Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Monterey, California, USA
    Birthday
    4/25/1890
Duck Soup
Duck Soup
7.3
It Happened Tomorrow
It Happened Tomorrow
6.7
The Ghosts
0
Blondie in Society
Blondie in Society
7.4
Double Wedding
Double Wedding
6.5
Cruel, Cruel Love
Cruel, Cruel Love
5.1
Dough and Dynamite
Dough and Dynamite
6.1
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
6.3
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
3.5
Li'l Abner
Li'l Abner
5.9
My Dream Is Yours
My Dream Is Yours
6.5
Twentieth Century
Twentieth Century
6.8
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
7.2
The Rural Third Degree
0
Caught in a Cabaret
Caught in a Cabaret
5.6
The Trouble With Wives
The Trouble With Wives
0
In Old California
In Old California
5
Air Raid Wardens
Air Raid Wardens
7.1
Hollywood Hotel
Hollywood Hotel
5.4
The Falcon Strikes Back
The Falcon Strikes Back
5.6
The Our Gang Story
The Our Gang Story
0
The Chinese Parrot
The Chinese Parrot
0
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
0
It's a Wonderful World
It's a Wonderful World
6.4
Whose Baby?
Whose Baby?
0
The Family Group
The Family Group
0
The Fight Pest
0
Imagine My Embarrassment
Imagine My Embarrassment
0
Is Everybody Happy?
Is Everybody Happy?
0
Chasing Husbands
Chasing Husbands
0
The Booster
The Booster
0
All Parts
0
Off to Buffalo
0
Great Gobs!
Great Gobs!
0
Night Owls
Night Owls
7.4
The Love Thief
0
Should Married Men Go Home?
Should Married Men Go Home?
6.4
Perfect Day
Perfect Day
7
The Finishing Touch
The Finishing Touch
6.9
Leave 'Em Laughing
Leave 'Em Laughing
6
Bacon Grabbers
Bacon Grabbers
6.3
Two Tars
Two Tars
6.6
Unaccustomed as We Are
Unaccustomed as We Are
6.8
The Star Boarder
The Star Boarder
5.1
The Knockout
The Knockout
5.7
Twenty Minutes of Love
Twenty Minutes of Love
5.6
Gentlemen of Nerve
Gentlemen of Nerve
5.7
Getting Acquainted
Getting Acquainted
5.3
A Thief Catcher
A Thief Catcher
4.9
Giggle Water
0
Penguin Pool Murder
Penguin Pool Murder
5.5
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Robin Hood of El Dorado
4.7
Little Big Shot
Little Big Shot
6
Son of the Border
Son of the Border
9
When Comedy Was King
When Comedy Was King
6.7
Small Town Girl
Small Town Girl
6.2
Little Orphan Annie
Little Orphan Annie
5.8
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
5.7
Racing for Life
Racing for Life
0
Tillie and Gus
Tillie and Gus
7.6
The Cowboy Millionaire
The Cowboy Millionaire
6
True Confession
True Confession
5.8
Flirting with Danger
Flirting with Danger
5
Three Men on a Horse
Three Men on a Horse
6.2
Making a Living
Making a Living
5.6
Fatty Joins the Force
Fatty Joins the Force
5.4
Mad Holiday
Mad Holiday
6
The Girl from Monterrey
The Girl from Monterrey
0
Leading Lizzie Astray
Leading Lizzie Astray
4.2
The Marines Are Coming
The Marines Are Coming
4.5
Art in the Raw
1
Good Housewrecking
0
The Golden Princess
0
Love and Bullets
0
The Sky Pirate
0
Super-Sleuth
Super-Sleuth
5
Money Means Nothing
Money Means Nothing
4
A Blasted Event
0
Thieves
Thieves
6.9
The Late Lamented
The Late Lamented
0
A Merchant of Menace
A Merchant of Menace
0
Algy on the Force
0
Hey! Hey! USA
Hey! Hey! USA
6.9
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
4
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
5.6
Will Power
Will Power
0
Dumb Daddies
Dumb Daddies
0
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
4.3
Moan & Groan, Inc.
Moan & Groan, Inc.
5.5
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
4.3
Living on Velvet
Living on Velvet
5.4
Something for Nothing
Something for Nothing
0
The Other Fellow
The Other Fellow
0
Professional Sweetheart
Professional Sweetheart
5
He's a Honey
0
Tramp Trouble
0
Remedy for Riches
Remedy for Riches
5.8
The Better 'Ole
The Better 'Ole
5
We're Rich Again
We're Rich Again
4
Now's the Time
0
The Little Girl Next Door
0
Beaux and Errors
0
The Great Alaskan Mystery
The Great Alaskan Mystery
5
Dumb's the Word
0
Gridiron Flash
Gridiron Flash
3.3
When's Your Birthday?
When's Your Birthday?
4
Wrong Direction
0
The Silver Streak
The Silver Streak
6.7
When the Wind Blows
When the Wind Blows
6.1
Woman Wanted
Woman Wanted
6.3
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
6
There's One Born Every Minute
There's One Born Every Minute
7.2
The Bride Comes Home
The Bride Comes Home
4.8
Limousine Love
Limousine Love
5.7
Private Snuffy Smith
Private Snuffy Smith
3.8
Anchors Aweigh
Anchors Aweigh
6.8
The Gangsters
The Gangsters
6
The First Seven Years
The First Seven Years
5.1
The Speed Kings
The Speed Kings
4.2
Peeping Pete
Peeping Pete
6
A Muddy Romance
A Muddy Romance
4.8
A Noise from the Deep
A Noise from the Deep
5.5
Love and Rubbish
Love and Rubbish
5
Safe in Jail
Safe in Jail
8
Rastus and the Game Cock
0
The Riot
The Riot
0
Mabel's New Hero
Mabel's New Hero
4.9
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Mabel's Dramatic Career
5.4
Mother's Boy
0
A Quiet Little Wedding
0
A Ride for a Bride
A Ride for a Bride
0
In the Clutches of the Gang
In the Clutches of the Gang
0
His Favorite Pastime
His Favorite Pastime
5.2
Tango Tangles
Tango Tangles
5
Rebecca's Wedding Day
0
A Flirt's Mistake
A Flirt's Mistake
5.4
A Bath House Beauty
0
Scarlet River
Scarlet River
4.5
The Battling Fool
The Battling Fool
0
The Wrong Mr. Wright
The Wrong Mr. Wright
0
The Great Vacuum Robbery
0
The Black Doll
The Black Doll
5.3
A Pair of Tights
A Pair of Tights
7.3
Going Ga-Ga
6.6
Diplomaniacs
Diplomaniacs
7
Trent's Last Case
Trent's Last Case
0
Westward Passage
Westward Passage
5.8
Fatal Lady
Fatal Lady
0
Captain Tugboat Annie
Captain Tugboat Annie
0
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
5.3
The Real McCoy
The Real McCoy
0
Their First Execution
0
Dollar Dizzy
Dollar Dizzy
6
Bangville Police
Bangville Police
5
Moonlight and Monkey Business
0
The Noise of Bombs
The Noise of Bombs
5
Ambrose's First Falsehood
Ambrose's First Falsehood
4.2
The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend
5.3
Yours for the Asking
Yours for the Asking
1
His Bitter Pill
His Bitter Pill
5.2
Madcap Ambrose
Madcap Ambrose
4
Hearts and Flowers
Hearts and Flowers
5.2
A Film Johnnie
A Film Johnnie
5.4
The Rounders
The Rounders
6.1
Mabel's Busy Day
Mabel's Busy Day
5.7
Mabel at the Wheel
Mabel at the Wheel
5.6
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tillie's Punctured Romance
6.2
Fatty's New Role
Fatty's New Role
5.2
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
4.7
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
5.9
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Mabel’s Wilful Way
4.9
Wished on Mabel
Wished on Mabel
5.2
That Little Band Of Gold
That Little Band Of Gold
5.1
Love Fever
Love Fever
4
The Big Kick
The Big Kick
3.5
The Head Guy
The Head Guy
4
Heat Lightning
Heat Lightning
6.8
Baby Daze
0
Rendezvous at Midnight
Rendezvous at Midnight
0
They Had to See Paris
They Had to See Paris
5.6
Hurdy Gurdy
Hurdy Gurdy
0
King for a Night
King for a Night
6.2
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
5
Quiet Please!
2
Gasoloons
0
Shivering Shakespeare
Shivering Shakespeare
5.7
Doctor's Orders
Doctor's Orders
9
Bigger and Better
5
Ladies Last
Ladies Last
4
Looser Than Loose
Looser Than Loose
4
Everything's on Ice
Everything's on Ice
4.8
Wall Street Blues
Wall Street Blues
0
Feed 'em and Weep
5.2
Mutiny in the County
0
Gangs Of The City
0
Kid Millions
Kid Millions
6.5
The Big Squawk
The Big Squawk
0
Stepping Out
Stepping Out
0
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
4.5
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
0
Little Billy's Triumph
Little Billy's Triumph
5
Angora Love
Angora Love
6.5
Cross Fire
Cross Fire
0
Oh! What a Nurse!
Oh! What a Nurse!
0
Hold 'Em Jail
Hold 'Em Jail
6.8
The Gusher
The Gusher
4.5
My Old Dutch
My Old Dutch
0
Rough on Rents
10
$1,000 a Minute
$1,000 a Minute
5.4
The Quarterback
The Quarterback
0
Margie
Margie
0
Sandy Is a Lady
Sandy Is a Lady
0
It's Your Move
0
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
2
Unfaithfully Yours
Unfaithfully Yours
7.2
Carnival Boat
Carnival Boat
5
All Teed Up
All Teed Up
3
Madame Q
6.2
Dad's Day
0
Quick Millions
Quick Millions
7.1
High Gear
High Gear
2
Fifty Million Husbands
Fifty Million Husbands
2
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
0
An Apple in His Eye
An Apple in His Eye
0
Next Door Neighbors
Next Door Neighbors
0
Poisoned Ivory
Poisoned Ivory
0
Drafted in the Depot
0
Edgar Hamlet
0
High and Dry
0
In Love at 40
0
Laugh It Off
2
Murder on the Blackboard
Murder on the Blackboard
5.3
Paths to Paradise
Paths to Paradise
5.5
Variety Time
Variety Time
0
Hotter Than Hot
Hotter Than Hot
0
The Guide
0
He Loved the Ladies
0
All of Me
All of Me
6
Puppets of Fate
0
Hold Your Temper
0
I'll Fix It
0
Westward Ho-Hum
Westward Ho-Hum
0
Heaven Only Knows
Heaven Only Knows
6
Hitler's Madman
Hitler's Madman
5.6
San Francisco
San Francisco
6.6
Rockabye
Rockabye
6.2
'Curses!' They Remarked
5
'Taint Legal
'Taint Legal
0
Girl Shock
Girl Shock
0
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
6
Dummy Ache
Dummy Ache
4.5
Love on a Ladder
1
Ears of Experience
0
Clock Wise
Clock Wise
0
Sunk by the Census
Sunk by the Census
0
Prunes and Politics
Prunes and Politics
5
A Quiet Fourth
0
Scandal Street
Scandal Street
0
Crazy Feet
Crazy Feet
0
Vocalizing
0
Fish Feathers
0
Brick-a-Brac
0
A Trailer Tragedy
0
Bad Housekeeping
0
A Clean Sweep
0
His Luckless Love
3
A Scoundrel's Toll
A Scoundrel's Toll
5
Cooks and Crooks
0
Duck Soup
Duck Soup
0
Help Wanted, Female
0
Welcome Danger
Welcome Danger
5.1
Four Times Foiled
0
Hot Foot
0
Crazy House
Crazy House
5
Bad Company
Bad Company
4.6
Going Crooked
Going Crooked
0
Feather Your Nest
0
Radio Rampage
0
Across the Pacific
Across the Pacific
4.5
Sandy Gets Her Man
Sandy Gets Her Man
4
Pardon My Stripes
Pardon My Stripes
6
Finger Prints
Finger Prints
0
The Golden Age of Comedy
The Golden Age of Comedy
6.8
Edgar & Goliath
0
Maid to Order
0
Kennedy the Great
0
What, No Cigarettes
6
Why Is a Plumber?
Why Is a Plumber?
0
You Drive Me Crazy
0
The Big Beef
The Big Beef
0
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
5.6
The Gas Station
0
Motor Maniacs
0
Trouble or Nothing
0
I'll Build It Myself
0
Bombs!
5
Little Accident
Little Accident
2
The Bowling Match
0
Do or Diet
Do or Diet
0
An Incompetent Hero
0
Zuzu, the Band Leader
0
Brother Knows Best
0
Dig That Gold
9.5
Contest Crazy
0
She Loved Him Plenty
She Loved Him Plenty
5
What Fur
What Fur
0
The Wandering Two
The Wandering Two
0
Inferior Decorator
0
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