Edgar Kennedy
Acting
🎂 1890-04-25
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.
Cast credits(313)
Pop Randall
1937
Insp. Mulrooney
1944
Street Vendor
1933
Lieutenant Miller
1939
Police Captain
1945
archive footage
1957
Sheriff
1936
Oscar McGonigle
1934
Uncle Charlie
1949
Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
1914
Jimmie Pierson
1934
Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
1928
Smiley Dugan
1943
Kelsey
1933
Judge
1943
Jake the Bartender
1947
Officer Donovan
1932
Sheriff Judd
1936
Sweeney
1948
Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
1914
Spike
1937
Captain Mack
1936
Sweeney
1935
Butler
1914
Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
1914
Audience Member / Cop in Movie
1913
Captain Bullwinkle
1945
O'Brien
1934
2024
Tough Guy in Bar
1914
Uncle Edgar
1929
Kegs McKeever
1942
Officer Kennedy
1930
Joe Bledsoe
1943
Cornelius Cornpone
1940
Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
1914
1913
Windy
1933
Police Officer McCarthy
1935
Cop
1914
Striking Baker
1914
1920
Inspector Murch
1929
Edgar
1937
Officer Rafferty
1940
Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
1914
Edgar
1936
Herman Wilson
1934
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
1929
Darsey
1937
The Trouble Mender
1914
Callaghan
1938
3rd Deputy
1913
Harry, the Bartender
1936
Bugs Leary
1938
Officer Kennedy
1929
Detective Donahue
1934
Rudolf Hochstetter
1936
Fatty's Neighbor
1914
Cop
1933
A City Chap
1916
Golfer (uncredited)
1928
Maydorf
1927
Inspector Dailey
1939
Nepomuk - the Hermit
1943
Cpl. Ryan
1926
Shell Game Operator
1915
Chairman - Peace Conference
1933
Motorist
1928
Ed Wimpy
1933
Edgar
1940
Detective (as Edward Kennedy)
1925
Herbert Green
1934
Judge John J. McGuinnis
1939
Onderdonk
1935
Policeman
1914
Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader
1916
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
1930
Cop
1929
Sheriff Renick
1938
1913
Henchman
1913
Mayor Moe Carson
1942
Jealous Boyfriend
1914
Mahoney
1935
Diner's Owner
1929
Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
1914
O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)
1927
Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
1932
Daniel Webster Smith
1938
The Detective
1917
(uncredited)
1914
Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
1914
Biff
1941
Mustached Man
1913
German Prison Guard (uncredited)
1919
Ed Eggers (uncredited)
1929
Henry
1935
Counterman
1935
Chauncey
1940
Cop
1913
1st Cop
1913
Cop (uncredited)
1931
Bicarbonate
1936
Herbert - the Husband
1934
Cop (uncredited)
1913
Officer Thurston
1934
Quimby the Lawyer
1930
Sgt. Ed Cooper
1942
Edgar Kennedy
1936
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
1930
Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
1968
Cop
1913
George Browning
1940
Landlord
1929
1930
Edgar
1941
Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
1915
Edgar
1944
Water Policeman
1913
Police Lt. Garrison
1937
Bosun Higgins
1944
Happy Moran
1934
Suitor
1915
Mr. Basscombe
1937
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
1930
Detective (uncredited)
1925
Judd
1947
Edgar
1937
Warden Bingham
1942
Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
1943
Edgar
1938
The Cop
1928
Trayguard
1927
Donovan
1936
Officer (archive footage)
1994
1st Crook
1913
Edgar Kennedy
1934
Edgar Kennedy
1940
Laughing Spectator
1913
1924
Police Chief Murphy
1943
Ethel's Former Boyfriend
1914
Corporal Austin
1926
Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
1935
edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)
1960
Rajah
1914
Edgar Kennedy
1935
Edgar Kennedy
1937
Edgar
1933
1913
Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
1930
Cop
1928
Thelma's Last Rescuer
1931
Collis P. Kennedy
1929
Daddy Warbucks
1932
Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)
1924
Arthur Bailey
1938
Policeman (uncredited)
1914
Crook (uncredited)
1914
Edgar
1938
Edgar Kennedy
1946
Director (uncredited)
1914
Joe Barton
1939
Pete
1919
Warden Elmer Jones
1932
SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1929
Dr. Glenn
1941
Judge
1933
Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
1930
The Husband, Mr Glenders
1928
Howard J. Green
1931
Elmer
1932
Wedding Guest
1913
Caesar - Zuzu's Rival
1913
1928
Edgar
1942
Jealous Cop
1913
Detective
1930
George Browning
1940
Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
1916
Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
1929
The Crook
1924
The Cop
1913
Edgar
1943
Edgar
1941
Neighbor
1915
Sgt. Buck Martin
1934
Sam Gilroy
1933
Edgar
1937
Officer Kennedy
1930
Orchestra Leader
1929
Lover
1914
Edgar, Movie Director
1934
Baldy
1932
Sgt. Homer Gatling
1942
Police Chief
1914
Edgar Kennedy
1942
Man in Phone Booth
1930
1933
Cop
1915
Edgar Kennedy
1940
1928
Sheriff Gregory
1940
Paper Hanger
1939
Edgar
1935
Hank Hall
1923
An American Tourist
1921
1928
Art Gallery Operator
1917
1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
1915
Ptomaine Tommy
1923
Buffington-Doorman
1931
Edgar
1934
Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
1914
Edgar Kennedy
1940
1928
Healy, Process Server
1934
Edgar
1945
1929
Edgar Kennedy
1933
Guard (uncredited)
1934
1928
A Photographer
1928
1929
Pops
1940
Kennedy
1930
Eric Johnson
1926
Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent
1916
Policeman
1929
1918
1933
Thelma's Father
1930
Café Proprietor
1914
The Slicker's Chauffeur
1914
Michael Kennedy
1929
1923
Bowling Alley Operator
1913
Edgar Kennedy
1945
The Rival
1914
Uncle Ed Sutton
1930
Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
1948
Mug
1913
Tom Grady
1924
2nd Thief
1915
Detective
1930
Edgar Kennedy
1945
Fiancee's Father
1930
Edgar
1940
Night Club Patron
1930
Fire Chief Galvin
1940
1914
1928
Judge Kennedy
1929
Edgar
1944
Cop
1913
Edgar Kennedy
1936
1932
1929
Cop
1931
Four Roles
1937
The cafe waiter (uncredited)
1915
The Cop
1928
Edgar Kennedy
1945
Handout-Giver (uncredited)
1915
Edgar Kennedy
1939
Bill Sproat
1926
Edgar
1946
Gewilliker Hay
1925
Lem Beeman
1924
Cicero the Cop
1930
Edgar Kennedy
1938
2nd Sailor
1929
Chauffeur
1927
The Wife's Brother
1914
Edgar
1942
Edgar Kennedy
1932
Officer Ed Kennedy
1929
Edgar
1947
1932
Edgar
1934
Edgar Kennedy
1941
Edgar
1939
Edgar
1932
Edgar Kennedy
1935
Edgar
1915
Spectator
1913
Edgar
1943
The Groom
1914
Edgar Kennedy
1936
The Sky Pirate
1914
Detective
1930
Mike Reynolds
1921
1922
1928
Edgar Kennedy
1939
Edgar
1939
Edgar
1941
Edgar
1943
Edgar Kennedy
1948
Edwin Rowley, Jr.
1916
Fatty's Pal
1915
Cop
1913
Detective
1926
The Maid's Boyfriend
1915
Edgar
1935
1920
Edgar
1946
Edgar
1944
Edgar Kennedy
1948
1931
Edgar
1933
Edgar
1948
