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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/03/2006
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Character:Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)
Release Date:14/06/1999
The Bounty Killer
Character:Waiter
Release Date:30/07/1965
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Character:Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Release Date:07/11/1963
Walk Like a Dragon
Character:Jethro the Bartender
Release Date:01/06/1960
Some Like It Hot
Character:Bouncer (uncredited)
Release Date:19/03/1959
Public Pigeon No. 1
Character:Prison Guard (uncredited)
Release Date:17/05/1957
Hook a Crook
Character:I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:24/11/1955
Spooks!
Character:Mr. Hyde
Release Date:15/06/1953
Loose Loot
Character:Joe
Release Date:02/04/1953
Invasion, U.S.A.
Character:Tim, Bartender
Release Date:10/12/1952
Gold Fever
Character:Big Tom
Release Date:15/06/1952
Fraidy Cat
Character:I. Katchum (uncredited)
Release Date:13/12/1951
Havana Rose
Character:House Detective
Release Date:15/09/1951
Let's Go Navy!
Character:Officer Donovan
Release Date:29/07/1951
The Awful Sleuth
Character:Pinky
Release Date:18/04/1951
The Scarf
Character:Asylum Inmate
Release Date:06/04/1951
Triple Trouble
Character:Third Convict Calling Out from Cell
Release Date:13/08/1950
Riding High
Character:Racetrack Mug (uncredited)
Release Date:12/04/1950
Square Dance Jubilee
Character:Bartender Tom
Release Date:11/11/1949
The Mutineers
Character:Butch
Release Date:22/04/1949
Trouble Preferred
Character:Night Watchman (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1948
The Paleface
Character:Bartender
Release Date:17/12/1948
Thunder in the Pines
Character:Josh, the Station Master
Release Date:11/11/1948
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Character:Lefty
Release Date:19/09/1948
Jinx Money
Character:Officer Rooney
Release Date:27/06/1948
Devil's Cargo
Character:Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado
Release Date:01/04/1948
The Judge Steps Out
Character:Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)
Release Date:15/12/1947
Dangerous Years
Character:Mr. Adamson
Release Date:07/12/1947
Magic Town
Character:Moving Man (uncredited)
Release Date:07/10/1947
The Burning Cross
Character:Police Station Sergeant
Release Date:01/09/1947
The Pretender
Character:Fingers Murdock
Release Date:11/08/1947
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
Character:Officer Murphy
Release Date:26/07/1947
The Hat Box Mystery
Character:Policeman Murphy
Release Date:12/06/1947
The Mighty McGurk
Character:Bruiser (uncredited)
Release Date:02/01/1947
So's Your Antenna
Character:
Release Date:10/10/1946
Society Mugs
Character:Tom
Release Date:19/09/1946
Motor Maniacs
Character:Mother's Suitor
Release Date:26/07/1946
Jiggers, My Wife
Character:Joe
Release Date:11/04/1946
The Kid from Brooklyn
Character:Referee #1 (uncredited)
Release Date:21/03/1946
Blonde Alibi
Character:Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)
Release Date:01/03/1946
Man Alive
Character:Bartender (uncredited)
Release Date:16/11/1945
Voice of the Whistler
Character:Ferdinand / Hammerlock
Release Date:30/10/1945
Where the Pest Begins
Character:Jonathan Batts
Release Date:04/10/1945
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Character:
Release Date:15/06/1945
The Man Who Walked Alone
Character:Officer #1
Release Date:15/03/1945
The Town Went Wild
Character:Policeman
Release Date:15/12/1944
The Princess and the Pirate
Character:Alonzo
Release Date:17/11/1944
Moonlight and Cactus
Character:Lucky
Release Date:08/09/1944
Take It Big
Character:Moving Man (uncredited)
Release Date:09/06/1944
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Character:Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan
Release Date:09/06/1944
And the Angels Sing
Character:Potatoes
Release Date:25/04/1944
The Girl in the Case
Character:Watchman (uncredited)
Release Date:20/04/1944
Radio Rampage
Character:Mr. Thompson
Release Date:28/03/1944
True to Life
Character:Customer (uncredited)
Release Date:24/12/1943
Wedtime Stories
Character:House Detective
Release Date:24/12/1943
Campus Rhythm
Character:Police Sergeant
Release Date:19/11/1943
Here Comes Elmer
Character:Johnson
Release Date:15/11/1943
Cutie on Duty
Character:Rocky
Release Date:29/10/1943
So's Your Uncle
Character:Cop
Release Date:01/09/1943
Petticoat Larceny
Character:Pinky
Release Date:17/07/1943
Stage Door Canteen
Character:Tom Kennedy
Release Date:24/06/1943
Dixie
Character:Barkeeper (uncredited)
Release Date:23/06/1943
Taxi, Mister
Character:Kennedy
Release Date:16/04/1943
Ladies' Day
Character:Dugan
Release Date:09/04/1943
Hit Parade of 1943
Character:Westinghouse
Release Date:26/03/1943
Dixie Dugan
Character:Sergeant (uncredited)
Release Date:12/03/1943
Pretty Dolly
Character:Gus
Release Date:11/12/1942
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Character:Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender
Release Date:17/09/1942
Broadway
Character:Kerry (uncredited)
Release Date:08/05/1942
Blondie's Blessed Event
Character:Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)
Release Date:09/04/1942
Butch Minds the Baby
Character:Philly the Weeper
Release Date:20/03/1942
Pardon My Stripes
Character:Casino
Release Date:26/01/1942
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
Character:Tom
Release Date:25/12/1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Character:Sheriff Judson
Release Date:28/11/1941
The Officer and the Lady
Character:Bumps O'Neil
Release Date:12/10/1941
Sailors on Leave
Character:Dugan
Release Date:30/09/1941
Man-I-Cured
Character:House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend
Release Date:20/09/1941
Angels with Broken Wings
Character:Gus
Release Date:27/05/1941
Thieves Fall Out
Character:Cabbie
Release Date:03/05/1941
The Great Swindle
Character:Capper Smith
Release Date:10/04/1941
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Character:Cabbie
Release Date:29/10/1940
Flowing Gold
Character:Petunia
Release Date:24/08/1940
Sporting Blood
Character:Grantly
Release Date:11/07/1940
Pop Always Pays
Character:Murphy
Release Date:21/06/1940
An Angel from Texas
Character:Chopper
Release Date:27/04/1940
Curtain Call
Character:Masseur
Release Date:18/04/1940
Millionaire Playboy
Character:Tom Murphy
Release Date:14/03/1940
Remember the Night
Character:'Fat' Mike
Release Date:19/01/1940
The Covered Trailer
Character:Otto
Release Date:10/11/1939
The Day the Bookies Wept
Character:Pinky Brophy
Release Date:13/09/1939
These Glamour Girls
Character:Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)
Release Date:18/08/1939
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Character:Gahagan
Release Date:12/08/1939
Quiet, Please
Character:Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof
Release Date:01/07/1939
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Character:Gahagan
Release Date:13/05/1939
Society Lawyer
Character:Alf
Release Date:21/03/1939
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Character:Det. Sgt. Gahagan
Release Date:02/02/1939
The Long Shot
Character:Mike Claurens
Release Date:06/01/1939
Breakdowns of 1938
Character:Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1938
Torchy Gets Her Man
Character:Gahagan
Release Date:12/11/1938
Crime Ring
Character:Dummy
Release Date:08/07/1938
Halfway to Hollywood
Character:Tom
Release Date:01/07/1938
Danger on the Air
Character:Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)
Release Date:30/06/1938
Torchy Blane in Panama
Character:Detective Gahagan
Release Date:07/05/1938
Go Chase Yourself
Character:Icebox
Release Date:22/04/1938
Making the Headlines
Character:Police Sergeant Handley
Release Date:31/03/1938
He Couldn't Say No
Character:Dimples
Release Date:19/03/1938
Blondes at Work
Character:Gahagan
Release Date:05/02/1938
Swing It, Sailor!
Character:Policeman
Release Date:04/02/1938
Fiddling Around
Character:Tom Kennedy
Release Date:21/01/1938
Crashing Hollywood
Character:Al
Release Date:07/01/1938
Wise Girl
Character:Detective
Release Date:31/12/1937
The Adventurous Blonde
Character:Detective Gahagan
Release Date:13/11/1937
Living on Love
Character:Pete Ryan
Release Date:12/11/1937
Calling All Curtains
Character:
Release Date:30/09/1937
Forty Naughty Girls
Character:Detective Casey
Release Date:24/09/1937
Varsity Show
Character:Policeman (uncredited)
Release Date:04/09/1937
Bury the Hatchet
Character:Tom
Release Date:06/08/1937
The Big Shot
Character:Bugs
Release Date:23/07/1937
Marry the Girl
Character:Jasper
Release Date:13/07/1937
She Had to Eat
Character:Pete
Release Date:02/07/1937
Fly Away Baby
Character:Gahagan
Release Date:19/06/1937
Married Before Breakfast
Character:Mr. Baglipp
Release Date:18/06/1937
Slave Ship
Character:Bartender
Release Date:16/06/1937
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Character:Jim Magooney
Release Date:08/06/1937
Armored Car
Character:Tiny
Release Date:01/06/1937
Behind The Headlines
Character:Tiny
Release Date:14/05/1937
New News
Character:Tom Kennedy
Release Date:01/04/1937
Smart Blonde
Character:Gahagan
Release Date:02/01/1937
Free Rent
Character:Mr. Kennedy
Release Date:20/12/1936
Grandma's Buoys
Character:Tom
Release Date:18/12/1936
Midnight Blunders
Character:Tom
Release Date:13/12/1936
The Big Game
Character:Fan in Stands
Release Date:09/10/1936
Wives Never Know
Character:Bartender (uncredited)
Release Date:18/09/1936
Hollywood Boulevard
Character:Bouncer at Pago Pago
Release Date:20/08/1936
Poppy
Character:Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
Release Date:17/06/1936
The Country Doctor
Character:Logger (uncredited)
Release Date:12/03/1936
Just Speeding
Character:
Release Date:23/01/1936
The Bride Comes Home
Character:Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/1935
Oh, My Nerves
Character:
Release Date:17/10/1935
She Couldn't Take It
Character:Slugs
Release Date:08/10/1935
Old Man Rhythm
Character:Campus Guard
Release Date:02/08/1935
Gobs of Trouble
Character:
Release Date:12/07/1935
Alibi Bye Bye
Character:Snoops, the house dick
Release Date:14/06/1935
Stage Frights
Character:
Release Date:01/06/1935
Raised and Called
Character:
Release Date:22/03/1935
Gum Shoes
Character:
Release Date:01/03/1935
Horse Heir
Character:
Release Date:01/02/1935
The Dancing Millionaire
Character:Crusher McGee
Release Date:14/12/1934
Unlucky Strike
Character:
Release Date:31/08/1934
Down to Their Last Yacht
Character:Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)
Release Date:31/08/1934
Hollywood Party
Character:Beavers (uncredited)
Release Date:24/05/1934
Strictly Dynamite
Character:Junior
Release Date:11/05/1934
Cracked Shots
Character:Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy
Release Date:04/05/1934
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
Character:The Burglar
Release Date:06/04/1934
Suits to Nuts
Character:Client
Release Date:01/12/1933
Day of Reckoning
Character:Furniture Mover
Release Date:26/10/1933
Penthouse
Character:Joe (uncredited)
Release Date:08/09/1933
Man of the Forest
Character:Sheriff Blake
Release Date:24/08/1933
Cross Fire
Character:French Bouncer (uncredited)
Release Date:28/05/1933
Hip Zip Hooray
Character:The Prisoner
Release Date:31/03/1933
42nd Street
Character:Slim Murphy (uncredited)
Release Date:11/03/1933
Blondie Johnson
Character:Hype (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1933
She Done Him Wrong
Character:Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)
Release Date:09/02/1933
Lawyer Man
Character:Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)
Release Date:24/12/1932
Fish Feathers
Character:
Release Date:16/12/1932
The Devil Is Driving
Character:Fritz (uncredited)
Release Date:09/12/1932
If I Had a Million
Character:Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
Release Date:18/11/1932
Night After Night
Character:Tom
Release Date:29/10/1932
The Crooked Circle
Character:Mike, the policeman
Release Date:25/09/1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
Character:Recruiting Sergeant
Release Date:16/09/1932
Skyscraper Souls
Character:Masseur
Release Date:16/07/1932
The Boudoir Butler
Character:Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice
Release Date:29/05/1932
Huddle
Character:Moving Man (uncredited)
Release Date:14/05/1932
The Promoter
Character:Burke
Release Date:13/05/1932
Lighthouse Love
Character:The Marine Sergeant
Release Date:06/05/1932
Lighthouse Love
Character:The Marine Sergeant
Release Date:06/05/1932
Flying High
Character:Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)
Release Date:14/11/1931
Monkey Business
Character:Gibson
Release Date:19/09/1931
Caught
Character:Jard Harmon
Release Date:08/08/1931
Young as You Feel
Character:Colorado Detective
Release Date:06/08/1931
Iron Man
Character:Bartender (uncredited)
Release Date:29/04/1931
It Pays to Advertise
Character:Perkins
Release Date:18/02/1931
The Gang Buster
Character:'Gopher' Brant
Release Date:17/01/1931
See America Thirst
Character:'Shivering' Smith
Release Date:23/11/1930
The Fall Guy
Character:Detective Burke
Release Date:15/06/1930
The Shannons of Broadway
Character:Burt
Release Date:08/12/1929
Happy Days
Character:Doorman (uncredited)
Release Date:16/09/1929
Big News
Character:Officer Ryan
Release Date:06/09/1929
Glad Rag Doll
Character:Manager
Release Date:04/05/1929
Marked Money
Character:Bill Clemons
Release Date:11/11/1928
The Cop
Character:Sergeant Coughlin
Release Date:28/08/1928
None But the Brave
Character:Noah
Release Date:05/08/1928
Hold 'Em Yale
Character:Detective
Release Date:14/05/1928
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Character:Property Man
Release Date:03/03/1928
Wife Savers
Character:General Lavoris
Release Date:07/01/1928
Ham and Eggs at the Front
Character:Lazarus
Release Date:29/11/1927
Silver Valley
Character:'Hayfever' Hawkins
Release Date:02/10/1927
Fireman, Save My Child
Character:Capt. Kennedy
Release Date:01/08/1927
Alias The Deacon
Character:Bull Moran
Release Date:20/06/1927
Senorita
Character:Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)
Release Date:01/04/1927
The Mysterious Rider
Character:Lem Spooner
Release Date:05/03/1927
Man of the Forest
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:27/12/1926
We're in the Navy Now
Character:Sailor Percival Scruggs
Release Date:06/11/1926
The Better 'Ole
Character:The Blacksmith (uncredited)
Release Date:23/10/1926
Mantrap
Character:Curly Evans
Release Date:24/07/1926
Born to the West
Character:Dinkey Hooley
Release Date:14/06/1926
Behind the Front
Character:Sergeant
Release Date:22/02/1926
The Yankee Señor
Character:Luke Martin
Release Date:10/01/1926
The Best Bad Man
Character:Dan Ellis
Release Date:29/11/1925
As Man Desires
Character:Gorilla Bagsley
Release Date:11/01/1925
Loving Lies
Character:Captain Lindstrom
Release Date:22/01/1924
The Flirt
Character:Sam Fenton
Release Date:24/12/1922
The Flaming Hour
Character:Ben
Release Date:12/12/1922
The Speeder
Character:
Release Date:24/09/1922
The Egg
Character:The Boss
Release Date:03/09/1922
If You Believe It, It's So
Character:Bartender
Release Date:02/07/1922
Our Leading Citizen
Character:Boots
Release Date:14/06/1922
Full o' Pep
Character:
Release Date:23/04/1922
Serenade
Character:Zambrano
Release Date:01/08/1921
Sunless Sunday
Character:
Release Date:31/07/1921
Skirts
Character:
Release Date:10/04/1921
Kismet
Character:Kutayt
Release Date:14/11/1920
The Poor Simp
Character:Jim Donnelly
Release Date:20/08/1920
A Schoolhouse Scandal
Character:
Release Date:07/12/1919
Her First Kiss
Character:
Release Date:30/08/1919
The Island of Intrigue
Character:Jackson, the butler
Release Date:07/04/1919
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Character:American General (uncredited)
Release Date:02/03/1919
Cupid's Day Off
Character:Gambling House Operator
Release Date:12/01/1919
Mickey
Character:Tom Rawlings
Release Date:01/08/1918
That Night
Character:The Proprietor's Henchman
Release Date:16/12/1917
The Late Lamented
Character:The Model's Brother
Release Date:23/09/1917
Two Crooks
Character:The Detective
Release Date:26/08/1917
Thirst
Character:Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)
Release Date:29/07/1917
Whose Baby?
Character:The Fake Minister
Release Date:08/07/1917
Her Torpedoed Love
Character:Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister
Release Date:13/05/1917
The Pullman Bride
Character:Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit
Release Date:01/01/1917
His Bitter Pill
Character:Dan's Henchman
Release Date:30/04/1916
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Character:Man Who Discovers Hat
Release Date:15/12/1915
Double Trouble
Character:Judge Blodgett
Release Date:06/12/1915
Television Appearances
My Favorite Martian
Character:Mike
Bonanza
Character:Townsman (uncredited)
Rawhide
Character:Townsman (uncredited)
Rawhide
Character:Barfly (uncredited)
Rawhide
Character:Juror (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
Character:Night Watchman (uncredited)
The Rifleman
Character:Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
The Texan
Character:Bartender (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Character:Barfly (uncredited)
Maverick
Character:Barkeep (uncredited)
Maverick
Character:Poker Player (uncredited)
Perry Mason
Character:Bit Part (uncredited)
Sugarfoot
Character:Reception Guest (uncredited)
Sugarfoot
Character:Convict (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:Townsman (uncredited)
Hey, Jeannie!
Character:Collector
Cheyenne
Character:Townsman / Barfly (uncredited)
Cheyenne
Character:Bartender (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
Character:Cantina Barfly (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
Character:Barfly (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
Character:Townsman (uncredited)
Topper
Character:Kewpie
The Abbott and Costello Show
Character:Man Carrying Costello
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:
Boston Blackie
Character:Frank
Boston Blackie
Character:Doc's Henchman
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