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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 to play hotheads. He often played dumb cops, detectives, and even a prison warden; sometimes he was a grouchy moving man, truck driver, or blue-collar workman. His character usually lost his temper at least once. In Diplomaniacs, Kennedy presides over an international tribunal, where Wheeler &...
Known for
A Star Is BornMovie • 1937
San FranciscoMovie • 1936
Duck SoupMovie • 1933
Anchors AweighMovie • 1945
It Happened TomorrowMovie • 1944
Unfaithfully YoursMovie • 1948
The Sin of Harold DiddlebockMovie • 1947
Making a LivingMovie • 1914
It's a Wonderful WorldMovie • 1939
My Dream Is YoursMovie • 1949
Twentieth CenturyMovie • 1934
Double WeddingMovie • 1937
Angora LoveMovie • 1929
Tillie's Punctured RomanceMovie • 1914
Twenty Minutes of LoveMovie • 1914
True ConfessionMovie • 1937
Unaccustomed as We AreMovie • 1929
Tango TanglesMovie • 1914
Caught in a CabaretMovie • 1914
Perfect DayMovie • 1929
In Old CaliforniaMovie • 1942
Bacon GrabbersMovie • 1929
Two TarsMovie • 1928
You're Darn Tootin'Movie • 1928