Edgar Dearing
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1893-05-03
Day of Death
1974-08-17 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Ceres, California, USA
Edgar Dearing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
Acting
(2024)
(2023)
(1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1960)
Pollyanna
as Mr. Gorman
(1957)
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
(1956)
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
as Investor Charlie
(1953)
It Came from Outer Space
as Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
(1953)
Vice Squad
as Fitz (uncredited)
(1952)
Rancho Notorious
as Sheriff #4 (uncredited)
(1952)
(1952)
Glory Alley
as Man at Gym (uncredited)
(1951)
Silver Canyon
as Colonel Middler
(1951)
Pecos River
as Henry Mahoney
(1951)
As You Were
as Sgt. Monahan
(1951)
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
as Pop Willard
(1950)
Fancy Pants
as Mr. Jones
(1950)
Union Station
as Detective (uncredited)
(1950)
Hunt the Man Down
as Deputy in Hall (uncredited)
(1950)
(1950)
The Good Humor Man
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1950)
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
as Randolph Dike
(1949)
Sorrowful Jones
as Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
(1949)
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Reiber
(1949)
The Threat
as Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited)
(1948)
My Girl Tisa
as Jailer (uncredited)
(1948)
Out of the Storm
as Ed Purcell
(1948)
Man or Mouse
as Hercules Jones
(1947)
Christmas Eve
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
(1947)
The Bishop's Wife
as Policeman
(1947)
Magic Town
as Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
(1947)
Where There's Life
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1947)
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1946)
Nocturne
as Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited)
(1946)
(1946)
Road to Utopia
as Official Policeman (uncredited)
(1946)
Up Goes Maisie
as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
(1945)
Scarlet Street
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1945)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Al - First Studio Cop
(1945)
Johnny Angel
as Jim, a Cop (uncredited)
(1945)
Swing Out, Sister
as Motorcycle Cop
(1945)
Midnight Manhunt
as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
(1945)
Don't Fence Me In
as Chief of Police
(1945)
Her Lucky Night
as Casey
(1944)
Make Your Own Bed
as Sergeant
(1944)
In Society
as Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)
(1944)
And the Angels Sing
as Man (uncredited)
(1944)
Seven Doors to Death
as Claude Burns
(1944)
Strange Affair
as Motorcycle Officer (Uncredited)
(1944)
The Mark of the Whistler
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
(1943)
The Hard Way
as Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
(1943)
Swing Shift Maisie
as Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
(1943)
Princess O'Rourke
as Policeman at White House (uncredited)
(1943)
Fired Wife
as Sullivan
(1943)
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
as C.P.O. Ben Cobb
(1942)
Apache Trail
as Marshal (uncredited)
(1942)
My Favorite Spy
as Police Sergeant in Bumped Car
(1942)
Miss Annie Rooney
as Policeman
(1942)
My Favorite Blonde
as Joe - Policeman
(1942)
A Gentleman After Dark
as Joe
(1942)
The Affairs of Martha
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1942)
Between Us Girls
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1941)
Pot o' Gold
as Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)
(1941)
Hold That Ghost
as Irondome (uncredited)
(1941)
Remember the Day
as Detective
(1941)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1941)
Caught in the Draft
as Recruiting Sergeant
(1941)
Louisiana Purchase
as House Detective (uncredited)
(1941)
Maisie Was a Lady
as Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)
(1941)
Niagara Falls
as State Trooper
(1940)
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1940)
Edison, the Man
as Policeman
(1940)
When the Daltons Rode
as Sheriff
(1940)
Go West
as Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)
(1940)
Primrose Path
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
(1940)
One Night in the Tropics
as Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)
(1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1940)
Knute Rockne All American
as Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)
(1940)
Florian
as Cop
(1940)
No Time for Comedy
as Sweeny (uncredited)
(1940)
Wyoming
as Capt. Evans
(1940)
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Police Officer
(1940)
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Policeman
(1940)
We Who Are Young
as 1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
(1940)
Cross-Country Romance
as Ed Sweeney
(1940)
Lucky Partners
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1940)
Wildcat Bus
as Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)
(1940)
Little Orvie
as Policeman
(1940)
And One Was Beautiful
as Higgins
(1940)
Sailor's Lady
as Chief Master-of-Arms
(1940)
American Spoken Here
as Mike Fink (uncredited)
(1939)
Made for Each Other
as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
(1939)
It's a Wonderful World
as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
(1939)
King of the Underworld
as Police Detective (uncredited)
(1939)
King of the Underworld
as First Policeman (uncredited)
(1939)
Dust Be My Destiny
as Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)
(1939)
Blondie Meets the Boss
as Officer McGuire (uncredited)
(1939)
Full Confession
as Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)
(1939)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
(1939)
Honolulu
as Jailer
(1939)
Four Girls in White
as Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident
(1939)
Rose of Washington Square
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
(1939)
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Studio Policeman (uncredited)
(1939)
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
as Jim Simmons
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as Petty Officer (uncredited)
(1939)
Twelve Crowded Hours
as Second Bartender (uncredited)
(1939)
A Child Is Born
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
(1939)
Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
(1938)
The First Hundred Years
as Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)
(1938)
Blondie
as Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)
(1938)
Love Is a Headache
as Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)
(1938)
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Bus Conductor (uncredited)
(1938)
Listen, Darling
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
(1938)
Hard to Get
as Eddie (uncredited)
(1938)
Spring Madness
as Policeman
(1938)
Hold That Kiss
as Policeman
(1938)
The Chaser
as Policeman at End
(1938)
Maid's Night Out
as Police Detective (uncredited)
(1938)
Border G-Man
as Smoky Joslin
(1937)
You Only Live Once
as State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
(1937)
The Awful Truth
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
(1937)
Love Is News
as Motorcycle Officer
(1937)
Big City
as Tom Reilley
(1937)
It Happened in Hollywood
as Joe Stevens
(1937)
They Gave Him a Gun
as Sgt. Meadowlark
(1937)
Married Before Breakfast
as Police Sergeant
(1937)
Dangerous Number
as Policeman
(1937)
Midnight Taxi
as Officer Murray
(1936)
(1936)
That Girl from Paris
as Ship's Purser (uncredited)
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1936)
Bunker Bean
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1936)
All Business
as House Detective
(1936)
Border Flight
as Smugglers' Pilot
(1936)
Back to Nature
as Motorcycle Officer
(1936)
(1935)
She Couldn't Take It
as Precint 5 Policeman
(1935)
Rendezvous
as 1st Military Policeman (uncredited)
(1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Railroad Man
(1935)
If You Could Only Cook
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1935)
The Nitwits
as Police Officer Barney Riley
(1935)
The Rainmakers
as Kelly
(1935)
Stolen Harmony
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1935)
Helldorado
as Motorcycle Cop
(1935)
(1934)
Cleopatra
as Convict
(1934)
Thirty Day Princess
as Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited)
(1934)
Kentucky Kernels
as Policeman
(1934)
Ocean Swells
as Captain
(1933)
The Nuisance
as Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)
(1933)
Eskimo
as Constable Balk (uncredited)
(1933)
The Midnight Patrol
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1932)
Horse Feathers
as Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)
(1932)
Million Dollar Legs
as Train Official (uncredited)
(1932)
The Lost Squadron
as Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited)
(1931)
The Painted Desert
as Buck's Partner
(1931)
The Star Witness
as Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)
(1931)
Consolation Marriage
as Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)
(1931)
Next Door Neighbors
as Cop
(1930)
Abraham Lincoln
as Armstrong
(1930)
Free and Easy
as Officer
(1930)
A Man from Wyoming
as Sergeant
(1930)
Estrellados
as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
(1930)
Live and Learn
as Mr. Smith
(1930)
Traffic Tangle
as Motor Cop
(1930)
(1930)
Two Plus Fours
as Rent Collector
(1929)
The Locked Door
as Cop
(1929)
Flight
as Football Coach
(1929)
The Mighty
as Doughboy
(1929)
A Pair of Tights
as Policeman
(1929)
Clunked on the Corner
as Cop
(1928)
Lonesome
as Cop (uncredited)
(1928)
Should Tall Men Marry?
as Henchman
(1928)
Limousine Love
as Motorcycle cop
(1928)
Fair and Muddy
as Motorcycle Cop
(1928)
Came the Dawn
as Big Moving Man (uncredited)
(1927)
Call of the Cuckoo
as Guest
(1927)
(1927)
Why Girls Love Sailors
as Amorous Sailor
(1926)
On the Front Page
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)