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Edgar Kennedy
Actor, Director
Died November 9, 1948 (58 years)
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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 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.
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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Filmography
| 2005 | |
| 1994 | The Our Gang Story · as Officer (archive Footage) |
| 1986 | Laurel & Hardy (TV Series) · as Kennedy |
| 1986 | Classic Comedy Teams · as Keystone Kop (segment "the Keystone Kops") |
| 1968 | The Best of Laurel and Hardy · as Officer Kennedy (archive Footage) |
| 1967 | The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy · as Cast |
| 1965 | Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's · as Cast |
| 1960 | When Comedy Was King · as Edited From 'a Pair Of Tights' (archive Footage) |
| 1957 | The Golden Age of Comedy · as Archive Footage |
| 1955 | The Little Rascals (TV Series) · as Kennedy The Cop (1955) |
| 1949 | My Dream Is Yours · as Uncle Charlie |
| 1948 | Unfaithfully Yours · as Sweeney |
| 1948 | Contest Crazy · as Edgar |
| 1948 | Variety Time · as Edgar Kennedy (footage From 'i'll Build It Myself') (archive Footage) |
| 1948 | How to Clean House · as Edgar |
| 1947 | Heaven Only Knows · as Judd |
| 1947 | Television Turmoil · as Edgar |
| 1947 | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock · as Jake The Bartender |
| 1946 | Social Terrors · as Edgar |
| 1946 | Wall Street Blues · as Edgar |
| 1946 | Trouble or Nothing · as Edgar |
| 1945 | You Drive Me Crazy · as Edgar |
| 1945 | Anchors Aweigh · as Police Captain |
| 1945 | Sleepless Tuesday · as Edgar |
| 1944 | Feather Your Nest · as Edgar |
| 1944 | The Great Alaskan Mystery · as Bosun Higgins |
| 1944 | It Happened Tomorrow · as Insp. Mulrooney |
| 1944 | Love Your Landlord · as Edgar |
| 1943 | Crazy House · as Judge |
| 1943 | The Girl from Monterrey · as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter |
| 1943 | Hitler's Madman · as Nepomuk - The Hermit |
| 1943 | The Falcon Strikes Back · as Smiley Dugan |
| 1943 | Air Raid Wardens · as Joe Bledsoe |
| 1943 | Indian Signs · as Edgar |
| 1943 | Cosmo Jones in the Crime Smasher · as Police Chief Murphy |
| 1942 | Duck Soup · as Edgar |
| 1942 | Hillbilly Blitzkrieg · as Sgt. Homer Gatling |
| 1942 | Two for the Money · as Edgar |
| 1942 | There's One Born Every Minute · as Mayor Moe Carson |
| 1942 | Cooks and Crooks · as Edgar |
| 1942 | In Old California · as Kegs Mckeever |
| 1942 | Inferior Decorator · as Edgar |
| 1942 | Private Snuffy Smith · as Sgt. Ed Cooper |
| 1941 | A Quiet Fourth · as Edgar |
| 1941 | Westward Ho-Hum · as Edgar |
| 1941 | Blondie in Society · as Dr. Glenn |
| 1941 | It Happened All Night · as Edgar |
| 1940 | Remedy for Riches · as George Browning |
| 1940 | Li'l Abner · as Cornelius Cornpone |
| 1940 | Sandy Gets Her Man · as Fire Chief Galvin |
| 1940 | Who Killed Aunt Maggie? · as Sheriff Gregory |
| 1940 | Sunk by the Census · as Edgar |
| 1940 | Dr. Christian Meets the Women · as George Browning |
| 1940 | Slightly at Sea · as Edgar |
| 1939 | Charlie McCarthy, Detective · as Inspector Dailey |
| 1939 | Laugh It Off · as Judge John J. Mcguinnis |
| 1939 | Everything's on Ice · as Joe Barton |
| 1939 | Act Your Age · as Edgar |
| 1939 | Feathered Pests · as Edgar |
| 1939 | It's a Wonderful World · as Lieutenant Miller |
| 1939 | Clock Wise · as Edgar |
| 1939 | Maid to Order · as Edgar |
| 1938 | Hey! Hey! U.S.A! · as Bugs Leary |
| 1938 | Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus · as Arthur Bailey |
| 1938 | False Roomers · as Edgar |
| 1938 | The Black Doll · as Sheriff Renick |
| 1937 | True Confession · as Darsey |
| 1937 | Hollywood Hotel · as Callaghan |
| 1937 | Edgar & Goliath · as Edgar |
| 1937 | Double Wedding · as Spike |
| 1937 | Super-Sleuth · as Police Lt. Garrison |
| 1937 | A Star Is Born · as Pop Randall |
| 1937 | When's Your Birthday? · as Mr. Basscombe |
| 1936 | Three Men on a Horse · as Harry, The Bartender |
| 1936 | Mad Holiday · as Donovan |
| 1936 | Yours for the Asking · as Bicarbonate |
| 1936 | San Francisco · as Sheriff |
| 1936 | Fatal Lady · as Rudolf Hochstetter |
| 1936 | Small Town Girl · as Captain Mack |
| 1936 | Robin Hood of El Dorado · as Sheriff Judd |
| 1935 | The Bride Comes Home · as Henry |
| 1935 | $1000 a Minute · as Police Officer Mccarthy |
| 1935 | Little Big Shot · as Onderdonk |
| 1935 | Woman Wanted · as Sweeney |
| 1935 | Sock Me to Sleep · as Edgar |
| 1935 | The Cowboy Millionaire · as Willy 'persimmon' Bates |
| 1935 | Living on Velvet · as Counterman |
| 1934 | The Silver Streak · as O'brien |
| 1934 | Flirting with Danger · as Jimmie Pierson |
| 1934 | The Marines Are Coming · as Sgt. Buck Martin |
| 1934 | Kid Millions · as Herman Wilson |
| 1934 | Gridiron Flash · as Officer Thurston |
| 1934 | King Kelly of the U.S.A. · as Happy Moran |
| 1934 | We're Rich Again · as Healy, Process Server |
| 1934 | Money Means Nothing · as Herbert Green |
| 1934 | Murder on the Blackboard · as Detective Donahue |
| 1934 | Operator 13 · as Confederate Officer Jealous Of Artilleryman |
| 1934 | Twentieth Century · as Oscar Mcgonigle |
| 1934 | Heat Lightning · as Herbert - The Husband |
| 1934 | All of Me · as Guard (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Grin and Bear It · as Edgar |
| 1933 | King for a Night · as Cop |
| 1933 | Duck Soup · as Street Vendor |
| 1933 | Tillie and Gus · as Judge |
| 1933 | Cross Fire · as Ed Wimpy |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | Professional Sweetheart · as Tim Kelsey |
| 1933 | Diplomaniacs · as Chairman - Peace Conference |
| 1933 | Son of the Border · as Windy |
| 1933 | Scarlet River · as Sam Gilroy |
| 1933 | |
| 1932 | Penguin Pool Murder · as Officer Donovan |
| 1932 | Rockabye · as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Little Orphan Annie · as Daddy Warbucks |
| 1932 | Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath · as Edgar |
| 1932 | Hold 'Em Jail · as Warden Elmer Jones |
| 1932 | The Golf Chump · as Edgar |
| 1932 | Giggle Water · as Edgar |
| 1932 | Westward Passage · as Elmer |
| 1932 | The Spot on the Rug · as Jake |
| 1932 | Carnival Boat · as Baldy |
| 1932 | Never the Twins Shall Meet · as Mr. Carp |
| 1931 | Camping Out · as Edgar |
| 1931 | Bad Company · as Buffington-Doorman |
| 1931 | Don't Divorce Him · as Cast |
| 1931 | Quick Millions · as Cop (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Not So Loud · as Detective Kennedy |
| 1931 | Rough House Rhythm · as Edgar |
| 1931 | Next Door Neighbors · as Howard J. Green |
| 1931 | Stage Struck · as Cast |
| 1930 | Bigger and Better · as Uncle Ed Sutton |
| 1930 | All Teed Up · as Thelma's Father |
| 1930 | When the Wind Blows · as Kennedy The Cop (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The First Seven Years · as Kennedy The Cop (uncredited) |
| 1930 | |
| 1930 | Night Owls · as Officer Kennedy |
| 1929 | Shivering Shakespeare · as Kennedy The Cop (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Angora Love · as Landlord |
| 1929 | Moan & Groan, Inc. · as Kennedy The Cop (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Bacon Grabbers · as Collis P. Kennedy |
| 1929 | Welcome Danger · as Sfpd Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1929 | They Had to See Paris · as Ed Eggers |
| 1929 | Perfect Day · as Uncle Edgar |
| 1929 | Unaccustomed As We Are · as Officer Kennedy |
| 1929 | Trent's Last Case · as Inspector Murch |
| 1928 | Two Tars · as Motorist |
| 1928 | Should Married Men Go Home? · as Golfer (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Limousine Love · as The Husband, Mr Glenders |
| 1928 | The Finishing Touch · as Cop (as Ed Kennedy) |
| 1928 | Leave 'em Laughing · as Cop |
| 1927 | The Chinese Parrot · as Maydorf |
| 1926 | The Better 'Ole · as Corporal Austin |
| 1925 | The Golden Princess · as Gewilliker Hay |
| 1925 | The Trouble with Wives · as Detective (as Edward Kennedy) |
| 1925 | Paths to Paradise · as Detective (uncredited) |
| 1919 | Yankee Doodle in Berlin · as German Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| 1918 | Mickey · as Stage Driver |
| 1914 | Tillie's Punctured Romance · as Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited) |
| 1914 | A Fair Exchange · as Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Gentlemen of Nerve · as Policeman |
| 1914 | Dough and Dynamite · as Striking Baker |
| 1914 | The Rounders · as (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Mabel's Busy Day · as Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited) |
| 1914 | The Knockout · as Cyclone Flynn (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Caught in a Cabaret · as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Twenty Minutes of Love · as Lover |
| 1914 | Mabel at the Wheel · as Spectator In Grandstand (uncredited) |
| 1914 | The Star Boarder · as Landlady's Husband (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Cruel, Cruel Love · as Butler |
| 1914 | His Favorite Pastime · as Tough Guy In Bar |
| 1914 | Tango Tangles · as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited) |
| 1914 | A Film Johnnie · as Director (uncredited) |
| 1914 | A Thief Catcher · as Crook (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Making a Living · as Wreck Bystander (uncredited) |
| 1913 | The Gusher · as Cop (uncredited) |
| 1913 | Fatty Joins the Force · as Jealous Cop |
| 1913 | The Speed Kings · as Laughing Spectator |
| 1913 | The Bowling Match · as Bowling Alley Operator |
| 1913 | The Firebugs · as The Cop |
| 1913 | A Game of Pool · as Pool Hall Denizen |
| 1913 | Get Rich Quick · as Henchman |
| 1913 | Bangville Police · as 3rd Deputy |
| 1913 | The Rural Third Degree · as Cop |
| 1913 | Forced Bravery · as Cast |
| 1913 | Heinze's Resurrection · as Cast |
| 1912 | Hoffmeyer's Legacy · as Keystone Kop |