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
(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)
Union Station
as Detective (uncredited)
(1950)
(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)
Sorrowful Jones
as Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
(1949)
The Threat
as Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited)
(1949)
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Reiber
(1948)
My Girl Tisa
as Jailer (uncredited)
(1948)
Out of the Storm
as Ed Purcell
(1948)
Man or Mouse
as Hercules Jones
(1947)
The Bishop's Wife
as Policeman
(1947)
Christmas Eve
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
(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)
Up Goes Maisie
as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
(1946)
Road to Utopia
as Official Policeman (uncredited)
(1946)
(1946)
Nocturne
as Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited)
(1945)
Scarlet Street
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1945)
Swing Out, Sister
as Motorcycle Cop
(1945)
Johnny Angel
as Jim, a Cop (uncredited)
(1945)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Al - First Studio Cop
(1945)
Midnight Manhunt
as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
(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)
The Mark of the Whistler
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
(1944)
In Society
as Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)
(1944)
Strange Affair
as Motorcycle Officer (Uncredited)
(1944)
Make Your Own Bed
as Sergeant
(1944)
Seven Doors to Death
as Claude Burns
(1943)
Princess O'Rourke
as Policeman at White House (uncredited)
(1943)
Swing Shift Maisie
as Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
(1943)
The Hard Way
as Policeman at Hospital (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)
Miss Annie Rooney
as Policeman
(1942)
Between Us Girls
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1942)
My Favorite Spy
as Police Sergeant in Bumped Car
(1942)
My Favorite Blonde
as Joe - Policeman
(1942)
A Gentleman After Dark
as Joe
(1942)
The Affairs of Martha
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1941)
Hold That Ghost
as Irondome (uncredited)
(1941)
Niagara Falls
as State Trooper
(1941)
Pot o' Gold
as Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)
(1941)
Maisie Was a Lady
as Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)
(1941)
Caught in the Draft
as Recruiting Sergeant
(1941)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1941)
Remember the Day
as Detective
(1940)
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1940)
Edison, the Man
as Policeman
(1940)
Go West
as Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)
(1940)
Florian
as Cop
(1940)
Lucky Partners
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1940)
One Night in the Tropics
as Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)
(1940)
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Police Officer
(1940)
Wyoming
as Capt. Evans
(1940)
Primrose Path
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
(1940)
When the Daltons Rode
as Sheriff
(1940)
Knute Rockne All American
as Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)
(1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1940)
Wildcat Bus
as Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)
(1940)
No Time for Comedy
as Sweeny (uncredited)
(1940)
We Who Are Young
as 1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
(1940)
And One Was Beautiful
as Higgins
(1940)
Sailor's Lady
as Chief Master-of-Arms
(1940)
Little Orvie
as Policeman
(1940)
Cross-Country Romance
as Ed Sweeney
(1940)
American Spoken Here
as Mike Fink (uncredited)
(1940)
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Policeman
(1939)
It's a Wonderful World
as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
(1939)
Made for Each Other
as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
(1939)
Full Confession
as Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)
(1939)
Honolulu
as Jailer
(1939)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as Petty Officer (uncredited)
(1939)
King of the Underworld
as Police Detective (uncredited)
(1939)
King of the Underworld
as First Policeman (uncredited)
(1939)
Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny
(1939)
Rose of Washington Square
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
(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)
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
as Jim Simmons
(1939)
Twelve Crowded Hours
as Second Bartender (uncredited)
(1939)
Four Girls in White
as Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident
(1939)
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Studio Policeman (uncredited)
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
(1938)
The First Hundred Years
as Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)
(1938)
Listen, Darling
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
(1938)
Blondie
as Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)
(1938)
Hold That Kiss
as Policeman
(1938)
The Chaser
as Policeman at End
(1938)
Hard to Get
as Eddie (uncredited)
(1938)
Love Is a Headache
as Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)
(1938)
Spring Madness
as Policeman
(1938)
Maid's Night Out
as Police Detective (uncredited)
(1938)
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Bus Conductor (uncredited)
(1938)
Border G-Man
as Smoky Joslin
(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)
Big City
as Tom Reilley
(1937)
Dangerous Number
as Policeman
(1937)
They Gave Him a Gun
as Sgt. Meadowlark
(1937)
Midnight Taxi
as Officer Murray
(1937)
It Happened in Hollywood
as Joe Stevens
(1937)
Married Before Breakfast
as Police Sergeant
(1936)
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1936)
That Girl from Paris
as Ship's Purser (uncredited)
(1936)
Bunker Bean
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1936)
Back to Nature
as Motorcycle Officer
(1936)
Border Flight
as Smugglers' Pilot
(1936)
All Business
as House Detective
(1936)
(1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Railroad Man
(1935)
Rendezvous
as 1st Military Policeman (uncredited)
(1935)
If You Could Only Cook
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1935)
(1935)
Helldorado
as Motorcycle Cop
(1935)
The Nitwits
as Police Officer Barney Riley
(1935)
Stolen Harmony
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1935)
She Couldn't Take It
as Precint 5 Policeman
(1935)
The Rainmakers
as Kelly
(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)
Eskimo
as Constable Balk (uncredited)
(1933)
The Nuisance
as Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)
(1933)
The Midnight Patrol
as Policeman (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)
Consolation Marriage
as Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)
(1931)
The Star Witness
as Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)
(1931)
Next Door Neighbors
as Cop
(1930)
Abraham Lincoln
as Armstrong
(1930)
Free and Easy
as Officer
(1930)
Estrellados
as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
(1930)
Traffic Tangle
as Motor Cop
(1930)
Live and Learn
as Mr. Smith
(1930)
Two Plus Fours
as Rent Collector
(1930)
A Man from Wyoming
as Sergeant
(1930)
(1929)
Flight
as Football Coach
(1929)
The Mighty
as Doughboy
(1929)
A Pair of Tights
as Policeman
(1929)
The Locked Door
as Cop
(1929)
Clunked on the Corner
as Cop
(1928)
Lonesome
as Cop (uncredited)
(1928)
Came the Dawn
as Big Moving Man (uncredited)
(1928)
Should Tall Men Marry?
as Henchman
(1928)
Limousine Love
as Motorcycle cop
(1928)
Fair and Muddy
as Motorcycle Cop
(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)