Acting · Monterey, California, USA · Born April 25, 1890
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.
MovieLaurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Our Gang Story
1994
as Officer (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
as Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
MovieWhen Comedy Was King
1960
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Golden Age of Comedy
1957
as archive footage
MovieMy Dream Is Yours
1949
as Uncle Charlie
MovieUnfaithfully Yours
1948
as Sweeney
Contest Crazy
1948
as Edgar
MovieVariety Time
1948
as Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
Dig That Gold
1948
as Edgar Kennedy
Brother Knows Best
1948
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieHeaven Only Knows
1947
as Judd
MovieThe Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
as Jake the Bartender
MovieDo or Diet
1947
as Edgar
I'll Build It Myself
1946
as Edgar
Motor Maniacs
1946
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieTrouble or Nothing
1946
as Edgar
MovieCaptain Tugboat Annie
1945
as Captain Bullwinkle
MovieThe Big Beef
1945
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieYou Drive Me Crazy
1945
as Edgar
MovieAnchors Aweigh
1945
as Police Captain
It's Your Move
1945
as Edgar Kennedy
What, No Cigarettes
1945
as Edgar Kennedy
Feather Your Nest
1944
as Edgar
MovieThe Great Alaskan Mystery
1944
as Bosun Higgins
MovieIt Happened Tomorrow
1944
as Insp. Mulrooney
Radio Rampage
1944
as Edgar
MoviePrunes and Politics
1944
as Edgar
MovieCrazy House
1943
as Judge
MovieThe Girl from Monterrey
1943
as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
MovieHitler's Madman
1943
as Nepomuk - the Hermit
Hot Foot
1943
as Edgar
Inferior Decorator
1943
as Edgar
MovieAir Raid Wardens
1943
as Joe Bledsoe
MovieThe Falcon Strikes Back
1943
as Smiley Dugan
Hold Your Temper
1943
as Edgar
MovieCosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
1943
as Police Chief Murphy
Duck Soup
1942
as Edgar
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
1942
as Sgt. Homer Gatling
MovieThere's One Born Every Minute
1942
as Mayor Moe Carson
Cooks and Crooks
1942
as Edgar
MovieIn Old California
1942
as Kegs McKeever
MoviePardon My Stripes
1942
as Warden Bingham
MoviePrivate Snuffy Smith
1942
as Sgt. Ed Cooper
Rough on Rents
1942
as Edgar Kennedy
A Quiet Fourth
1941
as Edgar
Gangs Of The City
1941
as Biff
I'll Fix It
1941
as Edgar
MovieWestward Ho-Hum
1941
as Edgar
MovieBlondie in Society
1941
as Dr. Glenn
MovieAn Apple in His Eye
1941
as Edgar Kennedy
Drafted in the Depot
1940
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieRemedy for Riches
1940
as George Browning
MovieLi'l Abner
1940
as Cornelius Cornpone
MovieSandy Gets Her Man
1940
as Fire Chief Galvin
MovieWho Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940
as Sheriff Gregory
A Trailer Tragedy
1940
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieThe Quarterback
1940
as Pops
MovieThe Bride Wore Crutches
1940
as Police Captain McGuire
MovieMargie
1940
as Chauncey
Sunk by the Census
1940
as Edgar
MovieDr. Christian Meets the Women
1940
as George Browning
Movie'Taint Legal
1940
as Edgar
MovieSandy Is a Lady
1940
as Officer Rafferty
Mutiny in the County
1940
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieCharlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
as Inspector Dailey
Kennedy the Great
1939
as Edgar Kennedy
Laugh It Off
1939
as Judge John J. McGuinnis
MovieLittle Accident
1939
as Paper Hanger
Act Your Age
1939
as Edgar
MovieEverything's on Ice
1939
as Joe Barton
Maid to Order
1939
as Edgar
MovieIt's a Wonderful World
1939
as Lieutenant Miller
Baby Daze
1939
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieClock Wise
1939
as Edgar
MoviePeck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
as Arthur Bailey
A Clean Sweep
1938
as Edgar
Beaux and Errors
1938
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieHey! Hey! USA
1938
as Bugs Leary
MovieScandal Street
1938
as Daniel Webster Smith
MovieThe Black Doll
1938
as Sheriff Renick
Ears of Experience
1938
as Edgar
MovieHollywood Hotel
1938
as Callaghan
MovieTrue Confession
1937
as Darsey
Edgar & Goliath
1937
as Edgar
MovieDouble Wedding
1937
as Spike
Tramp Trouble
1937
as Edgar
MovieSuper-Sleuth
1937
as Police Lt. Garrison
Dumb's the Word
1937
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieA Star Is Born
1937
as Pop Randall
Bad Housekeeping
1937
as Edgar
MovieWhen's Your Birthday?
1937
as Mr. Basscombe
MovieThe Other Fellow
1937
as Four Roles
MovieThree Men on a Horse
1936
as Harry, the Bartender
MovieMad Holiday
1936
as Donovan
Vocalizing
1936
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieYours for the Asking
1936
as Bicarbonate
MovieDummy Ache
1936
as Edgar
MovieSan Francisco
1936
as Sheriff
MovieFatal Lady
1936
as Rudolf Hochstetter
MovieSmall Town Girl
1936
as Captain Mack
MovieRobin Hood of El Dorado
1936
as Sheriff Judd
MovieWill Power
1936
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieThe Return of Jimmy Valentine
1936
as Callahan
Gasoloons
1936
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieThe Bride Comes Home
1935
as Henry
Movie$1,000 a Minute
1935
as Police Officer McCarthy
MovieLittle Big Shot
1935
as Onderdonk
In Love at 40
1935
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieWoman Wanted
1935
as Sweeney
Edgar Hamlet
1935
as Edgar
MovieA Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935
as Edgar Kennedy
Sock Me to Sleep
1935
as Edgar
MovieThe Cowboy Millionaire
1935
as Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
MovieLiving on Velvet
1935
as Counterman
MovieRendezvous at Midnight
1935
as Mahoney
Brick-a-Brac
1935
as Edgar
MovieThe Silver Streak
1934
as O'Brien
MovieFlirting with Danger
1934
as Jimmie Pierson
MovieThe Marines Are Coming
1934
as Sgt. Buck Martin
MoviePoisoned Ivory
1934
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieKid Millions
1934
as Herman Wilson
MovieGridiron Flash
1934
as Officer Thurston
MovieKing Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
as Happy Moran
A Blasted Event
1934
as Edgar
MovieWe're Rich Again
1934
as Healy, Process Server
MovieMurder on the Blackboard
1934
as Detective Donahue
MovieMoney Means Nothing
1934
as Herbert Green
Wrong Direction
1934
as Edgar, Movie Director
MovieTwentieth Century
1934
as Oscar McGonigle
Love on a Ladder
1934
as Edgar
MovieHeat Lightning
1934
as Herbert
MovieAll of Me
1934
as Guard (uncredited)
MovieKing for a Night
1933
as Cop
MovieDuck Soup
1933
as Street Vendor
MovieWhat Fur
1933
as Edgar
MovieTillie and Gus
1933
as Judge
Quiet Please!
1933
as Edgar Kennedy
Good Housewrecking
1933
MovieProfessional Sweetheart
1933
as Kelsey
MovieCross Fire
1933
as Ed Wimpy
MovieSon of the Border
1933
as Windy
MovieDiplomaniacs
1933
as Chairman - Peace Conference
MovieA Merchant of Menace
1933
as Edgar
MovieScarlet River
1933
as Sam Gilroy
Art in the Raw
1933
Fish Feathers
1932
as Edgar Kennedy
MovieThe Penguin Pool Murder
1932
as Officer Donovan
MovieRockabye
1932
as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
MovieLittle Orphan Annie
1932
as Daddy Warbucks
MovieHold 'Em Jail
1932
as Warden Elmer Jones
Giggle Water
1932
as Edgar
Now's the Time
1932
MovieWestward Passage
1932
as Elmer
The Spot on the Rug
1932
as Jake
He's a Honey
1932
MovieCarnival Boat
1932
as Baldy
Never the Twins Shall Meet
1932
as Mr. Carp
MovieBad Company
1931
as Buffington-Doorman
MovieQuick Millions
1931
as Cop (uncredited)
MovieLove Fever
1931
as Thelma's Last Rescuer
MovieHigh Gear
1931
as Cop
MovieNext Door Neighbors
1931
as Howard J. Green
Help Wanted, Female
1931
MovieLadies Last
1930
as Man in Phone Booth
Moonlight and Monkey Business
1930
as Detective
MovieLooser Than Loose
1930
as Night Club Patron
Bigger and Better
1930
as Uncle Ed Sutton
MovieDollar Dizzy
1930
as Quimby the Lawyer
MovieDoctor's Orders
1930
as Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
MovieGirl Shock
1930
as Fiancee's Father
MovieFifty Million Husbands
1930
as Officer Kennedy
MovieAll Teed Up
1930
as Thelma's Father (uncredited)
The Ghosts
1930
as Kennedy
MovieWhen the Wind Blows
1930
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
MovieThe Big Kick
1930
as Detective
The Gas Station
1930
as Detective
MovieThe First Seven Years
1930
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
MovieThe Real McCoy
1930
as Cicero the Cop
MovieShivering Shakespeare
1930
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
MovieThe Head Guy
1930
as Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
MovieThieves
1930
MovieNight Owls
1930
as Officer Kennedy
MovieGreat Gobs!
1929
as 2nd Sailor
MovieAngora Love
1929
as Landlord
MovieMoan & Groan, Inc.
1929
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
MovieStepping Out
1929
as Diner's Owner
MovieBacon Grabbers
1929
as Collis P. Kennedy
MovieWelcome Danger
1929
as SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
MovieThey Had to See Paris
1929
as Ed Eggers (uncredited)
MovieCrazy Feet
1929
as Policeman
MovieHotter Than Hot
1929
MoviePerfect Day
1929
as Uncle Edgar
Dad's Day
1929
as Michael Kennedy
Madame Q
1929
as Judge Kennedy
MovieThe Big Squawk
1929
as Orchestra Leader
MovieHurdy Gurdy
1929
as Officer Ed Kennedy
MovieUnaccustomed as We Are
1929
as Officer Kennedy
MovieTrent's Last Case
1929
as Inspector Murch
MovieWhy Is a Plumber?
1929
Off to Buffalo
1929
MovieA Pair of Tights
1929
as Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
Going Ga-Ga
1929
as Cop
MovieChasing Husbands
1928
MovieFeed 'em and Weep
1928
MovieThe Booster
1928
MovieThe Boy Friend
1928
as The Cop
MovieTwo Tars
1928
as Motorist
All Parts
1928
MovieIs Everybody Happy?
1928
MovieShould Married Men Go Home?
1928
as Golfer (uncredited)
MovieImagine My Embarrassment
1928
The Fight Pest
1928
MovieLimousine Love
1928
as The Husband, Mr Glenders
MovieThe Finishing Touch
1928
as Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
MovieThe Family Group
1928
as A Photographer
MovieDumb Daddies
1928
as The Cop
MovieLeave 'Em Laughing
1928
as Cop
MovieThe Chinese Parrot
1927
as Maydorf
MovieWedding Bills
1927
as Detective
MovieThe Wrong Mr. Wright
1927
as Trayguard
MovieThe Gay Old Bird
1927
as Chauffeur
MovieFinger Prints
1927
as O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)
MovieGoing Crooked
1926
as Detective
MovieThe Better 'Ole
1926
as Corporal Austin
MovieAcross the Pacific
1926
as Cpl. Ryan
MovieMy Old Dutch
1926
as Bill Sproat
MovieOh! What a Nurse!
1926
as Eric Johnson
MovieThe People vs. Nancy Preston
1925
as Gloomy Gus
MovieThe Golden Princess
1925
as Gewilliker Hay
MovieThe Trouble With Wives
1925
as Detective (as Edward Kennedy)
MoviePaths to Paradise
1925
as Detective (uncredited)
MovieAll's Swell on the Ocean
1924
MovieWall Street Blues
1924
as The Crook
MovieRacing for Life
1924
as Tom Grady
MovieThe Battling Fool
1924
as Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)
MovieFight and Win
1924
The Night Message
1924
as Lem Beeman
MovieSomething for Nothing
1923
as Ptomaine Tommy
MovieThe Wandering Two
1923
MovieThe Little Girl Next Door
1923
as Hank Hall
High and Dry
1922
The Guide
1921
as An American Tourist
MovieSkirts
1921
Puppets of Fate
1921
as Mike Reynolds
MovieThe Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920
Four Times Foiled
1920
MovieHearts and Flowers
1919
as Pete
MovieYankee Doodle in Berlin
1919
as German Prison Guard (uncredited)
MovieShe Loved Him Plenty
1918
Watch Your Neighbor
1918
as An Innocent Bystander
MovieThe Late Lamented
1917
as Art Gallery Operator
MovieWhose Baby?
1917
as The Detective
MovieThe Blue Streak
1917
MovieThe Stolen Triumph
1916
as Edwin Rowley, Jr.
MovieBombs!
1916
as Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader
MovieA Scoundrel's Toll
1916
as Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent
MovieMadcap Ambrose
1916
as A City Chap
MovieHis Bitter Pill
1916
as Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
MovieFatty's Tintype Tangle
1915
as Edgar
MovieFatty’s Plucky Pup
1915
as Shell Game Operator
MovieMiss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
1915
as Suitor
MovieMabel’s Wilful Way
1915
as Fatty's Pal
MovieWished on Mabel
1915
as Cop
His Luckless Love
1915
as The Maid's Boyfriend
MovieThat Little Band Of Gold
1915
as Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
MovieFatty’s Reckless Fling
1915
as Neighbor
MovieFatty's New Role
1915
as Handout-Giver (uncredited)
MovieFatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915
as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
MovieMabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915
as The cafe waiter (uncredited)
MovieThe Great Vacuum Robbery
1915
as 2nd Thief
MovieTillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
MovieAmbrose's First Falsehood
1914
as Café Proprietor
MovieGetting Acquainted
1914
as Policeman (uncredited)
MovieLeading Lizzie Astray
1914
as The Slicker's Chauffeur
MovieThe Noise of Bombs
1914
as Police Chief
An Incompetent Hero
1914
as Fatty's Neighbor
'Curses!' They Remarked
1914
as Ethel's Former Boyfriend
MovieGentlemen of Nerve
1914
as Policeman
MovieDough and Dynamite
1914
as Striking Baker
The Love Thief
1914
as The Rival
He Loved the Ladies
1914
as The Wife's Brother
MovieThe Rounders
1914
as (uncredited)
The Sky Pirate
1914
as The Sky Pirate
Love and Bullets
1914
as The Trouble Mender
MovieMabel's Busy Day
1914
as Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
MovieThe Knockout
1914
as Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
MovieCaught in a Cabaret
1914
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
MovieTwenty Minutes of Love
1914
as Lover
MovieMabel at the Wheel
1914
as Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
A Bath House Beauty
1914
as Jealous Boyfriend
MovieThe Star Boarder
1914
as Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
MovieCruel, Cruel Love
1914
as Butler
MovieHis Favorite Pastime
1914
as Tough Guy in Bar
MovieTango Tangles
1914
as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
MovieA Film Johnnie
1914
as Director (uncredited)
MovieA Thief Catcher
1914
as Crook (uncredited)
MovieMaking a Living
1914
as Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
MovieLittle Billy's Triumph
1914
Rebecca's Wedding Day
1914
as The Groom
MovieIn the Clutches of the Gang
1914
as Cop
MovieA Flirt's Mistake
1914
as Rajah
Zuzu, the Band Leader
1913
as Caesar - Zuzu's Rival
MovieThe Gusher
1913
as Cop (uncredited)
MovieA Ride for a Bride
1913
as Mustached Man
MovieFatty Joins the Force
1913
as Jealous Cop
MovieA Muddy Romance
1913
as Water Policeman
MovieThe Speed Kings
1913
as Laughing Spectator
A Quiet Little Wedding
1913
as Wedding Guest
The Bowling Match
1913
as Bowling Alley Operator
Mother's Boy
1913
as Mug
MovieMabel's Dramatic Career
1913
as Audience Member / Cop in Movie
MovieMabel's New Hero
1913
as Cop
MovieThe Riot
1913
as Cop
MovieA Noise from the Deep
1913
MovieLove and Rubbish
1913
as 1st Cop
MovieSafe in Jail
1913
as 1st Crook
Rastus and the Game Cock
1913
as Spectator
MoviePeeping Pete
1913
as The Cop
MovieThe Gangsters
1913
as Henchman
Their First Execution
1913
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
1913
Algy on the Force
1913
as Cop
MovieBangville Police
1913
as 3rd Deputy
The Rural Third Degree
1913
as Cop
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
as Edgar
Mad About Moonshine
as Edgar
