

Edgar Dearing
ActorFrom 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.
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Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
(archive footage) (uncredited)

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pollyanna
1960
Mr. Gorman

No Name on the Bullet
1959
Charlie - Chess Player (uncredited)

The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
archive footage

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
1956
Investor Charlie

The Long, Long Trailer
1954
Trailer Park Manager (uncredited)

Vice Squad
1953
Fitz (uncredited)

It Came from Outer Space
1953
Sam, a hobo (uncredited)

Rancho Notorious
1952
Sheriff #4 (uncredited)

Ruby Gentry
1952

Glory Alley
1952
Man at Gym (uncredited)

Carson City
1952
Daly - Railroad Conductor (uncredited)

As You Were
1951
Sgt. Monahan

Pecos River
1951
Henry Mahoney

Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
1951
Pop Willard

Silver Canyon
1951
Colonel Middler

The Iroquois Trail
1950
Colonial Major (uncredited)

Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
1950
Randolph Dike

Hunt the Man Down
1950
Deputy in Hall (uncredited)

The Good Humor Man
1950
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Fancy Pants
1950
Mr. Jones

Union Station
1950
Detective (uncredited)

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949
Reiber

Sorrowful Jones
1949
Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)

The Threat
1949
Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited)

My Girl Tisa
1948
Jailer (uncredited)

Out of the Storm
1948
Ed Purcell

Man or Mouse
1948
Hercules Jones

My Brother Talks to Horses
1947
Policeman (uncredited)

Magic Town
1947
Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)

Where There's Life
1947
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Christmas Eve
1947
Police Sergeant (uncredited)

The Bishop's Wife
1947
Policeman

The Virginian
1946

Road to Utopia
1946
Official Policeman (uncredited)

Nocturne
1946
Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited)

Up Goes Maisie
1946
Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)

Swing Out, Sister
1945
Motorcycle Cop

Scarlet Street
1945
Policeman (uncredited)

Don't Fence Me In
1945
Chief of Police

Midnight Manhunt
1945
Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
Al - First Studio Cop

Her Lucky Night
1945
Casey

Johnny Angel
1945
Jim, a Cop (uncredited)

And the Angels Sing
1944
Man (uncredited)

Seven Doors to Death
1944
Claude Burns

The Mark of the Whistler
1944
Bank Guard (uncredited)

Make Your Own Bed
1944
Sergeant

Strange Affair
1944
Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)

In Society
1944
Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)

Fired Wife
1943
Sullivan

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943
C.P.O. Ben Cobb

Princess O'Rourke
1943
Policeman at White House (uncredited)

The Hard Way
1943
Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie
1943
Radio Policeman (Uncredited)

A Gentleman After Dark
1942
Joe

My Favorite Blonde
1942
Joe - Policeman

Between Us Girls
1942
Policeman (uncredited)

Apache Trail
1942
Marshal (uncredited)

The Affairs of Martha
1942
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Miss Annie Rooney
1942
Policeman

My Favorite Spy
1942
Police Sergeant in Bumped Car

Pot o' Gold
1941
Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
Policeman (uncredited)

Caught in the Draft
1941
Recruiting Sergeant

Remember the Day
1941
Detective

Niagara Falls
1941
State Trooper

Hold That Ghost
1941
Irondome (uncredited)

Maisie Was a Lady
1941
Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)

Louisiana Purchase
1941
House Detective (uncredited)

Go West
1940
Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)

When the Daltons Rode
1940
Sheriff

Cross-Country Romance
1940
Ed Sweeney

Manhattan Heartbeat
1940
Policeman

Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
Policeman (uncredited)

Primrose Path
1940
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

Edison, the Man
1940
Policeman

Wyoming
1940
Capt. Evans

Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
Police Officer

The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy
1940
Sweeny (uncredited)

One Night in the Tropics
1940
Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)

Knute Rockne All American
1940
Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)

Florian
1940
Cop

And One Was Beautiful
1940
Higgins

Lucky Partners
1940
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Wildcat Bus
1940
Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)

Little Orvie
1940
Policeman

American Spoken Here
1940
Mike Fink (uncredited)

We Who Are Young
1940
1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

Sailor's Lady
1940
Chief Master-of-Arms

Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny

Full Confession
1939
Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939
Jim Simmons

Honolulu
1939
Jailer

The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
Studio Policeman (uncredited)

Four Girls in White
1939
Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident

King of the Underworld
1939
Police Detective (uncredited), First Policeman (uncredited)

Made for Each Other
1939
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)

Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
Officer McGuire (uncredited)

Rose of Washington Square
1939
Lieutenant (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful World
1939
Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)

A Child is Born
1939
Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Thunder Afloat
1939
Petty Officer (uncredited)

The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939
Motorcycle Officer Corrigan

Dust Be My Destiny
1939
Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)

Twelve Crowded Hours
1939
Second Bartender (uncredited)

Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
Bus Conductor (uncredited)

Maid's Night Out
1938
Police Detective (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You
1938
Bill (uncredited)

Border G-Man
1938
Smoky Joslin

Blondie
1938
Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)

Love Is a Headache
1938
Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)

Hold That Kiss
1938
Policeman

Spring Madness
1938
Policeman

Listen, Darling
1938
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

The First Hundred Years
1938
Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)

Hard to Get
1938
Eddie (uncredited)

The Chaser
1938
Policeman at End

They Gave Him a Gun
1937
Sgt. Meadowlark

It Happened in Hollywood
1937
Joe Stevens

Midnight Taxi
1937
Officer Murray

The Awful Truth
1937
Motor Cop (uncredited)

Love Is News
1937
Motorcycle Officer

Dangerous Number
1937
Policeman

Big City
1937
Tom Reilley

Married Before Breakfast
1937
Police Sergeant

You Only Live Once
1937
State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard
1936
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Swing Time
1936
(uncredited)

That Girl from Paris
1936
Ship's Purser (uncredited)

Border Flight
1936
Smugglers' Pilot
- All Business
All Business
1936
House Detective

Down the Ribber
1936

Bunker Bean
1936
Policeman (uncredited)

Back to Nature
1936
Motorcycle Officer

After the Thin Man
1936
Bill (uncredited)

Helldorado
1935
Motorcycle Cop

Rendezvous
1935
1st Military Policeman (uncredited)

Stolen Harmony
1935
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

The Nitwits
1935
Police Officer Barney Riley
- A Quiet Fourth
A Quiet Fourth
1935

The Rainmakers
1935
Kelly

She Couldn't Take It
1935
Precint 5 Policeman

If You Could Only Cook
1935
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
Railroad Man

Kentucky Kernels
1934
Policeman (uncredited)
- Ocean Swells
Ocean Swells
1934
Captain

Cleopatra
1934
Convict

Thirty Day Princess
1934
Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited)

The Midnight Patrol
1933
Policeman (uncredited)

Eskimo
1933
Constable Balk (uncredited)

The Nuisance
1933
Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)

The Lost Squadron
1932
Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited)

Horse Feathers
1932
Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)

Million Dollar Legs
1932
Train Official (uncredited)

Consolation Marriage
1931
Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)

The Star Witness
1931
Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)

The Painted Desert
1931
Buck's Partner

Next Door Neighbors
1931
Cop

Estrellados
1930
Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
- Rich Uncles
Rich Uncles
1930

Free and Easy
1930
Officer

Two Plus Fours
1930
Rent Collector
- Live and Learn
Live and Learn
1930
Mr. Smith
- Traffic Tangle
Traffic Tangle
1930
Motor Cop

A Man from Wyoming
1930
Sergeant

Abraham Lincoln
1930
Armstrong

Flight
1929
Football Coach

A Pair of Tights
1929
Policeman (uncredited)

Clunked on the Corner
1929
Cop

The Mighty
1929
Doughboy

The Locked Door
1929
Cop

The Jazz Age
1929
Motor Cop

Limousine Love
1928
Motorcycle cop

Came the Dawn
1928
Big Moving Man (uncredited)

Should Tall Men Marry?
1928
Henchman

Fair and Muddy
1928
Motorcycle Cop

Lonesome
1928
Cop (uncredited)

Call of the Cuckoo
1927
Guest

Should Men Walk Home?
1927

Why Girls Love Sailors
1927
Amorous Sailor

On the Front Page
1926
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)





