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)
The Texan as Bartender (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Barfly (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip as Night Watchman (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
Spooks! as Mr. Hyde
Loose Loot as Joe

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

1950

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

1949

The Mutineers as Butch
Square Dance Jubilee as Bartender Tom

1948

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

1947

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

1946

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

1945

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

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

Glad Rag Doll as Manager
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

1928

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

1927

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

1926

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

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

1921

1920

The Poor Simp as Jim Donnelly
Kismet as Kutayt

1919

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

1918

Mickey as Tom Rawlings

1917

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

1916

His Bitter Pill as Dan's Henchman

1915

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