Edgar 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.
328 acting credits · 10 directing credits
Acting · 328
Duck Soup
1933
Anchors Aweigh
1945
A Star Is Born
1937
Twentieth Century
1934
San Francisco
1936
Hitler's Madman
1943
Small Town Girl
1936
It's a Wonderful World
1939
Tango Tangles
1914
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Double Wedding
1937
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Unfaithfully Yours
1948
The Penguin Pool Murder
1932
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
Super-Sleuth
1937
Two Tars
1928
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
In Old California
1942
Rockabye
1932
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
Kid Millions
1934
Woman Wanted
1935
$1,000 a Minute
1935
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928
The Quarterback
1940
My Dream Is Yours
1949
A Thief Catcher
1914
Making a Living
1914
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
All of Me
1934
Cross Fire
1933
The Finishing Touch
1928
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
Bad Company
1931
Night Owls
1930
There's One Born Every Minute
1942
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
Heat Lightning
1934
The Rounders
1914
Little Big Shot
1935
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928
Little Orphan Annie
1932
Hollywood Hotel
1938
When's Your Birthday?
1937
Perfect Day
1929
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944
Shivering Shakespeare
1930
Hurdy Gurdy
1929
Quiet Please!
1933
Yours for the Asking
1936
The Star Boarder
1914
Li'l Abner
1940
Crazy House
1943
Heaven Only Knows
1947
Dough and Dynamite
1914
Fatty Joins the Force
1913
Across the Pacific
1926
Dollar Dizzy
1930
Gasoloons
1936
Skirts
1921
True Confession
1937
Welcome Danger
1929
A Film Johnnie
1914
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940
Quick Millions
1931
Rendezvous at Midnight
1935
We're Rich Again
1934
Mabel at the Wheel
1914
Air Raid Wardens
1943
The Silver Streak
1934
A Muddy Romance
1913
Peeping Pete
1913
Living on Velvet
1935
Professional Sweetheart
1933
Mad Holiday
1936
The Gay Old Bird
1927
Scandal Street
1938
When the Wind Blows
1930
Crazy Feet
1929
Act Your Age
1939
Bacon Grabbers
1929
Angora Love
1929
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
1943
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
Wrong Direction
1934
Gangs Of The City
1941
Blondie in Society
1941
Murder on the Blackboard
1934
Little Accident
1939
Westward Passage
1932
The Trouble With Wives
1925
Moan & Groan, Inc.
1929
Finger Prints
1927
Unaccustomed as We Are
1929
His Bitter Pill
1916
Oh! What a Nurse!
1926
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914
Fatal Lady
1936
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
A Trailer Tragedy
1940
Mabel's Busy Day
1914
Madcap Ambrose
1916
Carnival Boat
1932
Diplomaniacs
1933
The Bride Comes Home
1935
Cruel, Cruel Love
1914
Do or Diet
1947
Dummy Ache
1936
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
Bangville Police
1913
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
Sandy Gets Her Man
1940
Poisoned Ivory
1934
The Speed Kings
1913
A Bath House Beauty
1914
The Knockout
1914
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919
All's Swell on the Ocean
1924
The Riot
1913
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
1915
Margie
1940
The Our Gang Story
1994
Brick-a-Brac
1935
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
Three Men on a Horse
1936
Doctor's Orders
1930
Why Is a Plumber?
1929
Love and Rubbish
1913
Son of the Border
1933
King for a Night
1933
Scarlet River
1933
Getting Acquainted
1914
My Old Dutch
1926
Pardon My Stripes
1942
Remedy for Riches
1940
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
1913
The Gusher
1913
I'll Build It Myself
1946
Gridiron Flash
1934
The Ghosts
1930
The Gangsters
1913
High Gear
1931
'Curses!' They Remarked
1914
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920
Flirting with Danger
1934
'Taint Legal
1940
The Night Message
1924
The Spot on the Rug
1932
The Girl from Monterrey
1943
Puppets of Fate
1921
Feather Your Nest
1944
The Wrong Mr. Wright
1927
The Rural Third Degree
1913
Drafted in the Depot
1940
They Had to See Paris
1929
The Cowboy Millionaire
1935
It's Your Move
1945
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
1915
Feed 'em and Weep
1928
Cooks and Crooks
1942
Private Snuffy Smith
1942
Wished on Mabel
1915
Dumb Daddies
1928
Bombs!
1916
Safe in Jail
1913
Ears of Experience
1938
The Big Kick
1930
You Drive Me Crazy
1945
A Flirt's Mistake
1914
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
What, No Cigarettes
1945
The First Seven Years
1930
Variety Time
1948
Rastus and the Game Cock
1913
Laugh It Off
1939
The Chinese Parrot
1927
Limousine Love
1928
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
1915
Money Means Nothing
1934
Sock Me to Sleep
1935
The Marines Are Coming
1934
His Favorite Pastime
1914
The Golden Princess
1925
The Great Vacuum Robbery
1915
Hotter Than Hot
1929
Their First Execution
1913
Hold Your Temper
1943
What Fur
1933
The Boy Friend
1928
When Comedy Was King
1960
Whose Baby?
1917
Thieves
1930
Motor Maniacs
1946
Tillie and Gus
1933
Fifty Million Husbands
1930
The Family Group
1928
Prunes and Politics
1944
The Booster
1928
The Big Beef
1945
The Black Doll
1938
The Battling Fool
1924
Everything's on Ice
1939
An Apple in His Eye
1941
Going Ga-Ga
1929
Baby Daze
1939
In Love at 40
1935
In the Clutches of the Gang
1914
Hearts and Flowers
1919
The Real McCoy
1930
A Noise from the Deep
1913
Love Fever
1931
Kennedy the Great
1939
A Scoundrel's Toll
1916
Paths to Paradise
1925
Brother Knows Best
1948
Sunk by the Census
1940
Hey! Hey! USA
1938
A Pair of Tights
1929
The Better 'Ole
1926
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935
Girl Shock
1930
Looser Than Loose
1930
Duck Soup
1942
The Bowling Match
1913
Something for Nothing
1923
A Quiet Fourth
1941
The Sky Pirate
1914
Racing for Life
1924
Chasing Husbands
1928
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
1915
The Head Guy
1930
His Luckless Love
1915
Trent's Last Case
1929
Sandy Is a Lady
1940
He Loved the Ladies
1914
Ladies Last
1930
Art in the Raw
1933
A Quiet Little Wedding
1913
Going Crooked
1926
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
1942
Mutiny in the County
1940
The Other Fellow
1937
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915
Dumb's the Word
1937
Wedding Bills
1927
Wall Street Blues
1924
Love and Bullets
1914
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
A Clean Sweep
1938
Madame Q
1929
Will Power
1936
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
The Bride Wore Crutches
1940
Love on a Ladder
1934
Beaux and Errors
1938
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
—
Never the Twins Shall Meet
1932
Next Door Neighbors
1931
Edgar & Goliath
1937
I'll Fix It
1941
The Late Lamented
1917
Radio Rampage
1944
Mabel’s Wilful Way
1915
He's a Honey
1932
The Little Girl Next Door
1923
Bigger and Better
1930
An Incompetent Hero
1914
The Noise of Bombs
1914
The Gas Station
1930
All Parts
1928
Rough on Rents
1942
Westward Ho-Hum
1941
Giggle Water
1932
Dig That Gold
1948
Mabel's New Hero
1913
All Teed Up
1930
The Love Thief
1914
Tramp Trouble
1937
Great Gobs!
1929
Clock Wise
1939
Little Billy's Triumph
1914
Good Housewrecking
1933
Stepping Out
1929
Moonlight and Monkey Business
1930
Edgar Hamlet
1935
Imagine My Embarrassment
1928
Zuzu, the Band Leader
1913
Vocalizing
1936
A Ride for a Bride
1913
Trouble or Nothing
1946
Maid to Order
1939
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
1936
The Stolen Triumph
1916
Fight and Win
1924
Now's the Time
1932
Dad's Day
1929
The Big Squawk
1929
She Loved Him Plenty
1918
The Guide
1921
Mad About Moonshine
—
High and Dry
1922
Mother's Boy
1913
Rebecca's Wedding Day
1914
The People vs. Nancy Preston
1925
The Blue Streak
1917
Off to Buffalo
1929
Contest Crazy
1948
Algy on the Force
1913
Fatty's New Role
1915
Bad Housekeeping
1937
The Wandering Two
1923
Fish Feathers
1932
Inferior Decorator
1943
A Merchant of Menace
1933
A Blasted Event
1934
Hot Foot
1943
Is Everybody Happy?
1928
Four Times Foiled
1920
The Fight Pest
1928
Help Wanted, Female
1931
Watch Your Neighbor
1918
