Vernon Dent

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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.

Most Popular Vernon Dent Trailers

Total trailers found: 280

Night Editor Trailer (1946)

29 March 1946

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

San Antonio Rose Trailer (1941)

20 June 1941

San Antonio Rose is an amiably wacky mini-musical evenly divided between its "official" stars, The Merry Macs, and a strong cast of supporting clowns.

Mystic Mush Trailer (1920)

01 January 1920

Mystic Mush silent comedy

Murder in Greenwich Village Trailer (1937)

03 November 1937

A society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In her pursuit of an alibi, she inadvertently implicates a struggling advertisement photographer.

The Shadow Trailer (1937)

22 December 1937

Mary Gillespie is restoring the Col. Gillespie Circus to its former splendor after her father's death.

Fiddlesticks Trailer (1927)

27 November 1927

Harry will do anything to be a musician, but it takes a junk collector to discover his hidden talents.

Sappy Pappy Trailer (1942)

30 October 1942

Andy, the owner of a bicycle shop, gets involved with one of his customers.

Snooper Service Trailer (1945)

03 February 1945

Harry and El, private sleuths, are hired to follow a beautiful showgirl.

J-U-N-K Trailer (1920)

08 March 1920

A Hank Mann slapstick comedy where he plays a Junk Dealer's Helper.

A Ducking They Did Go Trailer (1939)

07 April 1939

The stooges, tricked by some con men into selling memberships to a phony duck hunting club, sell all the memberships to the police department.

The Gum Riot Trailer (1920)

01 January 1920

The action takes place in a gum factory. By a peculiar accident, a bootlegger attempting to avoid the keen eye of an officer of the law, holds a bottle of liquor so that its contents drop into a vat in which the gum is being prepared.

The Doctor Takes a Wife Trailer (1940)

25 April 1940

A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.

Booby Dupes Trailer (1945)

18 October 1945

The stooges are three fish peddlers who decide to cut out the middleman by catching their own fish. They trade their car and $300 for a "new" boat which turns out to be a piece of junk that soon falls apart and sinks in the middle of the ocean.

Dangerous Business Trailer (1946)

20 June 1946

Two young lawyers open an office together. They are hired to defend a utilities magnate who claims he has been framed.

A Prodigal Bridegroom Trailer (1926)

25 June 1926

Ben returns from the big city with his pockets full of cash. A hard-hearted, gold-digging vamp ensnares him.

Hollywood Halfbacks Trailer (1931)

23 December 1931

Johnny Harron is watching the Hollywood fire department football team playing a game and decides that he can round up some Hollywood actors that could beat the firemen.

Start Cheering Trailer (1938)

03 March 1938

After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.

The Iceman's Ball Trailer (1932)

12 August 1932

Clark & McCullough are arrested for disturbing the peace. They steal the police car and return it to the station.

Dragnet Patrol Trailer (1931)

14 December 1931

A sailor falls for a gangster's moll, leaves his wife and finds himself caught up in a life of crime.

A Sea Dog's Tale Trailer (1926)

11 July 1926

An island princess falls in love with a young man whose picture she sees in the newspaper. Her father, the king, sends his agents to the U.

Daring Danger Trailer (1932)

22 June 1932

A wounded cowboy catches rustlers who use a trick branding iron.

Tied for Life Trailer (1933)

01 July 1933

We first meet Harry on the morning of his wedding day. He looks like he's been partying, but we know he's a sweet guy because he sleeps with a photo of his bride.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Trailer (1949)

18 April 1949

A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1905 auto mechanic, to Arthurian England, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology.

A Maid Made Mad Trailer (1943)

19 March 1943

Andy innocently becomes involved with a female customer; his wife jumps to the wrong conclusion and walks out on him.

Hoboken to Hollywood Trailer (1926)

05 September 1926

Billy Judkins is a naturally gloomy Gus. His life changes when he is transferred from working in his company's Hoboken office to their Hollywood office.

Cold Turkey Trailer (1940)

18 October 1940

Harry wins a turkey at a raffle.

The Hollywood Kid Trailer (1924)

19 April 1924

A short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a gaggle of guffaws!

Saturday Afternoon Trailer (1926)

31 January 1926

Harry and his friend have planned to go out for an afternoon of fun. But first, Harry must figure out how to slip away from his domineering wife with some money to spend.

Broken Bubbles Trailer (1920)

01 March 1920

A poor chap, with only fifty cents, hesitates whether to buy a meal with it or visit a fortune teller.

Cured in the Excitement Trailer (1927)

12 June 1927

Professor Brawn has been swinging a dumbbell for so long he looks like one!

Teacher's Pest Trailer (1939)

02 November 1939

Charley arrives in a backward mountain town to be the new schoolteacher and receives a hostile welcome.

Hollywood Trouble Trailer (1935)

01 January 1935

An oil-rich rube who aspires to stardom is bilked by a phony acting school.

Days of Thrills and Laughter Trailer (1961)

21 March 1961

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

His First Flame Trailer (1927)

02 May 1927

Fire chief Amos McCarthy, a confirmed misogynist, counsels his nephew Harry Howells to avoid matrimony at all costs.

The Pride of Pikeville Trailer (1927)

05 June 1927

Unlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many beautiful ladies.

The Lady in Question Trailer (1940)

07 August 1940

When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.

Masked Mamas Trailer (1926)

30 October 1926

A Billy Bevan slapstick comedy short.

A Blitz on the Fritz Trailer (1943)

22 January 1943

Harry is a patriotic citizen who starts a scrap drive but he soon encounters a group of Nazi spies and their hideout.

A Close Shave Trailer (1929)

23 June 1929

An inept window washer becomes an equally inept barber.

Hubby’s Quiet Little Game Trailer (1926)

08 August 1926

A dancing instructor goes to a married woman's home, to giver her lessons, while her husband is absent.

Having Wonderful Crime Trailer (1945)

12 April 1945

Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.

The Heckler Trailer (1940)

16 February 1940

An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody.

Picking Peaches Trailer (1924)

02 February 1924

A series of sketches with a shoe clerk, his wife, and his extra-curricular activities. The shoe clerk steps out on his wife with one of his customers.

Mr. Noisy Trailer (1946)

22 March 1946

This All-Star Comedy (production number 7437, and a remake of 1940's "The Heckler" with Charley Chase) has Shemp Howard, noise-maker and heckler deluxe, hired by two gamblers to rattle a ball team while the gamblers bet on the opponents.

Have Courage Trailer (1926)

12 December 1926

Sad sack gob Billy finds himself challenged to two duels at the same time in the French countryside over two different women.

Defective Detectives Trailer (1944)

03 April 1944

El and Harry are two office cleaners turned detectives who are assigned to chase a gangster, but they end up catching the husband and wife they are supposed to protect from him.

Knight Duty Trailer (1933)

06 May 1933

Harry is a hobo, one step ahead of the law. After accidentally foiling a purse snatcher, he cadges a ride on a flatbed truck, is knocked out when a wax figure falls on him during the ride, and is carried into a museum by someone thinking he's another manikin.

Texas Cyclone Trailer (1932)

24 February 1932

When Texas Grant rides into town people think the supposedly dead Jim Rawlins has returned. After a confrontation with Utah Becker, Grant learns Jim's wife, Helen, is about to lose her ranch to Becker, so he decides to stay and pose as Rawlins in an effort to help her.

The Good Humor Man Trailer (1950)

24 March 1950

Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator.

Calling All Doctors Trailer (1937)

22 July 1937

Charley is a hypochondriac who is driving his family, his friends and his doctor crazy.

Out West Trailer (1947)

24 April 1947

The stooges go out west for Shemp's health and get mixed up with some bad guys. The villains have locked up the Arizona Kid and their leader plans to marry his girl, Nell.

San Diego I Love You Trailer (1944)

29 September 1944

A harried daughter tries to keep her wacky family together while trying to sell her eccentric father's latest invention, a collapsible life raft.

The Awful Sleuth Trailer (1951)

18 April 1951

Drug store soda jerk Bert is a true-crime buff who revels in detective magazines. But he doesn't recognize the notorious gangster he waits on, smiling Memphis Mike.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Trailer (1939)

19 October 1939

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington.

The Good Bad Egg Trailer (1947)

20 March 1947

In this Columbia All-Star Comedy short (production number 8438), Joe DeRita is a bachelor inventor who reads a marriage proposal written on an egg by a lonely widow with one child.

Just a Pain in the Parlor Trailer (1932)

25 April 1932

Harry Sweet stars as a hick Olympic hero who is housed in a high society mansion and causes havoc to the high brow party in progress.

Pest Man Wins Trailer (1951)

06 December 1951

The stooges are pest exterminators who drum up business by planting vermin in a ritzy mansion where a party is going on.

Hooks and Jabs Trailer (1933)

24 August 1933

Harry is down and out. A woman friend from a temperance union loans him a buck. He goes to a bar and orders a glass of milk to get a free sandwich.

Hot Sports Trailer (1929)

11 August 1929

Monte and Vernon go to a society party where they behave like jerks. Monte's pants get torn, the butler keeps getting dunked in a punch bowl.

Good Morning, Eve! Trailer (1934)

22 September 1934

Adam and Eve are in the Garden of Eden preparing their latest meal. After the meal, they take a stroll through time.