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