Edgar Kennedy


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Actor | Director

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...

Place of Birth: Monterey, California, USA

Date of Birth: Apr 26, 1890

Date of Death: Nov 9, 1948


Filmography

Actor (208 Known Credits)


When Comedy Was King

edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)

My Dream Is Yours

Uncle Charlie

Variety Time

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

Anchors Aweigh

Police Captain

It's Your Move

Edgar Kennedy

It Happened Tomorrow

Insp. Mulrooney

Air Raid Wardens

Joe Bledsoe

Hitler's Madman

Nepomuk - the Hermit

The Girl from Monterrey

Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter

Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher

Police Chief Murphy

In Old California

Kegs McKeever

Private Snuffy Smith

Sgt. Ed Cooper

Rough on Rents

Edgar Kennedy

Hillbilly Blitzkrieg

Sgt. Homer Gatling

An Apple in His Eye

Edgar Kennedy

Li'l Abner

Cornelius Cornpone

Remedy for Riches

George Browning

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

Sheriff Gregory

Sandy Is a Lady

Officer Rafferty

Mutiny in the County

Edgar Kennedy

Margie

Chauncey

Drafted in the Depot

Edgar Kennedy

It's a Wonderful World

Lieutenant Miller

Baby Daze

Edgar Kennedy

Laugh It Off

Judge John J. McGuinnis

Hey! Hey! USA

Bugs Leary

Beaux and Errors

Edgar Kennedy

The Black Doll

Sheriff Renick

A Star Is Born

Pop Randall the Landlord

Hollywood Hotel

Callaghan

Super-Sleuth

Police Lt. Garrison

Dumb's the Word

Edgar Kennedy

When's Your Birthday?

Mr. Basscombe

Small Town Girl

Captain Mack

Three Men on a Horse

Harry, the Bartender

Mad Holiday

Donovan

Will Power

Edgar Kennedy

Fatal Lady

Rudolf Hochstetter

Gasoloons

Edgar Kennedy

Little Big Shot

Onderdonk

The Cowboy Millionaire

Willy 'Persimmon' Bates

Living on Velvet

Counterman

1,000 Dollars a Minute

Police Officer McCarthy

Woman Wanted

Sweeney

In Love at 40

Edgar Kennedy

Twentieth Century

Oscar McGonigle

Heat Lightning

Herbert - the Husband

Bachelor Bait

(scenes deleted)

Kid Millions

Herman Wilson

Operator 13

Confederate Officer Jealous of Artilleryman (uncredited)

Flirting with Danger

Jimmie Pierson

The Marines Are Coming

Sgt. Buck Martin

Money Means Nothing

Herbert Green

Murder on the Blackboard

Detective Donahue

Gridiron Flash

Officer Thurston

We're Rich Again

Healy, Process Server

Wrong Direction

Edgar, Movie Director

All of Me

Guard

Poisoned Ivory

Edgar Kennedy

Duck Soup

Lemonade Vendor

Diplomaniacs

Chairman - Peace Conference

Scarlet River

Sam Gilroy

Quiet Please!

Edgar Kennedy

Cross Fire

Ed Wimpy

The Penguin Pool Murder

Policeman Donovan

Hold 'Em Jail

Warden Elmer Jones

Little Orphan Annie

Daddy Warbucks

Rockabye

Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)

Love Fever

Thelma's Last Rescuer

Next Door Neighbors

Mr. Howard J. Green, Composer

Night Owls

Officer Kennedy

The First Seven Years

Kennedy the Cop

When The Wind Blows

The Policeman

Shivering Shakespeare

Kennedy the Cop

Dollar Dizzy

Quimby the Lawyer (uncredited)

The Real McCoy

Cicero the Cop

The Head Guy

Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)

The Big Kick

Detective

Doctor's Orders

Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle

Bigger and Better

Uncle Ed Sutton

Ladies Last

Man in Phone Booth

Looser Than Loose

Night Club Patron

All Teed Up

Thelma's Father

Fifty Million Husbands

Officer Kennedy

Girl Shock

Fiancee's Father

Perfect Day

Uncle Edgar

Angora Love

Landlord

Bacon Grabbers

Collis P. Kennedy

Unaccustomed As We Are

Officer Kennedy

Moan & Groan, Inc.

Kennedy the Cop

A Pair of Tights

Marion's Boyfriend's Boss

Hurdy Gurdy

Officer Ed Kennedy

Dad's Day

Michael Kennedy

Should Married Men Go Home?

Golfer (uncredited)

The Finishing Touch

Cop (as Ed Kennedy)

Two Tars

Motorist

Dumb Daddies

The Cop

Limousine Love

The Husband, Mr Glenders

The Better 'Ole

Corporal Austin

My Old Dutch

Bill Sproat

Paths to Paradise

Detective (uncredited)

The Guide

An American Tourist

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

German Prison Guard (uncredited)

Hearts and Flowers

Pete - the Flower Girl's 1st Brother

His Bitter Pill

Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival

Madcap Ambrose

A City Chap

Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition

1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)

Fatty's New Role

Handout-Giver (uncredited)

That Little Band Of Gold

Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)

Fatty’s Plucky Pup

Shell Game Operator

Dough and Dynamite

Striking Baker

Mabel's Busy Day

Tough hot dog customer

Mabel's Busy Day

Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)

Tillie's Punctured Romance

2nd Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)

Caught in a Cabaret

Cafe Proprietor

Making a Living

Wreck Bystander (uncredited)

A Film Johnnie

Director (uncredited)

Tango Tangles

Dance Hall Manager

His Favorite Pastime

Tough Guy in Bar

The Star Boarder

Landlady's Husband

Mabel at the Wheel

Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)

The Knockout

Cyclone Flynn

The Rounders

(uncredited)

"Curses!" They Remarked

Ethel's Former Boyfriend

The Noise of Bombs

Police Chief

Leading Lizzie Astray

The Slicker's Chauffeur

Ambrose's First Falsehood

Café Proprietor

A Bath House Beauty

Jealous Boyfriend

Bangville Police

3rd Deputy

Mabel's Dramatic Career

Audience Member / Cop in Movie

The Speed Kings

Laughing Spectator

A Muddy Romance

Water Policeman

Fatty Joins the Force

Jealous Cop in Park

The Gusher

Cop (uncredited)

Peeping Pete

The Cop

The Gangsters

Henchman

Safe in Jail

1st Crook

A Ride for a Bride

Mustached Man

edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)
Uncle Charlie
Sweeney
Variety Time (1948)
Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
Judd
Police Captain
Edgar Kennedy
Insp. Mulrooney
Bosun Higgins
Edgar
Smiley Dugan
Joe Bledsoe
Nepomuk - the Hermit
Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
Police Chief Murphy
Edgar
Kegs McKeever
Mayor Moe Carson
Sgt. Ed Cooper
Edgar Kennedy
Sgt. Homer Gatling
Dr. Glenn
Biff
Edgar Kennedy
I'll Fix It (1941)
Edgar
Edgar
Edgar
Li'l Abner (1940)
Cornelius Cornpone
George Browning
Sheriff Gregory
Officer Rafferty
George Browning
Edgar Kennedy
Pops
Margie (1940)
Chauncey
Edgar Kennedy
Edgar
Lieutenant Miller
Inspector Dailey
Baby Daze (1939)
Edgar Kennedy
Joe Barton
Laugh It Off (1939)
Judge John J. McGuinnis
Clock Wise (1939)
Edgar
Hey! Hey! USA (1938)
Bugs Leary
Arthur Bailey
Edgar Kennedy
Sheriff Renick
Edgar
Spike
Pop Randall the Landlord
Callaghan
Darsey
Super-Sleuth (1937)
Police Lt. Garrison
Edgar Kennedy
Mr. Basscombe
Tramp Trouble (1937)
Edgar
San Francisco (1936)
Sheriff
Sheriff Judd
Captain Mack
Harry, the Bartender
Mad Holiday (1936)
Donovan
Will Power (1936)
Edgar Kennedy
Dummy Ache (1936)
Edgar
Fatal Lady (1936)
Rudolf Hochstetter
Bicarbonate
Gasoloons (1936)
Edgar Kennedy
Onderdonk
Henry
Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
Counterman
Police Officer McCarthy
Woman Wanted (1935)
Sweeney
Mahoney
Edgar Hamlet (1935)
Edgar
In Love at 40 (1935)
Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Kennedy
Happy Moran
Oscar McGonigle
Herbert - the Husband
Bachelor Bait (1934)
(scenes deleted)
Kid Millions (1934)
Herman Wilson
Operator 13 (1934)
Confederate Officer Jealous of Artilleryman (uncredited)
Jimmie Pierson
Sgt. Buck Martin
Herbert Green
Detective Donahue
Officer Thurston
Healy, Process Server
O'Brien
Edgar, Movie Director
All of Me (1934)
Guard
Edgar Kennedy
Edgar
Duck Soup (1933)
Lemonade Vendor
Diplomaniacs (1933)
Chairman - Peace Conference
Windy
Judge
Edgar
Tim Kelsey
Scarlet River (1933)
Sam Gilroy
Cop
Quiet Please! (1933)
Edgar Kennedy
Cross Fire (1933)
Ed Wimpy
Policeman Donovan
Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
Warden Elmer Jones
Daddy Warbucks
Rockabye (1932)
Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Elmer
Carnival Boat (1932)
Baldy
Cop
Love Fever (1931)
Thelma's Last Rescuer
High Gear (1931)
Cop
Mr. Howard J. Green, Composer
Night Owls (1930)
Officer Kennedy
Kennedy the Cop
The Policeman
Kennedy the Cop
Dollar Dizzy (1930)
Quimby the Lawyer (uncredited)
Cicero the Cop
The Head Guy (1930)
Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
The Big Kick (1930)
Detective
Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
Uncle Ed Sutton
Ladies Last (1930)
Man in Phone Booth
Night Club Patron
All Teed Up (1930)
Thelma's Father
Officer Kennedy
Girl Shock (1930)
Fiancee's Father
Perfect Day (1929)
Uncle Edgar
Angora Love (1929)
Landlord
Collis P. Kennedy
Officer Kennedy
Kennedy the Cop
Ed Eggers
Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
Going Ga-Ga (1929)
Cop
Hurdy Gurdy (1929)
Officer Ed Kennedy
Dad's Day (1929)
Michael Kennedy
Golfer (uncredited)
Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
Two Tars (1928)
Motorist
Dumb Daddies (1928)
The Cop
The Husband, Mr Glenders
The Cop
Corporal Austin
My Old Dutch (1926)
Bill Sproat
Detective (uncredited)
The Crook
The Guide (1921)
An American Tourist
German Prison Guard (uncredited)
Pete - the Flower Girl's 1st Brother
Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
A City Chap
1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
Handout-Giver (uncredited)
Cop
Fatty's Pal
Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
Neighbor
Shell Game Operator
Butler
Striking Baker
Tough hot dog customer
Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
2nd Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
Cafe Proprietor
Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
Director (uncredited)
Tango Tangles (1914)
Dance Hall Manager
Tough Guy in Bar
Landlady's Husband
Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
The Knockout (1914)
Cyclone Flynn
The Rounders (1914)
(uncredited)
Policeman
Policeman
Crook
Rajah
Ethel's Former Boyfriend
Police Chief
The Slicker's Chauffeur
Café Proprietor
The Groom
Jealous Boyfriend
3rd Deputy
Audience Member / Cop in Movie
Laughing Spectator
Water Policeman
Jealous cop
Jealous Cop in Park
Cop
The Gusher (1913)
Cop (uncredited)
Peeping Pete (1913)
The Cop
The Gangsters (1913)
Henchman
Spectator
Safe in Jail (1913)
1st Crook
1st Cop
The Riot (1913)
Cop
Mother's Boy (1913)
Mug
Wedding Guest
Mustached Man

Director (7 Known Credits)


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