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
- The Scarf as Asylum Inmate
- Fraidy Cat as I. Katchum (uncredited)
- Havana Rose as House Detective
- The Awful Sleuth as Pinky
- Let's Go Navy! as Officer Donovan
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
- Jinx Money as Officer Rooney
- Devil's Cargo as Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado
- Trouble Preferred as Night Watchman (uncredited)
- Joe Palooka in Winner Take All as Lefty
- Thunder in the Pines as Josh, the Station Master
1947
- Magic Town as Moving Man (uncredited)
- The Burning Cross as Police Station Sergeant
- The Judge Steps Out as Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)
- The Mighty McGurk as Bruiser (uncredited)
- Dangerous Years as Mr. Adamson
- The Case of the Baby-Sitter as Officer Murphy
- The Hat Box Mystery as Policeman Murphy
- The Pretender as Fingers Murdock
1946
- The Kid from Brooklyn as Referee #1 (uncredited)
- Blonde Alibi as Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)
- Society Mugs as Tom
- So's Your Antenna
- Motor Maniacs as Mother's Suitor
- Jiggers, My Wife as Joe
1945
- Voice of the Whistler as Ferdinand / Hammerlock
- Where the Pest Begins as Jonathan Batts
- Man Alive as Bartender (uncredited)
- The Man Who Walked Alone as Officer #1
- It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1944
- The Princess and the Pirate as Alonzo
- And the Angels Sing as Potatoes
- Take It Big as Moving Man (uncredited)
- The Girl in the Case as Watchman (uncredited)
- The Town Went Wild as Policeman
- Girls! Girls! Girls! as Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan
- Moonlight and Cactus as Lucky
- Radio Rampage as Mr. Thompson
1943
- Stage Door Canteen as Tom Kennedy
- Dixie Dugan as Sergeant (uncredited)
- Here Comes Elmer as Johnson
- Petticoat Larceny as Pinky
- True to Life as Customer (uncredited)
- Hit Parade of 1943 as Westinghouse
- Taxi, Mister as Kennedy
- Campus Rhythm as Police Sergeant
- So's Your Uncle as Cop
- Dixie as Barkeeper (uncredited)
- Ladies' Day as Dugan
- Wedtime Stories as House Detective
- Cutie on Duty as Rocky
1942
- Mexican Spitfire's Elephant as Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender
- Butch Minds the Baby as Philly the Weeper
- Broadway as Kerry (uncredited)
- Blondie's Blessed Event as Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)
- Pardon My Stripes as Casino
- Home Work
- Pretty Dolly as Gus
- Phoney Cronies as Tom
1941
- The Mexican Spitfire's Baby as Sheriff Judson
- Thieves Fall Out as Cabbie
- Sailors on Leave as Dugan
- Angels with Broken Wings as Gus
- The Great Swindle as Capper Smith
- The Officer and the Lady as Bumps O'Neil
- Sweet Spirits of the Nighter as Tom
- Man-I-Cured as House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend
1940
- Remember the Night as 'Fat' Mike
- Millionaire Playboy as Tom Murphy
- Pop Always Pays as Murphy
- Mexican Spitfire Out West as Cabbie
- Sporting Blood as Grantly
- Flowing Gold as Petunia
- An Angel from Texas as Chopper
- Curtain Call as Masseur
1939
- Society Lawyer as Alf
- These Glamour Girls as Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)
- Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite as Gahagan
- Torchy Runs for Mayor as Gahagan
- Torchy Blane in Chinatown as Det. Sgt. Gahagan
- Quiet, Please as Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof
- The Long Shot as Mike Claurens
- The Day the Bookies Wept as Pinky Brophy
- The Covered Trailer as Otto
1938
- Danger on the Air as Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)
- Torchy Blane in Panama as Detective Gahagan
- Blondes at Work as Gahagan
- Torchy Gets Her Man as Gahagan
- Breakdowns of 1938 as Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)
- He Couldn't Say No as Dimples
- Making the Headlines as Police Sergeant Handley
- Crime Ring as Dummy
- Crashing Hollywood as Al
- Go Chase Yourself as Icebox
- Fiddling Around as Tom Kennedy
- Halfway to Hollywood as Tom
- Swing It, Sailor! as Policeman
1937
- Slave Ship as Bartender
- Marry the Girl as Jasper
- The Case of the Stuttering Bishop as Jim Magooney
- Wise Girl as Detective
- Varsity Show as Policeman (uncredited)
- She Had to Eat as Pete
- Armored Car as Tiny
- Living on Love as Pete Ryan
- Smart Blonde as Gahagan
- Fly Away Baby as Gahagan
- Behind The Headlines as Tiny
- The Big Shot as Bugs
- The Adventurous Blonde as Detective Gahagan
- New News as Tom Kennedy
- Forty Naughty Girls as Detective Casey
- Married Before Breakfast as Mr. Baglipp
- Calling All Curtains
- Bury the Hatchet as Tom
1936
- 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)
- The Big Game as Fan in Stands
- Midnight Blunders as Tom
- Just Speeding
- Grandma's Buoys as Tom
- Free Rent as Mr. Kennedy
1935
- 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
- Gobs of Trouble
- Sock Me to Sleep as Battling McGee
- Oh, My Nerves
- Horse Heir
- Gum Shoes
- Alibi Bye Bye as Snoops, the house dick
1934
- Hollywood Party as Beavers (uncredited)
- Down to Their Last Yacht as Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)
- Strictly Dynamite as Junior
- Strictly Fresh Yeggs as The Burglar
- The Dancing Millionaire as Crusher McGee
- In the Devildog House as Jennie's Husband
- Odor in the Court as Plug Hardy
- Unlucky Strike
- Cracked Shots as Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy
1933
- 42nd Street as Slim Murphy (uncredited)
- She Done Him Wrong as Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)
- Penthouse as Joe (uncredited)
- Cross Fire as French Bouncer (uncredited)
- Man of the Forest as Sheriff Blake
- Blondie Johnson as Hype (uncredited)
- Day of Reckoning as Furniture Mover
- Hip Zip Hooray as The Prisoner
- Suits to Nuts as Client
1932
- Lawyer Man as Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)
- If I Had a Million as Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
- Pack Up Your Troubles as Recruiting Sergeant
- Skyscraper Souls as Masseur
- Night After Night as Tom
- Huddle as Moving Man (uncredited)
- The Devil Is Driving as Fritz (uncredited)
- The Crooked Circle as Mike, the policeman
- Lighthouse Love as The Marine Sergeant
- Lighthouse Love as The Marine Sergeant
- The Boudoir Butler as Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice
- The Promoter as Burke
- Fish Feathers
1931
- Flying High as Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)
- Monkey Business as Gibson
- The Gang Buster as 'Gopher' Brant
- Iron Man as Bartender (uncredited)
- It Pays to Advertise as Perkins
- Caught as Jard Harmon
- Young as You Feel as Colorado Detective
- How Comedies Are Born as Tom
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
- Big News as Officer Ryan
- The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City as Crook
1928
- The Cop as Sergeant Coughlin
- Wife Savers as General Lavoris
- None But the Brave as Noah
- Hold 'Em Yale as Detective
- Marked Money as Bill Clemons
- Tillie's Punctured Romance as Property Man
- Love Over Night as Detective
1927
- Ham and Eggs at the Front as Lazarus
- Fireman, Save My Child as Capt. Kennedy
- Silver Valley as 'Hayfever' Hawkins
- The Mysterious Rider as Lem Spooner
- Alias The Deacon as Bull Moran
- Senorita as Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)
1926
- Mantrap as Curly Evans
- Born to the West as Dinkey Hooley
- Sir Lumberjack as Bill Blake
- We're in the Navy Now as Sailor Percival Scruggs
- Man of the Forest as Sheriff
- The Yankee Señor as Luke Martin
- Behind the Front as Sergeant
- The Better 'Ole as The Blacksmith (uncredited)
1925
- The Best Bad Man as Dan Ellis
- As Man Desires as Gorilla Bagsley
1924
- Loving Lies as Captain Lindstrom
1922
- The Flirt as Sam Fenton
- The Flaming Hour as Ben
- Full o' Pep
- The Speeder
- Our Leading Citizen as Boots
- The Egg as The Boss
- If You Believe It, It's So as Bartender
1921
- Skirts
- Serenade as Zambrano
- Sunless Sunday
1920
- Kismet as Kutayt
- The Poor Simp as Jim Donnelly
1919
- Yankee Doodle in Berlin as American General (uncredited)
- Her First Kiss
- Cupid's Day Off as Gambling House Operator
- The Island of Intrigue as Jackson, the butler
- A Schoolhouse Scandal
1918
- Mickey as Tom Rawlings
1917
- Her Torpedoed Love as Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister
- Thirst as Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)
- Whose Baby? as The Fake Minister
- The Late Lamented as The Model's Brother
- Two Crooks as The Detective
- That Night as The Proprietor's Henchman
- The Pullman Bride as Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit
1916
- His Bitter Pill as Dan's Henchman
1915
- Fatty and the Broadway Stars as Man Who Discovers Hat
- Double Trouble as Judge Blodgett