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Encyclopedia > Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy (b. April 26, 1890 in Monterey County, California; d. November 9, 1948) American film actor who was one of the original Keystone Kops. April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Location in the state of California Formed 1850 Seat Salinas Area  - Total  - Water 9,767 km² (3,771 mi²) 1,163 km² (449 mi²) 11. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Keystone Kops was a series of silent film comedies featuring an incompetent group of policemen produced by Mack Sennett for his Keystone Film Company between 1912 and 1917. ...


Kennedy worked in hundreds of films;most notably he worked in a number of Laurel and Hardy shorts. He was well known for a facial expression known as the "slow burn" when he became upset. He can be seen doing this expression in a memorable, but small role as a lemonade salesman in the Marx Brothers classic Duck Soup.He was the star of his own series of short domestic comedies from the early 1930's until his death. Laurel and Hardy Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are probably the most famous comedy duo in film history. ... Lemonade refers to one of several beverages. ... The brothers in Hollywood: (left to right) Chico, Zeppo, Groucho, Harpo The Marx Brothers were a team of sibling comedians that played in vaudeville, stage plays, film and television. ... Cover of Duck Soup DVD. Duck Soup is a 1933 Marx Brothers anarchic comedy film written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Arthur Sheekman, and Nat Perrin and directed by Leo McCarey. ...


Kennedy died of throat cancer in 1948. Head and neck cancers are malignant growths located in the oral cavity (mouth), nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, thyroid, paranasal sinuses, salivary glands and lymph nodes of the upper neck. ...


External links

  • Internet Movie Database
  • Find-A-Grave profile for Edgar Kennedy

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Edgar Kennedy - Biography - Moviefone (458 words)
Kennedy was dropped from the Roach payroll in a 1930 economy drive, but he'd already made a satisfactory talkie debut -- even though he'd had to lower his voice to his more familiar gravelly growl after it was discovered that his natural voice sounded high-pitched and effeminate.
Kennedy made six of these shorts per year for the next 17 years, taking time out to contribute memorable supporting roles in such film classics as Duck Soup (1933), San Francisco (1936), A Star Is Born (1937) and Anchors Aweigh (1944).
Some of Kennedy's most rewarding movie assignments came late in his career: the "hidden killer" in one of the Falcon B mysteries, the poetic bartender in Harold Lloyd's Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1946), and the classical music-loving private detective in Unfaithfully Yours (1948), which like Diddlebock was directed by Preston Sturges.
Classic Images: Edgar Kennedy (1762 words)
Kennedy's prolific output included his own film series: The Average Man. One hundred and two of the two-reelers were produced by RKO over a 16-year period.
Edgar was an amateur boxer in high school and at age 19 won the Golden Gloves championship.
Edgar was running a lemonade/peanut stand in which Harpo and Chico antagonized Edgar with a little mischief.
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