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