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)
Have Gun, Will Travel as Townsman (uncredited)
Maverick as Barkeep (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

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

1949

The Mutineers as Butch
Square Dance Jubilee as Bartender Tom

1948

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

1947

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

1946

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

1945

Voice of the Whistler as Ferdinand / Hammerlock
The Man Who Walked Alone as Officer #1
Where the Pest Begins as Jonathan Batts
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
Radio Rampage as Mr. Thompson
The Girl in the Case as Watchman (uncredited)
Moonlight and Cactus as Lucky
Girls! Girls! Girls! as Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan
The Town Went Wild as Policeman
Take It Big as Moving Man (uncredited)

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

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

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

1927

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

1926

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

1925

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

1924

Loving Lies as Captain Lindstrom

1922

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

1921

1920

The Poor Simp as Jim Donnelly
Kismet as Kutayt

1919

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

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
The Late Lamented as The Model's Brother
Thirst as Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)
Two Crooks as The Detective
The Pullman Bride as Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit

1916

His Bitter Pill as Dan's Henchman

1915

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