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.