Tom Kennedy

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

Died: 1965-10-06

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

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

My Favorite Martian as Mike
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Traffic Cop (uncredited)

1960

Walk Like a Dragon as Jethro the Bartender

1959

Bonanza as Townsman (uncredited)
Rawhide as Townsman (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot as Bouncer (uncredited)

1958

The Rifleman as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Barfly (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip as Night Watchman (uncredited)
The Texan as Bartender (uncredited)

1957

Perry Mason as Bit Part (uncredited)
Maverick as Barkeep (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel as Townsman (uncredited)
Sugarfoot as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Public Pigeon No. 1 as Prison Guard (uncredited)

1956

Hey, Jeannie! as Collector
Conflict as Iron Bob Mills

1955

Cheyenne as Townsman / Barfly (uncredited)
Gunsmoke as Cantina Barfly (uncredited)
Hook a Crook as I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)

1953

Topper as Kewpie
Loose Loot as Joe
Spooks! as Mr. Hyde

1952

The Ford Television Theatre
The Abbott and Costello Show as Man Carrying Costello
Invasion, U.S.A. as Tim, Bartender
Gold Fever as Big Tom

1951

Boston Blackie as Frank
M as Hood (uncredited)
Let's Go Navy! as Officer Donovan
The Scarf as Asylum Inmate
Havana Rose as House Detective
Fraidy Cat as I. Katchum (uncredited)
The Awful Sleuth as Pinky

1950

Triple Trouble as Third Convict Calling Out from Cell
Riding High as Racetrack Mug (uncredited)

1949

Square Dance Jubilee as Bartender Tom
The Mutineers as Butch

1948

The Paleface as Bartender
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All as Lefty
Jinx Money as Officer Rooney
Thunder in the Pines as Josh, the Station Master
Devil's Cargo as Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado
Trouble Preferred as Night Watchman (uncredited)

1947

Magic Town as Moving Man (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out as Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)
The Case of the Baby-Sitter as Officer Murphy
The Burning Cross as Police Station Sergeant
The Pretender as Fingers Murdock
The Mighty McGurk as Bruiser (uncredited)
The Hat Box Mystery as Policeman Murphy
Dangerous Years as Mr. Adamson

1946

The Kid from Brooklyn as Referee #1 (uncredited)
Motor Maniacs as Mother's Suitor
Blonde Alibi as Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)
So's Your Antenna
Society Mugs as Tom
Jiggers, My Wife as Joe

1945

Voice of the Whistler as Ferdinand / Hammerlock
Where the Pest Begins as Jonathan Batts
The Man Who Walked Alone as Officer #1
Man Alive as Bartender (uncredited)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

1944

The Princess and the Pirate as Alonzo
And the Angels Sing as Potatoes
The Town Went Wild as Policeman
The Girl in the Case as Watchman (uncredited)
Radio Rampage as Mr. Thompson
Take It Big as Moving Man (uncredited)
Moonlight and Cactus as Lucky
Girls! Girls! Girls! as Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan

1943

Dixie as Barkeeper (uncredited)
Stage Door Canteen as Tom Kennedy
So's Your Uncle as Cop
True to Life as Customer (uncredited)
Petticoat Larceny as Pinky
Here Comes Elmer as Johnson
Hit Parade of 1943 as Westinghouse
Ladies' Day as Dugan
Cutie on Duty as Rocky
Dixie Dugan as Sergeant (uncredited)
Campus Rhythm as Police Sergeant
Taxi, Mister as Kennedy
Wedtime Stories as House Detective

1942

Butch Minds the Baby as Philly the Weeper
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant as Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender
Pretty Dolly as Gus
Blondie's Blessed Event as Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)
Broadway as Kerry (uncredited)
Home Work
Phoney Cronies as Tom
Pardon My Stripes as Casino

1941

The Officer and the Lady as Bumps O'Neil
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter as Tom
Angels with Broken Wings as Gus
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby as Sheriff Judson
Thieves Fall Out as Cabbie
Sailors on Leave as Dugan
The Great Swindle as Capper Smith
Man-I-Cured as House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend

1940

Remember the Night as 'Fat' Mike
Millionaire Playboy as Tom Murphy
An Angel from Texas as Chopper
Mexican Spitfire Out West as Cabbie
Flowing Gold as Petunia
Sporting Blood as Grantly
Pop Always Pays as Murphy
Curtain Call as Masseur

1939

The Day the Bookies Wept as Pinky Brophy
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite as Gahagan
Torchy Blane in Chinatown as Det. Sgt. Gahagan
Torchy Runs for Mayor as Gahagan
The Long Shot as Mike Claurens
Society Lawyer as Alf
Quiet, Please as Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof
These Glamour Girls as Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)
The Covered Trailer as Otto

1938

Torchy Blane in Panama as Detective Gahagan
Torchy Gets Her Man as Gahagan
Danger on the Air as Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938 as Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fiddling Around as Tom Kennedy
He Couldn't Say No as Dimples
Go Chase Yourself as Icebox
Blondes at Work as Gahagan
Swing It, Sailor! as Policeman
Crime Ring as Dummy
Crashing Hollywood as Al
Halfway to Hollywood as Tom
Making the Headlines as Police Sergeant Handley

1937

Wise Girl as Detective
She Had to Eat as Pete
Varsity Show as Policeman (uncredited)
The Adventurous Blonde as Detective Gahagan
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop as Jim Magooney
Slave Ship as Bartender
Marry the Girl as Jasper
Forty Naughty Girls as Detective Casey
Armored Car as Tiny
Living on Love as Pete Ryan
Smart Blonde as Gahagan
Fly Away Baby as Gahagan
The Big Shot as Bugs
Behind The Headlines as Tiny
Married Before Breakfast as Mr. Baglipp
New News as Tom Kennedy
Calling All Curtains
Bury the Hatchet as Tom

1936

The Country Doctor as Logger (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard as Bouncer at Pago Pago
Just Speeding
Wives Never Know as Bartender (uncredited)
Free Rent as Mr. Kennedy
The Big Game as Fan in Stands
Poppy as Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
Grandma's Buoys as Tom
Midnight Blunders as Tom

1935

The Bride Comes Home as Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)
She Couldn't Take It as Slugs
Horse Heir
Sock Me to Sleep as Battling McGee
Old Man Rhythm as Campus Guard
Gum Shoes
Alibi Bye Bye as Snoops, the house dick
Raised and Called
Oh, My Nerves
Gobs of Trouble
Stage Frights

1934

Hollywood Party as Beavers (uncredited)
Down to Their Last Yacht as Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)
Cracked Shots as Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy
Unlucky Strike
Odor in the Court as Plug Hardy
In the Devildog House as Jennie's Husband
The Dancing Millionaire as Crusher McGee
Strictly Dynamite as Junior
Strictly Fresh Yeggs as The Burglar

1933

42nd Street as Slim Murphy (uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong as Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)
Man of the Forest as Sheriff Blake
Blondie Johnson as Hype (uncredited)
Penthouse as Joe (uncredited)
Hip Zip Hooray as The Prisoner
Day of Reckoning as Furniture Mover
Suits to Nuts as Client
Cross Fire as French Bouncer (uncredited)

1932

If I Had a Million as Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles as Recruiting Sergeant
The Devil Is Driving as Fritz (uncredited)
Huddle as Moving Man (uncredited)
Night After Night as Tom
Lighthouse Love as The Marine Sergeant
Fish Feathers
Skyscraper Souls as Masseur
Lawyer Man as Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)
The Boudoir Butler as Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice
The Promoter as Burke
The Crooked Circle as Mike, the policeman

1931

Monkey Business as Gibson
How Comedies Are Born as Tom
It Pays to Advertise as Perkins
Young as You Feel as Colorado Detective
Flying High as Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)
Iron Man as Bartender (uncredited)
Caught as Jard Harmon
The Gang Buster as 'Gopher' Brant

1930

The Fall Guy as Detective Burke
See America Thirst as 'Shivering' Smith

1929

Happy Days as Doorman (uncredited)
The Shannons of Broadway as Burt
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City as Crook
Big News as Officer Ryan
Glad Rag Doll as Manager

1928

Wife Savers as General Lavoris
The Cop as Sergeant Coughlin
None But the Brave as Noah
Tillie's Punctured Romance as Property Man
Hold 'Em Yale as Detective
Love Over Night as Detective
Marked Money as Bill Clemons

1927

Silver Valley as 'Hayfever' Hawkins
Senorita as Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)
Ham and Eggs at the Front as Lazarus
Fireman, Save My Child as Capt. Kennedy
The Mysterious Rider as Lem Spooner
Alias The Deacon as Bull Moran

1926

Sir Lumberjack as Bill Blake
Man of the Forest as Sheriff
Mantrap as Curly Evans
We're in the Navy Now as Sailor Percival Scruggs
Born to the West as Dinkey Hooley
The Better 'Ole as The Blacksmith (uncredited)
Behind the Front as Sergeant
The Yankee Señor as Luke Martin

1925

The Best Bad Man as Dan Ellis
As Man Desires as Gorilla Bagsley

1924

Loving Lies as Captain Lindstrom

1922

If You Believe It, It's So as Bartender
Full o' Pep
The Flirt as Sam Fenton
The Speeder
The Flaming Hour as Ben
The Egg as The Boss
Our Leading Citizen as Boots

1921

1920

The Poor Simp as Jim Donnelly
Kismet as Kutayt

1919

Yankee Doodle in Berlin as American General (uncredited)
The Island of Intrigue as Jackson, the butler
Cupid's Day Off as Gambling House Operator
A Schoolhouse Scandal
Her First Kiss

1918

Mickey as Tom Rawlings

1917

Whose Baby? as The Fake Minister
Her Torpedoed Love as Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister
That Night as The Proprietor's Henchman
Two Crooks as The Detective
The Late Lamented as The Model's Brother
The Pullman Bride as Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit
Thirst as Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)

1916

His Bitter Pill as Dan's Henchman

1915

Fatty and the Broadway Stars as Man Who Discovers Hat
Double Trouble as Judge Blodgett