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