Edgar Dearing
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| Born | May 4, 1893 Ceres, California |
| Died | August 17, 1974 (aged 81) Los Angeles, California |
Edgar Dearing (May 4, 1893 - August 17, 1974) was an American actor who became heavily type cast as a motorcycle cop in Hollywood films. He 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 westerns, usually as a sheriff. He was still active in films and TV until he retired in the early 1960s; he died from lung cancer and was buried at Chapel of the Pines Crematory.
[edit] Selected filmography
- The Second Hundred Years (1927)
- Playin' Hookey (1928)
- Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
- Two Tars (1928)
- Horse Feathers (1932)
- The Midnight Patrol (1933)
- Swing Time (1936)
- They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- Cross-Country Romance (1940)
- A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
- The Big Noise (1944)
- Scarlet Street (1945)
- The Paleface (1948)
- Samson and Delilah (1949)
- Fancy Pants (1950)
- Rancho Notorious (1952)
- It Came From Outer Space (1953)
- Tarantula (1955)
- Pollyanna (1960)
