Edgar Dearing
Acting1893Ceres, California, USA
Biography
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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
The Twilight Zone
First Resurrected Man
You Can't Take It with You
Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
Policeman (uncredited)
The Awful Truth
Motor Cop (uncredited)
The Bishop's Wife
Policeman
Swing Time
(uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lewis
It Came from Outer Space
Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
Acting History
2024
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
TVas First Resurrected Man• 1 eps
1962
Thriller
TVas The Police Sergeant• 1 eps
1960
Pollyanna
as Mr. Gorman
1959
No Name on the Bullet
as Charlie - Chess Player (uncredited)
Trackdown
TVas Doctor (uncredited)• 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Lewis• 1 eps
1957
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
1956
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
as Investor Charlie
1955
1954
The Long, Long Trailer
as Trailer Park Manager (uncredited)
The Abbott and Costello Show
TVas Police Lt. Ryan• 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Mr. Gorman
1953
1952
Rancho Notorious
as Sheriff #4 (uncredited)
Carson City
as Daly - Railroad Conductor (uncredited)
Glory Alley
as Man at Gym (uncredited)
1951
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
as Pop Willard
Silver Canyon
as Colonel Middler
Pecos River
as Henry Mahoney
As You Were
as Sgt. Monahan
1950
Fancy Pants
as Mr. Jones
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
as Randolph Dike
Union Station
as Detective (uncredited)
Hunt the Man Down
as Deputy in Hall (uncredited)
The Good Humor Man
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1949
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Reiber
The Threat
as Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Sorrowful Jones
as Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
1948
1947
Christmas Eve
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Policeman (uncredited)
Magic Town
as Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
Where There's Life
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Bishop's Wife
as Policeman
1946
Road to Utopia
as Official Policeman (uncredited)
Up Goes Maisie
as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
Nocturne
as Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited)
1945
Midnight Manhunt
as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
Johnny Angel
as Jim, a Cop (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
as Policeman (uncredited)
Don't Fence Me In
as Chief of Police
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Al - First Studio Cop
Swing Out, Sister
as Motorcycle Cop
Her Lucky Night
as Casey
1944
The Mark of the Whistler
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
Make Your Own Bed
as Sergeant
Seven Doors to Death
as Claude Burns
In Society
as Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
as Man (uncredited)
Strange Affair
as Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
1943
Swing Shift Maisie
as Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
Princess O'Rourke
as Policeman at White House (uncredited)
The Hard Way
as Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
as C.P.O. Ben Cobb
Fired Wife
as Sullivan
1942
My Favorite Spy
as Police Sergeant in Bumped Car
Once Upon a Thursday
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
A Gentleman After Dark
as Joe
Apache Trail
as Marshal (uncredited)
Miss Annie Rooney
as Policeman
Between Us Girls
as Policeman (uncredited)
My Favorite Blonde
as Joe - Policeman
1941
Pot o' Gold
as Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady
as Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)
Louisiana Purchase
as House Detective (uncredited)
Remember the Day
as Detective
Hold That Ghost
as Irondome (uncredited)
Caught in the Draft
as Recruiting Sergeant
Niagara Falls
as State Trooper
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Cross-Country Romance
as Ed Sweeney
Go West
as Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)
Wyoming
as Capt. Evans
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Policeman
We Who Are Young
as 1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Little Orvie
as Policeman
And One Was Beautiful
as Higgins
Florian
as Cop
Primrose Path
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
as Policeman
Wildcat Bus
as Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics
as Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Police Officer
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
as Sweeny (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
as Sheriff
Lucky Partners
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Sailor's Lady
as Chief Master-of-Arms
American Spoken Here
as Mike Fink (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American
as Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)
1939
Honolulu
as Jailer
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
as Jim Simmons
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Studio Policeman (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
as Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)
Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny
Thunder Afloat
as Petty Officer (uncredited)
Four Girls in White
as Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident
Full Confession
as Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
King of the Underworld
as First Policeman (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
Rose of Washington Square
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
Blondie Meets the Boss
as Officer McGuire (uncredited)
Twelve Crowded Hours
as Second Bartender (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
A Child is Born
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1938
Spring Madness
as Policeman
Listen, Darling
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Blondie
as Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Bus Conductor (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
as Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Maid's Night Out
as Police Detective (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
as Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss
as Policeman
Hard to Get
as Eddie (uncredited)
The First Hundred Years
as Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)
Border G-Man
as Smoky Joslin
The Chaser
as Policeman at End
1937
Love Is News
as Motorcycle Officer
It Happened in Hollywood
as Joe Stevens
Big City
as Tom Reilley
They Gave Him a Gun
as Sgt. Meadowlark
Married Before Breakfast
as Police Sergeant
Midnight Taxi
as Officer Murray
Dangerous Number
as Policeman
You Only Live Once
as State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
The Awful Truth
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
1936
After the Thin Man
as Bill (uncredited)
Back to Nature
as Motorcycle Officer
Hollywood Boulevard
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Border Flight
as Smugglers' Pilot
Swing Time
as (uncredited)
Bunker Bean
as Policeman (uncredited)
That Girl from Paris
as Ship's Purser (uncredited)
All Business
as House Detective
1935
Rendezvous
as 1st Military Policeman (uncredited)
Helldorado
as Motorcycle Cop
The Nitwits
as Police Officer Barney Riley
If You Could Only Cook
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Railroad Man
The Rainmakers
as Kelly
She Couldn't Take It
as Precint 5 Policeman
Stolen Harmony
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
1934
Thirty Day Princess
as Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited)
Kentucky Kernels
as Policeman (uncredited)
Ocean Swells
as Captain
Cleopatra
as Convict
1933
The Midnight Patrol
as Policeman (uncredited)
Eskimo
as Constable Balk (uncredited)
The Nuisance
as Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)
1932
The Lost Squadron
as Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited)
Horse Feathers
as Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs
as Train Official (uncredited)
1931
The Painted Desert
as Buck's Partner
The Star Witness
as Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)
Consolation Marriage
as Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)
Next Door Neighbors
as Cop
1930
Free and Easy
as Officer
Traffic Tangle
as Motor Cop
Estrellados
as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln
as Armstrong
Two Plus Fours
as Rent Collector
A Man from Wyoming
as Sergeant
Live and Learn
as Mr. Smith
1929
The Locked Door
as Cop
The Jazz Age
as Motor Cop
Flight
as Football Coach
The Mighty
as Doughboy
A Pair of Tights
as Policeman (uncredited)
Clunked on the Corner
as Cop
1928
Fair and Muddy
as Motorcycle Cop
Lonesome
as Cop (uncredited)
Came the Dawn
as Big Moving Man (uncredited)
Limousine Love
as Motorcycle cop
Should Tall Men Marry?
as Henchman
1927
1926
On the Front Page
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)