Edgar Kennedy
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-04-25 (58 years old)
Deathday
1948-11-09
Place of Birth
Monterey, California, USA
Also known As
E. Livingston Kennedy
Ed. Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Ed 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, dete...
Acting
1933
as Street Vendor
1944
as Insp. Mulrooney
1930
as Kennedy
1941
as Dr. Glenn
1937
as Spike
1914
as Striking Baker
1914
as Butler
1947
as Jake the Bartender
1934
as Happy Moran
1940
as Cornelius Cornpone
1949
as Uncle Charlie
1937
as Pop Randall
1934
as Oscar McGonigle
1913
as Cop
1914
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
1925
as Detective (as Edward Kennedy)
1942
as Kegs McKeever
1943
as Joe Bledsoe
1938
as Callaghan
1943
as Smiley Dugan
1994
as Officer (archive footage)
1927
as Maydorf
1939
as Lieutenant Miller
1917
as The Detective
1928
1928
as A Photographer
1928
1928
1928
1929
1929
as 2nd Sailor
1930
as Officer Kennedy
1914
as The Rival
1929
as Uncle Edgar
1928
as Golfer (uncredited)
1928
as Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
1928
as Cop
1929
as Collis P. Kennedy
1928
as Motorist
1929
as Officer Kennedy
1914
as Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
1914
as Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
1914
as Lover
1914
as Policeman
1914
as Policeman (uncredited)
1914
as Crook (uncredited)
1932
as Edgar
1932
as Officer Donovan
1936
as Sheriff Judd
1935
as Onderdonk
1933
as Windy
1960
as edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)
1936
as Captain Mack
1932
as Daddy Warbucks
1915
as Edgar
1924
as Tom Grady
1933
as Judge
1935
as Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
1937
as Darsey
1934
as Jimmie Pierson
1936
as Harry, the Bartender
1914
as Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
1913
as Jealous Cop
1936
as Donovan
1943
as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
1914
as The Slicker's Chauffeur
1934
as Sgt. Buck Martin
1933
1925
as Gewilliker Hay
1914
as The Sky Pirate
1914
as The Trouble Mender
1937
as Police Lt. Garrison
1934
as Herbert Green
1934
as Edgar
1930
1917
as Art Gallery Operator
1933
as Edgar
1913
as Cop
1938
as Bugs Leary
1943
as Police Chief Murphy
1915
as Shell Game Operator
1936
as Edgar Kennedy
1928
as The Cop
1938
as Arthur Bailey
1929
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
1940
as Sheriff Gregory
1935
as Counterman
1923
as Ptomaine Tommy
1937
as Four Roles
1932
1933
as Kelsey
1937
as Edgar
1940
as George Browning
1926
as Corporal Austin
1934
as Healy, Process Server
1932
1923
as Hank Hall
1944
as Bosun Higgins
1938
as Edgar Kennedy
1937
as Edgar Kennedy
1934
as Officer Thurston
1937
as Mr. Basscombe
1934
as O'Brien
1934
as Edgar, Movie Director
1930
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
1935
as Sweeney
1939
as Inspector Dailey
1942
as Mayor Moe Carson
1935
as Henry
1928
as The Husband, Mr Glenders
1942
as Sgt. Ed Cooper
1945
as Police Captain
1913
as Henchman
1930
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
1913
as The Cop
1913
as Water Policeman
1913
as Laughing Spectator
1913
as 1st Crook
1913
as Spectator
1913
as 1st Cop
1913
as Cop
1913
as Cop
1913
as Audience Member / Cop in Movie
1913
as Wedding Guest
1913
as Mug
1913
as Mustached Man
1914
as Rajah
1914
as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
1914
as The Groom
1914
1914
as Tough Guy in Bar
1914
as Jealous Boyfriend
1933
as Sam Gilroy
1915
as 2nd Thief
1924
as Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)
1927
as Trayguard
1938
as Sheriff Renick
1929
as Cop
1929
as Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
1933
as Chairman - Peace Conference
1929
as Inspector Murch
1932
as Elmer
1936
as Rudolf Hochstetter
1945
as Captain Bullwinkle
1919
as German Prison Guard (uncredited)
1930
as Cicero the Cop
1930
as Quimby the Lawyer
1913
as 3rd Deputy
1930
as Detective
1914
as Police Chief
1914
as Café Proprietor
1928
as The Cop
1936
as Bicarbonate
1916
as A City Chap
1916
as Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
1919
as Pete
1914
as Director (uncredited)
1914
as Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
1914
as Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
1914
as (uncredited)
1914
as Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
1915
as Neighbor
1915
as Handout-Giver (uncredited)
1915
as Fatty's Pal
1915
as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
1915
as Cop
1915
as Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
1931
as Thelma's Last Rescuer
1930
as Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
1930
as Detective
1934
as Herbert - the Husband
1939
as Edgar Kennedy
1935
as Mahoney
1929
as Ed Eggers (uncredited)
1929
as Officer Ed Kennedy
1933
as Cop
1940
as George Browning
1933
as Edgar Kennedy
1936
as Edgar Kennedy
1930
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
1930
as Uncle Ed Sutton
1930
as Night Club Patron
1930
as Man in Phone Booth
1930
as Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
1939
as Joe Barton
1924
as The Crook
1940
as Edgar Kennedy
1941
as Biff
1929
as Orchestra Leader
1934
as Herman Wilson
1929
as Diner's Owner
1915
as Suitor
1929
as Landlord
1933
as Ed Wimpy
1926
as Eric Johnson
1932
as Warden Elmer Jones
1913
as Cop (uncredited)
1926
as Bill Sproat
1942
as Edgar Kennedy
1935
as Police Officer McCarthy
1940
as Pops
1940
as Chauncey
1940
as Officer Rafferty
1945
as Edgar Kennedy
1942
as Sgt. Homer Gatling
1948
as Sweeney
1932
as Baldy
1930
as Thelma's Father
1929
as Judge Kennedy
1929
as Michael Kennedy
1931
as Cop (uncredited)
1931
as Cop
1930
as Officer Kennedy
1968
as Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
1931
as Howard J. Green
1934
as Edgar Kennedy
1935
as Edgar
1941
as Edgar Kennedy
1940
as Edgar Kennedy
1922
1935
as Edgar Kennedy
1939
as Judge John J. McGuinnis
1934
as Detective Donahue
1925
as Detective (uncredited)
1948
as Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
1921
as An American Tourist
1929
1914
as The Wife's Brother
1934
as Guard (uncredited)
1921
as Mike Reynolds
1943
as Edgar
1941
as Edgar
1941
as Edgar
1947
as Judd
1943
as Nepomuk - the Hermit
1936
as Sheriff
1932
as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
1914
as Ethel's Former Boyfriend
1940
as Edgar
1930
as Fiancee's Father
1935
as Edgar Kennedy
1936
as Edgar
1938
as Edgar
1940
as Edgar
1939
as Edgar
1934
as Edgar
1944
as Edgar
1941
as Edgar
1938
as Daniel Webster Smith
1929
as Policeman
1936
as Edgar Kennedy
1932
as Edgar Kennedy
1938
as Edgar
1935
as Edgar
1940
as Edgar Kennedy
1937
as Edgar
1915
as The Maid's Boyfriend
1916
as Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent
1942
as Edgar
1942
as Edgar
1929
as SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1943
as Edgar
1943
as Judge
1931
as Buffington-Doorman
1926
as Detective
1944
as Edgar
1944
as Edgar
1926
as Cpl. Ryan
1940
as Fire Chief Galvin
1942
as Warden Bingham
1927
as O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)
1957
as archive footage
1939
as Edgar
1937
as Edgar
1939
as Edgar Kennedy
1945
as Edgar Kennedy
1945
as Edgar
1945
as Edgar Kennedy
1915
as The cafe waiter (uncredited)
1930
as Detective
1946
as Edgar Kennedy
1946
as Edgar
1946
as Edgar
1916
as Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader
1939
as Paper Hanger
1913
as Bowling Alley Operator
1947
as Edgar
1914
as Fatty's Neighbor
1913
as Caesar - Zuzu's Rival
1948
as Edgar Kennedy
1948
as Edgar Kennedy
1948
as Edgar
1933
as Edgar
1943
as Edgar
1916
as Edwin Rowley, Jr.
1924
as Lem Beeman
1927
as Chauffeur
Production
1925
as Director
1928
as Director
1928
as Director
1930
as Director
1924
as Director
1930
as Director
1930
as Director
1930
as Director
1930
as Director
1922
as Director
2024
as Director
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