926
Saturday Afternoon
as Steve Smith
1926
A Blonde's Revenge
as Tim Hayes
1926
A Sea Dog's Tale
as Jo Jo
1926
Smith's Landlord
as The Cop
1926
Have Courage
as Gendarme
1926
The Funnymooners
as Sheriff Joel Springboard
1925
Plain Clothes
as A Crook
1925
Hurry, Doctor!
as Police Officer Bill Trapps
1925
Isn't Love Cuckoo?
as Auto Agency Manager
1925
His Marriage Wow
as A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm
1925
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
as Gasoline Customer
1925
Lucky Stars
as Hiram Healy
1925
There He Goes
as Jerry the Bull
1925
Remember When?
as Mack - Circus Owner
1925
Boobs in the Wood
as Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon
1924
Feet of Mud
as Football Coach
1924
East of the Water Plug
as Jim's Rival - the Villain
1924
Little Robinson Corkscrew
as Horace Horlick
1924
The Hollywood Kid
as Claude Climax - Director
1924
Black Oxfords
as Sandy Haig
1924
Bull and Sand
as Joe Archer
1924
Picking Peaches
as The Store Manager
1924
Wall Street Blues
as Mal A. Mute - the Loan Shark's Partner
1924
The Lion and the Souse
as Mr. Niblick Van Hoosit
1924
Romeo and Juliet
as Billy Durham
1924
Riders of the Purple Cows
as Mike Maverick
1924
The Half-Back of Notre Dame
as Football Opponent
1924
All Night Long
as the Rival
1923
The Extra Girl
as Aaron Applejohn
1923
Soul of the Beast
as The Boob
1922
Golf
as The suitor
1922
Special Delivery
1922
Mummy's Nightmare
as Delivery Driver
1921
Hail the Woman
as Joe Hurd
1920
Hopping Bells
1920
Way Out West
1920
Mystic Mush
1920
Hot Dogs
1920
Naughty Nurses
1920
The Gum Riot
1920
Broken Bubbles
1920
When Spirits Move
1920
The Nickel Snatcher
1920
J-U-N-K
as The Junk Dealer
1920
A Harem Hero
as Oriental Potentate
1919
An Auto Nut
as The Lawyer's Clerk alias the Doctor (uncredited)