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Edgar Kennedy on the Internet Movie Database
FEATURES:
1. Hitler's Madman - Is he a good guy or bad guy? Edgar get executed by Nazi's.
2. In Old California - Edgar is John Wayne's side kick & steals every scene he's in.
3. Duck Soup - Edgar & The Marx Bros. in one of the funniest movies ever made
4. Unfaithfully Yours - A classical music aficionado.
5. The Falcon Strikes Back - Edgar is the killer. Death scene off camera.
6. Cosmo Jones-Crime Smasher - Flat foot Edgar tops the billing.
7. Hey Hey U.S.A. - Edgar in a straight jacket and can't slow burn.
8. Hollywood Hotel - Dick Powell & Ted Healy do a slow burn in front of Edgar.
9. San Francisco - Just to see Clark Gable punch him into unconsciousness.
10. Tillie's Punctured Romance - The first ever feature comedy. Edgar has 2 roles.
SHORTS:
1. The Knockout - A chance to see Edgar as a boxer. With Fatty & Charlie.
2. All the Hal Roach Entries - 'Nuff said.
3. Rough on Rents - One of the funniest of his series.
4. Mabel's Willful Way - Fatty Arbuckle's rival for Mabel Normand's affection.
5. Wished on Mabel - Shot at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Edgar as a cop.
6. It's Your Move - Pushing a washing machine up a long flight of stairs.
7. Hurdy Gurdy - Edgar has the first lines ever recorded for Roach.
8. Gasoloons - Edgar ends this short with a slow burn establishing his trademark.
9. Vocalizing - A very unusual entry from his series. Edgar sings in this one.
10. Dummy Ache - Nominated for an Academy Award. Lucille Ball as a gun mull.
MOST COMPELLING LOST FILMS:
1. Lemon Meringue - The series 1st official entry featuring a pie fight.
2. Daredevil Jack - Edgar fights Champ Jack Dempsey for the cameras.
3. Across the Pacific - Edgar received rave notices regarding his death scene.
4. Brown of Harvard - Edgar's 1st credited film.
5. The Reel Virginian - Edgar directs Ben Turpin.
6. Rough House Rhythm - A forerunner to his Average Man series.
7. All Gummed Up - Also a forerunner, a "Whoopie" comedy for RKO.
8. The Golf Chump - A golf comedy from his Average Man series.
9. Cupid's Boots - Edgar directed and was cast in this Sennett silent comedy.
10. The Wrong Mr. Wright - Edgar plays a detective. Some scenes shot in Carmel.
Edgar Kennedy's Co-Stars |
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Arbuckle, Fatty Arden, Eve Ball, Lucille Barrymore, John Beaumont, Hugh Bellamy, Ralph Bergen, Edgar Blondell, Joan Blue, Monte Bond, Ward Brennan, Walter Busch, Mae Cantor, Eddie Caruso, Anthony Chaney Jr., Lon Chaplin, Charlie Chase, Charley Clyde, Andy Colbert, Claudette Cook, Clyde Cummings, Bob Darnell, Linda Darwell, Jane Day, Doris Demarest, William Dempsey, Jack Denny, Reginald Dent, Vernon Devine, Andy Durfee, Minta Erwin, Stuart Eugene, William Farley, Dot Fazenda, Louise Finlayson, James Frawley, William Gable, Clark Gardner, Ava |
Garvin, Anita Gaynor, Janet Gilbert, Billy Grable, Betty Griffith, Raymond Hall, Charlie Hamilton, Margaret Harlow, Jean Harrison, Rex Healy, Ted Herbert, Hugh Hersholt, Jean Holt, Jack Housman, Arthur Howard, Shemp Keaton, Buster Kelly, Gene Kelly, Patsy Kennedy, Tom Keystone Kops Kibbee, Guy Lake, Arthur Lake, Florence Langdon, Harry Laurel & Hardy Littlefield, Lucien Lloyd, Harold Lombard, Carole Loy, Myrna Mace, Fred MacMurray, Fred March, Frederick Marx Bros. McCrea, Joel McFarland, Spanky Tracy, Spencer Menjou. Adolphe Merman, Ethel |
Murphy, George Murray, Charlie O'Sullivan, Maureen Oakie, Jack Oakland, Vivian Oliver, Edna May Our Gang (Little Rascals) Pangborn, Franklin Pidgeon, Walter Pitts, Zasu Pollard, Daphne Powell, William Quillen, Eddie Raft, George Reagan, Ronald Rice, Jack Rogers, Ginger Rogers, Will Ryan, Irene Sinatra, Frank Singleton, Penny Southern, Ann St. John, Al Sterling, Ford Stewart, James Stone, Lewis Summerville, Slim Sutton, Grady Switzer, Carl "Alfafla" Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Todd, Thelma Turpin, Ben Vallee, Rudy Wayne, John West, Billy Wheeler & Woolsey Young, Robert |
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