Acting
Edgar Kennedy
EN, NL, ES, FR cinema · 335 credits
Born
25 April 1890
Died
9 November 1948 (aged 58)
Birthplace
Monterey, California, USA
Also known as E. Livingston Kennedy · Ed. Kennedy · Edward Kennedy · Ed Kennedy
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
Filmography
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Our Gang Story
as Officer (archive footage)
The Muppets Go to the Movies
as Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
My Dream Is Yours
as Uncle Charlie
Unfaithfully Yours
as Sweeney
Variety Time
as Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
Brother Knows Best
1948
Brother Knows Best
as Edgar Kennedy
Dig That Gold
1948
Dig That Gold
as Edgar Kennedy
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Jake the Bartender
Do or Diet
as Edgar
Motor Maniacs
1946
Motor Maniacs
as Edgar Kennedy
Trouble or Nothing
as Edgar
Anchors Aweigh
as Police Captain
Captain Tugboat Annie
as Captain Bullwinkle
It's Your Move
1945
It's Your Move
as Edgar Kennedy
What, No Cigarettes
1945
What, No Cigarettes
as Edgar Kennedy
You Drive Me Crazy
as Edgar
The Big Beef
as Edgar Kennedy
It Happened Tomorrow
as Insp. Mulrooney
The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Bosun Higgins
Prunes and Politics
as Edgar
Air Raid Wardens
as Joe Bledsoe
The Falcon Strikes Back
as Smiley Dugan
The Girl from Monterrey
as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
as Police Chief Murphy
Hitler's Madman
as Nepomuk - the Hermit
Hot Foot
1943
Hot Foot
as Edgar
Crazy House
as Judge
In Old California
as Kegs McKeever
There's One Born Every Minute
as Mayor Moe Carson
Private Snuffy Smith
as Sgt. Ed Cooper
Rough on Rents
1942
Rough on Rents
as Edgar Kennedy
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
1942
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
as Sgt. Homer Gatling
Pardon My Stripes
as Warden Bingham
Blondie in Society
as Dr. Glenn
An Apple in His Eye
as Edgar Kennedy
Westward Ho-Hum
as Edgar
Li'l Abner
as Cornelius Cornpone
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Sheriff Gregory
Remedy for Riches
as George Browning
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
as George Browning
Mutiny in the County
1940
Mutiny in the County
as Edgar Kennedy
The Quarterback
as Pops
Margie
as Chauncey
Sandy Is a Lady
as Officer Rafferty
Drafted in the Depot
1940
Drafted in the Depot
as Edgar Kennedy
'Taint Legal
as Edgar
A Trailer Tragedy
1940
A Trailer Tragedy
as Edgar Kennedy
Sandy Gets Her Man
as Fire Chief Galvin
The Bride Wore Crutches
as Police Captain McGuire
It's a Wonderful World
as Lieutenant Miller
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
as Inspector Dailey
Baby Daze
1939
Baby Daze
as Edgar Kennedy
Everything's on Ice
as Joe Barton
Laugh It Off
1939
Laugh It Off
as Judge John J. McGuinnis
Clock Wise
as Edgar
Kennedy the Great
1939
Kennedy the Great
as Edgar Kennedy
Little Accident
as Paper Hanger
Hollywood Hotel
as Callaghan
Hey! Hey! USA
as Bugs Leary
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Arthur Bailey
Beaux and Errors
1938
Beaux and Errors
as Edgar Kennedy
The Black Doll
as Sheriff Renick
Scandal Street
as Daniel Webster Smith
Double Wedding
as Spike
A Star Is Born
as Pop Randall
True Confession
as Darsey
Super-Sleuth
as Police Lt. Garrison
The Other Fellow
as Four Roles
Dumb's the Word
1937
Dumb's the Word
as Edgar Kennedy
When's Your Birthday?
as Mr. Basscombe
Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Sheriff Judd
Small Town Girl
as Captain Mack
Three Men on a Horse
as Harry, the Bartender
Mad Holiday
as Donovan
Will Power
as Edgar Kennedy
Fatal Lady
as Rudolf Hochstetter
Yours for the Asking
as Bicarbonate
Gasoloons
1936
Gasoloons
as Edgar Kennedy
San Francisco
as Sheriff
Dummy Ache
as Edgar
Vocalizing
1936
Vocalizing
as Edgar Kennedy
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
as Callahan
Little Big Shot
as Onderdonk
The Cowboy Millionaire
as Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
Living on Velvet
as Counterman
Woman Wanted
as Sweeney
The Bride Comes Home
as Henry
Rendezvous at Midnight
as Mahoney
$1,000 a Minute
as Police Officer McCarthy
In Love at 40
1935
In Love at 40
as Edgar Kennedy
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
as Edgar Kennedy
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
as Happy Moran
Twentieth Century
as Oscar McGonigle
Flirting with Danger
as Jimmie Pierson
The Marines Are Coming
as Sgt. Buck Martin
Money Means Nothing
as Herbert Green
We're Rich Again
as Healy, Process Server
Gridiron Flash
as Officer Thurston
The Silver Streak
as O'Brien
Wrong Direction
1934
Wrong Direction
as Edgar, Movie Director
Heat Lightning
as Herbert
Kid Millions
as Herman Wilson
Poisoned Ivory
as Edgar Kennedy
Murder on the Blackboard
as Detective Donahue
All of Me
as Guard (uncredited)
Duck Soup
as Street Vendor
Son of the Border
as Windy
Tillie and Gus
as Judge
Professional Sweetheart
as Kelsey
Scarlet River
as Sam Gilroy
Diplomaniacs
as Chairman - Peace Conference
Quiet Please!
1933
Quiet Please!
as Edgar Kennedy
Cross Fire
as Ed Wimpy
What Fur
as Edgar
The Penguin Pool Murder
as Officer Donovan
Little Orphan Annie
as Daddy Warbucks
Westward Passage
as Elmer
Hold 'Em Jail
as Warden Elmer Jones
Carnival Boat
as Baldy
Rockabye
as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Fish Feathers
1932
Fish Feathers
as Edgar Kennedy
Love Fever
as Thelma's Last Rescuer
Quick Millions
as Cop (uncredited)
High Gear
as Cop
Next Door Neighbors
as Howard J. Green
Bad Company
as Buffington-Doorman
Night Owls
as Officer Kennedy
Thieves
Actor
When the Wind Blows
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
The First Seven Years
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
The Real McCoy
as Cicero the Cop
Dollar Dizzy
as Quimby the Lawyer
The Head Guy
as Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
The Big Kick
as Detective
Shivering Shakespeare
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
Bigger and Better
1930
Bigger and Better
as Uncle Ed Sutton, Director
Looser Than Loose
as Night Club Patron
Ladies Last
as Man in Phone Booth
Doctor's Orders
as Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
All Teed Up
as Thelma's Father (uncredited), Director
Fifty Million Husbands
as Officer Kennedy, Director
Girl Shock
as Fiancee's Father
Off to Buffalo
1929
Off to Buffalo
as Mr. Brown
Great Gobs!
as 2nd Sailor
Perfect Day
as Uncle Edgar
Bacon Grabbers
as Collis P. Kennedy
Unaccustomed as We Are
as Officer Kennedy
Moan & Groan, Inc.
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
A Pair of Tights
as Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
Trent's Last Case
as Inspector Murch
They Had to See Paris
as Ed Eggers (uncredited)
Hurdy Gurdy
as Officer Ed Kennedy
The Big Squawk
as Orchestra Leader
Stepping Out
as Diner's Owner
Angora Love
as Landlord
Madame Q
1929
Madame Q
as Judge Kennedy
Dad's Day
1929
Dad's Day
as Michael Kennedy
Crazy Feet
as Policeman
Welcome Danger
as SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Family Group
as A Photographer
Should Married Men Go Home?
as Golfer (uncredited)
The Finishing Touch
as Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
Two Tars
as Motorist
Dumb Daddies
as The Cop
Limousine Love
as The Husband, Mr Glenders
The Boy Friend
as The Cop
You're Darn Tootin'
Director
From Soup to Nuts
Director
The Chinese Parrot
as Maydorf
The Wrong Mr. Wright
as Trayguard
Finger Prints
as O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)
The Gay Old Bird
as Chauffeur
Wedding Bills
as Detective
The Better 'Ole
as Corporal Austin
Oh! What a Nurse!
as Eric Johnson
My Old Dutch
as Bill Sproat
Going Crooked
as Detective
Across the Pacific
as Cpl. Ryan
The Trouble With Wives
as Detective (as Edward Kennedy)
The Golden Princess
as Gewilliker Hay
Paths to Paradise
as Detective (uncredited)
The People vs. Nancy Preston
as Gloomy Gus
Racing for Life
as Tom Grady
The Battling Fool
as Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)
Wall Street Blues
as The Crook
The Night Message
1924
The Night Message
as Lem Beeman
Three Foolish Weeks
Director
Something for Nothing
as Ptomaine Tommy
The Little Girl Next Door
as Hank Hall
The Guide
1921
The Guide
as An American Tourist
Puppets of Fate
1921
Puppets of Fate
as Mike Reynolds
Skirts
Actor
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
as German Prison Guard (uncredited)
Watch Your Neighbor
1918
Watch Your Neighbor
as An Innocent Bystander
Whose Baby?
as The Detective
The Late Lamented
as Art Gallery Operator
Madcap Ambrose
as A City Chap
His Bitter Pill
as Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
A Scoundrel's Toll
as Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent
Bombs!
as Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader
The Stolen Triumph
as Edwin Rowley, Jr.
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
as Shell Game Operator
The Great Vacuum Robbery
as 2nd Thief
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
as Neighbor
Fatty's New Role
as Handout-Giver (uncredited)
Mabel’s Wilful Way
as Fatty's Pal
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
That Little Band Of Gold
as Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
His Luckless Love
1915
His Luckless Love
as The Maid's Boyfriend
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
as The cafe waiter (uncredited)
Dough and Dynamite
as Striking Baker
Cruel, Cruel Love
as Butler
Caught in a Cabaret
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
The Knockout
as Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
as Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
Gentlemen of Nerve
as Policeman
Getting Acquainted
as Policeman (uncredited)
A Thief Catcher
as Crook (uncredited)
Making a Living
as Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
Leading Lizzie Astray
as The Slicker's Chauffeur
The Sky Pirate
1914
The Sky Pirate
as The Sky Pirate
Love and Bullets
1914
Love and Bullets
as The Trouble Mender
A Flirt's Mistake
as Rajah
Tango Tangles
as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
His Favorite Pastime
as Tough Guy in Bar
A Bath House Beauty
1914
A Bath House Beauty
as Jealous Boyfriend
The Noise of Bombs
as Police Chief
Ambrose's First Falsehood
as Café Proprietor
A Film Johnnie
as Director (uncredited)
Mabel's Busy Day
as Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
Mabel at the Wheel
as Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
The Rounders
as (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
He Loved the Ladies
1914
He Loved the Ladies
as The Wife's Brother
'Curses!' They Remarked
1914
'Curses!' They Remarked
as Ethel's Former Boyfriend
An Incompetent Hero
1914
An Incompetent Hero
as Fatty's Neighbor
Fatty Joins the Force
as Jealous Cop
The Gangsters
as Henchman
Peeping Pete
as The Cop
A Muddy Romance
as Water Policeman
The Speed Kings
as Laughing Spectator
Safe in Jail
as 1st Crook
Love and Rubbish
as 1st Cop
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Audience Member / Cop in Movie
A Ride for a Bride
as Mustached Man
Bangville Police
as 3rd Deputy
The Gusher
as Cop (uncredited)
The Bowling Match
1913
The Bowling Match
as Bowling Alley Operator
Zuzu, the Band Leader
1913
Zuzu, the Band Leader
as Caesar - Zuzu's Rival