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Portrait of Vernon Dent

Acting

Vernon Dent

Titles
255movies1TV show
Career

Active from 1919 to 2006, with a break from 1958 to 2005, busiest in 1924 with 13 main titles.

Leading roles
57
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Cameraman
The Cameraman
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 4.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.0 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Vernon Dent Catalog average

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Slapstick Comedy 9
  • Physical Gags 7
  • Historical Setting 6
  • Classic Comedy 6
  • Physical Comedy 5
  • Family-Friendly 4
  • Nostalgic 4
  • Slapstick 4
  • Physical Humor 3
  • Vintage Entertainment 3
  • Absurdist Humor 3
  • Silent Film 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

255

2020s

1 title

as Claude Climax - Director, archive footage

2000s

1 title

1960s

1 title

as Adolph (Airplane Passenger) / Football Coach

1950s

28 titles · average score 68

as Judge (archive footage)

as Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)

as Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)

as J. Peabody Knott

as King Arthur (uncredited)

as IRS Agent # 1 (uncredited)

as Detective Sharpe (Archive footage) (uncredited)

TV show · as Santa Claus (uncredited)

as Dr. Keefer--professor of dentistry

as Police Captain Casey

All 28 titles from the 1950s

1940s

88 titles · average score 66

as J. Peabody Knott

as Insurance Adjuster

as Doctor (uncredited)

as Slim - Baseball Spectator

as Lt. Dungen (uncredited)

as Marshall Boering (uncredited)

as Hans - the Nazi (uncredited)

as Senator (uncredited)

as Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)

as Newspaper City Editor

as Night Watchman

All 88 titles from the 1940s

1930s

64 titles · average score 69

as The Baron (uncredited)

as Dutch Schultz

as Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack

as Luckenbach, the artist

as Dr. E.D. Smith (last name spelled 'J-O-N-E-S')

All 64 titles from the 1930s

1920s

71 titles · average score 67

as Man in Tight Bathing Suit (uncredited)

as The Club President

as Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer

as The Prime Minister

as Mack - Circus Owner

as A Pessimist - Professor McGlumm

as Il rivale - Big Bill Reardon

All 71 titles from the 1920s

1910s

1 title

as The Lawyer's Clerk alias the Doctor (uncredited)