By Vlad Zakh · August 28, 2026
Edgar Dearing was a familiar gruff-voiced Hollywood character actor, frequently cast as a police officer or authority figure, who appeared in hundreds of films. The Long, Long Trailer turns a newlywed trailer honeymoon into disaster after disaster, Vice Squad ties a slain policeman to a bank robbery plot, The Virginian pulls a schoolteacher between two men in Wyoming, and In Society sends bumbling plumbers to a socialite’s leak. Caught in the Draft and One Night in the Tropics round out the list.
01 Edgar Dearing features in this Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz comedy where a newlywed couple's honeymoon road trip in a massive trailer spirals into one disaster after another.
Directed by Vincente Minnelli · 1h 36m · Rated NR
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02 Edgar Dearing appears in this police drama about a Los Angeles captain who ties the case of a slain policeman to a dangerous bank robbery plot.
Directed by Arnold Laven · 1h 27m · Rated NR
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Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
03 Edgar Dearing appears in this western about an eastern schoolteacher who arrives in a rugged Wyoming town and finds herself torn between two cowboys.
Directed by Stuart Gilmore · 1h 27m · Rated NR
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04 Edgar Dearing appears in this Abbott and Costello comedy about two bumbling plumbers hired by a socialite to fix a leak, leading to a case of mistaken identity.
Directed by Jean Yarbrough · 1h 15m · Rated NR
05 Edgar Dearing features in this Bob Hope comedy about a movie star who can't stand loud noises and accidentally enlists in the Army while trying to avoid the draft.
Directed by David Butler · 1h 22m · Rated NR
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06 Edgar Dearing is in this musical comedy about an insurance salesman whose novel policy for a friend's upcoming marriage sets off a chain of comic complications.
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland · 1h 22m · Rated NR
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