Edgar Dearing
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 3 May 1893 · Ceres, California, USA
- Died
- 17 August 1974
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 185
- 2024Laurel & Hardy: Year Two as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023Laurel & Hardy: Year One
- 1964The Big Parade of Comedy as Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1960Pollyanna as Mr. Gorman
- 1959No Name on the Bullet as Charlie - Chess Player (uncredited)
- 1957The Golden Age of Comedy as archive footage
- 1956Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! as Investor Charlie
- 1954The Long, Long Trailer as Trailer Park Manager (uncredited)
- 1953Vice Squad as Fitz (uncredited)
- 1953It Came from Outer Space as Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
- 1952Ruby Gentry
- 1952Carson City as Daly - Railroad Conductor (uncredited)
- 1952Glory Alley as Man at Gym (uncredited)
- 1952Rancho Notorious as Sheriff #4 (uncredited)
- 1951Pecos River as Henry Mahoney
- 1951As You Were as Sgt. Monahan
- 1951Silver Canyon as Colonel Middler
- 1951Ridin' the Outlaw Trail as Pop Willard
- 1950Hunt the Man Down as Deputy in Hall (uncredited)
- 1950Union Station as Detective (uncredited)
- 1950Raiders of Tomahawk Creek as Randolph Dike
- 1950Fancy Pants as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
- 1950The Iroquois Trail as Colonial Major (uncredited)
- 1950The Good Humor Man as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1949The Threat as Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1949Sorrowful Jones as Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
- 1949Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture as Reiber
- 1948Out of the Storm as Ed Purcell
- 1948My Girl Tisa as Jailer (uncredited)
- 1948Man or Mouse as Hercules Jones
- 1947The Bishop's Wife as Policeman
- 1947Where There's Life as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1947Christmas Eve as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1947Magic Town as Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
- 1947My Brother Talks to Horses as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1946Nocturne as Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited)
- 1946The Virginian
- 1946Road to Utopia as Official Policeman (uncredited)
- 1946Up Goes Maisie as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
- 1945Scarlet Street as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1945Johnny Angel as Jim, a Cop (uncredited)
- 1945Don't Fence Me In as Chief of Police
- 1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Al - First Studio Cop
- 1945Midnight Manhunt as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
- 1945Swing Out, Sister as Motorcycle Cop
- 1945Her Lucky Night as Casey
- 1944The Mark of the Whistler as Bank Guard (uncredited)
- 1944Strange Affair as Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
- 1944Seven Doors to Death as Claude Burns
- 1944In Society as Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)
- 1944Make Your Own Bed as Sergeant
- 1944And the Angels Sing as Man (uncredited)
- 1943Princess O'Rourke as Policeman at White House (uncredited)
- 1943Swing Shift Maisie as Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
- 1943Fired Wife as Sullivan
- 1943Don Winslow of the Coast Guard as C.P.O. Ben Cobb
- 1943The Hard Way as Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
- 1942Between Us Girls as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1942Apache Trail as Marshal (uncredited)
- 1942The Affairs of Martha as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
- 1942My Favorite Spy as Police Sergeant in Bumped Car
- 1942Miss Annie Rooney as Policeman
- 1942A Gentleman After Dark as Joe
- 1942My Favorite Blonde as Joe - Policeman
- 1941Louisiana Purchase as House Detective (uncredited)
- 1941Remember the Day as Detective
- 1941Niagara Falls as State Trooper
- 1941Hold That Ghost as Irondome (uncredited)
- 1941Caught in the Draft as Recruiting Sergeant
- 1941Pot o' Gold as Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)
- 1941A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1941Maisie Was a Lady as Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)
- 1940Go West as Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)
- 1940American Spoken Here as Mike Fink (uncredited)
- 1940One Night in the Tropics as Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)
- 1940Knute Rockne All American as Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)
- 1940No Time for Comedy as Sweeny (uncredited)
- 1940Wyoming as Capt. Evans
- 1940Wildcat Bus as Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)
- 1940When the Daltons Rode as Sheriff
- 1940Lucky Partners as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1940We Who Are Young as 1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
- 1940Cross-Country Romance as Ed Sweeney
- 1940Manhattan Heartbeat as Policeman
- 1940Sailor's Lady as Chief Master-of-Arms
- 1940Florian as Cop
- 1940Buck Benny Rides Again as Police Officer
- 1940Edison, the Man as Policeman
- 1940The Doctor Takes a Wife as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
- 1940And One Was Beautiful as Higgins
- 1940Primrose Path as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
- 1940Little Orvie as Policeman
- 1940Broadway Melody of 1940 as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1939Nick Carter, Master Detective as Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny
- 1939A Child is Born as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1939Dust Be My Destiny as Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)
- 1939Thunder Afloat as Petty Officer (uncredited)
- 1939Full Confession as Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)
- 1939Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite as Jim Simmons
- 1939The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
- 1939The Jones Family in Hollywood as Studio Policeman (uncredited)
- 1939It's a Wonderful World as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
- 1939Rose of Washington Square as Lieutenant (uncredited)
- 1939Blondie Meets the Boss as Officer McGuire (uncredited)
- 1939Twelve Crowded Hours as Second Bartender (uncredited)
- 1939Made for Each Other as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
- 1939Honolulu as Jailer
- 1939Four Girls in White as Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident
- 1939King of the Underworld as First Policeman (uncredited)
- 1938Blondie as Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)
- 1938Spring Madness as Policeman
- 1938Hard to Get as Eddie (uncredited)
- 1938Listen, Darling as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
- 1938Three Loves Has Nancy as Bus Conductor (uncredited)
- 1938You Can't Take It with You as Bill (uncredited)
- 1938The Chaser as Policeman at End
- 1938Border G-Man as Smoky Joslin
- 1938Hold That Kiss as Policeman
- 1938The First Hundred Years as Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)
- 1938Maid's Night Out as Police Detective (uncredited)
- 1938Love Is a Headache as Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)
- 1937The Awful Truth as Motor Cop (uncredited)
- 1937It Happened in Hollywood as Joe Stevens
- 1937Big City as Tom Reilley
- 1937Married Before Breakfast as Police Sergeant
- 1937They Gave Him a Gun as Sgt. Meadowlark
- 1937Midnight Taxi as Officer Murray
- 1937Love Is News as Motorcycle Officer
- 1937You Only Live Once as State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
- 1937Dangerous Number as Policeman
- 1936That Girl from Paris as Ship's Purser (uncredited)
- 1936After the Thin Man as Bill (uncredited)
- 1936Swing Time as (uncredited)
- 1936Hollywood Boulevard as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
- 1936Back to Nature as Motorcycle Officer
- 1936Bunker Bean as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1936Border Flight as Smugglers' Pilot
- 1936Down the Ribber
- 1936All Business as House Detective
- 1935If You Could Only Cook as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
- 1935The Rainmakers as Kelly
- 1935Rendezvous as 1st Military Policeman (uncredited)
- 1935She Couldn't Take It as Precint 5 Policeman
- 1935A Quiet Fourth
- 1935The Farmer Takes a Wife as Railroad Man
- 1935The Nitwits as Police Officer Barney Riley
- 1935Stolen Harmony as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
- 1935Helldorado as Motorcycle Cop
- 1934Kentucky Kernels as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1934Cleopatra as Convict
- 1934Ocean Swells as Captain
- 1934Thirty Day Princess as Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited)
- 1933Eskimo as Constable Balk (uncredited)
- 1933The Midnight Patrol as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1933The Nuisance as Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)
- 1932Horse Feathers as Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)
- 1932Million Dollar Legs as Train Official (uncredited)
- 1932The Lost Squadron as Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited)
- 1931Consolation Marriage as Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)
- 1931The Star Witness as Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)
- 1931Next Door Neighbors as Cop
- 1931The Painted Desert as Buck's Partner
- 1930Abraham Lincoln as Armstrong
- 1930Traffic Tangle as Motor Cop
- 1930Two Plus Fours as Rent Collector
- 1930A Man from Wyoming as Sergeant
- 1930Estrellados as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
- 1930Live and Learn as Mr. Smith
- 1930Rich Uncles
- 1930Free and Easy as Officer
- 1929The Locked Door as Cop
- 1929The Mighty as Doughboy
- 1929Flight as Football Coach
- 1929A Pair of Tights as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1929The Jazz Age as Motor Cop
- 1929Clunked on the Corner as Cop
- 1928Lonesome as Cop (uncredited)
- 1928Fair and Muddy as Motorcycle Cop
- 1928Limousine Love as Motorcycle cop
- 1928Came the Dawn as Big Moving Man (uncredited)
- 1928Should Tall Men Marry? as Henchman
- 1927Call of the Cuckoo as Guest
- 1927Why Girls Love Sailors as Amorous Sailor
- 1927Should Men Walk Home?
- 1926On the Front Page as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)