Biography
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...
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Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
Following their initial pairing in early 1927, Laurel and Hardy ended their first year on top. Their success moving into 1928 galvanized the efforts o...
Laurel & Hardy: Year One
2023
Laurel & Hardy: Year One, The Newly Restored 1927 Silents, as proudly presented by Flicker Alley and Blackhawk Films®, offers fans new and old the rar...
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Bill in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Pollyanna
1960
as Mr. Gorman
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
as archive footage
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
1956
as Investor Charlie
A programmer with a Latin American beat.
Vice Squad
1953
as Fitz (uncredited)
A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbery, all in a day.
It Came from Outer Space
1953
as Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam ...
Ruby Gentry
1952
A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.
Glory Alley
1952
as Man at Gym (uncredited)
A New Orleans boxer backs out of a bout and leaves his girlfriend for Korea.
Rancho Notorious
1952
as Sheriff #4 (uncredited)
A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from ...
Pecos River
1951
as Henry Mahoney
Steve is a Government Agent looking for the gang that stole the U.S. Mail. He goes undercover...
As You Were
1951
as Sgt. Monahan
In a train station, Army recruiting sergeant Ames attempts to enlist a group of young men with blandishments of travel and glamour in the Army.
Silver Canyon
1951
as Colonel Middler
At the close of the Civil War, a band of Southern guerillas disguised themselves as Union soldiers, the better to perform acts of sabotage in Utah. Au...
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
1951
as Pop Willard
Charles Starrett plays lawman Steve Forsythe in Ridin' the Outlaw Trail. Somewhere along the line, of course, Steve is obliged to don the mask of The ...
Hunt the Man Down
1950
as Deputy in Hall (uncredited)
A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.
Union Station
1950
as Detective (uncredited)
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try ...
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
1950
as Randolph Dike
Charles Starrett, aka "The Durango Kid", is back in Raiders of Tomahawk Creek. Starrett plays Steve Blake, a novice Indian agent, sent out to investig...
Fancy Pants
1950
as Mr. Jones
An American actor, impersonating an English butler, is hired by a rich woman from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter. The compli...
The Iroquois Trail
1950
An American scout and his Indian friend help the English troops against the French during the French and Indian War.
The Good Humor Man
1950
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an...
The Threat
1949
as Roadblock Police Sergeant (uncredited)
A violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars.
Sorrowful Jones
1949
as Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a...
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949
as Reiber
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.
Out of the Storm
1948
as Ed Purcell
Donald Lewis is a low-paid clerk in a high-profile shipbuilding firm. When the company is robbed in broad daylight, Lewis gathers up $100,000 on his o...
My Girl Tisa
1948
as Jailer (uncredited)
1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in th...
Man or Mouse
1948
as Hercules Jones
Sterling's physique doesn't impress his girlfriend's father, who is a bodybuilder. She decides to pump him up in order to get her father's approval.
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Policeman
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily...
Where There's Life
1947
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael...
Christmas Eve
1947
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three l...
Magic Town
1947
as Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country....
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947
as Policeman (uncredited)
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horses--and also pick the winners of upcoming races. Wh...
Nocturne
1946
as Policeman with Injured Susan (uncredited)
In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn'...
The Virginian
1946
Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot...
Road to Utopia
1946
as Official Policeman (uncredited)
While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her fath...
Up Goes Maisie
1946
as Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
Scarlet Street
1945
as Policeman (uncredited)
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only...
Johnny Angel
1945
as Jim, a Cop (uncredited)
George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father's mysterious death.
Don't Fence Me In
1945
as Chief of Police
Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern magazine who comes West to find out the true story of K...
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
as Al - First Studio Cop
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
Midnight Manhunt
1945
as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
Two reporters search for a missing body in a wax museum.
Swing Out, Sister
1945
as Motorcycle Cop
Universal cowboy star Rod Cameron plays Geoffrey, conductor of a high-toned symphony orchestra. Secretly harboring the desire to become a swingin' jaz...
Her Lucky Night
1945
as Casey
In this romantic comedy, three man-hungry sisters consult a fortune-teller to help them with their romantic futures.
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, w...
Strange Affair
1944
as Motorcycle Officer (Uncredited)
Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up f...
Seven Doors to Death
1944
as Claude Burns
An architect (Chick Chandler) studies the doors of six shops and an apartment house to solve a gem theft/double murder.
In Society
1944
as Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree i...
Make Your Own Bed
1944
as Sergeant
Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then hires a private detective who has been fired for arresti...
And the Angels Sing
1944
as Man (uncredited)
The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Po...
Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Policeman at White House (uncredited)
A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
as Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Bre...
Fired Wife
1943
as Sullivan
A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets out, she will lose her job. Unfortunately, her ne...
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
1943
as C.P.O. Ben Cobb
Don Winslow (titular hero of the serial "Don Winslow of the Navy") is reassigned to the United States Coast Guard, to guard the coast against saboteur...
The Hard Way
1943
as Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
Between Us Girls
1942
as Policeman (uncredited)
A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own mother's 12-year-old daughter.
Apache Trail
1942
as Marshal (uncredited)
The brother of a notorious outlaw is put in a charge of a stagecoach line way station in dangerous Apache territory. A stagecoach arrives at the stati...
The Affairs of Martha
1942
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.
My Favorite Spy
1942
as Police Sergeant in Bumped Car
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
as Policeman
A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her fam...
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
as Joe
A greedy woman betrays her jewel thief husband to the police, for the reward. Her husband's friend, a detective, adopts the couple's child and raises ...
My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Joe - Policeman
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded...
Louisiana Purchase
1941
as House Detective (uncredited)
A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.
Remember the Day
1941
as Detective
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Da...
Niagara Falls
1941
as State Trooper
The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.
Hold That Ghost
1941
as Irondome (uncredited)
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when...
Caught in the Draft
1941
as Recruiting Sergeant
Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake...
Pot o' Gold
1941
as Police Officer McGinty (uncredited)
Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family ...
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Policeman (uncredited)
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as h...
Maisie Was a Lady
1941
as Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds ...
Go West
1940
as Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)
Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and R...
American Spoken Here
1940
as Mike Fink (uncredited)
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American slang.
One Night in the Tropics
1940
as Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million ...
Knute Rockne All American
1940
as Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
No Time for Comedy
1940
as Sweeny (uncredited)
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
Wyoming
1940
as Capt. Evans
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.
When the Daltons Rode
1940
as Sheriff
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing the...
Wildcat Bus
1940
as Policeman Giving Ticket (uncredited)
A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.
Lucky Partners
1940
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
We Who Are Young
1940
as 1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
A man violates company policy by getting married.
Cross-Country Romance
1940
as Ed Sweeney
A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940
as Policeman
A couple can't make ends meet. He is an airplane mechanic and makes extra money testing planes. When the baby arrives things get better.
Sailor's Lady
1940
as Chief Master-of-Arms
Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose parents are accidentally killed. The baby is acci...
Florian
1940
as Cop
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
as Police Officer
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing ...
Edison, the Man
1940
as Policeman
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New Yor...
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
And One Was Beautiful
1940
as Higgins
A teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy.
Primrose Path
1940
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. ...
Little Orvie
1940
as Policeman
Family film, based on a Booth Tarkington tale, about a young boy who takes extreme measures to keep the stray dog he befriends.
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who...
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
as Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.
A Child Is Born
1939
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
as Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter l...
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Petty Officer (uncredited)
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
Full Confession
1939
as Lieutenant Thatcher (uncredited)
A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to the electric chair.
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
1939
as Jim Simmons
Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
as Studio Policeman (uncredited)
Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939
as Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
It's a Wonderful World
1939
as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by ...
Rose of Washington Square
1939
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
as Officer McGuire (uncredited)
Dagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods boss Mr. Dithers for his job back, he ends up hiring ...
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939
as Second Bartender (uncredited)
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
Made for Each Other
1939
as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
Honolulu
1939
as Jailer
Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.
Four Girls in White
1939
as Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident
Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.
King of the Underworld
1939
as Police Detective (uncredited)
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her lice...
King of the Underworld
1939
as First Policeman (uncredited)
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her lice...
Blondie
1938
as Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself in...
Spring Madness
1938
as Policeman
Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has kep...
Hard to Get
1938
as Eddie (uncredited)
When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis, he makes her work out her bill by making b...
Listen, Darling
1938
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
To stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know she doesn't love, teenager Pinkie and her best friend ...
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
as Bus Conductor (uncredited)
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish m...
The Chaser
1938
as Policeman at End
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the tr...
Border G-Man
1938
as Smoky Joslin
A federal agent goes undercover in order to capture a gang that's been smuggling munitions and horses near the Texas border.
Hold That Kiss
1938
as Policeman
Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.
The First Hundred Years
1938
as Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)
David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC...
Maid's Night Out
1938
as Police Detective (uncredited)
A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While delivering milk he falls in love with a young debutante whom he...
Love Is a Headache
1938
as Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)
A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans, without her kn...
The Awful Truth
1937
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
as Joe Stevens
A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.
Big City
1937
as Tom Reilley
Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob contr...
Married Before Breakfast
1937
as Police Sergeant
A madcap inventor tries to market a razor-less shaving cream.
They Gave Him a Gun
1937
as Sgt. Meadowlark
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Officer Murray
A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.
Love Is News
1937
as Motorcycle Officer
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are e...
You Only Live Once
1937
as State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is fr...
Dangerous Number
1937
as Policeman
Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. ...
That Girl from Paris
1936
as Ship's Purser (uncredited)
Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American...
Swing Time
1936
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner P...
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to w...
Back to Nature
1936
as Motorcycle Officer
The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with a convict, the oldest son has a love affair, and ...
Bunker Bean
1936
as Policeman (uncredited)
A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.
Border Flight
1936
as Smugglers' Pilot
Frances Farmer's second film is a typical B-programmer from the Paramount lot of 1936--up and coming stars (John Howard, Robert Cummings, Grant Wither...
Down the Ribber
1936
Leon Errol trying to report a stolen car.
All Business
1936
as House Detective
Another hotel-room mix-up with the suspicious wife, Grace King (Josephine Whittell), checking up on her husband, Ford King (Ford Sterling),who is tryi...
If You Could Only Cook
1935
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
Rendezvous
1935
as 1st Military Policeman (uncredited)
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
The Rainmakers
1935
as Kelly
Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spell and to save the community from an unscrupulous b...
She Couldn't Take It
1935
as Precint 5 Policeman
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-cent...
A Quiet Fourth
1935
An RKO comedy short featuring Betty Grable who gets secretly married while her family is trying to fix her up with someone wealthy.
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Railroad Man
A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.
The Nitwits
1935
as Police Officer Barney Riley
A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.
Stolen Harmony
1935
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray hooks...
Helldorado
1935
as Motorcycle Cop
Arthur T. Ryan, a hitchhiker, gets a ride from haughty, society girl Glenda Wynant and her fiance, wealthy J. F. Van Avery after he helps them to repl...
Kentucky Kernels
1934
as Policeman
The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and e...
Cleopatra
1934
as Convict
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
Ocean Swells
1934
as Captain
An old lady and her two girls go husband hunting at a luxury resort.
Thirty Day Princess
1934
as Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's (uncredited)
A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly l...
Eskimo
1933
as Constable Balk (uncredited)
The happy life of an Eskimo is disastrously changed when he mingles with an unscrupulous white trader.
The Midnight Patrol
1933
as Policeman (uncredited)
Novice policemen Stan and Ollie bungle a burglary investigation.
The Nuisance
1933
as Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)
Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, un...
Horse Feathers
1932
as Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Da...
Million Dollar Legs
1932
as Train Official (uncredited)
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
The Lost Squadron
1932
as Policeman Wanting Report (uncredited)
When World War I comes to an end, three pilots find themselves on hard times. They wind up in Hollywood, where they work as stunt fliers for a sadisti...
Consolation Marriage
1931
as Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)
A sportswriter jilted by his globe-trotting girlfriend marries a woman jilted by her boyfriend.
The Star Witness
1931
as Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)
A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals...
Next Door Neighbors
1931
as Cop
Song composer Howard Green is frustrated by disturbances his wife, in-laws, and landlord while writing his latest song.
The Painted Desert
1931
as Buck's Partner
Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitter...
Abraham Lincoln
1930
as Armstrong
A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early ye...
Traffic Tangle
1930
as Motor Cop
A drive in a new car with the family turns into a fiasco.
Two Plus Fours
1930
as Rent Collector
This short subject was done by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm boys shortly after they finished The King of Jazz where lead singer Bing Crosby made his motion ...
A Man from Wyoming
1930
as Sergeant
A story about a man from Wyoming who enlists in the Army and is sent to the front during World War I. There he saves the life of an American society g...
Estrellados
1930
as Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the Spanish version of Free and Easy (1930) with Hispan...
Live and Learn
1930
as Mr. Smith
A jealous husband endeavors to reach his wife who is quarantined in an apartment with her former spouse.
Rich Uncles
1930
When the rich uncle finds the bride in the company of one of her former suitors, he mistakes him for the bridegroom.
Free and Easy
1930
as Officer
Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira w...
The Mighty
1929
as Doughboy
In this melodrama set during WWI, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that their...
The Locked Door
1929
as Cop
On her first anniversary, Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character that she used to be intimate with, and determines...
Flight
1929
as Football Coach
Two Marine pilots in love with the same girl are assigned a mission to find a notorious bandit in Nicaragua. This early talkie from director Frank Cap...
A Pair of Tights
1929
as Policeman
Two girls are invited by one of the girls boy-friend's tight boss for dinner. On the way they stop for a cheap ice-cream. But swinging doors, ventilat...
Clunked on the Corner
1929
as Cop
Johnny Burke stumbles into a beautiful crook, played by Carmelita Geraghty, who used him to steal a pearl necklace.
Lonesome
1928
as Cop (uncredited)
Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day tog...
Fair and Muddy
1928
as Motorcycle Cop
Living in an orphanage, the gang has to deal with Amanda, a child-hating spinster. To receive a bequest from a rich uncle, she must acquire a child. T...
Limousine Love
1928
as Motorcycle cop
On the way to his wedding the bride groom finds a nude, married woman in his car
Came the Dawn
1928
as Big Moving Man (uncredited)
Papa, Mama, Daughter and Son Gimplewort move into their new house. Two movers are talking to each other about the murder of a saxophone player that to...
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928
as Henchman
This western comedy is about rancher Finlayson's beautiful daughter, Martha Sleeper, who refuses to marry the bad guy and how Jimmy and dimwitted cowh...
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
as Guest
Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927
as Amorous Sailor
Stan is a sailor whose girl gets kidnapped by a rough sea captain. Stan dresses in drag and seduces the captain but the captain's wife catches him. St...
Should Men Walk Home?
1927
Mabel plays an out-and-out crook, a "Girl Bandit," no less. And she quickly hooks up with a male partner in crime, in this case a Gentleman Crook play...
On the Front Page
1926
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
After being beaten to a story of scandal involving Countess Polasky, James W. Hornby assigns his son 24 hours to find an even more scandalous story ab...