
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.

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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
186
Gender
Male
Birthday
1893-05-03
Place of Birth
Ceres, California, USA
Also Known As
Edgar Deering