157. "A Night at the Biltmore Bowl"
(1935) SHORT SUBJECT. With Bert Wheeler hosting RKO All-stars -
Jimmy Grier's Orchestra, Betty Grable, Lucille Ball, and Edgar
Kennedy.
158. "Bric-A-Brac"
(1935) RKO. No.22 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released January 18,
1935. Directed by Sam White. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, Jack
Rice and Walter Brennan.
159. "Living on Velvet"
(1935) First National/Warner Bros. Directed by Frank Borzage.
Starring Kay Francis, George Brent, Warren William, and Edgar
Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played The Counterman.
160. "South Seasickness"
(1935) RKO. No.23 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released March 29,
1935. Directed by Arthur Ripley. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Florence Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley,
Jack Rice and Adrian Rosley.
161. "Sock Me to Sleep"
(1935) RKO. No.24 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released May 17,
1935. Directed by Ben Holmes. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, Jack
Rice and Tom Kennedy (Still not Edgar Kennedy's brother.)
162. "Edgar Hamlet"
(1935) RKO. No.25 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released July 5,
1935. Directed by Arthur Ripley. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Florence Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley
and Jack Rice.
163. "Little Big Shot"
(1935) Warner Bros. Directed by Michael Curtiz With Sybil Jason,
Glenda Farrcll, Robert Armstrong, and Edgar Kennedy.
164. "In Love at 40"
(1935) RKO. No.26 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released August 30,
1935. Directed by Arthur Ripley. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Florence Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley,
Jack Rice and Curley Wright.
165. "Happy Tho' Married"
(1935) RKO. No.27 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released November 1,
1935. Directed by Arthur Ripley. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Florence Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley
and Jack Rice.
166. "The Bride Comes Home"
(1935) Paramount. Directed by Wesley Ruggles. Starring: Claudette
Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Robert Young, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar
Kennedy played Henry.
"Gobs of Trouble" Again, although often listed as such, this is not an Edgar Kennedy picture - but a Tom Kennedy picture - (1935) With Monty Collins and Tom Kennedy
167. "The Cowboy Millionaire"
(1935) 20th Century Fox. Directed by Edward F. Cline. Starring
George O'Brien, Evelyn Bostock, Maude Allen, Alden Chase, and Edgar
Kennedy.
168. "Woman Wanted"
(1935) MGM. Directed by George B. Seitz. Starring Maureen
O'Sullivan, Joel McCrea, Adrienne Ames, Lewis Stone, Louis Calhern,
and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played Sweeney.
169. "In Person"
(1935) RKO. Directed by William Seiter. Starring: Ginger Rogers,
George Brent, Alan Mowbray and Edgar Kennedy.
170. "$1,000 a Minute"
(1935) Republic. Starring: Roger Pryor, Leila Hyams, and Edgar
Kennedy.
171. "Rendezvous at Midnight"
(1935) Universal. Directed by Christy Cabanne. Starring Ralph
Bellamy, Valerie Hobson, Catherine Doucet, and Edgar Kennedy.
172. "Gasoloons"
(1936) RKO. No.28 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released January 3,
1936. Directed by Arthur Ripley. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Florence Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley,
Jack Rice, Charles Withers, Dickie Jones, Brandon Hurst and Pearl
Eaton.
173. "San Francisco"
(1936) MGM. With Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy,
Jack Holt, Ted Healy and Edgar Kennedy Edgar Kennedy played the
Sheriff.
174. "The Return of Jimmy Valentine"
(1936) Republic. Starring: Roger Pryor, Charlotte Henry, J.
Carrol Naish, Robert Warwick, and Edgar Kennedy.
175. "The Robin Hood of El Dorado"
(1936) MGM. Directed by William Wellman. Starring Warner Baxter,
Bruce Cabot, Margo, J. Carrol Naish, Ann Loring, and Edgar Kennedy.
Edgar Kennedy played Sheriff Judd.
176. "Small Town Girl"
(1936) MGM. Directed by William Wellman. With Janet Gaynor,
Robert Taylor, James Stewart, Binnie Barnes, Andy Devine, and Edgar
Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played Captain Mack.
177. "Will Power"
(1936) RKO. No.29 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released March 6,
1936. Directed by Arthur Ripley. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Florence Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley,
Jack Rice and Kitty McHugh.
178. "High Beer Pressure"
(1936) RKO. No.30 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released May 8, 1936.
Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley, Jack
Rice and Tiny Sandford.
179. "Dummy Ache"
(1936) RKO. No.31 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released July 10,
1936. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Florence Lake as 'Mrs. Kennedy'. Additional cast members: Dot Farley,
Jack Rice, Harry Bowen, George Lewis, Lucille Ball and Bobby Burns.
180. "Yours For the Asking"
(1936) Paramount. Directed by Alexander Hall. Starring George
Raft, Ida Lupino, Dolores Costello, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy
played Bicarbonate.
181. "Mad Holiday"
(1936) MGM. Produced by Rapf. With Edmund Lowe, Elissa Landi,
Zasu Pitts, Edmund Gwenn, Ted Healy, and Edgar Kennedy
182. "Three Men on a Horse"
(1936) Warner Bros. First National. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
With Frank McHugh, Sam Levene, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, and Edgar
Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played Harry.
183. "Fatal Lady"
(1936) Paramount. Also known as "Brazen". Directed by Edward
Ludwig. Starring Mary Ellis, Walter Pidgeon, Norman Foster, Ruth
Donnelly, Alan Mowbray and Edgar Kennedy.
184. "Vocalizing"
(1936) RKO. No.32 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released November 23,
1936. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Edgar Kennedy.
185. "Hillbilly Goat"
(1937) RKO. No.33 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released January 15,
1937. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Edgar Kennedy. Additional
cast members: Si Jenks and Fern Emmett.
186. "Bad Housekeeping"
(1937) RKO. No.34 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released March 15,
1937. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast member: Franklin
Pangborn.
187. "Locks and Bonds"
(1937) RKO. No 35 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released April 15,
1937. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Edgar Kennedy. Additional
cast members: Billy Franey and Eddie Dunn.
188. "Dumb's the Word"
(1937) RKO. No.36 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released June 11,
1937. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy
Franey and Eddie Dunn.
189. "When's Your Birthday?"
(1937) RKO. Directed by Harry Beaumont. Starring: Joe E. Brown,
Marian Marsh, Fred Keating, Frank Jenks, Maude Eburne, Suzanne
Kaaren, Margaret Hamilton, and Edgar Kennedy.
190. "Super-Sleuth"
(1937) RKO. Directed by Ben Stoloff. Starring Jack Oakie, Ann
Sothern, Eduardo Ciannelli, and Edgar Kennedy
191. "A Star is Born"
(1937) United Artists - Selznick International. Directed by
William Wellman. Starring: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe
Menjou, Lionel Stander, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played Pop
Randall.
192. "Double Wedding"
(1937) MGM. Directed by Richard Thorpe. Starring William Powell,
Myrna Loy, John Beal, Florence Rice, Sidney Toler, Jessie Ralph, and
Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played Spike
193. "Tramp Trouble"
(1937) RKO. No.37 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released August 7,
1937. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy
Franey, William Benedict, Lloyd Ingraham and Eddie Dunn.
194. "Morning Judge"
(1937) RKO. No.38 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released September
24, 1937. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Edgar Kennedy.
Additional cast members: Agnes Ayres, Billy Franey, George Irving,
Harry Bowen and Bud Jamison.
195. "Edgar and Goliath"
(1937) RKO. No.39 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released November 19,
1937. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Florence Lake as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy
Franey, Frank O'Connor, Dick Rush and Stanley Blystone
196. "True Confession"
(1937) Paramount. Directed by Wesley Ruggles. Starring Carole
Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore, Una Merkel, and Edgar
Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played Darsey.
197. "Hollywood Hotel"
(1937) Warner Bros. Directed by Busby Berkeley. Starring, Dick
Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Frances Langford, Ted Healy, Benny
Goodman and his Orchestra, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played
Callahan.
198. "Ears of Experience"
(1938) RKO. No.40 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released January 28,
1939. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Florence Lake as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy
Franey, Richard Lane, Jack Rice and Landers Stevens.
199. "False Roomers"
(1938) RKO. No.41 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released March 26,
1938. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Edgar Kennedy. Additional
cast members: Billy Franey, James Finlayson and Jack Rice.
200. "Kennedy's Castle"
(1938) RKO. No.42 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released May 28,
1939. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Edgar Kennedy. Additional
cast members: Vivian Tobin, Eddie Dunn, Billy Franey, J. P. McGowan
and Bud Jamison.
201. "Fool Coverage"
(1938) RKO. No.43 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released July 15,
1938. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy
Franey, Robert E. Keane and Max Wagner.
202. "Beaux and Errors"
(1938) RKO. No.44 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released October 7,
1938. Directed by Charles E. Roberts. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy
Franey, Eddie Dunn and Eva McKenzie.
203. "A Clean Sweep"
(1938) RKO. No.45 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released December 2,
1938. Directed by Charles E. Roberts. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Eddie
Dunn, Billy Franey, John Dilson, Tiny Sandford and Lillian Miles.
204. "Peck's Bad Boy with the
Circus"
RKO. Directed by Edward F. Cline. Starring Tommy Kelly, Ann
Gillis, George 'Spanky' McFarland, and Edgar Kennedy.
205. "The Black Doll"
(1938) Universal. Directed by Otis Garrett. Starring: Nan Grey,
Donald Woods, C. Henry Gordon, William Lundigan, and Edgar Kennedy.
206. "Maid to Order"
(1939) RKO. No.46 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released December 2,
1938. Directed by Charles E. Roberts. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy
Franey, Minerva Urecal and Tom Dempsey.
207. "Scandal Sheet"
(1938) Paramount. Directed by James Hogan. Starring: Lew Ayres,
Louise Campbell, Roscoe Karns, and Edgar Kennedy Edgar Kennedy played
Daniel Webster Smith.
208. "Clock Wise"
(1939) RKO. No.47 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released March 24,
1939. Directed by Charles E. Roberts. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy
Franey, Fred Kelsey, Harry Harvey and James Morton.
209. "Hey! Hey! U.S.A."
General Film Distributors. Gainsborough. Directed by Marcel
Varnel. Starring Will Hay, David Burns, Fred Duprez, and Edgar
Kennedy Edgar Kennedy played Bugs Leary.
210. "Baby Daze"
(1939) RKO. No.48 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released May 19,
1939. Directed by Charles E. Roberts. Starring Vivien Oakland as
"Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy Franey, Don Brodie,
Fred Kelsey, Harry Harvey and James Morton.
211. "It's A Wonderful World"
(1939) MGM. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke. Starring Claudette
Colbert, James Stewart, Ernest Truex, Frances Drake, and Edgar
Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played Lieutenant Meller.
212. "Feathered Pests"
(1939) RKO. No.49 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released July 14,
1939. Directed by Charles E. Roberts. Starring Edgar Kennedy, and
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy
Franey, Eva McKenzie, Dix Davis, Tim Davis, Derry Deane and Sonny
Bupp.
213. "Act Your Age"
(1939) RKO. No.50 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released October 6,
1939. Directed by Charles E. Roberts. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy
Franey, Robert Graves and Larry Steers.
214. "Little Accident"
(1939) Universal. Directed by Charles Lamont. Starring: Hugh
Herbert, Sandra Lee Henville, Florence Rice, Richard Carlson and
Edgar Kennedy. Not to be confused with " The Little Accident" (1930)
Starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
215. "Everything's On Ice"
(1939) RKO. Directed by Erle C. Kenton. Starring six-year-old
Irene Dare, Roscoe Karns, Lynne Roberts, and Edgar Kennedy. Reissued
as "Frolics On Ice".
216. "Kennedy the Great"
(1939) RKO. No.51 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released December 8,
1939. Directed by Charles E. Roberts. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Billy Franey, Robert Graves,
Barbara Jo Allen (a.k a. Vera Vague) and Keith Kenneth.
217. "Charlie McCarthy, Detective"
(1939) Universal. Directed by Frank Tuttle. Starring: Edgar
Bergen, Robert Cummings, Constance Moore, Jean Sutton, and Edgar
Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played Inspector Dailey.
218. "Laugh it Off"
(1939) Universal. Directed by Albert S. Rogell. Starring: Cecil
Cunningham, Constance Moore, Johnny Downs, Hedda Hopper, and Edgar
Kennedy.