Edgar Kennedy

Actor (1890–1948)

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Born

26 April 1890, Monterey County

Died

9 November 1948, Woodland Hills

Citizenship

United States

Sport

boxing

Discipline

light heavyweight

Occupation

comedian, film director, film actor, boxer, actor

Edgar Livingston Kennedy (April 26, 1890 – November 9, 1948) was an American comedic character actor who appeared in at least 500 films during the silent and sound eras. Professionally, he was known as "Slow Burn", owing to his ability to portray characters whose anger slowly rose in frustrating situations.

In many of his roles, he used exasperated facial expressions and performed very deliberately to convey his rising anger or "burn", often rubbing his hand over his bald head and across his face in an effort to control his temper. One memorable example of his comedy technique can be seen in the 1933 Marx Brothers' film Duck Soup, where he plays a sidewalk lemonade vendor who is harassed and increasingly provoked by Harpo and Chico.

Awards and honours

• Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Films

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q714724 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.