Edgar Dearing

Edgar Dearing

Acting

Birthday

1893/05/03

Day of death

1974/08/17 (81 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Ceres, California, USA

Also know as

Edgar Deering, Edgard Dearing, Ed Dearing, Ed Deering

Biography

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...Read more

Acting
Estrellados
0.0

(1930) Estrellados

as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)

My Girl Tisa
0.0

(1948) My Girl Tisa

as Jailer (uncredited)

0.0

(1930) Rich Uncles

as ---

Swing Out, Sister
4.0

(1945) Swing Out, Sister

as Motorcycle Cop

Pollyanna
7.0

(1960) Pollyanna

as Mr. Gorman

Go West
6.5

(1940) Go West

as Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)

Three Loves Has Nancy
4.2

(1938) Three Loves Has Nancy

as Bus Conductor (uncredited)

Free and Easy
6.1

(1930) Free and Easy

as Officer

Rancho Notorious
6.5

(1952) Rancho Notorious

as Sheriff #4 (uncredited)

As You Were
5.0

(1951) As You Were

as Sgt. Monahan

Nick Carter, Master Detective
5.7

(1939) Nick Carter, Master Detective

as Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny

The Midnight Patrol
6.5

(1933) The Midnight Patrol

as Policeman (uncredited)

Call of the Cuckoo
5.8

(1927) Call of the Cuckoo

as Guest

The Iroquois Trail
5.8

(1950) The Iroquois Trail

as ---

Two Plus Fours
4.5

(1930) Two Plus Fours

as Rent Collector

Helldorado
0.0

(1935) Helldorado

as Motorcycle Cop

A Gentleman After Dark
3.5

(1942) A Gentleman After Dark

as Joe

Rendezvous
4.8

(1935) Rendezvous

as 1st Military Policeman (uncredited)

Full Confession
4.7

(1939) Full Confession

as Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)

Ruby Gentry
6.4

(1952) Ruby Gentry

as ---

My Brother Talks to Horses
6.0

(1947) My Brother Talks to Horses

as Policeman (uncredited)

Maid's Night Out
6.2

(1938) Maid's Night Out

as Police Detective (uncredited)

They Gave Him a Gun
6.2

(1937) They Gave Him a Gun

as Sgt. Meadowlark

Eskimo
6.5

(1933) Eskimo

as Constable Balk (uncredited)

The Nuisance
5.0

(1933) The Nuisance

as Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)

When the Daltons Rode
6.0

(1940) When the Daltons Rode

as Sheriff

Consolation Marriage
6.1

(1931) Consolation Marriage

as Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)

Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
6.0

(1939) Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite

as Jim Simmons

Flight
6.3

(1929) Flight

as Football Coach

The Star Witness
6.7

(1931) The Star Witness

as Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)

The Lost Squadron
6.3

(1932) The Lost Squadron

as Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited)

1.0

(1930) Live and Learn

as Mr. Smith

0.0

(1930) Traffic Tangle

as Motor Cop

Fired Wife
4.8

(1943) Fired Wife

as Sullivan

You Can't Take It with You
7.5

(1938) You Can't Take It with You

as Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)

Honolulu
6.1

(1939) Honolulu

as Jailer

Magic Town
6.7

(1947) Magic Town

as Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)

Limousine Love
5.7

(1928) Limousine Love

as Motorcycle cop

Where There's Life
5.6

(1947) Where There's Life

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

My Favorite Blonde
6.4

(1942) My Favorite Blonde

as Joe - Policeman

And the Angels Sing
7.4

(1944) And the Angels Sing

as Man (uncredited)

The Jones Family in Hollywood
0.0

(1939) The Jones Family in Hollywood

as Studio Policeman (uncredited)

A Pair of Tights
7.3

(1929) A Pair of Tights

as Policeman

A Man from Wyoming
9.0

(1930) A Man from Wyoming

as Sergeant

Cross-Country Romance
6.4

(1940) Cross-Country Romance

as Ed Sweeney

Abraham Lincoln
5.4

(1930) Abraham Lincoln

as Armstrong

The Painted Desert
5.1

(1931) The Painted Desert

as Buck's Partner

Came the Dawn
6.5

(1928) Came the Dawn

as Big Moving Man (uncredited)

Should Tall Men Marry?
5.9

(1928) Should Tall Men Marry?

as Henchman

Border G-Man
5.0

(1938) Border G-Man

as Smoky Joslin

It Happened in Hollywood
6.2

(1937) It Happened in Hollywood

as Joe Stevens

Should Men Walk Home?
7.1

(1927) Should Men Walk Home?

as ---

Pot o' Gold
5.5

(1941) Pot o' Gold

as Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)

Midnight Taxi
5.0

(1937) Midnight Taxi

as Officer Murray

Blondie
7.1

(1938) Blondie

as Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)

Love Is a Headache
5.7

(1938) Love Is a Headache

as Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)

Hold That Kiss
6.5

(1938) Hold That Kiss

as Policeman

Clunked on the Corner
0.0

(1929) Clunked on the Corner

as Cop

Four Girls in White
6.3

(1939) Four Girls in White

as Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident

Stolen Harmony
6.0

(1935) Stolen Harmony

as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

The Virginian
6.1

(1946) The Virginian

as ---

Spring Madness
3.9

(1938) Spring Madness

as Policeman

Out of the Storm
6.5

(1948) Out of the Storm

as Ed Purcell

The Nitwits
6.1

(1935) The Nitwits

as Police Officer Barney Riley

Kentucky Kernels
6.1

(1934) Kentucky Kernels

as Policeman

Manhattan Heartbeat
0.0

(1940) Manhattan Heartbeat

as Policeman

King of the Underworld
6.4

(1939) King of the Underworld

as Police Detective (uncredited)

King of the Underworld
6.4

(1939) King of the Underworld

as First Policeman (uncredited)

Made for Each Other
6.2

(1939) Made for Each Other

as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)

Blondie Meets the Boss
5.8

(1939) Blondie Meets the Boss

as Officer McGuire (uncredited)

Rose of Washington Square
5.7

(1939) Rose of Washington Square

as Lieutenant (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful World
6.4

(1939) It's a Wonderful World

as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)

A Child Is Born
6.5

(1939) A Child Is Born

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Thunder Afloat
5.9

(1939) Thunder Afloat

as Petty Officer (uncredited)

The Gracie Allen Murder Case
5.5

(1939) The Gracie Allen Murder Case

as Motorcycle Officer Corrigan

0.0

(1934) Ocean Swells

as Captain

Dust Be My Destiny
6.1

(1939) Dust Be My Destiny

as Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)

Pecos River
5.0

(1951) Pecos River

as Henry Mahoney

Vice Squad
5.9

(1953) Vice Squad

as Fitz (uncredited)

Christmas Eve
5.3

(1947) Christmas Eve

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
10.0

(1956) Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!

as Investor Charlie

It Came from Outer Space
6.3

(1953) It Came from Outer Space

as Sam, a hobo (uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard
2.5

(1936) Hollywood Boulevard

as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Glory Alley
5.9

(1952) Glory Alley

as Man at Gym (uncredited)

Scarlet Street
7.6

(1945) Scarlet Street

as Policeman (uncredited)

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
5.6

(1949) Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

as Reiber

Broadway Melody of 1940
6.7

(1940) Broadway Melody of 1940

as Policeman (uncredited)

Primrose Path
6.5

(1940) Primrose Path

as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

The Awful Truth
7.2

(1937) The Awful Truth

as Motor Cop (uncredited)

Horse Feathers
6.9

(1932) Horse Feathers

as Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)

Edison, the Man
6.6

(1940) Edison, the Man

as Policeman

Why Girls Love Sailors
5.9

(1927) Why Girls Love Sailors

as Amorous Sailor

Don't Fence Me In
4.3

(1945) Don't Fence Me In

as Chief of Police

Seven Doors to Death
5.0

(1944) Seven Doors to Death

as Claude Burns

The Mark of the Whistler
5.9

(1944) The Mark of the Whistler

as Bank Guard (uncredited)

Wyoming
5.9

(1940) Wyoming

as Capt. Evans

Buck Benny Rides Again
0.0

(1940) Buck Benny Rides Again

as Police Officer

Love Is News
6.0

(1937) Love Is News

as Motorcycle Officer

On the Front Page
5.7

(1926) On the Front Page

as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Midnight Manhunt
4.5

(1945) Midnight Manhunt

as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)

Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
0.0

(1951) Ridin' the Outlaw Trail

as Pop Willard

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
4.7

(1941) A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Policeman (uncredited)

The Doctor Takes a Wife
6.5

(1940) The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy
5.4

(1940) No Time for Comedy

as Sweeny (uncredited)

One Night in the Tropics
5.6

(1940) One Night in the Tropics

as Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)

Knute Rockne All American
6.0

(1940) Knute Rockne All American

as Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)

Next Door Neighbors
0.0

(1931) Next Door Neighbors

as Cop

Florian
1.0

(1940) Florian

as Cop

Between Us Girls
6.0

(1942) Between Us Girls

as Policeman (uncredited)

And One Was Beautiful
6.2

(1940) And One Was Beautiful

as Higgins

Lucky Partners
5.9

(1940) Lucky Partners

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Listen, Darling
6.3

(1938) Listen, Darling

as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

Wildcat Bus
4.6

(1940) Wildcat Bus

as Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)

Swing Time
6.8

(1936) Swing Time

as ---

The Mighty
5.0

(1929) The Mighty

as Doughboy

Silver Canyon
7.0

(1951) Silver Canyon

as Colonel Middler

0.0

(1935) A Quiet Fourth

as ---

Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
0.0

(1950) Raiders of Tomahawk Creek

as Randolph Dike

That Girl from Paris
6.5

(1936) That Girl from Paris

as Ship's Purser (uncredited)

Little Orvie
7.0

(1940) Little Orvie

as Policeman

Apache Trail
6.4

(1942) Apache Trail

as Marshal (uncredited)

Caught in the Draft
5.8

(1941) Caught in the Draft

as Recruiting Sergeant

Remember the Day
6.6

(1941) Remember the Day

as Detective

Border Flight
6.0

(1936) Border Flight

as Smugglers' Pilot

The Affairs of Martha
5.8

(1942) The Affairs of Martha

as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Dangerous Number
5.0

(1937) Dangerous Number

as Policeman

Miss Annie Rooney
6.3

(1942) Miss Annie Rooney

as Policeman

My Favorite Spy
5.2

(1942) My Favorite Spy

as Police Sergeant in Bumped Car

Niagara Falls
6.7

(1941) Niagara Falls

as State Trooper

Million Dollar Legs
6.6

(1932) Million Dollar Legs

as Train Official (uncredited)

The First Hundred Years
6.0

(1938) The First Hundred Years

as Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)

Cleopatra
6.0

(1934) Cleopatra

as Convict

American Spoken Here
0.0

(1940) American Spoken Here

as Mike Fink (uncredited)

0.0

(1936) All Business

as House Detective

Down the Ribber
0.0

(1936) Down the Ribber

as ---

Big City
7.4

(1937) Big City

as Tom Reilley

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
0.0

(1943) Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

as C.P.O. Ben Cobb

The Bishop's Wife
7.0

(1947) The Bishop's Wife

as Policeman

Bunker Bean
4.6

(1936) Bunker Bean

as Policeman (uncredited)

The Rainmakers
6.0

(1935) The Rainmakers

as Kelly

Back to Nature
0.0

(1936) Back to Nature

as Motorcycle Officer

Princess O'Rourke
6.4

(1943) Princess O'Rourke

as Policeman at White House (uncredited)

Hard to Get
6.0

(1938) Hard to Get

as Eddie (uncredited)

Make Your Own Bed
5.8

(1944) Make Your Own Bed

as Sergeant

She Couldn't Take It
4.5

(1935) She Couldn't Take It

as Precint 5 Policeman

The Chaser
6.0

(1938) The Chaser

as Policeman at End

Strange Affair
6.2

(1944) Strange Affair

as Motorcycle Officer (Uncredited)

The Golden Age of Comedy
6.9

(1957) The Golden Age of Comedy

as archive footage

The Big Parade of Comedy
6.3

(1964) The Big Parade of Comedy

as Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

We Who Are Young
5.8

(1940) We Who Are Young

as 1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

Road to Utopia
6.6

(1946) Road to Utopia

as Official Policeman (uncredited)

Sorrowful Jones
6.1

(1949) Sorrowful Jones

as Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)

If You Could Only Cook
7.4

(1935) If You Could Only Cook

as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Hunt the Man Down
6.2

(1950) Hunt the Man Down

as Deputy in Hall (uncredited)

The Good Humor Man
6.0

(1950) The Good Humor Man

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Hold That Ghost
6.7

(1941) Hold That Ghost

as Irondome (uncredited)

In Society
5.8

(1944) In Society

as Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
5.7

(1945) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

as Al - First Studio Cop

Twelve Crowded Hours
5.2

(1939) Twelve Crowded Hours

as Second Bartender (uncredited)

Nocturne
5.6

(1946) Nocturne

as Policeman with Injured Susan

Her Lucky Night
4.5

(1945) Her Lucky Night

as Casey

Sailor's Lady
4.0

(1940) Sailor's Lady

as Chief Master-of-Arms

The Hard Way
6.6

(1943) The Hard Way

as Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)

Married Before Breakfast
5.0

(1937) Married Before Breakfast

as Police Sergeant

You Only Live Once
7.1

(1937) You Only Live Once

as State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)

Fancy Pants
5.6

(1950) Fancy Pants

as Mr. Jones

Swing Shift Maisie
6.5

(1943) Swing Shift Maisie

as Radio Policeman (Uncredited)

Maisie Was a Lady
6.8

(1941) Maisie Was a Lady

as Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)

Up Goes Maisie
6.7

(1946) Up Goes Maisie

as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)

Union Station
6.3

(1950) Union Station

as Detective (uncredited)

Man or Mouse
2.0

(1948) Man or Mouse

as Hercules Jones

The Locked Door
5.8

(1929) The Locked Door

as Cop

The Farmer Takes a Wife
6.1

(1935) The Farmer Takes a Wife

as Railroad Man

The Twilight Zone
8.4

(1959) The Twilight Zone

as First Resurrected Man

The Tall Man
6.3

(1960) The Tall Man

as ---

Thriller
6.4

(1960) Thriller

as The Police Sergeant

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.0

(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as ---

The Rifleman
7.1

(1958) The Rifleman

as ---

Buffalo Bill, Jr.
5.0

(1955) Buffalo Bill Jr.

as ---

Public Defender
5.0

(1954) Public Defender

as ---

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
6.0

(1955) Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

as ---

Cavalcade of America
3.5

(1952) Cavalcade of America

as Fitz

I'm the Law
5.0

(1953) I'm the Law

as ---

State Trooper
5.0

(1956) State Trooper

as ---

Hopalong Cassidy
6.0

(1952) Hopalong Cassidy

as ---

The Adventures of Boston Blackie
4.0

(1951) The Adventures of Boston Blackie

as ---

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.7

(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Lewis