10.0
10.0
Rough on Rents
1942
as Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Kennedy
Also known as: Edgar Livingston Kennedy, E.L. Kennedy
Acting
Born:April 25, 1890
Died:November 9, 1948(aged 58)
Birthplace:Monterey, California, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:San Rafael High School
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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.
Filmography (319 movies)
10.0
10.0
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
Director
9.5
9.5
Dig That Gold
1948
as Edgar Kennedy
9.0
9.0
Doctor's Orders
1930
as Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
9.0
9.0
Son of the Border
1933
as Windy
8.0
8.0
Safe in Jail
1913
as 1st Crook
7.6
7.6
A Pair of Tights
1929
as Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
7.6
7.6
Tillie and Gus
1933
as Judge
7.4
7.4
Night Owls
1930
as Officer Kennedy
7.4
7.4
Blondie in Society
1941
as Dr. Glenn
7.3
7.3
Duck Soup
1933
as Street Vendor
7.2
7.2
There's One Born Every Minute
1942
as Mayor Moe Carson
7.2
7.2
Unfaithfully Yours
1948
as Sweeney
7.2
7.2
A Star Is Born
1937
as Pop Randall
7.1
7.1
Air Raid Wardens
1943
as Joe Bledsoe
7.1
7.1
Quick Millions
1931
as Cop (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Diplomaniacs
1933
as Chairman - Peace Conference
6.9
6.9
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
as archive footage
6.9
6.9
Thieves
1930
6.9
6.9
Perfect Day
1929
as Uncle Edgar
6.9
6.9
Unaccustomed as We Are
1929
as Officer Kennedy
6.9
6.9
Hey! Hey! USA
1938
as Bugs Leary
6.8
6.8
Anchors Aweigh
1945
as Police Captain
6.8
6.8
The Silver Streak
1934
as O'Brien
6.8
6.8
Going Ga-Ga
1929
as Cop
6.8
6.8
The Finishing Touch
1928
as Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
6.8
6.8
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
as Warden Elmer Jones
6.8
6.8
Heat Lightning
1934
as Herbert - the Husband
6.8
6.8
Twentieth Century
1934
as Oscar McGonigle
6.7
6.7
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
as Insp. Mulrooney
6.7
6.7
When Comedy Was King
1960
as edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)
6.6
6.6
Two Tars
1928
as Motorist
6.5
6.5
Kid Millions
1934
as Herman Wilson
6.5
6.5
The Real McCoy
1930
as Cicero the Cop
6.5
6.5
San Francisco
1936
as Sheriff
6.5
6.5
From Soup to Nuts
1928
Director
6.4
6.4
My Dream Is Yours
1949
as Uncle Charlie
6.4
6.4
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928
as Golfer (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
Angora Love
1929
as Landlord
6.4
6.4
Double Wedding
1937
as Spike
6.3
6.3
It's a Wonderful World
1939
as Lieutenant Miller
6.3
6.3
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
as Jake the Bartender
6.3
6.3
Woman Wanted
1935
as Sweeney
6.3
6.3
Bacon Grabbers
1929
as Collis P. Kennedy
6.2
6.2
Madame Q
1929
as Judge Kennedy
6.2
6.2
Three Men on a Horse
1936
as Harry, the Bartender
6.2
6.2
Rockabye
1932
as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
6.1
6.1
When the Wind Blows
1930
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
6.1
6.1
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
6.1
6.1
Dough and Dynamite
1914
as Striking Baker
6.1
6.1
The Rounders
1914
as (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Peeping Pete
1913
as The Cop
6.0
6.0
Dollar Dizzy
1930
as Quimby the Lawyer
6.0
6.0
Cross Fire
1933
as Ed Wimpy
6.0
6.0
The Gangsters
1913
as Henchman
6.0
6.0
All of Me
1934
as Guard (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
as Inspector Dailey
6.0
6.0
Pardon My Stripes
1942
as Warden Bingham
6.0
6.0
Little Big Shot
1935
as Onderdonk
6.0
6.0
The Cowboy Millionaire
1935
as Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
6.0
6.0
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935
as Edgar Kennedy
6.0
6.0
Mad Holiday
1936
as Donovan
6.0
6.0
Heaven Only Knows
1947
as Judd
6.0
6.0
What, No Cigarettes
1945
as Edgar Kennedy
5.9
5.9
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915
as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
5.9
5.9
Small Town Girl
1936
as Captain Mack
5.9
5.9
They Had to See Paris
1929
as Ed Eggers (uncredited)
5.9
5.9
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928
as Cop
5.8
5.8
Murder on the Blackboard
1934
as Detective Donahue
5.8
5.8
Westward Passage
1932
as Elmer
5.8
5.8
Li'l Abner
1940
as Cornelius Cornpone
5.8
5.8
True Confession
1937
as Darsey
5.8
5.8
Paths to Paradise
1925
as Detective (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
$1,000 a Minute
1935
as Police Officer McCarthy
5.8
5.8
Little Orphan Annie
1932
as Daddy Warbucks
5.8
5.8
You're Darn Tootin'
1928
Director
5.7
5.7
Limousine Love
1928
as The Husband, Mr Glenders
5.7
5.7
Making a Living
1914
as Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
Shivering Shakespeare
1930
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
as Policeman
5.6
5.6
The Knockout
1914
as Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
Feed 'em and Weep
1928
5.6
5.6
Mabel's Busy Day
1914
as Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
Mabel at the Wheel
1914
as Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914
as Lover
5.6
5.6
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
1915
as Shell Game Operator
5.6
5.6
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
1915
as Edgar
5.5
5.5
Crazy Feet
1929
as Policeman
5.5
5.5
Living on Velvet
1935
as Counterman
5.5
5.5
Moan & Groan, Inc.
1929
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
5.5
5.5
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
as Audience Member / Cop in Movie
5.5
5.5
A Noise from the Deep
1913
5.5
5.5
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943
as Smiley Dugan
5.4
5.4
Fatty Joins the Force
1913
as Jealous Cop
5.4
5.4
Wished on Mabel
1915
as Cop
5.4
5.4
Hollywood Hotel
1938
as Callaghan
5.4
5.4
A Flirt's Mistake
1914
as Rajah
5.4
5.4
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915
as The cafe waiter (uncredited)
5.4
5.4
A Film Johnnie
1914
as Director (uncredited)
5.4
5.4
The Penguin Pool Murder
1932
as Officer Donovan
5.3
5.3
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919
as German Prison Guard (uncredited)
5.3
5.3
The Black Doll
1938
as Sheriff Renick
5.3
5.3
Getting Acquainted
1914
as Policeman (uncredited)
5.3
5.3
The Boy Friend
1928
as The Cop
5.3
5.3
Hitler's Madman
1943
as Nepomuk - the Hermit
5.2
5.2
The First Seven Years
1930
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
5.2
5.2
Hearts and Flowers
1919
as Pete
5.2
5.2
His Favorite Pastime
1914
as Tough Guy in Bar
5.2
5.2
Fatty's New Role
1915
as Handout-Giver (uncredited)
5.2
5.2
His Bitter Pill
1916
as Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
5.2
5.2
We're Rich Again
1934
as Healy, Process Server
5.1
5.1
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
as Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
5.1
5.1
Cruel, Cruel Love
1914
as Butler
5.1
5.1
Dummy Ache
1936
as Edgar
5.1
5.1
Tango Tangles
1914
as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
5.1
5.1
In Old California
1942
as Kegs McKeever
5.1
5.1
The Star Boarder
1914
as Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
5.1
5.1
Mabel's New Hero
1913
as Cop
5.0
5.0
Bangville Police
1913
as 3rd Deputy
5.0
5.0
The Better 'Ole
1926
as Corporal Austin
5.0
5.0
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940
as George Browning
5.0
5.0
Flirting with Danger
1934
as Jimmie Pierson
5.0
5.0
Super-Sleuth
1937
as Police Lt. Garrison
5.0
5.0
Bigger and Better
1930
Director
5.0
5.0
A Scoundrel's Toll
1916
as Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent
5.0
5.0
'Curses!' They Remarked
1914
as Ethel's Former Boyfriend
5.0
5.0
The Noise of Bombs
1914
as Police Chief
5.0
5.0
Professional Sweetheart
1933
as Kelsey
5.0
5.0
Bombs!
1916
as Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader
5.0
5.0
Carnival Boat
1932
as Baldy
5.0
5.0
Little Billy's Triumph
1914
5.0
5.0
Stepping Out
1929
as Diner's Owner
5.0
5.0
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944
as Bosun Higgins
5.0
5.0
She Loved Him Plenty
1918
5.0
5.0
Prunes and Politics
1944
as Edgar
5.0
5.0
Girl Shock
1930
as Fiancee's Father
4.9
4.9
Welcome Danger
1929
as SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
4.9
4.9
Mabel’s Wilful Way
1915
as Fatty's Pal
4.9
4.9
A Thief Catcher
1914
as Crook (uncredited)
4.8
4.8
Remedy for Riches
1940
as George Browning
4.8
4.8
A Muddy Romance
1913
as Water Policeman
4.8
4.8
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
as Arthur Bailey
4.7
4.7
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
1915
as Neighbor
4.6
4.6
Bad Company
1931
as Buffington-Doorman
4.6
4.6
The Speed Kings
1913
as Laughing Spectator
4.5
4.5
Scarlet River
1933
as Sam Gilroy
4.5
4.5
The Gusher
1913
as Cop (uncredited)
4.5
4.5
Everything's on Ice
1939
as Joe Barton
4.5
4.5
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
1915
as Suitor
4.5
4.5
The Bride Comes Home
1935
as Henry
4.5
4.5
Love and Rubbish
1913
as 1st Cop
4.5
4.5
The Marines Are Coming
1934
as Sgt. Buck Martin
4.3
4.3
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940
as Sheriff Gregory
4.2
4.2
Fifty Million Husbands
1930
Director
4.2
4.2
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
as The Slicker's Chauffeur
4.2
4.2
All Teed Up
1930
Director
4.2
4.2
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
as Café Proprietor
4.2
4.2
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
as Sheriff Judd
4.0
4.0
Looser Than Loose
1930
as Night Club Patron
4.0
4.0
Ladies Last
1930
as Man in Phone Booth
4.0
4.0
When's Your Birthday?
1937
as Mr. Basscombe
4.0
4.0
Across the Pacific
1926
as Cpl. Ryan
4.0
4.0
Money Means Nothing
1934
as Herbert Green
4.0
4.0
Madcap Ambrose
1916
as A City Chap
4.0
4.0
Sandy Gets Her Man
1940
as Fire Chief Galvin
4.0
4.0
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
1943
as Police Chief Murphy
4.0
4.0
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
as Happy Moran
3.8
3.8
Private Snuffy Smith
1942
as Sgt. Ed Cooper
3.5
3.5
Yours for the Asking
1936
as Bicarbonate
3.3
3.3
The Head Guy
1930
as Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
3.3
3.3
Love Fever
1931
as Thelma's Last Rescuer
3.3
3.3
Gridiron Flash
1934
as Officer Thurston
3.0
3.0
His Luckless Love
1915
as The Maid's Boyfriend
3.0
3.0
The Big Kick
1930
as Detective
2.0
2.0
High Gear
1931
as Cop
2.0
2.0
Quiet Please!
1933
as Edgar Kennedy
2.0
2.0
Little Accident
1939
as Paper Hanger
2.0
2.0
Laugh It Off
1939
as Judge John J. McGuinnis
1.8
1.8
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
1942
as Sgt. Homer Gatling
1.0
1.0
Love on a Ladder
1934
as Edgar
1.0
1.0
Art in the Raw
1933
Bad Housekeeping
1937
as Edgar
A Clean Sweep
1938
as Edgar
A Trailer Tragedy
1940
as Edgar Kennedy
Whose Baby?
1917
as The Detective
Four Times Foiled
1920
Hot Foot
1943
as Edgar
Going Crooked
1926
as Detective
Feather Your Nest
1944
as Edgar
Radio Rampage
1944
as Edgar
Oh! What a Nurse!
1926
as Eric Johnson
Finger Prints
1927
as O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)
The Gay Old Bird
1927
as Chauffeur
Racing for Life
1924
as Tom Grady
Edgar & Goliath
1937
as Edgar
Maid to Order
1939
as Edgar
Kennedy the Great
1939
as Edgar Kennedy
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920
You Drive Me Crazy
1945
as Edgar
The Big Beef
1945
as Edgar Kennedy
Chasing Husbands
1928
Why Is a Plumber?
1929
The Wrong Mr. Wright
1927
as Trayguard
Puppets of Fate
1921
as Mike Reynolds
The Gas Station
1930
as Detective
Motor Maniacs
1946
as Edgar Kennedy
Trouble or Nothing
1946
as Edgar
The Bowling Match
1913
as Bowling Alley Operator
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
1913
Do or Diet
1947
as Edgar
An Incompetent Hero
1914
as Fatty's Neighbor
The Rural Third Degree
1913
as Cop
Zuzu, the Band Leader
1913
as Caesar - Zuzu's Rival
What Fur
1933
as Edgar
The Trouble With Wives
1925
as Detective (as Edward Kennedy)
The Our Gang Story
1994
as Officer (archive footage)
The Love Thief
1914
as The Rival
The Family Group
1928
as A Photographer
The Fight Pest
1928
Is Everybody Happy?
1928
All Parts
1928
The Booster
1928
Off to Buffalo
1929
Great Gobs!
1929
as 2nd Sailor
The Golden Princess
1925
as Gewilliker Hay
Love and Bullets
1914
as The Trouble Mender
The Sky Pirate
1914
as The Sky Pirate
The Late Lamented
1917
as Art Gallery Operator
Algy on the Force
1913
as Cop
The Wandering Two
1923
Something for Nothing
1923
as Ptomaine Tommy
He's a Honey
1932
Now's the Time
1932
The Little Girl Next Door
1923
as Hank Hall
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
as Captain Bullwinkle
The Ghosts
1930
as Kennedy
The Great Vacuum Robbery
1915
as 2nd Thief
Moonlight and Monkey Business
1930
as Detective
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
as Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
High and Dry
1922
Inferior Decorator
1943
as Edgar
The Stolen Triumph
1916
as Edwin Rowley, Jr.
All's Swell on the Ocean
1924
Imagine My Embarrassment
1928
The Girl from Monterrey
1943
as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
Help Wanted, Female
1931
Good Housewrecking
1933
Will Power
1936
as Edgar Kennedy
Dumb Daddies
1928
as The Cop
'Taint Legal
1940
as Edgar
The People vs. Nancy Preston
1925
as Gloomy Gus
Dumb's the Word
1937
as Edgar Kennedy
The Night Message
1924
as Lem Beeman
The Other Fellow
1937
as Four Roles
Tramp Trouble
1937
as Edgar
Beaux and Errors
1938
as Edgar Kennedy
Wrong Direction
1934
as Edgar, Movie Director
Variety Time
1948
as Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
Brother Knows Best
1948
as Edgar Kennedy
Contest Crazy
1948
as Edgar
Trent's Last Case
1929
as Inspector Murch
Rastus and the Game Cock
1913
as Spectator
Giggle Water
1932
as Edgar
The Riot
1913
as Cop
Mother's Boy
1913
as Mug
A Quiet Little Wedding
1913
as Wedding Guest
A Ride for a Bride
1913
as Mustached Man
In the Clutches of the Gang
1914
as Cop
Rebecca's Wedding Day
1914
as The Groom
A Bath House Beauty
1914
as Jealous Boyfriend
Fatal Lady
1936
as Rudolf Hochstetter
Sandy Is a Lady
1940
as Officer Rafferty
A Merchant of Menace
1933
as Edgar
Their First Execution
1913
The Battling Fool
1924
as Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)
Baby Daze
1939
as Edgar Kennedy
Rendezvous at Midnight
1935
as Mahoney
Hurdy Gurdy
1929
as Officer Ed Kennedy
The Chinese Parrot
1927
as Maydorf
Gasoloons
1936
as Edgar Kennedy
Wall Street Blues
1924
as The Crook
Mutiny in the County
1940
as Edgar Kennedy
Gangs Of The City
1941
as Biff
My Old Dutch
1926
as Bill Sproat
A Blasted Event
1934
as Edgar
The Quarterback
1940
as Pops
It's Your Move
1945
as Edgar Kennedy
Margie
1940
as Chauncey
The Big Squawk
1929
as Orchestra Leader
Dad's Day
1929
as Michael Kennedy
Drafted in the Depot
1940
as Edgar Kennedy
An Apple in His Eye
1941
as Edgar Kennedy
Next Door Neighbors
1931
as Howard J. Green
Poisoned Ivory
1934
as Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Hamlet
1935
as Edgar
In Love at 40
1935
as Edgar Kennedy
Hotter Than Hot
1929
The Guide
1921
as An American Tourist
He Loved the Ladies
1914
as The Wife's Brother
I'll Fix It
1941
as Edgar
Westward Ho-Hum
1941
as Edgar
Hold Your Temper
1943
as Edgar
I'll Build It Myself
1946
as Edgar
Ears of Experience
1938
as Edgar
Clock Wise
1939
as Edgar
Sunk by the Census
1940
as Edgar
A Quiet Fourth
1941
as Edgar
Scandal Street
1938
as Daniel Webster Smith
Vocalizing
1936
as Edgar Kennedy
Cooks and Crooks
1942
as Edgar
Duck Soup
1942
as Edgar
Fish Feathers
1932
as Edgar Kennedy
Brick-a-Brac
1935
as Edgar
The golfer
1930
Director
The Marriage Circus
1925
Director
The golf player
1930
Director
Step Lively, Please
1922
Director
Three Foolish Weeks
1924
Director
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