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
(1959)
No Name on the Bullet
as Charlie - Chess Player (uncredited)
(1957)
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
(1956)
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
as Investor Charlie
(1954)
The Long, Long Trailer
as Trailer Park Manager (uncredited)
(1953)
It Came from Outer Space
as Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
(1953)
Vice Squad
as Fitz (uncredited)
(1952)
(1952)
Carson City
as Daly - Railroad Conductor (uncredited)
(1952)
Rancho Notorious
as Sheriff #4 (uncredited)
(1952)
Glory Alley
as Man at Gym (uncredited)
(1951)
Pecos River
as Henry Mahoney
(1951)
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
as Pop Willard
(1951)
Silver Canyon
as Colonel Middler
(1951)
As You Were
as Sgt. Monahan
(1950)
(1950)
Union Station
as Detective (uncredited)
(1950)
Fancy Pants
as Mr. Jones
(1950)
Hunt the Man Down
as Deputy in Hall (uncredited)
(1950)
The Good Humor Man
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1950)
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
as Randolph Dike
(1949)
The Threat
as Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited)
(1949)
Sorrowful Jones
as Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
(1949)
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Reiber
(1948)
Out of the Storm
as Ed Purcell
(1948)
My Girl Tisa
as Jailer (uncredited)
(1948)
Man or Mouse
as Hercules Jones
(1947)
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1947)
The Bishop's Wife
as Policeman
(1947)
Christmas Eve
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
(1947)
Where There's Life
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1947)
Magic Town
as Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
(1946)
(1946)
Road to Utopia
as Official Policeman (uncredited)
(1946)
Up Goes Maisie
as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
(1946)
Nocturne
as Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited)
(1945)
Scarlet Street
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1945)
Swing Out, Sister
as Motorcycle Cop
(1945)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Al - First Studio Cop
(1945)
Midnight Manhunt
as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
(1945)
Johnny Angel
as Jim, a Cop (uncredited)
(1945)
Her Lucky Night
as Casey
(1945)
Don't Fence Me In
as Chief of Police
(1944)
In Society
as Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)
(1944)
Make Your Own Bed
as Sergeant
(1944)
Strange Affair
as Motorcycle Officer (Uncredited)
(1944)
Seven Doors to Death
as Claude Burns
(1944)
And the Angels Sing
as Man (uncredited)
(1944)
The Mark of the Whistler
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
(1943)
Fired Wife
as Sullivan
(1943)
Swing Shift Maisie
as Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
(1943)
The Hard Way
as Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
(1943)
Princess O'Rourke
as Policeman at White House (uncredited)
(1943)
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
as C.P.O. Ben Cobb
(1942)
The Affairs of Martha
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1942)
My Favorite Spy
as Police Sergeant in Bumped Car
(1942)
Between Us Girls
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1942)
Miss Annie Rooney
as Policeman
(1942)
My Favorite Blonde
as Joe - Policeman
(1942)
A Gentleman After Dark
as Joe
(1942)
Apache Trail
as Marshal (uncredited)
(1941)
Hold That Ghost
as Irondome (uncredited)
(1941)
Louisiana Purchase
as House Detective (uncredited)
(1941)
Remember the Day
as Detective
(1941)
Pot o' Gold
as Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)
(1941)
Maisie Was a Lady
as Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)
(1941)
Niagara Falls
as State Trooper
(1941)
Caught in the Draft
as Recruiting Sergeant
(1941)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1940)
We Who Are Young
as 1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
(1940)
Wyoming
as Capt. Evans
(1940)
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1940)
Primrose Path
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
(1940)
No Time for Comedy
as Sweeny (uncredited)
(1940)
When the Daltons Rode
as Sheriff
(1940)
Wildcat Bus
as Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)
(1940)
Sailor's Lady
as Chief Master-of-Arms
(1940)
Florian
as Cop
(1940)
Go West
as Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)
(1940)
Edison, the Man
as Policeman
(1940)
And One Was Beautiful
as Higgins
(1940)
Little Orvie
as Policeman
(1940)
Cross-Country Romance
as Ed Sweeney
(1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1940)
One Night in the Tropics
as Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)
(1940)
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Policeman
(1940)
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Police Officer
(1940)
Lucky Partners
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1940)
American Spoken Here
as Mike Fink (uncredited)
(1940)
Knute Rockne All American
as Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)
(1939)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
(1939)
Twelve Crowded Hours
as Second Bartender (uncredited)
(1939)
Honolulu
as Jailer
(1939)
King of the Underworld
as Police Detective (uncredited)
(1939)
King of the Underworld
as First Policeman (uncredited)
(1939)
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Studio Policeman (uncredited)
(1939)
Rose of Washington Square
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
(1939)
Dust Be My Destiny
as Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)
(1939)
Full Confession
as Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)
(1939)
It's a Wonderful World
as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
(1939)
Made for Each Other
as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
(1939)
A Child Is Born
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
(1939)
Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as Petty Officer (uncredited)
(1939)
Four Girls in White
as Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident
(1939)
Blondie Meets the Boss
as Officer McGuire (uncredited)
(1939)
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
as Jim Simmons
(1938)
Hold That Kiss
as Policeman
(1938)
Love Is a Headache
as Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)
(1938)
Border G-Man
as Smoky Joslin
(1938)
The Chaser
as Policeman at End
(1938)
Hard to Get
as Eddie (uncredited)
(1938)
Spring Madness
as Policeman
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
(1938)
Listen, Darling
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
(1938)
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Bus Conductor (uncredited)
(1938)
The First Hundred Years
as Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)
(1938)
Maid's Night Out
as Police Detective (uncredited)
(1938)
Blondie
as Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)
(1937)
Midnight Taxi
as Officer Murray
(1937)
The Awful Truth
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
(1937)
It Happened in Hollywood
as Joe Stevens
(1937)
Big City
as Tom Reilley
(1937)
Dangerous Number
as Policeman
(1937)
You Only Live Once
as State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
(1937)
Married Before Breakfast
as Police Sergeant
(1937)
They Gave Him a Gun
as Sgt. Meadowlark
(1937)
Love Is News
as Motorcycle Officer
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1936)
Border Flight
as Smugglers' Pilot
(1936)
Bunker Bean
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1936)
(1936)
That Girl from Paris
as Ship's Purser (uncredited)
(1936)
After the Thin Man
as Bill (uncredited)
(1936)
Back to Nature
as Motorcycle Officer
(1936)
(1936)
All Business
as House Detective
(1935)
Stolen Harmony
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1935)
The Rainmakers
as Kelly
(1935)
The Nitwits
as Police Officer Barney Riley
(1935)
Helldorado
as Motorcycle Cop
(1935)
Rendezvous
as 1st Military Policeman (uncredited)
(1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Railroad Man
(1935)
(1935)
If You Could Only Cook
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1935)
She Couldn't Take It
as Precint 5 Policeman
(1934)
Kentucky Kernels
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1934)
Cleopatra
as Convict
(1934)
Thirty Day Princess
as Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited)
(1934)
Ocean Swells
as Captain
(1933)
The Midnight Patrol
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1933)
The Nuisance
as Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)
(1933)
Eskimo
as Constable Balk (uncredited)
(1932)
The Lost Squadron
as Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited)
(1932)
Horse Feathers
as Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)
(1932)
Million Dollar Legs
as Train Official (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)
(1930)
Live and Learn
as Mr. Smith
(1930)
Traffic Tangle
as Motor Cop
(1930)
Estrellados
as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
(1930)
Free and Easy
as Officer
(1930)
A Man from Wyoming
as Sergeant
(1930)
Two Plus Fours
as Rent Collector
(1929)
The Jazz Age
as Motor Cop
(1929)
Flight
as Football Coach
(1929)
The Locked Door
as Cop
(1929)
A Pair of Tights
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1929)
The Mighty
as Doughboy
(1929)
Clunked on the Corner
as Cop
(1928)
Fair and Muddy
as Motorcycle Cop
(1928)
Should Tall Men Marry?
as Henchman
(1928)
Lonesome
as Cop (uncredited)
(1928)
Came the Dawn
as Big Moving Man (uncredited)
(1928)
Limousine Love
as Motorcycle cop
(1927)
(1927)
Why Girls Love Sailors
as Amorous Sailor
(1927)
Call of the Cuckoo
as Guest
(1926)
On the Front Page
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)