
Edgar Dearing
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
Scarlet Street
Policeman (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
The Awful Truth
Motor Cop (uncredited)
The Bishop's Wife
Policeman
After the Thin Man
Bill (uncredited)
Swing Time
(uncredited)
Horse Feathers
Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
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Filmography
Acting (201)
Movies (184)
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964as Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pollyanna
1960as Mr. Gorman
No Name on the Bullet
1959as Charlie - Chess Player (uncredited)
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957as archive footage
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
1956as Investor Charlie
The Long, Long Trailer
1954as Trailer Park Manager (uncredited)
Vice Squad
1953as Fitz (uncredited)
It Came from Outer Space
1953as Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious
1952as Sheriff #4 (uncredited)
Carson City
1952as Daly - Railroad Conductor (uncredited)
Ruby Gentry
1952
Glory Alley
1952as Man at Gym (uncredited)
Silver Canyon
1951as Colonel Middler
As You Were
1951as Sgt. Monahan
Pecos River
1951as Henry Mahoney
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
1951as Pop Willard
The Good Humor Man
1950as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Iroquois Trail
1950
Union Station
1950as Detective (uncredited)
Fancy Pants
1950as Mr. Jones
Hunt the Man Down
1950as Deputy in Hall (uncredited)
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
1950as Randolph Dike
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949as Reiber
Sorrowful Jones
1949as Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
The Threat
1949as Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited)
My Girl Tisa
1948as Jailer (uncredited)
Man or Mouse
1948as Hercules Jones
Out of the Storm
1948as Ed Purcell
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947as Policeman (uncredited)
The Bishop's Wife
1947as Policeman
Magic Town
1947as Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
Where There's Life
1947as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Christmas Eve
1947as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Nocturne
1946as Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
1946as Official Policeman (uncredited)
The Virginian
1946
Up Goes Maisie
1946as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
Scarlet Street
1945as Policeman (uncredited)
Her Lucky Night
1945as Casey
Johnny Angel
1945as Jim, a Cop (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945as Al - First Studio Cop
Midnight Manhunt
1945as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
Swing Out, Sister
1945as Motorcycle Cop
Don't Fence Me In
1945as Chief of Police
And the Angels Sing
1944as Man (uncredited)
In Society
1944as Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)
The Mark of the Whistler
1944as Bank Guard (uncredited)
Strange Affair
1944as Motorcycle Officer (Uncredited)
Make Your Own Bed
1944as Sergeant
Seven Doors to Death
1944as Claude Burns
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943as C.P.O. Ben Cobb
The Hard Way
1943as Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
Princess O'Rourke
1943as Policeman at White House (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
1943as Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
Fired Wife
1943as Sullivan
Miss Annie Rooney
1942as Policeman
My Favorite Blonde
1942as Joe - Policeman
Between Us Girls
1942as Policeman (uncredited)
My Favorite Spy
1942as Police Sergeant in Bumped Car
The Affairs of Martha
1942as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Apache Trail
1942as Marshal (uncredited)
A Gentleman After Dark
1942as Joe
Hold That Ghost
1941as Irondome (uncredited)
Remember the Day
1941as Detective
Louisiana Purchase
1941as House Detective (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold
1941as Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)
Caught in the Draft
1941as Recruiting Sergeant
Maisie Was a Lady
1941as Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)
Niagara Falls
1941as State Trooper
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941as Policeman (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
1940as Policeman
Cross-Country Romance
1940as Ed Sweeney
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940as Policeman
Wyoming
1940as Capt. Evans
Florian
1940as Cop
And One Was Beautiful
1940as Higgins
Go West
1940as Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)
Primrose Path
1940as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Little Orvie
1940as Policeman
One Night in the Tropics
1940as Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)
We Who Are Young
1940as 1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940as Policeman (uncredited)
Sailor's Lady
1940as Chief Master-of-Arms
American Spoken Here
1940as Mike Fink (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American
1940as Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Lucky Partners
1940as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
1940as Sheriff
No Time for Comedy
1940as Sweeny (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940as Police Officer
Wildcat Bus
1940as Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)
Rose of Washington Square
1939as Lieutenant (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
1939as Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)
Honolulu
1939as Jailer
Made for Each Other
1939as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
Full Confession
1939as Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
1939as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939as Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny
Thunder Afloat
1939as Petty Officer (uncredited)
King of the Underworld
1939as Police Detective (uncredited)
A Child is Born
1939as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939as Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
Four Girls in White
1939as Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939as Jim Simmons
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939as Second Bartender (uncredited)
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939as Studio Policeman (uncredited)
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939as Officer McGuire (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
1938as Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
1938as Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)
Blondie
1938as Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss
1938as Policeman
Border G-Man
1938as Smoky Joslin
Spring Madness
1938as Policeman
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938as Bus Conductor (uncredited)
Listen, Darling
1938as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Maid's Night Out
1938as Police Detective (uncredited)
Hard to Get
1938as Eddie (uncredited)
The Chaser
1938as Policeman at End
The First Hundred Years
1938as Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)
Big City
1937as Tom Reilley
It Happened in Hollywood
1937as Joe Stevens
The Awful Truth
1937as Motor Cop (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
1937as Sgt. Meadowlark
Love Is News
1937as Motorcycle Officer
You Only Live Once
1937as State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
Midnight Taxi
1937as Officer Murray
Dangerous Number
1937as Policeman
Married Before Breakfast
1937as Police Sergeant
After the Thin Man
1936as Bill (uncredited)
All Business
1936as House Detective
That Girl from Paris
1936as Ship's Purser (uncredited)
Border Flight
1936as Smugglers' Pilot
Bunker Bean
1936as Policeman (uncredited)
Back to Nature
1936as Motorcycle Officer
Down the Ribber
1936
Swing Time
1936as (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
1936as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
A Quiet Fourth
1935
Helldorado
1935as Motorcycle Cop
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935as Railroad Man
The Nitwits
1935as Police Officer Barney Riley
The Rainmakers
1935as Kelly
If You Could Only Cook
1935as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Rendezvous
1935as 1st Military Policeman (uncredited)
She Couldn't Take It
1935as Precint 5 Policeman
Stolen Harmony
1935as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Cleopatra
1934as Convict
Ocean Swells
1934as Captain
Thirty Day Princess
1934as Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited)
Kentucky Kernels
1934as Policeman (uncredited)
Eskimo
1933as Constable Balk (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
1933as Policeman (uncredited)
The Nuisance
1933as Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)
The Lost Squadron
1932as Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited)
Horse Feathers
1932as Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs
1932as Train Official (uncredited)
Next Door Neighbors
1931as Cop
The Painted Desert
1931as Buck's Partner
Consolation Marriage
1931as Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)
The Star Witness
1931as Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln
1930as Armstrong
Free and Easy
1930as Officer
Estrellados
1930as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
Two Plus Fours
1930as Rent Collector
Traffic Tangle
1930as Motor Cop
A Man from Wyoming
1930as Sergeant
Live and Learn
1930as Mr. Smith
Rich Uncles
1930
The Locked Door
1929as Cop
The Jazz Age
1929as Motor Cop
A Pair of Tights
1929as Policeman (uncredited)
The Mighty
1929as Doughboy
Flight
1929as Football Coach
Clunked on the Corner
1929as Cop
Fair and Muddy
1928as Motorcycle Cop
Limousine Love
1928as Motorcycle cop
Lonesome
1928as Cop (uncredited)
Came the Dawn
1928as Big Moving Man (uncredited)
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928as Henchman
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927as Amorous Sailor
Should Men Walk Home?
1927
Call of the Cuckoo
1927as Guest
On the Front Page
1926as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Television (17)
Thriller
1960as The Police Sergeant
The Tall Man
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959as First Resurrected Man
The Rifleman
1958
Trackdown
1957as Doctor (uncredited)
State Trooper
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955as Lewis
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954as Mr. Gorman
Public Defender
1954
I'm the Law
1953
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952as Police Lt. Ryan
Cavalcade of America
1952as Fitz
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Boston Blackie
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951FlickList VIP
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