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