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