219. "Slightly at Sea"
(1940) RKO. No.52 "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released February 9,
1940. Directed by Harry D'Arcy. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Vivien
Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy Franey,
Jack Rice, Robert Graves, Charlie Hall and Tiny Sandford.
220. "Mutiny in the County"
(1940) RKO. No.53. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released May 3,
1940. Directed by Harry D'Arcy. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Vivien
Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy Franey,
James Morton and Fred Kelsey.
221. "'Aint Legal"
(1940) RKO. No.54. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released May 25,
1940. Directed by Harry D'Arcy. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Vivien
Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy Franey,
Arthur O'Connell and Robert Graves.
222. "The Quarterback"
(1940) Paramount. Directed by Bruce Humberstone. Starring: Wayne
Morris, Virginia Dale, William Frawley, and Edgar Kennedy.
223. "Sunk by the Census"
(1940) RKO. No 55. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released September
6, 1940. Directed by Harry D'Arcy. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy
Franey, Anita Garvin, Jody Gilbert and Clara Bore.
224. "Trailer Tragedy"
(1940) RKO. No.56. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released October 18,
1940. Directed by Harry D'Arcy. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Vivien
Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy Franey,
Tiny Sandford, Charlie Hall and Tom Dempsey.
225. "Drafted in the Depot"
(1940) RKO. No.57. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released December
20, 1940. Directed by Lloyd French. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy
Franey, Phil Arnold, Ralph Dunn, Frank O'Connor and Warren Jackson.
226. "Margie"
(1940) Universal. Directed by Otis Garrett. Starring: Tom Brown,
Eddie Quillan, Nan Grey, Wally Vernon, and Edgar Kennedy.
227. "Sandy Gets Her Man"
(1940) Universal. Directed by Otis Garrett. Starring: Baby Sandy,
Una Merkel, William Frawley, Stuart Erwin, and Edgar Kennedy.
228. "Dr. Christian Meets the Women"
(1940) RKO. Directed by William McGann. Starring Jean Hersholt as
Dr Christian, with Frank Albertson, Dorothy Lovett, Rod LaRocque,
Veda Ann Borg, Phyllis Kennedy, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy
played George Browning.
229. "Sandy is a Lady"
(1940) Universal. Directed by Charles Lamont. Starring: Baby
Sandy, Mischa Auer, Billy Gilbert, Fritz Feld, Nan Grey, Tom Brown
and Edgar Kennedy.
230. "Remedy for Riches"
(1940) RKO. Directed by Erle C. Kenton. Starring: Jean Hersholt
as Dr. Christian, with Dorothy Lovett, Jed Prouty, Walter Catlett and
Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played George Browning.
231. "Li'l Abner"
(1940) VOGUE-RKO. Directed by Albert S. Rogell. Starring:
Granville Owen as "Li'l Abner", with Martha O'Driscoll as "Daisy
Mae", Buster Keaton as "Lonesome Polecat", Walter Catlett as
"Barber", Lucien Littlefield as "Sheriff', Chester Conklin as "Mayor
Gurgle", Mickey Daniels as "Cicero Grunts", and Edgar Kennedy as
"Cornelius Cornpone"
232. "Mad About Moonshine"
(1941) RKO. No.58. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released February
21, 1941. Directed by Harry D'Arcy. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy
Franey, Frank O'Connor and Kay Vallon.
233. "Frolics on Ice"
(1940) RKO This was a reissue of "Everything's On Ice" (See 213.)
With 6-year-old Irene Dare, Roscoe Karns and Edgar Kennedy.
234. "It Happened All Night"
(1941) RKO. No.59. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released April 4,
1941. Directed by Charles E. Roberts. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Vivien Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Billy
Franey, Ernie Adams, Donald Kerr and Ed Foster.
235. "An Apple in His Eye"
(1941) RKO. No.60. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released June 6,
1941. Directed by Harry D'Arcy. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Vivien
Oakland as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Charlie Hall and
Harry Harvey.
236. "Westward Ho-Hum"
(1941) RKO. No.61. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released September
15, 1941. Directed by Clem Beauchamp. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Sally Payne as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Jack Rice,
Glenn Strange, Ernie Adams and Ethan Laidlaw.
237. "Who Killed Aunt Maggie?"
(1941) Republic. Starring: John Hubbard, Wendy Barrie, Walter
Abel, and Edgar Kennedy.
238. "I'll Fix That"
(1941) RKO. No.62. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Directed by Charles
E. Roberts. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Sally Payne as "Mrs.
Kennedy". Additional cast members: Jack Rice, John Dilson, Harry
Harvey, Ken Christy, Charlie Hall, Curly Wright and Charlie Delaney.
239. "The Bride Wore Crutches"
(1941) 20th Century. Directed by Shepard Traube. Starring: Ted
North, Lynne Rogers, Robert Armstrong, Anthony Caruso and Edgar
Kennedy.
240. "A Quiet Fourth"
(1941) RKO. No.63. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released December
19, 1941. Directed by Harry D'Arcy. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Sally Payne as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Jack Rice,
Pat Taylor, Frankie Ward and Charlie Hall.
241. "Public Enemies"
(1941) Republic. Also known as "Gangs of the City". Directed by
Albert S. Rogell. Starring: Wendy Barrie, Philip Terry, and Edgar
Kennedy.
242. "Blondie In Society"
(1941) Columbia. (In U.K. Titled "Henpecked") 77 Minutes.
Directed by Frank Strayer. Produced by Robert Sparks. Starring: Penny
Singleton as "Blondie Bumstead", Arthur Lake as "Dagwood Bumstead",
Larry Simms as "Baby Dumpling", with Jonathan Hale, Douglas Frawley,
and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played The Doctor.
243. "Private Snuffy Smith"
(1942) Monogram. (From the comic strip "Barney Google and Snuffy
Smith".) Working Title: "Snuffy Smith, the Yard Bird". Released in
Great Britain as "Snuffy Smith" Directed by Edward Cline. Starring:
Bud Duncan, Sarah Padden, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played the
Sergeant.
244. "Heart Burn"
(1942) RKO. No.64. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released February
20, 1942. Directed by Harry D'Arcy. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Sally Payne as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot Farley,
Jack Rice, Archie Twitchell, Darryl Hickman and Roy Butler.
245. "Pardon My Stripes"
(1942) Republic. Directed by John H. Auer. Starring Bill Henry,
Sheila Ryan, Harold Huber, Paul Hurst, Cliff Nararro, Dorothy
Granger, Tom Kennedy and Edgar Kennedy.
246. "In Old California"
(1942) Republic. Directed by William McGann. Starring: John
Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Albert Decker, Patsy Kelly, and Edgar Kennedy.
Edgar Kennedy played Kegs McKeever.
247. "There's One Born Every Minute"
(1942) Universal. Directed by Harold Young. Starring: Hugh
Herbert, Tom Brown, Peggy Moran, Guy Kibbee, Elizabeth Taylor, Carl
'Alfalfa' Switzer, and Edgar Kennedy.
248. "Inferior Decorator"
(1942) RKO. No.65. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released April 13,
1942. Directed by Clem Beauchamp. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Sally
Payne as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot Farley, Jack
Rice, Eddie Kane, Keith Hitchcock and Isabel Lemal.
249. "Cooks and Crooks"
(1942) RKO. No.66. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released June S,
1942. Directed by Henry James. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Sally
Payne as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot Farley, Jack
Rice, Ann Summers, Marten Lamont, John Maguire, Lew Kelly and Lillian
Randolph.
250. "Hillbilly Blitzkrieg"
(1942) Monogram. Directed by Roy Mack. Starring Bud Duncan, Cliff
Nazarro, Lucien Littlefield, Doris Linden, and Edgar Kennedy. (A
sequel to "Private Snuffy Smith").
251. "Two for the Money"
(1942) RKO. No.67. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released August 14,
1942. Directed by Lloyd French. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot Farley, Jack
Rice, Bryant Washburn, Mary Halsey, Gertude Short, Johnny Berkes and
Charlie Hall.
252. "Rough on Rents"
(1942) RKO. No.68. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released October 30,
1942. Directed by Ben Holmes. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot Farley, Jack
Rice, Bud Jamison, Dorothy Granger, Martin Lamont, Charlie Hall,
Gertrude Astor, Max Wagner and Kernan Cripps.
253. "Duck Soup"
(1942) RKO. No.69. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released December
18, 1942. Directed by Ben Homes. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Florence Lake as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot Farley
and Jack Rice.
254. "Hold Your Temper"
(1943) RKO. No.70. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released February 5,
1943. Directed by Lloyd French. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Irene
Ryan as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot Farley, Jack
Rice, Isabel LeMal, Eddie Dew, Marte Faust and Casey Johnson.
255. "The Falcon Strikes Back"
(1943) RKO. 'The Falcon Series'. Directed by Edward Dmytryk.
Starring Tom Conway as 'The Falcon', with Harriet Hillliard, Jane
Randolph, Cliff Edwards, Rita Corday, Richard Loo, Edward Gargan, and
Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played Smiley Dugan.
256. "Indian Signs"
(1943) RKO. No.71. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released March 26,
1943. Directed by Charles E. Roberts. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Irene Ryan as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot Farley and
Jack Rice.
257. "Cosmo Jones in the Crime
Smasher"
(1943) Monogram. Released January 29, 1943. Also known as "Cosmo
Jones - Crime Smasher"(1943) and "Crime Smasher" (1943) Directed by
James Tinling. Starring Frank Graham, Gale Storm, Richard Cromwell,
Manton Moreland, and Edgar Kennedy.
258. "Air Raid Wardens"
(1943) MGM. Released April 4, 1943. Directed by Edward Sedgwick.
Starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, with Horace (Later Stephen)
McNally, Jacqueline White, Donald Meek, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar
Kennedy played Joe Bledsoe.
259. "Hot Foot"
(1943) RKO. No.72. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released May 14,
1943. Directed by Ben Holmes. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Pauline
Drake as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot Farley, Jack
Rice, Bud Jamison and Jimmy Farley.
260."Hitler's Hangman" or "Hitler's
Madman"
(1943) MGM/PRC. Seymour Nebenzal. Directed by Douglas Sirk.
Starring Patricia Morison, John Carradine, Alan Curtis, Ralph Morgan,
Ludwig Stossel, and Edgar Kennedy.
261. "Not On My Account"
(1943) RKO. No.73. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released September
17, 1943. Directed by Charles E. Roberts. Starring Edgar Kennedy,
with Pauline Drake as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot
Farley and Jack Rice.
262. "Crazy House"
(1943) Universal. Directed by Edward Cline. Starring Ole Olsen
and Chic Johnson, Patric Knowles, Martha O'Driscoll, Cass Daley, and
Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played The Judge.
263. "The Girl From Monterrey"
(1943) (On screen 'Monterrey' is the correct title spelling) PRC.
Directed by Wallace Fox. Starring Armida, Jack La Rue, Veda Ann Borg,
Anthony Caruso, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played Doc Hogan.
264. "Unlucky Dog"
(1943) RKO. No.74. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released November
12, 1943. Directed by Charles E. Roberts. Starring Edgar Kennedy,
with Pauline Drake as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot
Farley, Jack Rice, Harrison Green, Mary Jane Halsey and Eddie Borden.
265. "Prunes and Politics"
(1944) RKO. No.75. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released January 7,
1944. Directed by Ben Holmes. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Pauline
Drake as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot Farley, Jack
Rice, Hugh Beaumont, Harrison Green, Barbara Hale and Russell Wade.
266. "It Happened Tomorrow"
(1944) United Artists. Arnold Pressburger. Directed by Rene
Clair. Starring: Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie, John
Philliber, Ed Brophy, and Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played
Inspector Mulrooney.
267. "Love Your Landlord"
(1944) RKO. No.76. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released March 3,
1944. Directed by Charles E. Roberts. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Florence Lake as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Claire
Carlton, Tom Kennedy (still no relation!), Russell Hopton, Lloyd
Inraham, Harry Harvey, Harry Tyler, Emory Parnell and Bud Jamison.
268. "The Great Alaskan Mystery"
(1944) Universal SERIAL. 13 Episodes. Starring Frank Morgan and
Edgar Kennedy. Edgar Kennedy played The Bosun.
269. "Radio Rampage"
(1944) RKO. No.77. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released March 28,
1944. Directed by Charles E, Roberts. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with
Florence Lake as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot Farley,
Jack Rice, Tom Kennedy (still no relation!), Russell Hopton, Charlie
Hall, Mary Van Halsey, Emory Parnell and Lee Trent.
270. "The Kitchen Cynic"
(1944) RKO. No.78. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released June 26,
1944. Directed by Hal Yates. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Jack Rice, Sarah
Edwards, Emory Parnell, Teddy Infuhr, Bert Moorehouse.
271. "Feather Your Nest"
(1944) RKO. No.79. "Mr. Average Man" Series. Released October 23,
1944. Directed by Hal Yates. Starring Edgar Kennedy, with Florence
Lake as "Mrs. Kennedy". Additional cast members: Dot Farley, Jack
Rice, Emory Parnell, Maxine Semon, Lee Trent and Bryant Washburn.