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