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