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