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
as Officer (archive footage)
as Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
as edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)
as archive footage
as Uncle Charlie
as Sweeney
as Edgar
as Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
as Edgar Kennedy
as Edgar Kennedy
as Judd
as Jake the Bartender
as Edgar
as Edgar
as Edgar Kennedy
as Edgar
as Captain Bullwinkle
as Edgar Kennedy
as Edgar
as Police Captain
as Edgar Kennedy
as Edgar Kennedy
as Edgar
as Bosun Higgins
as Insp. Mulrooney
as Edgar
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as Judge
as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
as Nepomuk - the Hermit
as Edgar
as Edgar
as Joe Bledsoe
as Smiley Dugan
as Edgar
as Police Chief Murphy
as Edgar
as Sgt. Homer Gatling
as Mayor Moe Carson
as Edgar
as Kegs McKeever
as Warden Bingham
as Sgt. Ed Cooper
as Edgar Kennedy
as Edgar
as Biff
as Edgar
as Edgar
as Dr. Glenn
as Edgar Kennedy
as Edgar Kennedy
as George Browning
as Cornelius Cornpone
as Fire Chief Galvin
as Sheriff Gregory
as Edgar Kennedy
as Pops
as Chauncey
as Edgar
as George Browning
as Edgar
as Officer Rafferty
as Edgar Kennedy
as Inspector Dailey
as Edgar Kennedy
as Judge John J. McGuinnis
as Paper Hanger
as Joe Barton
as Edgar
as Lieutenant Miller
as Edgar Kennedy
as Edgar
as Arthur Bailey
as Edgar
as Edgar Kennedy
as Bugs Leary
as Daniel Webster Smith
as Sheriff Renick
as Edgar
as Callaghan
as Darsey
as Edgar
as Spike
as Edgar
as Police Lt. Garrison
as Edgar Kennedy
as Pop Randall
as Edgar
as Mr. Basscombe
as Four Roles
as Harry, the Bartender
as Donovan
as Edgar Kennedy
as Bicarbonate
as Edgar
as Sheriff
as Rudolf Hochstetter
as Captain Mack
as Sheriff Judd
as Edgar Kennedy
as Edgar Kennedy
as Henry
as Police Officer McCarthy
as Onderdonk
as Edgar Kennedy
as Sweeney
as Edgar
as Edgar Kennedy
as Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
as Counterman
as Mahoney
as Edgar
as O'Brien
as Jimmie Pierson
as Sgt. Buck Martin
as Edgar Kennedy
as Herman Wilson
as Officer Thurston
as Happy Moran
as Healy, Process Server
as Detective Donahue
as Herbert Green
as Edgar, Movie Director
as Oscar McGonigle
as Edgar
as Herbert - the Husband
as Guard (uncredited)
as Cop
as Street Vendor
as Edgar
as Judge
as Edgar Kennedy
as Tim Kelsey
as Ed Wimpy
as Windy
as Chairman - Peace Conference
as Edgar
as Sam Gilroy
as Edgar Kennedy
as Officer Donovan
as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
as Daddy Warbucks
as Warden Elmer Jones
as Edgar
as Elmer
as Baldy
as Buffington-Doorman
as Cop (uncredited)
as Thelma's Last Rescuer
as Cop
as Howard J. Green
as Man in Phone Booth
as Detective
as Night Club Patron
as Uncle Ed Sutton
as Quimby the Lawyer
as Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
as Fiancee's Father
as Officer Kennedy
as Thelma's Father
as Kennedy
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
as Detective
as Detective
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
as Cicero the Cop
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
as Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
as Officer Kennedy
as 2nd Sailor
as Landlord
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
as Diner's Owner
as Collis P. Kennedy
as SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
as Ed Eggers
as Policeman
as Uncle Edgar
as Michael Kennedy
as Judge Kennedy
as Orchestra Leader
as Officer Ed Kennedy
as Officer Kennedy
as Inspector Murch
as Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
as Cop
as The Cop
as Motorist
as Golfer (uncredited)
as The Husband, Mr Glenders
as Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
as A Photographer
as The Cop
as Cop
as Maydorf
as Trayguard
as O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)
as Detective
as Corporal Austin
as Cpl. Ryan
as Bill Sproat
as Eric Johnson
as Gewilliker Hay
as Detective (as Edward Kennedy)
as Detective (uncredited)
as The Crook
as Tom Grady
as Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)
as Ptomaine Tommy
as Hank Hall
as An American Tourist
as Mike Reynolds
as Pete
as German Prison Guard (uncredited)
as Art Gallery Operator
as The Detective
as Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader
as Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent
as A City Chap
as Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
as Edgar
as Shell Game Operator
as Suitor
as Fatty's Pal
as Cop
as The Maid's Boyfriend
as Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
as Neighbor
as Handout-Giver (uncredited)
as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
as The cafe waiter (uncredited)
as 2nd Thief
as Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
as Café Proprietor
as Policeman (uncredited)
as The Slicker's Chauffeur
as Police Chief
as Fatty's Neighbor
as Ethel's Former Boyfriend
as Policeman
as Striking Baker
as The Rival
as The Wife's Brother
as (uncredited)
as The Sky Pirate
as The Trouble Mender
as Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
as Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
as Lover
as Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
as Jealous Boyfriend
as Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
as Butler
as Tough Guy in Bar
as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
as Director (uncredited)
as Crook (uncredited)
as Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
as The Groom
as Cop
as Rajah
as Caesar - Zuzu's Rival
as Cop (uncredited)
as Mustached Man
as Jealous Cop
as Water Policeman
as Laughing Spectator
as Wedding Guest
as Bowling Alley Operator
as Mug
as Audience Member / Cop in Movie
as Cop
as Cop
as 1st Cop
as 1st Crook
as Spectator
as The Cop
as Henchman
as Cop
as 3rd Deputy
as Cop
Director
as Director
as Director
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as Director
as Director