Edgar Kennedy
Born in Monterey, California, USA — Apr 25 1890• Died Nov 09 1948
Connect
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…
Photos
Edgar Kennedy's Credits
Browse acting and crew credits across movies and TV — filter and sort to find specific roles.
Duck Soup
Street Vendor
It's a Wonderful World
Lieutenant Miller
In Old California
Kegs McKeever
Bad Company
Buffington-Doorman
The Knockout
Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Pop Randall
Crazy House
Judge
Heat Lightning
Herbert
Anchors Aweigh
Police Captain
Li'l Abner
Cornelius Cornpone
Fatal Lady
Rudolf Hochstetter
King for a Night
Cop
Scarlet River
Sam Gilroy
Unfaithfully Yours
Sweeney
Making a Living
Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
Hollywood Hotel
Callaghan
$1,000 a Minute
Police Officer McCarthy
The Falcon Strikes Back
Smiley Dugan
Quick Millions
Cop (uncredited)
Small Town Girl
Captain Mack
Perfect Day
Uncle Edgar
Do or Diet
Edgar
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Bosun Higgins
The Big Beef
Edgar Kennedy
Dough and Dynamite
Striking Baker
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
When's Your Birthday?
Mr. Basscombe
Super-Sleuth
Police Lt. Garrison
San Francisco
Sheriff
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Jake the Bartender
Rockabye
Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
When Comedy Was King
edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Inspector Dailey
The Girl from Monterrey
Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
A Film Johnnie
Director (uncredited)
Twentieth Century
Oscar McGonigle
Heaven Only Knows
Judd
Kid Millions
Herman Wilson
Living on Velvet
Counterman
Diplomaniacs
Chairman - Peace Conference
The Bride Comes Home
Henry
Mabel's Busy Day
Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
Mabel at the Wheel
Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
My Dream Is Yours
Uncle Charlie
Double Wedding
Spike
Should Married Men Go Home?
Golfer (uncredited)
Scandal Street
Daniel Webster Smith
It's Your Move
Edgar Kennedy
Gridiron Flash
Officer Thurston
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Sheriff Judd
It Happened Tomorrow
Insp. Mulrooney
Gangs Of The City
Biff
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
Hitler's Madman
Nepomuk - the Hermit
The Chinese Parrot
Maydorf
Little Big Shot
Onderdonk
Woman Wanted
Sweeney
Brick-a-Brac
Edgar
Margie
Chauncey
Captain Tugboat Annie
Captain Bullwinkle
Hey! Hey! USA
Bugs Leary
Peeping Pete
The Cop
When the Wind Blows
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
High Gear
Cop
The Boy Friend
The Cop
Why Is a Plumber?
Money Means Nothing
Herbert Green
The Rounders
(uncredited)
Finger Prints
O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)
'Taint Legal
Edgar
Skirts
All of Me
Guard (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret
Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Sheriff Gregory
Tango Tangles
Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
The Black Doll
Sheriff Renick
Hold 'Em Jail
Warden Elmer Jones
Professional Sweetheart
Kelsey
Their First Execution
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Happy Moran
True Confession
Darsey
Ladies Last
Man in Phone Booth
Love Fever
Thelma's Last Rescuer
Tillie and Gus
Judge
Angora Love
Landlord
Little Orphan Annie
Daddy Warbucks
Dollar Dizzy
Quimby the Lawyer
Gasoloons
Edgar Kennedy
Cross Fire
Ed Wimpy
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Police Chief Murphy
Three Men on a Horse
Harry, the Bartender
My Old Dutch
Bill Sproat
The Love Thief
The Rival
Tramp Trouble
Edgar
Air Raid Wardens
Joe Bledsoe
All Teed Up
Thelma's Father (uncredited)
Getting Acquainted
Policeman (uncredited)
The Gangsters
Henchman
Twenty Minutes of Love
Lover
Love and Rubbish
1st Cop
'Curses!' They Remarked
Ethel's Former Boyfriend
The Quarterback
Pops
A Thief Catcher
Crook (uncredited)
Trent's Last Case
Inspector Murch
The Our Gang Story
Officer (archive footage)
Bombs!
Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader
Yours for the Asking
Bicarbonate
The Penguin Pool Murder
Officer Donovan
I'll Fix It
Edgar
The Rural Third Degree
Cop
We're Rich Again
Healy, Process Server
Carnival Boat
Baldy
There's One Born Every Minute
Mayor Moe Carson
Mad Holiday
Donovan
Gentlemen of Nerve
Policeman
Radio Rampage
Edgar
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
Murder on the Blackboard
Detective Donahue
Westward Ho-Hum
Edgar
That Little Band Of Gold
Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
Cruel, Cruel Love
Butler
Unaccustomed as We Are
Officer Kennedy
Maid to Order
Edgar
Poisoned Ivory
Edgar Kennedy
The Trouble With Wives
Detective (as Edward Kennedy)
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Edgar
Sandy Gets Her Man
Fire Chief Galvin
The Ghosts
Kennedy
Bacon Grabbers
Collis P. Kennedy
Safe in Jail
1st Crook
Going Ga-Ga
Cop
Duck Soup
Edgar
Westward Passage
Elmer
The Gay Old Bird
Chauffeur
Limousine Love
The Husband, Mr Glenders
Dummy Ache
Edgar
Motor Maniacs
Edgar Kennedy
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
His Bitter Pill
Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
Rendezvous at Midnight
Mahoney
Quiet Please!
Edgar Kennedy
The Finishing Touch
Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
Suitor
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
George Browning
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
German Prison Guard (uncredited)
Flirting with Danger
Jimmie Pierson
Across the Pacific
Cpl. Ryan
From Soup to Nuts
Directing
Hot Foot
Edgar
Ambrose's First Falsehood
Café Proprietor
The Gas Station
Detective
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
A Quiet Fourth
Edgar
Welcome Danger
SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Sandy Is a Lady
Officer Rafferty
They Had to See Paris
Ed Eggers (uncredited)
Love and Bullets
The Trouble Mender
The Riot
Cop
Hurdy Gurdy
Officer Ed Kennedy
A Clean Sweep
Edgar
The Big Squawk
Orchestra Leader
Pardon My Stripes
Warden Bingham
Son of the Border
Windy
Leave 'Em Laughing
Cop
Puppets of Fate
Mike Reynolds
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Fatty's Pal
Hold Your Temper
Edgar
The First Seven Years
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
The Better 'Ole
Corporal Austin
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Arthur Bailey
A Bath House Beauty
Jealous Boyfriend
Prunes and Politics
Edgar
The Bride Wore Crutches
Police Captain McGuire
The Head Guy
Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
The Gusher
Cop (uncredited)
You Drive Me Crazy
Edgar
Night Owls
Officer Kennedy
Two Tars
Motorist
The Cowboy Millionaire
Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
The Family Group
A Photographer
The Booster
Baby Daze
Edgar Kennedy
Racing for Life
Tom Grady
The Bowling Match
Bowling Alley Operator
Bangville Police
3rd Deputy
The Real McCoy
Cicero the Cop
Edgar & Goliath
Edgar
Little Accident
Paper Hanger
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Audience Member / Cop in Movie
The Noise of Bombs
Police Chief
Variety Time
Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
A Muddy Romance
Water Policeman
Blondie in Society
Dr. Glenn
The Battling Fool
Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)
All Parts
Looser Than Loose
Night Club Patron
Fifty Million Husbands
Officer Kennedy
Moan & Groan, Inc.
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
Shivering Shakespeare
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
He's a Honey
The Marines Are Coming
Sgt. Buck Martin
Edgar Hamlet
Edgar
A Flirt's Mistake
Rajah
You're Darn Tootin'
Directing
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Shell Game Operator
The Star Boarder
Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
Laugh It Off
Judge John J. McGuinnis
Feather Your Nest
Edgar
Stepping Out
Diner's Owner
Going Crooked
Detective
Girl Shock
Fiancee's Father
An Incompetent Hero
Fatty's Neighbor
Oh! What a Nurse!
Eric Johnson
Hotter Than Hot
The Silver Streak
O'Brien
Private Snuffy Smith
Sgt. Ed Cooper
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
The Big Kick
Detective
What, No Cigarettes
Edgar Kennedy
Mother's Boy
Mug
What Fur
Edgar
His Favorite Pastime
Tough Guy in Bar
Bigger and Better
Uncle Ed Sutton
All's Swell on the Ocean
Everything's on Ice
Joe Barton
The Wrong Mr. Wright
Trayguard
He Loved the Ladies
The Wife's Brother
Paths to Paradise
Detective (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The golf player
Directing
Wished on Mabel
Cop
Wedding Bills
Detective
A Pair of Tights
Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
Thieves
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
Sgt. Homer Gatling
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Edgar Kennedy
A Noise from the Deep
Remedy for Riches
George Browning
Wrong Direction
Edgar, Movie Director
The Night Message
Lem Beeman
The Stolen Triumph
Edwin Rowley, Jr.
The Blue Streak
Fatty's New Role
Handout-Giver (uncredited)
The Golden Princess
Gewilliker Hay
Hearts and Flowers
Pete
Leading Lizzie Astray
The Slicker's Chauffeur
Moonlight and Monkey Business
Detective
The People vs. Nancy Preston
Gloomy Gus
A Quiet Little Wedding
Wedding Guest
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Neighbor
Madcap Ambrose
A City Chap
Contest Crazy
Edgar
Algy on the Force
Cop
Feed 'em and Weep
Fight and Win
Fatty Joins the Force
Jealous Cop
Doctor's Orders
Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
The Wandering Two
Three Foolish Weeks
Directing
The Marriage Circus
Directing
Dumb Daddies
The Cop
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
Callahan
Dumb's the Word
Edgar Kennedy
Whose Baby?
The Detective
Is Everybody Happy?
Good Housewrecking
Ears of Experience
Edgar
Inferior Decorator
Edgar
Beaux and Errors
Edgar Kennedy
The Speed Kings
Laughing Spectator
Chasing Husbands
Madame Q
Judge Kennedy
Mabel's New Hero
Cop
A Trailer Tragedy
Edgar Kennedy
She Loved Him Plenty
The Guide
An American Tourist
Giggle Water
Edgar
The Sky Pirate
The Sky Pirate
Fish Feathers
Edgar Kennedy
In the Clutches of the Gang
Cop
A Scoundrel's Toll
Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent
I'll Build It Myself
Edgar
Brother Knows Best
Edgar Kennedy
Now's the Time
Kennedy the Great
Edgar Kennedy
Dig That Gold
Edgar Kennedy
Crazy Feet
Policeman
Trouble or Nothing
Edgar
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
The cafe waiter (uncredited)
Dad's Day
Michael Kennedy
Imagine My Embarrassment
Wall Street Blues
The Crook
The Fight Pest
Art in the Raw
The Great Vacuum Robbery
2nd Thief
Love on a Ladder
Edgar
Clock Wise
Edgar
Rastus and the Game Cock
Spectator
Rebecca's Wedding Day
The Groom
Vocalizing
Edgar Kennedy
Next Door Neighbors
Howard J. Green
Something for Nothing
Ptomaine Tommy
The Late Lamented
Art Gallery Operator
Help Wanted, Female
Great Gobs!
2nd Sailor
The Little Girl Next Door
Hank Hall
The Other Fellow
Four Roles
High and Dry
In Love at 40
Edgar Kennedy
Bad Housekeeping
Edgar
A Blasted Event
Edgar
Little Billy's Triumph
Zuzu, the Band Leader
Caesar - Zuzu's Rival
The golfer
Directing
Four Times Foiled
Mutiny in the County
Edgar Kennedy
His Luckless Love
The Maid's Boyfriend
Step Lively, Please
Directing
A Merchant of Menace
Edgar
An Apple in His Eye
Edgar Kennedy
Will Power
Edgar Kennedy
Cooks and Crooks
Edgar
Sunk by the Census
Edgar
Never the Twins Shall Meet
Mr. Carp
Rough on Rents
Edgar Kennedy
Off to Buffalo
Drafted in the Depot
Edgar Kennedy
A Ride for a Bride
Mustached Man
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Sock Me to Sleep
Edgar
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
Edgar