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 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.

Known For

Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)

Estrellados

Jailer (uncredited)

My Girl Tisa

Rich Uncles

Motorcycle Cop

Swing Out, Sister

Mr. Gorman

Pollyanna

Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)

Go West

Bus Conductor (uncredited)

Three Loves Has Nancy

Officer

Free and Easy

Sheriff #4 (uncredited)

Rancho Notorious

Sgt. Monahan

As You Were

Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Policeman (uncredited)

The Midnight Patrol

Guest

Call of the Cuckoo

The Iroquois Trail

Rent Collector

Two Plus Fours

Motorcycle Cop

Helldorado

Joe

A Gentleman After Dark

1st Military Policeman (uncredited)

Rendezvous

Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)

Full Confession

Ruby Gentry

Policeman (uncredited)

My Brother Talks to Horses

Police Detective (uncredited)

Maid's Night Out

Sgt. Meadowlark

They Gave Him a Gun

Constable Balk (uncredited)

Eskimo

Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)

The Nuisance

Sheriff

When the Daltons Rode

Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)

Consolation Marriage

Jim Simmons

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

Football Coach

Flight

Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)

The Star Witness

Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited)

The Lost Squadron

Mr. Smith

Live and Learn

Motor Cop

Traffic Tangle

Sullivan

Fired Wife

Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You

Jailer

Honolulu

Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)

Magic Town

Motorcycle cop

Limousine Love

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Where There's Life

Joe - Policeman

My Favorite Blonde

Man (uncredited)

And the Angels Sing

Studio Policeman (uncredited)

The Jones Family in Hollywood

Policeman (uncredited)

A Pair of Tights

Sergeant

A Man from Wyoming

Ed Sweeney

Cross-Country Romance

Armstrong

Abraham Lincoln

Buck's Partner

The Painted Desert

Big Moving Man (uncredited)

Came the Dawn

Henchman

Should Tall Men Marry?

Smoky Joslin

Border G-Man

Joe Stevens

It Happened in Hollywood

Should Men Walk Home?

Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)

Pot o' Gold

Officer Murray

Midnight Taxi

Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)

Blondie

Cop

Clunked on the Corner

Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)

Love Is a Headache

Policeman

Hold That Kiss

Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident

Four Girls in White

The Virginian

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Stolen Harmony

Policeman

Spring Madness

Ed Purcell

Out of the Storm

Police Officer Barney Riley

The Nitwits

Policeman (uncredited)

Kentucky Kernels

Policeman

Manhattan Heartbeat

Police Detective (uncredited)

King of the Underworld

First Policeman (uncredited)

King of the Underworld

Mounted Policeman (uncredited)

Made for Each Other

Officer McGuire (uncredited)

Blondie Meets the Boss

Lieutenant (uncredited)

Rose of Washington Square

Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful World

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

A Child Is Born

Petty Officer (uncredited)

Thunder Afloat

Motorcycle Officer Corrigan

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

Captain

Ocean Swells

Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)

Dust Be My Destiny

Henry Mahoney

Pecos River

Fitz (uncredited)

Vice Squad

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Christmas Eve

Investor Charlie

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!

Sam, a hobo (uncredited)

It Came from Outer Space

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard

Man at Gym (uncredited)

Glory Alley

Policeman (uncredited)

Scarlet Street

Reiber

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

Policeman (uncredited)

Broadway Melody of 1940

Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

Primrose Path

Motor Cop (uncredited)

The Awful Truth

Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)

Horse Feathers

Policeman

Edison, the Man

Amorous Sailor

Why Girls Love Sailors

Chief of Police

Don't Fence Me In

Claude Burns

Seven Doors to Death

Bank Guard (uncredited)

The Mark of the Whistler

Capt. Evans

Wyoming

Police Officer

Buck Benny Rides Again

Motorcycle Officer

Love Is News

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

On the Front Page

Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)

Midnight Manhunt

Pop Willard

Ridin' the Outlaw Trail

Policeman (uncredited)

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

The Doctor Takes a Wife

Sweeny (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy

Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)

One Night in the Tropics

Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)

Knute Rockne All American

Cop

Next Door Neighbors

Cop

Florian

Policeman (uncredited)

Between Us Girls

Higgins

And One Was Beautiful

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Lucky Partners

Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

Listen, Darling

Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)

Wildcat Bus

(uncredited)

Swing Time

Doughboy

The Mighty

Colonel Middler

Silver Canyon

A Quiet Fourth

Randolph Dike

Raiders of Tomahawk Creek

Ship's Purser (uncredited)

That Girl from Paris

Policeman

Little Orvie

Marshal (uncredited)

Apache Trail

Recruiting Sergeant

Caught in the Draft

Detective

Remember the Day

Smugglers' Pilot

Border Flight

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

The Affairs of Martha

Policeman

Dangerous Number

Policeman

Miss Annie Rooney

Police Sergeant in Bumped Car

My Favorite Spy

State Trooper

Niagara Falls

Train Official (uncredited)

Million Dollar Legs

Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)

The First Hundred Years

Convict

Cleopatra

Mike Fink (uncredited)

American Spoken Here

House Detective

All Business

Down the Ribber

Tom Reilley

Big City

C.P.O. Ben Cobb

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

Policeman

The Bishop's Wife

Policeman (uncredited)

Bunker Bean

Kelly

The Rainmakers

Motorcycle Officer

Back to Nature

Policeman at White House (uncredited)

Princess O'Rourke

Eddie (uncredited)

Hard to Get

Sergeant

Make Your Own Bed

Precint 5 Policeman

She Couldn't Take It

Policeman at End

The Chaser

Motorcycle Officer (Uncredited)

Strange Affair

Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Big Parade of Comedy

archive footage

The Golden Age of Comedy

1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

We Who Are Young

Official Policeman (uncredited)

Road to Utopia

Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)

Sorrowful Jones

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

If You Could Only Cook

Deputy in Hall (uncredited)

Hunt the Man Down

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

The Good Humor Man

Irondome (uncredited)

Hold That Ghost

Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)

In Society

Al - First Studio Cop

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Second Bartender (uncredited)

Twelve Crowded Hours

Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited)

Nocturne

Casey

Her Lucky Night

Chief Master-of-Arms

Sailor's Lady

Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)

The Hard Way

Police Sergeant

Married Before Breakfast

State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)

You Only Live Once

Mr. Jones

Fancy Pants

Radio Policeman (Uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie

Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)

Maisie Was a Lady

Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)

Up Goes Maisie

Detective (uncredited)

Union Station

Hercules Jones

Man or Mouse

Cop

The Locked Door

Railroad Man

The Farmer Takes a Wife

Motorcycle Cop

Fair and Muddy

Cop (uncredited)

Lonesome

Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited)

The Threat

Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited)

Thirty Day Princess

Jim, a Cop (uncredited)

Johnny Angel

Laurel & Hardy: Year One

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

House Detective (uncredited)

Louisiana Purchase

Bill (uncredited)

After the Thin Man

Trailer Park Manager (uncredited)

The Long, Long Trailer

Daly - Railroad Conductor (uncredited)

Carson City

Motor Cop

The Jazz Age

Charlie - Chess Player (uncredited)

No Name on the Bullet

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

186

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-05-03

Place of Birth

Ceres, California, USA

Also Known As

Edgar Deering