Edgar Dearing
Acting
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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…
Filmography
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Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Thriller
1960
The Tall Man
1960
Pollyanna
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959
No Name on the Bullet
1959
The Rifleman
1958
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
Trackdown
1957
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
1956
State Trooper
State Trooper
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Public Defender
1954
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
Vice Squad
1953
It Came from Outer Space
1953
I'm the Law
1953
Ruby Gentry
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Carson City
1952
Glory Alley
1952
Rancho Notorious
1952
Pecos River
1951
As You Were
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Boston Blackie
1951
Silver Canyon
1951
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
1951
Hunt the Man Down
1950
Union Station
1950
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
1950
Fancy Pants
1950
The Iroquois Trail
1950
The Good Humor Man
1950
The Threat
1949
Sorrowful Jones
1949
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949
Out of the Storm
1948
My Girl Tisa
1948
Man or Mouse
1948
The Bishop's Wife
1947
Where There's Life
1947
Christmas Eve
1947
Magic Town
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947
Nocturne
1946
The Virginian
1946
Road to Utopia
1946
Up Goes Maisie
1946
Scarlet Street
1945
Johnny Angel
1945
Don't Fence Me In
1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
Midnight Manhunt
1945
Swing Out, Sister
1945
Her Lucky Night
1945
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
Strange Affair
1944
Seven Doors to Death
1944
In Society
1944
Make Your Own Bed
1944
And the Angels Sing
1944
Princess O'Rourke
1943
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
Fired Wife
1943
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943
The Hard Way
1943
Between Us Girls
1942
Apache Trail
1942
The Affairs of Martha
1942
My Favorite Spy
1942
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
My Favorite Blonde
1942