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Edgar Dearing

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 unt

Born

May 03, 1893

Ceres, California, USA

Died

Aug 17, 1974

Known For

Acting

Movies

185 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.5

Known For

Go West
Go West
1940 as Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Awful Truth
The Awful Truth
1937 as Motor Cop (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
1934 as Convict
★ 6.1
Pollyanna
Pollyanna
1960 as Mr. Gorman
★ 7.0
The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife
1947 as Policeman
★ 7.1
Scarlet Street
Scarlet Street
1945 as Policeman (uncredited)
★ 7.6
Blondie
Blondie
1938 as Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Magic Town
Magic Town
1947 as Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
★ 6.7
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You
1938 as Bill (uncredited)
★ 7.5
Rancho Notorious
Rancho Notorious
1952 as Sheriff #4 (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Lonesome
Lonesome
1928 as Cop (uncredited)
★ 7.5
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
1930 as Armstrong
★ 5.5
Union Station
Union Station
1950 as Detective (uncredited)
★ 6.5
After the Thin Man
After the Thin Man
1936 as Bill (uncredited)
★ 7.3
Swing Time
Swing Time
1936 as (uncredited)
★ 6.9
The Virginian
★ 6.2
It Came from Outer Space
It Came from Outer Space
1953 as Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
★ 6.3
It's a Wonderful World
It's a Wonderful World
1939 as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Carson City
Carson City
1952 as Daly - Railroad Conductor (uncredited)
★ 6.2
The Hard Way
The Hard Way
1943 as Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
★ 6.4
Made for Each Other
Made for Each Other
1939 as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
★ 6.1
One Night in the Tropics
One Night in the Tropics
1940 as Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Remember the Day
Remember the Day
1941 as Detective
★ 7.3
Knute Rockne All American
Knute Rockne All American
1940 as Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Hold That Ghost
Hold That Ghost
1941 as Irondome (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Glory Alley
Glory Alley
1952 as Man at Gym (uncredited)
★ 5.9
The Long, Long Trailer
The Long, Long Trailer
1954 as Trailer Park Manager (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Road to Utopia
Road to Utopia
1946 as Official Policeman (uncredited)
★ 6.7
The Rainmakers
The Rainmakers
1935 as Kelly
★ 7.0
We Who Are Young
We Who Are Young
1940 as 1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Edison, the Man
Edison, the Man
1940 as Policeman
★ 6.8
Princess O'Rourke
Princess O'Rourke
1943 as Policeman at White House (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Limousine Love
Limousine Love
1928 as Motorcycle cop
★ 6.0
The Affairs of Martha
The Affairs of Martha
1942 as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Hunt the Man Down
Hunt the Man Down
1950 as Deputy in Hall (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Love Is News
Love Is News
1937 as Motorcycle Officer
★ 6.3
Sorrowful Jones
Sorrowful Jones
1949 as Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
★ 6.6
No Name on the Bullet
No Name on the Bullet
1959 as Charlie - Chess Player (uncredited)
★ 6.6
You Only Live Once
You Only Live Once
1937 as State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
★ 7.1
If You Could Only Cook
If You Could Only Cook
1935 as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
★ 7.5
Broadway Melody of 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940 as Policeman (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Vice Squad
Vice Squad
1953 as Fitz (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Hard to Get
Hard to Get
1938 as Eddie (uncredited)
★ 6.3
They Gave Him a Gun
They Gave Him a Gun
1937 as Sgt. Meadowlark
★ 6.7
Fancy Pants
Fancy Pants
1950 as Mr. Jones
★ 5.8
When the Daltons Rode
When the Daltons Rode
1940 as Sheriff
★ 6.2
Apache Trail
Apache Trail
1942 as Marshal (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Ruby Gentry
★ 6.3
Pot o' Gold
Pot o' Gold
1941 as Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Free and Easy
Free and Easy
1930 as Officer
★ 6.2
In Society
In Society
1944 as Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945 as Al - First Studio Cop
★ 5.8
My Favorite Spy
My Favorite Spy
1942 as Police Sergeant in Bumped Car
★ 5.7
The Mighty
The Mighty
1929 as Doughboy
★ 6.0
Her Lucky Night
Her Lucky Night
1945 as Casey
★ 6.3
The Midnight Patrol
The Midnight Patrol
1933 as Policeman (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Flight
Flight
1929 as Football Coach
★ 6.6
Four Girls in White
Four Girls in White
1939 as Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident
★ 7.2
No Time for Comedy
No Time for Comedy
1940 as Sweeny (uncredited)
★ 5.3
Dust Be My Destiny
Dust Be My Destiny
1939 as Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Hold That Kiss
Hold That Kiss
1938 as Policeman
★ 7.0
My Favorite Blonde
My Favorite Blonde
1942 as Joe - Policeman
★ 6.4
movie
Ocean Swells
1934 as Captain
★ 8.0
Three Loves Has Nancy
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938 as Bus Conductor (uncredited)
★ 4.2
Million Dollar Legs
Million Dollar Legs
1932 as Train Official (uncredited)
★ 6.8
The Good Humor Man
The Good Humor Man
1950 as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
★ 6.3
The Iroquois Trail
The Iroquois Trail
1950 as Colonial Major (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Horse Feathers
Horse Feathers
1932 as Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)
★ 6.9
My Girl Tisa
My Girl Tisa
1948 as Jailer (uncredited)
★ 9.0
And the Angels Sing
And the Angels Sing
1944 as Man (uncredited)
★ 7.3
Listen, Darling
Listen, Darling
1938 as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Nocturne
Nocturne
1946 as Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Primrose Path
Primrose Path
1940 as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Rendezvous
Rendezvous
1935 as 1st Military Policeman (uncredited)
★ 4.9
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
1947 as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
★ 5.4
Midnight Taxi
Midnight Taxi
1937 as Officer Murray
★ 6.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 as Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.2
The Star Witness
The Star Witness
1931 as Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)
★ 6.9
The Threat
The Threat
1949 as Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Maid's Night Out
Maid's Night Out
1938 as Police Detective (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Wildcat Bus
Wildcat Bus
1940 as Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)
★ 5.5
Where There's Life
Where There's Life
1947 as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Thirty Day Princess
Thirty Day Princess
1934 as Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Miss Annie Rooney
Miss Annie Rooney
1942 as Policeman
★ 6.4
The Doctor Takes a Wife
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940 as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
★ 6.8
The First Hundred Years
The First Hundred Years
1938 as Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)
★ 7.3
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls
1941 as State Trooper
★ 6.7
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
1941 as House Detective (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Silver Canyon
Silver Canyon
1951 as Colonel Middler
★ 7.5
Eskimo
Eskimo
1933 as Constable Balk (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Call of the Cuckoo
Call of the Cuckoo
1927 as Guest
★ 5.8
Swing Out, Sister
Swing Out, Sister
1945 as Motorcycle Cop
★ 4.5
A Child is Born
A Child is Born
1939 as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Thunder Afloat
Thunder Afloat
1939 as Petty Officer (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Big City
Big City
1937 as Tom Reilley
★ 7.7
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939 as Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
★ 6.3
Caught in the Draft
Caught in the Draft
1941 as Recruiting Sergeant
★ 5.9
Midnight Manhunt
Midnight Manhunt
1945 as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
★ 4.6
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
★ 6.1
Spring Madness
Spring Madness
1938 as Policeman
★ 4.9
Blondie Meets the Boss
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939 as Officer McGuire (uncredited)
★ 5.8
The Farmer Takes a Wife
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935 as Railroad Man
★ 6.2
Don't Fence Me In
Don't Fence Me In
1945 as Chief of Police
★ 5.8
The Locked Door
The Locked Door
1929 as Cop
★ 6.1
The Mark of the Whistler
The Mark of the Whistler
1944 as Bank Guard (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Johnny Angel
Johnny Angel
1945 as Jim, a Cop (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Maisie Was a Lady
Maisie Was a Lady
1941 as Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)
★ 7.0
She Couldn't Take It
She Couldn't Take It
1935 as Precint 5 Policeman
★ 5.3
That Girl from Paris
That Girl from Paris
1936 as Ship's Purser (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Make Your Own Bed
Make Your Own Bed
1944 as Sergeant
★ 6.0
Lucky Partners
Lucky Partners
1940 as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
★ 6.1
The Nitwits
The Nitwits
1935 as Police Officer Barney Riley
★ 6.7
Sailor's Lady
Sailor's Lady
1940 as Chief Master-of-Arms
★ 6.5
Between Us Girls
Between Us Girls
1942 as Policeman (uncredited)
★ 7.5
King of the Underworld
King of the Underworld
1939 as Police Detective (uncredited)
★ 6.5
King of the Underworld
King of the Underworld
1939 as First Policeman (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Out of the Storm
Out of the Storm
1948 as Ed Purcell
★ 7.3
Buck Benny Rides Again
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940 as Police Officer
★ 5.0
The Painted Desert
The Painted Desert
1931 as Buck's Partner
★ 5.2
The Chaser
The Chaser
1938 as Policeman at End
★ 8.0
Rose of Washington Square
Rose of Washington Square
1939 as Lieutenant (uncredited)
★ 6.7
The Nuisance
The Nuisance
1933 as Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)
★ 6.0
movie
★ 8.0
Swing Shift Maisie
Swing Shift Maisie
1943 as Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
★ 6.8
Fired Wife
Fired Wife
1943 as Sullivan
★ 5.6
movie
All Business
1936 as House Detective
Stolen Harmony
Stolen Harmony
1935 as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
★ 8.0
My Brother Talks to Horses
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947 as Policeman (uncredited)
★ 7.5
Honolulu
Honolulu
1939 as Jailer
★ 6.5
Florian
Florian
1940 as Cop
★ 4.5
The Golden Age of Comedy
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957 as archive footage
★ 7.1
Two Plus Fours
Two Plus Fours
1930 as Rent Collector
★ 5.1
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939 as Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny
★ 6.0
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 as Policeman (uncredited)
★ 5.5
Seven Doors to Death
Seven Doors to Death
1944 as Claude Burns
★ 6.0
Estrellados
Estrellados
1930 as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard
1936 as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
★ 4.5
Up Goes Maisie
Up Goes Maisie
1946 as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
★ 6.8
Love Is a Headache
Love Is a Headache
1938 as Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Pecos River
Pecos River
1951 as Henry Mahoney
★ 7.0
Dangerous Number
Dangerous Number
1937 as Policeman
★ 4.9
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Traffic Tangle
1930 as Motor Cop
★ 10.0
The Lost Squadron
The Lost Squadron
1932 as Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 10.0
Wyoming
Wyoming
1940 as Capt. Evans
★ 6.7
Twelve Crowded Hours
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939 as Second Bartender (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Kentucky Kernels
Kentucky Kernels
1934 as Policeman (uncredited)
★ 6.4
As You Were
As You Were
1951 as Sgt. Monahan
★ 7.5
The Jones Family in Hollywood
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939 as Studio Policeman (uncredited)
★ 10.0
It Happened in Hollywood
It Happened in Hollywood
1937 as Joe Stevens
★ 6.3
Full Confession
Full Confession
1939 as Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Border Flight
Border Flight
1936 as Smugglers' Pilot
★ 6.5
Strange Affair
Strange Affair
1944 as Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
★ 6.2
And One Was Beautiful
And One Was Beautiful
1940 as Higgins
★ 6.7
Came the Dawn
Came the Dawn
1928 as Big Moving Man (uncredited)
★ 7.8
Consolation Marriage
Consolation Marriage
1931 as Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)
★ 6.4
The Jazz Age
The Jazz Age
1929 as Motor Cop
★ 8.0
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
1956 as Investor Charlie
★ 9.5
Down the Ribber
★ 10.0
Cross-Country Romance
Cross-Country Romance
1940 as Ed Sweeney
★ 6.7
Should Tall Men Marry?
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928 as Henchman
★ 6.5
Man or Mouse
Man or Mouse
1948 as Hercules Jones
★ 4.0
Why Girls Love Sailors
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927 as Amorous Sailor
★ 5.5
American Spoken Here
American Spoken Here
1940 as Mike Fink (uncredited)
★ 9.0
On the Front Page
On the Front Page
1926 as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
1951 as Pop Willard
★ 10.0
Married Before Breakfast
Married Before Breakfast
1937 as Police Sergeant
★ 7.0
Manhattan Heartbeat
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940 as Policeman
★ 8.0
Bunker Bean
Bunker Bean
1936 as Policeman (uncredited)
★ 5.3
Fair and Muddy
Fair and Muddy
1928 as Motorcycle Cop
★ 8.0
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
★ 6.8
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943 as C.P.O. Ben Cobb
★ 10.0
A Man from Wyoming
A Man from Wyoming
1930 as Sergeant
★ 8.0
movie
Live and Learn
1930 as Mr. Smith
★ 3.3
Back to Nature
Back to Nature
1936 as Motorcycle Officer
★ 9.0
Border G-Man
Border G-Man
1938 as Smoky Joslin
★ 5.6
Little Orvie
Little Orvie
1940 as Policeman
★ 8.5
A Gentleman After Dark
A Gentleman After Dark
1942 as Joe
★ 4.6
A Pair of Tights
A Pair of Tights
1929 as Policeman (uncredited)
★ 7.8
Clunked on the Corner
Clunked on the Corner
1929 as Cop
★ 7.0
Helldorado
Helldorado
1935 as Motorcycle Cop
★ 9.0
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
1950 as Randolph Dike
★ 9.0
movie
★ 8.0
Next Door Neighbors
Next Door Neighbors
1931 as Cop
★ 10.0