About
Edgar Dearing
Overview
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Edgar Dearing (May 4, 1893 – August 17, 1974) was an American actor who became heavily type cast as a motorcycle cop in Hollywood films. Born in 1893, Dearing started in silent comedy shorts for Hal Roach, including several with Laurel and Hardy, notably in their classic Two Tars, probably his best ever screen role. He later had supporting roles in several of their features for 20th Century Fox in the 1940s.
Dearing continued in his familiar persona until the early 1950s, when he appeared in many film and television westerns, usually as a sheriff. One of his guest roles was on the syndicated television series, The Range Rider, starring Jock Mahoney and Dick Jones.
He was still active in films and television until he retired in the early 1960s; he died from lung cancer.
Known for
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| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Actor | Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1960 | Pollyanna | Actor | Mr. Gorman | 61 Fair |
| 1957 | The Golden Age of Comedy | Actor | archive footage | 59 Average |
| 1956 | Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! | Actor | Investor Charlie | 59 Average |
| 1953 | Vice Squad | Actor | Fitz (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1953 | It Came from Outer Space | Actor | Sam, a hobo (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1952 | Ruby Gentry | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1952 | Glory Alley | Actor | Man at Gym (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Actor | Sheriff #4 (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Pecos River | Actor | Henry Mahoney | 59 Average |
| 1951 | As You Were | Actor | Sgt. Monahan | N/A N/A |
| 1951 | Silver Canyon | Actor | Colonel Middler | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Ridin' the Outlaw Trail | Actor | Pop Willard | N/A N/A |
| 1950 | Hunt the Man Down | Actor | Deputy in Hall (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Union Station | Actor | Detective (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Raiders of Tomahawk Creek | Actor | Randolph Dike | N/A N/A |
| 1950 | Fancy Pants | Actor | Mr. Jones | 58 Average |
| 1950 | The Iroquois Trail | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1950 | The Good Humor Man | Actor | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Sorrowful Jones | Actor | Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture | Actor | Reiber | 59 Average |
| 1948 | Out of the Storm | Actor | Ed Purcell | 59 Average |
| 1948 | My Girl Tisa | Actor | Jailer (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1948 | Man or Mouse | Actor | Hercules Jones | N/A N/A |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife | Actor | Policeman | 62 Fair |
| 1947 | Where There's Life | Actor | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve | Actor | Police Sergeant (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1947 | Magic Town | Actor | Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses | Actor | Policeman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Nocturne | Actor | Policeman with Injured Susan | 58 Average |
| 1946 | The Virginian | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1946 | Road to Utopia | Actor | Official Policeman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Up Goes Maisie | Actor | Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street | Actor | Policeman (uncredited) | 66 Fair |
| 1945 | Don't Fence Me In | Actor | Chief of Police | 59 Average |
| 1945 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Actor | Al - First Studio Cop | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Midnight Manhunt | Actor | Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Swing Out, Sister | Actor | Motorcycle Cop | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Her Lucky Night | Actor | Casey | 58 Average |
| 1944 | The Mark of the Whistler | Actor | Bank Guard (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1944 | Strange Affair | Actor | Motorcycle Officer (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Seven Doors to Death | Actor | Claude Burns | 59 Average |
| 1944 | In Society | Actor | Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Make Your Own Bed | Actor | Sergeant | 59 Average |
| 1944 | And the Angels Sing | Actor | Man (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Princess O'Rourke | Actor | Policeman at White House (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Swing Shift Maisie | Actor | Radio Policeman (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Fired Wife | Actor | Sullivan | 58 Average |
| 1943 | Don Winslow of the Coast Guard | Actor | C.P.O. Ben Cobb | N/A N/A |
| 1943 | The Hard Way | Actor | Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Between Us Girls | Actor | Policeman (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1942 | Apache Trail | Actor | Marshal (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Martha | Actor | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1942 | My Favorite Spy | Actor | Police Sergeant in Bumped Car | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Miss Annie Rooney | Actor | Policeman | 59 Average |
| 1942 | A Gentleman After Dark | Actor | Joe | 59 Average |
| 1942 | My Favorite Blonde | Actor | Joe - Policeman | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Remember the Day | Actor | Detective | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Niagara Falls | Actor | State Trooper | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Hold That Ghost | Actor | Irondome (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Caught in the Draft | Actor | Recruiting Sergeant | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Pot o' Gold | Actor | Police Officer McGinty (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1941 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Actor | Policeman (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1941 | Maisie Was a Lady | Actor | Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Go West | Actor | Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | American Spoken Here | Actor | Mike Fink (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | One Night in the Tropics | Actor | Cop with Black Eye (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American | Actor | Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | No Time for Comedy | Actor | Sweeny (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Actor | Capt. Evans | 59 Average |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode | Actor | Sheriff | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Wildcat Bus | Actor | Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Lucky Partners | Actor | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | We Who Are Young | Actor | 1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Cross-Country Romance | Actor | Ed Sweeney | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Manhattan Heartbeat | Actor | Policeman | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | Sailor's Lady | Actor | Chief Master-of-Arms | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Florian | Actor | Cop | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Buck Benny Rides Again | Actor | Police Officer | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | Edison, the Man | Actor | Policeman | 59 Average |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Actor | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | And One Was Beautiful | Actor | Higgins | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Primrose Path | Actor | Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Little Orvie | Actor | Policeman | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Broadway Melody of 1940 | Actor | Policeman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Nick Carter, Master Detective | Actor | Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny | 59 Average |
| 1939 | A Child Is Born | Actor | Police Sergeant (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny | Actor | Second Railroad Cop (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | Actor | Petty Officer (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Full Confession | Actor | Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite | Actor | Jim Simmons | 59 Average |
| 1939 | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Actor | Studio Policeman (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1939 | The Gracie Allen Murder Case | Actor | Motorcycle Officer Corrigan | 59 Average |
| 1939 | It's a Wonderful World | Actor | Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Actor | Lieutenant (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Blondie Meets the Boss | Actor | Officer McGuire (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Twelve Crowded Hours | Actor | Second Bartender (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other | Actor | Mounted Policeman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Honolulu | Actor | Jailer | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Four Girls in White | Actor | Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident | 59 Average |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | Actor | Police Detective (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | Actor | First Policeman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Blondie | Actor | Policeman at Hotel (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Spring Madness | Actor | Policeman | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Hard to Get | Actor | Eddie (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Listen, Darling | Actor | Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy | Actor | Bus Conductor (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Actor | Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited) | 66 Fair |
| 1938 | The Chaser | Actor | Policeman at End | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Border G-Man | Actor | Smoky Joslin | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Hold That Kiss | Actor | Policeman | 58 Average |
| 1938 | The First Hundred Years | Actor | Policeman giving ticket (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Maid's Night Out | Actor | Police Detective (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Love Is a Headache | Actor | Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth | Actor | Motor Cop (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 1937 | It Happened in Hollywood | Actor | Joe Stevens | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Big City | Actor | Tom Reilley | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Married Before Breakfast | Actor | Police Sergeant | 59 Average |
| 1937 | They Gave Him a Gun | Actor | Sgt. Meadowlark | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Midnight Taxi | Actor | Officer Murray | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Love Is News | Actor | Motorcycle Officer | 59 Average |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once | Actor | State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1937 | Dangerous Number | Actor | Policeman | 58 Average |
| 1936 | That Girl from Paris | Actor | Ship's Purser (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Swing Time | Actor | 61 Fair |
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| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Actor | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1936 | Back to Nature | Actor | Motorcycle Officer | N/A N/A |
| 1936 | Bunker Bean | Actor | Policeman (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1936 | Border Flight | Actor | Smugglers' Pilot | 58 Average |
| 1936 | Down the Ribber | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1936 | All Business | Actor | House Detective | N/A N/A |
| 1935 | If You Could Only Cook | Actor | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1935 | Rendezvous | Actor | 1st Military Policeman (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1935 | The Rainmakers | Actor | Kelly | 58 Average |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It | Actor | Precint 5 Policeman | 59 Average |
| 1935 | A Quiet Fourth | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1935 | The Farmer Takes a Wife | Actor | Railroad Man | 58 Average |
| 1935 | The Nitwits | Actor | Police Officer Barney Riley | 58 Average |
| 1935 | Stolen Harmony | Actor | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1935 | Helldorado | Actor | Motorcycle Cop | N/A N/A |
| 1934 | Kentucky Kernels | Actor | Policeman | 58 Average |
| 1934 | Cleopatra | Actor | Convict | 59 Average |
| 1934 | Ocean Swells | Actor | Captain | N/A N/A |
| 1933 | Eskimo | Actor | Constable Balk (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1933 | The Midnight Patrol | Actor | Policeman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1933 | The Nuisance | Actor | Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1932 | Horse Feathers | Actor | Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1932 | Million Dollar Legs | Actor | Train Official (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1932 | The Lost Squadron | Actor | Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1931 | Consolation Marriage | Actor | Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1931 | The Star Witness | Actor | Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1931 | Next Door Neighbors | Actor | Cop | N/A N/A |
| 1931 | The Painted Desert | Actor | Buck's Partner | 58 Average |
| 1930 | Abraham Lincoln | Actor | Armstrong | 58 Average |
| 1930 | Traffic Tangle | Actor | Motor Cop | N/A N/A |
| 1930 | Two Plus Fours | Actor | Rent Collector | 58 Average |
| 1930 | A Man from Wyoming | Actor | Sergeant | 59 Average |
| 1930 | Estrellados | Actor | Studio Gate Guard (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1930 | Live and Learn | Actor | Mr. Smith | N/A N/A |
| 1930 | Rich Uncles | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1930 | Free and Easy | Actor | Officer | 59 Average |
| 1929 | The Locked Door | Actor | Cop | 58 Average |
| 1929 | The Mighty | Actor | Doughboy | 58 Average |
| 1929 | Flight | Actor | Football Coach | 58 Average |
| 1929 | A Pair of Tights | Actor | Policeman | 59 Average |
| 1929 | Clunked on the Corner | Actor | Cop | N/A N/A |
| 1928 | Lonesome | Actor | Cop (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1928 | Limousine Love | Actor | Motorcycle cop | 58 Average |
| 1928 | Came the Dawn | Actor | Big Moving Man (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1928 | Should Tall Men Marry? | Actor | Henchman | 59 Average |
| 1927 | Call of the Cuckoo | Actor | Guest | 59 Average |
| 1927 | Why Girls Love Sailors | Actor | Amorous Sailor | 58 Average |
| 1927 | Should Men Walk Home? | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1926 | On the Front Page | Actor | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | 59 Average |