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Edgar Kennedy

1890 - 1948

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgar Kennedy has received more than 271,261 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Edgar Kennedy is the 5,387th most popular actor (down from 5,297th in 2019), the 8,019th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,237th in 2019) and the 2,528th most popular American Actor.

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  • 19

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Edgar Kennedy ranks 5,387 out of 9,996. Before him are Vera Maretskaya, Ed Begley Jr., Lucy Hale, June Gable, Cornell Borchers, and Mark Rydell. After him are Martin Wuttke, Troian Bellisario, Ron Eldard, Robert Earl Jones, Olivia Harrison, and Michiel Huisman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Edgar Kennedy ranks 189. Before him are Åge Lundström, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Eddie Rickenbacker, Per Nilsson, John Rupert Firth, and Edward Arnold. After him are Béla Las-Torres, Ichiya Kumagae, Marc Wright, Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Grigory Landsberg, and Harry Babcock. Among people deceased in 1948, Edgar Kennedy ranks 146. Before him are Pencho Zlatev, Malcolm Campbell, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Charles A. Beard, Sonny Boy Williamson I, and Claude McKay. After him are Frank Benford, Joseph Wedderburn, Juan Esteban Montero, Arthur Whitten Brown, Thomas Mofolo, and Adolf Kainz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edgar Kennedy ranks 8,019 out of 18,182. Before him are June Gable (1945), Bobby Hutcherson (1941), Randy Pausch (1960), Dennis Johnson (1954), Joseph Nicolosi (1947), and Mark Rydell (1929). After him are William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), Lloyd Bentsen (1921), Troian Bellisario (1985), Merrick Garland (1952), Ron Eldard (1965), and Tim Howard (1979).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Edgar Kennedy ranks 2,528. Before him are Dana Carvey (1955), Joan Van Ark (1943), Ed Begley Jr. (1949), Lucy Hale (1989), June Gable (1945), and Mark Rydell (1929). After him are Troian Bellisario (1985), Ron Eldard (1965), Robert Earl Jones (1910), Olivia Harrison (1948), David Canary (1938), and Roscoe Lee Browne (1922).

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