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