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Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
Edgar Kennedy
Acting
Born April 25, 1890Died November 9, 1948Monterey, California, USA
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 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.
Movies
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0.0
The Our Gang Story
1994
7.0
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
8.0
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
6.5
When Comedy Was King
1960
7.1
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
6.4
My Dream Is Yours
1949
7.2
Unfaithfully Yours
1948
Contest Crazy
9.0
Contest Crazy
1948
10.0
Variety Time
1948
Dig That Gold
9.8
Dig That Gold
1948
Brother Knows Best
8.0
Brother Knows Best
1948
6.5
Heaven Only Knows
1947
6.3
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
8.0
Do or Diet
1947
I'll Build It Myself
9.0
I'll Build It Myself
1946
Motor Maniacs
7.0
Motor Maniacs
1946
10.0
Trouble or Nothing
1946
8.0
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
7.0
The Big Beef
1945
9.0
You Drive Me Crazy
1945
6.8
Anchors Aweigh
1945
It's Your Move
7.0
It's Your Move
1945
What, No Cigarettes
7.5
What, No Cigarettes
1945
Feather Your Nest
9.0
Feather Your Nest
1944
6.0
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944
6.8
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Radio Rampage
10.0
Radio Rampage
1944
7.5
Prunes and Politics
1944
6.0
Crazy House
1943
8.0
The Girl from Monterrey
1943
5.5
Hitler's Madman
1943
Hot Foot
9.0
Hot Foot
1943
Inferior Decorator
8.0
Inferior Decorator
1943
7.1
Air Raid Wardens
1943
5.6
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943
Hold Your Temper
10.0
Hold Your Temper
1943
4.6
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
1943
Duck Soup
9.0
Duck Soup
1942
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
2.7
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
1942
7.9
There's One Born Every Minute
1942
Cooks and Crooks
10.0
Cooks and Crooks
1942
5.3
In Old California
1942
6.5
Pardon My Stripes
1942
4.2
Private Snuffy Smith
1942
Rough on Rents
9.5
Rough on Rents
1942
A Quiet Fourth
8.0
A Quiet Fourth
1941
Gangs Of The City
7.0
Gangs Of The City
1941
I'll Fix It
10.0
I'll Fix It
1941
8.0
Westward Ho-Hum
1941
6.4
Blondie in Society
1941
9.0
An Apple in His Eye
1941
Mad About Moonshine
9.0
Mad About Moonshine
1941
Drafted in the Depot
10.0
Drafted in the Depot
1940
5.5
Remedy for Riches
1940
6.1
Li'l Abner
1940
6.5
Sandy Gets Her Man
1940
5.5
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940
A Trailer Tragedy
7.0
A Trailer Tragedy
1940
10.0
The Quarterback
1940
7.0
The Bride Wore Crutches
1940
9.0
Margie
1940
Sunk by the Census
8.0
Sunk by the Census
1940
5.6
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940
0.0
'Taint Legal
1940
9.0
Sandy Is a Lady
1940
Mutiny in the County
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Mutiny in the County
1940
8.0
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
Kennedy the Great
8.0
Kennedy the Great
1939
Laugh It Off
6.0
Laugh It Off
1939
5.5
Little Accident
1939
Act Your Age
10.0
Act Your Age
1939
5.3
Everything's on Ice
1939
Maid to Order
10.0
Maid to Order
1939
6.6
It's a Wonderful World
1939
Baby Daze
10.0
Baby Daze
1939
9.0
Clock Wise
1939
5.4
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
A Clean Sweep
10.0
A Clean Sweep
1938
Beaux and Errors
7.0
Beaux and Errors
1938
7.2
Hey! Hey! USA
1938
8.0
Scandal Street
1938
6.4
The Black Doll
1938
Ears of Experience
10.0
Ears of Experience
1938
5.6
Hollywood Hotel
1938
6.1
True Confession
1937
Edgar & Goliath
8.0
Edgar & Goliath
1937
6.4
Double Wedding
1937
Tramp Trouble
8.0
Tramp Trouble
1937
5.6
Super-Sleuth
1937
Dumb's the Word
7.0
Dumb's the Word
1937
7.2
A Star Is Born
1937
Bad Housekeeping
8.0
Bad Housekeeping
1937
5.5
When's Your Birthday?
1937
0.0
The Other Fellow
1937
6.4
Three Men on a Horse
1936
6.4
Mad Holiday
1936
Vocalizing
8.0
Vocalizing
1936
5.3
Yours for the Asking
1936
5.5
Dummy Ache
1936
6.6
San Francisco
1936
10.0
Fatal Lady
1936
6.0
Small Town Girl
1936
5.2
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
7.0
Will Power
1936
10.0
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
1936
Gasoloons
7.5
Gasoloons
1936
5.1
The Bride Comes Home
1935
5.8
$1,000 a Minute
1935
7.3
Little Big Shot
1935
In Love at 40
7.0
In Love at 40
1935
6.8
Woman Wanted
1935
Edgar Hamlet
10.0
Edgar Hamlet
1935
8.0
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935
Sock Me to Sleep
9.0
Sock Me to Sleep
1935
7.0
The Cowboy Millionaire
1935
5.9
Living on Velvet
1935
10.0
Rendezvous at Midnight
1935
Brick-a-Brac
10.0
Brick-a-Brac
1935
6.9
The Silver Streak
1934
5.8
Flirting with Danger
1934
5.2
The Marines Are Coming
1934
9.0
Poisoned Ivory
1934
6.9
Kid Millions
1934
4.8
Gridiron Flash
1934
5.2
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
A Blasted Event
10.0
A Blasted Event
1934
6.2
We're Rich Again
1934
6.3
Murder on the Blackboard
1934
5.8
Money Means Nothing
1934
Wrong Direction
9.0
Wrong Direction
1934
6.8
Twentieth Century
1934
Love on a Ladder
3.7
Love on a Ladder
1934
7.2
Heat Lightning
1934
7.0
All of Me
1934
7.2
King for a Night
1933
7.3
Duck Soup
1933
8.0
What Fur
1933
7.4
Tillie and Gus
1933
Quiet Please!
6.0
Quiet Please!
1933
Good Housewrecking
8.0
Good Housewrecking
1933
6.0
Professional Sweetheart
1933
6.5
Cross Fire
1933
7.3
Son of the Border
1933
7.5
Diplomaniacs
1933
10.0
A Merchant of Menace
1933
5.6
Scarlet River
1933
Art in the Raw
3.3
Art in the Raw
1933
Fish Feathers
9.0
Fish Feathers
1932
5.9
The Penguin Pool Murder
1932
6.5
Rockabye
1932
6.4
Little Orphan Annie
1932
6.8
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
Giggle Water
9.0
Giggle Water
1932
Now's the Time
0.0
Now's the Time
1932
6.3
Westward Passage
1932
The Spot on the Rug
9.0
The Spot on the Rug
1932
He's a Honey
7.0
He's a Honey
1932
5.5
Carnival Boat
1932
Never the Twins Shall Meet
10.0
Never the Twins Shall Meet
1932
5.0
Bad Company
1931
7.3
Quick Millions
1931
4.6
Love Fever
1931
4.3
High Gear
1931
10.0
Next Door Neighbors
1931
Help Wanted, Female
6.0
Help Wanted, Female
1931
6.5
Ladies Last
1930
Moonlight and Monkey Business
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Moonlight and Monkey Business
1930
6.0
Looser Than Loose
1930
Bigger and Better
7.0
Bigger and Better
1930
6.8
Dollar Dizzy
1930
8.5
Doctor's Orders
1930
5.8
Girl Shock
1930
5.6
Fifty Million Husbands
1930
4.8
All Teed Up
1930
The Ghosts
0.0
The Ghosts
1930
6.7
When the Wind Blows
1930
4.5
The Big Kick
1930
The Gas Station
7.0
The Gas Station
1930
5.8
The First Seven Years
1930
6.4
The Real McCoy
1930
5.9
Shivering Shakespeare
1930
4.2
The Head Guy
1930
7.1
Thieves
1930
7.4
Night Owls
1930
10.0
Great Gobs!
1929
6.5
Angora Love
1929
6.2
Moan & Groan, Inc.
1929
6.0
Stepping Out
1929
6.4
Bacon Grabbers
1929
4.9
Welcome Danger
1929
6.4
They Had to See Paris
1929
6.8
Crazy Feet
1929
10.0
Hotter Than Hot
1929
7.0
Perfect Day
1929
Dad's Day
7.0
Dad's Day
1929
Madame Q
6.8
Madame Q
1929
8.0
The Big Squawk
1929
7.0
Hurdy Gurdy
1929
7.0
Unaccustomed as We Are
1929
8.0
Trent's Last Case
1929
8.0
Why Is a Plumber?
1929
Off to Buffalo
8.0
Off to Buffalo
1929
7.8
A Pair of Tights
1929
Going Ga-Ga
6.9
Going Ga-Ga
1929
7.0
Chasing Husbands
1928
6.0
Feed 'em and Weep
1928
7.0
The Booster
1928
5.6
The Boy Friend
1928
6.8
Two Tars
1928
All Parts
8.0
All Parts
1928
8.0
Is Everybody Happy?
1928
6.4
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928
9.0
Imagine My Embarrassment
1928
The Fight Pest
7.0
The Fight Pest
1928
6.0
Limousine Love
1928
6.9
The Finishing Touch
1928
7.0
The Family Group
1928
9.0
Dumb Daddies
1928
6.1
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928
10.0
The Chinese Parrot
1927
8.0
Wedding Bills
1927
10.0
The Wrong Mr. Wright
1927
8.0
The Gay Old Bird
1927
7.0
Finger Prints
1927
10.0
Going Crooked
1926
5.7
The Better 'Ole
1926
5.0
Across the Pacific
1926
7.0
My Old Dutch
1926
9.0
Oh! What a Nurse!
1926
10.0
The People vs. Nancy Preston
1925
9.0
The Golden Princess
1925
7.0
The Trouble With Wives
1925
6.2
Paths to Paradise
1925
8.0
All's Swell on the Ocean
1924
8.0
Wall Street Blues
1924
9.0
Racing for Life
1924
9.0
The Battling Fool
1924
9.0
Fight and Win
1924
The Night Message
7.0
The Night Message
1924
0.0
Something for Nothing
1923
0.0
The Wandering Two
1923
7.0
The Little Girl Next Door
1923
High and Dry
7.0
High and Dry
1922
The Guide
10.0
The Guide
1921
8.0
Skirts
1921
Puppets of Fate
8.0
Puppets of Fate
1921
10.0
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920
Four Times Foiled
0.0
Four Times Foiled
1920
6.5
Hearts and Flowers
1919
5.7
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919
5.0
She Loved Him Plenty
1918
Watch Your Neighbor
0.0
Watch Your Neighbor
1918
0.0
The Late Lamented
1917
0.0
Whose Baby?
1917
0.0
The Blue Streak
1917
9.0
The Stolen Triumph
1916
5.0
Bombs!
1916
6.5
A Scoundrel's Toll
1916
5.0
Madcap Ambrose
1916
5.1
His Bitter Pill
1916
5.7
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
1915
5.6
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
1915
4.5
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
1915
4.9
Mabel’s Wilful Way
1915
5.3
Wished on Mabel
1915
His Luckless Love
3.0
His Luckless Love
1915
5.1
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
4.7
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
1915
5.1
Fatty's New Role
1915
5.8
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915
5.4
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915
0.0
The Great Vacuum Robbery
1915
6.2
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
4.2
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
5.4
Getting Acquainted
1914
4.4
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
5.0
The Noise of Bombs
1914
An Incompetent Hero
0.0
An Incompetent Hero
1914
'Curses!' They Remarked
5.0
'Curses!' They Remarked
1914
5.7
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
6.1
Dough and Dynamite
1914
The Love Thief
0.0
The Love Thief
1914
He Loved the Ladies
9.0
He Loved the Ladies
1914
6.1
The Rounders
1914
The Sky Pirate
0.0
The Sky Pirate
1914
Love and Bullets
0.0
Love and Bullets
1914
5.7
Mabel's Busy Day
1914
5.8
The Knockout
1914
5.8
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
5.7
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914
5.8
Mabel at the Wheel
1914
A Bath House Beauty
9.0
A Bath House Beauty
1914
5.3
The Star Boarder
1914
5.2
Cruel, Cruel Love
1914
5.3
His Favorite Pastime
1914
5.2
Tango Tangles
1914
5.5
A Film Johnnie
1914
5.1
A Thief Catcher
1914
5.7
Making a Living
1914
6.0
Little Billy's Triumph
1914
Rebecca's Wedding Day
0.0
Rebecca's Wedding Day
1914
0.0
In the Clutches of the Gang
1914
5.2
A Flirt's Mistake
1914
Zuzu, the Band Leader
0.0
Zuzu, the Band Leader
1913
4.5
The Gusher
1913
7.0
A Ride for a Bride
1913
5.3
Fatty Joins the Force
1913
4.8
A Muddy Romance
1913
4.2
The Speed Kings
1913
A Quiet Little Wedding
0.0
A Quiet Little Wedding
1913
The Bowling Match
0.0
The Bowling Match
1913
Mother's Boy
0.0
Mother's Boy
1913
5.6
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
5.1
Mabel's New Hero
1913
0.0
The Riot
1913
5.5
A Noise from the Deep
1913
4.5
Love and Rubbish
1913
8.0
Safe in Jail
1913
Rastus and the Game Cock
0.0
Rastus and the Game Cock
1913
6.0
Peeping Pete
1913
6.0
The Gangsters
1913
Their First Execution
7.0
Their First Execution
1913
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
0.0
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
1913
Algy on the Force
9.0
Algy on the Force
1913
5.1
Bangville Police
1913
The Rural Third Degree
0.0
The Rural Third Degree
1913
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
9.0