List of the best Edgar Kennedy movies: Hey! Hey! USA(1938), The Girl From Monterey(1944), Private Snuffy Smith(1942), When's Your Birthday?(1937), The Great Alaskan Mystery(1944), Remedy for Riches(1940), The Cowboy Millionaire(1935), Dr. Christian Meets the Women(1940), Money Means Nothing(1934), Cosmo Jones: Crime Smasher(1943), Flirting With Danger(1934), Hillbilly Blitzkrieg(1942) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1938
92 Minutes
Will Hay Edgar Kennedy David Burns Edmon Ryan Fred Duprez Paddy Reynolds Tommy Bupp Arthur Goullet Gibb McLaughlin Eddie Pola
Dr Twist has to pose on a liner as a famous professor and is asked to tutor Bernie, the son of a millionaire. To avoid awkward US immigration questions, Twist enlists the help of a gangster... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1944
69 Minutes
Doc Hogan
Armida Edgar Kennedy Veda Ann Borg Jack LaRue Terry Frost Anthony Caruso Charles Williams Bryant Washburn Guy Zanett Wheeler Oakman
Story of a boy and his horse. Mike is the horse and is owned by Speck (Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer) and his best friend Jimmy (Rober "Buzz" Henry), together they have a paper route, on which ... See full summary »
Comedy
1942
67 Minutes
Sergeant Ed Cooper
Bud Duncan Edgar Kennedy Sarah Padden J. Farrell MacDonald Jimmie Dodd
Comedy
1937
77 Minutes
Joe E. Brown Edgar Kennedy Margaret Hamilton Marian Marsh Suzanne Kaaren
astrologer boxer sweetheart ex-fiancée gambler carnival barker amusing spirited restaurant boxing ring carnival astrology bad luck love triangle gambling boxing engagement underdog love 1930s
Afraid to marry his fiancée, Diane (Suzanne Kaaren), under a negative planetary influence, wacky astrology student, busboy and aspiring prizefighter Dustin Willoughby (Joe E. Brown) calls off the wedding and finds a new sweetheart.
Adventure
USA
1944
223 Minutes
Bosun Higgins
Milburn Stone Lewis D. Collins Marjorie Weaver Edgar Kennedy Samuel S. Hinds Martin Kosleck Ralph Morgan Joseph Crehan Fuzzy Knight
An adventurer goes after Nazi spies who have a new death ray called the Paratron.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
60 Minutes
George Browning
A college friend of the local soda-jerk comes to town and lets it be known that he's looking for property on which to build a resort. When he buys some land and suddenly "discovers" there's... See full summary »
Comedy, Western
USA
1935
74 Minutes
Willy "Persimmon" Bates
George O'Brien Evalyn Bostock Edgar Kennedy Stephen Chase Maude Allen Dan Jarrett Lloyd Ingram Dean Benton Thomas Curran
Englishwoman falls for dude ranch cowboy but goes back to England when she thinks he's only pretending. But he follows her to England.
Drama
USA
1940
68 Minutes
George Browning
Jean Hersholt Dorothy Lovett Edgar Kennedy Rod La Rocque Frank Albertson Marilyn Merrick Maude Eburne Veda Ann Borg Lelah Tyler William Gould Heinie Conklin
A "professor" hits Dr. Christian's town, promising the local women dramatic weight loss in a very short time if they follow his regimen of strict diet and a particular type of diet pill. Dr... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
64 Minutes
Herbert Green
wealthy woman truck driver sister brother-in-law boss gang leader tense spirited brooklyn, n.y. road truck apartment shop household class conflict thievery marriage family employment hijacking
At Joe's Roadside, a popular but rundown New York roadhouse where the wealthy and not-so-wealthy hang out, a wealthy Manhattan girl and a struggling Brooklyn boy meet and fall in love. She ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
78 Minutes
Police Chief Murphy
Frank Graham Gale Storm Edgar Kennedy Mantan Moreland Richard Cromwell Gwen Kenyon Herbert Rawlinson Tristram Coffin
An amateur detective and a janitor try to find a kidnapped heiress.
Comedy
USA
1934
69 Minutes
Jimmie Pierson
Robert Armstrong William Cagney Edgar Kennedy Maria Alba Marion Burns Ernest Hilliard
factory worker secretary best friend latina explosives expert hilarious frenetic madcap factory office united states south america big business working abroad cross-cultural romance deception love triangle experiments rivalry love
Three brash and cocky powder mixers are sent to South America to work at a dynamite plant there.
Comedy
USA
1942
63 Minutes
Sgt. Homer Gatling
Bud Duncan Cliff Nazarro Edgar Kennedy Lucien Littlefield Doris Linden
private sergeant cousin spy scientist pen pal amusing outlandish madcap tennessee army camp woods military service secret plans rocket bootlegging espionage deception pursuit adventure
Nazi spies mistake Snuffy Smith's moonshine for a new secret rocket fuel and try to steal the "formula."
Musical, Romance
USA
1934
66 Minutes
Happy Moran
Guy Robertson Irene Ware Edgar Kennedy Ferdinand Gottschalk Franklin Pangborn Joyce Compton Otis Harlan Lorin Raker William Orlamond Bodil Rosing
A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny--and bankrupt--kingdom of Belgardia. The showman falls in love with the daughter of the dotty king, who has promised her to another. Complications ensue.
Comedy
1943
67 Minutes
Joe Bledsoe
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Edgar Kennedy Jacqueline White Stephen McNally Russell Hicks Nella Walker Howard Freeman Donald Meek Henry O'Neill Paul Stanton
stan & ollie air raid warden nazi spy townspeople hysterical playful small town store factory espionage nazism business sabotage deception world war ii quest underdog rescue 1940s
Rejected by the military, a pair of bumblers volunteers their questionable services to an unsuspecting homefront.
Comedy
1930
20 Minutes
Officer Kennedy
Musical, Comedy
1939
65 Minutes
Joe Barton
Irene Dare Roscoe Karns Edgar Kennedy
A 6-year-old ice skater's (Irene Dare) scheming uncle (Roscoe Karns) books her at a nightspot in Palm Beach, Fla.
Comedy
1938
78 Minutes
Arthur Bailey
Tommy Kelly Ann Gillis Edgar Kennedy Benita Hume Billy Gilbert Grant Mitchell Nana Bryant George "Spanky" McFarland Louise Beavers William Demarest Mickey Rentschler
mischievous boy rival horse trainer circus performer father mother airy lighthearted small town circus ring backstage camp family home circus animal tricks cross-dressing deception childish mischief rivalry growing up
Young Bill Peck has a romantic dalliance with an adolescent circus performer before heading to summer camp.
Comedy
1928
21 Minutes
Motorist
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Edgar Kennedy Thelma Hill Ruby Blaine
Stanley and Oliver, two sailors on shore leave, rent a car and go driving with dates but get stuck in a traffic jam. A minor fender-bender starts an escalating series of retaliations that leaves the vehicles in pieces.
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
USA
1944
84 Minutes
Inspector Mulrooney
Dick Powell Linda Darnell Jack Oakie Edgar Kennedy John Philliber Edward Brophy George Cleveland Paul Guilfoyle George Chandler Eddie Acuff Marion Martin
reporter old man fortuneteller colleague uncle editor witty endearing newsroom household opera house racetrack hotel news precognition death wedding gambling quest rivalry
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
66 Minutes
Tom Conway Harriet Hilliard Jane Randolph Edgar Kennedy Cliff Edwards Paula Corday Wynne Gibson
detective fiancée mysterious woman sidekick puppeteer criminal melodramatic suspenseful thrilling united states hotel bar roof resort countryside murder investigation theft fugitives false accusations conspiracy
Tom Lawrence, who has inherited his brother's sobriquet of "The Falcon," is framed for the theft of war bonds and murder.
Comedy
USA
1937
75 Minutes
Lt. Garrison
Jack Oakie Ann Sothern Edward Ciannelli Alan Bruce Edgar Kennedy Joan Woodbury Bradley Page Paul Guilfoyle William Corson
amateur sleuth publicist actor criminologist police officer killer lighthearted amusing suspenseful los angeles movie set nightclub hollywood, calif. california murder investigation celebrities fame egoism false accusations acting
An actor who plays a detective in films soon finds himself out of his depth when he tries to investigate a real crime.
Comedy
1947
79 Minutes
Jake
Harold Lloyd Frances Ramsden Jimmy Conlin Raymond Walburn Edgar Kennedy Arline Judge Lionel Stander Rudy Vallee
bookkeeper tycoon gambler bartender banker lion dark hilarious dreamy office bar bank jail amnesia double life circus lions panic drinking adventure
Unemployed, unattached and with little money to his name, Harold Diddlebock (Harold Lloyd) heads to his local watering hole where, when he awakens from his drunken stupor, he learns he's purchased a struggling circus.
Comedy
1940
69 Minutes
Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Larry Simms Danny Mummert Edgar Kennedy Chick Chandler
Mr. Dithers puts Blondie (Penny Singleton) and Dagwood (Arthur Lake) in a mansion to show buyers it's not haunted.
War
USA
1935
68 Minutes
Sgt. Buck Martin
William Haines Conrad Nagel Esther Ralston Armida Edgar Kennedy Hale Hamilton George Regas Michael Visaroff Dell Henderson Broderick O'Farrell
A piano virtuoso has a child out of wedlock to her fiance, who is killed trying to save her life. Their son is brought up by foster parents and becomes a musician.
Comedy
1914
16 Minutes
Cafe Proprietor
Charles Chaplin Mabel Normand Harry McCoy Chester Conklin Edgar Kennedy Minta Durfee Phyllis Allen Joseph Swickard Alice Davenport
Comedy
1947
90 Minutes
Jake
Harold Lloyd Frances Ramsden Jimmy Conlin Raymond Walburn Edgar Kennedy Arline Judge Lionel Stander Rudy Vallee
football player boss secretary hustler bartender worker outlandish amusing lighthearted locker room bar jail office unemployment ambition the past success midlife crisis new life transformation
After being fired from his office job, Harold Diddlebock (Harold Lloyd) gets drunk, goes on a wild binge, and buys a near-bankrupt circus.
Comedy
USA
1937
87 Minutes
Spike
William Powell Myrna Loy Florence Rice John Beal Jessie Ralph Edgar Kennedy Sidney Toler Mary Gordon Barnett Parker Katharine Alexander Priscilla Lawson
artist sister young woman fiancé ex-wife free spirit amusing lighthearted city trailer wedding opposites attract siblings love triangle matchmaking marriage love rivalry adventure 1930s
Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1934
71 Minutes
Det. Donahue
Edna May Oliver James Gleason Bruce Cabot Gertrude Michael Regis Toomey Edgar Kennedy Tully Marshall Jackie Searle Frederick Vogeding Gustav von Seyffertitz Jed Prouty
A pretty young music teacher is bludgeoned to death in Hildegarde's school, where she's reunited with Oscar, but the autopsy report says she was dying from poison too.
Other, Drama
USA
1932
60 Minutes
Daddy Warbucks
Mitzi Green Buster Phelps May Robson Kate Drain Lawson Matt Moore Edgar Kennedy
Daddy Warbucks has to go on a long trip, leaving Annie alone. While wandering the street, Sandy leads Annie to discover Mickey, who is crying. Mickey's grandmother recently died, and he is ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1942
88 Minutes
Kegs McKeever
John Wayne Binnie Barnes Albert Van Dekker Helen Parrish Patsy Kelly Edgar Kennedy Dick Purcell Harry Shannon Charles Halton Emmett Lynn Bob McKenzie
pharmacist saloon owner rancher woman brother tense somber rousing california mining town pharmacy ranch extortion frame-up illness gold rush mob banding together rivalry quest
During the California Gold Rush, Boston pharmacist Tom Craig sets up shop in Sacramento where he clashes with local town crook Britt Dawson.
Comedy
1929
21 Minutes
Landlord
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Charley Young Charles Hall Harry Bernard Edgar Kennedy
Comedy
1929
21 Minutes
Landlord
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Charley Young Charles Hall Harry Bernard Edgar Kennedy
Romance
USA
1948
105 Minutes
Detective Sweeney
Rex Harrison Linda Darnell Rudy Vallee Barbara Lawrence Kurt Kreuger Lionel Stander Edgar Kennedy Alan Bridge Julius Tannen Torben Meyer
orchestra conductor brother-in-law wife detective secretary amusing charming family home concert stage love marriage infidelity jealousy classical music love revenge 1930s
While conducting a symphony orchestra, Sir Alfred De Carter imagines three different ways of dealing with his wife's suspected infidelity, then tries acting out his fantasies, but things do... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1929
112 Minutes
SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Harold Lloyd Barbara Kent Douglas Haig Noah Young Charles Middleton William Walling Edgar Kennedy
botanist tomboy police chief sergeant drug smuggler leader amusing lighthearted san francisco train station chinatown police station investigation opium police work new love drug smuggling new job mystery pursuit
Harold Bledsoe, a botany student, is called back home to San Francisco, where his late father had been police chief, to help investigate a crime wave in Chinatown.
Comedy
1932
74 Minutes
The Warden
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Betty Grable Edna May Oliver Robert Armstrong Roscoe Ates Edgar Kennedy Warren Hymer Paul Hurst G. Pat Collins Stanley Blystone
A football-loving warden gives the inmates a chance to show their stuff by scheduling a game with another penitentiary.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
1932
70 Minutes
Policeman Donovan
Edna May Oliver James Gleason Mae Clarke Robert Armstrong Donald Cook Clarence Wilson Edgar Kennedy Mary Mason Rochelle Hudson Guy Usher James Donlan
New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers (Edna May Oliver) assists a detective (James Gleason) with an aquarium corpse.
Comedy
USA
1934
91 Minutes
Oscar McGonigle
John Barrymore Carole Lombard Walter Connolly Roscoe Karns Etienne Girardot Ralph Forbes Charles Levison Edgar Kennedy
theatrical producer actress boyfriend rival accountant mental patient hysterical charming outlandish train new york city chicago theater apartment love triangle actors show business travel love rivalry
A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
101 Minutes
Uncle Charlie
Jack Carson Doris Day Lee Bowman Adolphe Menjou Eve Arden S.Z. Sakall Selena Royle Edgar Kennedy Sheldon Leonard Franklin Pangborn
singer agent radio personality single mother love interest positive charming uplifting los angeles new york city nightclub radio station romantic dilemma radio performers fame music industry show business love underdog rise
An agent must search for a new personality to replace a popular singer who refuses to renew his radio contract. He finds one in the form of a single mother, but complications soon occur.
Comedy
USA
1914
73 Minutes
Restaurant Owner, Banks' Butler
Charles Chaplin Marie Dressler Mack Swain Mabel Normand Charles Bennett Joe Bordeaux Chester Conklin Edgar Kennedy Charlie Chase Charles Murray
heiress father uncle con artist girlfriend police officer hilarious melodramatic frenetic restaurant mountain movie theater city mansion party city vs. country inheritance con game marrying for money feminism
A con man from the city dupes a wealthy country girl into marriage.
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Onderdonk
Sybil Jason Glenda Farrell Robert Armstrong Edward Everett Horton Jack LaRue Arthur Vinton J. Carrol Naish Edgar Kennedy Addison Richards Emma Dunn Ward Bond
young girl father schemer friend hatcheck girl gangster charming suspenseful amusing new york city hotel orphanage street orphans crime great depression debt kidnapping guardianship rescue
A young girl endears herself to her caretakers after her father is murdered by mobsters.
Comedy
USA
1941
77 Minutes
Doctor Glenn
Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Larry Simms Crooks The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir Jonathan Hale Danny Mummert William Frawley Edgar Kennedy Chick Chandler
Dagwood brings home a pedigreed Great Dane which an important company client wants and which Blondie enters in the big dog show. A highlight of this film is the canine burping display.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
85 Minutes
O'Brien
Sally Blane Charles Starrett Hardie Albright William Farnum Irving Pichel Arthur Lake Theodore von Eltz Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Edgar Kennedy Murray Kinnell James Bradbury Jr.
The crew of the Pioneer Zephyr diesel train has only a few hours to deliver an iron lung to an injured man at the Boulder Dam construction site.
Comedy
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Lemonade Vendor
Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Chico Marx Zeppo Marx Margaret Dumont Raquel Torres Louis Calhern Leonid Kinskey Charles Middleton Edgar Kennedy
marx brothers widow wealthy woman leader ambassador amusing hilarious wild freedonia war espionage infatuation transformation quest 1930s
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
Musical
USA
1945
143 Minutes
Police Captain
Frank Sinatra Gene Kelly Kathryn Grayson Dean Stockwell Carlos Ramírez Henry O'Neill Leon Ames Rags Ragland Edgar Kennedy Pamela Britton Henry Armetta
sailor admiral girlfriend singer boy amusing charming spirited los angeles vacation romance u.s. navy adventure discovery love 1940s
A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Counterman
Kay Francis George Brent Warren William Helene Lowell Henry O'Neill Samuel S. Hinds Russell Hicks Maude Turner Gordon Martha Merrill Edgar Kennedy Sam Hayes
pilot friend wife benefactor daredevil melodramatic mushy emotional tense long island, n.y. new york state airplane party friendship love triangle marriage tragic death guilt loyalty forbidden love
Terry Parker (George Brent) is shattered by the crash of his airplane which killed his parents and sister, and adopts a listless attitude toward life. But romance enters in the person of ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1929
96 Minutes
Will Rogers Irene Rich Marguerite Churchill Owen Davis Jr. Fifi D'Orsay Ivan Lebedeff Marcelle Corday Theodore Lodi Rex Bell Christiane Yves Edgar Kennedy
Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get "culture" and meet "the right kind of ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
111 Minutes
Janet Gaynor Fredric March Adolphe Menjou May Robson Andy Devine Lionel Stander Franklin Pangborn Owen Moore J.C. Nugent Clara Blandick Peggy Wood
actor actress engaging emotional touching hollywood, calif. movie set aging alcoholism love ambition actors love sacrifice quest 1930s
A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
109 Minutes
Dick Powell Rosemary Lane Hugh Herbert Lola Lane Ted Healy Glenda Farrell Johnnie Davis Frances Langford Alan Mowbray Mabel Todd Allyn Joslyn
saxophonist starlet look-alike agent waiter director melodramatic amusing spirited stage movie theater movie studio hotel talent show business success rags to riches fame music rise
Ronny Bowers, a saxophonist in Benny Goodman's band has won a talent contest an got a ten week contract with a film studio. On his first evening he is supposed to go with the studio's star ... See full summary »