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