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.

 

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