Edgar Kennedy

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1890-04-25

Deathday 1948-11-09 (58 years old)

Place of Birth Monterey, California, USA

Also Known As E. Livingston Kennedy, Ed. Kennedy, Edward Kennedy, Ed Kennedy

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.

Known For

Actor

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
1948
Contest Crazy

as Edgar

1948
Variety Time

as Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)

1948
Dig That Gold

as Edgar Kennedy

1948
Brother Knows Best

as Edgar Kennedy

1947
1947
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

as Jake the Bartender

1947
Do or Diet

as Edgar

1946
Motor Maniacs

as Edgar Kennedy

1946
1945
Captain Tugboat Annie

as Captain Bullwinkle

1945
The Big Beef

as Edgar Kennedy

1945
1945
Anchors Aweigh

as Police Captain

1945
It's Your Move

as Edgar Kennedy

1945
What, No Cigarettes

as Edgar Kennedy

1944
1944
The Great Alaskan Mystery

as Bosun Higgins

1944
It Happened Tomorrow

as Insp. Mulrooney

1944
Radio Rampage

as Edgar

1944
1943
Crazy House

as Judge

1943
The Girl from Monterrey

as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter

1943
Hitler's Madman

as Nepomuk - the Hermit

1943
Hot Foot

as Edgar

1943
1943
Air Raid Wardens

as Joe Bledsoe

1943
The Falcon Strikes Back

as Smiley Dugan

1943
1943
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher

as Police Chief Murphy

1942
Duck Soup

as Edgar

1942
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg

as Sgt. Homer Gatling

1942
There's One Born Every Minute

as Mayor Moe Carson

1942
1942
In Old California

as Kegs McKeever

1942
Pardon My Stripes

as Warden Bingham

1942
Private Snuffy Smith

as Sgt. Ed Cooper

1942
Rough on Rents

as Edgar Kennedy

1941
1941
1941
I'll Fix It

as Edgar

1941
1941
Blondie in Society

as Dr. Glenn

1941
An Apple in His Eye

as Edgar Kennedy

1940
Drafted in the Depot

as Edgar Kennedy

1940
Remedy for Riches

as George Browning

1940
Li'l Abner

as Cornelius Cornpone

1940
Sandy Gets Her Man

as Fire Chief Galvin

1940
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

as Sheriff Gregory

1940
A Trailer Tragedy

as Edgar Kennedy

1940
1940
Margie

as Chauncey

1940
1940
1940
'Taint Legal

as Edgar

1940
Sandy Is a Lady

as Officer Rafferty

1940
Mutiny in the County

as Edgar Kennedy

1939
Charlie McCarthy, Detective

as Inspector Dailey

1939
Kennedy the Great

as Edgar Kennedy

1939
Laugh It Off

as Judge John J. McGuinnis

1939
Little Accident

as Paper Hanger

1939
Everything's on Ice

as Joe Barton

1939
Maid to Order

as Edgar

1939
It's a Wonderful World

as Lieutenant Miller

1939
Baby Daze

as Edgar Kennedy

1939
Clock Wise

as Edgar

1938
1938
A Clean Sweep

as Edgar

1938
Beaux and Errors

as Edgar Kennedy

1938
Hey! Hey! USA

as Bugs Leary

1938
Scandal Street

as Daniel Webster Smith

1938
The Black Doll

as Sheriff Renick

1938
1938
Hollywood Hotel

as Callaghan

1937
True Confession

as Darsey

1937
1937
1937
Tramp Trouble

as Edgar

1937
Super-Sleuth

as Police Lt. Garrison

1937
Dumb's the Word

as Edgar Kennedy

1937
A Star Is Born

as Pop Randall

1937
1937
When's Your Birthday?

as Mr. Basscombe

1937
The Other Fellow

as Four Roles

1936
Three Men on a Horse

as Harry, the Bartender

1936
Mad Holiday

as Donovan

1936
Vocalizing

as Edgar Kennedy

1936
Yours for the Asking

as Bicarbonate

1936
Dummy Ache

as Edgar

1936
San Francisco

as Sheriff

1936
Fatal Lady

as Rudolf Hochstetter

1936
Small Town Girl

as Captain Mack

1936
Robin Hood of El Dorado

as Sheriff Judd

1936
Will Power

as Edgar Kennedy

1936
Gasoloons

as Edgar Kennedy

1935
$1,000 a Minute

as Police Officer McCarthy

1935
Little Big Shot

as Onderdonk

1935
In Love at 40

as Edgar Kennedy

1935
Woman Wanted

as Sweeney

1935
Edgar Hamlet

as Edgar

1935
1935
The Cowboy Millionaire

as Willy 'Persimmon' Bates

1935
Living on Velvet

as Counterman

1935
1935
Brick-a-Brac

as Edgar

1934
1934
Flirting with Danger

as Jimmie Pierson

1934
The Marines Are Coming

as Sgt. Buck Martin

1934
Poisoned Ivory

as Edgar Kennedy

1934
Kid Millions

as Herman Wilson

1934
Gridiron Flash

as Officer Thurston

1934
1934
We're Rich Again

as Healy, Process Server

1934
Murder on the Blackboard

as Detective Donahue

1934
Money Means Nothing

as Herbert Green

1934
Wrong Direction

as Edgar, Movie Director

1934
Twentieth Century

as Oscar McGonigle

1934
1934
Heat Lightning

as Herbert - the Husband

1934
All of Me

as Guard (uncredited)

1933
1933
Duck Soup

as Street Vendor

1933
What Fur

as Edgar

1933
1933
Quiet Please!

as Edgar Kennedy

1933
1933
Cross Fire

as Ed Wimpy

1933
1933
Diplomaniacs

as Chairman - Peace Conference

1933
Scarlet River

as Sam Gilroy

1932
Fish Feathers

as Edgar Kennedy

1932
Penguin Pool Murder

as Officer Donovan

1932
Rockabye

as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)

1932
Little Orphan Annie

as Daddy Warbucks

1932
Hold 'Em Jail

as Warden Elmer Jones

1932
Giggle Water

as Edgar

1932
1932
Carnival Boat

as Baldy

1931
Bad Company

as Buffington-Doorman

1931
Quick Millions

as Cop (uncredited)

1931
Love Fever

as Thelma's Last Rescuer

1931
High Gear

as Cop

1931
Next Door Neighbors

as Howard J. Green

1930
Ladies Last

as Man in Phone Booth

1930
Looser Than Loose

as Night Club Patron

1930
Bigger and Better

as Uncle Ed Sutton

1930
Dollar Dizzy

as Quimby the Lawyer

1930
Doctor's Orders

as Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle

1930
Girl Shock

as Fiancee's Father

1930
Fifty Million Husbands

as Officer Kennedy

1930
All Teed Up

as Thelma's Father

1930
The Ghosts

as Kennedy

1930
When the Wind Blows

as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)

1930
The Big Kick

as Detective

1930
The Gas Station

as Detective

1930
The First Seven Years

as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)

1930
The Real McCoy

as Cicero the Cop

1930
Shivering Shakespeare

as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)

1930
The Head Guy

as Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)

1930
Night Owls

as Officer Kennedy

1929
Great Gobs!

as 2nd Sailor

1929
Angora Love

as Landlord

1929
Moan & Groan, Inc.

as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)

1929
Stepping Out

as Diner's Owner

1929
Bacon Grabbers

as Collis P. Kennedy

1929
Welcome Danger

as SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1929
1929
Crazy Feet

as Policeman

1929
Perfect Day

as Uncle Edgar

1929
Dad's Day

as Michael Kennedy

1929
Madame Q

as Judge Kennedy

1929
The Big Squawk

as Orchestra Leader

1929
Hurdy Gurdy

as Officer Ed Kennedy

1929
Unaccustomed as We Are

as Officer Kennedy

1929
Trent's Last Case

as Inspector Murch

1929
A Pair of Tights

as Marion's Boyfriend's Boss

1929
1928
The Boy Friend

as The Cop

1928
Two Tars

as Motorist

1928
Should Married Men Go Home?

as Golfer (uncredited)

1928
Limousine Love

as The Husband, Mr Glenders

1928
The Finishing Touch

as Cop (as Ed Kennedy)

1928
The Family Group

as A Photographer

1928
Dumb Daddies

as The Cop

1927
1927
1927
Finger Prints

as O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)

1926
Going Crooked

as Detective

1926
The Better 'Ole

as Corporal Austin

1926
Across the Pacific

as Cpl. Ryan

1926
My Old Dutch

as Bill Sproat

1926
Oh! What a Nurse!

as Eric Johnson

1925
The Golden Princess

as Gewilliker Hay

1925
The Trouble With Wives

as Detective (as Edward Kennedy)

1925
Paths to Paradise

as Detective (uncredited)

1924
Wall Street Blues

as The Crook

1924
Racing for Life

as Tom Grady

1924
The Battling Fool

as Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)

1923
Something for Nothing

as Ptomaine Tommy

1923
1921
The Guide

as An American Tourist

1921
Puppets of Fate

as Mike Reynolds

1919
1919
Yankee Doodle in Berlin

as German Prison Guard (uncredited)

1917
The Late Lamented

as Art Gallery Operator

1917
Whose Baby?

as The Detective

1916
Bombs!

as Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader

1916
A Scoundrel's Toll

as Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent

1916
Madcap Ambrose

as A City Chap

1916
His Bitter Pill

as Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival

1915
Fatty’s Plucky Pup

as Shell Game Operator

1915
Mabel’s Wilful Way

as Fatty's Pal

1915
1915
His Luckless Love

as The Maid's Boyfriend

1915
That Little Band Of Gold

as Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)

1915
1915
Fatty's New Role

as Handout-Giver (uncredited)

1915
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition

as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)

1915
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day

as The cafe waiter (uncredited)

1915
1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance

as Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)

1914
Ambrose's First Falsehood

as Café Proprietor

1914
Getting Acquainted

as Policeman (uncredited)

1914
Leading Lizzie Astray

as The Slicker's Chauffeur

1914
The Noise of Bombs

as Police Chief

1914
An Incompetent Hero

as Fatty's Neighbor

1914
'Curses!' They Remarked

as Ethel's Former Boyfriend

1914
Gentlemen of Nerve

as Policeman

1914
Dough and Dynamite

as Striking Baker

1914
The Love Thief

as The Rival

1914
He Loved the Ladies

as The Wife's Brother

1914
The Rounders

as (uncredited)

1914
The Sky Pirate

as The Sky Pirate

1914
Love and Bullets

as The Trouble Mender

1914
Mabel's Busy Day

as Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)

1914
The Knockout

as Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)

1914
Caught in a Cabaret

as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)

1914
Mabel at the Wheel

as Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)

1914
A Bath House Beauty

as Jealous Boyfriend

1914
The Star Boarder

as Landlady's Husband (uncredited)

1914
1914
His Favorite Pastime

as Tough Guy in Bar

1914
Tango Tangles

as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)

1914
A Film Johnnie

as Director (uncredited)

1914
A Thief Catcher

as Crook (uncredited)

1914
Making a Living

as Wreck Bystander (uncredited)

1914
1914
1913
Zuzu, the Band Leader

as Caesar - Zuzu's Rival

1913
The Gusher

as Cop (uncredited)

1913
A Ride for a Bride

as Mustached Man

1913
Fatty Joins the Force

as Jealous Cop

1913
A Muddy Romance

as Water Policeman

1913
The Speed Kings

as Laughing Spectator

1913
A Quiet Little Wedding

as Wedding Guest

1913
The Bowling Match

as Bowling Alley Operator

1913
1913
Mabel's Dramatic Career

as Audience Member / Cop in Movie

1913
1913
The Riot

as Cop

1913
Love and Rubbish

as 1st Cop

1913
Safe in Jail

as 1st Crook

1913
1913
Peeping Pete

as The Cop

1913
The Gangsters

as Henchman

1913
Bangville Police

as 3rd Deputy

Director

1930
Bigger and Better

as Director

1930
The golf player

as Director

1930
The golfer

as Director

1930
All Teed Up

as Director

1930
1928
1928
From Soup to Nuts

as Director

1925
1924
1922