Friday 4 July 2014

Edgar Kennedy

Born: 26 April 1890, Lake San Antonio, Monterey County, California, USA
Died: 9 November 1948, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
Edgar Kennedy was a comedy actor who started appearing in silent films as early as 1911. He was one of the original Keystone Cops at the Sennett studios and later made his own series of comedy shorts. From the 1920s until the 1940s Kennedy could be seen in films supporting the big stars of the day like Laurel and Hardy and John Wayne.
 
Mickey (1918) as Stage coach driver/bookie (uncredited)
 
Edgar Kennedy is on the right, with Lew Cody.

















Should Married Men Go Home? (1928) as Golfer with Wig

Wigless. A Laurel and Hardy comedy short.

















Two Tars (1928) as Motorist

A Laurel and Hardy comedy short.

















Going Ga-Ga (1929) as Little Oscar's Father

Behind Kennedy is Marion Byron, dressed as a man, and Max Davidson.

















A Pair of Tights (1929) as Marion's Boyfriend's Boss



















Shivering Shakespeare (1930) as Kennedy

With Gertrude Sutton. An Our Gang comedy short.














The First Seven Years (1930) as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)

With Jackie Cooper. An Our Gang comedy short.


















Good Housewrecking (1933) as Edgar Kennedy

With Florence Lake. An Edgar Kennedy comedy short.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



Quiet Please! (1933) as Edgar Kennedy

With Charles Dow Clark. An Edgar Kennedy comedy short.

















Heat Lightning (1934) as Herbert, the husband
 
















Mutiny in the County (1940) as Edgar Kennedy
 
With Vivien Oakland. An Edgar Kennedy comedy short.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In Old California (1942) as Kegs McKeever
 
A feature film starring John Wayne.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


The Falcon Strikes Back (1943) as Smiley Dugan



















What No Cigarettes? (1945) as Edgar Kennedy
 
An Edgar Kennedy comedy short.
















The Big Beef (1945) as Edgar Kennedy
 
With Emory Parnell. An Edgar Kennedy comedy short.














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