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