Vernon Dent — Actor (43)
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Mr. Noisy (1946) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Mr. Noisy
director: Edward Bernds actor: Shemp Howard / Vernon Dent …
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. The gamblers are more than a little bit vexed when Shemp loses his voice.
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Money Squawks (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Money Squawks
director: Jules White actor: Andy Clyde / Shemp Howard …
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 but trouble. Through the course of the story, they shoot at some innocent hunters, are terrorized by a duck AND end up GIVING the money to the crooks by mistake. Can Andy and Shemp somehow redeem themselves?
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Tied for Life (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tied for Life
director: Arvid E. Gillstrom actor: Harry Langdon / Vernon Dent …
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. Friends serenade Harry outside, but when he goes to the window to join in they douse him with water. As he prepares for his wedding, he looks in the mirror and it shatters. When the groom attempts to run to the church the ring slips out of his hand and is run over by a passing car. As anyone who has seen Harry's 1924 comedy HIS MARRIAGE WOW can guess, the ring sticks to the tire, and Harry must climb on to the car to retrieve it.....
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The Iceman's Ball (1932) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Iceman's Ball
director: Mark Sandrich actor: Bobby Clark / Paul McCullough …
Clark & McCullough are arrested for disturbing the peace. They steal the police car and return it to the station. The new police commissioner believes that they are real policemen and they get back the patrol car. Out on the beat, the duo chase women rather than criminals, just like real cops.
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Good Morning, Eve! (1934) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Good Morning, Eve!
director: Roy Mack actor: Leon Errol / June MacCloy …
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 way for some musical interludes. These stops include in the Gardens of Emperor Nero of Rome for a concert circa 100 A.D., in King Arthur's court, and at a beach resort in current times.
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Scrambled Brains (1951) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Scrambled Brains
director: Jules White actor: Shemp Howard / Larry Fine …
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.
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Pest Man Wins (1951) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Pest Man Wins
director: Jules White actor: Shemp Howard / Larry Fine …
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 dress as guests to work unobserved. They disrupt the party and a wild pie fight ensues.
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Flagpole Jitters (1956) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Flagpole Jitters
director: Jules White actor: Shemp Howard / Larry Fine …
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 an operation for Mary, they witness a hypnotist, doing his act. The stooges become subjects for his show and are hypnotized into walking out on a flagpole high above the ground. When they come out of their trance and realize their predicament they fall into a window and foil a robbery in progress thus earning reward money to pay for Mary's operation.
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Listen Judge (1952) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Listen Judge
director: Edward Bernds actor: Shemp Howard / Larry Fine …
other title: Listen, Judge
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 the judges' house after their antics attempting to fix the doorbell cause the servants to quit. The boys are discovered when the cake they bakes explodes all over a political supporter of the judge and he loses his chance for re-election.
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Booty and the Beast (1953) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Booty and the Beast
director: Jules White actor: Shemp Howard / Larry Fine …
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 unwitting accomplices to a robbery. Once they realize what's happened, the stooges go after the bad guy and who's left on the train to Los Vegas. The boys trap the villain and recover the booty.
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Bedlam in Paradise (1955) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Bedlam in Paradise
director: Jules White actor: Shemp Howard / Larry Fine …
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 stooges, who are in league with the devil, from selling a phony invention (a fountain pen that writes under whip cream) to a rich couple. Shemp sabotages Moe and Larry's plans in an effort to get through the pearly gates.