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