Edgar Dearing

American actor (1893–1974)

Edgar Dearing
Dearing in Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Born	(1893-05-04)May 4, 1893 Ceres, California, U.S.
Died	August 17, 1974(1974-08-17) (aged 81) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1924–1964

Edgar Dearing (May 4, 1893 – August 17, 1974) 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 (1924) as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
The Second Hundred Years (1927) as Police Officer (uncredited)
Should Men Walk Home? (1927) as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Why Girls Love Sailors (1927) as Amorous Sailor (uncredited)
Playin' Hookey (1928) as Herr Dun der Blitzen
Should Tall Men Marry? (1928) as Henchman (uncredited)
Finders Keepers (1928) as Sergeant
Lonesome (1928) as Cop (uncredited)
Two Tars (1928) as Motorcycle Policeman
The Jazz Age (1929) as Motor Cop
Big Money (1930) as Detective (uncredited)
Two Plus Fours (1930) as Rent Collector
Consolation Marriage (1931) as Policeman Mulligan (uncredited)
Horse Feathers (1932) as Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol (1933) as Policeman (uncredited)
Cleopatra (1934) as Convict
Eskimo (1934) as Constable Balk (uncredited)
The Rainmakers (1935) as Kelly
Swing Time (1936) as Policeman (uncredited)
China Passage (1937) as Bill (uncredited)
Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937) as Detective Flynn
They Gave Him a Gun (1937) as Sergeant Meadowlark
Big City (1937) as Tom Reilley
The Awful Truth (1937) as Motor Cop (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode (1940) as Sheriff
Cross-Country Romance (1940) as Ed Sweeney, Motorcycle Cop
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) as Officer (uncredited)
The Big Noise (1944) as Motor Policeman (uncredited)
Scarlet Street (1945) as Policeman (uncredited)
Her Lucky Night (1945) as Casey
Don't Fence Me In (1945) as Chief of Police
The Bishop's Wife (1947) as Policeman
The Paleface (1948) as Sheriff (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah (1949) as Tax Collector (uncredited)
Fancy Pants (1950) as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Lightning Guns (1950) as Captain Dan Saunders
Pecos River (1951) as Henry Mahoney
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951) as Pop Willard
Rancho Notorious (1952) as Sheriff
It Came From Outer Space (1953) as Sam (uncredited)
The Long, Long Trailer (1954) as Trailer Park Manager (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954) as Perkins (uncredited)
The Long Wait (1954) as Foreman (uncredited)
Her Twelve Men (1954) as Fire Chief (uncredited)
Tarantula (1955) as Second Tramp (uncredited)
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) as Investor Charlie (uncredited)
God Is My Partner (1957) as Mike Malone, Cop (uncredited)
The Hired Gun (1957) as Sheriff Jenner (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959) (Season 4 Episode 33: "The Dusty Drawer") as Lewis
No Name on the Bullet (1959) as Charlie the Chess Player (uncredited)
Pollyanna (1960) as Mr. Gorman
Ada (1961) as Politician (uncredited)