Portrait of Edgar Dearing

Acting

Edgar Dearing

Career

Active from 1927 to 2024, with a break from 1952 to 2023, busiest in 1930 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Eskimo
Eskimo
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 91 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Edgar Dearing Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.8, average 5.5
  • Violence
    2.6, average 4.1
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Vintage Charm 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Situational Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

195
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two (2024)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960s

5 titles ยท average score 69
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
GoodWatch score 65

as Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Thriller
Thriller (1960)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as The Police Sergeant

The Tall Man
The Tall Man (1960)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

Outlaws
Outlaws (1960)

TV show ยท as Barney

Pollyanna
Pollyanna (1960)
GoodWatch score 65

as Mr. Gorman

1950s

34 titles ยท average score 67
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show ยท as First Resurrected Man

The Rifleman
The Rifleman (1958)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Trackdown
Trackdown (1957)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Doctor (uncredited)

State Trooper
State Trooper (1956)

TV show

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Lewis

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show

The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Mr. Gorman

It Came from Outer Space
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
GoodWatch score 69

as Sam, a hobo (uncredited)

The Abbott and Costello Show
The Abbott and Costello Show (1952)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Police Lt. Ryan

Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy (1952)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show

Silver Canyon
Silver Canyon (1951)

as Colonel Middler

Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek (1950)

as Randolph Dike

1940s

68 titles ยท average score 62
Man or Mouse
Man or Mouse (1948)

as Hercules Jones

The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
GoodWatch score 76

as Policeman

Magic Town
Magic Town (1947)
GoodWatch score 54

as Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)

Scarlet Street
Scarlet Street (1945)
GoodWatch score 89

as Policeman (uncredited)

Seven Doors to Death
Seven Doors to Death (1944)
GoodWatch score 34

as Claude Burns

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (1943)

as C.P.O. Ben Cobb

Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls (1941)
GoodWatch score 62

as State Trooper

Hold That Ghost
Hold That Ghost (1941)
GoodWatch score 87

as Irondome (uncredited)

American Spoken Here
American Spoken Here (1940)

as Mike Fink (uncredited)

Go West
Go West (1940)
GoodWatch score 77

as Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)

Knute Rockne All American
Knute Rockne All American (1940)
GoodWatch score 70

as Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)

One Night in the Tropics
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
GoodWatch score 54

as Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)

1930s

74 titles ยท average score 62
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite (1939)
GoodWatch score 64

as Jim Simmons

It's a Wonderful World
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
GoodWatch score 65

as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
GoodWatch score 86

as Bill (uncredited)

Border G-Man
Border G-Man (1938)

as Smoky Joslin

Blondie
Blondie (1938)
GoodWatch score 68

as Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)

They Gave Him a Gun
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
GoodWatch score 51

as Sgt. Meadowlark

After the Thin Man
After the Thin Man (1936)
GoodWatch score 81

as Bill (uncredited)

Ocean Swells
Ocean Swells (1934)

as Captain

Eskimo
Eskimo (1933)
GoodWatch score 75

as Constable Balk (uncredited)

Free and Easy
Free and Easy (1930)
GoodWatch score 45

as Officer

Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
GoodWatch score 56

as Armstrong

Two Plus Fours
Two Plus Fours (1930)

as Rent Collector

1920s

13 titles ยท average score 63
A Pair of Tights
A Pair of Tights (1929)

as Policeman (uncredited)

Clunked on the Corner
Clunked on the Corner (1929)

as Cop

The Locked Door
The Locked Door (1929)
GoodWatch score 60

as Cop

Flight
Flight (1929)
GoodWatch score 63

as Football Coach

The Mighty
The Mighty (1929)

as Doughboy

The Jazz Age
The Jazz Age (1929)

as Motor Cop

Limousine Love
Limousine Love (1928)

as Motorcycle cop

Came the Dawn
Came the Dawn (1928)

as Big Moving Man (uncredited)

Should Tall Men Marry?
Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)

as Henchman

Lonesome
Lonesome (1928)
GoodWatch score 76

as Cop (uncredited)

Why Girls Love Sailors
Why Girls Love Sailors (1927)
GoodWatch score 55

as Amorous Sailor

On the Front Page
On the Front Page (1926)

as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)