Edgar Dearing
Known for: Acting
Born: May 3, 1893
Died: August 17, 1974
Place of birth: Ceres, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
184 movies · 17 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
6.7
Thriller
1960
6.9
The Tall Man
1960
7.0
Pollyanna
1960
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
6.6
No Name on the Bullet
1959
7.1
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
6.9
Trackdown
1957
9.5
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
19565.7
State Trooper
1956
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
6.8
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
6.0
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
6.3
Public Defender
1954
7.0
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
6.1
Vice Squad
1953
6.3
It Came from Outer Space
1953
6.0
I'm the Law
1953
6.4
Ruby Gentry
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
5.3
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
6.2
Carson City
1952
5.9
Glory Alley
1952
6.5
Rancho Notorious
1952
7.0
Pecos River
1951
7.5
As You Were
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
4.0
Boston Blackie
1951
7.5
Silver Canyon
1951
10.0
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
1951
6.3
Hunt the Man Down
1950
6.5
Union Station
1950
9.0
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
1950
5.8
Fancy Pants
1950
6.6
The Iroquois Trail
1950
6.3
The Good Humor Man
1950
6.0
The Threat
1949
6.6
Sorrowful Jones
1949
6.1
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949
7.3
Out of the Storm
1948
9.0
My Girl Tisa
1948
4.0
Man or Mouse
1948
7.1
The Bishop's Wife
1947
6.4
Where There's Life
1947
5.4
Christmas Eve
1947
6.7
Magic Town
1947
7.5
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947
5.9
Nocturne
1946
6.2
The Virginian
1946
6.7
Road to Utopia
1946
6.8
Up Goes Maisie
1946
7.6
Scarlet Street
1945
6.0
Johnny Angel
1945
5.8
Don't Fence Me In
1945
5.8
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
4.6
Midnight Manhunt
1945
4.5
Swing Out, Sister
1945
6.3
Her Lucky Night
1945
6.2
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
6.2
Strange Affair
1944
6.0
Seven Doors to Death
1944
5.8
In Society
1944
6.0
Make Your Own Bed
1944
7.3
And the Angels Sing
1944
6.5
Princess O'Rourke
1943
6.8
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
5.6
Fired Wife
1943
10.0
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943
6.5
The Hard Way
1943
7.5
Between Us Girls
1942
6.9
Apache Trail
1942
6.6
The Affairs of Martha
1942
5.7
My Favorite Spy
1942
6.3
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
4.6
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
6.4
My Favorite Blonde
1942
6.7
Louisiana Purchase
1941
7.3
Remember the Day
1941
6.7
Niagara Falls
1941
6.8
Hold That Ghost
1941
5.9
Caught in the Draft
1941
5.6
Pot o' Gold
1941
5.5
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
7.0
Maisie Was a Lady
1941
6.6
Go West
1940
9.0
American Spoken Here
1940
5.8
One Night in the Tropics
1940
6.2
Knute Rockne All American
1940
5.3
No Time for Comedy
1940
6.7
Wyoming
1940
6.2
When the Daltons Rode
1940
5.5
Wildcat Bus
1940
6.1
Lucky Partners
1940
6.3
We Who Are Young
1940
6.7
Cross-Country Romance
1940
8.0
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940
6.5
Sailor's Lady
1940
4.5
Florian
1940
5.0
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
6.8
Edison, the Man
1940
6.8
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
6.7
And One Was Beautiful
1940
6.7
Primrose Path
1940
8.5
Little Orvie
1940
6.8
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
6.0
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
7.1
A Child is Born
1939
6.5
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
6.1
Thunder Afloat
1939
5.6
Full Confession
1939
6.8
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939
10.0
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
6.3
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939
6.5
It's a Wonderful World
1939
6.7
Rose of Washington Square
1939
5.8
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
5.7
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939
6.1
Made for Each Other
1939
6.5
Honolulu
1939
7.2
Four Girls in White
1939
6.4
King of the Underworld
1939
7.0
Blondie
1938
4.9
Spring Madness
1938
6.3
Hard to Get
1938
6.7
Listen, Darling
1938
4.2
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
7.5
You Can't Take It with You
1938
8.0
The Chaser
1938
5.6
Border G-Man
1938
7.0
Hold That Kiss
1938
7.3
The First Hundred Years
1938
5.9
Maid's Night Out
1938
6.5
Love Is a Headache
1938
7.2
The Awful Truth
1937
6.3
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
7.7
Big City
1937
7.0
Married Before Breakfast
1937
6.7
They Gave Him a Gun
1937
6.2
Midnight Taxi
1937
6.3
Love Is News
1937
7.1
You Only Live Once
1937
4.9
Dangerous Number
1937
6.9
That Girl from Paris
1936
7.3
After the Thin Man
1936
6.8
Swing Time
1936
4.5
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
9.0
Back to Nature
1936
5.3
Bunker Bean
1936
6.5
Border Flight
1936
10.0
Down the Ribber
1936NR
All Business
1936
7.4
If You Could Only Cook
1935
4.9
Rendezvous
1935
7.0
The Rainmakers
1935
5.3
She Couldn't Take It
19358.0
A Quiet Fourth
1935
6.2
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
6.7
The Nitwits
1935
8.0
Stolen Harmony
1935
9.0
Helldorado
1935
6.4
Kentucky Kernels
1934
6.1
Cleopatra
19348.0
Ocean Swells
1934
6.8
Thirty Day Princess
1934
6.6
Eskimo
1933
6.6
The Midnight Patrol
1933
6.0
The Nuisance
1933
6.9
Horse Feathers
1932
6.8
Million Dollar Legs
1932
6.5
The Lost Squadron
1932
6.4
Consolation Marriage
1931
6.9
The Star Witness
1931
10.0
Next Door Neighbors
1931
5.2
The Painted Desert
1931
5.5
Abraham Lincoln
193010.0
Traffic Tangle
1930
5.1
Two Plus Fours
1930
8.0
A Man from Wyoming
1930
7.0
Estrellados
19303.3
Live and Learn
19308.0
Rich Uncles
1930
6.1
Free and Easy
1930
6.0
The Mighty
1929
6.1
The Locked Door
1929
6.6
Flight
1929
7.8
A Pair of Tights
1929
7.0
Clunked on the Corner
1929
8.0
The Jazz Age
1929
7.5
Lonesome
1928
8.0
Fair and Muddy
1928
6.0
Limousine Love
1928
7.8
Came the Dawn
1928
6.5
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928
5.8
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
5.6
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927
7.1
Should Men Walk Home?
1927
6.4
On the Front Page
1926