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