- Films
- 53
- Avg rating
- 6.89
- Peak run
- 1938’41
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Edgar by the numbers
Average
6.89
24 rated films
Vote weighted
6.93
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.61
rating spread
Career
41y
1924 to 1964
Total votes
192K
across every film
Best
7.9
Sullivan's Travels
Worst
6.4
Tarantula
Newest first
Filmography
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | · | · | 475 |
| 1960 |  Pollyanna | · | 7.4 | 12,751 |
| 1959 | No Name on the Bullet | · | 7.2 | 3,701 |
| 1955 |  Tarantula | · | 6.4 | 12,118 |
| 1954 |  The Long, Long Trailer | · | 7.0 | 6,280 |
| 1953 |  It Came from Outer Space | Sam | 6.5 | 13,085 |
| 1952 |  Rancho Notorious | · | 6.8 | 6,268 |
| 1950 | The Good Humor Man | · | · | 552 |
| 1950 | Double Deal | Joe | · | 341 |
| 1950 | This Side of the Law | Cop | · | 773 |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve | · | · | 999 |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | · | · | 552 |
| 1946 | Nocturne | · | 6.5 | 2,081 |
| 1945 |  Scarlet Street | · | 7.7 | 21,720 |
| 1945 | Johnny Angel | · | 6.2 | 1,451 |
| 1944 | The Mark of the Whistler | Bank Guard | · | 600 |
| 1944 | Strange Affair | · | · | 355 |
| 1944 | Seven Doors to Death | Claude Burns | · | 276 |
| 1943 | The Hard Way | · | 7.1 | 1,769 |
| 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm | · | · | 736 |
Better together?
Edgar Dearing's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: W.S. Van Dyke and Edgar Dearing movies
Takes
On Edgar Dearing
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