Edgar Kennedy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 25, 1890
- Died
- November 9, 1948 (aged 58)
- Birthplace
- Monterey, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edgar Livingston Kennedy (April 26, 1890 – November 9, 1948) was an American comedic film character actor, known as "Slow Burn". A slow burn is an exasperated facial expression, performed very deliberately; Kennedy embellished this by rubbing his hand over his bald head and across his face, in an attempt to hold his temper. Kennedy is best known for a small role as a lemonade vendor in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup, as well as the many Hal Roach films he appeared in. Kennedy became so identified with frustration that practically every studio hired him to play hotheads. He often played dumb cops, detectives, and even a prison warden; sometimes he was a grouchy moving man, truck driver, or blue-collar workman. His character usually lost his temper at least once. In Diplomaniacs, Kennedy presides over an international tribunal, where Wheeler & Woolsey want to do something about world peace. "Well, ya can't do anything about it here", yells Kennedy, "this is a peace conference!" Kennedy, established as the poster boy for frustration, even starred in an instructional film titled The Other Fellow, in which loudmouthed roadhog Edgar always vents his anger on other drivers (each one played by Kennedy as well), little realizing that, to them, he is "the other fellow." Perhaps his most unusual roles were as a puppeteer in the detective mystery The Falcon Strikes Back and as a philosophical bartender inspired to create exotic cocktails in Harold Lloyd's last film, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947). He also played comical detectives opposite two titans of acting: John Barrymore in Twentieth Century (1934) and Rex Harrison in Unfaithfully Yours (1948); in the latter, he tells conductor Harrison that "Nobody handles Handel like you handle Handel." Kennedy died of throat cancer at the Motion Picture Hospital, San Fernando Valley on 9 November 1948. His body was interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California.
Known For
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Filmography
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
Movie · as Edgar
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Our Gang Story
Movie · as Officer (archive footage)
The Muppets Go to the Movies
Movie · as Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Movie · as Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Golden Age of Comedy
Movie · as archive footage
My Dream Is Yours
Movie · as Uncle Charlie
Unfaithfully Yours
Movie · as Sweeney
Variety Time
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
Dig That Gold
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
Contest Crazy
Movie · as Edgar
Brother Knows Best
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Movie · as Jake the Bartender
Heaven Only Knows
Movie · as Judd
Do or Diet
Movie · as Edgar
Motor Maniacs
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
Trouble or Nothing
Movie · as Edgar
I'll Build It Myself
Movie · as Edgar
Anchors Aweigh
Movie · as Police Captain
Captain Tugboat Annie
Movie · as Captain Bullwinkle
It's Your Move
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
What, No Cigarettes
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
You Drive Me Crazy
Movie · as Edgar
The Big Beef
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
It Happened Tomorrow
Movie · as Insp. Mulrooney
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Movie · as Bosun Higgins
Prunes and Politics
Movie · as Edgar
Feather Your Nest
Movie · as Edgar
Radio Rampage
Movie · as Edgar
Air Raid Wardens
Movie · as Joe Bledsoe
The Falcon Strikes Back
Movie · as Smiley Dugan
The Girl from Monterrey
Movie · as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Movie · as Police Chief Murphy
Hold Your Temper
Movie · as Edgar
Hitler's Madman
Movie · as Nepomuk - the Hermit
Hot Foot
Movie · as Edgar
Crazy House
Movie · as Judge
Inferior Decorator
Movie · as Edgar
In Old California
Movie · as Kegs McKeever
There's One Born Every Minute
Movie · as Mayor Moe Carson
Private Snuffy Smith
Movie · as Sgt. Ed Cooper
Rough on Rents
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
Movie · as Sgt. Homer Gatling
Cooks and Crooks
Movie · as Edgar
Duck Soup
Movie · as Edgar
Pardon My Stripes
Movie · as Warden Bingham
Blondie in Society
Movie · as Dr. Glenn
Gangs Of The City
Movie · as Biff
An Apple in His Eye
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
I'll Fix It
Movie · as Edgar
Westward Ho-Hum
Movie · as Edgar
A Quiet Fourth
Movie · as Edgar
Mad About Moonshine
Movie · as Edgar
Li'l Abner
Movie · as Cornelius Cornpone
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Movie · as Sheriff Gregory
Remedy for Riches
Movie · as George Browning
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
Movie · as George Browning
Mutiny in the County
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
The Quarterback
Movie · as Pops
Margie
Movie · as Chauncey
Sandy Is a Lady
Movie · as Officer Rafferty
Drafted in the Depot
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
'Taint Legal
Movie · as Edgar
Sunk by the Census
Movie · as Edgar
A Trailer Tragedy
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
Sandy Gets Her Man
Movie · as Fire Chief Galvin
The Bride Wore Crutches
Movie · as Police Captain McGuire
It's a Wonderful World
Movie · as Lieutenant Miller
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Movie · as Inspector Dailey
Baby Daze
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
Everything's on Ice
Movie · as Joe Barton
Laugh It Off
Movie · as Judge John J. McGuinnis
Clock Wise
Movie · as Edgar
Maid to Order
Movie · as Edgar
Kennedy the Great
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
Little Accident
Movie · as Paper Hanger
Act Your Age
Movie · as Edgar
Hollywood Hotel
Movie · as Callaghan
Hey! Hey! USA
Movie · as Bugs Leary
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Movie · as Arthur Bailey
Beaux and Errors
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
The Black Doll
Movie · as Sheriff Renick
Ears of Experience
Movie · as Edgar
Scandal Street
Movie · as Daniel Webster Smith
A Clean Sweep
Movie · as Edgar
Double Wedding
Movie · as Spike
A Star Is Born
Movie · as Pop Randall
True Confession
Movie · as Darsey
Super-Sleuth
Movie · as Police Lt. Garrison
The Other Fellow
Movie · as Four Roles
Tramp Trouble
Movie · as Edgar
Dumb's the Word
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
When's Your Birthday?
Movie · as Mr. Basscombe
Bad Housekeeping
Movie · as Edgar
Edgar & Goliath
Movie · as Edgar
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Movie · as Sheriff Judd
Small Town Girl
Movie · as Captain Mack
Three Men on a Horse
Movie · as Harry, the Bartender
Mad Holiday
Movie · as Donovan
Will Power
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
Fatal Lady
Movie · as Rudolf Hochstetter
Yours for the Asking
Movie · as Bicarbonate
Gasoloons
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
San Francisco
Movie · as Sheriff
Dummy Ache
Movie · as Edgar
Vocalizing
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
Movie · as Callahan
Little Big Shot
Movie · as Onderdonk
The Cowboy Millionaire
Movie · as Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
Living on Velvet
Movie · as Counterman
Woman Wanted
Movie · as Sweeney
The Bride Comes Home
Movie · as Henry
Rendezvous at Midnight
Movie · as Mahoney
$1,000 a Minute
Movie · as Police Officer McCarthy
Edgar Hamlet
Movie · as Edgar
In Love at 40
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
Brick-a-Brac
Movie · as Edgar
Sock Me to Sleep
Movie · as Edgar
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Movie · as Happy Moran
Twentieth Century
Movie · as Oscar McGonigle
Flirting with Danger
Movie · as Jimmie Pierson
The Marines Are Coming
Movie · as Sgt. Buck Martin
Money Means Nothing
Movie · as Herbert Green
A Blasted Event
Movie · as Edgar
We're Rich Again
Movie · as Healy, Process Server
Gridiron Flash
Movie · as Officer Thurston
The Silver Streak
Movie · as O'Brien
Wrong Direction
Movie · as Edgar, Movie Director
Heat Lightning
Movie · as Herbert
Kid Millions
Movie · as Herman Wilson
Poisoned Ivory
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
Murder on the Blackboard
Movie · as Detective Donahue
All of Me
Movie · as Guard (uncredited)
Love on a Ladder
Movie · as Edgar
Duck Soup
Movie · as Street Vendor
Son of the Border
Movie · as Windy
Tillie and Gus
Movie · as Judge
Art in the Raw
Movie
Good Housewrecking
Movie
A Merchant of Menace
Movie · as Edgar
Professional Sweetheart
Movie · as Kelsey
Scarlet River
Movie · as Sam Gilroy
Diplomaniacs
Movie · as Chairman - Peace Conference
King for a Night
Movie · as Cop
Quiet Please!
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
Cross Fire
Movie · as Ed Wimpy
What Fur
Movie · as Edgar
Giggle Water
Movie · as Edgar
The Penguin Pool Murder
Movie · as Officer Donovan
Little Orphan Annie
Movie · as Daddy Warbucks
He's a Honey
Movie
Now's the Time
Movie
Westward Passage
Movie · as Elmer
Hold 'Em Jail
Movie · as Warden Elmer Jones
Carnival Boat
Movie · as Baldy
Rockabye
Movie · as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Fish Feathers
Movie · as Edgar Kennedy
Never the Twins Shall Meet
Movie · as Mr. Carp
The Spot on the Rug
Movie · as Jake
Love Fever
Movie · as Thelma's Last Rescuer
Quick Millions
Movie · as Cop (uncredited)
High Gear
Movie · as Cop
Next Door Neighbors
Movie · as Howard J. Green
Help Wanted, Female
Movie
Bad Company
Movie · as Buffington-Doorman
The Ghosts
Movie · as Kennedy
Night Owls
Movie · as Officer Kennedy
Thieves
Movie
When the Wind Blows
Movie · as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
The First Seven Years
Movie · as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
The Real McCoy
Movie · as Cicero the Cop
Dollar Dizzy
Movie · as Quimby the Lawyer
Moonlight and Monkey Business
Movie · as Detective
The Head Guy
Movie · as Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
The Big Kick
Movie · as Detective
Shivering Shakespeare
Movie · as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
Doctor's Orders
Movie · as Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
Bigger and Better
Movie · as Uncle Ed Sutton
Ladies Last
Movie · as Man in Phone Booth
Looser Than Loose
Movie · as Night Club Patron
All Teed Up
Movie · as Thelma's Father (uncredited)
Fifty Million Husbands
Movie · as Officer Kennedy
Girl Shock
Movie · as Fiancee's Father
The Gas Station
Movie · as Detective
Off to Buffalo
Movie · as Mr. Brown
Great Gobs!
Movie · as 2nd Sailor
Perfect Day
Movie · as Uncle Edgar
Bacon Grabbers
Movie · as Collis P. Kennedy
Unaccustomed as We Are
Movie · as Officer Kennedy
Moan & Groan, Inc.
Movie · as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
A Pair of Tights
Movie · as Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
Going Ga-Ga
Movie · as Cop
Trent's Last Case
Movie · as Inspector Murch
They Had to See Paris
Movie · as Ed Eggers (uncredited)
Hurdy Gurdy
Movie · as Officer Ed Kennedy
The Big Squawk
Movie · as Orchestra Leader
Stepping Out
Movie · as Diner's Owner
Angora Love
Movie · as Landlord
Dad's Day
Movie · as Michael Kennedy
Madame Q
Movie · as Judge Kennedy
Hotter Than Hot
Movie
Crazy Feet
Movie · as Policeman
Welcome Danger
Movie · as SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Why Is a Plumber?
Movie
The Family Group
Movie · as A Photographer
The Fight Pest
Movie
Imagine My Embarrassment
Movie
Is Everybody Happy?
Movie
All Parts
Movie
The Booster
Movie
Chasing Husbands
Movie
Should Married Men Go Home?
Movie · as Golfer (uncredited)
The Finishing Touch
Movie · as Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
Leave 'Em Laughing
Movie · as Cop
Two Tars
Movie · as Motorist
Dumb Daddies
Movie · as The Cop
Limousine Love
Movie · as The Husband, Mr Glenders
The Boy Friend
Movie · as The Cop
Feed 'em and Weep
Movie
The Chinese Parrot
Movie · as Maydorf
The Wrong Mr. Wright
Movie · as Trayguard
Finger Prints
Movie · as O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)
The Gay Old Bird
Movie · as Chauffeur
Wedding Bills
Movie · as Detective
The Better 'Ole
Movie · as Corporal Austin
Oh! What a Nurse!
Movie · as Eric Johnson
My Old Dutch
Movie · as Bill Sproat
Going Crooked
Movie · as Detective
Across the Pacific
Movie · as Cpl. Ryan
The Trouble With Wives
Movie · as Detective (as Edward Kennedy)
The Golden Princess
Movie · as Gewilliker Hay
Paths to Paradise
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)
The People vs. Nancy Preston
Movie · as Gloomy Gus
Racing for Life
Movie · as Tom Grady
The Battling Fool
Movie · as Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)
Wall Street Blues
Movie · as The Crook
All's Swell on the Ocean
Movie
The Night Message
Movie · as Lem Beeman
Fight and Win
Movie
Something for Nothing
Movie · as Ptomaine Tommy
The Little Girl Next Door
Movie · as Hank Hall
The Wandering Two
Movie
High and Dry
Movie
The Guide
Movie · as An American Tourist
Puppets of Fate
Movie · as Mike Reynolds
Skirts
Movie
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
Movie
Four Times Foiled
Movie
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Movie · as German Prison Guard (uncredited)
Hearts and Flowers
Movie · as Pete
She Loved Him Plenty
Movie
Watch Your Neighbor
Movie · as An Innocent Bystander
Whose Baby?
Movie · as The Detective
The Late Lamented
Movie · as Art Gallery Operator
The Blue Streak
Movie
His Bitter Pill
Movie · as Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
Madcap Ambrose
Movie · as A City Chap
A Scoundrel's Toll
Movie · as Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent
Bombs!
Movie · as Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader
The Stolen Triumph
Movie · as Edwin Rowley, Jr.
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Movie · as Edgar
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Movie · as Shell Game Operator
The Great Vacuum Robbery
Movie · as 2nd Thief
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Movie · as Neighbor
Fatty's New Role
Movie · as Handout-Giver (uncredited)
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Movie · as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Movie · as Fatty's Pal
Wished on Mabel
Movie · as Cop
That Little Band Of Gold
Movie · as Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
Movie · as Suitor
His Luckless Love
Movie · as The Maid's Boyfriend
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Movie · as The cafe waiter (uncredited)
Cruel, Cruel Love
Movie · as Butler
Dough and Dynamite
Movie · as Striking Baker
Caught in a Cabaret
Movie · as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
The Love Thief
Movie · as The Rival
The Star Boarder
Movie · as Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
Movie · as Lover
The Knockout
Movie · as Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
Gentlemen of Nerve
Movie · as Policeman
Getting Acquainted
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)
A Thief Catcher
Movie · as Crook (uncredited)
Making a Living
Movie · as Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
Leading Lizzie Astray
Movie · as The Slicker's Chauffeur
Love and Bullets
Movie · as The Trouble Mender
The Sky Pirate
Movie · as The Sky Pirate
A Flirt's Mistake
Movie · as Rajah
In the Clutches of the Gang
Movie · as Cop
Rebecca's Wedding Day
Movie · as The Groom
Tango Tangles
Movie · as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
His Favorite Pastime
Movie · as Tough Guy in Bar
A Bath House Beauty
Movie · as Jealous Boyfriend
The Noise of Bombs
Movie · as Police Chief
Ambrose's First Falsehood
Movie · as Café Proprietor
A Film Johnnie
Movie · as Director (uncredited)
Mabel at the Wheel
Movie · as Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
Mabel's Busy Day
Movie · as Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
The Rounders
Movie · as (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Movie · as Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
Little Billy's Triumph
Movie
He Loved the Ladies
Movie · as The Wife's Brother
'Curses!' They Remarked
Movie · as Ethel's Former Boyfriend
An Incompetent Hero
Movie · as Fatty's Neighbor
The Rural Third Degree
Movie · as Cop
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
Movie
Fatty Joins the Force
Movie · as Jealous Cop
Algy on the Force
Movie · as Cop
The Gangsters
Movie · as Henchman
Peeping Pete
Movie · as The Cop
A Muddy Romance
Movie · as Water Policeman
The Speed Kings
Movie · as Laughing Spectator
Rastus and the Game Cock
Movie · as Spectator
Safe in Jail
Movie · as 1st Crook
Love and Rubbish
Movie · as 1st Cop
A Noise from the Deep
Movie
The Riot
Movie · as Cop
Mabel's New Hero
Movie · as Cop
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Movie · as Audience Member / Cop in Movie
Mother's Boy
Movie · as Mug
A Quiet Little Wedding
Movie · as Wedding Guest
A Ride for a Bride
Movie · as Mustached Man
Their First Execution
Movie
Bangville Police
Movie · as 3rd Deputy
The Gusher
Movie · as Cop (uncredited)
The Bowling Match
Movie · as Bowling Alley Operator
Zuzu, the Band Leader
Movie · as Caesar - Zuzu's Rival