Edgar Kennedy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-04-25
Day of Death
1948-11-09 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Monterey, California, USA
Edgar Kennedy
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.
Acting
(1994)
The Our Gang Story
as Officer (archive footage)
(1968)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
(1960)
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)
(1957)
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
(1949)
My Dream Is Yours
as Uncle Charlie
(1948)
Unfaithfully Yours
as Sweeney
(1948)
Variety Time
as Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
(1948)
Contest Crazy
as Edgar
(1948)
Brother Knows Best
as Edgar Kennedy
(1948)
Dig That Gold
as Edgar Kennedy
(1947)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Jake the Bartender
(1947)
Heaven Only Knows
as Judd
(1947)
Do or Diet
as Edgar
(1946)
Trouble or Nothing
as Edgar
(1946)
Motor Maniacs
as Edgar Kennedy
(1946)
I'll Build It Myself
as Edgar
(1945)
Anchors Aweigh
as Police Captain
(1945)
The Big Beef
as Edgar Kennedy
(1945)
Captain Tugboat Annie
as Captain Bullwinkle
(1945)
You Drive Me Crazy
as Edgar
(1945)
It's Your Move
as Edgar Kennedy
(1945)
What, No Cigarettes
as Edgar Kennedy
(1944)
It Happened Tomorrow
as Insp. Mulrooney
(1944)
The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Bosun Higgins
(1944)
Radio Rampage
as Edgar
(1944)
Feather Your Nest
as Edgar
(1944)
Prunes and Politics
as Edgar
(1943)
Hitler's Madman
as Nepomuk - the Hermit
(1943)
Crazy House
as Judge
(1943)
Air Raid Wardens
as Joe Bledsoe
(1943)
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
as Police Chief Murphy
(1943)
The Girl from Monterrey
as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
(1943)
The Falcon Strikes Back
as Smiley Dugan
(1943)
Inferior Decorator
as Edgar
(1943)
Hold Your Temper
as Edgar
(1943)
Hot Foot
as Edgar
(1942)
Private Snuffy Smith
as Sgt. Ed Cooper
(1942)
In Old California
as Kegs McKeever
(1942)
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
as Sgt. Homer Gatling
(1942)
There's One Born Every Minute
as Mayor Moe Carson
(1942)
Pardon My Stripes
as Warden Bingham
(1942)
Duck Soup
as Edgar
(1942)
Cooks and Crooks
as Edgar
(1942)
Rough on Rents
as Edgar Kennedy
(1941)
Blondie in Society
as Dr. Glenn
(1941)
Westward Ho-Hum
as Edgar
(1941)
Gangs Of The City
as Biff
(1941)
An Apple in His Eye
as Edgar Kennedy
(1941)
A Quiet Fourth
as Edgar
(1941)
I'll Fix It
as Edgar
(1940)
Margie
as Chauncey
(1940)
Li'l Abner
as Cornelius Cornpone
(1940)
Sandy Is a Lady
as Officer Rafferty
(1940)
'Taint Legal
as Edgar
(1940)
Sandy Gets Her Man
as Fire Chief Galvin
(1940)
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
as George Browning
(1940)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Sheriff Gregory
(1940)
Remedy for Riches
as George Browning
(1940)
Sunk by the Census
as Edgar
(1940)
The Quarterback
as Pops
(1940)
A Trailer Tragedy
as Edgar Kennedy
(1940)
Mutiny in the County
as Edgar Kennedy
(1940)
Drafted in the Depot
as Edgar Kennedy
(1939)
It's a Wonderful World
as Lieutenant Miller
(1939)
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
as Inspector Dailey
(1939)
Little Accident
as Paper Hanger
(1939)
Baby Daze
as Edgar Kennedy
(1939)
Everything's on Ice
as Joe Barton
(1939)
Kennedy the Great
as Edgar Kennedy
(1939)
Maid to Order
as Edgar
(1939)
Laugh It Off
as Judge John J. McGuinnis
(1939)
Clock Wise
as Edgar
(1938)
Hollywood Hotel
as Callaghan
(1938)
Scandal Street
as Daniel Webster Smith
(1938)
Hey! Hey! USA
as Bugs Leary
(1938)
A Clean Sweep
as Edgar
(1938)
Beaux and Errors
as Edgar Kennedy
(1938)
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Arthur Bailey
(1938)
Ears of Experience
as Edgar
(1938)
The Black Doll
as Sheriff Renick
(1937)
A Star Is Born
as Pop Randall
(1937)
True Confession
as Darsey
(1937)
Super-Sleuth
as Police Lt. Garrison
(1937)
Double Wedding
as Spike
(1937)
When's Your Birthday?
as Mr. Basscombe
(1937)
Tramp Trouble
as Edgar
(1937)
Dumb's the Word
as Edgar Kennedy
(1937)
Edgar & Goliath
as Edgar
(1937)
The Other Fellow
as Four Roles
(1937)
Bad Housekeeping
as Edgar
(1936)
San Francisco
as Sheriff
(1936)
Fatal Lady
as Rudolf Hochstetter
(1936)
Small Town Girl
as Captain Mack
(1936)
Mad Holiday
as Donovan
(1936)
Yours for the Asking
as Bicarbonate
(1936)
Dummy Ache
as Edgar
(1936)
Three Men on a Horse
as Harry, the Bartender
(1936)
Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Sheriff Judd
(1936)
Will Power
as Edgar Kennedy
(1936)
Gasoloons
as Edgar Kennedy
(1936)
Vocalizing
as Edgar Kennedy
(1935)
Woman Wanted
as Sweeney
(1935)
$1,000 a Minute
as Police Officer McCarthy
(1935)
Little Big Shot
as Onderdonk
(1935)
The Cowboy Millionaire
as Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
(1935)
Brick-a-Brac
as Edgar
(1935)
The Bride Comes Home
as Henry
(1935)
In Love at 40
as Edgar Kennedy
(1935)
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
as Edgar Kennedy
(1935)
Rendezvous at Midnight
as Mahoney
(1935)
Living on Velvet
as Counterman
(1935)
Edgar Hamlet
as Edgar
(1934)
Twentieth Century
as Oscar McGonigle
(1934)
Flirting with Danger
as Jimmie Pierson
(1934)
Heat Lightning
as Herbert - the Husband
(1934)
The Silver Streak
as O'Brien
(1934)
Murder on the Blackboard
as Detective Donahue
(1934)
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
as Happy Moran
(1934)
All of Me
as Guard (uncredited)
(1934)
Kid Millions
as Herman Wilson
(1934)
Money Means Nothing
as Herbert Green
(1934)
We're Rich Again
as Healy, Process Server
(1934)
The Marines Are Coming
as Sgt. Buck Martin
(1934)
Gridiron Flash
as Officer Thurston
(1934)
Wrong Direction
as Edgar, Movie Director
(1934)
A Blasted Event
as Edgar
(1934)
Love on a Ladder
as Edgar
(1934)
Poisoned Ivory
as Edgar Kennedy
(1933)
Duck Soup
as Street Vendor
(1933)
Cross Fire
as Ed Wimpy
(1933)
King for a Night
as Cop
(1933)
Scarlet River
as Sam Gilroy
(1933)
Professional Sweetheart
as Tim Kelsey
(1933)
Diplomaniacs
as Chairman - Peace Conference
(1933)
Son of the Border
as Windy
(1933)
Tillie and Gus
as Judge
(1933)
(1933)
What Fur
as Edgar
(1933)
(1933)
Quiet Please!
as Edgar Kennedy
(1933)
A Merchant of Menace
as Edgar
(1932)
Rockabye
as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
(1932)
Little Orphan Annie
as Daddy Warbucks
(1932)
The Penguin Pool Murder
as Officer Donovan
(1932)
Hold 'Em Jail
as Warden Elmer Jones
(1932)
Westward Passage
as Elmer
(1932)
Carnival Boat
as Baldy
(1932)
Fish Feathers
as Edgar Kennedy
(1932)
(1932)
(1932)
Giggle Water
as Edgar
(1931)
Quick Millions
as Cop (uncredited)
(1931)
Love Fever
as Thelma's Last Rescuer
(1931)
Bad Company
as Buffington-Doorman
(1931)
Next Door Neighbors
as Howard J. Green
(1931)
High Gear
as Cop
(1931)
(1930)
Night Owls
as Officer Kennedy
(1930)
Shivering Shakespeare
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
(1930)
Girl Shock
as Fiancee's Father
(1930)
When the Wind Blows
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
(1930)
Looser Than Loose
as Night Club Patron
(1930)
Ladies Last
as Man in Phone Booth
(1930)
(1930)
Dollar Dizzy
as Quimby the Lawyer
(1930)
Doctor's Orders
as Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
(1930)
All Teed Up
as Thelma's Father
(1930)
Fifty Million Husbands
as Officer Kennedy
(1930)
The Big Kick
as Detective
(1930)
Bigger and Better
as Uncle Ed Sutton
(1930)
The First Seven Years
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
(1930)
The Gas Station
as Detective
(1930)
Moonlight and Monkey Business
as Detective
(1930)
The Real McCoy
as Cicero the Cop
(1930)
The Ghosts
as Kennedy
(1930)
The Head Guy
as Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
(1929)
Welcome Danger
as SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1929)
Unaccustomed as We Are
as Officer Kennedy
(1929)
Hurdy Gurdy
as Officer Ed Kennedy
(1929)
They Had to See Paris
as Ed Eggers (uncredited)
(1929)
Angora Love
as Landlord
(1929)
Crazy Feet
as Policeman
(1929)
Going Ga-Ga
as Cop
(1929)
Bacon Grabbers
as Collis P. Kennedy
(1929)
Perfect Day
as Uncle Edgar
(1929)
Trent's Last Case
as Inspector Murch
(1929)
Madame Q
as Judge Kennedy
(1929)
Moan & Groan, Inc.
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
(1929)
Dad's Day
as Michael Kennedy
(1929)
A Pair of Tights
as Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
(1929)
(1929)
Stepping Out
as Diner's Owner
(1929)
The Big Squawk
as Orchestra Leader
(1929)
(1929)
(1929)
Great Gobs!
as 2nd Sailor
(1928)
(1928)
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Cop
(1928)
Limousine Love
as The Husband, Mr Glenders
(1928)
Two Tars
as Motorist
(1928)
The Finishing Touch
as Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
(1928)
Should Married Men Go Home?
as Golfer (uncredited)
(1928)
(1928)
(1928)
The Family Group
as A Photographer
(1928)
(1928)
(1928)
The Boy Friend
as The Cop
(1928)
(1928)
Dumb Daddies
as The Cop
(1928)
(1927)
Finger Prints
as O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)
(1927)
The Chinese Parrot
as Maydorf
(1927)
The Wrong Mr. Wright
as Trayguard
(1926)
Across the Pacific
as Cpl. Ryan
(1926)
Going Crooked
as Detective
(1926)
The Better 'Ole
as Corporal Austin
(1926)
My Old Dutch
as Bill Sproat
(1926)
Oh! What a Nurse!
as Eric Johnson
(1925)
The Trouble With Wives
as Detective (as Edward Kennedy)
(1925)
The Golden Princess
as Gewilliker Hay
(1925)
Paths to Paradise
as Detective (uncredited)
(1924)
Racing for Life
as Tom Grady
(1924)
Wall Street Blues
as The Crook
(1924)
The Battling Fool
as Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)
(1924)
(1924)
The Night Message
as Lem Beeman
(1923)
The Little Girl Next Door
as Hank Hall
(1923)
(1923)
Something for Nothing
as Ptomaine Tommy
(1922)
(1921)
The Guide
as An American Tourist
(1921)
Puppets of Fate
as Mike Reynolds
(1920)
(1920)
(1919)
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
as German Prison Guard (uncredited)
(1919)
Hearts and Flowers
as Pete
(1918)
(1917)
Whose Baby?
as The Detective
(1917)
The Late Lamented
as Art Gallery Operator
(1916)
His Bitter Pill
as Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
(1916)
Madcap Ambrose
as A City Chap
(1916)
Bombs!
as Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader
(1916)
The Stolen Triumph
as Edwin Rowley, Jr.
(1916)
A Scoundrel's Toll
as Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent
(1915)
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
(1915)
That Little Band Of Gold
as Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
(1915)
Wished on Mabel
as Cop
(1915)
Fatty's New Role
as Handout-Giver (uncredited)
(1915)
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
as Suitor
(1915)
Mabel’s Wilful Way
as Fatty's Pal
(1915)
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
as Shell Game Operator
(1915)
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
as The cafe waiter (uncredited)
(1915)
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
as Neighbor
(1915)
His Luckless Love
as The Maid's Boyfriend
(1915)
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
as Edgar
(1915)
The Great Vacuum Robbery
as 2nd Thief
(1914)
Caught in a Cabaret
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
(1914)
The Star Boarder
as Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
(1914)
Making a Living
as Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
(1914)
The Rounders
as (uncredited)
(1914)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
(1914)
Getting Acquainted
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1914)
Tango Tangles
as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
(1914)
Cruel, Cruel Love
as Butler
(1914)
The Knockout
as Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
(1914)
A Flirt's Mistake
as Rajah
(1914)
(1914)
Mabel's Busy Day
as Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
(1914)
The Noise of Bombs
as Police Chief
(1914)
A Film Johnnie
as Director (uncredited)
(1914)
'Curses!' They Remarked
as Ethel's Former Boyfriend
(1914)
His Favorite Pastime
as Tough Guy in Bar
(1914)
Mabel at the Wheel
as Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
(1914)
Leading Lizzie Astray
as The Slicker's Chauffeur
(1914)
Twenty Minutes of Love
as Lover
(1914)
Rebecca's Wedding Day
as The Groom
(1914)
Gentlemen of Nerve
as Policeman
(1914)
A Bath House Beauty
as Jealous Boyfriend
(1914)
A Thief Catcher
as Crook (uncredited)
(1914)
(1914)
Ambrose's First Falsehood
as Café Proprietor
(1914)
Dough and Dynamite
as Striking Baker
(1914)
Love and Bullets
as The Trouble Mender
(1914)
An Incompetent Hero
as Fatty's Neighbor
(1914)
The Sky Pirate
as The Sky Pirate
(1914)
The Love Thief
as The Rival
(1914)
He Loved the Ladies
as The Wife's Brother
(1913)
The Riot
as Cop
(1913)
Peeping Pete
as The Cop
(1913)
The Gusher
as Cop (uncredited)
(1913)
The Gangsters
as Henchman
(1913)
Safe in Jail
as 1st Crook
(1913)
Bangville Police
as 3rd Deputy
(1913)
(1913)
A Muddy Romance
as Water Policeman
(1913)
(1913)
A Quiet Little Wedding
as Wedding Guest
(1913)
Mother's Boy
as Mug
(1913)
Mabel's New Hero
as Cop
(1913)
(1913)
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Audience Member / Cop in Movie
(1913)
Rastus and the Game Cock
as Spectator
(1913)
Zuzu, the Band Leader
as Caesar - Zuzu's Rival
(1913)
The Rural Third Degree
as Cop
(1913)
Fatty Joins the Force
as Jealous Cop
(1913)
The Speed Kings
as Laughing Spectator
(1913)
The Bowling Match
as Bowling Alley Operator
(1913)
Algy on the Force
as Cop
(1913)
Love and Rubbish
as 1st Cop
(1913)
A Ride for a Bride
as Mustached Man
Crew
(1930)
Bigger and Better
Director
(1930)
The golf player
Director
(1930)
The golfer
Director
(1930)
All Teed Up
Director
(1930)
Fifty Million Husbands
Director
(1928)
You're Darn Tootin'
Director
(1928)
From Soup to Nuts
Director
(1925)
The Marriage Circus
Director
(1924)
Three Foolish Weeks
Director
(1922)
Step Lively, Please
Director