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