Edgar Dearing
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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...
Known For
Filmography
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pollyanna
1960
as Mr. Gorman
The Tall Man
1960
Thriller
1960
as The Police Sergeant
No Name on the Bullet
1959
as Charlie - Chess Player (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
1959
as First Resurrected Man
The Rifleman
1958
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
as archive footage
Trackdown
1957
as Doctor (uncredited)
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
1956
as Investor Charlie
State Trooper
1956
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Lewis
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
as Trailer Park Manager (uncredited)
Public Defender
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Mr. Gorman
Vice Squad
1953
as Fitz (uncredited)
It Came from Outer Space
1953
as Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
I'm the Law
1953
Rancho Notorious
1952
as Sheriff #4 (uncredited)
Ruby Gentry
1952
Glory Alley
1952
as Man at Gym (uncredited)
Carson City
1952
as Daly - Railroad Conductor (uncredited)
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Fitz
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as Police Lt. Ryan
As You Were
1951
as Sgt. Monahan
Pecos River
1951
as Henry Mahoney
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
1951
as Pop Willard
Silver Canyon
1951
as Colonel Middler
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Boston Blackie
1951
The Iroquois Trail
1950
as Colonial Major (uncredited)
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
1950
as Randolph Dike
Hunt the Man Down
1950
as Deputy in Hall (uncredited)
The Good Humor Man
1950
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Fancy Pants
1950
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Union Station
1950
as Detective (uncredited)
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949
as Reiber
Sorrowful Jones
1949
as Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
The Threat
1949
as Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited)
My Girl Tisa
1948
as Jailer (uncredited)
Out of the Storm
1948
as Ed Purcell
Man or Mouse
1948
as Hercules Jones
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947
as Policeman (uncredited)
Magic Town
1947
as Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
Where There's Life
1947
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Christmas Eve
1947
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Policeman
The Virginian
1946
Road to Utopia
1946
as Official Policeman (uncredited)
Nocturne
1946
as Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited)
Up Goes Maisie
1946
as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
Swing Out, Sister
1945
as Motorcycle Cop
Scarlet Street
1945
as Policeman (uncredited)
Don't Fence Me In
1945
as Chief of Police
Midnight Manhunt
1945
as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
as Al - First Studio Cop
Her Lucky Night
1945
as Casey
Johnny Angel
1945
as Jim, a Cop (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
1944
as Man (uncredited)
Seven Doors to Death
1944
as Claude Burns
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
Make Your Own Bed
1944
as Sergeant
Strange Affair
1944
as Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
In Society
1944
as Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)
Fired Wife
1943
as Sullivan
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943
as C.P.O. Ben Cobb
Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Policeman at White House (uncredited)
The Hard Way
1943
as Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
as Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
as Joe
My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Joe - Policeman
Between Us Girls
1942
as Policeman (uncredited)
Apache Trail
1942
as Marshal (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
1942
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
as Policeman
My Favorite Spy
1942
as Police Sergeant in Bumped Car
Pot o' Gold
1941
as Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Policeman (uncredited)
Caught in the Draft
1941
as Recruiting Sergeant
Remember the Day
1941
as Detective
Niagara Falls
1941
as State Trooper
Hold That Ghost
1941
as Irondome (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady
1941
as Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)
Louisiana Purchase
1941
as House Detective (uncredited)
Go West
1940
as Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
1940
as Sheriff
Cross-Country Romance
1940
as Ed Sweeney
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940
as Policeman
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
Primrose Path
1940
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
1940
as Policeman
Wyoming
1940
as Capt. Evans
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
as Police Officer
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
1940
as Sweeny (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)
Florian
1940
as Cop
And One Was Beautiful
1940
as Higgins
Lucky Partners
1940
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Wildcat Bus
1940
as Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)
Little Orvie
1940
as Policeman
American Spoken Here
1940
as Mike Fink (uncredited)
We Who Are Young
1940
as 1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Sailor's Lady
1940
as Chief Master-of-Arms
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
as Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny
Full Confession
1939
as Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939
as Jim Simmons
Honolulu
1939
as Jailer
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
as Studio Policeman (uncredited)
Four Girls in White
1939
as Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident
King of the Underworld
1939
as Police Detective (uncredited)
King of the Underworld
1939
as First Policeman (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
1939
as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
as Officer McGuire (uncredited)
Rose of Washington Square
1939
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
1939
as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
A Child is Born
1939
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Petty Officer (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939
as Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
as Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939
as Second Bartender (uncredited)
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
as Bus Conductor (uncredited)
Maid's Night Out
1938
as Police Detective (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Bill (uncredited)
Border G-Man
1938
as Smoky Joslin
Blondie
1938
as Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
1938
as Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss
1938
as Policeman
Spring Madness
1938
as Policeman
Listen, Darling
1938
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
The First Hundred Years
1938
as Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)
Hard to Get
1938
as Eddie (uncredited)
The Chaser
1938
as Policeman at End
They Gave Him a Gun
1937
as Sgt. Meadowlark
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
as Joe Stevens
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Officer Murray
The Awful Truth
1937
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
Love Is News
1937
as Motorcycle Officer
Dangerous Number
1937
as Policeman
Big City
1937
as Tom Reilley
Married Before Breakfast
1937
as Police Sergeant
You Only Live Once
1937
as State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Swing Time
1936
as (uncredited)
That Girl from Paris
1936
as Ship's Purser (uncredited)
Border Flight
1936
as Smugglers' Pilot
All Business
1936
as House Detective
Down the Ribber
1936
Bunker Bean
1936
as Policeman (uncredited)
Back to Nature
1936
as Motorcycle Officer
After the Thin Man
1936
as Bill (uncredited)
Helldorado
1935
as Motorcycle Cop
Rendezvous
1935
as 1st Military Policeman (uncredited)
Stolen Harmony
1935
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
The Nitwits
1935
as Police Officer Barney Riley
A Quiet Fourth
1935
The Rainmakers
1935
as Kelly
She Couldn't Take It
1935
as Precint 5 Policeman
If You Could Only Cook
1935
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Railroad Man
Kentucky Kernels
1934
as Policeman (uncredited)
Ocean Swells
1934
as Captain
Cleopatra
1934
as Convict
Thirty Day Princess
1934
as Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
1933
as Policeman (uncredited)
Eskimo
1933
as Constable Balk (uncredited)
The Nuisance
1933
as Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)
The Lost Squadron
1932
as Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited)
Horse Feathers
1932
as Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs
1932
as Train Official (uncredited)
Consolation Marriage
1931
as Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)
The Star Witness
1931
as Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)
The Painted Desert
1931
as Buck's Partner
Next Door Neighbors
1931
as Cop
Estrellados
1930
as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
Rich Uncles
1930
Free and Easy
1930
as Officer
Two Plus Fours
1930
as Rent Collector
Live and Learn
1930
as Mr. Smith
Traffic Tangle
1930
as Motor Cop
A Man from Wyoming
1930
as Sergeant
Abraham Lincoln
1930
as Armstrong
Flight
1929
as Football Coach
A Pair of Tights
1929
as Policeman (uncredited)
Clunked on the Corner
1929
as Cop
The Mighty
1929
as Doughboy
The Locked Door
1929
as Cop
The Jazz Age
1929
as Motor Cop
Limousine Love
1928
as Motorcycle cop
Came the Dawn
1928
as Big Moving Man (uncredited)
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928
as Henchman
Fair and Muddy
1928
as Motorcycle Cop
Lonesome
1928
as Cop (uncredited)
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
as Guest
Should Men Walk Home?
1927
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927
as Amorous Sailor
On the Front Page
1926
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)