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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 14, 1885
Died
October 6, 1965
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Thomas A. Kennedy
- Thomas Kennedy
- Thomas Aloyisus Kennedy
Tom Kennedy
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.0
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
7.7
Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999
5.8
Waiter
The Bounty Killer
1965
7.0
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
5.9
Mike
My Favorite Martian
1963
5.0
Jethro the Bartender
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
7.5
Townsman (uncredited)
Bonanza
1959
8.1
Bouncer (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
1959
7.2
Townsman (uncredited)
Rawhide
1959
7.2
Barfly (uncredited)
Rawhide
1959
Credits
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
2006
6.0
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)
1999
7.7
The Bounty Killer
as Waiter
1965
5.8
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
1963
7.0
My Favorite Martian
as Mike
1963
5.9
Walk Like a Dragon
as Jethro the Bartender
1960
5.0
Bonanza
as Townsman (uncredited)
1959
7.5
Some Like It Hot
as Bouncer (uncredited)
1959
8.1
Rawhide
as Townsman (uncredited)
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Barfly (uncredited)
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Juror (uncredited)
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
as Night Watchman (uncredited)
1958
6.7
The Rifleman
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
1958
7.1
The Texan
as Bartender (uncredited)
1958
5.5
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Barfly (uncredited)
1958
6.8
Maverick
as Barkeep (uncredited)
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Poker Player (uncredited)
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1957
7.7
Sugarfoot
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
1957
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Convict (uncredited)
1957
4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Townsman (uncredited)
1957
7.3
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
1957
6.0
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Collector
1956
6.0
Hook a Crook
as I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
0.0
Cheyenne
as Townsman / Barfly (uncredited)
1955
6.0
Cheyenne
as Bartender (uncredited)
1955
6.0
Gunsmoke
as Cantina Barfly (uncredited)
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Barfly (uncredited)
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Townsman (uncredited)
1955
6.6
Topper
as Kewpie
1953
5.8
Spooks!
as Mr. Hyde
1953
6.2
Loose Loot
as Joe
1953
6.6
Invasion, U.S.A.
as Tim, Bartender
1952
3.1
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Man Carrying Costello
1952
7.2
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.3
Gold Fever
as Big Tom
1952
5.0
Fraidy Cat
as I. Katchum (uncredited)
1951
0.0
Havana Rose
as House Detective
1951
0.0
Boston Blackie
as Frank
1951
4.0
Boston Blackie
as Doc's Henchman
1951
4.0
Let's Go Navy!
as Officer Donovan
1951
7.0
The Awful Sleuth
as Pinky
1951
0.0
The Scarf
as Asylum Inmate
1951
5.6
Triple Trouble
as Third Convict Calling Out from Cell
1950
6.2
Riding High
as Racetrack Mug (uncredited)
1950
5.8
Square Dance Jubilee
as Bartender Tom
1949
4.0
The Mutineers
as Butch
1949
0.0
Trouble Preferred
as Night Watchman (uncredited)
1948
0.0
The Paleface
as Bartender
1948
6.0
Thunder in the Pines
as Josh, the Station Master
1948
3.7
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Lefty
1948
6.0
Jinx Money
as Officer Rooney
1948
4.8
Devil's Cargo
as Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado
1948
5.5
The Judge Steps Out
as Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)
1947
7.0
Dangerous Years
as Mr. Adamson
1947
6.4
Magic Town
as Moving Man (uncredited)
1947
6.7
The Burning Cross
as Police Station Sergeant
1947
5.0
The Pretender
as Fingers Murdock
1947
5.5
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
as Officer Murphy
1947
4.0
The Hat Box Mystery
as Policeman Murphy
1947
3.6
The Mighty McGurk
as Bruiser (uncredited)
1947
6.4
So's Your Antenna
1946
0.0
Society Mugs
as Tom
1946
5.0
🎬
Motor Maniacs
as Mother's Suitor
1946
0.0
Jiggers, My Wife
as Joe
1946
7.0
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Referee #1 (uncredited)
1946
6.2
Blonde Alibi
as Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)
1946
3.9
Man Alive
as Bartender (uncredited)
1945
5.1
Voice of the Whistler
as Ferdinand / Hammerlock
1945
5.7
Where the Pest Begins
as Jonathan Batts
1945
4.5
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1945
0.0
The Man Who Walked Alone
as Officer #1
1945
5.6
The Town Went Wild
as Policeman
1944
5.0
The Princess and the Pirate
as Alonzo
1944
6.9
Moonlight and Cactus
as Lucky
1944
4.0
Take It Big
as Moving Man (uncredited)
1944
0.0
Girls! Girls! Girls!
as Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan
1944
0.0
And the Angels Sing
as Potatoes
1944
7.0
The Girl in the Case
as Watchman (uncredited)
1944
6.0
🎬
Radio Rampage
as Mr. Thompson
1944
0.0
True to Life
as Customer (uncredited)
1943
6.0
Wedtime Stories
as House Detective
1943
0.0
Campus Rhythm
as Police Sergeant
1943
4.5
Here Comes Elmer
as Johnson
1943
0.0
Cutie on Duty
as Rocky
1943
0.0
So's Your Uncle
as Cop
1943
5.0
Petticoat Larceny
as Pinky
1943
6.7
Stage Door Canteen
as Tom Kennedy
1943
6.1
Dixie
as Barkeeper (uncredited)
1943
3.0
Taxi, Mister
as Kennedy
1943
3.6
Ladies' Day
as Dugan
1943
4.3
Hit Parade of 1943
as Westinghouse
1943
5.2
Dixie Dugan
as Sergeant (uncredited)
1943
5.0
Pretty Dolly
as Gus
1942
0.0
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender
1942
5.2
Broadway
as Kerry (uncredited)
1942
5.5
Blondie's Blessed Event
as Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)
1942
7.3
Butch Minds the Baby
as Philly the Weeper
1942
0.0
Pardon My Stripes
as Casino
1942
6.0
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
as Tom
1941
0.0
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Sheriff Judson
1941
4.1
The Officer and the Lady
as Bumps O'Neil
1941
6.0
Sailors on Leave
as Dugan
1941
0.0
Man-I-Cured
as House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend
1941
0.0
Angels with Broken Wings
as Gus
1941
3.7
Thieves Fall Out
as Cabbie
1941
5.5
The Great Swindle
as Capper Smith
1941
0.0
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Cabbie
1940
4.6
Flowing Gold
as Petunia
1940
7.0
Sporting Blood
as Grantly
1940
3.5
Pop Always Pays
as Murphy
1940
0.0
An Angel from Texas
as Chopper
1940
4.8
Curtain Call
as Masseur
1940
7.3
Millionaire Playboy
as Tom Murphy
1940
2.7
Remember the Night
as 'Fat' Mike
1940
7.3
The Covered Trailer
as Otto
1939
0.0
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Pinky Brophy
1939
5.0
These Glamour Girls
as Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)
1939
5.5
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
as Gahagan
1939
6.0
Quiet, Please
as Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof
1939
5.3
Torchy Runs for Mayor
as Gahagan
1939
5.7
Society Lawyer
as Alf
1939
5.0
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
as Det. Sgt. Gahagan
1939
6.0
The Long Shot
as Mike Claurens
1939
5.8
Breakdowns of 1938
as Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
4.7
Torchy Gets Her Man
as Gahagan
1938
5.6
Crime Ring
as Dummy
1938
4.7
🎬
Halfway to Hollywood
as Tom
1938
0.0
Danger on the Air
as Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)
1938
5.9
Torchy Blane in Panama
as Detective Gahagan
1938
5.3
Go Chase Yourself
as Icebox
1938
5.0
Making the Headlines
as Police Sergeant Handley
1938
0.0
He Couldn't Say No
as Dimples
1938
5.5
Blondes at Work
as Gahagan
1938
6.1
Swing It, Sailor!
as Policeman
1938
5.0
🎬
Fiddling Around
as Tom Kennedy
1938
0.0
Crashing Hollywood
as Al
1938
5.8
Wise Girl
as Detective
1937
7.0
The Adventurous Blonde
as Detective Gahagan
1937
5.0
Living on Love
as Pete Ryan
1937
6.0
🎬
Calling All Curtains
1937
0.0
Forty Naughty Girls
as Detective Casey
1937
5.3
Varsity Show
as Policeman (uncredited)
1937
6.3
🎬
Bury the Hatchet
as Tom
1937
0.0
The Big Shot
as Bugs
1937
5.0
Marry the Girl
as Jasper
1937
5.0
She Had to Eat
as Pete
1937
5.0
Fly Away Baby
as Gahagan
1937
6.2
Married Before Breakfast
as Mr. Baglipp
1937
5.0
Slave Ship
as Bartender
1937
4.5
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Jim Magooney
1937
6.8
Armored Car
as Tiny
1937
4.2
Behind The Headlines
as Tiny
1937
6.2
🎬
New News
as Tom Kennedy
1937
0.0
Smart Blonde
as Gahagan
1937
6.1
Free Rent
as Mr. Kennedy
1936
0.0
🎬
Grandma's Buoys
as Tom
1936
0.0
Midnight Blunders
as Tom
1936
4.3
The Big Game
as Fan in Stands
1936
5.8
Wives Never Know
as Bartender (uncredited)
1936
0.0
Hollywood Boulevard
as Bouncer at Pago Pago
1936
2.7
Poppy
as Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
1936
6.8
The Country Doctor
as Logger (uncredited)
1936
6.0
🎬
Just Speeding
1936
0.0
The Bride Comes Home
as Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)
1935
4.5
Oh, My Nerves
1935
5.0
She Couldn't Take It
as Slugs
1935
4.5
Old Man Rhythm
as Campus Guard
1935
6.3
🎬
Gobs of Trouble
1935
0.0
Alibi Bye Bye
as Snoops, the house dick
1935
1.0
🎬
Stage Frights
1935
0.0
🎬
Raised and Called
1935
0.0
🎬
Gum Shoes
1935
0.0
🎬
Horse Heir
1935
0.0
🎬
The Dancing Millionaire
as Crusher McGee
1934
0.0
Down to Their Last Yacht
as Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)
1934
6.0
Unlucky Strike
1934
0.0
Hollywood Party
as Beavers (uncredited)
1934
5.8
Strictly Dynamite
as Junior
1934
5.3
🎬
Cracked Shots
as Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy
1934
0.0
🎬
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
as The Burglar
1934
0.0
Suits to Nuts
as Client
1933
0.0
Day of Reckoning
as Furniture Mover
1933
4.4
Penthouse
as Joe (uncredited)
1933
6.7
Man of the Forest
as Sheriff Blake
1933
5.5
Cross Fire
as French Bouncer (uncredited)
1933
6.0
🎬
Hip Zip Hooray
as The Prisoner
1933
5.0
42nd Street
as Slim Murphy (uncredited)
1933
6.9
Blondie Johnson
as Hype (uncredited)
1933
5.8
She Done Him Wrong
as Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)
1933
5.8
Lawyer Man
as Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)
1932
5.8
🎬
Fish Feathers
1932
0.0
The Devil Is Driving
as Fritz (uncredited)
1932
4.9
If I Had a Million
as Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
1932
6.6
Night After Night
as Tom
1932
6.2
The Crooked Circle
as Mike, the policeman
1932
4.8
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Recruiting Sergeant
1932
6.7
Skyscraper Souls
as Masseur
1932
5.3
🎬
The Boudoir Butler
as Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice
1932
1.0
Huddle
as Moving Man (uncredited)
1932
6.6
🎬
The Promoter
as Burke
1932
0.0
🎬
Lighthouse Love
as The Marine Sergeant
1932
0.0
Lighthouse Love
as The Marine Sergeant
1932
5.5
Flying High
as Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)
1931
4.8
Monkey Business
as Gibson
1931
6.9
Caught
as Jard Harmon
1931
6.0
Young as You Feel
as Colorado Detective
1931
0.0
Iron Man
as Bartender (uncredited)
1931
5.4
It Pays to Advertise
as Perkins
1931
4.9
The Gang Buster
as 'Gopher' Brant
1931
5.8
See America Thirst
as 'Shivering' Smith
1930
0.0
The Fall Guy
as Detective Burke
1930
5.5
The Shannons of Broadway
as Burt
1929
0.0
Happy Days
as Doorman (uncredited)
1929
6.0
Big News
as Officer Ryan
1929
4.2
Glad Rag Doll
as Manager
1929
0.0
🎬
Marked Money
as Bill Clemons
1928
0.0
The Cop
as Sergeant Coughlin
1928
6.0
None But the Brave
as Noah
1928
0.0
Hold 'Em Yale
as Detective
1928
6.0
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Property Man
1928
6.0
Wife Savers
as General Lavoris
1928
0.0
Ham and Eggs at the Front
as Lazarus
1927
0.0
Silver Valley
as 'Hayfever' Hawkins
1927
0.0
Fireman, Save My Child
as Capt. Kennedy
1927
0.0
Alias The Deacon
as Bull Moran
1927
0.0
Senorita
as Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)
1927
0.0
The Mysterious Rider
as Lem Spooner
1927
0.0
Man of the Forest
as Sheriff
1926
0.0
We're in the Navy Now
as Sailor Percival Scruggs
1926
5.6
The Better 'Ole
as The Blacksmith (uncredited)
1926
5.0
Mantrap
as Curly Evans
1926
6.0
Born to the West
as Dinkey Hooley
1926
3.7
Behind the Front
as Sergeant
1926
6.0
The Yankee Señor
as Luke Martin
1926
0.0
The Best Bad Man
as Dan Ellis
1925
0.0
As Man Desires
as Gorilla Bagsley
1925
3.0
Loving Lies
as Captain Lindstrom
1924
0.0
The Flirt
as Sam Fenton
1922
0.0
The Flaming Hour
as Ben
1922
0.0
The Speeder
1922
0.0
The Egg
as The Boss
1922
5.8
If You Believe It, It's So
as Bartender
1922
0.0
Our Leading Citizen
as Boots
1922
0.0
🎬
Full o' Pep
1922
0.0
Serenade
as Zambrano
1921
0.0
Sunless Sunday
1921
0.0
Skirts
1921
0.0
Kismet
as Kutayt
1920
6.5
The Poor Simp
as Jim Donnelly
1920
0.0
🎬
A Schoolhouse Scandal
1919
0.0
🎬
Her First Kiss
1919
4.5
The Island of Intrigue
as Jackson, the butler
1919
0.0
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
as American General (uncredited)
1919
5.3
🎬
Cupid's Day Off
as Gambling House Operator
1919
0.0
Mickey
as Tom Rawlings
1918
6.5
That Night
as The Proprietor's Henchman
1917
0.0
The Late Lamented
as The Model's Brother
1917
0.0
🎬
Two Crooks
as The Detective
1917
0.0
Thirst
as Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)
1917
0.0
Whose Baby?
as The Fake Minister
1917
0.0
Her Torpedoed Love
as Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister
1917
5.0
The Pullman Bride
as Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit
1917
0.0
His Bitter Pill
as Dan's Henchman
1916
5.2
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
as Man Who Discovers Hat
1915
0.0
Double Trouble
as Judge Blodgett
1915
5.7