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|Affiliation = [[Nucky's organization]]|Seasons = [[Season 1|1]], [[Season 2|2]], [[Season 3|3]], [[Season 4|4]]}} |
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− | '''Edward Anselm "Eddie" Kessler''' (played by [[Anthony Laciura]]) is [[Nucky Thompson]]'s loyal assistant and valet. A German |
+ | '''Edward Anselm "Eddie" Kessler''' (played by [[Anthony Laciura]]) is [[Nucky Thompson]]'s loyal assistant and valet. A German expatriate, he speaks English with a very thick accent. The character is based on the historical person Louie Kessel who was an assistant, bodyguard and driver to the real Nucky (Enoch L. Johnson). |
==Biography== |
==Biography== |
Revision as of 01:25, 23 October 2014
Edward Anselm "Eddie" Kessler (played by Anthony Laciura) is Nucky Thompson's loyal assistant and valet. A German expatriate, he speaks English with a very thick accent. The character is based on the historical person Louie Kessel who was an assistant, bodyguard and driver to the real Nucky (Enoch L. Johnson).
Biography
Background
Kessler was the somewhat hapless assistant of current city treasurer Nucky Thompson. As a German immigrant, he performed his duties as required, but routinely misunderstood or was misunderstood by his boss, as well as others. There was often an unintended comical after-effect of his best-of-intentions. Eddie was always on call and ready to provide Nucky with anything he may want or need, be it as common as a chauffeur, or something much more sinister. Interestingly, it was revealed that he carries a pistol, and was a decent shot with it. While under detention by federal agents Knox and Hoover, it was revealed that Kessler was once an assistant department store manager in Hanover, Germany. There was where he had carried on an affair with a girl who worked in the lingerie department. He embezzled a great deal of money and ran off with this girl (only for her to leave him within months), leaving behind his wife and two children. One of his children has changed his last name and has also had a child, thus, making Kessler a grandfather, Kessler was forced to reveal some information on Thompson's activities to the agents before they let him go, with the threat of deportation looming, should Kessler not come through on future requests.
Season 1
- Main article: Eddie Kessler Season 1
Season 3
- Main article: Eddie Kessler Season 3
Relationships
- Nucky Thompson: Employer
- Owen Sleater: Colleague, Nucky's driver (deceased)
- Harlan: Colleague, Nucky's shoe shiner
- Ritz Carlton Hotel Manager: Colleague
- Jimmy Darmody: Former driver for Nucky (deceased)
- Margaret Schroeder: Nucky's wife
- Lucy Danziger: Nucky's ex-girlfriend
- Isaac Ginsburg: Nucky's attorney
- Chalky White: African American community leader and bootlegger (deceased)
- Charles Kenneth Thorogood: Nucky's mole in the US Attorney's office
- Harry Daugherty: Attorney General
- Solomon Bishop: State Attorney
- Ralph Capone: Associate
- Mrs. Kessler: Wife
- Conrad Kessler: Son
- Lucas Kessler: Son
- Unnamed grandson, via Lucas
Memorable Quotes
- "It must be a schwartze word."
- Nucky: "You have pie in Germany, don't you?"
- Eddie: "We have strudel."
- "Nucky? Yes, he is nice. Mr. Thompson is a very nice man."
- "You told me to knock in a manly fashion."
- "I know what you mean. You want Schlampe."
- (to a Guardsman making an anti-German comment) "Asshole."
- "James Darmody is dead." ("The Pony")
- "Nucky. Nucky... There is a delivery." ("A Man, A Plan...")
- "I tend only to you. That is all I do. That is my life." ("Two Imposters")
- "Mr. Thompson is part of everything. He's in the sky and sea. He's in the dreams of children at night. He is all that there is, forever." ("Resignation")
Appearances
Season two appearances | |||
21 | Ourselves Alone | A Dangerous Maid | What Does the Bee Do? |
Gimcrack & Bunkum | The Age of Reason | Peg of Old | Two Boats and a Lifeguard |
Battle of the Century | Georgia Peaches | Under God's Power She Flourishes | To the Lost |
Season three appearances | |||
"Resolution" | "Spaghetti and Coffee" | "Bone for Tuna" | "Blue Bell Boy" |
"You'd Be Surprised" | "Ging Gang Goolie" | "Sunday Best" | "The Pony" |
"The Milkmaid's Lot" | "A Man, A Plan..." | "Two Imposters" | "Margate Sands" |
Season four appearances | |||
"New York Sour" | "Resignation" | "Acres of Diamonds" | "All In" |
"Erlkonig" | "The North Star" | "William Wilson" | "The Old Ship of Zion" |
"Marriage and Hunting" | "White Horse Pike" | "Havre De Grace" | "Farewell Daddy Blues" |