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Edgar Dearing

Edgar Dearing

Actor · 1893 – 1974 · 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.

Movies24

  • Movie7.5
  • Movie7.1

    The Bishop's Wife

    1947 · 290 votes

  • Movie7.6

    Scarlet Street

    1945 · 462 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Go West

    1940 · 97 votes

  • Movie7.1

    You Only Live Once

    1937 · 198 votes

  • Movie7.3

    After the Thin Man

    1936 · 206 votes

  • Movie6.3

    It Came from Outer Space

    1953 · 260 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Pollyanna

    1960 · 219 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Cleopatra

    1934 · 102 votes

  • Movie6.6

    No Name on the Bullet

    1959 · 91 votes

  • Movie7.2

    The Awful Truth

    1937 · 371 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Long, Long Trailer

    1954 · 60 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Made for Each Other

    1939 · 57 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Broadway Melody of 1940

    1940 · 42 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Full Confession

    1939 · 6 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Magic Town

    1947 · 35 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Edison, the Man

    1940 · 27 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Rancho Notorious

    1952 · 130 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Hold That Ghost

    1941 · 79 votes

  • Movie6.5

    It's a Wonderful World

    1939 · 50 votes

  • Movie6.1
  • Movie6.4

    Ruby Gentry

    1952 · 36 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Swing Time

    1936 · 259 votes

  • Movie7.1

    A Child is Born

    1939 · 4 votes

Series16

  • TV7.1

    The Rifleman

    1958 · 54 votes

  • TV8.5

    The Twilight Zone

    1959 · 1.1K votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 268 votes

  • TV6.7

    Thriller

    1960 · 20 votes

  • TV5.7

    State Trooper

    1956 · 7 votes

  • TV6.9

    Trackdown

    1957 · 8 votes

  • TV6.2

    Public Defender

    1954 · 4 votes

  • TV7.2
  • TV6.9

    The Tall Man

    1960 · 7 votes

  • TV4.6

    Cavalcade of America

    1952 · 5 votes

  • TV7.9
  • TV6.8
  • TV5.3

    Hopalong Cassidy

    1952 · 10 votes

  • TV6.0

    Buffalo Bill, Jr.

    Buffalo Bill Jr.

    1955 · 2 votes

  • TV6.0

    I'm the Law

    1953 · 4 votes

  • TV7.2