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