Edgar Dearing


Edgar Dearing was an American actor who became heavily type cast as a motorcycle cop in Hollywood films.

Biography

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.

Death

He died from lung cancer.

Selected filmography

  • Hot Water as Motorcycle Cop
  • The Second Hundred Years as Police Officer
  • Should Men Walk Home? as Motorcycle Cop
  • Why Girls Love Sailors as Amorous Sailor
  • Playin' Hookey as Herr Dun der Blitzen
  • Should Tall Men Marry? as Henchman
  • Finders Keepers as Sergeant
  • Lonesome as Cop
  • Two Tars as Motorcycle Policeman
  • The Jazz Age as Motor Cop
  • Big Money as Detective
  • Two Plus Fours as Rent Collector
  • Consolation Marriage as Policeman Mulligan
  • Horse Feathers as Speakeasy Bartender
  • The Midnight Patrol as Policeman
  • Cleopatra as Convict
  • Eskimo as Constable Balk
  • The Rainmakers as Kelly
  • Swing Time as Policeman
  • China Passage as Bill
  • Nancy Steele Is Missing! as Detective Flynn
  • They Gave Him a Gun as Sergeant Meadowlark
  • Big City as Tom Reilley
  • The Awful Truth as Motor Cop
  • When the Daltons Rode as Sheriff
  • Cross-Country Romance as Ed Sweeney, Motorcycle Cop
  • A-Haunting We Will Go as Officer
  • The Big Noise as Motor Policeman
  • Scarlet Street as Policeman
  • Her Lucky Night as Casey
  • Don't Fence Me In as Chief of Police
  • The Bishop's Wife as Policeman
  • The Paleface as Sheriff
  • Samson and Delilah as Tax Collector
  • Fancy Pants as Mr. Jones
  • Lightning Guns as Captain Dan Saunders
  • Pecos River as Henry Mahoney
  • Ridin' the Outlaw Trail as Pop Willard
  • Rancho Notorious as Sheriff
  • It Came From Outer Space as Sam
  • The Long, Long Trailer as Trailer Park Manager
  • Ma and Pa Kettle at Home as Perkins
  • The Long Wait as Foreman
  • Her Twelve Men as Fire Chief
  • Tarantula as Second Tramp
  • Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! as Investor Charlie
  • God Is My Partner as Mike Malone, Cop
  • The Hired Gun as Sheriff Jenner
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lewis
  • No Name on the Bullet as Charlie the Chess Player
  • Pollyanna as Mr. Gorman
  • Ada as Politician