90. "Night Owls"
(1930) MGM. Hal Roach Short. Released January 4th, 1930. Directed
by James Parrott. Starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, with James
Finlayson, Anders Randolph, Harry Bernard, and Edgar Kennedy.
91. "Shivering Shakespeare"
(1930) MGM. Hal Roach Short -2 Reels."Our Gang" Released on
January 25, 1930. Directed by Anthony Mack. Starring Jackie Cooper,
Allen "Farina" Hoskins, Norman "Chubby" Chaney, Mary Ann Jackson,
Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins, Donald Haines, Edith Fellows, Bobby Malon,
Pete the Pup, and Edgar Kennedy as "Kennedy the Cop".
92. "The Real McCoy"
(1930) MGM. Hal Roach Short. Released February 1, 1930. Directed
by Warren Doane. Starring Thelma Todd, Charley Chase, Charlie Hall,
and Edgar Kennedy.
93. "The First Seven Years"
(1930) MGM. Hal Roach Short - 2 Reels. "Our Gang" Released on
March 1, 1930. Directed by Robert F. McGowan. Starring Jackie Cooper,
Donald "Speck" Haines, Mary Ann Jackson, Norman "Chubby" Chaney.
Allen "Farina" Hoskins, Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins, Pete the Pup, and
Edgar Kennedy as "Kennedy the Cop"
94. "The Big Kick"
(1930) MGM. Hal Roach Short. Released March 29, 1930. Directed by
Warren Doane. Starring Harry Langdon, and Edgar Kennedy.
95 "When the Wind Blows"
(1930) MGM. Hal Roach Short - 2 Reels. "Our Gang" Released on
April 5, 1930. Directed by James W. Horne. Starring Jackie Cooper,
Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins, Mary Ann Jackson, Allen "Farina" Hoskins,
Norman "Chubby" Chaney, Betty Jane "Hector" Beard, Pete the Pup, and
Edgar Kennedy as "Kennedy the Cop".
96. "All Teed Up"
(1930) MGM. Hal Roach Short. Released April 19, 1930. Directed by
Edgar Kennedy. Starring Thelma Todd, Charley Chase, Harry Bowen, and
Edgar Kennedy.
97. "Doctor's Orders"
(1930) MGM. Hal Roach Short. Released July 7, 1930. Directed by
Arch B. Heath - 'The Boy Friends Comedy'. With Edgar Kennedy.
98. "Girl Shock"
(1930) MGM. Hal Roach Short. Released August 25, 1930. Directed
by James Horne. Starring Charley Chase, and Edgar Kennedy.
99. "Ladies Last"
(1930) MGM. Hal Roach Short. Released October 1st, 1930. Directed
by George Stevens. 'The Boy Friends Comedy'. Starring Edgar Kennedy
100. "Dollar Dizzy"
(1930) MGM. Hal Roach Short. Released October 4, 1930. Directed
by James W. Horne. Starring Thema Todd, Charley Chase, Dorothy
Granger, and Edgar Kennedy.
101. "Looser than Loose"
(1930) MGM. Hal Roach Short. Released November 15, 1930. Directed
by James W. Horne. Starring Charley Chase, Thema Todd, Dorothy
Granger, and Edgar Kennedy.
102. "Fifty Million Husbands"
(1930) MGM. Hal Roach Short. Released November 20, 1930. Directed
by Edgar Kennedy and James Horne. Starring Charley Chase and Edgar
Kennedy.
103. "Bigger and Better"
(1930) MGM. Hal Roach Short - Released November 24, 1930.
Directed by Edgar Kennedy - 'The Boy Friends Comedy'.
104. "Help Wanted - Female"
(1930) Pathe. Starring Arthur Houseman and Edgar Kennedy.
105. "Next Door Neighbours"
(1930) Pathe. Starring Arthur Houseman and Edgar Kennedy.
Although credited in many reference books and movie lists, Edgar Kennedy does not appear in "THE MIDNIGHT PATROL " (1931) Hal Roach Short Starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Written Early-mid June, 1933. Filmed June 24 July 61933. Released August 3, 1933. He was requested and cast in a role but he was then involved in the pilot idea for his Average Man series "All Gummed Up" and had to withdraw.
106. "Bad Company"
(1931) PATHE - RKO. Directed by Tay Garnett. Starring Helen
Twelvetrees, Ricardo Cortez, Frank McHugh, with Edgar Kennedy.
107. "High Gear"
(1931) MGM. Hal Roach Short. Released February 28, 1931. Directed
by George Stevens - 'The Boy Friends Comedy' with Edgar Kennedy.
108. "Love Fever"
(1931) MGM. Hal Roach Short. Released April 11, 1931. 'The Boy
Friends Comedy' Directed by Robert McGowan. Starring Thema Todd,
Mickey Daniels, Grady Sutton, Mary Kornman, Dorothy Granger, and
Edgar Kennedy.
109. "All Gummed Up"
(1931) RKO-Educational SHORT. A forerunner to the "Mr Average
Man" Series at RKO. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence Lake as his
wife.
NOTE: "Rough House Rhythm " Released April 5th, 1931, was the first of ninety-eight shorts Edgar Kennedy would make for RKO through 1948 -- then ninety-eight became one hundred and three.
110. "Rough House Rhythm"
(1931) RKO No.1 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released April 5, 1931.
Directed by Harry Sweet. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence Lake
as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Franklin Panborn and
Claud Allister.
111. "Lemon Meringue"
(1931) RKO No.2 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released August 3,
1931. Directed by Harry Sweet. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley and
William Eugene.
112. "Thanks Again"
(1931) RKO No.3 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released October 5,
1931. Directed by Harry Sweet. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, William
Eugene and Jerry Drew.
113. "Camping Out"
(1931) RKO No.4 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released December 14,
1931. Directed by Harry Sweet. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, William
Eugene and Walter Catlett.
114. "Carnival Boat"
(1932) RKO 61 Minute FEATURE Directed by Albert Rogell. Starring
William Boyd, Fred Kohler,Ginger Rogers, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar
Kennedy played Baldy.
115. "Bon Voyage"
(1932) RKO No.5 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released February 22,
1932. Directed by Harry Sweet. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, William
Eugene, Jerry Mandy, Renee Torres and Charlie Hall.
116. "The Penguin Pool Murder"
(1932) RKO. Directed by George Archainbaud. Starring Edna May
Oliver as Hildegarde Withers, and James Gleason as Oscar Piper, with
Mae Clarke, Donald Cook Robert Armstrong, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar
Kennedy played Donovan.
117. "Little Orphan Annie"
(1932) RKO. Directed by John Robertson. Starring: Mitzi Green and
Edgar Kennedy as Daddy Warbucks
118. "Mother-In-Law's Day"
(1932) RKO No.6 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released April 25,
1932. Directed by Harry Sweet. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot Farley, William
Eugene, Isabelle Withers, Eddie Boland, Georgie Billings and Andre
Cheron.
119. "Giggle Water"
(1932) RKO No.7 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released June 27, 1932.
Directed by Harry Sweet. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence Lake
as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, William
Eugene and Eddie Boland.
120. "The Golf Chump"
(1932) RKO No.8 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released August S, 1932.
Directed by Harry Sweet. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence Lake
as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley and William
Eugene.
121. "Hold 'Em Jail!"
(1932) RKO Filming April 4, 1932 to May 13, 1932. Released
September 16, 1932. Director Norman Taurog. Starring Bert Wheeler and
Robert Woolsey, with Edna May Oliver, Betty Grable, and Edgar
Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played The Warden.
122. "Westward Passage"
(1932) RKO. Directed by Robert Milton. Starring Ann Harding,
Laurence Olivier, Zasu Pitts, Florence Lake, Bonita Granville, and
Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played Elmer.
123. "Rockabye"
(1932) RKO. Directed by George Fitzmaurice and George Cukor.
Starring Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea (Phillips Holmes was
originally in the lead but replaced) Paul Lukas, Walter Pidgeon,
Walter Catlett, and Edgar Kennedy.
124. "Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath"
(1932) RKO No.9 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released October 14,
1932. Directed by Harry Sweet. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, William
Eugene, Lucy Beaumont and Arthur Housman.
125. "Fish Feathers"
(1932) No.10 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released December 16,
1932. Directed by Harry Sweet. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, William
Eugene, Maude Truax and Tom Kennedy, who was still no relation.
126. "Scarlet River"
(1933) RKO. Directed by Otto Brower. Starring Tom Keene, Betty
Furness and Lon Chaney Jr. (Still Creighton Chaney) with guest
appearances by Joel McCrea, Myrna Loy and Bruce Cabot. Edgar Kennedy
playing the frustrated Film Director Sam Gilroy.
127. "Art in the Raw"
(1933) RKO No.11 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released February 24,
1933. Directed by Harry Sweet. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, William
Eugene, Franklin Pangborn and Mona Ray.
128. "Cross-Fire"
(1933) RKO. Directed by Otto Brower. Starring Tom Keene, Betty
Furness and Edgar Kennedy
129. "The Merchant of Menace"
(1933) RKO No.12 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released April 21,
1933. Directed by Harry Sweet. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, William
Eugene, Nat Carr and Dorothy Granger.
130. "Professional Sweetheart"
(1933) RKO. Directed by William Seiter. also known as "Imaginary
Sweetheart". Starring Ginger Rogers, Gregory Ratoff, Norman Foster,
Zasu Pitts, Frank McHugh, Stirling Holloway and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar
Kennedy played Mr. Kelsey of the Kelsey Dishrag Company.
131. "Diplomaniacs"
(1933) RKO. Released May 12, 1933. Directed by William A. Seiter.
Starring: Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, with Marjorie White, Louis
Calhern, Phyllis Barry, Hugh Herbert, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar
Kennedy is the Chairman of the Peace Conference.
132. "Son of the Border"
(1933) RKO. Directed by Lloyd Nosler. Starring Tom Keene, Lon
Chaney Jr. (Still Creighton Chaney), Julie Haydon, and Edgar Kennedy.
133. "Good House-Wrecking"
(1933) RKO No.13 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released June 16,
1933. Directed by Harry Sweet. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, William
Eugene, Arthur Housman, Jane Darwell and Bud Jamison.
134. "Duck Soup"
(1933) Paramount FEATURE Directed by Leo McCarey. Starring The
Marx Brothers, Groucho, Chico and Harpo, with Raquel Torres, Louis
Calhern, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played the Lemonade Dealer.
135. "Quiet Please!"
(1933) RKO No.14 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released August 11,
1933. Directed by George Stevens. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Florence Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley,
William Eugene, Charles Dow Clark, Al Hill, Fred Kelsey and Bud
Jamison.
136. "Tillie and Gus"
(1933) Paramount FEATURE Directed by Francis Martin. Starring W.
C. Fields, Alison Skipworth, Baby Le Roy, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar
Kennedy played The Judge
137. "What Fur"
(1933) RKO No. 15 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released November 3,
1933. Directed by George Stevens. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Florence Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley,
William Eugene, Nat Carr and Charlie Hall.
138. "Kickin' the Crown Around"
(1933) RKO . Directed by Sam White. Starring Clark and
McCullough. (With Edgar Kennedy insert from "Diplomaniacs")
139. "Grin and Bear It"
(1933) RKO No.16 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released December 29,
1933. Directed by George Stevens. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Flornce Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley,
William Eugene and Fred Kelsey.
140. "Love on a Ladder"
(1934) RKO No. 17 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released March 2,
1934. Directed by Sam White. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, William
Eugene and Jean Fontaine.
141. "Flirting with Danger"
(1934) Monogram. Directed by Vin Moore. Starring Robert
Armstrong, William Cagney, Marion Burns, and Edgar Kennedy.
142. "Wrong Direction"
(1934) RKO No.18 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released May 18, 1934.
Directed by Alf Goulding. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence Lake
as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, William
Eugene, Jean Fontaine, Nat Carr and Bud Jamison.
143. "All of Me"
(1934) Paramount. Directed by James Flood. Starring Fredric
March, Miriam Hopkins, George Raft, Helen Mack, and Edgar Kennedy.
Edgar Kennedy played The Guard.
144. "In-Laws Are Out"
(1934) RKO No.19 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released June 29,
1934. Directed by Sam White. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, William
Eugene and Jean Fontaine.
145. "Heat Lightning"
(1934) Warner Bros. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Starring Aline
MacMahon, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot, Ann Dvorak, Frank McHugh, and
Edgar Kennedy.
146. "A Blasted Event"
(1934) RKO No.20 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released September 7,
1934. Directed by Alf Goulding. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley and Jack
Rice.
147. "Murder on the Blackboard"
(1934) RKO . Directed by George Archainbaud. Starring Edna May
Oliver as Hildegarde Withers and James Gleason as Oscar Piper, with
Bruce Cabot, Gertrude Michael, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy
played Sergeant Donahue.
148. "The Silver Streak"
(1934) RKO. Directed by Thomas Atkins. Starring Sally Blane,
Charles Starrett, Hardie Albright, William Farnham, Arthur Lake and
Edgar Kennedy.
149. "We're Rich Again"
(1934) RKO. Directed by William Seiter. Starring Reginald Denny,
Joan Marsh, Billie Burke, Edna May Oliver, Larry 'Buster' Crabbe and
Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played Healy.
150. "Kid Millions"
(1935) United Artists - Goldwyn. Directed by Roy del Ruth.
Starring Eddie Cantor, George Murphy, Ethel Merman, Ann Sothern,
Warren Hymer, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played one of Eddie
Cantor's fighting half-brothers.
151. "Twentieth Century"
(1934) Columbia. Written by Charles Bruce Millholland, Ben Hecht
and Charles MacArthur, Directed by Howard Hawks. Starring John
Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Roscoe Karns, Walter Connolly, Ralph
Forbes, Etienne Girardot, Dale Fuller, Herman Bing, Lee Kohlmar and
Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played McGonigle.
152. "Money Means Nothing"
(1934) Monogram. Directed by Christy Cabanne. Starring Wallace
Ford, Gloria Shea, Betty Blythe, and Edgar Kennedy.
153. "Gridiron Flash"
(1934) RKO. Directed by Glenn Tryon. Starring Eddie Quillan,
Betty Furness, Grant Mitchell, Lucien Littlefield, Grady Sutton,
Margaret Dumont, and Edgar Kennedy
154. "King Kelly of the U.S.A."
(1934) Monogram. Directed by Leonard Fields. Starring Guy
Robinson, Irene Ware, Franklin Pangborn, and Edgar Kennedy.
155. "Poisoned Ivory"
(1934) RKO No.21 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released November 16,
1934. Directed by Alf Goulding. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, Jack
Rice and William Augustine.
156. "The Marines Are Coming"
(1934) Mascot. Starring William Haines and Edgar Kennedy.