Emerging from the silent-era comedy circuit, Edgar Dearing entered Hollywood through Hal Roach’s short films, where he quickly became identified with the archetype of a motorcycle cop, a role he repeated in several Laurel and Hardy pieces, most notably the celebrated Two Tars. Throughout the 1940s he transitioned to supporting parts in the duo’s feature productions for 20th Century Fox, maintainin… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for The Twilight Zone 1959 You Can't Take It with You 1938 Scarlet Street 1945 The Awful Truth 1937 ★ 7.6 Scarlet Street 1945
Policeman (uncredited) Series ★ 7.8 Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955
Lewis ★ 7.1 The Bishop's Wife 1947
Policeman ★ 7.5 Lonesome 1928
Cop (uncredited) ★ 7.1 You Only Live Once 1937
State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited) Series ★ 7.9 The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
Mr. Gorman ★ 6.9 Horse Feathers 1932
Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Pollyanna 1960
Mr. Gorman ★ 6.8 Swing Time 1936
(uncredited) Series ★ 7.1 The Rifleman 1958
★ 7 The Long, Long Trailer 1954
Trailer Park Manager (uncredited) ★ 7.4 If You Could Only Cook 1935
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) Series ★ 7.2 The Abbott and Costello Show 1952
Police Lt. Ryan ★ 6.8 Hold That Ghost 1941
Irondome (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Broadway Melody of 1940 1940
Policeman (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Road to Utopia 1946
Official Policeman (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Magic Town 1947
Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Edison, the Man 1940
Policeman ★ 6.8 Thirty Day Princess 1934
Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Million Dollar Legs 1932
Train Official (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Primrose Path 1940
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) Series ★ 6.7 Thriller 1960
The Police Sergeant ★ 6.6 The Midnight Patrol 1933
Policeman (uncredited) ★ 6.6 No Name on the Bullet 1959
Charlie - Chess Player (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Go West 1940
Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Dust Be My Destiny 1939
Second Railroad Cop (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Princess O'Rourke 1943
Policeman at White House (uncredited) ★ 6.5 The Hard Way 1943
Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited) ★ 6.5 My Favorite Blonde 1942
Joe - Policeman ★ 6.5 It's a Wonderful World 1939
Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Union Station 1950
Detective (uncredited) ★ 6.4 King of the Underworld 1939
Police Detective (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Ruby Gentry 1952
★ 6.2 Carson City 1952
Daly - Railroad Conductor (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Rancho Notorious 1952
Sheriff #4 (uncredited) ★ 6.2 When the Daltons Rode 1940
Sheriff ★ 6.1 Vice Squad 1953
Fitz (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Knute Rockne All American 1940
Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited) ★ 6 The Threat 1949
Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited) ★ 6 The Virginian 1946
★ 6 Johnny Angel 1945
Jim, a Cop (uncredited) ★ 5.8 One Night in the Tropics 1940
Cop with Black Eye (uncredited) ★ 5.8 Call of the Cuckoo 1927
Guest ★ 6.2 Made for Each Other 1939
Mounted Policeman (uncredited) ★ 5.9 Nocturne 1946
Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited) ★ 5.8 In Society 1944
Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited) ★ 5.8 Pot o' Gold 1941
Police Officer McGinty (uncredited) ★ 5.8 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood 1945
Al - First Studio Cop ★ 5.5 Why Girls Love Sailors 1927
Amorous Sailor ★ 5.2 The Painted Desert 1931
Buck's Partner ★ 6.1 Cleopatra 1934
Convict ★ 5.6 Abraham Lincoln 1930
Armstrong Start from another title 
