Actor
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 ...

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