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