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Edgar Kennedy

Comedian / Film Director | * 04/26/1890 († 58, 11/09/1948) | Monterey, California (United States of America (USA))
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Edgar Livingston Kennedy (April 26, 1890 – November 9, 1948) was an American comedic character actor who appeared in at least 500 films during the silent and sound eras. Professionally, he was known as "Slow Burn", owing to his ability to portray characters whose anger slowly rose in frustrating situations. In many of his roles, he used exasperated facial expressions and performed very deliberately to convey his rising anger or "burn", often rubbing his hand over his bald head and across his face in an effort to control his temper. One memorable example of his comedy technique can be seen in the 1933 Marx Brothers' film Duck Soup, where he plays a sidewalk lemonade vendor who is harassed and increasingly provoked by Harpo and Chico. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Romance / Love | Drama

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Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale. ...

Duck Soup

Certification unknown

1933 | 3.7/5 | 1h 9min
Comedy, War
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Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and bef ...

A Star Is Born

Certification unknown

1937 | 3.6/5 | 1h 51min
Drama, Romance / Love
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New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium. ...

Penguin Pool Murder

NR

1932 | 3.0/5 | 1h 10min
Comedy, Mystery, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Edgar Kennedy

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Edgar Kennedy as Actor(295)

as edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)1960 When Comedy Was King
as archive footage1957 The Golden Age of Comedy
as Uncle Charlie1949 My Dream Is Yours
as himself1948 Brother Knows Best
as Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)1948 Variety Time
as himself1948 Dig That Gold
as Edgar1948 Contest Crazy
as Sweeney1948 Unfaithfully Yours
as Judd1947 Heaven Only Knows
as Edgar1947 Do or Diet
as Jake the Bartender1947 The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as himself1946 Motor Maniacs
as Edgar1946 Trouble or Nothing
as Edgar1946 I'll Build It Myself
as himself1945 What, No Cigarettes
as Police Captain1945 Anchors Aweigh
as Edgar1945 You Drive Me Crazy
as himself1945 The Big Beef
as himself1945 It's Your Move
as Captain Bullwinkle1945 Captain Tugboat Annie
as Edgar1944 Feather Your Nest
as Edgar1944 Radio Rampage
as Insp. Mulrooney1944 It Happened Tomorrow
as Edgar1944 Prunes and Politics
as Bosun Higgins1944 The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Edgar1943 Hold Your Temper
as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter1943 The Girl from Monterrey
as Police Chief Murphy1943 Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
as Joe Bledsoe1943 Air Raid Wardens
as Nepomuk - the Hermit1943 Hitler's Madman
as Edgar1943 Hot Foot
as Smiley Dugan1943 The Falcon Strikes Back
as Judge1943 Crazy House
as Warden Bingham1942 Pardon My Stripes
as Edgar1942 Cooks and Crooks
as Mayor Moe Carson1942 There's One Born Every Minute
as Edgar1942 Duck Soup
as Kegs McKeever1942 In Old California
as Sgt. Ed Cooper1942 Private Snuffy Smith
as himself1942 Rough on Rents
as Sgt. Homer Gatling1942 Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
as Edgar1941 A Quiet Fourth
as Edgar1941 Westward Ho-Hum
as Biff1941 Gangs Of The City
as himself1941 An Apple in His Eye
as Edgar1941 I'll Fix It
as Dr. Glenn1941 Blondie in Society
as Edgar1940 Sunk by the Census
as George Browning1940 Remedy for Riches
as himself1940 A Trailer Tragedy
as himself1940 Drafted in the Depot
as Officer Rafferty1940 Sandy Is a Lady
as George Browning1940 Dr. Christian Meets the Women
as Pops1940 The Quarterback
as Fire Chief Galvin1940 Sandy Gets Her Man
as Cornelius Cornpone1940 Li'l Abner
as Sheriff Gregory1940 Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as himself1940 Mutiny in the County
as Chauncey1940 Margie
as Lieutenant Miller1939 It's a Wonderful World
as Edgar1939 Clock Wise
as Judge John J. McGuinnis1939 Laugh It Off
as himself1939 Baby Daze
as Edgar1939 Maid to Order
as Joe Barton1939 Everything's on Ice
as Inspector Dailey1939 Charlie McCarthy, Detective
as himself1939 Kennedy the Great
as Paper Hanger1939 Little Accident
as Edgar1938 Ears of Experience
as Arthur Bailey1938 Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Edgar1938 A Clean Sweep
as Sheriff Renick1938 The Black Doll
as Daniel Webster Smith1938 Scandal Street
as Bugs Leary1938 Hey! Hey! USA
as himself1938 Beaux and Errors
as Police Lt. Garrison1937 Super-Sleuth
as Mr. Basscombe1937 When's Your Birthday?
as himself1937 Dumb's the Word
as Edgar1937 Edgar & Goliath
as Darsey1937 True Confession
as Edgar1937 Tramp Trouble
as Edgar1937 Bad Housekeeping
as Callaghan1937 Hollywood Hotel
as Spike1937 Double Wedding
as Pop Randall1937 A Star Is Born
as Four Roles1937 The Other Fellow
as Bicarbonate1936 Yours for the Asking
as Sheriff Judd1936 Robin Hood of El Dorado
as himself1936 Vocalizing
as himself1936 Gasoloons
as Captain Mack1936 Small Town Girl
as Rudolf Hochstetter1936 Fatal Lady
as Donovan1936 Mad Holiday
as himself1936 Will Power
as Sheriff1936 San Francisco
as Edgar1936 Dummy Ache
as Harry, the Bartender1936 Three Men on a Horse
as Henry1935 The Bride Comes Home
as Sweeney1935 Woman Wanted
as Edgar1935 Brick-a-Brac
as Onderdonk1935 Little Big Shot
as Willy 'Persimmon' Bates1935 The Cowboy Millionaire
as himself1935 A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
as Edgar1935 Edgar Hamlet
as Counterman1935 Living on Velvet
as Police Officer McCarthy1935 $1000 a Minute
as Mahoney1935 Rendezvous at Midnight
as himself1935 In Love at 40
as Happy Moran1934 King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934 A Blasted Event
as Guard (uncredited)1934 All of Me
as Oscar McGonigle1934 Twentieth Century
as Edgar1934 Love on a Ladder
as Jimmie Pierson1934 Flirting with Danger
as O'Brien1934 The Silver Streak
as Herbert - the Husband1934 Heat Lightning
as himself1934 Poisoned Ivory
as Sgt. Buck Martin1934 The Marines Are Coming
as Herbert Green1934 Money Means Nothing
as Herman Wilson1934 Kid Millions
as Detective Donahue1934 Murder on the Blackboard
as Healy, Process Server1934 We're Rich Again
as Edgar, Movie Director1934 Wrong Direction
as Officer Thurston1934 Gridiron Flash
as Windy1933 Son of the Border
as Tim Kelsey1933 Professional Sweetheart
as Edgar1933 A Merchant of Menace
as Street Vendor1933 Duck Soup
as Judge1933 Tillie and Gus
as Chairman - Peace Conference1933 Diplomaniacs
as Edgar1933 What Fur
as himself1933 Quiet Please!
as Ed Wimpy1933 Cross Fire
as Cop1933 King for a Night
1933 Art in the Raw
1933 Good Housewrecking
as Sam Gilroy1933 Scarlet River
as Daddy Warbucks1932 Little Orphan Annie
as Elmer1932 Westward Passage
1932 Now's the Time
as Warden Elmer Jones1932 Hold 'Em Jail
1932 He's a Honey
as himself1932 Fish Feathers
as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)1932 Rockabye
as Baldy1932 Carnival Boat
as Officer Donovan1932 Penguin Pool Murder
as Cop1931 High Gear
as Buffington-Doorman1931 Bad Company
as Cop (uncredited)1931 Quick Millions
as Howard J. Green1931 Next Door Neighbors
1931 Help Wanted, Female
as Thelma's Last Rescuer1931 Love Fever
as Officer Kennedy1930 Fifty Million Husbands
as Uncle Ed Sutton1930 Bigger and Better
as Man in Phone Booth1930 Ladies Last
as Kennedy the Cop1930 The First Seven Years
as Fiancee's Father1930 Girl Shock
as The Policeman1930 When The Wind Blows
as Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)1930 The Head Guy
as Kennedy the Cop1930 Shivering Shakespeare
as Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle1930 Doctor's Orders
as Night Club Patron1930 Looser Than Loose
as Cicero the Cop1930 The Real McCoy
as Officer Kennedy1930 Night Owls
as Detective1930 The Gas Station
1930 The ghosts
as Detective1930 The Big Kick
as Thelma's Father1930 All Teed Up
1930 Thieves
as Quimby the Lawyer (uncredited)1930 Dollar Dizzy
as SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)1929 Welcome Danger
1929 Hotter Than Hot
as Landlord1929 Angora Love
as Michael Kennedy1929 Dad's Day
as Cop1929 Going Ga-Ga
1929 Why Is a Plumber?
as Ed Eggers1929 They Had to See Paris
as Policeman1929 Crazy Feet
as Officer Kennedy1929 Unaccustomed as We Are
as Uncle Edgar1929 Perfect Day
as Judge Kennedy1929 Madame Q
as Diner's Owner1929 Stepping Out
as Orchestra Leader1929 The Big Squawk
as Collis P. Kennedy1929 Bacon Grabbers
as Officer Ed Kennedy1929 Hurdy Gurdy
as Marion's Boyfriend's Boss1929 A Pair of Tights
1929 Off to Buffalo
as 2nd Sailor1929 Great Gobs
as Kennedy the Cop1929 Moan and Groan
1928 The Booster
as A Photographer1928 The Family Group
1928 All Parts
as Inspector Murch1928 Trent's Last Case
1928 Is Everybody Happy?
1928 Feed 'em and Weep
as The Cop1928 The Boy Friend
as Cop1928 Leave 'Em Laughing
1928 Chasing Husbands
as Golfer (uncredited)1928 Should Married Men Go Home?
as The Husband, Mr Glenders1928 Limousine Love
1928 Imagine My Embarrassment
as Motorist1928 Two Tars
as The Cop1928 Dumb Daddies
as Cop (as Ed Kennedy)1928 The Finishing Touch
1928 The Fight Pest
as Maydorf1927 The Chinese Parrot
as O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)1927 Finger Prints
as Corporal Austin1926 The Better 'Ole
as Bill Sproat1926 My Old Dutch
as Detective1926 Going Crooked
as Cpl. Ryan1926 Across the Pacific
as Detective (as Edward Kennedy)1925 The Trouble With Wives
as Detective (uncredited)1925 Paths to Paradise
1925 The Golden Princess
as The Crook1924 Wall Street Blues
as Tom Grady1924 Racing for Life
as Ptomaine Tommy1923 Something for Nothing
as Hank Hall1923 The Little Girl Next Door
as An American Tourist1921 The Guide
1920 Four Times Foiled
1920 The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
as German Prison Guard (uncredited)1919 Yankee Doodle in Berlin
as Pete1919 Hearts and Flowers
1918 She Loved Him Plenty
as Art Gallery Operator1917 The Late Lamented
as The Detective1917 Whose Baby?
as Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent1916 A Scoundrel's Toll
as Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival1916 His Bitter Pill
as A City Chap1916 Madcap Ambrose
as Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader1916 Bombs!
as Cop1915 Wished on Mabel
as Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)1915 That Little Band Of Gold
as Edgar1915 Fatty's Tintype Tangle
as The cafe waiter (uncredited)1915 Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
as Fatty's Pal1915 Mabel’s Wilful Way
as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)1915 Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
as Suitor1915 Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
as Handout-Giver (uncredited)1915 Fatty's New Role
as Neighbor1915 Fatty’s Reckless Fling
as Shell Game Operator1915 Fatty’s Plucky Pup
as The Maid's Boyfriend1915 His Luckless Love
as Fatty's Neighbor1914 An Incompetent Hero
as The Groom1914 Rebecca's Wedding Day
as The Wife's Brother1914 He Loved the Ladies
as Cop1914 In the Clutches of the Gang
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)1914 Caught in a Cabaret
as Café Proprietor1914 Ambrose's First Falsehood
as Rajah1914 A Flirt's Mistake
as Tough Guy in Bar1914 His Favorite Pastime
as Lover1914 Twenty Minutes of Love
as The Rival1914 The Love Thief
as Ethel's Former Boyfriend1914 'Curses!' They Remarked
as Police Chief1914 The Noise of Bombs
as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)1914 Tango Tangles
as Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)1914 Mabel at the Wheel
as The Trouble Mender1914 Love and Bullets
as The Slicker's Chauffeur1914 Leading Lizzie Astray
as Director (uncredited)1914 A Film Johnnie
as Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)1914 The Knockout
as (uncredited)1914 The Rounders
as Crook (uncredited)1914 A Thief Catcher
as Jealous Boyfriend1914 A Bath House Beauty
as Butler1914 Cruel, Cruel Love
as The Sky Pirate1914 The Sky Pirate
1914 Little Billy's Triumph
as Striking Baker1914 Dough and Dynamite
as Wreck Bystander (uncredited)1914 Making a Living
as Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)1914 Mabel's Busy Day
as Landlady's Husband1914 The Star Boarder
as Restaurant owner / Banks' butler (uncredited)1914 Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Policeman1914 Gentlemen of Nerve
as Policeman1914 Getting Acquainted
as Cop1913 The Riot
1913 Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
as Wedding Guest1913 A Quiet Little Wedding
as Mug1913 Mother's Boy
as Bowling Alley Operator1913 The Bowling Match
as Mustached Man1913 A Ride for a Bride
as Water Policeman1913 A Muddy Romance
as Laughing Spectator1913 The Speed Kings
as Cop1913 Algy on the Force
as Cop1913 Mabel's New Hero
as The Cop1913 Peeping Pete
as Cop (uncredited)1913 The Gusher
as Jealous Cop1913 Fatty Joins the Force
as 3rd Deputy1913 Bangville Police
as Cop1913 The Rural Third Degree
as Audience Member / Cop in Movie1913 Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Henchman1913 The Gangsters
as 1st Crook1913 Safe in Jail
as 1st Cop1913 Love and Rubbish
1913 A Noise from the Deep
1913 Their First Execution
as Spectator1913 Rastus and the Game Cock
as Caesar - Zuzu's Rival1913 Zuzu, the Band Leader

Movies with Edgar Kennedy as Crew(10)

Directing/Director1930 Fifty Million Husbands
Directing/Director1930 Bigger and Better
Directing/Director1930 The golf player
Directing/Director1930 The golfer
Directing/Director1930 All Teed Up
Directing/Director1928 From Soup to Nuts
Directing/Director1928 You're Darn Tootin'
Directing/Director1925 The Marriage Circus
Directing/Director1924 Three Foolish Weeks
Directing/Director1922 Step Lively, Please

Full Name: Edgar Kennedy
Born: Saturday, 04/26 1890 (April) in Monterey, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 11/09 1948 (November) in Woodland Hills (aged: 58)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Educated at: San Rafael High School
Other names for Edgar Kennedy (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"E. Livingston Kennedy"
"Ed. Kennedy"
"Edward Kennedy"
"Ed Kennedy"
Edgar Kennedy frequently works together with these people:
Mack Sennett (86x, Crew)
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (54x, Actor)
Charlie Chaplin (39x, Crew)
Charley Chase (38x, Actor)
Leo McCarey (34x, Crew)
Florence Lake (30x, Actress)
Dot Farley (30x, Actress)
Mabel Normand (28x, Actress)
William Hauber (27x, Actor)
Jack Rice (25x, Actor)
Billy Gilbert (25x, Actor)
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