Tom Kennedy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1885-07-14
Day of Death
1965-10-06 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Tom 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.
Known For
Acting
(2006)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)
(1965)
The Bounty Killer
as Waiter
(1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
(1960)
Walk Like a Dragon
as Jethro the Bartender
(1959)
Some Like It Hot
as Bouncer (uncredited)
(1957)
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
(1955)
Hook a Crook
as I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1953)
Spooks!
as Mr. Hyde
(1953)
Loose Loot
as Joe
(1952)
Invasion, U.S.A.
as Tim, Bartender
(1952)
Gold Fever
as Big Tom
(1951)
The Scarf
as Asylum Inmate
(1951)
Fraidy Cat
as I. Katchum (uncredited)
(1951)
Havana Rose
as House Detective
(1951)
The Awful Sleuth
as Pinky
(1951)
Let's Go Navy!
as Officer Donovan
(1950)
Riding High
as Racetrack Mug (uncredited)
(1950)
Triple Trouble
as Third Convict Calling Out from Cell
(1949)
Square Dance Jubilee
as Bartender Tom
(1949)
The Mutineers
as Butch
(1948)
The Paleface
as Bartender
(1948)
Devil's Cargo
as Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado
(1948)
Jinx Money
as Officer Rooney
(1948)
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Lefty
(1948)
Trouble Preferred
as Night Watchman (uncredited)
(1948)
Thunder in the Pines
as Josh, the Station Master
(1947)
Dangerous Years
as Mr. Adamson
(1947)
Magic Town
as Moving Man (uncredited)
(1947)
The Mighty McGurk
as Bruiser (uncredited)
(1947)
The Burning Cross
as Police Station Sergeant
(1947)
The Hat Box Mystery
as Policeman Murphy
(1947)
The Judge Steps Out
as Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)
(1947)
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
as Officer Murphy
(1947)
The Pretender
as Fingers Murdock
(1946)
Blonde Alibi
as Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)
(1946)
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Referee #1 (uncredited)
(1946)
Jiggers, My Wife
as Joe
(1946)
Society Mugs
as Tom
(1946)
Motor Maniacs
as Mother's Suitor
(1946)
(1945)
The Man Who Walked Alone
as Officer #1
(1945)
Man Alive
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1945)
Voice of the Whistler
as Ferdinand / Hammerlock
(1945)
Where the Pest Begins
as Jonathan Batts
(1945)
(1944)
The Princess and the Pirate
as Alonzo
(1944)
And the Angels Sing
as Potatoes
(1944)
The Town Went Wild
as Policeman
(1944)
Take It Big
as Moving Man (uncredited)
(1944)
Moonlight and Cactus
as Lucky
(1944)
The Girl in the Case
as Watchman (uncredited)
(1944)
Girls! Girls! Girls!
as Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan
(1944)
Radio Rampage
as Mr. Thompson
(1943)
Stage Door Canteen
as Tom Kennedy
(1943)
Dixie Dugan
as Sergeant (uncredited)
(1943)
Dixie
as Barkeeper (uncredited)
(1943)
True to Life
as Customer (uncredited)
(1943)
Taxi, Mister
as Kennedy
(1943)
Petticoat Larceny
as Pinky
(1943)
So's Your Uncle
as Cop
(1943)
Here Comes Elmer
as Johnson
(1943)
Hit Parade of 1943
as Westinghouse
(1943)
Campus Rhythm
as Police Sergeant
(1943)
Wedtime Stories
as House Detective
(1943)
Ladies' Day
as Dugan
(1943)
Cutie on Duty
as Rocky
(1942)
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender
(1942)
Butch Minds the Baby
as Philly the Weeper
(1942)
Broadway
as Kerry (uncredited)
(1942)
Blondie's Blessed Event
as Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)
(1942)
Pardon My Stripes
as Casino
(1942)
Pretty Dolly
as Gus
(1941)
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Sheriff Judson
(1941)
Sailors on Leave
as Dugan
(1941)
Angels with Broken Wings
as Gus
(1941)
Thieves Fall Out
as Cabbie
(1941)
The Great Swindle
as Capper Smith
(1941)
The Officer and the Lady
as Bumps O'Neil
(1941)
(1941)
Man-I-Cured
as House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend
(1940)
Remember the Night
as 'Fat' Mike
(1940)
Flowing Gold
as Petunia
(1940)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Cabbie
(1940)
Curtain Call
as Masseur
(1940)
Sporting Blood
as Grantly
(1940)
An Angel from Texas
as Chopper
(1940)
Pop Always Pays
as Murphy
(1940)
Millionaire Playboy
as Tom Murphy
(1939)
These Glamour Girls
as Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)
(1939)
The Long Shot
as Mike Claurens
(1939)
Society Lawyer
as Alf
(1939)
Torchy Runs for Mayor
as Gahagan
(1939)
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
as Gahagan
(1939)
Quiet, Please
as Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof
(1939)
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
as Det. Sgt. Gahagan
(1939)
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Pinky Brophy
(1939)
The Covered Trailer
as Otto
(1938)
Breakdowns of 1938
as Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1938)
He Couldn't Say No
as Dimples
(1938)
Crime Ring
as Dummy
(1938)
Blondes at Work
as Gahagan
(1938)
Torchy Blane in Panama
as Detective Gahagan
(1938)
Go Chase Yourself
as Icebox
(1938)
Torchy Gets Her Man
as Gahagan
(1938)
Crashing Hollywood
as Al
(1938)
Swing It, Sailor!
as Policeman
(1938)
Danger on the Air
as Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)
(1938)
Halfway to Hollywood
as Tom
(1938)
Fiddling Around
as Tom Kennedy
(1938)
Making the Headlines
as Police Sergeant Handley
(1937)
Slave Ship
as Bartender
(1937)
Varsity Show
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1937)
Wise Girl
as Detective
(1937)
New News
as Tom Kennedy
(1937)
Fly Away Baby
as Gahagan
(1937)
Smart Blonde
as Gahagan
(1937)
Forty Naughty Girls
as Detective Casey
(1937)
Armored Car
as Tiny
(1937)
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Jim Magooney
(1937)
Married Before Breakfast
as Mr. Baglipp
(1937)
Behind The Headlines
as Tiny
(1937)
She Had to Eat
as Pete
(1937)
The Adventurous Blonde
as Detective Gahagan
(1937)
The Big Shot
as Bugs
(1937)
Marry the Girl
as Jasper
(1937)
Living on Love
as Pete Ryan
(1937)
(1937)
Bury the Hatchet
as Tom
(1936)
Poppy
as Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Bouncer at Pago Pago
(1936)
The Big Game
as Fan in Stands
(1936)
Wives Never Know
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1936)
The Country Doctor
as Logger (uncredited)
(1936)
Midnight Blunders
as Tom
(1936)
Grandma's Buoys
as Tom
(1936)
(1936)
(1935)
She Couldn't Take It
as Slugs
(1935)
(1935)
The Bride Comes Home
as Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)
(1935)
Old Man Rhythm
as Campus Guard
(1935)
Alibi Bye Bye
as Snoops, the house dick
(1935)
(1935)
(1935)
(1935)
(1935)
(1934)
Hollywood Party
as Beavers (uncredited)
(1934)
Down to Their Last Yacht
as Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)
(1934)
Strictly Dynamite
as Junior
(1934)
The Dancing Millionaire
as Crusher McGee
(1934)
(1934)
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
as The Burglar
(1934)
Cracked Shots
as Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy
(1933)
42nd Street
as Slim Murphy (uncredited)
(1933)
She Done Him Wrong
as Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)
(1933)
Penthouse
as Joe (uncredited)
(1933)
Man of the Forest
as Sheriff Blake
(1933)
Cross Fire
as French Bouncer (uncredited)
(1933)
Day of Reckoning
as Furniture Mover
(1933)
Blondie Johnson
as Hype (uncredited)
(1933)
Suits to Nuts
as Client
(1933)
Hip Zip Hooray
as The Prisoner
(1932)
Skyscraper Souls
as Masseur
(1932)
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Recruiting Sergeant
(1932)
Night After Night
as Tom
(1932)
Huddle
as Moving Man (uncredited)
(1932)
If I Had a Million
as Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
(1932)
Lawyer Man
as Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)
(1932)
(1932)
The Promoter
as Burke
(1932)
The Crooked Circle
as Mike, the policeman
(1932)
The Boudoir Butler
as Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice
(1932)
Lighthouse Love
as The Marine Sergeant
(1932)
Lighthouse Love
as The Marine Sergeant
(1931)
Monkey Business
as Gibson
(1931)
Flying High
as Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)
(1931)
Iron Man
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1931)
Young as You Feel
as Colorado Detective
(1931)
It Pays to Advertise
as Perkins
(1931)
The Gang Buster
as 'Gopher' Brant
(1931)
Caught
as Jard Harmon
(1930)
The Fall Guy
as Detective Burke
(1930)
See America Thirst
as 'Shivering' Smith
(1929)
Big News
as Officer Ryan
(1929)
Glad Rag Doll
as Manager
(1929)
Happy Days
as Doorman (uncredited)
(1928)
The Cop
as Sergeant Coughlin
(1928)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Property Man
(1928)
Hold 'Em Yale
as Detective
(1928)
Wife Savers
as General Lavoris
(1928)
Marked Money
as Bill Clemons
(1928)
None But the Brave
as Noah
(1927)
Ham and Eggs at the Front
as Lazarus
(1927)
Senorita
as Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)
(1927)
Fireman, Save My Child
as Capt. Kennedy
(1927)
Silver Valley
as 'Hayfever' Hawkins
(1927)
The Mysterious Rider
as Lem Spooner
(1927)
Alias The Deacon
as Bull Moran
(1926)
Mantrap
as Curly Evans
(1926)
Behind the Front
as Sergeant
(1926)
The Yankee Señor
as Luke Martin
(1926)
Man of the Forest
as Sheriff
(1926)
Born to the West
as Dinkey Hooley
(1926)
The Better 'Ole
as The Blacksmith (uncredited)
(1926)
We're in the Navy Now
as Sailor Percival Scruggs
(1925)
The Best Bad Man
as Dan Ellis
(1925)
As Man Desires
as Gorilla Bagsley
(1924)
Loving Lies
as Captain Lindstrom
(1922)
Our Leading Citizen
as Boots
(1922)
The Flirt
as Sam Fenton
(1922)
(1922)
(1922)
The Egg
as The Boss
(1921)
Serenade
as Zambrano
(1921)
(1920)
Kismet
as Kutayt
(1919)
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
as American General (uncredited)
(1919)
(1919)
Cupid's Day Off
as Gambling House Operator
(1918)
Mickey
as Tom Rawlings
(1917)
Thirst
as Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)
(1917)
Whose Baby?
as The Fake Minister
(1917)
Her Torpedoed Love
as Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister
(1917)
That Night
as The Proprietor's Henchman
(1917)
The Late Lamented
as The Model's Brother
(1917)
The Pullman Bride
as Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit
(1917)
Two Crooks
as The Detective
(1916)
His Bitter Pill
as Dan's Henchman
(1915)
Double Trouble
as Judge Blodgett
(1915)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
as Man Who Discovers Hat