Edgar Kennedy
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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
Credits
Bacon Grabbers (1929)
as Collis P. Kennedy
Thieves (1930)
Actor
Perfect Day (1929)
as Uncle Edgar
Limousine Love (1928)
as The Husband, Mr Glenders
Westward Passage (1932)
as Elmer
Tramp Trouble (1937)
as Edgar
Professional Sweetheart (1933)
as Kelsey
The Guide (1921)
as An American Tourist
Motor Maniacs (1946)
as Edgar Kennedy
Ladies Last (1930)
as Man in Phone Booth
Two Tars (1928)
as Motorist
Peeping Pete (1913)
as The Cop
Poisoned Ivory (1934)
as Edgar Kennedy
All Parts (1928)
Actor
Chasing Husbands (1928)
Actor
Duck Soup (1933)
as Street Vendor
Diplomaniacs (1933)
as Chairman - Peace Conference
Wedding Bills (1927)
as Detective
Edgar Hamlet (1935)
as Edgar
What Fur (1933)
as Edgar
Air Raid Wardens (1943)
as Joe Bledsoe
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
as Police Captain
Radio Rampage (1944)
as Edgar
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
as Lieutenant Miller
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Angora Love (1929)
as Landlord
Good Housewrecking (1933)
Actor
Caught in a Cabaret (1914)
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
Great Gobs! (1929)
as 2nd Sailor
A Star Is Born (1937)
as Pop Randall
Clock Wise (1939)
as Edgar
Giggle Water (1932)
as Edgar
When Comedy Was King (1960)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Skirts (1921)
Actor
The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
as Officer Donovan
Gasoloons (1936)
as Edgar Kennedy
Dummy Ache (1936)
as Edgar
Vocalizing (1936)
as Edgar Kennedy
Madame Q (1929)
as Judge Kennedy
In Old California (1942)
as Kegs McKeever
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915)
as The cafe waiter (uncredited)
Twentieth Century (1934)
as Oscar McGonigle
Gangs Of The City (1941)
as Biff
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath (—)
as Edgar
The Gas Station (1930)
as Detective
Something for Nothing (1923)
as Ptomaine Tommy
Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
as Lover
Heaven Only Knows (1947)
as Judd
Hot Foot (1943)
as Edgar
San Francisco (1936)
as Sheriff
Hitler's Madman (1943)
as Nepomuk - the Hermit
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg (1942)
as Sgt. Homer Gatling
Mabel at the Wheel (1914)
as Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936)
as Callahan
Captain Tugboat Annie (1945)
as Captain Bullwinkle
Flirting with Danger (1934)
as Jimmie Pierson
The Chinese Parrot (1927)
as Maydorf
Moonlight and Monkey Business (1930)
as Detective
Sock Me to Sleep (1935)
as Edgar
The Cowboy Millionaire (1935)
as Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
Dough and Dynamite (1914)
as Striking Baker
A Thief Catcher (1914)
as Crook (uncredited)
The Big Beef (1945)
as Edgar Kennedy
The Finishing Touch (1928)
as Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
Making a Living (1914)
as Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
Tillie and Gus (1933)
as Judge
Act Your Age (1939)
as Edgar
The Spot on the Rug (1932)
as Jake
The Stolen Triumph (1916)
as Edwin Rowley, Jr.
Getting Acquainted (1914)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Cruel, Cruel Love (1914)
as Butler
A Flirt's Mistake (1914)
as Rajah
Westward Ho-Hum (1941)
as Edgar
Heat Lightning (1934)
as Herbert
King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934)
as Happy Moran
Now's the Time (1932)
Actor
'Curses!' They Remarked (1914)
as Ethel's Former Boyfriend
The Big Kick (1930)
as Detective
The Knockout (1914)
as Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
Blondie in Society (1941)
as Dr. Glenn
Laugh It Off (1939)
as Judge John J. McGuinnis
Never the Twins Shall Meet (1932)
as Mr. Carp
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
as Insp. Mulrooney
Small Town Girl (1936)
as Captain Mack
His Favorite Pastime (1914)
as Tough Guy in Bar
Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)
as Sheriff Judd
Finger Prints (1927)
as O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)
The Bride Wore Crutches (1940)
as Police Captain McGuire
True Confession (1937)
as Darsey
Watch Your Neighbor (1918)
as An Innocent Bystander
Crazy House (1943)
as Judge
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
as Sweeney
Rough on Rents (1942)
as Edgar Kennedy
Their First Execution (1913)
Actor
Feather Your Nest (1944)
as Edgar
Love on a Ladder (1934)
as Edgar
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
as Jake the Bartender
Gentlemen of Nerve (1914)
as Policeman
Super-Sleuth (1937)
as Police Lt. Garrison
I'll Build It Myself (1946)
as Edgar
Fish Feathers (1932)
as Edgar Kennedy
Little Big Shot (1935)
as Onderdonk
Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)
as Edgar
Tango Tangles (1914)
as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
Fatty’s Plucky Pup (1915)
as Shell Game Operator
The People vs. Nancy Preston (1925)
as Gloomy Gus
Hey! Hey! USA (1938)
as Bugs Leary
Hotter Than Hot (1929)
Actor
Unaccustomed as We Are (1929)
as Officer Kennedy
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
as archive footage
The Wandering Two (1923)
Actor
The Other Fellow (1937)
as Four Roles
The Star Boarder (1914)
as Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
The Family Group (1928)
as A Photographer
Fatal Lady (1936)
as Rudolf Hochstetter
Pardon My Stripes (1942)
as Warden Bingham
His Luckless Love (1915)
as The Maid's Boyfriend
Trent's Last Case (1929)
as Inspector Murch
Mad About Moonshine (—)
as Edgar
Fight and Win (1924)
Actor
The Fight Pest (1928)
Actor
The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
as Smiley Dugan
An Incompetent Hero (1914)
as Fatty's Neighbor
Dad's Day (1929)
as Michael Kennedy
Scarlet River (1933)
as Sam Gilroy
The Sky Pirate (1914)
as The Sky Pirate
A Film Johnnie (1914)
as Director (uncredited)
Double Wedding (1937)
as Spike
The Rounders (1914)
as (uncredited)
Night Owls (1930)
as Officer Kennedy
Kid Millions (1934)
as Herman Wilson
Mabel's Busy Day (1914)
as Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
Rastus and the Game Cock (1913)
as Spectator
Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
as Detective Donahue
My Dream Is Yours (1949)
as Uncle Charlie
Dumb's the Word (1937)
as Edgar Kennedy
There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
as Mayor Moe Carson
High and Dry (1922)
Actor
Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)
as Golfer (uncredited)
That Little Band Of Gold (1915)
as Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
The Bowling Match (1913)
as Bowling Alley Operator
A Merchant of Menace (1933)
as Edgar
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
as Callaghan
All of Me (1934)
as Guard (uncredited)
The Gay Old Bird (1927)
as Chauffeur
Whose Baby? (1917)
as The Detective
The Head Guy (1930)
as Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two (2024)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher (1943)
as Police Chief Murphy
Algy on the Force (1913)
as Cop
Everything's on Ice (1939)
as Joe Barton
Duck Soup (1942)
as Edgar
Wished on Mabel (1915)
as Cop
The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944)
as Bosun Higgins
His Bitter Pill (1916)
as Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
I'll Fix It (1941)
as Edgar
Living on Velvet (1935)
as Counterman
Woman Wanted (1935)
as Sweeney
Son of the Border (1933)
as Windy
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
as Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
$1,000 a Minute (1935)
as Police Officer McCarthy
The Boy Friend (1928)
as The Cop
Three Men on a Horse (1936)
as Harry, the Bartender
Welcome Danger (1929)
as SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Do or Diet (1947)
as Edgar
Leading Lizzie Astray (1914)
as The Slicker's Chauffeur
Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
as Inspector Dailey
The Golden Princess (1925)
as Gewilliker Hay
Rendezvous at Midnight (1935)
as Mahoney
Gridiron Flash (1934)
as Officer Thurston
The Girl from Monterrey (1943)
as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
as Warden Elmer Jones
Yours for the Asking (1936)
as Bicarbonate
Rockabye (1932)
as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Love and Rubbish (1913)
as 1st Cop
King for a Night (1933)
as Cop
Across the Pacific (1926)
as Cpl. Ryan
A Muddy Romance (1913)
as Water Policeman
Brick-a-Brac (1935)
as Edgar
When's Your Birthday? (1937)
as Mr. Basscombe
Fatty's New Role (1915)
as Handout-Giver (uncredited)
Bad Company (1931)
as Buffington-Doorman
Why Is a Plumber? (1929)
Actor
Love and Bullets (1914)
as The Trouble Mender
Shivering Shakespeare (1930)
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
The Night Message (1924)
as Lem Beeman
Little Accident (1939)
as Paper Hanger
The Speed Kings (1913)
as Laughing Spectator
Li'l Abner (1940)
as Cornelius Cornpone
The Quarterback (1940)
as Pops
The First Seven Years (1930)
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
Prunes and Politics (1944)
as Edgar
Money Means Nothing (1934)
as Herbert Green
Private Snuffy Smith (1942)
as Sgt. Ed Cooper
Dollar Dizzy (1930)
as Quimby the Lawyer
Scandal Street (1938)
as Daniel Webster Smith
Help Wanted, Female (1931)
Actor
The Our Gang Story (1994)
as Officer (archive footage)
Maid to Order (1939)
as Edgar
Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)
as German Prison Guard (uncredited)
Quick Millions (1931)
as Cop (uncredited)
Four Times Foiled (1920)
Actor
A Pair of Tights (1929)
as Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
The Blue Streak (1917)
Actor
The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)
as Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
Leave 'Em Laughing (1928)
as Cop
Little Orphan Annie (1932)
as Daddy Warbucks
The Noise of Bombs (1914)
as Police Chief
We're Rich Again (1934)
as Healy, Process Server
What, No Cigarettes (1945)
as Edgar Kennedy
The Real McCoy (1930)
as Cicero the Cop
Mad Holiday (1936)
as Donovan
The Marines Are Coming (1934)
as Sgt. Buck Martin
The Black Doll (1938)
as Sheriff Renick
You Drive Me Crazy (1945)
as Edgar
Paths to Paradise (1925)
as Detective (uncredited)
Madcap Ambrose (1916)
as A City Chap
When the Wind Blows (1930)
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
In the Clutches of the Gang (1914)
as Cop
Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913)
as Audience Member / Cop in Movie
The Better 'Ole (1926)
as Corporal Austin
Stepping Out (1929)
as Diner's Owner
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915)
as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
The Bride Comes Home (1935)
as Henry
Looser Than Loose (1930)
as Night Club Patron
Variety Time (1948)
as Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
Safe in Jail (1913)
as 1st Crook
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938)
as Arthur Bailey
Bangville Police (1913)
as 3rd Deputy
Next Door Neighbors (1931)
as Howard J. Green
The Gangsters (1913)
as Henchman
It's Your Move (1945)
as Edgar Kennedy
The Gusher (1913)
as Cop (uncredited)
Sandy Gets Her Man (1940)
as Fire Chief Galvin
The Silver Streak (1934)
as O'Brien
Going Crooked (1926)
as Detective
Imagine My Embarrassment (1928)
Actor
Fifty Million Husbands (1930)
as Officer Kennedy
Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940)
as George Browning
They Had to See Paris (1929)
as Ed Eggers (uncredited)
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers (1915)
as Suitor
Remedy for Riches (1940)
as George Browning
Moan & Groan, Inc. (1929)
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
Bombs! (1916)
as Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader
Carnival Boat (1932)
as Baldy
Sandy Is a Lady (1940)
as Officer Rafferty
The Rural Third Degree (1913)
as Cop
Oh! What a Nurse! (1926)
as Eric Johnson
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack (1920)
Actor
Fatty Joins the Force (1913)
as Jealous Cop
Will Power (1936)
as Edgar Kennedy
Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914)
as Café Proprietor
'Taint Legal (1940)
as Edgar
Doctor's Orders (1930)
as Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
Feed 'em and Weep (1928)
Actor
The Wrong Mr. Wright (1927)
as Trayguard
All's Swell on the Ocean (1924)
Actor
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940)
as Sheriff Gregory
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935)
as Edgar Kennedy
The Big Squawk (1929)
as Orchestra Leader
Wall Street Blues (1924)
as The Crook
Mabel’s Wilful Way (1915)
as Fatty's Pal
Beaux and Errors (1938)
as Edgar Kennedy
Rebecca's Wedding Day (1914)
as The Groom
Mabel's New Hero (1913)
as Cop
Hearts and Flowers (1919)
as Pete
The Late Lamented (1917)
as Art Gallery Operator
Off to Buffalo (1929)
Actor
My Old Dutch (1926)
as Bill Sproat
A Noise from the Deep (1913)
Actor
Puppets of Fate (1921)
as Mike Reynolds
Inferior Decorator (1943)
as Edgar
A Clean Sweep (1938)
as Edgar
A Quiet Little Wedding (1913)
as Wedding Guest
Cross Fire (1933)
as Ed Wimpy
Going Ga-Ga (1929)
as Cop
Cooks and Crooks (1942)
as Edgar
All Teed Up (1930)
as Thelma's Father (uncredited)
Mutiny in the County (1940)
as Edgar Kennedy
Zuzu, the Band Leader (1913)
as Caesar - Zuzu's Rival
Fatty’s Reckless Fling (1915)
as Neighbor
The Trouble With Wives (1925)
as Detective (as Edward Kennedy)
The Little Girl Next Door (1923)
as Hank Hall
An Apple in His Eye (1941)
as Edgar Kennedy
Dumb Daddies (1928)
as The Cop
The Booster (1928)
Actor
A Ride for a Bride (1913)
as Mustached Man
A Scoundrel's Toll (1916)
as Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent
She Loved Him Plenty (1918)
Actor
Racing for Life (1924)
as Tom Grady
Brother Knows Best (1948)
as Edgar Kennedy
Crazy Feet (1929)
as Policeman
In Love at 40 (1935)
as Edgar Kennedy
The Great Vacuum Robbery (1915)
as 2nd Thief
Drafted in the Depot (1940)
as Edgar Kennedy
Wrong Direction (1934)
as Edgar, Movie Director
Baby Daze (1939)
as Edgar Kennedy
The Battling Fool (1924)
as Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)
Bad Housekeeping (1937)
as Edgar
Hold Your Temper (1943)
as Edgar
Bigger and Better (1930)
as Uncle Ed Sutton
The Riot (1913)
as Cop
Art in the Raw (1933)
Actor
Ears of Experience (1938)
as Edgar
A Quiet Fourth (1941)
as Edgar
Love Fever (1931)
as Thelma's Last Rescuer
Sunk by the Census (1940)
as Edgar
A Bath House Beauty (1914)
as Jealous Boyfriend
High Gear (1931)
as Cop
The Ghosts (1930)
as Kennedy
He Loved the Ladies (1914)
as The Wife's Brother
Edgar & Goliath (1937)
as Edgar
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes (1913)
Actor
A Blasted Event (1934)
as Edgar
Mother's Boy (1913)
as Mug
The Love Thief (1914)
as The Rival
Trouble or Nothing (1946)
as Edgar
Dig That Gold (1948)
as Edgar Kennedy
Quiet Please! (1933)
as Edgar Kennedy
Hurdy Gurdy (1929)
as Officer Ed Kennedy
Girl Shock (1930)
as Fiancee's Father
Margie (1940)
as Chauncey
A Trailer Tragedy (1940)
as Edgar Kennedy
Kennedy the Great (1939)
as Edgar Kennedy
Is Everybody Happy? (1928)
Actor
He's a Honey (1932)
Actor
Little Billy's Triumph (1914)
Actor
Contest Crazy (1948)
as Edgar