Edgar Dearing
Born in Ceres, California, USA — May 03 1893• Died Aug 17 1974
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 televisi…
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Edgar Dearing's Credits
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The Twilight Zone
First Resurrected Man
The Rifleman
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lewis
Trackdown
Doctor (uncredited)
Thriller
The Police Sergeant
The Abbott and Costello Show
Police Lt. Ryan
State Trooper
Public Defender
Cavalcade of America
Fitz
The Tall Man
Hopalong Cassidy
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mr. Gorman
Boston Blackie
I'm the Law
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Swing Out, Sister
Motorcycle Cop
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Buffalo Bill Jr.
No Name on the Bullet
Charlie - Chess Player (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious
Sheriff #4 (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
The Virginian
Sorrowful Jones
Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Awful Truth
Motor Cop (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)
After the Thin Man
Bill (uncredited)
Sailor's Lady
Chief Master-of-Arms
You Can't Take It with You
Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics
Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
Official Policeman (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
It Came from Outer Space
Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
Christmas Eve
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The Long, Long Trailer
Trailer Park Manager (uncredited)
The Hard Way
Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
Scarlet Street
Policeman (uncredited)
The Star Witness
Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)
Johnny Angel
Jim, a Cop (uncredited)
Union Station
Detective (uncredited)
Hold That Ghost
Irondome (uncredited)
The Bishop's Wife
Policeman
Remember the Day
Detective
Love Is News
Motorcycle Officer
Up Goes Maisie
Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
Apache Trail
Marshal (uncredited)
Pollyanna
Mr. Gorman
Swing Shift Maisie
Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
Sweeny (uncredited)
Vice Squad
Fitz (uncredited)
Big City
Tom Reilley
Abraham Lincoln
Armstrong
Go West
Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)
Carson City
Daly - Railroad Conductor (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
Sheriff
Where There's Life
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
Police Officer
Strange Affair
Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
Man (uncredited)
Eskimo
Constable Balk (uncredited)
Hard to Get
Eddie (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
Policeman
Blondie
Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
Sgt. Meadowlark
The Chaser
Policeman at End
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Railroad Man
Blondie Meets the Boss
Officer McGuire (uncredited)
Border G-Man
Smoky Joslin
Fancy Pants
Mr. Jones
Nocturne
Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
Cleopatra
Convict
Ruby Gentry
Miss Annie Rooney
Policeman
The Iroquois Trail
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Al - First Studio Cop
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Policeman (uncredited)
The Good Humor Man
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Primrose Path
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
The Mighty
Doughboy
Florian
Cop
Swing Time
(uncredited)
Honolulu
Jailer
Three Loves Has Nancy
Bus Conductor (uncredited)
The Nuisance
Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)
Spring Madness
Policeman
A Child is Born
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The Mark of the Whistler
Bank Guard (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady
Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
The Locked Door
Cop
Make Your Own Bed
Sergeant
The Affairs of Martha
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
That Girl from Paris
Ship's Purser (uncredited)
Border Flight
Smugglers' Pilot
Wyoming
Capt. Evans
Hunt the Man Down
Deputy in Hall (uncredited)
Don't Fence Me In
Chief of Police
Stolen Harmony
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1940
Policeman (uncredited)
Helldorado
Motorcycle Cop
The Midnight Patrol
Policeman (uncredited)
And One Was Beautiful
Higgins
Love Is a Headache
Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)
The Painted Desert
Buck's Partner
In Society
Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs
Train Official (uncredited)
Maid's Night Out
Police Detective (uncredited)
Horse Feathers
Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)
The Rainmakers
Kelly
Silver Canyon
Colonel Middler
Lonesome
Cop (uncredited)
My Favorite Blonde
Joe - Policeman
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Studio Policeman (uncredited)
King of the Underworld
Police Detective (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold
Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)
My Brother Talks to Horses
Policeman (uncredited)
Rendezvous
1st Military Policeman (uncredited)
Midnight Manhunt
Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
Dangerous Number
Policeman
Estrellados
Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
We Who Are Young
1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Her Lucky Night
Casey
Free and Easy
Officer
The First Hundred Years
Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)
Listen, Darling
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
Petty Officer (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Thirty Day Princess
Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited)
Glory Alley
Man at Gym (uncredited)
Niagara Falls
State Trooper
Out of the Storm
Ed Purcell
Hold That Kiss
Policeman
Magic Town
Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American
Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)
As You Were
Sgt. Monahan
My Girl Tisa
Jailer (uncredited)
Midnight Taxi
Officer Murray
Hollywood Boulevard
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
The Nitwits
Police Officer Barney Riley
Rose of Washington Square
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Seven Doors to Death
Claude Burns
The Threat
Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Bunker Bean
Policeman (uncredited)
The Lost Squadron
Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited)
Between Us Girls
Policeman (uncredited)
Fired Wife
Sullivan
Should Tall Men Marry?
Henchman
Came the Dawn
Big Moving Man (uncredited)
Caught in the Draft
Recruiting Sergeant
If You Could Only Cook
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
A Man from Wyoming
Sergeant
My Favorite Spy
Police Sergeant in Bumped Car
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Reiber
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny
A Pair of Tights
Policeman (uncredited)
Twelve Crowded Hours
Second Bartender (uncredited)
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Jim Simmons
She Couldn't Take It
Precint 5 Policeman
Kentucky Kernels
Policeman (uncredited)
Pecos River
Henry Mahoney
Four Girls in White
Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident
Princess O'Rourke
Policeman at White House (uncredited)
Lucky Partners
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Wildcat Bus
Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)
Louisiana Purchase
House Detective (uncredited)
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
Little Orvie
Policeman
Manhattan Heartbeat
Policeman
Cross-Country Romance
Ed Sweeney
It Happened in Hollywood
Joe Stevens
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
C.P.O. Ben Cobb
Should Men Walk Home?
Why Girls Love Sailors
Amorous Sailor
Fair and Muddy
Motorcycle Cop
On the Front Page
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Call of the Cuckoo
Guest
A Gentleman After Dark
Joe
Full Confession
Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)
A Quiet Fourth
Consolation Marriage
Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)
Married Before Breakfast
Police Sergeant
Limousine Love
Motorcycle cop
Back to Nature
Motorcycle Officer
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
Investor Charlie
The Jazz Age
Motor Cop
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
Pop Willard
Ocean Swells
Captain
Flight
Football Coach
Two Plus Fours
Rent Collector
American Spoken Here
Mike Fink (uncredited)
Man or Mouse
Hercules Jones
Down the Ribber
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
Randolph Dike
All Business
House Detective
Clunked on the Corner
Cop
Traffic Tangle
Motor Cop
Next Door Neighbors
Cop
Rich Uncles
Live and Learn
Mr. Smith