Tom Kennedy

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

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1885-07-14

Died: 1965-10-06

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	The Adventures of Boston Blackie	Frank	40
2	1951	The Adventures of Boston Blackie	Doc's Henchman	40
3	1952	The Ford Television Theatre		73
4	1952	The Abbott and Costello Show	Man Carrying Costello	71
5	1953	Topper	Kewpie	60
6	1955	Gunsmoke	Cantina Barfly (uncredited)	66
7	1955	Gunsmoke	Barfly (uncredited)	66
8	1955	Gunsmoke	Townsman (uncredited)	66
9	1955	Cheyenne	Townsman / Barfly (uncredited)	58
10	1955	Cheyenne	Bartender (uncredited)	58
11	1956	Hey, Jeannie!	Collector	55
12	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Townsman (uncredited)	74
13	1957	Sugarfoot	Reception Guest (uncredited)	48
14	1957	Perry Mason	Bit Part (uncredited)	77
15	1957	Maverick	Barkeep (uncredited)	68
16	1957	Maverick	Poker Player (uncredited)	68
17	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Barfly (uncredited)	69
18	1958	The Texan	Bartender (uncredited)	55
19	1958	The Rifleman	Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)	70
20	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Night Watchman (uncredited)	67
21	1959	Rawhide	Townsman (uncredited)	72
22	1959	Rawhide	Barfly (uncredited)	72
23	1959	Rawhide	Juror (uncredited)	72
24	1959	Bonanza	Townsman (uncredited)	75

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1915	Double Trouble	Judge Blodgett	55
2	1915	Fatty and the Broadway Stars	Man Who Discovers Hat	0
3	1916	His Bitter Pill	Dan's Henchman	52
4	1917	The Pullman Bride	Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit	0
5	1917	Her Torpedoed Love	Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister	50
6	1917	Whose Baby?	The Fake Minister	0
7	1917	Thirst	Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)	0
8	1917	Two Crooks	The Detective	0
9	1917	The Late Lamented	The Model's Brother	0
10	1917	That Night	The Proprietor's Henchman	0
11	1918	Mickey	Tom Rawlings	65
12	1919	Cupid's Day Off	Gambling House Operator	0
13	1919	Yankee Doodle in Berlin	American General (uncredited)	53
14	1919	Her First Kiss		45
15	1920	Kismet	Kutayt	65
16	1921	Sunless Sunday		0
17	1921	Serenade	Zambrano	0
18	1922	Full o' Pep		0
19	1922	Our Leading Citizen	Boots	0
20	1922	The Egg	The Boss	58
21	1922	The Speeder		0
22	1922	The Flirt	Sam Fenton	0
23	1924	Loving Lies	Captain Lindstrom	0
24	1925	As Man Desires	Gorilla Bagsley	30
25	1925	The Best Bad Man	Dan Ellis	0
26	1926	The Yankee Señor	Luke Martin	0
27	1926	Behind the Front	Sergeant	60
28	1926	Born to the West	Dinkey Hooley	40
29	1926	Mantrap	Curly Evans	59
30	1926	The Better 'Ole	The Blacksmith (uncredited)	50
31	1926	We're in the Navy Now	Sailor Percival Scruggs	56
32	1926	Man of the Forest	Sheriff	0
33	1927	The Mysterious Rider	Lem Spooner	0
34	1927	Senorita	Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)	0
35	1927	Alias The Deacon	Bull Moran	0
36	1927	Fireman, Save My Child	Capt. Kennedy	0
37	1927	Silver Valley	'Hayfever' Hawkins	0
38	1927	Ham and Eggs at the Front	Lazarus	0
39	1928	Wife Savers	General Lavoris	0
40	1928	Tillie's Punctured Romance	Property Man	60
41	1928	Hold 'Em Yale	Detective	60
42	1928	None But the Brave	Noah	0
43	1928	The Cop	Sergeant Coughlin	60
44	1928	Marked Money	Bill Clemons	0
45	1929	Glad Rag Doll	Manager	0
46	1929	Big News	Officer Ryan	42
47	1929	Happy Days	Doorman (uncredited)	60
48	1930	The Fall Guy	Detective Burke	55
49	1930	See America Thirst	'Shivering' Smith	0
50	1931	The Gang Buster	'Gopher' Brant	58
51	1931	It Pays to Advertise	Perkins	47
52	1931	Iron Man	Bartender (uncredited)	56
53	1931	Young as You Feel	Colorado Detective	0
54	1931	Caught	Jard Harmon	60
55	1931	Monkey Business	Gibson	70
56	1931	Flying High	Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)	48
57	1932	Lighthouse Love	The Marine Sergeant	0
58	1932	Lighthouse Love	The Marine Sergeant	55
59	1932	The Promoter	Burke	0
60	1932	Huddle	Moving Man (uncredited)	66
61	1932	The Boudoir Butler	Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice	10
62	1932	Skyscraper Souls	Masseur	56
63	1932	Pack Up Your Troubles	Recruiting Sergeant	67
64	1932	The Crooked Circle	Mike, the policeman	48
65	1932	Night After Night	Tom	62
66	1932	If I Had a Million	Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)	67
67	1932	The Devil Is Driving	Fritz (uncredited)	53
68	1932	Fish Feathers		0
69	1932	Lawyer Man	Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)	58
70	1933	She Done Him Wrong	Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)	58
71	1933	Blondie Johnson	Hype (uncredited)	61
72	1933	42nd Street	Slim Murphy (uncredited)	69
73	1933	Hip Zip Hooray	The Prisoner	50
74	1933	Cross Fire	French Bouncer (uncredited)	60
75	1933	Man of the Forest	Sheriff Blake	55
76	1933	Penthouse	Joe (uncredited)	67
77	1933	Day of Reckoning	Furniture Mover	50
78	1933	Suits to Nuts	Client	0
79	1934	Strictly Fresh Yeggs	The Burglar	0
80	1934	Cracked Shots	Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy	0
81	1934	Strictly Dynamite	Junior	53
82	1934	Hollywood Party	Beavers (uncredited)	58
83	1934	Unlucky Strike		0
84	1934	Down to Their Last Yacht	Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)	60
85	1934	The Dancing Millionaire	Crusher McGee	0
86	1935	Horse Heir		0
87	1935	Gum Shoes		0
88	1935	Raised and Called		0
89	1935	Stage Frights		0
90	1935	Alibi Bye Bye	Snoops, the house dick	10
91	1935	Gobs of Trouble		0
92	1935	Old Man Rhythm	Campus Guard	63
93	1935	She Couldn't Take It	Slugs	45
94	1935	Oh, My Nerves		50
95	1935	The Bride Comes Home	Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)	48
96	1936	Just Speeding		0
97	1936	The Country Doctor	Logger (uncredited)	60
98	1936	Poppy	Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)	68
99	1936	Hollywood Boulevard	Bouncer at Pago Pago	25
100	1936	Wives Never Know	Bartender (uncredited)	0
101	1936	The Big Game	Fan in Stands	58
102	1936	Midnight Blunders	Tom	40
103	1936	Grandma's Buoys	Tom	0
104	1936	Free Rent	Mr. Kennedy	0
105	1937	Smart Blonde	Gahagan	61
106	1937	New News	Tom Kennedy	0
107	1937	Behind The Headlines	Tiny	62
108	1937	Armored Car	Tiny	42
109	1937	The Case of the Stuttering Bishop	Jim Magooney	68
110	1937	Slave Ship	Bartender	48
111	1937	Married Before Breakfast	Mr. Baglipp	50
112	1937	Fly Away Baby	Gahagan	62
113	1937	She Had to Eat	Pete	50
114	1937	Marry the Girl	Jasper	50
115	1937	The Big Shot	Bugs	50
116	1937	Bury the Hatchet	Tom	0
117	1937	Varsity Show	Policeman (uncredited)	62
118	1937	Forty Naughty Girls	Detective Casey	52
119	1937	Calling All Curtains		0
120	1937	Living on Love	Pete Ryan	58
121	1937	The Adventurous Blonde	Detective Gahagan	54
122	1937	Wise Girl	Detective	70
123	1938	Crashing Hollywood	Al	58
124	1938	Fiddling Around	Tom Kennedy	0
125	1938	Swing It, Sailor!	Policeman	50
126	1938	Blondes at Work	Gahagan	61
127	1938	He Couldn't Say No	Dimples	55
128	1938	Making the Headlines	Police Sergeant Handley	0
129	1938	Go Chase Yourself	Icebox	45
130	1938	Torchy Blane in Panama	Detective Gahagan	53
131	1938	Danger on the Air	Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)	59
132	1938	Halfway to Hollywood	Tom	0
133	1938	Crime Ring	Dummy	47
134	1938	Torchy Gets Her Man	Gahagan	59
135	1938	Breakdowns of 1938	Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)	50
136	1939	The Long Shot	Mike Claurens	58
137	1939	Torchy Blane in Chinatown	Det. Sgt. Gahagan	60
138	1939	Society Lawyer	Alf	51
139	1939	Torchy Runs for Mayor	Gahagan	58
140	1939	Quiet, Please	Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof	53
141	1939	Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite	Gahagan	60
142	1939	These Glamour Girls	Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)	55
143	1939	The Day the Bookies Wept	Pinky Brophy	50
144	1939	The Covered Trailer	Otto	0
145	1940	Remember the Night	'Fat' Mike	73
146	1940	Millionaire Playboy	Tom Murphy	27
147	1940	Curtain Call	Masseur	73
148	1940	An Angel from Texas	Chopper	48
149	1940	Pop Always Pays	Murphy	0
150	1940	Sporting Blood	Grantly	43
151	1940	Flowing Gold	Petunia	70
152	1940	Mexican Spitfire Out West	Cabbie	46
153	1941	The Great Swindle	Capper Smith	0
154	1941	Thieves Fall Out	Cabbie	55
155	1941	Angels with Broken Wings	Gus	37
156	1941	Man-I-Cured	House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend	0
157	1941	Sailors on Leave	Dugan	0
158	1941	The Officer and the Lady	Bumps O'Neil	60
159	1941	The Mexican Spitfire's Baby	Sheriff Judson	43
160	1941	Sweet Spirits of the Nighter	Tom	0
161	1942	Pardon My Stripes	Casino	60
162	1942	Butch Minds the Baby	Philly the Weeper	0
163	1942	Blondie's Blessed Event	Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)	73
164	1942	Broadway	Kerry (uncredited)	55
165	1942	Mexican Spitfire's Elephant	Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender	52
166	1942	Pretty Dolly	Gus	0
167	1943	Dixie Dugan	Sergeant (uncredited)	50
168	1943	Hit Parade of 1943	Westinghouse	52
169	1943	Ladies' Day	Dugan	43
170	1943	Taxi, Mister	Kennedy	42
171	1943	Dixie	Barkeeper (uncredited)	30
172	1943	Stage Door Canteen	Tom Kennedy	58
173	1943	Petticoat Larceny	Pinky	67
174	1943	So's Your Uncle	Cop	50
175	1943	Cutie on Duty	Rocky	0
176	1943	Here Comes Elmer	Johnson	0
177	1943	Campus Rhythm	Police Sergeant	45
178	1943	True to Life	Customer (uncredited)	60
179	1943	Wedtime Stories	House Detective	0
180	1944	Radio Rampage	Mr. Thompson	0
181	1944	The Girl in the Case	Watchman (uncredited)	60
182	1944	And the Angels Sing	Potatoes	70
183	1944	Take It Big	Moving Man (uncredited)	0
184	1944	Girls! Girls! Girls!	Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan	0
185	1944	Moonlight and Cactus	Lucky	40
186	1944	The Princess and the Pirate	Alonzo	69
187	1944	The Town Went Wild	Policeman	50
188	1945	The Man Who Walked Alone	Officer #1	55
189	1945	It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog		0
190	1945	Where the Pest Begins	Jonathan Batts	45
191	1945	Voice of the Whistler	Ferdinand / Hammerlock	57
192	1945	Man Alive	Bartender (uncredited)	51
193	1946	Blonde Alibi	Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)	39
194	1946	The Kid from Brooklyn	Referee #1 (uncredited)	62
195	1946	Jiggers, My Wife	Joe	0
196	1946	Motor Maniacs	Mother's Suitor	0
197	1946	Society Mugs	Tom	50
198	1946	So's Your Antenna		0
199	1947	The Mighty McGurk	Bruiser (uncredited)	64
200	1947	The Hat Box Mystery	Policeman Murphy	42
201	1947	The Case of the Baby-Sitter	Officer Murphy	40
202	1947	The Pretender	Fingers Murdock	55
203	1947	The Burning Cross	Police Station Sergeant	50
204	1947	Magic Town	Moving Man (uncredited)	67
205	1947	Dangerous Years	Mr. Adamson	64
206	1947	The Judge Steps Out	Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)	70
207	1948	Devil's Cargo	Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado	55
208	1948	Jinx Money	Officer Rooney	47
209	1948	Joe Palooka in Winner Take All	Lefty	60
210	1948	Thunder in the Pines	Josh, the Station Master	37
211	1948	The Paleface	Bartender	61
212	1948	Trouble Preferred	Night Watchman (uncredited)	0
213	1949	The Mutineers	Butch	0
214	1949	Square Dance Jubilee	Bartender Tom	40
215	1950	Riding High	Racetrack Mug (uncredited)	58
216	1950	Triple Trouble	Third Convict Calling Out from Cell	62
217	1951	The Scarf	Asylum Inmate	57
218	1951	The Awful Sleuth	Pinky	0
219	1951	Let's Go Navy!	Officer Donovan	70
220	1951	Havana Rose	House Detective	0
221	1951	Fraidy Cat	I. Katchum (uncredited)	0
222	1952	Gold Fever	Big Tom	50
223	1952	Invasion, U.S.A.	Tim, Bartender	32
224	1953	Loose Loot	Joe	66
225	1953	Spooks!	Mr. Hyde	62
226	1955	Hook a Crook	I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)	0
227	1957	Public Pigeon No. 1	Prison Guard (uncredited)	60
228	1959	Some Like It Hot	Bouncer (uncredited)	81
229	1960	Walk Like a Dragon	Jethro the Bartender	50
230	1963	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	Traffic Cop (uncredited)	70
231	1965	The Bounty Killer	Waiter	58
232	1999	Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl	Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)	77
233	2006	42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage	Self (archive footage)	60

Tom Kennedy

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