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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 Awful Truth
(1937)
Motor Cop (uncredited)
The Bishop's Wife
(1947)
Policeman
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
(1945)
Policeman (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious
(1952)
Sheriff #4 (uncredited)
Pollyanna
(1960)
Mr. Gorman
Made for Each Other
(1939)
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
It Came from Outer Space
(1953)
Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
Cleopatra
(1934)
Convict
Go West
(1940)
Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)
Magic Town
(1947)
Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
(1937)
State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
Midnight Taxi
(1937)
Officer Murray
Broadway Melody of 1940
(1940)
Policeman (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
(1946)
Official Policeman (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
On the Front Page
(1926)
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Call of the Cuckoo
(1927)
Guest
Should Men Walk Home?
(1927)
Why Girls Love Sailors
(1927)
Amorous Sailor
Limousine Love
(1928)
Motorcycle cop
Came the Dawn
(1928)
Big Moving Man (uncredited)
Should Tall Men Marry?
(1928)
Henchman
A Pair of Tights
(1929)
Policeman
Clunked on the Corner
(1929)
Cop
Flight
(1929)
Football Coach
The Mighty
(1929)
Doughboy
Abraham Lincoln
(1930)
Armstrong
Traffic Tangle
(1930)
Motor Cop
A Man from Wyoming
(1930)
Sergeant
Rich Uncles
(1930)
Free and Easy
(1930)
Officer
Two Plus Fours
(1930)
Rent Collector
Estrellados
(1930)
Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
Live and Learn
(1930)
Mr. Smith
Consolation Marriage
(1931)
Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)
Next Door Neighbors
(1931)
Cop
The Star Witness
(1931)
Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)
The Painted Desert
(1931)
Buck's Partner
The Lost Squadron
(1932)
Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs
(1932)
Train Official (uncredited)
Horse Feathers
(1932)
Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)
The Nuisance
(1933)
Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
(1933)
Policeman (uncredited)
Eskimo
(1933)
Constable Balk (uncredited)
Kentucky Kernels
(1934)
Policeman
Ocean Swells
(1934)
Captain
Cleopatra
(1934)
Convict
The Rainmakers
(1935)
Kelly
She Couldn't Take It
(1935)
Precint 5 Policeman
Rendezvous
(1935)
1st Military Policeman (uncredited)
If You Could Only Cook
(1935)
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Helldorado
(1935)
Motorcycle Cop
A Quiet Fourth
(1935)
The Nitwits
(1935)
Police Officer Barney Riley
Stolen Harmony
(1935)
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
That Girl from Paris
(1936)
Ship's Purser (uncredited)
Border Flight
(1936)
Smugglers' Pilot
Back to Nature
(1936)
Motorcycle Officer
Down the Ribber
(1936)
All Business
(1936)
House Detective
Bunker Bean
(1936)
Policeman (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
(1936)
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Midnight Taxi
(1937)
Officer Murray
It Happened in Hollywood
(1937)
Joe Stevens
Love Is News
(1937)
Motorcycle Officer
They Gave Him a Gun
(1937)
Sgt. Meadowlark
Big City
(1937)
Tom Reilley
You Only Live Once
(1937)
State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
Married Before Breakfast
(1937)
Police Sergeant
The Awful Truth
(1937)
Motor Cop (uncredited)
Dangerous Number
(1937)
Policeman
Spring Madness
(1938)
Policeman
Hold That Kiss
(1938)
Policeman
Blondie
(1938)
Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)
Maid's Night Out
(1938)
Police Detective (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
The Chaser
(1938)
Policeman at End
Border G-Man
(1938)
Smoky Joslin
The First Hundred Years
(1938)
Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)
Listen, Darling
(1938)
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Hard to Get
(1938)
Eddie (uncredited)
Three Loves Has Nancy
(1938)
Bus Conductor (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
(1938)
Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)
The Jones Family in Hollywood
(1939)
Studio Policeman (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
(1939)
Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
(1939)
Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
Thunder Afloat
(1939)
Petty Officer (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
(1939)
Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
(1939)
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
King of the Underworld
(1939)
First Policeman (uncredited)
Blondie Meets the Boss
(1939)
Officer McGuire (uncredited)
Rose of Washington Square
(1939)
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Four Girls in White
(1939)
Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident
Full Confession
(1939)
Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)
Honolulu
(1939)
Jailer
A Child Is Born
(1939)
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
(1939)
Jim Simmons
Nick Carter, Master Detective
(1939)
Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny
Twelve Crowded Hours
(1939)
Second Bartender (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
(1940)
Police Officer
Wyoming
(1940)
Capt. Evans
Manhattan Heartbeat
(1940)
Policeman
Edison, the Man
(1940)
Policeman
Broadway Melody of 1940
(1940)
Policeman (uncredited)
Primrose Path
(1940)
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
(1940)
Motorcycle Cop
Sailor's Lady
(1940)
Chief Master-of-Arms
We Who Are Young
(1940)
1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Florian
(1940)
Cop
No Time for Comedy
(1940)
Sweeny (uncredited)
Cross-Country Romance
(1940)
Ed Sweeney
When the Daltons Rode
(1940)
Sheriff
Go West
(1940)
Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)
American Spoken Here
(1940)
Mike Fink (uncredited)
Little Orvie
(1940)
Policeman
Wildcat Bus
(1940)
Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)
And One Was Beautiful
(1940)
Higgins
One Night in the Tropics
(1940)
Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American
(1940)
Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)
Lucky Partners
(1940)
Desk Sergeant
Hold That Ghost
(1941)
Irondome (uncredited)
Caught in the Draft
(1941)
Recruiting Sergeant
Remember the Day
(1941)
Detective
Niagara Falls
(1941)
State Trooper
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
(1941)
Policeman (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold
(1941)
Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady
(1941)
Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
(1942)
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
My Favorite Spy
(1942)
Police Sergeant in Bumped Car
Apache Trail
(1942)
Marshal (uncredited)
Miss Annie Rooney
(1942)
Policeman
My Favorite Blonde
(1942)
Joe - Policeman
A Gentleman After Dark
(1942)
Joe
Princess O'Rourke
(1943)
Policeman at White House (uncredited)
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
(1943)
C.P.O. Ben Cobb
Swing Shift Maisie
(1943)
Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
Fired Wife
(1943)
Sullivan
The Hard Way
(1943)
Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
Make Your Own Bed
(1944)
Sergeant
The Mark of the Whistler
(1944)
Bank Guard (uncredited)
Seven Doors to Death
(1944)
Claude Burns
Strange Affair
(1944)
Motorcycle Officer (Uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
(1944)
Man (uncredited)
In Society
(1944)
Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)
Midnight Manhunt
(1945)
Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
Scarlet Street
(1945)
Policeman (uncredited)
Don't Fence Me In
(1945)
Chief of Police
Her Lucky Night
(1945)
Casey
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
(1945)
Al - First Studio Cop
Swing Out, Sister
(1945)
Motorcycle Cop
Up Goes Maisie
(1946)
Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
Nocturne
(1946)
Policeman with Injured Susan
Road to Utopia
(1946)
Official Policeman (uncredited)
The Virginian
(1946)
The Bishop's Wife
(1947)
Policeman
My Brother Talks to Horses
(1947)
Policeman (uncredited)
Christmas Eve
(1947)
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Magic Town
(1947)
Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
Where There's Life
(1947)
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Man or Mouse
(1948)
Hercules Jones
My Girl Tisa
(1948)
Jailer (uncredited)
Out of the Storm
(1948)
Ed Purcell
Sorrowful Jones
(1949)
Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
(1949)
Reiber
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
(1950)
Randolph Dike
The Iroquois Trail
(1950)
Union Station
(1950)
Detective (uncredited)
Fancy Pants
(1950)
Mr. Jones
Hunt the Man Down
(1950)
Deputy in Hall (uncredited)
The Good Humor Man
(1950)
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Silver Canyon
(1951)
Colonel Middler
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
(1951)
Pop Willard
Pecos River
(1951)
Henry Mahoney
As You Were
(1951)
Sgt. Monahan
Glory Alley
(1952)
Man at Gym (uncredited)
Ruby Gentry
(1952)
Rancho Notorious
(1952)
Sheriff #4 (uncredited)
It Came from Outer Space
(1953)
Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
Vice Squad
(1953)
Fitz (uncredited)
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
(1956)
Investor Charlie
The Golden Age of Comedy
(1957)
archive footage
Pollyanna
(1960)
Mr. Gorman
The Big Parade of Comedy
(1964)
Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)