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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 3, 1893
Place of Birth:
Ceres, California, USA
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Edgar Dearing
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Laurel & Hardy: Year Two | |
| 2023 | Laurel & Hardy: Year One | |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Pollyanna | Mr. Gorman |
| 1957 | The Golden Age of Comedy | archive footage |
| 1956 | Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! | Investor Charlie |
| 1954 | The Long, Long Trailer | Trailer Park Manager (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Vice Squad | Fitz (uncredited) |
| 1953 | It Came from Outer Space | Sam, a hobo (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Sheriff #4 (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Ruby Gentry | |
| 1952 | Glory Alley | Man at Gym (uncredited) |
| 1951 | As You Were | Sgt. Monahan |
| 1951 | Pecos River | Henry Mahoney |
| 1951 | Ridin' the Outlaw Trail | Pop Willard |
| 1951 | Silver Canyon | Colonel Middler |
| 1950 | The Iroquois Trail | |
| 1950 | Raiders of Tomahawk Creek | Randolph Dike |
| 1950 | Hunt the Man Down | Deputy in Hall (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Good Humor Man | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Fancy Pants | Mr. Jones |
| 1950 | Union Station | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture | Reiber |
| 1949 | Sorrowful Jones | Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Threat | Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1948 | My Girl Tisa | Jailer (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Out of the Storm | Ed Purcell |
| 1948 | Man or Mouse | Hercules Jones |
| 1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Magic Town | Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Where There's Life | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife | Policeman |
| 1946 | The Virginian | |
| 1946 | Road to Utopia | Official Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Nocturne | Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Up Goes Maisie | Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited) |
| 1945 | Swing Out, Sister | Motorcycle Cop |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Don't Fence Me In | Chief of Police |
| 1945 | Midnight Manhunt | Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited) |
| 1945 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Al - First Studio Cop |
| 1945 | Her Lucky Night | Casey |
| 1945 | Johnny Angel | Jim, a Cop (uncredited) |
| 1944 | And the Angels Sing | Man (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Seven Doors to Death | Claude Burns |
| 1944 | The Mark of the Whistler | Bank Guard (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Make Your Own Bed | Sergeant |
| 1944 | Strange Affair | Motorcycle Officer (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | In Society | Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Fired Wife | Sullivan |
| 1943 | Don Winslow of the Coast Guard | C.P.O. Ben Cobb |
| 1943 | Princess O'Rourke | Policeman at White House (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Hard Way | Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited) |
| 1943 | Swing Shift Maisie | Radio Policeman (Uncredited) |
| 1942 | A Gentleman After Dark | Joe |
| 1942 | My Favorite Blonde | Joe - Policeman |
| 1942 | Between Us Girls | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Apache Trail | Marshal (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Martha | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Miss Annie Rooney | Policeman |
| 1942 | My Favorite Spy | Police Sergeant in Bumped Car |
| 1941 | Pot o' Gold | Police Officer McGinty (uncredited) |
| 1941 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Caught in the Draft | Recruiting Sergeant |
| 1941 | Remember the Day | Detective |
| 1941 | Niagara Falls | State Trooper |
| 1941 | Hold That Ghost | Irondome (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Maisie Was a Lady | Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited) |
| 1941 | Louisiana Purchase | House Detective (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Go West | Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited) |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode | Sheriff |
| 1940 | Cross-Country Romance | Ed Sweeney |
| 1940 | Manhattan Heartbeat | Policeman |
| 1940 | Broadway Melody of 1940 | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Primrose Path | Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Edison, the Man | Policeman |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Capt. Evans |
| 1940 | Buck Benny Rides Again | Police Officer |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| 1940 | No Time for Comedy | Sweeny (uncredited) |
| 1940 | One Night in the Tropics | Cop with Black Eye (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American | Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Florian | Cop |
| 1940 | And One Was Beautiful | Higgins |
| 1940 | Lucky Partners | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Wildcat Bus | Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Little Orvie | Policeman |
| 1940 | American Spoken Here | Mike Fink (uncredited) |
| 1940 | We Who Are Young | 1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Sailor's Lady | Chief Master-of-Arms |
| 1939 | Nick Carter, Master Detective | Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny |
| 1939 | Full Confession | Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite | Jim Simmons |
| 1939 | Honolulu | Jailer |
| 1939 | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Studio Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Four Girls in White | Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | Police Detective (uncredited) |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | First Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other | Mounted Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Blondie Meets the Boss | Officer McGuire (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| 1939 | It's a Wonderful World | Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited) |
| 1939 | A Child Is Born | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | Petty Officer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Gracie Allen Murder Case | Motorcycle Officer Corrigan |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny | Second Railroad Cop (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Twelve Crowded Hours | Second Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy | Bus Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Maid's Night Out | Police Detective (uncredited) |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Border G-Man | Smoky Joslin |
| 1938 | Blondie | Policeman at Hotel (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Love Is a Headache | Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Hold That Kiss | Policeman |
| 1938 | Spring Madness | Policeman |
| 1938 | Listen, Darling | Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The First Hundred Years | Policeman giving ticket (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Hard to Get | Eddie (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Chaser | Policeman at End |
| 1937 | They Gave Him a Gun | Sgt. Meadowlark |
| 1937 | It Happened in Hollywood | Joe Stevens |
| 1937 | Midnight Taxi | Officer Murray |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth | Motor Cop (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Love Is News | Motorcycle Officer |
| 1937 | Dangerous Number | Policeman |
| 1937 | Big City | Tom Reilley |
| 1937 | Married Before Breakfast | Police Sergeant |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once | State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Swing Time | |
| 1936 | That Girl from Paris | Ship's Purser (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Border Flight | Smugglers' Pilot |
| 1936 | All Business | House Detective |
| 1936 | Down the Ribber | |
| 1936 | Bunker Bean | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Back to Nature | Motorcycle Officer |
| 1936 | After the Thin Man | Bill (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Helldorado | Motorcycle Cop |
| 1935 | Rendezvous | 1st Military Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Stolen Harmony | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Nitwits | Police Officer Barney Riley |
| 1935 | A Quiet Fourth | |
| 1935 | The Rainmakers | Kelly |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It | Precint 5 Policeman |
| 1935 | If You Could Only Cook | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Farmer Takes a Wife | Railroad Man |
| 1934 | Kentucky Kernels | Policeman |
| 1934 | Ocean Swells | Captain |
| 1934 | Cleopatra | Convict |
| 1934 | Thirty Day Princess | Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Midnight Patrol | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Eskimo | Constable Balk (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Nuisance | Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Lost Squadron | Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Horse Feathers | Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Million Dollar Legs | Train Official (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Consolation Marriage | Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Star Witness | Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Painted Desert | Buck's Partner |
| 1931 | Next Door Neighbors | Cop |
| 1930 | Estrellados | Studio Gate Guard (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Rich Uncles | |
| 1930 | Free and Easy | Officer |
| 1930 | Two Plus Fours | Rent Collector |
| 1930 | Live and Learn | Mr. Smith |
| 1930 | Traffic Tangle | Motor Cop |
| 1930 | A Man from Wyoming | Sergeant |
| 1930 | Abraham Lincoln | Armstrong |
| 1929 | Flight | Football Coach |
| 1929 | A Pair of Tights | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Clunked on the Corner | Cop |
| 1929 | The Mighty | Doughboy |
| 1929 | The Locked Door | Cop |
| 1928 | Limousine Love | Motorcycle cop |
| 1928 | Came the Dawn | Big Moving Man (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Should Tall Men Marry? | Henchman |
| 1928 | Fair and Muddy | Motorcycle Cop |
| 1928 | Lonesome | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Call of the Cuckoo | Guest |
| 1927 | Should Men Walk Home? | |
| 1927 | Why Girls Love Sailors | Amorous Sailor |
| 1926 | On the Front Page | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The Tall Man | |
| 1960 | Thriller | The Police Sergeant |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | First Resurrected Man |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | |
| 1957 | Trackdown | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1956 | State Trooper | |
| 1955 | Buffalo Bill Jr. | |
| 1955 | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lewis |
| 1954 | Public Defender | |
| 1953 | I'm the Law | |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Fitz |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy | |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Police Lt. Ryan |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Boston Blackie |