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.
Acted in 234
1960s
- 1965
- 1963
- 1960
Walk Like a Dragon
Jethro the Bartender
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
Public Pigeon No. 1
Prison Guard (uncredited)
- 1956
Hey, Jeannie!
Collector · 1 episode
- 1955
Hook a Crook
I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1953
Spooks!
Mr. Hyde
Loose Loot
Joe
- 1952
Invasion, U.S.A.
Tim, Bartender
Gold Fever
Big Tom
- 1951
Havana Rose
House Detective
Let's Go Navy!
Officer Donovan
The Awful Sleuth
Pinky
The Scarf
Asylum Inmate
- 1950
Triple Trouble
Third Convict Calling Out from Cell
Riding High
Racetrack Mug (uncredited)
1940s
- 1949
Square Dance Jubilee
Bartender Tom
The Mutineers
Butch
- 1948
Trouble Preferred
Night Watchman (uncredited)
Thunder in the Pines
Josh, the Station Master
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Lefty
Jinx Money
Officer Rooney
Devil's Cargo
Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado
- 1947
The Judge Steps Out
Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)
Magic Town
Moving Man (uncredited)
The Burning Cross
Police Station Sergeant
The Pretender
Fingers Murdock
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
Officer Murphy
The Hat Box Mystery
Policeman Murphy
The Mighty McGurk
Bruiser (uncredited)
- 1946
So's Your Antenna
Movie
Society Mugs
Tom
Jiggers, My Wife
Joe
Blonde Alibi
Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)
- 1945
Man Alive
Bartender (uncredited)
Voice of the Whistler
Ferdinand / Hammerlock
Where the Pest Begins
Jonathan Batts
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Movie
- 1944
The Town Went Wild
Policeman
Moonlight and Cactus
Lucky
Take It Big
Moving Man (uncredited)
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan
And the Angels Sing
Potatoes
The Girl in the Case
Watchman (uncredited)
- 1943
True to Life
Customer (uncredited)
Wedtime Stories
House Detective
Campus Rhythm
Police Sergeant
Here Comes Elmer
Johnson
Cutie on Duty
Rocky
So's Your Uncle
Cop
Petticoat Larceny
Pinky
Dixie
Barkeeper (uncredited)
Taxi, Mister
Kennedy
Ladies' Day
Dugan
Hit Parade of 1943
Westinghouse
Dixie Dugan
Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1942
Pretty Dolly
Gus
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender
Broadway
Kerry (uncredited)
Blondie's Blessed Event
Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)
Butch Minds the Baby
Philly the Weeper
Pardon My Stripes
Casino
Home Work
Movie
- 1941
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
Tom
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Sheriff Judson
The Officer and the Lady
Bumps O'Neil
Sailors on Leave
Dugan
Man-I-Cured
House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend
Angels with Broken Wings
Gus
Thieves Fall Out
Cabbie
The Great Swindle
Capper Smith
- 1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Cabbie
Flowing Gold
Petunia
Sporting Blood
Grantly
Pop Always Pays
Murphy
An Angel from Texas
Chopper
Curtain Call
Masseur
1930s
- 1939
The Covered Trailer
Otto
The Day the Bookies Wept
Pinky Brophy
These Glamour Girls
Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Gahagan
Quiet, Please
Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Gahagan
Society Lawyer
Alf
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Det. Sgt. Gahagan
The Long Shot
Mike Claurens
- 1938
Breakdowns of 1938
Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Torchy Gets Her Man
Gahagan
Crime Ring
Dummy
Danger on the Air
Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)
Torchy Blane in Panama
Detective Gahagan
Go Chase Yourself
Icebox
Making the Headlines
Police Sergeant Handley
He Couldn't Say No
Dimples
Blondes at Work
Gahagan
Swing It, Sailor!
Policeman
Crashing Hollywood
Al
- 1937
Wise Girl
Detective
The Adventurous Blonde
Detective Gahagan
Living on Love
Pete Ryan
Forty Naughty Girls
Detective Casey
Varsity Show
Policeman (uncredited)
The Big Shot
Bugs
Marry the Girl
Jasper
She Had to Eat
Pete
Fly Away Baby
Gahagan
Married Before Breakfast
Mr. Baglipp
Slave Ship
Bartender
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Jim Magooney
Armored Car
Tiny
Behind The Headlines
Tiny
Smart Blonde
Gahagan
- 1936
Free Rent
Mr. Kennedy
Midnight Blunders
Tom
The Big Game
Fan in Stands
Wives Never Know
Bartender (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
Bouncer at Pago Pago
Poppy
Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
The Country Doctor
Logger (uncredited)
- 1935
The Bride Comes Home
Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)
Oh, My Nerves
Movie
She Couldn't Take It
Slugs
Old Man Rhythm
Campus Guard
Alibi Bye Bye
Snoops, the house dick
Gum Shoes
Movie
- 1934
Unlucky Strike
Movie
Down to Their Last Yacht
Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)
Hollywood Party
Beavers (uncredited)
Strictly Dynamite
Junior
In the Devildog House
Jennie's Husband
- 1933
Suits to Nuts
Client
Day of Reckoning
Furniture Mover
Penthouse
Joe (uncredited)
Cross Fire
French Bouncer (uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
Hype (uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong
Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)
- 1932
The Devil Is Driving
Fritz (uncredited)
Night After Night
Tom
The Crooked Circle
Mike, the policeman
Skyscraper Souls
Masseur
Huddle
Moving Man (uncredited)
- 1931
Flying High
Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)
Caught
Jard Harmon
Young as You Feel
Colorado Detective
Iron Man
Bartender (uncredited)
It Pays to Advertise
Perkins
The Gang Buster
'Gopher' Brant
- 1930
See America Thirst
'Shivering' Smith
The Fall Guy
Detective Burke
1920s
- 1929
The Shannons of Broadway
Burt
Happy Days
Doorman (uncredited)
Glad Rag Doll
Manager
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
Crook
- 1928
Love Over Night
Detective
The Cop
Sergeant Coughlin
None But the Brave
Noah
Hold 'Em Yale
Detective
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Property Man
- 1927
Ham and Eggs at the Front
Lazarus
Fireman, Save My Child
Capt. Kennedy
Alias The Deacon
Bull Moran
Senorita
Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)
The Mysterious Rider
Lem Spooner
- 1926
Man of the Forest
Sheriff
We're in the Navy Now
Sailor Percival Scruggs
The Better 'Ole
The Blacksmith (uncredited)
Mantrap
Curly Evans
Born to the West
Dinkey Hooley
Behind the Front
Sergeant
The Yankee Señor
Luke Martin
- 1925
The Best Bad Man
Dan Ellis
As Man Desires
Gorilla Bagsley
- 1924
Loving Lies
Captain Lindstrom
- 1922
The Flirt
Sam Fenton
The Flaming Hour
Ben
The Speeder
Movie
The Egg
The Boss
If You Believe It, It's So
Bartender
Our Leading Citizen
Boots
- 1921
Serenade
Zambrano
Sunless Sunday
Movie
Skirts
Movie
- 1920
Kismet
Kutayt
The Poor Simp
Jim Donnelly
1910s
- 1919
The Island of Intrigue
Jackson, the butler
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
American General (uncredited)
- 1918
Mickey
Tom Rawlings
- 1917
That Night
The Proprietor's Henchman
The Late Lamented
The Model's Brother
Thirst
Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)
Whose Baby?
The Fake Minister
Her Torpedoed Love
Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister
The Pullman Bride
Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit
- 1916
His Bitter Pill
Dan's Henchman
- 1915
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Man Who Discovers Hat
Double Trouble
Judge Blodgett
Appearances2
2000s
- 2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
1990s
- 1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)