- Archivist for the heirs of Charles Chaplin.
- The first historian/author to publish individual books on "The Great Three" of silent-film comedy - Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd.
- Jeffrey Vance's book Douglas Fairbanks (Academy Imprints/University of California Press, 2008) was referenced by Michel Hazanavicius during pre-production of The Artist (2011). Vance's book contributed to Hazanavicius shaping the character of George Valentin (played by Jean Dujardin) on Fairbanks.
- Jeffrey Vance credits Mary Pickford's response to his first fan letter as providing early encouragement to enter the field of cinema history. In 1978, the eight-year-old Vance wrote Pickford after having seen her classic silent film "Sparrows" (1926).
- On the exact 100th anniversary date, June 26, 2025, a new 4K restoration of Chaplin's "The Gold Rush" (1925) screened in cinemas worldwide. Its exclusive U.S. premiere took place at Hollywood's iconic Egyptian Theatre, where "The Gold Rush" had its original world premiere a century earlier. The event was introduced by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance.
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