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E. Livingston Kennedy
Ed. Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Ed Kennedy
Edgar Kennedy
Acting
Biography
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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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Our Gang Story
as Officer (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
My Dream Is Yours
as Uncle Charlie
Unfaithfully Yours
as Sweeney
Variety Time
as Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
Contest Crazy
as Edgar
