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