Vernon Dent
Acting
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.
Born: February 15, 1895
Place of Birth: San Jose, California, USA
Known For
The Old Barn
The folks discover what appears to be a haunted barn.
I Love Lucy
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.
The Cameraman
A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.
Scrambled Brains
Shemp is a sick man, suffering from hallucinations. His worst vision is that his ugly nurse Nora is actually beautiful. When Moe and Larry come to take him home from the sanitarium, they discover he's become engaged to Nora. On the way to Nora's apartment for the wedding, the boys get in a fight with a stranger who promises to get even with them if he ever sees them again. They arrive to finding Nora waiting for her father, who, when he arrives, turns out to be the man they just fought with.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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.
Income Tax Sappy
Tax cheats Moe, Larry and Shemp decide they're so good at cheating the government, that they start a business as crooked tax advisors. They become rich, but an undercover agent from the IRS gets the goods on them, and its off to jail for the stooges.
Three Arabian Nuts
The stooges are delivering some Arabian antiques, which include a magic lamp complete with genie. Three Arabian bad guys are after the magic lamp, but the stooges defeat them once they get the "genius", (as Shemp calls the genie) on their side.
An Ache in Every Stake
The stooges are icemen who, while delivering ice to a house on the top of a high hill, destroy several cakes that a wealthy man is trying to bring home. When their antics cause the servants at their customer's house to quit, the boys are hired to take their place and prepare a dinner party. What they don't know is that the party is for the man whose cakes they wrecked. When Moe's gas filled cake explodes and the man realizes who they are, they must leave in a hurry.
You Can't Take It with You
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
All Night Long
Harry runs into his old Marine sergeant and is reminded of the rivalry they had for a girl while they were stationed in France.
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as archive footage
as Judge (archive footage)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)
as Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)
as I. Fleecem (archive footage)
as Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)
as J. Peabody Knott
as King Arthur (uncredited)
as Doctor (uncredited)
as King Cole
as IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)
as Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)
as Night Watchman
as Judge Henderson
as Hotel Manager
as Mr. Philander
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
as Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry
as Nora's Father
as Al Keefer
as Mr. Bradley
as Police Captain Casey
as Mr. Bass
as Boss
as Man in Park (uncredited)
as General
as J. Peabody Knott
as Hassan Ben Sober
as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
as Insurance Adjuster
as Guard (uncredited)
as General
as King Rootentooten
as I. Fleecem
as King Cole
as King Arthur
as Police Capt. Mullins
as Man in Drugstore (uncredited)
as Hugh's Boss
as Police Detective
as A Film Director
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Sally's Father (uncredited)
as Rest Home Manager (uncredited)
as Prof. Quackenbush
as Sheriff
as Governor
as Lord Wafflebottom
as Jonas Morton
as Fat Man (uncredited)
as Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)
as Slim - Baseball Spectator
as Prof. Panzer
as Engineer (uncredited)
as Warden
as Captain
as Judge (uncredited)
as Stanton (uncredited)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
as Philip Black
as Hugo (Nazi spy)
as Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)
as Repo man from the A-1 Piano Co.
as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
as Mr. Leander
as Nazi Party Member (uncredited)
as Rodney Boodle
as Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)
as Fuller Bull
as Board Chairman
as Man (uncredited)
as Marshall Boering (uncredited)
as William Ruff
as Lt. Dungen (uncredited)
as Blonde's Boyfriend
as Spy chief
as The Minister
as Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)
as 1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
as Jealous Husband
as Motorist (uncredited)
as Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Emperor Octopus Grabus
as Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)
as White
as Watkins
as Senator (uncredited)
as Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)
as Worthington
as Senator in gym
as Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)
as Mr. Wilson (uncredited)
as The bartender
as Zeno Springs Hotel Guest
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
as Jim, a policeman
as Chef
as Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)
as Gendarme (uncredited)
as Mr. Blake (uncredited)
as Doorman
as Man on Street
as Dr. Walters (uncredited)
as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
as Night Watchman
as Newspaper City Editor
as Baseball Spectator with Hotdog
as Hotel Doorman
as Bus Rider with Child
as The Baron (uncredited)
as Christmas Tree Buyer
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
as Lustig
as Newspaperman in Office
as Mike (uncredited)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
as Ship's Captain
as Producer
as Vegetarian (uncredited)
as Fat Man at Party (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Mr. Lent (uncredited)
as Mr. Tilson
as Refuse Man (uncredited)
as Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
as Expressman (uncredited)
as Concerned Pedestrian
as Cook Howard
as Mr. Ryan
as Building superintendent (uncredited)
as Bakery Man
as Pops
as Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)
as Dutch Schultz
as Ship's Officer
as Sneezing Man
as First Partner (uncredited)
as Governor (uncredited)
as Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)
as Morgan Morgan (uncredited)
as Fat Man (uncredited)
as Mayor
as Man in Restaurant
as Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack
as Otto (uncredited)
as Elmer Smoot
as The Cop
as Adolph
as Luckenbach, the artist
as Klaus
as Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)
as Bartender Pee Wee
as Hefty - Bartender
as Hefty
as Cookie
as Detective Eating Peanuts
as Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S')
as Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer
as Vernon Vance
as Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor
as Vernon Vance
as Jip Bennett
as Charley Whalen
as Extra
as Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)
as Big Diner
as Homer Brown
as Ernest Ward
as Henry Harper - The Boyfriend
as Groom
as The Colonel
as Mr. Kronk
as Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer
as The Club President
as Hector Strong
as The Train Conductor
as Amos McCarthy
as The Suitor
as Bill Brown
as Tim Hayes
as Mr. Pinkney
as Jim Stone
as Jo Jo
as Gertie's Father in Flashback
as The Prime Minister
as Steve Smith
as Jerry the Bull
as Auto Agency Manager
as Police Officer Bill Trapps
as Hiram Healy
as Gasoline Customer
as Mack - Circus Owner
as A Crook
as A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm
as Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon
as Joe Archer
as Football Coach
as the Rival
as Mike Maverick
as Horace Horlick
as Jim's Rival - the Villain
as Mal A. Mute - the Loan Shark's Partner
as Billy Durham
as Sandy Haig
as Claude Climax - Director
as The Store Manager
as Aaron Applejohn
as The Boob
as The suitor
as Joe Hurd
as Oriental Potentate