Professor R. J. Dent is one of Dr. No's henchmen in the movie Dr. No. Professor Dent was the one who analyzed the rock samples that 002 had collected from the island of Crab Key. When Bond came in and started asking questions, he seemed to get a little uncomfortable, he was obviously lying. Next, Professor Dent drove to Crab Key to "warn" Dr. No that Bond is catching on to them. However, Dr. No didn't like what he was hearing, so he ordered the Professor to put a tarantula on Bond during the night so it would kill him. The Professor did this, but Bond did not panicky when he saw the tarantula, he just let it pass over him. After this failure, Professor Dent wasn't so calm. When Bond asked Miss Taro, a secretary who was secretly working for Dr. No, to dinner, she contacted Professor Dent to arrange an "accident" while Bond was traveling to her house. Being Bond however, he outsmarted his pursuers and caught Miss Taro by surprise. Following her calling the Professor, Bond and she got down to business. Bond however, betrayed her, called the police and sent her off with a CIA agent, and waited there for the Professor. When he did show up at the house, he walked very slowly into Miss Taro's room and shot what looked to be Bond in bed, it was actually a bunch of pillows. When the Professor came to realization, he was already under gunpoint of 007. When the Professor tried to grab his gun, Bond immediately shot him down.