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Edgar Kennedy

Acting Born Apr 25, 1890 Died Nov 9, 1948 Monterey, California, USA 338 credits

Biography

Edgar Kennedy works in acting. Born April 25, 1890 in Monterey, California, USA. Died November 9, 1948. Archytele lists 338 screen credits below. A full profile for this page is being written and will appear here once verified against sources.

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Career timeline

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
The Our Gang Story
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
When Comedy Was King
The Golden Age of Comedy
My Dream Is Yours
Unfaithfully YoursVariety TimeBrother Knows BestContest CrazyDig That Gold
Heaven Only KnowsThe Sin of Harold DiddlebockDo or Diet
Motor ManiacsI'll Build It MyselfTrouble or Nothing
Anchors AweighCaptain Tugboat AnnieThe Big BeefWhat, No CigarettesYou Drive Me Crazy
Radio RampageIt Happened TomorrowPrunes and PoliticsThe Great Alaskan MysteryFeather Your Nest
Air Raid WardensHitler's MadmanHot FootCrazy HouseCosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
In Old CaliforniaRough on RentsHillbilly BlitzkriegDuck SoupThere's One Born Every Minute
Gangs Of The CityBlondie in SocietyWestward Ho-HumI'll Fix ItAn Apple in His Eye
The Bride Wore CrutchesDr. Christian Meets the WomenThe QuarterbackLi'l AbnerRemedy for Riches
It's a Wonderful WorldClock WiseLaugh It OffLittle AccidentEverything's on Ice
Hollywood HotelHey! Hey! USAScandal StreetPeck's Bad Boy with the CircusBeaux and Errors
A Star Is BornTramp TroubleSuper-SleuthDouble WeddingTrue Confession
San FranciscoThe Return of Jimmy ValentineDummy AcheSmall Town GirlGasoloons
Edgar HamletThe Cowboy MillionaireA Night at the Biltmore Bowl$1,000 a MinuteLittle Big Shot
Poisoned IvoryTwentieth CenturyLove on a LadderKing Kelly of the U.S.A.Murder on the Blackboard
Duck SoupProfessional SweetheartDiplomaniacsWhat FurGood Housewrecking
Westward PassageGiggle WaterThe Penguin Pool MurderNever the Twins Shall MeetFish Feathers
Quick MillionsHelp Wanted, FemaleLove FeverBad CompanyHigh Gear
Ladies LastThievesMoonlight and Monkey BusinessThe Gas StationThe golf player · Director
Perfect DayBacon GrabbersAngora LoveGreat Gobs!Madame Q
Limousine LoveAll PartsTwo TarsChasing HusbandsFrom Soup to Nuts · Director
Wedding BillsFinger PrintsThe Chinese ParrotThe Gay Old BirdThe Wrong Mr. Wright
The Better 'OleAcross the PacificOh! What a Nurse!My Old DutchGoing Crooked

Full filmography

  • Laurel & Hardy: Year Two (2024) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The Our Gang Story (1994) as Officer (archive footage)
  • Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976) as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
  • The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968) as Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
  • When Comedy Was King (1960) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The Golden Age of Comedy (1957) as archive footage
  • My Dream Is Yours (1949) as Uncle Charlie
  • Unfaithfully Yours (1948) as Sweeney
  • Variety Time (1948) as Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
  • Brother Knows Best (1948) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Contest Crazy (1948) as Edgar
  • Dig That Gold (1948) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Heaven Only Knows (1947) as Judd
  • The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) as Jake the Bartender
  • Do or Diet (1947) as Edgar
  • Motor Maniacs (1946) as Edgar Kennedy
  • I'll Build It Myself (1946) as Edgar
  • Trouble or Nothing (1946) as Edgar
  • Anchors Aweigh (1945) as Police Captain
  • Captain Tugboat Annie (1945) as Captain Bullwinkle
  • The Big Beef (1945) as Edgar Kennedy
  • What, No Cigarettes (1945) as Edgar Kennedy
  • You Drive Me Crazy (1945) as Edgar
  • It's Your Move (1945) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Radio Rampage (1944) as Edgar
  • It Happened Tomorrow (1944) as Insp. Mulrooney
  • Prunes and Politics (1944) as Edgar
  • The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944) as Bosun Higgins
  • Feather Your Nest (1944) as Edgar
  • Air Raid Wardens (1943) as Joe Bledsoe
  • Hitler's Madman (1943) as Nepomuk - the Hermit
  • Hot Foot (1943) as Edgar
  • Crazy House (1943) as Judge
  • Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher (1943) as Police Chief Murphy
  • The Falcon Strikes Back (1943) as Smiley Dugan
  • The Girl from Monterrey (1943) as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
  • Hold Your Temper (1943) as Edgar
  • Inferior Decorator (1943) as Edgar
  • In Old California (1942) as Kegs McKeever
  • Rough on Rents (1942) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Hillbilly Blitzkrieg (1942) as Sgt. Homer Gatling
  • Duck Soup (1942) as Edgar
  • There's One Born Every Minute (1942) as Mayor Moe Carson
  • Pardon My Stripes (1942) as Warden Bingham
  • Private Snuffy Smith (1942) as Sgt. Ed Cooper
  • Cooks and Crooks (1942) as Edgar
  • Gangs Of The City (1941) as Biff
  • Blondie in Society (1941) as Dr. Glenn
  • Westward Ho-Hum (1941) as Edgar
  • I'll Fix It (1941) as Edgar
  • An Apple in His Eye (1941) as Edgar Kennedy
  • A Quiet Fourth (1941) as Edgar
  • The Bride Wore Crutches (1940) as Police Captain McGuire
  • Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940) as George Browning
  • The Quarterback (1940) as Pops
  • Li'l Abner (1940) as Cornelius Cornpone
  • Remedy for Riches (1940) as George Browning
  • Sandy Gets Her Man (1940) as Fire Chief Galvin
  • Mutiny in the County (1940) as Edgar Kennedy
  • 'Taint Legal (1940) as Edgar
  • Sandy Is a Lady (1940) as Officer Rafferty
  • Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940) as Sheriff Gregory
  • Margie (1940) as Chauncey
  • A Trailer Tragedy (1940) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Sunk by the Census (1940) as Edgar
  • Drafted in the Depot (1940) as Edgar Kennedy
  • It's a Wonderful World (1939) as Lieutenant Miller
  • Clock Wise (1939) as Edgar
  • Laugh It Off (1939) as Judge John J. McGuinnis
  • Little Accident (1939) as Paper Hanger
  • Everything's on Ice (1939) as Joe Barton
  • Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939) as Inspector Dailey
  • Act Your Age (1939) as Edgar
  • Maid to Order (1939) as Edgar
  • Baby Daze (1939) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Kennedy the Great (1939) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Hollywood Hotel (1938) as Callaghan
  • Hey! Hey! USA (1938) as Bugs Leary
  • Scandal Street (1938) as Daniel Webster Smith
  • Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938) as Arthur Bailey
  • Beaux and Errors (1938) as Edgar Kennedy
  • The Black Doll (1938) as Sheriff Renick
  • Ears of Experience (1938) as Edgar
  • A Clean Sweep (1938) as Edgar
  • A Star Is Born (1937) as Pop Randall
  • Tramp Trouble (1937) as Edgar
  • Super-Sleuth (1937) as Police Lt. Garrison
  • Double Wedding (1937) as Spike
  • True Confession (1937) as Darsey
  • The Other Fellow (1937) as Four Roles
  • When's Your Birthday? (1937) as Mr. Basscombe
  • Dumb's the Word (1937) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Edgar & Goliath (1937) as Edgar
  • Bad Housekeeping (1937) as Edgar
  • San Francisco (1936) as Sheriff
  • The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936) as Callahan
  • Dummy Ache (1936) as Edgar
  • Small Town Girl (1936) as Captain Mack
  • Gasoloons (1936) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Vocalizing (1936) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) as Sheriff Judd
  • Yours for the Asking (1936) as Bicarbonate
  • Fatal Lady (1936) as Rudolf Hochstetter
  • Three Men on a Horse (1936) as Harry, the Bartender
  • Mad Holiday (1936) as Donovan
  • Will Power (1936) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Edgar Hamlet (1935) as Edgar
  • The Cowboy Millionaire (1935) as Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
  • A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935) as Edgar Kennedy
  • $1,000 a Minute (1935) as Police Officer McCarthy
  • Little Big Shot (1935) as Onderdonk
  • Woman Wanted (1935) as Sweeney
  • The Bride Comes Home (1935) as Henry
  • Sock Me to Sleep (1935) as Edgar
  • Brick-a-Brac (1935) as Edgar
  • Rendezvous at Midnight (1935) as Mahoney
  • Living on Velvet (1935) as Counterman
  • In Love at 40 (1935) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Poisoned Ivory (1934) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Twentieth Century (1934) as Oscar McGonigle
  • Love on a Ladder (1934) as Edgar
  • King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934) as Happy Moran
  • Murder on the Blackboard (1934) as Detective Donahue
  • Kid Millions (1934) as Herman Wilson
  • Flirting with Danger (1934) as Jimmie Pierson
  • Heat Lightning (1934) as Herbert
  • All of Me (1934) as Guard (uncredited)
  • Gridiron Flash (1934) as Officer Thurston
  • Money Means Nothing (1934) as Herbert Green
  • The Silver Streak (1934) as O'Brien
  • We're Rich Again (1934) as Healy, Process Server
  • The Marines Are Coming (1934) as Sgt. Buck Martin
  • A Blasted Event (1934) as Edgar
  • Wrong Direction (1934) as Edgar, Movie Director
  • Duck Soup (1933) as Street Vendor
  • Professional Sweetheart (1933) as Kelsey
  • Diplomaniacs (1933) as Chairman - Peace Conference
  • What Fur (1933) as Edgar
  • Good Housewrecking (1933)
  • Scarlet River (1933) as Sam Gilroy
  • Son of the Border (1933) as Windy
  • A Merchant of Menace (1933) as Edgar
  • Tillie and Gus (1933) as Judge
  • King for a Night (1933) as Cop
  • Art in the Raw (1933)
  • Quiet Please! (1933) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Cross Fire (1933) as Ed Wimpy
  • Westward Passage (1932) as Elmer
  • Giggle Water (1932) as Edgar
  • The Penguin Pool Murder (1932) as Officer Donovan
  • Never the Twins Shall Meet (1932) as Mr. Carp
  • Fish Feathers (1932) as Edgar Kennedy
  • Now's the Time (1932)
  • The Spot on the Rug (1932) as Jake
  • Rockabye (1932) as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
  • Carnival Boat (1932) as Baldy
  • Little Orphan Annie (1932) as Daddy Warbucks
  • Hold 'Em Jail (1932) as Warden Elmer Jones
  • He's a Honey (1932)
  • Quick Millions (1931) as Cop (uncredited)
  • Help Wanted, Female (1931)
  • Love Fever (1931) as Thelma's Last Rescuer
  • Bad Company (1931) as Buffington-Doorman
  • High Gear (1931) as Cop
  • Next Door Neighbors (1931) as Howard J. Green
  • Ladies Last (1930) as Man in Phone Booth
  • Thieves (1930)
  • Moonlight and Monkey Business (1930) as Detective
  • The Gas Station (1930) as Detective
  • The golf player (1930) Director
  • The golfer (1930) Director
  • Night Owls (1930) as Officer Kennedy
  • The Head Guy (1930) as Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
  • The Big Kick (1930) as Detective
  • Looser Than Loose (1930) as Night Club Patron
  • Shivering Shakespeare (1930) as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
  • The First Seven Years (1930) as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
  • When the Wind Blows (1930) as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
  • Dollar Dizzy (1930) as Quimby the Lawyer
  • All Teed Up (1930) as Thelma's Father (uncredited)
  • All Teed Up (1930) Director
  • Girl Shock (1930) as Fiancee's Father
  • Doctor's Orders (1930) as Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
  • Bigger and Better (1930) as Uncle Ed Sutton
  • Bigger and Better (1930) Director
  • The Real McCoy (1930) as Cicero the Cop
  • Fifty Million Husbands (1930) as Officer Kennedy
  • Fifty Million Husbands (1930) Director
  • The Ghosts (1930) as Kennedy
  • Perfect Day (1929) as Uncle Edgar
  • Bacon Grabbers (1929) as Collis P. Kennedy
  • Angora Love (1929) as Landlord
  • Great Gobs! (1929) as 2nd Sailor
  • Madame Q (1929) as Judge Kennedy
  • Unaccustomed as We Are (1929) as Officer Kennedy
  • Welcome Danger (1929) as SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
  • Hotter Than Hot (1929)
  • They Had to See Paris (1929) as Ed Eggers (uncredited)
  • Trent's Last Case (1929) as Inspector Murch
  • Moan & Groan, Inc. (1929) as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
  • Why Is a Plumber? (1929)
  • Hurdy Gurdy (1929) as Officer Ed Kennedy
  • A Pair of Tights (1929) as Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
  • Dad's Day (1929) as Michael Kennedy
  • Crazy Feet (1929) as Policeman
  • Stepping Out (1929) as Diner's Owner
  • The Big Squawk (1929) as Orchestra Leader
  • Going Ga-Ga (1929) as Cop
  • Off to Buffalo (1929)
  • Limousine Love (1928) as The Husband, Mr Glenders
  • All Parts (1928)
  • Two Tars (1928) as Motorist
  • Chasing Husbands (1928)
  • From Soup to Nuts (1928) Director
  • The Finishing Touch (1928) as Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
  • Should Married Men Go Home? (1928) as Golfer (uncredited)
  • The Fight Pest (1928)
  • The Family Group (1928) as A Photographer
  • You're Darn Tootin' (1928) Director
  • The Boy Friend (1928) as The Cop
  • Leave 'Em Laughing (1928) as Cop
  • Imagine My Embarrassment (1928)
  • Dumb Daddies (1928) as The Cop
  • Feed 'em and Weep (1928)
  • The Booster (1928)
  • Is Everybody Happy? (1928)
  • Wedding Bills (1927) as Detective
  • Finger Prints (1927) as O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)
  • The Chinese Parrot (1927) as Maydorf
  • The Gay Old Bird (1927) as Chauffeur
  • The Wrong Mr. Wright (1927) as Trayguard
  • The Better 'Ole (1926) as Corporal Austin
  • Across the Pacific (1926) as Cpl. Ryan
  • Oh! What a Nurse! (1926) as Eric Johnson
  • My Old Dutch (1926) as Bill Sproat
  • Going Crooked (1926) as Detective
  • The People vs. Nancy Preston (1925) as Gloomy Gus
  • Paths to Paradise (1925) as Detective (uncredited)
  • The Golden Princess (1925) as Gewilliker Hay
  • The Marriage Circus (1925) Director
  • The Trouble With Wives (1925) as Detective (as Edward Kennedy)
  • Fight and Win (1924)
  • Wall Street Blues (1924) as The Crook
  • All's Swell on the Ocean (1924)
  • The Night Message (1924) as Lem Beeman
  • The Battling Fool (1924) as Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)
  • Racing for Life (1924) as Tom Grady
  • Three Foolish Weeks (1924) Director
  • Something for Nothing (1923) as Ptomaine Tommy
  • The Wandering Two (1923)
  • The Little Girl Next Door (1923) as Hank Hall
  • High and Dry (1922)
  • Step Lively, Please (1922) Director
  • Skirts (1921)
  • The Guide (1921) as An American Tourist
  • Puppets of Fate (1921) as Mike Reynolds
  • The Adventures of Daredevil Jack (1920)
  • Four Times Foiled (1920)
  • Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919) as German Prison Guard (uncredited)
  • Hearts and Flowers (1919) as Pete
  • Watch Your Neighbor (1918) as An Innocent Bystander
  • She Loved Him Plenty (1918)
  • Whose Baby? (1917) as The Detective
  • The Blue Streak (1917)
  • The Late Lamented (1917) as Art Gallery Operator
  • The Stolen Triumph (1916) as Edwin Rowley, Jr.
  • His Bitter Pill (1916) as Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
  • Madcap Ambrose (1916) as A City Chap
  • A Scoundrel's Toll (1916) as Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent
  • Bombs! (1916) as Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader
  • Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915) as The cafe waiter (uncredited)
  • Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915) as Edgar
  • Fatty’s Plucky Pup (1915) as Shell Game Operator
  • That Little Band Of Gold (1915) as Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
  • His Luckless Love (1915) as The Maid's Boyfriend
  • Fatty's New Role (1915) as Handout-Giver (uncredited)
  • Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915) as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
  • Wished on Mabel (1915) as Cop
  • Fatty’s Reckless Fling (1915) as Neighbor
  • Mabel’s Wilful Way (1915) as Fatty's Pal
  • Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers (1915) as Suitor
  • The Great Vacuum Robbery (1915) as 2nd Thief
  • Caught in a Cabaret (1914) as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
  • Dough and Dynamite (1914) as Striking Baker
  • A Flirt's Mistake (1914) as Rajah
  • Making a Living (1914) as Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
  • An Incompetent Hero (1914) as Fatty's Neighbor
  • Twenty Minutes of Love (1914) as Lover
  • Love and Bullets (1914) as The Trouble Mender
  • Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) as Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
  • Getting Acquainted (1914) as Policeman (uncredited)
  • His Favorite Pastime (1914) as Tough Guy in Bar
  • Mabel at the Wheel (1914) as Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
  • 'Curses!' They Remarked (1914) as Ethel's Former Boyfriend
  • The Rounders (1914) as (uncredited)
  • Gentlemen of Nerve (1914) as Policeman
  • Mabel's Busy Day (1914) as Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
  • A Film Johnnie (1914) as Director (uncredited)
  • A Thief Catcher (1914) as Crook (uncredited)
  • The Knockout (1914) as Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
  • The Sky Pirate (1914) as The Sky Pirate
  • Tango Tangles (1914) as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
  • Cruel, Cruel Love (1914) as Butler
  • The Star Boarder (1914) as Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
  • The Noise of Bombs (1914) as Police Chief
  • Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914) as Café Proprietor
  • Leading Lizzie Astray (1914) as The Slicker's Chauffeur
  • In the Clutches of the Gang (1914) as Cop
  • He Loved the Ladies (1914) as The Wife's Brother
  • A Bath House Beauty (1914) as Jealous Boyfriend
  • Rebecca's Wedding Day (1914) as The Groom
  • The Love Thief (1914) as The Rival
  • Little Billy's Triumph (1914)
  • Peeping Pete (1913) as The Cop
  • Their First Execution (1913)
  • Algy on the Force (1913) as Cop
  • Bangville Police (1913) as 3rd Deputy
  • Rastus and the Game Cock (1913) as Spectator
  • A Noise from the Deep (1913)
  • The Speed Kings (1913) as Laughing Spectator
  • Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913) as Audience Member / Cop in Movie
  • The Gusher (1913) as Cop (uncredited)
  • Love and Rubbish (1913) as 1st Cop
  • A Muddy Romance (1913) as Water Policeman
  • Safe in Jail (1913) as 1st Crook
  • Fatty Joins the Force (1913) as Jealous Cop
  • The Bowling Match (1913) as Bowling Alley Operator
  • Zuzu, the Band Leader (1913) as Caesar - Zuzu's Rival
  • The Gangsters (1913) as Henchman
  • Mabel's New Hero (1913) as Cop
  • A Ride for a Bride (1913) as Mustached Man
  • Mother's Boy (1913) as Mug
  • A Quiet Little Wedding (1913) as Wedding Guest
  • The Rural Third Degree (1913) as Cop
  • Mabel’s Awful Mistakes (1913)
  • The Riot (1913) as Cop
  • Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath as Edgar
  • Mad About Moonshine as Edgar