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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
2006
as (archive footage)
A documentary short included as an extra with "The Buster Keaton Collection".

The Sound of Laughter
1963
as Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach
A compilation of film clips of comedies from 1930's.

Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
as archive footage
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.

Guns a Poppin!
1957
as Judge (archive footage)
Told in flashback, Moe is on trial for assaulting Larry and Joe. It seems that Moe was in debt and suffering a nervous breakdown so Larry and Joe took...

Hot Stuff
1956
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The stooges are government agent entrusted with protecting professor Sneed, who has invented a super rocket fuel. Larry is mistaken for the professor ...

Rumpus in the Harem
1956
as Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)
Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys need money to pay their fiancée's taxes, or the girls will be sold as slaves. Some c...

Flagpole Jitters
1956
as Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)
The stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is confined to wheelchair. At their jobs in a theater, where they hope to earn money for ...

Bedlam in Paradise
1955
as I. Fleecem (archive footage)
Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and Larry. He returns to earth as an invisible spirit and sets out to prevent the other two...

Of Cash and Hash
1955
as Police Capt. Mullins (archive footage)
The Stooges witness an armed robbery and are brought in by the cops as suspects. After passing a lie detector test, the boys are freed and go back to ...

The Fire Chaser
1954
as J. Peabody Knott
Hospitalized Eric Loudermilk Potts tells his story to a golddinging nurse. He's a bridegroom who misses his own wedding because he can't stop chasing ...

Knutzy Knights
1954
as King Arthur (uncredited)
Set in Elizabethan times, the stooges help their friend Cedric the Blacksmith win the hand of the fair princess Elaine. The only problem is that Elain...

Pals and Gals
1954
as Doctor (uncredited)
The stooges go out west for Shemp's health. The boys soon run afoul of a local villain who is forcing pretty Nell to marry him. The bad guy has Nell's...

Musty Musketeers
1954
as King Cole
Set in the middle ages, the stooges wish to marry their sweethearts, but the King won't give his consent until Princess Alicia gets married. The princ...

Income Tax Sappy
1954
as IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)
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 ric...

Rip, Sew and Stitch
1953
as Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)
The stooges run a tailor shop and need money to pay their creditors. A bank robber leaves his coat in the shop with a combination to a safe. When the ...

Booty and the Beast
1953
as Night Watchman
The stooges do a good turn and help a stranger open a safe in what they think is the man's house. Actually the man is a crook and the boys were unwitt...

Listen Judge
1952
as Judge Henderson
The stooges are fix-it men who are brought before a judge on a charge of chicken stealing. They escape from the courtroom and wind up getting hired in...

A Missed Fortune
1952
as Hotel Manager
Shemp wins $50,000 in a radio contest and the stooges move into the Hotel Costa Plente where they live it up and wreck their fancy suite. While they w...

Pest Man Wins
1951
as Mr. Philander
The stooges are pest exterminators who drum up business by planting vermin in a ritzy mansion where a party is going on. The boys are hired, but must ...

The Tooth Will Out
1951
as Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry
The stooges graduate from dental school and go out west to open a practice. Everything goes well until Shemp "cures" an outlaw's toothache from the in...

Scrambled Brains
1951
as Nora's Father
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 tak...

The Awful Sleuth
1951
as Al Keefer
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...

Three Arabian Nuts
1951
as Mr. Bradley
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...

Studio Stoops
1950
as Police Captain Casey
The stooges are hired by a movie studio as publicity men. Their first assignment is to get publicity for Dolly Devore, a pretty starlet. They fake a k...

Innocently Guilty
1950
as Mr. Bass
Through a series of misunderstandings, Bert becomes innocently involved with his boss' wife.

One Shivery Night
1950
as Boss
Hugh and his partner, Julius are assigned to demolish a old mansion that's rumored to have a fortune hidden inside somewhere. When they arrive, they m...

The Good Humor Man
1950
as Man in Park (uncredited)
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...

Punchy Cowpunchers
1950
as General
It is the old west and the Dillon clan are making life miserable for a small Western town. Sweetheart Nell (Christine McIntyre) and her dashing but di...

Waiting in the Lurch
1949
as J. Peabody Knott
Joe's fiance doesn't like his obsession for chasing fire engines.

Malice in the Palace
1949
as Hassan Ben Sober
Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys set out to recover the stolen Rootin Tootin diamond after they learn from the thieve...

The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
When the Daltons are killed at Coffeyville, gang member Bill Doolin, arriving late, escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder, he becomes the lea...

Hokus Pokus
1949
as Insurance Adjuster
The Stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is confined to wheelchair.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Guard (uncredited)
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 gain...

Fuelin' Around
1949
as General
The Stooges are carpet layers working in the home of a scientist, Professor Sneed, who has invented a super rocket fuel.

Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
1948
Wally intends to have a nice quiet day at home, until his brother-in-law Eddie shows up with his kids.

Mummy's Dummies
1948
as King Rootentooten
Set in ancient Egypt, the stooges run a used chariot lot where they unload defective chariots on unsuspecting customers. When they gyp the head of the...

Heavenly Daze
1948
as I. Fleecem
Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and Larry. He returns to earth as an invisible spirit and sets out to prevent the other two...
The Sheepish Wolf
1948
Harry entertains a potential advertising client.

Fiddlers Three
1948
as King Cole
The stooges are musicians at the court of King Cole. When they ask the king's permission to marry their sweethearts, the King agrees, but only after P...

Squareheads of the Round Table
1948
as King Arthur
Set in Arthurian times, the Stooges decide to help their friend Cedric the Blacksmith win the hand of the fair princess Elaine. At night the group sne...

Shivering Sherlocks
1948
as Police Capt. Mullins
The stooges witness an armed robbery and are brought in by the cops as suspects. After passing a lie detector test, the boys are freed but are now the...

It Had to Be You
1947
as Man in Drugstore (uncredited)
A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.

Should Husbands Marry?
1947
as Hugh's Boss
Hugh's loudmouth pal crashes a dinner party Hugh is throwing for his boss.

Sing a Song of Six Pants
1947
as Police Detective
The three stooges pursue a notorious burglar in order to pay past due notes to the Skin & Flint company and save their tailor shop.

Road to Hollywood
1947
as A Film Director
Exploitation film-maker Bud Pollard appears on screen to tell us of Bing Crosby's rise to fame, using scenes from four early Crosby shorts to illustra...

The Sea of Grass
1947
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.

Out West
1947
as Doctor (uncredited)
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 ...

Bride and Gloom
1947
as Sally's Father (uncredited)
In this Columbia All-Star Comedy (production number 8439), Shemp Howard finds himself in a love nest with the wrong woman, while his bride-to-be is wa...

The Good Bad Egg
1947
as Rest Home Manager (uncredited)
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 ...

Half-Wits Holiday
1947
as Prof. Quackenbush
A professor bets one of his colleagues that he can turn the Stooges into gentlemen within 60 days. With the aid of his pretty daughter, the professor ...

Lone Star Moonlight
1946
as Sheriff
Returning G.I. Curt Norton (Ken Curtis), owner of a radio station, finds his father Amos (Guy Kibbee) has allowed the station to run down and has squa...

Three Little Pirates
1946
as Governor
The stooges are castaways from a garbage scow who land on Dead Man's Island where everyone is living in olden times. To escape from the governor, they...

Society Mugs
1946
as Lord Wafflebottom
Muriel Allen needs an escort to Alice Preston's dinner party, and her maid Petunia mistakenly places a telephone call to Acme Exterminators instead of...

Pardon My Terror
1946
as Jonas Morton
Private detectives Gus and Dick take a murder case where nearly everyone is trying to kill them.

Dangerous Business
1946
as Fat Man (uncredited)
Two young lawyers open an office together. They are hired to defend a utilities magnate who claims he has been framed. He is kidnapped by a gangster, ...

Night Editor
1946
as Fat Man in Library (Uncredited)
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

Mr. Noisy
1946
as Slim - Baseball Spectator
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 delux...

A Bird in the Head
1946
as Prof. Panzer
The stooges are working as paperhangers in the home of Professor Panzer, a mad scientist looking for a brain to use in his experiments. The professor ...

Beer Barrel Polecats
1946
as Warden
The stooges make a whole batch of homemade beer, but get tossed in jail when Curly sells some to a cop. Their minor indiscretion turns into a forty ye...

Booby Dupes
1945
as Captain
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 whi...

Idiots Deluxe
1945
as Judge (uncredited)
Moe is on trial for assaulting Curly and Larry with an ax. Moe relates how Curly and Larry took him on a hunting trip for his nerves. Out in the woods...

Rockin' in the Rockies
1945
as Stanton
Rancher Rusty Williams is away at agricultural college and leaves his spread in the hands of his older cousin Shorty. Shorty wants to do more than run...

Having Wonderful Crime
1945
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.

Snooper Service
1945
Harry and El, private sleuths, are hired to follow a beautiful showgirl.

Three Pests in a Mess
1945
as Philip Black
The stooges are three inventors trying to a get a patent on their preposterous fly catching invention. When they learn they'll have to catch 100,000 f...

No Dough Boys
1944
as Hugo (Nazi spy)
The Stooges are dressed as Japanese soldiers for their job as magazine models. On their lunch break they go into a restaurant with their Japanese unif...

San Diego I Love You
1944
as Mr. Fitzmaurice (uncredited)
A harried daughter tries to keep her wacky family together while trying to sell her eccentric father's latest invention, a collapsible life raft.

Kansas City Kitty
1944
as Repo man from the A-1 Piano Co.
A piano teacher and her roommate decide to invest their savings in a music publishing company. Comedy with music.

Secret Command
1944
as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the shipyards where his brother, Jeff, is a foreman. Jef...

Idle Roomers
1944
as Mr. Leander
The stooges are working as bellboys in a large hotel when a side show promoter shows up with 'Lupe', a wild wolfman who promptly escapes. The stooges ...

Address Unknown
1944
as Nazi Party Member (uncredited)
When a German art dealer living in the US returns to his native country he finds himself attracted to Nazi propaganda.

Defective Detectives
1944
as Rodney Boodle
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 su...

Busy Buddies
1944
as Hotcakes Customer (uncredited)
The Stooges, not faring well with their diner, enter Curly in a milking contest at the County Fair. But when they take him to a pasture to practice, C...
Bachelor Daze
1944
as Onlooker in doorway
Slim and Ezra are roommates and are wondering why they are still single. Ezra tells Slim that the local battle axe played by Minerva Urecal has a cru...

Crash Goes the Hash
1944
as Fuller Bull
Its suspected that a society matron, Mrs. Van Bustle, will marry the exotic Prince Shaam. To get the story, reporters Curly, Larry and Moe take jobs i...

To Heir Is Human
1944
as Board Chairman
Harry finds out he is the missing heir to an estate, and is summoned to an old, spooky mansion to collect his inheritance.

True to Life
1943
as Man (uncredited)
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins t...

Higher Than a Kite
1943
as Marshall Boering (uncredited)
The stooges are auto mechanics working for the R.A.F. in England. After wrecking an officers car they need a place to hide, but their choice, a sewer ...

Here Comes Mr. Zerk
1943
as William Ruff
Harry, a famous scientist, is mistaken for an escaped lunatic.

Back from the Front
1943
as Lt. Dungen (uncredited)
The Stooges join the war effort by enlisting at Merchant Marines. While aboard, they have a brief run-in with (a secret German Nazi officer) Lt. Dunge...

A Maid Made Mad
1943
as Blonde's Boyfriend
Andy innocently becomes involved with a female customer; his wife jumps to the wrong conclusion and walks out on him.

A Blitz on the Fritz
1943
as Spy chief
Harry is a patriotic citizen who starts a scrap drive but he soon encounters a group of Nazi spies and their hideout.

His Wedding Scare
1943
as The Minister
El and his new bride go on their honeymoon; no matter where they go, they keep running into her former husbands.

They Stooge to Conga
1943
as Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)
The Stooges are repairmen who get a job fixing the doorbell in large house which is the secret headquarters of some Nazi spies. They manage to ruin mo...

Sock-a-Bye Baby
1942
as 1st Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
The stooges mistakenly kidnap a baby they find on their doorstep. When the cops and the baby's mother come looking for the baby, the boys panic and fl...

Sappy Pappy
1942
as Jealous Husband
Andy, the owner of a bicycle shop, gets involved with one of his customers.

Even as IOU
1942
as Motorist (uncredited)
A destitute mother and child move into the stooge's vacant lot home and the boys decide to help them. They steal the kids piggy bank and sneak into th...

The Glass Key
1942
as Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Three Smart Saps
1942
as (uncredited)
The stooges are engaged to the three daughters of a prison warden. When they learn that some crooks have taken over the prison and their prospective f...

Matri-Phony
1942
as Emperor Octopus Grabus
The stooges are potters in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Octopus Grabus. When the emperor orders all beautiful red-headed women to be broug...

Cactus Makes Perfect
1942
as Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)
The stooges are living with their mother who persuades them its time to leave home and seek their fortune. After a con man sells them a phony deed to ...

House of Errors
1942
as White
Former silent screen comic Harry Langdon earned above-title billing for the final time in his long career in this roughhewn but amusing World War II f...
Sappy Birthday
1942
as Neighbor Policeman
Andy and his brother-in-law plan a fishing trip but never get beyond the driveway.
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941
as Watkins
Officers Brendel and Kennedy are dispatched to a house where scientists are conducting experiments to revive the dead.

In the Sweet Pie and Pie
1941
as Senator (uncredited)
The Stooges are convicts about to be executed for some murders they didn't commit.

An Ache in Every Stake
1941
as Poindexter Lawrence (uncredited)
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 hom...

San Antonio Rose
1941
as Worthington
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....

Adventure in Washington
1941
as Senator in gym
A troubled youth is offered the opportunity to serve as a Senate page in Washington, DC.

I'll Never Heil Again
1941
as Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)
The Stooges have taken over the country of Moronica. Moe is Hailstone the Dictator, Curly is a Field Marshal and Larry is Minister of Propaganda. The ...

Dutiful But Dumb
1941
as Mr. Wilson (uncredited)
The Stooges are photographers for Whack magazine who, after messing up an assignment, are sent to the country of Vulgaria to get a picture of a death ...

So You Won't Squawk
1941
as The bartender
Mobster Louie the Wolf sends an unsuspecting handyman (Keaton) to gather up the collection money owed him, hoping the sap will get rubbed out by Slugg...

You're the One
1941
as Zeno Springs Hotel Guest
100% fictional film, in which not a single performer plays "Himself" nor "Herself" but the two lead performers use their own name as a character.
Cold Turkey
1940
as J.T. Caldwell
Harry wins a turkey at a raffle.

The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
as Jim, a policeman
Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved." Dastardly villain Silas Cribbs schemes to get...

He Stayed for Breakfast
1940
as Chef
Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker who hides a handsome and fiery Communist fugitive ...

From Nurse to Worse
1940
as Dr. D. Lerious (uncredited)
The stooge's friend Jerry convinces them to take out on insurance on Curly and then have him act insane to collect. Moe and Larry put Curly on a leash...

The Lady in Question
1940
as Gendarme (uncredited)
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.

How High Is Up?
1940
as Mr. Blake (uncredited)
The stooges are the 'Minute Menders', three tinkers who live under their car. The boys decide to drum up some business by punching holes in the unatte...

His Bridal Fright
1940
as Doorman
Charley writes to girls all over the world in order to get foreign postage stamps for his collection--but winds up with a passel of girls who think he...

The Taming of the Snood
1940
as Man on Street
A jewel thief uses Buster as an unsuspecting dupe.

Nutty But Nice
1940
as Dr. Walters (uncredited)
The stooges are singing comedic waiters, enlisted by two doctors to try and cheer up a depressed little girl, whose banker-father has gone missing wit...

The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
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.

Money Squawks
1940
as Night Watchman
Andy Clyde and Shemp Howard are station agents for the railroad. Their job is to defend against robberies but neither seems capable of doing anything ...

Pardon My Berth Marks
1940
as Newspaper City Editor
Buster, a reporter, takes a train trip and winds up innocently involved with a gangster's wife.

The Heckler
1940
as Baseball Spectator with Hotdog
An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody.

The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940
as Hotel Doorman
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
Nothing But Pleasure
1940
as Bus Rider with Child
To save money, Buster and his wife decide to drive to Detroit to buy a new car, then drive it home.

Mendelssohn's Wedding March
1939
as The Baron (uncredited)
This short film provides a fanciful account of how Felix Mendelssohn came to compose "The Wedding March".

Teacher's Pest
1939
as Christmas Tree Buyer
Charley arrives in a backward mountain town to be the new schoolteacher and receives a hostile welcome.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new ...

Hitler: Beast of Berlin
1939
as Lustig
Hans Memling, a young intellectual, patriotic German, is secretly opposed to the Nazi regime. With the aid of Gustav Schultz, Father Pommer, Anna Wahl...

Stanley and Livingstone
1939
as Newspaperman in Office
When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Afric...

Saved by the Belle
1939
as Mike (uncredited)
The stooges are traveling salesmen stranded in Valeska, a tropical country prone to earthquakes. Having no luck selling fur coats to the natives they ...

Yes, We Have No Bonanza
1939
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Set in a western town, the stooges are working as waiters in a saloon with the three girls they hope to marry. The proprietor of the saloon is a crook...

Only Angels Have Wings
1939
as Ship's Captain
A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a majo...

A Star Is Shorn
1939
as Producer
Danny Webb plays wanna-be Hollywood agent, Speedy Williams, while Mary Treen plays Patsy, the best friend of Hazel Hackenschmitt (Ethelreda Leopold). ...

A Ducking They Did Go
1939
as Vegetarian (uncredited)
The stooges, tricked by some con men into selling memberships to a phony duck hunting club, sell all the memberships to the police department. When th...
Mutiny on the Body
1939
as Mr. Gibson
Two harried businessmen, owners of a corset company, decide to go to a sanitarium for some rest and relaxation.

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939
as Fat Man at Party (uncredited)
Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.

Three Little Sew and Sews
1939
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The stooges are sailors working in a ships' tailor shop. When they can't get passes to go ashore, they steal officers uniforms and go to a party with ...

Home on the Rage
1938
as Mr. Lent (uncredited)
Andy mistakenly believes his wife and brother-in-law are conspiring to murder him for insurance.

A Doggone Mixup
1938
as Mr. Tilson
Harry, who can't resist a bargain, buys a St. Bernard dog.

Thanks for the Memory
1938
as Refuse Man (uncredited)
Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Merrick's publishe...

Mutts to You
1938
as Mr. Stutz, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The stooges, professional dog washers, find a baby on a doorstep and, thinking it to be abandoned, take it home. When they read in the paper the baby ...
Sue My Lawyer
1938
as Judge
Comedy. Although he lacks a law degree Harry persistently pesters District Attorney O.T. Hill for a job

Juvenile Court
1938
as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the c...

You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Expressman (uncredited)
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish m...

Many Sappy Returns
1938
as Concerned Pedestrian
Charley mistakes a lunatic as the father of the girl he's interested in.

Reformatory
1938
as Cook Howard
A new inmate at a juvenile reformatory tries to organize a mass breakout.

The Mind Needer
1938
as Mr. Ryan
A Charley Chase short, produced at Columbia. Charley is alarmingly forgetful, and this is his wedding anniversary. Will he give his wife a present a...

Tassels in the Air
1938
as Building superintendent (uncredited)
The stooges are janitors in an office building. They stencil the wrong names on all the offices, causing a rich lady to mistakes Moe for famous decora...

Time Out for Trouble
1938
as Bakery Man
Charley Chase is engaged to be married and while in a department store, shopping for his fiancée, saves a woman from being hit on the head by a heavy ...

Start Cheering
1938
as Pops
After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.

Wee Wee Monsieur
1938
as Simitz - Arab Chief (uncredited)
The Stooges are artists living in Paris. When the landlord comes after the overdue rent, the boys skip out and wind up joining the French Foreign Legi...

The Shadow
1937
as Dutch Schultz
Mary Gillespie is restoring the Col. Gillespie Circus to its former splendor after her father's death. With the help of her publicist boyfriend Jim, t...

Murder in Greenwich Village
1937
as Ship's Officer
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 ...

Calling All Doctors
1937
as Sneezing Man
Charley is a hypochondriac who is driving his family, his friends and his doctor crazy.

Easy Living
1937
as First Partner (uncredited)
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out ...

Back to the Woods
1937
as Governor (uncredited)
Set in colonial times, the stooges are convicted criminals who are banished from England to the American colonies. When they arrive, they find that th...

Dizzy Doctors
1937
as Dr. Harry Arms (uncredited)
The Stooges get jobs selling "Brighto", what they think is cleaning fluid. After ruining a cop's uniform and a new car, they discover Brighto is actua...

Slippery Silks
1936
as Morgan Morgan (uncredited)
The Stooges are carpenters who inherit a fancy dress boutique. They put on a fashion show with dresses they've designed based on furniture. During the...

San Francisco
1936
as Fat Man (uncredited)
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 19...

Share the Wealth
1936
as Mayor
A small town shoe clerk runs for mayor under a "Share the Wealth" platform but finds himself in trouble when he's the recipient of $50,000.

Half Shot Shooters
1936
as Man in Restaurant
The Stooges are discharged from the army after WW I, and promptly administer some revenge to their mean sergeant. Years later they wind up in the army...
I Don't Remember
1935
as Oscar Glick
Amnesiac can't find the other half of his winning sweepstakes ticket.
His Marriage Mix-up
1935
Harry's fiance is the exact double of an escaped axe murderess.
His Marriage Mix-up
1935
Writer
Harry's fiance is the exact double of an escaped axe murderess.

Tars and Stripes
1935
as Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack
Naval recruit Elmer is seemingly unable to discharge any of his duties without making life miserable for his irascible commanding officer, who winds u...
Hollywood Trouble
1935
as Mr. Mahoney
An oil-rich rube who aspires to stardom is bilked by a phony acting school.
Hollywood Trouble
1935
Writer
An oil-rich rube who aspires to stardom is bilked by a phony acting school.
Good Morning, Eve!
1934
as Emperor Nero
Adam and Eve are in the Garden of Eden preparing their latest meal. After the meal, they take a stroll through time. They make a few stops along the w...

Manhattan Melodrama
1934
as Otto (uncredited)
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Please
1933
as Elmer Smoot
Two dueling suitors vie for the heart of the town’s beautiful music teacher. Features Songs: “Please”, “You’re Getting To be A Habit With Me” and “I D...

Please
1933
Story
Two dueling suitors vie for the heart of the town’s beautiful music teacher. Features Songs: “Please”, “You’re Getting To be A Habit With Me” and “I D...

Hooks and Jabs
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. Af...

Hooks and Jabs
1933
Writer
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. Af...
Tied for Life
1933
as Angry motorist
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 o...
Tied for Life
1933
Writer
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 o...

Knight Duty
1933
as The Cop
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 wa...

The Hitchhiker
1933
as Adolph
Harry Langdon messes up a movie shoot, hitches a ride on an airplane, and ruins everyone's trip. What will the passengers on the unlucky airplane do, ...

Artist's Muddles
1933
as Luckenbach, the artist
Andy "Sunshine" Wilson, a happy-go-lucky vagabond, catches a ride with motorist Luckenbach who is on a suicide mission, and nearly succeeds in his mis...
Tired Feet
1933
Tired Feet (1933) is a Harry Langdon comedy short done for Educational Films.

The Big Flash
1932
as Klaus
Would-be photographer Harry gets his big chance when a newspaper wants pictures of a prominent gangster and his girl. Harry and another photographer f...
The Iceman's Ball
1932
as Officer Schmaltz
Clark & McCullough are arrested for disturbing the peace. They steal the police car and return it to the station. The new police commissioner believes...
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
1930s Thalians Club comedy.

Million Dollar Legs
1932
as Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.

Daring Danger
1932
as Bartender Pee Wee
A wounded cowboy catches rustlers who use a trick branding iron.

The Riding Tornado
1932
as Hefty - Bartender
Newcomer Torrent wins $500 from Olcott and $500 and a wild horse, by riding the horse, from Engle. Then loses the $1000 to Engle in a poker game. Torr...
Just a Pain in the Parlor
1932
as Speaker
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.

Texas Cyclone
1932
as Hefty
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...
Dream House
1932
as Director Von Schnauble
A 2 reel short directed by Mack Sennett and starring Bing Crosby.
Hollywood Halfbacks
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...

Dragnet Patrol
1931
as Cookie
A sailor falls for a gangster's moll, leaves his wife and finds himself caught up in a life of crime.
The All-American Kickback
1931
as Football Coach
Homer Bagwell (Harry Gribbon) is an incredibly talented, but reluctant college football player who is dating one of his teachers, Helen Dover (Geneva ...
Beach Pajamas
1931
Beach Pajamas is a 1931 Comedy short
The Freshman's Finish
1931
At one of those typical movie colleges where there are no classes, the co-eds are parading around in their bathing suits, while the freshmen and sophm...

Murder at Midnight
1931
as Detective Eating Peanuts
Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologis...
The Fainting Lover
1931
as Dr. Dudley Schmidt
This Andy Clyde short, in which Andy plays second fiddle to a bad performance by the usually reliable Wade Boteler, finds Boteler (as Bert) courting t...
A College Racket
1931
Some college students attend a nightclub, "The Pirate's Den", that the Dean of the college has declared off-limits to students. They start to wreck it...
Gents of Leisure
1931
Chester and Vernon are a couple of loafers who find a dollar and treat themselves to a meal, unaware that the dollar has fallen out of their money pou...
The Bride's Mistake
1931
as Mr. Grimm
A Marjorie Beebe short comedy where she ends up next to lunatic driver Vernon Dent among other weird situations.

Girls Will Be Boys
1931
A wife demands that her husband take over the household responsibilities, while she does his job, unaware that he is a piano mover. They both land in ...

Crazy House
1930
as Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S')
Benny Rubin takes a tour of the Lame Brain Sanitarium and meets some of its strange patients.

Midnight Daddies
1930
as Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer
Midnight Daddies is a black-and-white comedy short.
Hot Sports
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.
A Close Shave
1929
as George Billings
An inept window washer becomes an equally inept barber.
Don't Get Jealous
1929
as Wilbur Warner
Wilbur is insanely jealous of every man and believes that his wife, Carmelita, is being unfaithful. Billy, his landlord, offers to take out Carmelita ...

Pink Pajamas
1929
as Vernon Vance
Billy treats his marriage vows lightly, and his wife suspects him. Nieghbor Vernon is murderously jealous. Billy sends his wife some silk pajamas to m...
Howling Hollywood
1929
A Hollywood satire in slapstick.
The Bees' Buzz
1929
as Jim - Homer's Pal
Two friends - Andy and Harry - get into trouble while they are trying to prevent the marriage of Andy's daughter.

Calling Hubby's Bluff
1929
as Vernon Vance
Late silent short with a Hal Roach approach to situational comedy. Bevan is battling a widow and his wife, Carmelita Geraghty and Vernon Dent making i...

The Old Barn
1929
as Pete Monroe - Hotel Proprietor
The folks discover what appears to be a haunted barn.
What a Trip
1929
Vernon Dent out fishing.

Clunked on the Corner
1929
as Jip Bennett
Johnny Burke stumbles into a beautiful crook, played by Carmelita Geraghty, who used him to steal a pearl necklace.
Hubby's Weekend Trip
1928
as Charley Whalen
Hubby's Weekend Trip is a silent comedy short.

Motorboat Mamas
1928
as Charley Whalen
Motorboat Mamas is a silent comedy short.

The Campus Carmen
1928
as Extra
A campus set-up of Carmen featuring Daphne Pollard & Carole Lombard.

The Cameraman
1928
as Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)
A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

Smith's Restaurant
1928
as Big Diner
The Smiths open a restaurant, but can’t pay their bills because all of their customers won’t pay their checks.

His Unlucky Night
1928
as Homer Brown
Friends Billy Trotter and Homer Brown are both traveling salesmen who meet up at a hotel on their travels. Since they last saw each other, Billy has g...

The Bicycle Flirt
1928
as Henry Harper - The Boyfriend
Billy is a professional deadbeat who prefers to ride his bicycle instead of work. His wife's brother, Henry, puts pressure on his sister to leave Bill...

The Best Man
1928
as Groom
A bride and groom are all set to get married, but they can't until the best man shows up. When the best man eventually does show up, he causes a few p...

Smith's Army Life
1928
as The Colonel
19th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.

The Beach Club
1928
as Mr. Kronk
In and out of the water, Billy makes waves at the Blue Point Beach Club.

Fiddlesticks
1927
as Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer
Harry will do anything to be a musician, but it takes a junk collector to discover his hidden talents.
For Sale, a Bungalow
1927
as 2nd Real Estate Broker
For Sale, a Bungalow is a 1927 comedy short
Smith's Cook
1927
as Pete - the Motor Cop
The Smiths' cook, exasperated by giving up her day off in order to cook for an unappreciative guest, decides to leave her employment in order to get m...

The Golf Nut
1927
as The Club President
Many of its members are spending a leisurely day at the the El Caballero Golf Club, the most beautiful in California. Also visiting for the day is non...

Cured in the Excitement
1927
as Hector Strong
Professor Brawn has been swinging a dumbbell for so long he looks like one!

The Pride of Pikeville
1927
as The Train Conductor
Unlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many beautiful ladies.

His First Flame
1927
as Amos McCarthy
Fire chief Amos McCarthy, a confirmed misogynist, counsels his nephew Harry Howells to avoid matrimony at all costs. Still, the lovestruck Harry is de...

A One Mama Man
1927
as The Suitor
Charley Chase on a boat with girls.
Should Sleepwalkers Marry?
1927
as George Stevens
Should Sleepwalkers Marry? is a 1927 comedy short

Flirty Four-Flushers
1926
as Bill Brown
With her winnings from an essay contest, a waitress gets dolled up and goes to a swanky resort to snag a millionaire husband.

A Blonde's Revenge
1926
as Tim Hayes
Turpin plays a candidate who poses as the worker's friend but spends hi time buttering up wealthy women and seizing upn any opportunity to womanise.
Have Courage
1926
as Gendarme
Sad sack gob Billy finds himself challenged to two duels at the same time in the French countryside over two different women. Hilarity ensues when he ...
Masked Mamas
1926
as Jim Denton
A Billy Bevan slapstick comedy short.
Smith's Landlord
1926
as The Cop
Third release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies. Omar the dog, usually the most sedate member of the Smith family, has a starring role i...

Hoboken to Hollywood
1926
as Mr. Pinkney
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 offic...
Her Actor Friend
1926
as Actor in Play
Taking Alice and Ruth to a show with Alice 's father & his boss's money they see that its leading man is an old friend of the girls. He invites them o...

Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
1926
as Jim Stone
A dancing instructor goes to a married woman's home, to giver her lessons, while her husband is absent. He leaves and goes to a poker game. The husban...

A Sea Dog's Tale
1926
as Jo Jo
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.S. to kidna...

A Prodigal Bridegroom
1926
as Gertie's Father in Flashback
Ben returns from the big city with his pockets full of cash. A hard-hearted, gold-digging vamp ensnares him. Ben enjoys being ensnared. In order to ge...

Soldier Man
1926
as The Prime Minister
After the armistice, one U.S. soldier remains unaccounted for: he's wandering the fields of Bomania, hungry, thinking the war is still on.

Saturday Afternoon
1926
as Steve Smith
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 ...

There He Goes
1925
as Jerry the Bull
1925 Mack Sennett Comedies production three-reel short.

Isn't Love Cuckoo?
1925
as Auto Agency Manager
An auto salesman fall in love with a rich girl but she is already engaged.

Hurry, Doctor!
1925
as Police Officer Bill Trapps
Hurry, Doctor! is a 1925 comedy short

Lucky Stars
1925
as Hiram Healy
Harry leaves home to become a doctor, but winds up with "Doc" Healy's Medicine Show.

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
1925
as Gasoline Customer
An eccentric inventor has thought of a way that automobiles can run on radio waves, without gasoline. His plans put him in conflict with the owner of ...

Remember When?
1925
as Mack - Circus Owner
Little orphan Harry is separated from his childhood sweetheart. Years later, he finds she's a bearded lady in a circus.

Plain Clothes
1925
as A Crook
Detective Harry is on the trail of a stolen diamond necklace worth $100,000.

His Marriage Wow
1925
as A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm
In Highland Park, it's Agnes Fisher and Harold Hope's wedding day. Mishaps almost keep them from getting hitched: he goes to the wrong church, then, o...

Boobs in the Wood
1925
as Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon
Chester Winfield tries to make it as a lumberjack, but he's foiled by his lack of strength and the jealous foreman, Big Bill Reardon, after Chester ca...

Bull and Sand
1924
as Joe Archer
Adonis, the King of Bullomania's personal chauffeur, is in love with Princess Ernestine, the King's daughter. To win her heart, he accepts to fight bu...

Feet of Mud
1924
as Football Coach
As Harry has "cleaned up" on the football field and won the big game, Natalie's dad figured that he should do the same in the world of work before mar...

All Night Long
1924
as the Rival
Harry runs into his old Marine sergeant and is reminded of the rivalry they had for a girl while they were stationed in France.

Riders of the Purple Cows
1924
as Mike Maverick
When a gang of outlaws put Andy Clyde's ranch house under siege, daughter Alice Day recruits college heart throb Ralph Graves to save daddy.

Little Robinson Corkscrew
1924
as Horace Horlick
Returning to his hometown a fitness equipment salesman falls in love with the store keeper's daughter.

East of the Water Plug
1924
as Jim's Rival - the Villain
East of the Water Plug is a silent comedy.

Wall Street Blues
1924
as Mal A. Mute - the Loan Shark's Partner
A bumbling bank custodian becomes an unlikely hero when he foils a robbery.

Romeo and Juliet
1924
as Billy Durham
A burlesque of Shakespeare's immortal tragedy.
The Lion and the Souse
1924
as Mr. Niblick Van Hoosit
A high-society woman films a vanity film of her dancing with a group of women. The premiere takes an hilariously disastrous turn when a lion gets loos...

Black Oxfords
1924
as Sandy Haig
In this Mack Sennett comedy, a mother and daughter fear foreclosure because their mortgage payment is due and they're unable to pay it. Meanwhile, the...

The Hollywood Kid
1924
as Claude Climax - Director
A short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a gaggle of guffaws!
The Half-Back of Notre Dame
1924
as Football Opponent
Romance hits a football player when he falls for an aviatrix.

Picking Peaches
1924
as The Store Manager
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....

The Extra Girl
1923
as Aaron Applejohn
Sue Graham is a small town girl who wants to be a motion picture star. She wins a contract when a picture of a very pretty girl is sent to a studio in...

Soul of the Beast
1923
as The Boob
This northwoods comedy-drama, by way of a circus drama, was directed by John Griffith Wray for Thomas H. Ince, and stars Madge Bellamy.

Golf
1922
as The suitor
Comedy on the golf links.
Mummy's Nightmare
1922
as Delivery Driver
A mummy is on the loose.
Special Delivery
1922
Al is told to deliver a radiophone message to a certain business man. A gang of wicked looking plotters endeavor to capture him and steal the message....

Hail the Woman
1921
as Joe Hurd
Oliver Beresford is a stern, Puritanical, and uncompromisingly rigid father. When shameful stories about his daughter Judith surface, rather than dete...

A Harem Hero
1920
as Oriental Potentate
A Hank Mann Arrow comedy.

Hot Dogs
1920
Born in Russia, vaudeville acrobat Hank Mann acrobat accustomed without efforts towards American film comedy to become a star comic for several studio...

Hopping Bells
1920
The misadventures of a hotel bell hop played by Hank Man
J-U-N-K
1920
as The Junk Dealer
A Hank Mann slapstick comedy where he plays a Junk Dealer's Helper.

Broken Bubbles
1920
A poor chap, with only fifty cents, hesitates whether to buy a meal with it or visit a fortune teller. He chooses the latter, and gazing into a crysta...
Way Out West
1920
Hank Mann heads Way Out West in this silent comedy.
Mystic Mush
1920
Mystic Mush silent comedy

The Gum Riot
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 bottl...

Naughty Nurses
1920

When Spirits Move
1920
Silent Hank Mann comedy set in a haunted house.

The Nickel Snatcher
1920
Hank Mann is the conductor of a horse-drawn trolley that carries a motley assortment of passengers to the beach at Venice in California, where the plo...
An Auto Nut
1919
as The Lawyer's Clerk alias the Doctor (uncredited)
A crooked lawyer sells his car.