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Edgar Dearing
Actor
Died August 17, 1974 (81 years)
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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.
Filmography
| 1986 | Laurel & Hardy (TV Series) · as Policeman (1986) |
| 1961 | Ada · as Politician |
| 1960 | Pollyanna · as Mr. Gorman |
| 1960 | When Comedy Was King · as edited from 'A Pair of Tights' |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as The Police Sergeant |
| 1960 | The Tall Man (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | No Name on the Bullet · as Charlie - Chess Player (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as First Resurrected Man |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | The Golden Age of Comedy · as archive footage |
| 1957 | Trackdown (TV Series) · as Doctor |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Body Smith |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Storekeeper |
| 1956 | State Trooper (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1955 | Tarantula · as Second Tramp |
| 1955 | The Star and the Story (TV Series) · as Warden |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) · as Fire Chief |
| 1955 | Buffalo Bill Jr. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1955 | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Lewis |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Champion (TV Series) · as Sarge Elwood |
| 1954 | The Long, Long Trailer · as Trailer Park Manager |
| 1954 | The Long Wait · as Foreman |
| 1954 | Meet Corliss Archer (TV Series) · as Desk Sergeant' |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1954 | Annie Oakley (TV Series) · as Big Jim Baldwin |
| 1953 | Topper (TV Series) · as Chief McGraw |
| 1953 | The Life of Riley (1953) (TV Series) · as Mr. Callahan |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Hurley |
| 1953 | It Came from Outer Space · as Sam, a hobo (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious · as Sheriff #4 |
| 1952 | Ruby Gentry · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Carson City · as Daly - Railroad Conductor |
| 1952 | The Lion and the Horse · as Man at Rodeo |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show (TV Series) · as Police Lt. Ryan |
| 1952 | My Little Margie (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Fitz |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1951 | Santa Fe · as Official |
| 1951 | Silver Canyon · as Colonel Middler |
| 1951 | The Range Rider (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 1951 | The Roy Rogers Show (TV Series) · as Doc. Buttland |
| 1950 | Union Station · as Unknown |
| 1950 | Fancy Pants · as Mr. Jones |
| 1950 | Hot Rod · as Police Desk Sergeant |
| 1950 | Riding High · as Deputy |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Sheriff of Silver Gulch |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah · as Tax Collector |
| 1948 | The Paleface · as Sheriff |
| 1948 | Parole, Inc. · as Atty. Gen. Whitmore |
| 1948 | Sleep, My Love · as Hannigan |
| 1947 | Copacabana · as Police Detective |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve · as Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Unconquered · as Soldier in Gilded Beaver |
| 1947 | Magic Town · as Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife · as Policeman |
| 1946 | Nocturne · as Policeman with Injured Susan |
| 1946 | The Virginian · as Train Engineer |
| 1946 | Up Goes Maisie · as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited) |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street · as Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Midnight Manhunt · as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited) |
| 1945 | Road to Utopia · as Official Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood · as Al - First Studio Cop |
| 1945 | Don't Fence Me In · as Chief of Police |
| 1944 | Seven Doors to Death · as Claude Burns |
| 1943 | Whistling in Brooklyn · as Police Desk Sergeant |
| 1942 | My Favorite Blonde · as Joe - Policeman |
| 1942 | Miss Annie Rooney · as Policeman |
| 1942 | When Johnny Comes Marching Home · as Army Sergeant |
| 1941 | Shadow of the Thin Man · as Motorcycle Cop on Bridge |
| 1941 | Pot o' Gold · as Police Officer McGinty |
| 1941 | Louisiana Purchase · as House Detective |
| 1941 | Maisie Was a Lady · as Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited) |
| 1941 | Niagara Falls · as State Trooper |
| 1941 | Sullivan's Travels · as Motorcycle Cop |
| 1941 | The Big Store · as Department Store Doorman |
| 1940 | Edison, the Man · as Policeman |
| 1940 | Broadway Melody of 1940 · as Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American · as Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Primrose Path · as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife · as Motorcycle Cop |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode · as Sheriff |
| 1940 | Those Were the Days! · as Policeman |
| 1940 | Florian · as Cop |
| 1940 | Little Orvie · as Policeman |
| 1940 | Go West · as Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Blondie Meets the Boss · as Officer McGuire (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other · as Mounted Policeman |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld · as Police Detective (uncredited) |
| 1939 | It's a Wonderful World · as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Honolulu · as Jailer |
| 1938 | Blondie · as Policeman at Hotel (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse · as Patrolman |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy · as Bus Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Listen, Darling · as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Hold That Kiss · as Policeman |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You · as Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Saratoga · as Medbury the Trainer |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once · as State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Midnight Taxi · as Officer Murray |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth · as Motor Cop (uncredited) |
| 1936 | After the Thin Man · as Bill |
| 1936 | Swing Time · as Policeman |
| 1936 | The Plainsman · as Custer's Messenger |
| 1936 | Rose-Marie · as Mounted Policeman |
| 1936 | The Bride Walks Out · as Cop |
| 1936 | The Count Takes the Count · as 1st Motorcycle Cop |
| 1936 | Back to Nature · as Motorcycle Officer |
| 1935 | Rendezvous · as 1st Military Policeman |
| 1935 | The Rainmakers · as Kelly |
| 1935 | The Farmer Takes a Wife · as Railroad Man |
| 1934 | Kentucky Kernels · as Policeman |
| 1934 | Cleopatra · as Convict (as Ed Deering) |
| 1933 | The Midnight Patrol · as Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Nuisance · as Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Beast of the City · as Policeman in Car 91 |
| 1932 | Horse Feathers · as Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Painted Desert · as Buck's Partner |
| 1931 | Next Door Neighbors · as Cop |
| 1931 | Against the Rules · as actor |
| 1931 | Sea Goin' Sheiks · as actor |
| 1930 | The Big House · as Inmate |
| 1930 | Abraham Lincoln · as Armstrong |
| 1930 | Free and Easy · as Officer |
| 1929 | Flight · as Football Coach |
| 1929 | Clunked on the Corner · as Cop |
| 1928 | Leave 'em Laughing · as Dental Patient |
| 1928 | Limousine Love · as Motorcycle cop |
| 1928 | Finders Keepers · as Sergeant |
| 1927 | Should Men Walk Home? · as Motorcycle Cop |
| 1926 | On the Front Page · as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| 1924 | Hot Water · as Motorcycle Cop |