生于加拿大艾伯塔省卡尔加里市,当过建筑工人。最初为西部片明星巴克·琼斯主演的动作片和弗里德·克茂莱主演的影片当替身演员,1939年开始在派拉蒙电影公司的影片里扮演小角色。他体格健壮,渐渐在西部片和动作片中崭露头角。四十年代中期,他在环球拍片,由于同伊冯娜·德·卡洛合作的《莎乐美》(1945)而升为主角。之后又合演了《铁骑劫美》(1945)和《河上夫人》(1948)。五十年代又出演了电视连续剧《城市侦探》等。
Edgar Dearing was born on May 4, 1893 in Ceres, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Bishop's Wife (1947), Pollyanna (1960) and Abraham Lincoln (1930). He was married to Lila Stones and Nelvina Hyink. He died on August 17, 1974 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.