Emerging from the silent-era studios of Mack Sennett, Vernon Bruce Dent honed his comic timing alongside Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde and Harry Langdon, later shifting to Educational Pictures in 1929 where his supporting turns often outshone the leads. Joining Columbia Pictures’ short-subject unit in 1935, he became a ubiquitous presence, collaborating with stars such as Charley Chase, Buster Keaton an…
