Edgar Kennedy

ActorDirector Apr 25 (died age 58) Monterey, California, USA 1913–2024 (111 year career)

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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

Film

Duck Soup

Street Vendor

Film

A Star Is Born

Pop Randall

Film

Unfaithfully Yours

Sweeney

Film

Anchors Aweigh

Police Captain

Film

Twentieth Century

Oscar McGonigle

Film

Perfect Day

Uncle Edgar

Film

San Francisco

Sheriff

Film

It Happened Tomorrow

Insp. Mulrooney

Filmography

Acting (320)

Movies (320)

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

2024

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

10.0

The Our Gang Story

1994

as Officer (archive footage)

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968

as Officer Kennedy (archive footage)

When Comedy Was King

1960

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

6.7

The Golden Age of Comedy

as archive footage

My Dream Is Yours

as Uncle Charlie

Dig That Gold

as Edgar Kennedy

Unfaithfully Yours

as Sweeney

Contest Crazy

as Edgar

Brother Knows Best

1948

as Edgar Kennedy

Variety Time

1948

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

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

1947

as Jake the Bartender

Heaven Only Knows

as Judd

Do or Diet

as Edgar

Motor Maniacs

1946

as Edgar Kennedy

Trouble or Nothing

1946

as Edgar

I'll Build It Myself

1946

as Edgar

The Big Beef

1945

as Edgar Kennedy

What, No Cigarettes

1945

as Edgar Kennedy

6.0

It's Your Move

1945

as Edgar Kennedy

Anchors Aweigh

1945

as Police Captain

6.8

Captain Tugboat Annie

1945

as Captain Bullwinkle

You Drive Me Crazy

1945

as Edgar

Prunes and Politics

as Edgar

It Happened Tomorrow

as Insp. Mulrooney

Radio Rampage

as Edgar

Feather Your Nest

1944

as Edgar

The Great Alaskan Mystery

1944

as Bosun Higgins

5.0

The Girl from Monterrey

1943

as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter

Hold Your Temper

1943

as Edgar

Hitler's Madman

1943

as Nepomuk - the Hermit

5.3

Hot Foot

1943

as Edgar

Air Raid Wardens

1943

as Joe Bledsoe

7.1

The Falcon Strikes Back

as Smiley Dugan

Crazy House

as Judge

Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher

1943

as Police Chief Murphy

4.0

Inferior Decorator

1943

as Edgar

Cooks and Crooks

1942

as Edgar

Hillbilly Blitzkrieg

1942

as Sgt. Homer Gatling

In Old California

as Kegs McKeever

Duck Soup

as Edgar

Private Snuffy Smith

as Sgt. Ed Cooper

Pardon My Stripes

as Warden Bingham

There's One Born Every Minute

as Mayor Moe Carson

Rough on Rents

as Edgar Kennedy

An Apple in His Eye

as Edgar Kennedy

A Quiet Fourth

1941

as Edgar

Blondie in Society

1941

as Dr. Glenn

7.4

Westward Ho-Hum

1941

as Edgar

I'll Fix It

1941

as Edgar

Gangs Of The City

1941

as Biff

Sandy Gets Her Man

1940

as Fire Chief Galvin

4.0

A Trailer Tragedy

1940

as Edgar Kennedy

Margie

1940

as Chauncey

Li'l Abner

1940

as Cornelius Cornpone

5.8

The Quarterback

1940

as Pops

Dr. Christian Meets the Women

1940

as George Browning

5.0

Sandy Is a Lady

1940

as Officer Rafferty

'Taint Legal

1940

as Edgar

Sunk by the Census

1940

as Edgar

Mutiny in the County

1940

as Edgar Kennedy

Drafted in the Depot

1940

as Edgar Kennedy

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

1940

as Sheriff Gregory

4.3

The Bride Wore Crutches

1940

as Police Captain McGuire

Remedy for Riches

as George Browning

Clock Wise

as Edgar

Kennedy the Great

1939

as Edgar Kennedy

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

1939

as Inspector Dailey

6.0

It's a Wonderful World

1939

as Lieutenant Miller

6.4

Laugh It Off

1939

as Judge John J. McGuinnis

2.0

Maid to Order

1939

as Edgar

Little Accident

1939

as Paper Hanger

2.0

Baby Daze

1939

as Edgar Kennedy

Everything's on Ice

as Joe Barton

The Black Doll

as Sheriff Renick

Beaux and Errors

as Edgar Kennedy

A Clean Sweep

1938

as Edgar

Hey! Hey! USA

1938

as Bugs Leary

7.0

Ears of Experience

1938

as Edgar

Hollywood Hotel

1938

as Callaghan

5.4

Scandal Street

1938

as Daniel Webster Smith

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

1938

as Arthur Bailey

4.8

Tramp Trouble

1937

as Edgar

Super-Sleuth

1937

as Police Lt. Garrison

A Star Is Born

as Pop Randall

True Confession

as Darsey

Dumb's the Word

as Edgar Kennedy

Double Wedding

1937

as Spike

6.4

The Other Fellow

1937

as Four Roles

Bad Housekeeping

1937

as Edgar

When's Your Birthday?

1937

as Mr. Basscombe

4.0

Edgar & Goliath

1937

as Edgar

San Francisco

as Sheriff

Dummy Ache

as Edgar

Small Town Girl

as Captain Mack

Vocalizing

as Edgar Kennedy

Gasoloons

1936

as Edgar Kennedy

Robin Hood of El Dorado

1936

as Sheriff Judd

4.2

Fatal Lady

1936

as Rudolf Hochstetter

Mad Holiday

as Donovan

Yours for the Asking

as Bicarbonate

Three Men on a Horse

as Harry, the Bartender

6.2

Will Power

1936

as Edgar Kennedy

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

as Edgar Kennedy

Living on Velvet

as Counterman

Little Big Shot

as Onderdonk

The Bride Comes Home

as Henry

Rendezvous at Midnight

1935

as Mahoney

Woman Wanted

1935

as Sweeney

6.3

$1,000 a Minute

1935

as Police Officer McCarthy

5.7

Edgar Hamlet

1935

as Edgar

The Cowboy Millionaire

1935

as Willy 'Persimmon' Bates

6.0

Brick-a-Brac

1935

as Edgar

In Love at 40

1935

as Edgar Kennedy

Money Means Nothing

1934

as Herbert Green

4.0

Heat Lightning

1934

as Herbert - the Husband

Twentieth Century

as Oscar McGonigle

We're Rich Again

as Healy, Process Server

5.2

A Blasted Event

1934

as Edgar

Kid Millions

1934

as Herman Wilson

6.5

King Kelly of the U.S.A.

1934

as Happy Moran

4.0

Murder on the Blackboard

1934

as Detective Donahue

6.1

Poisoned Ivory

1934

as Edgar Kennedy

Flirting with Danger

as Jimmie Pierson

Love on a Ladder

as Edgar

The Marines Are Coming

1934

as Sgt. Buck Martin

4.5

All of Me

1934

as Guard (uncredited)

Gridiron Flash

as Officer Thurston

The Silver Streak

as O'Brien

Wrong Direction

as Edgar, Movie Director

Diplomaniacs

1933

as Chairman - Peace Conference

7.0

Professional Sweetheart

as Kelsey

Duck Soup

as Street Vendor

Art in the Raw

A Merchant of Menace

as Edgar

Quiet Please!

1933

as Edgar Kennedy

2.0

What Fur

1933

as Edgar

Tillie and Gus

as Judge

King for a Night

as Cop

Son of the Border

as Windy

Good Housewrecking

Scarlet River

as Sam Gilroy

Cross Fire

as Ed Wimpy

Westward Passage

as Elmer

Now's the Time

Carnival Boat

as Baldy

Rockabye

as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)

6.2

Fish Feathers

1932

as Edgar Kennedy

Giggle Water

1932

as Edgar

The Penguin Pool Murder

as Officer Donovan

He's a Honey

Hold 'Em Jail

as Warden Elmer Jones

6.8

Little Orphan Annie

1932

as Daddy Warbucks

5.8

Never the Twins Shall Meet

1932

as Mr. Carp

Help Wanted, Female

1931

Love Fever

1931

as Thelma's Last Rescuer

3.3

Next Door Neighbors

1931

as Howard J. Green

Quick Millions

1931

as Cop (uncredited)

7.1

Bad Company

1931

as Buffington-Doorman

High Gear

as Cop

The Real McCoy

as Cicero the Cop

Fifty Million Husbands

as Officer Kennedy

Looser Than Loose

as Night Club Patron

Moonlight and Monkey Business

1930

as Detective

Dollar Dizzy

1930

as Quimby the Lawyer

6.0

The Ghosts

1930

as Kennedy

Ladies Last

1930

as Man in Phone Booth

4.0

Girl Shock

1930

as Fiancee's Father

5.0

The First Seven Years

1930

as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)

Thieves

The Big Kick

as Detective

Night Owls

as Officer Kennedy

When the Wind Blows

as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)

6.2

The Gas Station

1930

as Detective

Shivering Shakespeare

1930

as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)

5.8

The Head Guy

1930

as Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)

Bigger and Better

as Uncle Ed Sutton

All Teed Up

as Thelma's Father (uncredited)

4.2

Doctor's Orders

1930

as Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle

Going Ga-Ga

as Cop

The Big Squawk

as Orchestra Leader

Perfect Day

1929

as Uncle Edgar

7.0

A Pair of Tights

1929

as Marion's Boyfriend's Boss

Bacon Grabbers

as Collis P. Kennedy

Hurdy Gurdy

as Officer Ed Kennedy

They Had to See Paris

1929

as Ed Eggers (uncredited)

Crazy Feet

as Policeman

Dad's Day

as Michael Kennedy

Angora Love

as Landlord

Madame Q

as Judge Kennedy

Moan & Groan, Inc.

as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)

5.6

Great Gobs!

1929

as 2nd Sailor

Hotter Than Hot

1929

Trent's Last Case

1929

as Inspector Murch

Unaccustomed as We Are

1929

as Officer Kennedy

6.9

Welcome Danger

1929

as SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Stepping Out

as Diner's Owner

Off to Buffalo

Why Is a Plumber?

Is Everybody Happy?

The Finishing Touch

as Cop (as Ed Kennedy)

6.8

Limousine Love

1928

as The Husband, Mr Glenders

Two Tars

as Motorist

All Parts

The Family Group

as A Photographer

Chasing Husbands

1928

Imagine My Embarrassment

The Boy Friend

as The Cop

The Fight Pest

Feed 'em and Weep

The Booster

Dumb Daddies

as The Cop

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928

as Golfer (uncredited)

Leave 'Em Laughing

as Cop

The Gay Old Bird

as Chauffeur

Finger Prints

1927

as O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)

The Chinese Parrot

1927

as Maydorf

The Wrong Mr. Wright

1927

as Trayguard

Wedding Bills

1927

as Detective

The Better 'Ole

1926

as Corporal Austin

5.0

Oh! What a Nurse!

1926

as Eric Johnson

Across the Pacific

1926

as Cpl. Ryan

4.0

My Old Dutch

1926

as Bill Sproat

Going Crooked

1926

as Detective

The People vs. Nancy Preston

1925

as Gloomy Gus

The Trouble With Wives

1925

as Detective (as Edward Kennedy)

Paths to Paradise

1925

as Detective (uncredited)

5.8

The Golden Princess

1925

as Gewilliker Hay

The Night Message

1924

as Lem Beeman

Racing for Life

1924

as Tom Grady

Wall Street Blues

1924

as The Crook

All's Swell on the Ocean

1924

The Battling Fool

1924

as Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)

Fight and Win

1924

The Little Girl Next Door

1923

as Hank Hall

Something for Nothing

1923

as Ptomaine Tommy

The Wandering Two

1923

High and Dry

1922

The Guide

1921

as An American Tourist

Puppets of Fate

1921

as Mike Reynolds

Skirts

1921

Four Times Foiled

1920

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

1920

Hearts and Flowers

1919

as Pete

5.2

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919

as German Prison Guard (uncredited)

She Loved Him Plenty

The Late Lamented

as Art Gallery Operator

The Blue Streak

1917

Whose Baby?

1917

as The Detective

A Scoundrel's Toll

1916

as Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent

5.0

The Stolen Triumph

1916

as Edwin Rowley, Jr.

Madcap Ambrose

1916

as A City Chap

4.0

His Bitter Pill

1916

as Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival

5.2

Bombs!

1916

as Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader

5.0

Fatty's New Role

1915

as Handout-Giver (uncredited)

5.2

Wished on Mabel

1915

as Cop

5.4

Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day

1915

as The cafe waiter (uncredited)

5.4

Mabel’s Wilful Way

1915

as Fatty's Pal

4.9

Fatty’s Reckless Fling

1915

as Neighbor

4.7

Fatty's Tintype Tangle

1915

as Edgar

5.6

His Luckless Love

1915

as The Maid's Boyfriend

3.0

Fatty’s Plucky Pup

1915

as Shell Game Operator

5.6

That Little Band Of Gold

1915

as Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)

5.1

The Great Vacuum Robbery

1915

as 2nd Thief

Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers

1915

as Suitor

4.5

Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition

1915

as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)

5.9

Making a Living

1914

as Wreck Bystander (uncredited)

5.7

The Love Thief

1914

as The Rival

Little Billy's Triumph

1914

5.0

Ambrose's First Falsehood

1914

as Café Proprietor

4.2

A Bath House Beauty

1914

as Jealous Boyfriend

The Star Boarder

1914

as Landlady's Husband (uncredited)

5.1

Getting Acquainted

1914

as Policeman (uncredited)

5.3

Tango Tangles

1914

as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)

5.1

A Film Johnnie

1914

as Director (uncredited)

The Rounders

as (uncredited)

Caught in a Cabaret

as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)

5.7

The Knockout

1914

as Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)

5.7

Love and Bullets

1914

as The Trouble Mender

The Sky Pirate

1914

as The Sky Pirate

Dough and Dynamite

as Striking Baker

His Favorite Pastime

as Tough Guy in Bar

Cruel, Cruel Love

as Butler

The Noise of Bombs

as Police Chief

Twenty Minutes of Love

as Lover

Gentlemen of Nerve

as Policeman

A Thief Catcher

as Crook (uncredited)

4.9

Rebecca's Wedding Day

1914

as The Groom

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914

as Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)

6.1

An Incompetent Hero

1914

as Fatty's Neighbor

Mabel's Busy Day

1914

as Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)

5.6

A Flirt's Mistake

1914

as Rajah

5.4

In the Clutches of the Gang

1914

as Cop

Mabel at the Wheel

1914

as Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)

5.6

'Curses!' They Remarked

1914

as Ethel's Former Boyfriend

5.0

Leading Lizzie Astray

1914

as The Slicker's Chauffeur

4.2

He Loved the Ladies

1914

as The Wife's Brother

A Quiet Little Wedding

1913

as Wedding Guest

Safe in Jail

1913

as 1st Crook

8.0

Mabel’s Awful Mistakes

Mabel's New Hero

as Cop

A Ride for a Bride

as Mustached Man

A Muddy Romance

1913

as Water Policeman

4.8

Zuzu, the Band Leader

1913

as Caesar - Zuzu's Rival

The Gusher

as Cop (uncredited)

Peeping Pete

as The Cop

The Gangsters

as Henchman

Algy on the Force

as Cop

Rastus and the Game Cock

1913

as Spectator

The Bowling Match

1913

as Bowling Alley Operator

Their First Execution

1913

Mother's Boy

1913

as Mug

Love and Rubbish

as 1st Cop

Bangville Police

as 3rd Deputy

A Noise from the Deep

1913

5.5

The Speed Kings

1913

as Laughing Spectator

4.6

Mabel's Dramatic Career

1913

as Audience Member / Cop in Movie

5.5

The Rural Third Degree

1913

as Cop

Fatty Joins the Force

1913

as Jealous Cop

5.4

The Riot

1913

as Cop

Crew (10)

Movies (10)

Fifty Million Husbands

1930

Director

4.2

The golf player

1930

Director

The golfer

1930

Director

Bigger and Better

Director

All Teed Up

Director

You're Darn Tootin'

Director

From Soup to Nuts

Director

The Marriage Circus

Director

Three Foolish Weeks

1924

Director

Step Lively, Please

1922

Director