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