Edgar Dearing: movies and TV shows
Edgar Dearing has 202 credits in the archive: 185 films and 17 TV series, from 1926 to 2024. Highest rated: The Twilight Zone (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1926 – 2024 · busiest year: 1940 (21 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Laurel & Hardy: Year Two | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 10.0 | 131 |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 71 |
| 1960 | Thriller | The Police Sergeant | TV | 6.7 | 67 |
| 1960 | The Tall Man | TV | 6.9 | 67 | |
| 1960 | Pollyanna | Mr. Gorman | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | First Resurrected Man | TV | 8.5 | 66 |
| 1959 | No Name on the Bullet | Charlie - Chess Player (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 66 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | TV | 7.1 | 65 | |
| 1957 | Trackdown | Doctor (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 64 |
| 1957 | The Golden Age of Comedy | archive footage | Film | 7.1 | 64 |
| 1956 | State Trooper | TV | 5.7 | 63 | |
| 1956 | Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! | Investor Charlie | Film | 9.5 | 63 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lewis | TV | 7.8 | 62 |
| 1955 | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | TV | 6.8 | 62 | |
| 1955 | Buffalo Bill Jr. | TV | 6.0 | 62 | |
| 1954 | Public Defender | TV | 6.3 | 61 | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Mr. Gorman | TV | 7.9 | 61 |
| 1954 | The Long, Long Trailer | Trailer Park Manager (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 1953 | I'm the Law | TV | 6.0 | 60 | |
| 1953 | It Came from Outer Space | Sam, a hobo (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1953 | Vice Squad | Fitz (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 60 |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Police Lt. Ryan | TV | 7.2 | 59 |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy | TV | 5.4 | 59 | |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Fitz | TV | 4.6 | 59 |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Sheriff #4 (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1952 | Carson City | Daly - Railroad Conductor (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1952 | Glory Alley | Man at Gym (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 59 |
| 1952 | Ruby Gentry | Film | 6.4 | 59 | |
| 1951 | Boston Blackie | TV | 4.0 | 58 | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 58 | |
| 1951 | Silver Canyon | Colonel Middler | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1951 | Pecos River | Henry Mahoney | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1951 | As You Were | Sgt. Monahan | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1951 | Ridin' the Outlaw Trail | Pop Willard | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1950 | Union Station | Detective (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1950 | The Good Humor Man | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1950 | Fancy Pants | Mr. Jones (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 1950 | The Iroquois Trail | Colonial Major (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1950 | Hunt the Man Down | Deputy in Hall (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1950 | Raiders of Tomahawk Creek | Randolph Dike | Film | 9.0 | 57 |
| 1949 | The Threat | Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1949 | Sorrowful Jones | Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1949 | Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture | Reiber | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 1948 | My Girl Tisa | Jailer (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1948 | Man or Mouse | Hercules Jones | Film | 4.0 | 55 |
| 1948 | Out of the Storm | Ed Purcell | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife | Policeman | Film | 7.1 | 54 |
| 1947 | Magic Town | Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve | Police Sergeant (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 54 |
| 1947 | Where There's Life | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1946 | The Virginian | Film | 6.2 | 53 | |
| 1946 | Road to Utopia | Official Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1946 | Up Goes Maisie | Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1946 | Nocturne | Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 52 |
| 1945 | Johnny Angel | Jim, a Cop (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1945 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Al - First Studio Cop | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1945 | Don't Fence Me In | Chief of Police | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1945 | Swing Out, Sister | Motorcycle Cop | Film | 4.5 | 52 |
| 1945 | Her Lucky Night | Casey | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1945 | Midnight Manhunt | Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited) | Film | 4.6 | 52 |
| 1944 | And the Angels Sing | Man (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1944 | In Society | Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1944 | The Mark of the Whistler | Bank Guard (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1944 | Strange Affair | Motorcycle Officer (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1944 | Make Your Own Bed | Sergeant | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1944 | Seven Doors to Death | Claude Burns | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1943 | Princess O'Rourke | Policeman at White House (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1943 | The Hard Way | Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1943 | Swing Shift Maisie | Radio Policeman (Uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1943 | Don Winslow of the Coast Guard | C.P.O. Ben Cobb | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1943 | Fired Wife | Sullivan | Film | 5.6 | 50 |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Martha | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1942 | My Favorite Spy | Police Sergeant in Bumped Car | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1942 | Between Us Girls | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1942 | My Favorite Blonde | Joe - Policeman | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1942 | A Gentleman After Dark | Joe | Film | 4.6 | 49 |
| 1942 | Apache Trail | Marshal (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1942 | Miss Annie Rooney | Policeman | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1941 | Remember the Day | Detective | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1941 | Hold That Ghost | Irondome (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1941 | Maisie Was a Lady | Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1941 | Louisiana Purchase | House Detective (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1941 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1941 | Pot o' Gold | Police Officer McGinty (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 48 |
| 1941 | Caught in the Draft | Recruiting Sergeant | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1941 | Niagara Falls | State Trooper | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American | Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1940 | Go West | Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1940 | One Night in the Tropics | Cop with Black Eye (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1940 | Edison, the Man | Policeman | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1940 | Broadway Melody of 1940 | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1940 | No Time for Comedy | Sweeny (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1940 | Lucky Partners | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode | Sheriff | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1940 | Primrose Path | Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1940 | We Who Are Young | 1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1940 | Wildcat Bus | Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 47 |
| 1940 | Buck Benny Rides Again | Police Officer | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1940 | And One Was Beautiful | Higgins | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Capt. Evans | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1940 | American Spoken Here | Mike Fink (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1940 | Sailor's Lady | Chief Master-of-Arms | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1940 | Cross-Country Romance | Ed Sweeney | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1940 | Florian | Cop | Film | 4.5 | 47 |
| 1940 | Little Orvie | Policeman | Film | 8.5 | 47 |
| 1940 | Manhattan Heartbeat | Policeman | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1939 | It's a Wonderful World | Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other | Mounted Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | Police Detective (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | First Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Lieutenant (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1939 | The Gracie Allen Murder Case | Motorcycle Officer Corrigan | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1939 | Honolulu | Jailer | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny | Second Railroad Cop (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1939 | A Child is Born | Police Sergeant (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1939 | Four Girls in White | Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident | Film | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1939 | Nick Carter, Master Detective | Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1939 | Full Confession | Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | Petty Officer (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1939 | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Studio Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1939 | Twelve Crowded Hours | Second Bartender (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1939 | Blondie Meets the Boss | Officer McGuire (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1939 | Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite | Jim Simmons | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Bill (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1938 | Blondie | Policeman at Hotel (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy | Bus Conductor (uncredited) | Film | 4.2 | 45 |
| 1938 | Maid's Night Out | Police Detective (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 1938 | Love Is a Headache | Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1938 | Listen, Darling | Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1938 | Hard to Get | Eddie (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1938 | Spring Madness | Policeman | Film | 4.9 | 45 |
| 1938 | The Chaser | Policeman at End | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1938 | Hold That Kiss | Policeman | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1938 | The First Hundred Years | Policeman giving ticket (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1938 | Border G-Man | Smoky Joslin | Film | 5.6 | 45 |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth | Motor Cop (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once | State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1937 | They Gave Him a Gun | Sgt. Meadowlark | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1937 | Big City | Tom Reilley | Film | 7.7 | 44 |
| 1937 | It Happened in Hollywood | Joe Stevens | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1937 | Love Is News | Motorcycle Officer | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1937 | Dangerous Number | Policeman | Film | 4.9 | 44 |
| 1937 | Midnight Taxi | Officer Murray | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1937 | Married Before Breakfast | Police Sergeant | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1936 | All Business | House Detective | Film | — | 43 |
| 1936 | After the Thin Man | Bill (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1936 | Swing Time | (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | Film | 4.5 | 43 |
| 1936 | That Girl from Paris | Ship's Purser (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1936 | Down the Ribber | Film | 10.0 | 43 | |
| 1936 | Bunker Bean | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 43 |
| 1936 | Back to Nature | Motorcycle Officer | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1936 | Border Flight | Smugglers' Pilot | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1935 | If You Could Only Cook | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1935 | A Quiet Fourth | Film | 8.0 | 42 | |
| 1935 | The Farmer Takes a Wife | Railroad Man | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It | Precint 5 Policeman | Film | 5.3 | 42 |
| 1935 | Rendezvous | 1st Military Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 4.9 | 42 |
| 1935 | The Nitwits | Police Officer Barney Riley | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1935 | The Rainmakers | Kelly | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1935 | Stolen Harmony | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1935 | Helldorado | Motorcycle Cop | Film | 9.0 | 42 |
| 1934 | Cleopatra | Convict | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1934 | Ocean Swells | Captain | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1934 | Thirty Day Princess | Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1934 | Kentucky Kernels | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 41 |
| 1933 | The Midnight Patrol | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1933 | Eskimo | Constable Balk (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1933 | The Nuisance | Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1932 | Horse Feathers | Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1932 | The Lost Squadron | Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1932 | Million Dollar Legs | Train Official (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1931 | The Star Witness | Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1931 | The Painted Desert | Buck's Partner | Film | 5.2 | 38 |
| 1931 | Consolation Marriage | Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1931 | Next Door Neighbors | Cop | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1930 | Abraham Lincoln | Armstrong | Film | 5.5 | 37 |
| 1930 | Free and Easy | Officer | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1930 | Two Plus Fours | Rent Collector | Film | 5.1 | 37 |
| 1930 | A Man from Wyoming | Sergeant | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1930 | Estrellados | Studio Gate Guard (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1930 | Live and Learn | Mr. Smith | Film | 3.3 | 37 |
| 1930 | Traffic Tangle | Motor Cop | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1930 | Rich Uncles | Film | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1929 | The Mighty | Doughboy | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1929 | The Locked Door | Cop | Film | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1929 | Clunked on the Corner | Cop | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1929 | A Pair of Tights | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 7.8 | 36 |
| 1929 | Flight | Football Coach | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1929 | The Jazz Age | Motor Cop | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1928 | Limousine Love | Motorcycle cop | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1928 | Lonesome | Cop (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1928 | Came the Dawn | Big Moving Man (uncredited) | Film | 7.8 | 35 |
| 1928 | Fair and Muddy | Motorcycle Cop | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1928 | Should Tall Men Marry? | Henchman | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1927 | Call of the Cuckoo | Guest | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1927 | Why Girls Love Sailors | Amorous Sailor | Film | 5.5 | 34 |
| 1927 | Should Men Walk Home? | Film | 7.2 | 34 | |
| 1926 | On the Front Page | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 33 |