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