Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

Biography: 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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: April 25, 1890

Deathday: November 09, 1948

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Known For

Duck Soup
Duck Soup

1933-11-12

It Happened Tomorrow
It Happened Tomorrow

1944-03-31

The Ghosts
The Ghosts

1930-04-05

Blondie in Society
Blondie in Society

1941-07-17

Double Wedding
Double Wedding

1937-10-15

Cruel, Cruel Love
Cruel, Cruel Love

1914-03-26

Dough and Dynamite
Dough and Dynamite

1914-10-26

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

1947-04-04

King Kelly of the U.S.A.
King Kelly of the U.S.A.

1934-09-15

Li'l Abner
Li'l Abner

1940-11-09

My Dream Is Yours
My Dream Is Yours

1949-04-15

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born

1937-04-27

Twentieth Century
Twentieth Century

1934-05-11

The Rural Third Degree
The Rural Third Degree

1913-03-06

Caught in a Cabaret
Caught in a Cabaret

1914-04-27

The Trouble With Wives
The Trouble With Wives

1925-09-28

In Old California
In Old California

1942-05-31

Air Raid Wardens
Air Raid Wardens

1943-04-04

Hollywood Hotel
Hollywood Hotel

1938-01-15

The Falcon Strikes Back
The Falcon Strikes Back

1943-04-01

The Our Gang Story
The Our Gang Story

1994-01-01

The Chinese Parrot
The Chinese Parrot

1927-10-23

Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes

1913-05-12

It's a Wonderful World
It's a Wonderful World

1939-05-19

Whose Baby?
Whose Baby?

1917-07-08

The Family Group
The Family Group

1928-02-18

The Fight Pest
The Fight Pest

1928-05-12

Imagine My Embarrassment
Imagine My Embarrassment

1928-09-01

Is Everybody Happy?
Is Everybody Happy?

1928-09-29

All Parts
All Parts

1928-10-27

The Booster
The Booster

1928-11-24

Chasing Husbands
Chasing Husbands

1928-12-22

Off to Buffalo
Off to Buffalo

1929-02-16

Great Gobs!
Great Gobs!

1929-12-28

Night Owls
Night Owls

1930-01-04

The Love Thief
The Love Thief

1914-10-22

Perfect Day
Perfect Day

1929-08-10

Should Married Men Go Home?
Should Married Men Go Home?

1928-09-08

The Finishing Touch
The Finishing Touch

1928-02-25

Leave 'Em Laughing
Leave 'Em Laughing

1928-01-28

Bacon Grabbers
Bacon Grabbers

1929-10-19

Two Tars
Two Tars

1928-11-03

Unaccustomed as We Are
Unaccustomed as We Are

1929-05-04

The Star Boarder
The Star Boarder

1914-04-04

Twenty Minutes of Love
Twenty Minutes of Love

1914-04-20

The Knockout
The Knockout

1914-06-11

Gentlemen of Nerve
Gentlemen of Nerve

1914-10-29

Getting Acquainted
Getting Acquainted

1914-12-05

A Thief Catcher
A Thief Catcher

1914-02-19

Giggle Water
Giggle Water

1932-06-27

Penguin Pool Murder
Penguin Pool Murder

1932-12-09

Robin Hood of El Dorado
Robin Hood of El Dorado

1936-03-17

Little Big Shot
Little Big Shot

1935-09-07

Son of the Border
Son of the Border

1933-05-05

When Comedy Was King
When Comedy Was King

1960-03-29

Small Town Girl
Small Town Girl

1936-04-10

Little Orphan Annie
Little Orphan Annie

1932-11-04

Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Fatty's Tintype Tangle

1915-07-26

Racing for Life
Racing for Life

1924-08-08

Tillie and Gus
Tillie and Gus

1933-10-13

The Cowboy Millionaire
The Cowboy Millionaire

1935-04-25

True Confession
True Confession

1937-12-24

Flirting with Danger
Flirting with Danger

1934-12-01

Three Men on a Horse
Three Men on a Horse

1936-11-21

Making a Living
Making a Living

1914-02-02

Fatty Joins the Force
Fatty Joins the Force

1913-11-23

Mad Holiday
Mad Holiday

1936-11-13

The Girl from Monterrey
The Girl from Monterrey

1943-10-04

Leading Lizzie Astray
Leading Lizzie Astray

1914-11-30

The Marines Are Coming
The Marines Are Coming

1934-11-19

Art in the Raw
Art in the Raw

1933-02-23

Good Housewrecking
Good Housewrecking

1933-06-15

The Golden Princess
The Golden Princess

1925-10-05

Love and Bullets
Love and Bullets

1914-07-04

The Sky Pirate
The Sky Pirate

1914-07-18

Super-Sleuth
Super-Sleuth

1937-07-16

Money Means Nothing
Money Means Nothing

1934-06-14

A Blasted Event
A Blasted Event

1934-09-06

Thieves
Thieves

1930-01-07

The Late Lamented
The Late Lamented

1917-09-23

A Merchant of Menace
A Merchant of Menace

1933-04-20

Algy on the Force
Algy on the Force

1913-05-05

Hey! Hey! USA
Hey! Hey! USA

1938-10-01

Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher

1943-01-29

Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Fatty’s Plucky Pup

1915-06-27

Will Power
Will Power

1936-03-05

Dumb Daddies
Dumb Daddies

1928-02-03

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

1938-12-02

Moan & Groan, Inc.
Moan & Groan, Inc.

1929-12-07

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

1940-11-01

Living on Velvet
Living on Velvet

1935-03-02

Something for Nothing
Something for Nothing

1923-07-09

The Other Fellow
The Other Fellow

1937-01-23

Professional Sweetheart
Professional Sweetheart

1933-06-09

Tramp Trouble
Tramp Trouble

1937-08-07

He's a Honey
He's a Honey

1932-04-17

Remedy for Riches
Remedy for Riches

1940-11-29

The Better 'Ole
The Better 'Ole

1926-10-23

We're Rich Again
We're Rich Again

1934-07-13

Now's the Time
Now's the Time

1932-06-12

The Little Girl Next Door
The Little Girl Next Door

1923-04-28

The Great Alaskan Mystery
The Great Alaskan Mystery

1944-04-25

Beaux and Errors
Beaux and Errors

1938-10-05

Dumb's the Word
Dumb's the Word

1937-06-11

Gridiron Flash
Gridiron Flash

1934-10-06

When's Your Birthday?
When's Your Birthday?

1937-02-19

The Silver Streak
The Silver Streak

1934-12-21

Wrong Direction
Wrong Direction

1934-05-18

When the Wind Blows
When the Wind Blows

1930-04-05

Woman Wanted
Woman Wanted

1935-08-02

Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Charlie McCarthy, Detective

1939-12-22

There's One Born Every Minute
There's One Born Every Minute

1942-06-26

The Bride Comes Home
The Bride Comes Home

1935-12-25

Limousine Love
Limousine Love

1928-04-13

Private Snuffy Smith
Private Snuffy Smith

1942-01-16

Anchors Aweigh
Anchors Aweigh

1945-08-13

The Gangsters
The Gangsters

1913-05-29

The First Seven Years
The First Seven Years

1930-03-01

Peeping Pete
Peeping Pete

1913-06-22

A Muddy Romance
A Muddy Romance

1913-11-19

The Speed Kings
The Speed Kings

1913-10-30

Rastus and the Game Cock
Rastus and the Game Cock

1913-07-03

Safe in Jail
Safe in Jail

1913-07-07

Love and Rubbish
Love and Rubbish

1913-07-14

A Noise from the Deep
A Noise from the Deep

1913-07-17

The Riot
The Riot

1913-08-07

Mabel's New Hero
Mabel's New Hero

1913-08-27

Mabel's Dramatic Career
Mabel's Dramatic Career

1913-09-08

Mother's Boy
Mother's Boy

1913-09-25

A Quiet Little Wedding
A Quiet Little Wedding

1913-10-23

A Ride for a Bride
A Ride for a Bride

1913-12-08

A Flirt's Mistake
A Flirt's Mistake

1914-01-12

In the Clutches of the Gang
In the Clutches of the Gang

1914-01-17

Rebecca's Wedding Day
Rebecca's Wedding Day

1914-01-24

Tango Tangles
Tango Tangles

1914-03-09

His Favorite Pastime
His Favorite Pastime

1914-03-16

A Bath House Beauty
A Bath House Beauty

1914-04-12

Scarlet River
Scarlet River

1933-03-10

The Great Vacuum Robbery
The Great Vacuum Robbery

1915-01-01

The Battling Fool
The Battling Fool

1924-08-01

The Wrong Mr. Wright
The Wrong Mr. Wright

1927-02-27

The Black Doll
The Black Doll

1938-01-31

A Pair of Tights
A Pair of Tights

1929-02-03

Going Ga-Ga
Going Ga-Ga

1929-01-05

Diplomaniacs
Diplomaniacs

1933-04-28

Trent's Last Case
Trent's Last Case

1929-03-31

Westward Passage
Westward Passage

1932-05-27

Fatal Lady
Fatal Lady

1936-05-15

Captain Tugboat Annie
Captain Tugboat Annie

1945-11-17

Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919-03-02

The Real McCoy
The Real McCoy

1930-02-01

Their First Execution
Their First Execution

1913-05-14

Dollar Dizzy
Dollar Dizzy

1930-10-03

Bangville Police
Bangville Police

1913-04-24

Moonlight and Monkey Business
Moonlight and Monkey Business

1930-11-15

The Noise of Bombs
The Noise of Bombs

1914-11-19

Ambrose's First Falsehood
Ambrose's First Falsehood

1914-12-12

The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend

1928-11-10

Yours for the Asking
Yours for the Asking

1936-07-23

His Bitter Pill
His Bitter Pill

1916-04-30

Madcap Ambrose
Madcap Ambrose

1916-07-16

Hearts and Flowers
Hearts and Flowers

1919-06-22

A Film Johnnie
A Film Johnnie

1914-03-02

Mabel at the Wheel
Mabel at the Wheel

1914-04-18

Mabel's Busy Day
Mabel's Busy Day

1914-06-13

The Rounders
The Rounders

1914-09-07

Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914-12-21

Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Fatty’s Reckless Fling

1915-03-04

Fatty's New Role
Fatty's New Role

1915-02-01

Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition

1915-01-23

Mabel’s Wilful Way
Mabel’s Wilful Way

1915-05-01

Wished on Mabel
Wished on Mabel

1915-04-19

That Little Band Of Gold
That Little Band Of Gold

1915-03-14

Love Fever
Love Fever

1931-04-11

The Head Guy
The Head Guy

1930-01-11

The Big Kick
The Big Kick

1930-03-29

Heat Lightning
Heat Lightning

1934-03-01

Baby Daze
Baby Daze

1939-05-18

Rendezvous at Midnight
Rendezvous at Midnight

1935-02-11

They Had to See Paris
They Had to See Paris

1929-09-18

Hurdy Gurdy
Hurdy Gurdy

1929-05-10

King for a Night
King for a Night

1933-12-09

Dr. Christian Meets the Women
Dr. Christian Meets the Women

1940-08-05

Quiet Please!
Quiet Please!

1933-08-10

Gasoloons
Gasoloons

1936-01-03

Shivering Shakespeare
Shivering Shakespeare

1930-01-25

Doctor's Orders
Doctor's Orders

1930-09-12

Bigger and Better
Bigger and Better

1930-10-24

Ladies Last
Ladies Last

1930-12-06

Looser Than Loose
Looser Than Loose

1930-11-15

Everything's on Ice
Everything's on Ice

1939-10-05

Wall Street Blues
Wall Street Blues

1924-08-09

Feed 'em and Weep
Feed 'em and Weep

1928-12-08

Mutiny in the County
Mutiny in the County

1940-05-03

Gangs Of The City
Gangs Of The City

1941-10-30

Kid Millions
Kid Millions

1934-11-10

The Big Squawk
The Big Squawk

1929-05-25

Stepping Out
Stepping Out

1929-11-02

Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers

1915-05-14

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

1920-06-30

Little Billy's Triumph
Little Billy's Triumph

1914-01-28

Angora Love
Angora Love

1929-12-14

Cross Fire
Cross Fire

1933-05-28

Oh! What a Nurse!
Oh! What a Nurse!

1926-03-07

Hold 'Em Jail
Hold 'Em Jail

1932-08-19

The Gusher
The Gusher

1913-12-14

My Old Dutch
My Old Dutch

1926-05-23

Rough on Rents
Rough on Rents

1942-01-01

$1,000 a Minute
$1,000 a Minute

1935-10-21

The Quarterback
The Quarterback

1940-10-15

Margie
Margie

1940-09-01

Sandy Is a Lady
Sandy Is a Lady

1940-05-21

It's Your Move
It's Your Move

1945-08-10

Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg

1942-08-14

Unfaithfully Yours
Unfaithfully Yours

1948-12-10

Carnival Boat
Carnival Boat

1932-03-19

All Teed Up
All Teed Up

1930-04-16

Dad's Day
Dad's Day

1929-07-06

Madame Q
Madame Q

1929-06-08

Quick Millions
Quick Millions

1931-04-17

High Gear
High Gear

1931-02-28

Fifty Million Husbands
Fifty Million Husbands

1930-05-23

The Best of Laurel and Hardy
The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968-12-14

Drafted in the Depot
Drafted in the Depot

1940-12-20

An Apple in His Eye
An Apple in His Eye

1941-06-06

Next Door Neighbors
Next Door Neighbors

1931-01-28

Poisoned Ivory
Poisoned Ivory

1934-11-16

Edgar Hamlet
Edgar Hamlet

1935-07-04

High and Dry
High and Dry

1922-12-24

In Love at 40
In Love at 40

1935-08-29

Laugh It Off
Laugh It Off

1939-12-01

Murder on the Blackboard
Murder on the Blackboard

1934-06-15

Paths to Paradise
Paths to Paradise

1925-06-28

Variety Time
Variety Time

1948-08-21

Hotter Than Hot
Hotter Than Hot

1929-08-17

The Guide
The Guide

1921-05-11

He Loved the Ladies
He Loved the Ladies

1914-09-21

All of Me
All of Me

1934-02-01

Puppets of Fate
Puppets of Fate

1921-03-28

Hold Your Temper
Hold Your Temper

1943-02-05

I'll Fix It
I'll Fix It

1941-10-07

Westward Ho-Hum
Westward Ho-Hum

1941-09-15

Heaven Only Knows
Heaven Only Knows

1947-09-12

Hitler's Madman
Hitler's Madman

1943-06-10

San Francisco
San Francisco

1936-06-26

Rockabye
Rockabye

1932-11-25

'Curses!' They Remarked
'Curses!' They Remarked

1914-11-05

'Taint Legal
'Taint Legal

1940-05-25

Girl Shock
Girl Shock

1930-08-23

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

1935-06-21

Dummy Ache
Dummy Ache

1936-07-10

Love on a Ladder
Love on a Ladder

1934-03-18

Ears of Experience
Ears of Experience

1938-01-28

Clock Wise
Clock Wise

1939-03-24

Sunk by the Census
Sunk by the Census

1940-08-06

Prunes and Politics
Prunes and Politics

1944-01-07

A Quiet Fourth
A Quiet Fourth

1941-12-19

Scandal Street
Scandal Street

1938-02-11

Crazy Feet
Crazy Feet

1929-09-07

Vocalizing
Vocalizing

1936-10-23

Fish Feathers
Fish Feathers

1932-12-16

Brick-a-Brac
Brick-a-Brac

1935-01-18

Bad Housekeeping
Bad Housekeeping

1937-03-05

A Clean Sweep
A Clean Sweep

1938-12-02

A Trailer Tragedy
A Trailer Tragedy

1940-10-17

His Luckless Love
His Luckless Love

1915-03-18

A Scoundrel's Toll
A Scoundrel's Toll

1916-09-17

Cooks and Crooks
Cooks and Crooks

1942-06-05

Duck Soup
Duck Soup

1942-12-18

Help Wanted, Female
Help Wanted, Female

1931-01-11

Welcome Danger
Welcome Danger

1929-10-12

Four Times Foiled
Four Times Foiled

1920-01-11

Hot Foot
Hot Foot

1943-05-15

Crazy House
Crazy House

1943-10-08

Bad Company
Bad Company

1931-10-16

Going Crooked
Going Crooked

1926-12-12

Feather Your Nest
Feather Your Nest

1944-10-23

Radio Rampage
Radio Rampage

1944-03-28

Across the Pacific
Across the Pacific

1926-10-02

Sandy Gets Her Man
Sandy Gets Her Man

1940-11-08

Pardon My Stripes
Pardon My Stripes

1942-01-26

Finger Prints
Finger Prints

1927-01-08

The Golden Age of Comedy
The Golden Age of Comedy

1957-12-26

Edgar & Goliath
Edgar & Goliath

1937-11-19

Maid to Order
Maid to Order

1939-09-27

Kennedy the Great
Kennedy the Great

1939-12-08

What, No Cigarettes
What, No Cigarettes

1945-07-13

Why Is a Plumber?
Why Is a Plumber?

1929-03-30

You Drive Me Crazy
You Drive Me Crazy

1945-09-07

The Big Beef
The Big Beef

1945-10-19

Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day

1915-01-14

The Gas Station
The Gas Station

1930-03-29

Motor Maniacs
Motor Maniacs

1946-07-26

Trouble or Nothing
Trouble or Nothing

1946-01-25

I'll Build It Myself
I'll Build It Myself

1946-10-18

Bombs!
Bombs!

1916-10-07

Little Accident
Little Accident

1939-10-26

The Bowling Match
The Bowling Match

1913-09-29

Do or Diet
Do or Diet

1947-02-10

An Incompetent Hero
An Incompetent Hero

1914-11-12

Zuzu, the Band Leader
Zuzu, the Band Leader

1913-12-24

Dig That Gold
Dig That Gold

1948-06-25

Contest Crazy
Contest Crazy

1948-10-01

Brother Knows Best
Brother Knows Best

1948-01-02

She Loved Him Plenty
She Loved Him Plenty

1918-08-11

What Fur
What Fur

1933-11-03

The Wandering Two
The Wandering Two

1923-05-28

Inferior Decorator
Inferior Decorator

1943-04-13

The Stolen Triumph
The Stolen Triumph

1916-12-11

All's Swell on the Ocean
All's Swell on the Ocean

1924-08-18