Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy

  • Birthday: 1885-07-14
  • Deathday: 1965-10-06
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Also know as: Thomas A. Kennedy

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tom Kennedy (July 15, 1885 – October 6, 1965) was an American actor known for his roles in Hollywood comedies from the silent days, with such producers as Mack Sennett and Hal Roach, mainly supporting lead comedians such as the Marx Brothers, W. C. Fields, Mabel Normand, Shemp Howard, Laurel and Hardy, and the Three Stooges. Kennedy also played dramatic roles as a supporting actor. For over 50 years, from 1915 to 1965, he appeared in over 320 films and television series, often uncredited. His first film was a short black and white comedy, His Luckless Love. Kennedy was in all nine Torchy Blane films as Gahagan, the poetry-spouting cop whose running line was, "What a day! What a day!" He is often erroneously listed in film sources as the brother of slow-burning comedian Edgar Kennedy. Though the two men were not related, they were apparently good friends, with Tom appearing in many of Edgar's domestic two-reel comedy shorts. Tom Kennedy was also paired with Stooge Shemp Howard for several shorts for Columbia Pictures such as Society Mugs, as well as appearing with the Three Stooges in the films Loose Loot and Spooks!. He was also paired with El Brendel for four shorts, such as Phoney Cronies in 1942. His television appearances included episodes of Perry Mason, Maverick, My Favorite Martian, and Gunsmoke. Tom Kennedy continued making films right up until his death, his last film being the western The Bounty Killer.

Filmography

Grandma's Buoys

1936

As Tom

Midnight Blunders

1936

As Tom

Bury the Hatchet

1937

As Tom

Strictly Fresh Yeggs

1934

As The Burglar

Cracked Shots

1934

As Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy

New News

1937

As Tom Kennedy

Gum Shoes

1935

As

Society Mugs

1946

As Tom

Where the Pest Begins

1945

As Jonathan Batts

Jiggers, My Wife

1946

As Joe

Fiddling Around

1938

As Tom Kennedy

Free Rent

1936

As

Lighthouse Love

1932

As The Marine Sergeant

Lighthouse Love

1932

As The Marine Sergeant

Suits to Nuts

1933

As Client

Blondes at Work

1938

As Gahagan

Torchy Blane in Panama

1938

As Detective Gahagan

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

1939

As Det. Sgt. Gahagan

Torchy Runs for Mayor

1939

As Gahagan

Torchy Gets Her Man

1938

As Gahagan

The Promoter

1932

As Burke

Marked Money

1928

As Bill Clemons

The Speeder

1922

As

Horse Heir

1935

As

The Adventurous Blonde

1937

As Detective Gahagan

The Day the Bookies Wept

1939

As Pinky Brophy

We're in the Navy Now

1926

As Sailor Percival Scruggs

Caught

1931

As Jard Harmon

Girls! Girls! Girls!

1944

As Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan

The Yankee Señor

1926

As Luke Martin

The Egg

1922

As The Boss

Man-I-Cured

1941

As House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend

Fireman, Save My Child

1927

As Capt. Kennedy

The Boudoir Butler

1932

As Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice

Pretty Dolly

1942

As Gus

Cutie on Duty

1943

As Rocky

Full o' Pep

1922

As

Voice of the Whistler

1945

As Ferdinand / Hammerlock

Invasion, U.S.A.

1952

As Tim, Bartender

Mantrap

1926

As Curly Evans

Quiet, Please

1939

As Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof

Loose Loot

1953

As Joe

Swing It, Sailor!

1938

As Policeman

Petticoat Larceny

1943

As Pinky

Hold 'Em Yale

1928

As Detective

None But the Brave

1928

As Noah

Millionaire Playboy

1940

As Tom Murphy

His Bitter Pill

1916

As Dan's Henchman

The Dancing Millionaire

1934

As Crusher McGee

Gold Fever

1952

As Big Tom

Senorita

1927

As Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)

The Gang Buster

1931

As 'Gopher' Brant

Radio Rampage

1944

As Mr. Thompson

Motor Maniacs

1946

As Mother's Suitor

The Mysterious Rider

1927

As Lem Spooner

Man of the Forest

1926

As Sheriff

Wife Savers

1928

As General Lavoris

The Pullman Bride

1917

As Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit

The Cop

1928

As Sergeant Coughlin

Hip Zip Hooray

1933

As The Prisoner

The Pretender

1947

As Fingers Murdock

Spooks!

1953

As Mr. Hyde

Alibi Bye Bye

1935

As Snoops, the house dick

Go Chase Yourself

1938

As Icebox

Her Torpedoed Love

1917

As Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister

Living on Love

1937

As Pete Ryan

Fraidy Cat

1951

As I. Katchum (uncredited)

Fly Away Baby

1937

As Gahagan

Flowing Gold

1940

As Petunia

Pop Always Pays

1940

As Murphy

Wedtime Stories

1943

As House Detective

Silver Valley

1927

As 'Hayfever' Hawkins

The Officer and the Lady

1941

As Bumps O'Neil

The Late Lamented

1917

As The Model's Brother

The Girl in the Case

1944

As Watchman (uncredited)

Devil's Cargo

1948

As Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado

Mickey

1918

As Tom Rawlings

The Fall Guy

1930

As Detective Burke

Big News

1929

As Officer Ryan

Behind the Front

1926

As Sergeant

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1928

As Property Man

Sailors on Leave

1941

As Dugan

Making the Headlines

1938

As Police Sergeant Handley

The Mutineers

1949

As Butch

Havana Rose

1951

As House Detective

Pardon My Stripes

1942

As Casino

The Hat Box Mystery

1947

As Policeman Murphy

As Man Desires

1925

As Gorilla Bagsley

That Night

1917

As The Proprietor's Henchman

Whose Baby?

1917

As The Fake Minister

Campus Rhythm

1943

As Police Sergeant

He Couldn't Say No

1938

As Dimples

Double Trouble

1915

As Judge Blodgett

Forty Naughty Girls

1937

As Detective Casey

The Long Shot

1939

As Mike Claurens

Hit Parade of 1943

1943

As Westinghouse

The Best Bad Man

1925

As Dan Ellis

The Case Of The Baby-Sitter

1947

As Officer Murphy

So's Your Uncle

1943

As Cop

Born to the West

1926

As Dinkey Hooley

The Flirt

1922

As Sam Fenton

Loving Lies

1924

As Captain Lindstrom

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

As Recruiting Sergeant

Sporting Blood

1940

As Grantly

The Better 'Ole

1926

As The Blacksmith (uncredited)

The Mighty McGurk

1947

As Bruiser (uncredited)

Monkey Business

1931

As Gibson

Married Before Breakfast

1937

As Mr. Baglipp

The Great Swindle

1941

As Capper Smith

It Pays to Advertise

1931

As Perkins

See America Thirst

1930

As 'Shivering' Smith

Smart Blonde

1937

As Gahagan

Marry the Girl

1937

As Jasper

The Big Shot

1937

As Bugs

Hook a Crook

1955

As I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)

An Angel from Texas

1940

As Chopper

Moonlight and Cactus

1944

As Lucky

Thunder in the Pines

1948

As Josh, the Station Master

Square Dance Jubilee

1949

As Bartender Tom

She Had to Eat

1937

As Pete

Thirst

1917

As Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)

The Covered Trailer

1939

As Otto

Society Lawyer

1939

As Alf

Kismet

1920

As Kutayt

Man of the Forest

1933

As Sheriff Blake

Lawyer Man

1932

As Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)

The Bride Comes Home

1935

As Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)

Poppy

1936

As Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

Curtain Call

1940

As Masseur

Here Comes Elmer

1943

As Johnson

Remember the Night

1940

As 'Fat' Mike

Man Alive

1945

As Bartender (uncredited)

Night After Night

1932

As Tom

Glad Rag Doll

1929

As Manager

Serenade

1921

As Zambrano

Butch Minds the Baby

1942

As Philly the Weeper

The Crooked Circle

1932

As Mike, the policeman

Taxi, Mister

1943

As Kennedy

Cross Fire

1933

As French Bouncer (uncredited)

Day of Reckoning

1933

As Furniture Mover

Armored Car

1937

As Tiny

Blondie's Blessed Event

1942

As Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)

Wise Girl

1937

As Detective

And the Angels Sing

1944

As Potatoes

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919

As American General (uncredited)

Iron Man

1931

As Bartender (uncredited)

Strictly Dynamite

1934

As Junior

Walk Like a Dragon

1960

As Jethro the Bartender

Trouble Preferred

1948

As Night Watchman (uncredited)

Ladies' Day

1943

As Dugan

The Kid from Brooklyn

1946

As Referee #1 (uncredited)

Dangerous Years

1947

As Mr. Adamson

The Paleface

1948

As Bartender

Take It Big

1944

As Moving Man (uncredited)

Happy Days

1929

As Doorman (uncredited)

The Burning Cross

1947

As Police Station Sergeant

Thieves Fall Out

1941

As Cabbie

42nd Street

1933

As Slim Murphy (uncredited)

Danger on the Air

1938

As Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)

Flying High

1931

As Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)

Dixie

1943

As Barkeeper (uncredited)

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

1941

As Sheriff Judson

Let's Go Navy!

1951

As Officer Donovan

Fatty and the Broadway Stars

1915

As Man Who Discovers Hat

Huddle

1932

As Moving Man (uncredited)

Penthouse

1933

As Joe (uncredited)

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006

As Self (archive footage)

Young as You Feel

1931

As Colorado Detective

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

1942

As Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender

Jinx Money

1948

As Officer Rooney

Hollywood Party

1934

As Beavers (uncredited)

Down to Their Last Yacht

1934

As Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)

Crime Ring

1938

As Dummy

The Town Went Wild

1944

As Policeman

If I Had a Million

1932

As Joe - Carnival Bouncer

Varsity Show

1937

As Policeman (uncredited)

The Big Game

1936

As Fan in Stands

Blondie Johnson

1933

As Hype (uncredited)

The Man Who Walked Alone

1945

As Officer #1

The Bounty Killer

1965

As Waiter

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

1999

As Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)

Triple Trouble

1950

As Third Convict Calling Out from Cell

The Scarf

1951

As Asylum Inmate

Old Man Rhythm

1935

As Campus Guard

Breakdowns of 1938

1938

As Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)

She Done Him Wrong

1933

As Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)

These Glamour Girls

1939

As Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard

1936

As Bouncer at Pago Pago

Dixie Dugan

1943

As Sergeant (uncredited)

Magic Town

1947

As Moving Man (uncredited)

Blonde Alibi

1946

As Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)

Riding High

1950

As Racetrack Mug (uncredited)

True to Life

1943

As Customer (uncredited)

The Country Doctor

1936

As Logger (uncredited)

Stage Door Canteen

1943

As Tom Kennedy

She Couldn't Take It

1935

As Slugs

Some Like It Hot

1959

As Bouncer (uncredited)

Slave Ship

1937

As Bartender

The Judge Steps Out

1947

As Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

As Traffic Cop (uncredited)

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