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 …

Movies & TV Shows

1. Duck Soup (1933) — Street Vendor
2. A Star Is Born (1937) — Pop Randall
3. Anchors Aweigh (1945) — Police Captain
4. Unfaithfully Yours (1948) — Sweeney
5. Twentieth Century (1934) — Oscar McGonigle
6. Making a Living (1914) — Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
7. San Francisco (1936) — Sheriff
8. Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) — Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
9. A Film Johnnie (1914) — Director (uncredited)
10. Perfect Day (1929) — Uncle Edgar
11. The Rounders (1914) — (uncredited)
12. It Happened Tomorrow (1944) — Insp. Mulrooney
13. Twenty Minutes of Love (1914) — Lover
14. Tango Tangles (1914) — Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
15. Caught in a Cabaret (1914) — Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
16. Cruel, Cruel Love (1914) — Butler
17. The Knockout (1914) — Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
18. Dough and Dynamite (1914) — Striking Baker
19. Two Tars (1928) — Motorist
20. Unaccustomed as We Are (1929) — Officer Kennedy
21. His Favorite Pastime (1914) — Tough Guy in Bar
22. The Star Boarder (1914) — Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
23. The Finishing Touch (1928) — Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
24. Gentlemen of Nerve (1914) — Policeman
25. Getting Acquainted (1914) — Policeman (uncredited)
26. It's a Wonderful World (1939) — Lieutenant Miller
27. Night Owls (1930) — Officer Kennedy
28. Mabel at the Wheel (1914) — Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
29. Leave 'Em Laughing (1928) — Cop
30. Mabel's Busy Day (1914) — Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
31. Double Wedding (1937) — Spike
32. In Old California (1942) — Kegs McKeever
33. A Thief Catcher (1914) — Crook (uncredited)
34. The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) — Jake the Bartender
35. Angora Love (1929) — Landlord
36. Bacon Grabbers (1929) — Collis P. Kennedy
37. Bangville Police (1913) — 3rd Deputy
38. My Dream Is Yours (1949) — Uncle Charlie
39. Should Married Men Go Home? (1928) — Golfer (uncredited)
40. True Confession (1937) — Darsey

Directed

1. You're Darn Tootin' (1928) — Director
2. From Soup to Nuts (1928) — Director
3. All Teed Up (1930) — Director
4. Fifty Million Husbands (1930) — Director
5. Bigger and Better (1930) — Director
6. The Marriage Circus (1925) — Director
7. Three Foolish Weeks (1924) — Director
8. The golf player (1930) — Director
9. The golfer (1930) — Director
10. Step Lively, Please (1922) — Director