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