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.
326 movies
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024·10.0
The Our Gang Story
1994·0.0
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976·0.0
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968·8.0
When Comedy Was King
1960·6.5
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957·7.1
My Dream Is Yours
1949·6.5
Unfaithfully Yours
1948·7.2
Contest Crazy
1948·9.0
Variety Time
1948·10.0
Dig That Gold
1948·9.8
Brother Knows Best
1948·8.0
Heaven Only Knows
1947·6.5
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947·6.4
Do or Diet
1947·8.0
I'll Build It Myself
1946·9.0
Motor Maniacs
1946·7.0
Trouble or Nothing
1946·10.0
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945·8.0
The Big Beef
1945·7.0
You Drive Me Crazy
1945·9.0
Anchors Aweigh
1945·6.8
It's Your Move
1945·7.0
What, No Cigarettes
1945·7.5
Feather Your Nest
1944·9.0
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944·6.0
It Happened Tomorrow
1944·6.8
Radio Rampage
1944·10.0
Prunes and Politics
1944·7.5
Crazy House
1943·6.0
The Girl from Monterrey
1943·8.0
Hitler's Madman
1943·5.5
Hot Foot
1943·9.0
Inferior Decorator
1943·8.0
Air Raid Wardens
1943·7.1
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943·5.6
Hold Your Temper
1943·10.0
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
1943·4.6
Duck Soup
1942·9.0
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
1942·2.7
There's One Born Every Minute
1942·7.9
Cooks and Crooks
1942·10.0
In Old California
1942·5.3
Pardon My Stripes
1942·6.5
Private Snuffy Smith
1942·4.3
Rough on Rents
1942·9.5
A Quiet Fourth
1941·8.0
Gangs Of The City
1941·7.0
I'll Fix It
1941·10.0
Westward Ho-Hum
1941·8.0
Blondie in Society
1941·6.4
An Apple in His Eye
1941·9.0
Drafted in the Depot
1940·10.0
Remedy for Riches
1940·5.5
Li'l Abner
1940·6.1
Sandy Gets Her Man
1940·6.5
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940·5.5
A Trailer Tragedy
1940·7.0
The Quarterback
1940·10.0
The Bride Wore Crutches
1940·7.0
Margie
1940·9.0
Sunk by the Census
1940·8.0
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940·5.6
'Taint Legal
1940·0.0
Sandy Is a Lady
1940·9.0
Mutiny in the County
1940·0.0
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939·8.0
Kennedy the Great
1939·8.0
Laugh It Off
1939·6.0
Little Accident
1939·5.5
Act Your Age
1939·10.0
Everything's on Ice
1939·5.3
Maid to Order
1939·10.0
It's a Wonderful World
1939·6.5
Baby Daze
1939·10.0
Clock Wise
1939·9.0
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938·5.4
A Clean Sweep
1938·10.0
Beaux and Errors
1938·7.0
Hey! Hey! USA
1938·7.2
Scandal Street
1938·8.0
The Black Doll
1938·6.5
Ears of Experience
1938·10.0
Hollywood Hotel
1938·5.8
True Confession
1937·6.1
Edgar & Goliath
1937·8.0
Double Wedding
1937·6.4
Tramp Trouble
1937·8.0
Super-Sleuth
1937·5.6
Dumb's the Word
1937·7.0
A Star Is Born
1937·7.2
Bad Housekeeping
1937·8.0
When's Your Birthday?
1937·5.5
The Other Fellow
1937·0.0
Three Men on a Horse
1936·6.3
Mad Holiday
1936·6.4
Vocalizing
1936·8.0
Yours for the Asking
1936·5.3
Dummy Ache
1936·5.5
San Francisco
1936·6.6
Fatal Lady
1936·10.0
Small Town Girl
1936·6.0
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936·5.2
Will Power
1936·7.0
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
1936·10.0
Gasoloons
1936·7.5
The Bride Comes Home
1935·5.1
$1,000 a Minute
1935·5.8
Little Big Shot
1935·7.3
In Love at 40
1935·7.0
Woman Wanted
1935·6.8
Edgar Hamlet
1935·10.0
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935·8.0
Sock Me to Sleep
1935·9.0
The Cowboy Millionaire
1935·7.0
Living on Velvet
1935·5.9
Rendezvous at Midnight
1935·10.0
Brick-a-Brac
1935·10.0
The Silver Streak
1934·6.9
Flirting with Danger
1934·5.8
The Marines Are Coming
1934·5.2
Poisoned Ivory
1934·9.0
Kid Millions
1934·6.7
Gridiron Flash
1934·4.8
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934·5.2
A Blasted Event
1934·10.0
We're Rich Again
1934·6.2
Murder on the Blackboard
1934·6.4
Money Means Nothing
1934·5.8
Wrong Direction
1934·9.0
Twentieth Century
1934·6.8
Love on a Ladder
1934·3.7
Heat Lightning
1934·7.2
All of Me
1934·7.0
King for a Night
1933·7.2
Duck Soup
1933·7.3
What Fur
1933·8.0
Tillie and Gus
1933·7.8
Quiet Please!
1933·6.0
Good Housewrecking
1933·8.0
Professional Sweetheart
1933·6.0
Cross Fire
1933·6.5
Son of the Border
1933·7.3
Diplomaniacs
1933·7.5
A Merchant of Menace
1933·10.0
Scarlet River
1933·5.6
Art in the Raw
1933·3.3
Fish Feathers
1932·9.0
The Penguin Pool Murder
1932·5.9
Rockabye
1932·6.5
Little Orphan Annie
1932·6.4
Hold 'Em Jail
1932·6.8
Giggle Water
1932·9.0
Now's the Time
1932·0.0
Westward Passage
1932·6.3
The Spot on the Rug
1932·9.0
He's a Honey
1932·7.0
Carnival Boat
1932·5.5
Never the Twins Shall Meet
1932·10.0
Bad Company
1931·5.0
Quick Millions
1931·7.3
Love Fever
1931·4.6
High Gear
1931·4.3
Next Door Neighbors
1931·10.0
Help Wanted, Female
1931·7.0
Ladies Last
1930·6.5
Moonlight and Monkey Business
1930·0.0
Looser Than Loose
1930·6.0
Bigger and Better
1930·7.0
Dollar Dizzy
1930·6.8
Doctor's Orders
1930·8.5
Girl Shock
1930·5.8
Fifty Million Husbands
1930·5.6
All Teed Up
1930·4.8
The Ghosts
1930·0.0
When the Wind Blows
1930·6.7
The Big Kick
1930·4.5
The Gas Station
1930·7.0
The First Seven Years
1930·5.8
The Real McCoy
1930·6.4
Shivering Shakespeare
1930·5.9
The Head Guy
1930·4.2
Thieves
1930·7.1
Night Owls
1930·7.4
Great Gobs!
1929·10.0
Angora Love
1929·6.5
Moan & Groan, Inc.
1929·6.2
Stepping Out
1929·6.0
Bacon Grabbers
1929·6.4
Welcome Danger
1929·5.0
They Had to See Paris
1929·6.4
Crazy Feet
1929·6.8
Hotter Than Hot
1929·10.0
Perfect Day
1929·7.0
Dad's Day
1929·7.0
Madame Q
1929·6.8
The Big Squawk
1929·8.0
Hurdy Gurdy
1929·7.0
Unaccustomed as We Are
1929·6.9
Trent's Last Case
1929·8.0
Why Is a Plumber?
1929·8.0
Off to Buffalo
1929·8.0
A Pair of Tights
1929·7.8
Going Ga-Ga
1929·6.9
Chasing Husbands
1928·7.0
Feed 'em and Weep
1928·6.0
The Booster
1928·7.0
The Boy Friend
1928·5.6
Two Tars
1928·6.8
All Parts
1928·8.0
Is Everybody Happy?
1928·8.0
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928·6.4
Imagine My Embarrassment
1928·9.0
The Fight Pest
1928·7.0
Limousine Love
1928·6.0
The Finishing Touch
1928·6.9
The Family Group
1928·7.0
Dumb Daddies
1928·9.0
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928·6.0
The Chinese Parrot
1927·10.0
Wedding Bills
1927·8.0
The Wrong Mr. Wright
1927·10.0
The Gay Old Bird
1927·8.0
Finger Prints
1927·7.0
Going Crooked
1926·10.0
The Better 'Ole
1926·5.7
Across the Pacific
1926·5.0
My Old Dutch
1926·7.0
Oh! What a Nurse!
1926·9.0
The People vs. Nancy Preston
1925·10.0
The Golden Princess
1925·9.0
The Trouble With Wives
1925·7.0
Paths to Paradise
1925·6.2
All's Swell on the Ocean
1924·8.0
Wall Street Blues
1924·8.0
Racing for Life
1924·9.0
The Battling Fool
1924·9.0
Fight and Win
1924·9.0
The Night Message
1924·7.0
Something for Nothing
1923·0.0
The Wandering Two
1923·0.0
The Little Girl Next Door
1923·7.0
High and Dry
1922·7.0
The Guide
1921·10.0
Skirts
1921·8.0
Puppets of Fate
1921·8.0
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920·10.0
Four Times Foiled
1920·0.0
Hearts and Flowers
1919·6.5
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919·5.7
She Loved Him Plenty
1918·5.0
Watch Your Neighbor
1918·0.0
The Late Lamented
1917·0.0
Whose Baby?
1917·0.0
The Blue Streak
1917·0.0
The Stolen Triumph
1916·9.0
Bombs!
1916·5.0
A Scoundrel's Toll
1916·6.5
Madcap Ambrose
1916·5.0
His Bitter Pill
1916·5.1
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
1915·5.7
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
1915·5.6
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
1915·4.5
Mabel’s Wilful Way
1915·4.9
Wished on Mabel
1915·5.3
His Luckless Love
1915·3.0
That Little Band Of Gold
1915·5.1
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
1915·4.7
Fatty's New Role
1915·5.1
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915·5.8
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915·5.4
The Great Vacuum Robbery
1915·0.0
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914·6.2
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914·4.2
Getting Acquainted
1914·5.4
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914·4.4
The Noise of Bombs
1914·5.0
An Incompetent Hero
1914·0.0
'Curses!' They Remarked
1914·5.0
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914·5.8
Dough and Dynamite
1914·6.1
The Love Thief
1914·0.0
He Loved the Ladies
1914·9.0
The Rounders
1914·6.1
The Sky Pirate
1914·0.0
Love and Bullets
1914·0.0
Mabel's Busy Day
1914·5.7
The Knockout
1914·5.8
Caught in a Cabaret
1914·5.8
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914·5.7
Mabel at the Wheel
1914·5.8
A Bath House Beauty
1914·9.0
The Star Boarder
1914·5.3
Cruel, Cruel Love
1914·5.2
His Favorite Pastime
1914·5.3
Tango Tangles
1914·5.2
A Film Johnnie
1914·5.5
A Thief Catcher
1914·5.1
Making a Living
1914·5.7
Little Billy's Triumph
1914·6.0
Rebecca's Wedding Day
1914·0.0
In the Clutches of the Gang
1914·0.0
A Flirt's Mistake
1914·5.3
Zuzu, the Band Leader
1913·0.0
The Gusher
1913·4.5
A Ride for a Bride
1913·7.0
Fatty Joins the Force
1913·5.3
A Muddy Romance
1913·4.8
The Speed Kings
1913·4.6
A Quiet Little Wedding
1913·0.0
The Bowling Match
1913·0.0
Mother's Boy
1913·0.0
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913·5.6
Mabel's New Hero
1913·5.1
The Riot
1913·0.0
A Noise from the Deep
1913·5.5
Love and Rubbish
1913·4.5
Safe in Jail
1913·8.0
Rastus and the Game Cock
1913·0.0
Peeping Pete
1913·6.0
The Gangsters
1913·6.0
Their First Execution
1913·7.0
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
1913·0.0
Algy on the Force
1913·9.0
Bangville Police
1913·5.1
The Rural Third Degree
1913·0.0