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