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.
Street Vendor
Duck Soup
Insp. Mulrooney
It Happened Tomorrow
Kennedy
Las fantasmas
Dr. Glenn
Blondie in Society
Spike
Double Wedding
Butler
Cruel, Cruel Love
Striking Baker
Dough and Dynamite
Jake the Bartender
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Happy Moran
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Cornelius Cornpone
Li'l Abner
Uncle Charlie
My Dream Is Yours
Pop Randall
A Star Is Born
Oscar McGonigle
Twentieth Century
Cop
The Rural Third Degree
Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret
Detective (as Edward Kennedy)
The Trouble With Wives
Kegs McKeever
In Old California
Joe Bledsoe
Air Raid Wardens
Callaghan
Hollywood Hotel
Smiley Dugan
The Falcon Strikes Back
Officer (archive footage)
The Our Gang Story
Maydorf
The Chinese Parrot
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
Lieutenant Miller
It's a Wonderful World
The Detective
Whose Baby?
A Photographer
The Family Group
The Fight Pest
Imagine My Embarrassment
Is Everybody Happy?
All Parts
The Booster
Chasing Husbands
Off to Buffalo
2nd Sailor
Great Gobs!
Officer Kennedy
Night Owls
The Rival
The Love Thief
Uncle Edgar
Perfect Day
Golfer (uncredited)
Should Married Men Go Home?
Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
The Finishing Touch
Cop
Leave 'Em Laughing
Collis P. Kennedy
Bacon Grabbers
Motorist
Two Tars
Officer Kennedy
Unaccustomed as We Are
Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
Lover
Twenty Minutes of Love
Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
The Knockout
Policeman
Gentlemen of Nerve
Policeman (uncredited)
Getting Acquainted
Crook (uncredited)
A Thief Catcher
Edgar
Giggle Water
Officer Donovan
The Penguin Pool Murder
Sheriff Judd
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Onderdonk
Little Big Shot
Windy
Son of the Border
edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
Captain Mack
Small Town Girl
Daddy Warbucks
Little Orphan Annie
Edgar
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Tom Grady
Racing for Life
Judge
Tillie and Gus
Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
The Cowboy Millionaire
Darsey
True Confession
Jimmie Pierson
Flirting with Danger
Harry, the Bartender
Three Men on a Horse
Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
Making a Living
Jealous Cop
Fatty Joins the Force
Donovan
Mad Holiday
Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
The Girl from Monterrey
The Slicker's Chauffeur
Leading Lizzie Astray
Sgt. Buck Martin
The Marines Are Coming
Art in the Raw
Good Housewrecking
Gewilliker Hay
The Golden Princess
The Trouble Mender
Love and Bullets
The Sky Pirate
The Sky Pirate
Police Lt. Garrison
Super-Sleuth
Herbert Green
Money Means Nothing
Edgar
A Blasted Event
Ladrones
Art Gallery Operator
The Late Lamented
Edgar
A Merchant of Menace
Cop
Algy on the Force
Bugs Leary
Hey! Hey! USA
Police Chief Murphy
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Shell Game Operator
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Edgar Kennedy
Will Power
The Cop
Dumb Daddies
Arthur Bailey
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
Moan & Groan, Inc.
Sheriff Gregory
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Counterman
Living on Velvet
Ptomaine Tommy
Something for Nothing
Four Roles
The Other Fellow
Kelsey
Professional Sweetheart
Edgar
Tramp Trouble
He's a Honey
George Browning
Remedy for Riches
Corporal Austin
The Better 'Ole
Healy, Process Server
We're Rich Again
Now's the Time
Hank Hall
The Little Girl Next Door
Bosun Higgins
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Edgar Kennedy
Beaux and Errors
Edgar Kennedy
Dumb's the Word
Officer Thurston
Gridiron Flash
Mr. Basscombe
When's Your Birthday?
O'Brien
The Silver Streak
Edgar, Movie Director
Wrong Direction
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
When the Wind Blows
Sweeney
Woman Wanted
Inspector Dailey
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Mayor Moe Carson
There's One Born Every Minute
Henry
The Bride Comes Home
The Husband, Mr Glenders
Limousine Love
Sgt. Ed Cooper
Private Snuffy Smith
Police Captain
Anchors Aweigh
Henchman
The Gangsters
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
The First Seven Years
The Cop
Peeping Pete
Water Policeman
A Muddy Romance
Laughing Spectator
The Speed Kings
Spectator
Rastus and the Game Cock
1st Crook
Safe in Jail
1st Cop
Love and Rubbish
A Noise from the Deep
Cop
The Riot
Cop
Mabel's New Hero
Audience Member / Cop in Movie
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Mug
Mother's Boy
Wedding Guest
A Quiet Little Wedding
Mustached Man
A Ride for a Bride
Rajah
A Flirt's Mistake
Cop
In the Clutches of the Gang
The Groom
Rebecca's Wedding Day
Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
Tango Tangles
Tough Guy in Bar
His Favorite Pastime
Jealous Boyfriend
A Bath House Beauty
Sam Gilroy
Scarlet River
2nd Thief
The Great Vacuum Robbery
Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)
The Battling Fool
Trayguard
The Wrong Mr. Wright
Sheriff Renick
The Black Doll
Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
A Pair of Tights
Cop
Going Ga-Ga
Chairman - Peace Conference
Diplomaniacs
Inspector Murch
Trent's Last Case
Elmer
Westward Passage
Rudolf Hochstetter
Fatal Lady
Captain Bullwinkle
Captain Tugboat Annie
German Prison Guard (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Cicero the Cop
The Real McCoy
Their First Execution
Quimby the Lawyer
Dollar Dizzy
3rd Deputy
Bangville Police
Detective
Moonlight and Monkey Business
Police Chief
The Noise of Bombs
Café Proprietor
Ambrose's First Falsehood
The Cop
The Boy Friend
Bicarbonate
Yours for the Asking
Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
His Bitter Pill
A City Chap
Madcap Ambrose
Pete
Hearts and Flowers
Director (uncredited)
A Film Johnnie
Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
Mabel at the Wheel
Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
Mabel's Busy Day
(uncredited)
The Rounders
Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Neighbor
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Handout-Giver (uncredited)
Fatty's New Role
1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Fatty's Pal
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Cop
Wished on Mabel
Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
That Little Band Of Gold
Thelma's Last Rescuer
Love Fever
Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
The Head Guy
Detective
The Big Kick
Herbert - the Husband
Heat Lightning
Edgar Kennedy
Baby Daze
Mahoney
Rendezvous at Midnight
Ed Eggers (uncredited)
They Had to See Paris
Officer Ed Kennedy
Hurdy Gurdy
Cop
King for a Night
George Browning
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
Edgar Kennedy
Quiet Please!
Edgar Kennedy
Gasoloons
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
Shivering Shakespeare
Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
Doctor's Orders
Uncle Ed Sutton
Bigger and Better
Man in Phone Booth
Ladies Last
Night Club Patron
Looser Than Loose
Joe Barton
Everything's on Ice
The Crook
Wall Street Blues
Feed 'em and Weep
Edgar Kennedy
Mutiny in the County
Biff
Gangs Of The City
Herman Wilson
Kid Millions
Orchestra Leader
The Big Squawk
Diner's Owner
Stepping Out
Suitor
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
Little Billy's Triumph
Landlord
Angora Love
Ed Wimpy
Cross Fire
Eric Johnson
Oh! What a Nurse!
Warden Elmer Jones
Hold 'Em Jail
Cop (uncredited)
The Gusher
Bill Sproat
My Old Dutch
Edgar Kennedy
Rough on Rents
Police Officer McCarthy
$1,000 a Minute
Pops
The Quarterback
Chauncey
Margie
Officer Rafferty
Sandy Is a Lady
Edgar Kennedy
It's Your Move
Sgt. Homer Gatling
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
Sweeney
Unfaithfully Yours
Baldy
Carnival Boat
Thelma's Father
All Teed Up
Michael Kennedy
Dad's Day
Judge Kennedy
Madame Q
Cop (uncredited)
Quick Millions
Cop
High Gear
Officer Kennedy
Fifty Million Husbands
Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Edgar Kennedy
Drafted in the Depot
Edgar Kennedy
An Apple in His Eye
Howard J. Green
Next Door Neighbors
Edgar Kennedy
Poisoned Ivory
Edgar
Edgar Hamlet
High and Dry
Edgar Kennedy
In Love at 40
Judge John J. McGuinnis
Laugh It Off
Detective Donahue
Murder on the Blackboard
Detective (uncredited)
Paths to Paradise
Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
Variety Time
Hotter Than Hot
An American Tourist
The Guide
The Wife's Brother
He Loved the Ladies
Guard (uncredited)
All of Me
Mike Reynolds
Puppets of Fate
Edgar
Hold Your Temper
Edgar
I'll Fix It
Edgar
Westward Ho-Hum
Judd
Heaven Only Knows
Nepomuk - the Hermit
Hitler's Madman
Sheriff
San Francisco
Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Rockabye
Ethel's Former Boyfriend
'Curses!' They Remarked
Edgar
'Taint Legal
Fiancee's Father
Girl Shock
Edgar Kennedy
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Edgar
Dummy Ache
Edgar
Love on a Ladder
Edgar
Ears of Experience
Edgar
Clock Wise
Edgar
Sunk by the Census
Edgar
Prunes and Politics
Edgar
A Quiet Fourth
Daniel Webster Smith
Scandal Street
Policeman
Crazy Feet
Edgar Kennedy
Vocalizing
Edgar Kennedy
Fish Feathers
Edgar
Brick-a-Brac
Edgar
Bad Housekeeping
Edgar
A Clean Sweep
Edgar Kennedy
A Trailer Tragedy
The Maid's Boyfriend
His Luckless Love
Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent
A Scoundrel's Toll
Edgar
Cooks and Crooks
Edgar
Duck Soup
Help Wanted, Female
SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Welcome Danger
Four Times Foiled
Edgar
Hot Foot
Judge
Crazy House
Buffington-Doorman
Bad Company
Detective
Going Crooked
Edgar
Feather Your Nest
Edgar
Radio Rampage
Cpl. Ryan
Across the Pacific
Fire Chief Galvin
Sandy Gets Her Man
Warden Bingham
Pardon My Stripes
O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)
Finger Prints
archive footage
The Golden Age of Comedy
Edgar
Edgar & Goliath
Edgar
Maid to Order
Edgar Kennedy
Kennedy the Great
Edgar Kennedy
What, No Cigarettes
Why Is a Plumber?
Edgar
You Drive Me Crazy
Edgar Kennedy
The Big Beef
The cafe waiter (uncredited)
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Detective
La estación de gasolina
Edgar Kennedy
Motor Maniacs
Edgar
Trouble or Nothing
Edgar
I'll Build It Myself
Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader
Bombs!
Paper Hanger
Little Accident
Bowling Alley Operator
The Bowling Match
Edgar
Do or Diet
Fatty's Neighbor
An Incompetent Hero
Caesar - Zuzu's Rival
Zuzu, the Band Leader
Edgar Kennedy
Dig That Gold
Edgar
Contest Crazy
Edgar Kennedy
Brother Knows Best
She Loved Him Plenty
Edgar
What Fur
The Wandering Two
Edgar
Inferior Decorator
Edwin Rowley, Jr.
The Stolen Triumph
All's Swell on the Ocean
Lem Beeman
The Night Message
Chauffeur
The Gay Old Bird
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
313
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-04-25
Place of Birth
Monterey, California, USA
Also Known As
E. Livingston Kennedy