Scarlet Street1945
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Edgar Dearing
Born
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 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 (184)
You Can't Take It with You1938
As Bill (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Bishop's Wife1947
As Policeman
TMDb 7.1 / 10
You Only Live Once1937
As State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Cleopatra1934
As Convict
TMDb 6.1 / 10
After the Thin Man1936
As Bill (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Rancho Notorious1952
As Sheriff #4 (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Swing Time1936
As (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Go West1940
As Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Broadway Melody of 19401940
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
No Name on the Bullet1959
As Charlie - Chess Player (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Pollyanna1960
As Mr. Gorman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
One Night in the Tropics1940
As Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Ruby Gentry1952
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Made for Each Other1939
As Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
It Came from Outer Space1953
As Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Long, Long Trailer1954
As Trailer Park Manager (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
It's a Wonderful World1939
As Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hold That Ghost1941
As Irondome (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Awful Truth1937
As Motor Cop (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Magic Town1947
As Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Union Station1950
As Detective (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Love Is News1937
As Motorcycle Officer
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Fancy Pants1950
As Mr. Jones (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Horse Feathers1932
As Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
If You Could Only Cook1935
As Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Edison, the Man1940
As Policeman
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Knute Rockne All American1940
As Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Road to Utopia1946
As Official Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Lonesome1928
As Cop (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Big Parade of Comedy1964
As Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood1945
As Al - First Studio Cop
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Carson City1952
As Daly - Railroad Conductor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
In Society1944
As Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
When the Daltons Rode1940
As Sheriff
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Mark of the Whistler1944
As Bank Guard (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Where There's Life1947
As Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
No Time for Comedy1940
As Sweeny (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
We Who Are Young1940
As 1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Blondie1938
As Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Hard Way1943
As Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Rose of Washington Square1939
As Lieutenant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Gracie Allen Murder Case1939
As Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Farmer Takes a Wife1935
As Railroad Man
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Johnny Angel1945
As Jim, a Cop (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
My Favorite Blonde1942
As Joe - Policeman
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Free and Easy1930
As Officer
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Virginian1946
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Vice Squad1953
As Fitz (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Listen, Darling1938
As Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Maisie Was a Lady1941
As Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
All Business
All Business1936
As House Detective
They Gave Him a Gun1937
As Sgt. Meadowlark
TMDb 6.7 / 10
King of the Underworld1939
As Police Detective (uncredited), First Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Christmas Eve1947
As Police Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Caught in the Draft1941
As Recruiting Sergeant
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture1949
As Reiber
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Dust Be My Destiny1939
As Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob1941
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Affairs of Martha1942
As Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
And the Angels Sing1944
As Man (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Thirty Day Princess1934
As Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Remember the Day1941
As Detective
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Make Your Own Bed1944
As Sergeant
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Three Loves Has Nancy1938
As Bus Conductor (uncredited)
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Up Goes Maisie1946
As Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Limousine Love1928
As Motorcycle cop
TMDb 6.0 / 10
A Child is Born1939
As Police Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Buck Benny Rides Again1940
As Police Officer
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Primrose Path1940
As Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Nick Carter, Master Detective1939
As Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Hunt the Man Down1950
As Deputy in Hall (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
She Couldn't Take It1935
As Precint 5 Policeman
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Rendezvous1935
As 1st Military Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 4.9 / 10
It Happened in Hollywood1937
As Joe Stevens
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Out of the Storm1948
As Ed Purcell
TMDb 7.3 / 10
My Brother Talks to Horses1947
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Doctor Takes a Wife1940
As Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Honolulu1939
As Jailer
TMDb 6.5 / 10
That Girl from Paris1936
As Ship's Purser (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Maid's Night Out1938
As Police Detective (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Midnight Patrol1933
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Call of the Cuckoo1927
As Guest
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Pot o' Gold1941
As Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Four Girls in White1939
As Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Princess O'Rourke1943
As Policeman at White House (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite1939
As Jim Simmons
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Abraham Lincoln1930
As Armstrong
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Chaser1938
As Policeman at End
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Love Is a Headache1938
As Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Iroquois Trail1950
As Colonial Major (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Golden Age of Comedy1957
As archive footage
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Nocturne1946
As Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Miss Annie Rooney1942
As Policeman
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Glory Alley1952
As Man at Gym (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Hard to Get1938
As Eddie (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
A Gentleman After Dark1942
As Joe
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!1956
As Investor Charlie
TMDb 9.5 / 10
Don't Fence Me In1945
As Chief of Police
TMDb 5.8 / 10
And One Was Beautiful1940
As Higgins
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Wyoming1940
As Capt. Evans
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Spring Madness1938
As Policeman
TMDb 4.9 / 10
My Girl Tisa1948
As Jailer (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Good Humor Man1950
As Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Jones Family in Hollywood1939
As Studio Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The First Hundred Years1938
As Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Midnight Taxi1937
As Officer Murray
TMDb 6.2 / 10
A Man from Wyoming1930
As Sergeant
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Seven Doors to Death1944
As Claude Burns
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Two Plus Fours1930
As Rent Collector
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Florian1940
As Cop
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Hollywood Boulevard1936
As Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Eskimo1933
As Constable Balk (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Mighty1929
As Doughboy
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Full Confession1939
As Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Why Girls Love Sailors1927
As Amorous Sailor
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Her Lucky Night1945
As Casey
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Wildcat Bus1940
As Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Million Dollar Legs1932
As Train Official (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Blondie Meets the Boss1939
As Officer McGuire (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Stolen Harmony1935
As Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
My Favorite Spy1942
As Police Sergeant in Bumped Car
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Louisiana Purchase1941
As House Detective (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Lucky Partners1940
As Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Should Men Walk Home?1927
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Kentucky Kernels1934
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Threat1949
As Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Big City1937
As Tom Reilley
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Sorrowful Jones1949
As Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Midnight Manhunt1945
As Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Apache Trail1942
As Marshal (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Ocean Swells
Ocean Swells1934
As Captain
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Flight1929
As Football Coach
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Thunder Afloat1939
As Petty Officer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Hold That Kiss1938
As Policeman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
As You Were1951
As Sgt. Monahan
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Clunked on the Corner1929
As Cop
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Star Witness1931
As Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
A Pair of Tights1929
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Swing Shift Maisie1943
As Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Back to Nature1936
As Motorcycle Officer
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Helldorado1935
As Motorcycle Cop
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Nitwits1935
As Police Officer Barney Riley
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Pecos River1951
As Henry Mahoney
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two2024
As (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard1943
As C.P.O. Ben Cobb
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Locked Door1929
As Cop
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Strange Affair1944
As Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Consolation Marriage1931
As Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Painted Desert1931
As Buck's Partner
TMDb 5.2 / 10
American Spoken Here1940
As Mike Fink (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Twelve Crowded Hours1939
As Second Bartender (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Border Flight1936
As Smugglers' Pilot
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Bunker Bean1936
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Rainmakers1935
As Kelly
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sailor's Lady1940
As Chief Master-of-Arms
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek1950
As Randolph Dike
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Married Before Breakfast1937
As Police Sergeant
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Man or Mouse1948
As Hercules Jones
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Manhattan Heartbeat1940
As Policeman
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail1951
As Pop Willard
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Between Us Girls1942
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Cross-Country Romance1940
As Ed Sweeney
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Lost Squadron1932
As Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Border G-Man1938
As Smoky Joslin
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Silver Canyon1951
As Colonel Middler
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Dangerous Number1937
As Policeman
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Swing Out, Sister1945
As Motorcycle Cop
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Should Tall Men Marry?1928
As Henchman
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Little Orvie1940
As Policeman
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Niagara Falls1941
As State Trooper
TMDb 6.7 / 10
On the Front Page1926
As Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Nuisance1933
As Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Fair and Muddy1928
As Motorcycle Cop
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Down the Ribber1936
TMDb 10.0 / 10
A Quiet Fourth
A Quiet Fourth1935
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Came the Dawn1928
As Big Moving Man (uncredited)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Fired Wife1943
As Sullivan
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Jazz Age1929
As Motor Cop
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Estrellados1930
As Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Next Door Neighbors1931
As Cop
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Live and Learn
Live and Learn1930
As Mr. Smith
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Rich Uncles
Rich Uncles1930
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Traffic Tangle
Traffic Tangle1930
As Motor Cop
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb