Tom Kennedy
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.
Oh, My Nerves
42nd Street
(Slim Murphy (uncredited))
Blondie's Blessed Event
(Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited))
Blondie Johnson
(Hype (uncredited))
The Pretender
(Fingers Murdock)
Here Comes Elmer
(Johnson)
The Princess and the Pirate
(Alonzo)
As Man Desires
(Gorilla Bagsley)
The Covered Trailer
(Otto)
Triple Trouble
(Third Convict Calling Out from Cell)
The Great Swindle
(Capper Smith)
She Done Him Wrong
(Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited))
The Mysterious Rider
(Lem Spooner)
Man of the Forest
(Sheriff)
Born to the West
(Dinkey Hooley)
Remember the Night
('Fat' Mike)
Silver Valley
('Hayfever' Hawkins)
Voice of the Whistler
(Ferdinand / Hammerlock)
The Officer and the Lady
(Bumps O'Neil)
It Pays to Advertise
(Perkins)
Man-I-Cured
(House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend)
That Night
(The Proprietor's Henchman)
Fireman, Save My Child
(Capt. Kennedy)
Wife Savers
(General Lavoris)
Invasion, U.S.A.
(Tim, Bartender)
The Pullman Bride
(Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit)
Whose Baby?
(The Fake Minister)
Devil's Cargo
(Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado)
The Bounty Killer
(Waiter)
The Town Went Wild
(Policeman)
Mickey
(Tom Rawlings)
Mantrap
(Curly Evans)
Smart Blonde
(Gahagan)
Pretty Dolly
(Gus)
The Speeder
Campus Rhythm
(Police Sergeant)
Butch Minds the Baby
(Philly the Weeper)
The Flirt
(Sam Fenton)
Loving Lies
(Captain Lindstrom)
Let's Go Navy!
(Officer Donovan)
Suits to Nuts
(Client)
The Kid from Brooklyn
(Referee #1 (uncredited))
Riding High
(Racetrack Mug (uncredited))
Quiet, Please
(Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof)
Loose Loot
(Joe)
Spooks!
(Mr. Hyde)
Ladies' Day
(Dugan)
Cutie on Duty
(Rocky)
Varsity Show
(Policeman (uncredited))
Wise Girl
(Detective)
Blondes at Work
(Gahagan)
The Cop
(Sergeant Coughlin)
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
(Gahagan)
The Adventurous Blonde
(Detective Gahagan)
Torchy Blane in Panama
(Detective Gahagan)
Torchy Gets Her Man
(Gahagan)
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
(Det. Sgt. Gahagan)
Torchy Runs for Mayor
(Gahagan)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
(Man Who Discovers Hat)
Alibi Bye Bye
(Snoops, the house dick)
The Late Lamented
(The Model's Brother)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(Traffic Cop (uncredited))
He Couldn't Say No
(Dimples)
The Promoter
(Burke)
Society Lawyer
(Alf)
Marry the Girl
(Jasper)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
(Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage))
So's Your Antenna
Raised and Called
Behind The Headlines
(Tiny)
New News
(Tom Kennedy)
The Day the Bookies Wept
(Pinky Brophy)
Swing It, Sailor!
(Policeman)
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
(The Burglar)
Unlucky Strike
Cracked Shots
(Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy)
Go Chase Yourself
(Icebox)
The Boudoir Butler
(Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice)
Lawyer Man
(Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited))
Magic Town
(Moving Man (uncredited))
The Crooked Circle
(Mike, the policeman)
The Bride Comes Home
(Husky Thug at Party (uncredited))
Full o' Pep
The Fall Guy
(Detective Burke)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
(Self (archive footage))
And the Angels Sing
(Potatoes)
Double Trouble
(Judge Blodgett)
Danger on the Air
(Hotel Doorman (Uncredited))
Forty Naughty Girls
(Detective Casey)
Serenade
(Zambrano)
Crashing Hollywood
(Al)
Gobs of Trouble
Petticoat Larceny
(Pinky)
See America Thirst
('Shivering' Smith)
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
(American General (uncredited))
Hold 'Em Yale
(Detective)
Big News
(Officer Ryan)
Her Torpedoed Love
(Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister)
None But the Brave
(Noah)
We're in the Navy Now
(Sailor Percival Scruggs)
Behind the Front
(Sergeant)
Living on Love
(Pete Ryan)
Dangerous Years
(Mr. Adamson)
The Big Shot
(Bugs)
Flying High
(Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited))
Dixie
(Barkeeper (uncredited))
Hip Zip Hooray
(The Prisoner)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
(Property Man)
Old Man Rhythm
(Campus Guard)
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
(Jim Magooney)
Gum Shoes
Millionaire Playboy
(Tom Murphy)
Pack Up Your Troubles
(Recruiting Sergeant)
The Long Shot
(Mike Claurens)
Horse Heir
These Glamour Girls
(Joy Lane Manager (uncredited))
Sporting Blood
(Grantly)
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
(Tom)
Fraidy Cat
(I. Katchum (uncredited))
Hook a Crook
(I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited))
Jiggers, My Wife
(Joe)
Society Mugs
(Tom)
Where the Pest Begins
(Jonathan Batts)
Sailors on Leave
(Dugan)
Hit Parade of 1943
(Westinghouse)
The Country Doctor
(Logger (uncredited))
The Judge Steps Out
(Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited))
Hollywood Boulevard
(Bouncer at Pago Pago)
His Bitter Pill
(Dan's Henchman)
Take It Big
(Moving Man (uncredited))
Fly Away Baby
(Gahagan)
The Girl in the Case
(Watchman (uncredited))
Dixie Dugan
(Sergeant (uncredited))
The Best Bad Man
(Dan Ellis)
Some Like It Hot
(Bouncer (uncredited))
Taxi, Mister
(Kennedy)
Stage Door Canteen
(Tom Kennedy)
The Dancing Millionaire
(Crusher McGee)
Man Alive
(Bartender (uncredited))
The Awful Sleuth
(Pinky)
An Angel from Texas
(Chopper)
The Better 'Ole
(The Blacksmith (uncredited))
Kismet
(Kutayt)
Caught
(Jard Harmon)
Hollywood Party
(Beavers (uncredited))
Moonlight and Cactus
(Lucky)
Huddle
(Moving Man (uncredited))
Marked Money
(Bill Clemons)
Flowing Gold
(Petunia)
Night After Night
(Tom)
Happy Days
(Doorman (uncredited))
Alias The Deacon
(Bull Moran)
Making the Headlines
(Police Sergeant Handley)
Grandma's Buoys
(Tom)
Pop Always Pays
(Murphy)
True to Life
(Customer (uncredited))
Iron Man
(Bartender (uncredited))
Poppy
(Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited))
Skyscraper Souls
(Masseur)
Thunder in the Pines
(Josh, the Station Master)
Gold Fever
(Big Tom)
Midnight Blunders
(Tom)
Down to Their Last Yacht
(Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited))
Curtain Call
(Masseur)
Square Dance Jubilee
(Bartender Tom)
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
(Officer Murphy)
Glad Rag Doll
(Manager)
Fiddling Around
(Tom Kennedy)
Halfway to Hollywood
(Tom)
Stage Frights
Just Speeding
Free Rent
Bury the Hatchet
(Tom)
Calling All Curtains
The Burning Cross
(Police Station Sergeant)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
(Cabbie)
Young as You Feel
(Colorado Detective)
Breakdowns of 1938
(Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited))
The Mighty McGurk
(Bruiser (uncredited))
Slave Ship
(Bartender)
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
(Sheriff Judson)
Angels with Broken Wings
(Gus)
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
(Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender)
Cross Fire
(French Bouncer (uncredited))
Senorita
(Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited))
The Mutineers
(Butch)
So's Your Uncle
(Cop)
Man of the Forest
(Sheriff Blake)
Fish Feathers
The Paleface
(Bartender)
If I Had a Million
(Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited))
Crime Ring
(Dummy)
Day of Reckoning
(Furniture Mover)
The Big Game
(Fan in Stands)
Sunless Sunday
She Had to Eat
(Pete)
Monkey Business
(Gibson)
Jinx Money
(Officer Rooney)
Thieves Fall Out
(Cabbie)
Wedtime Stories
(House Detective)
Thirst
(Man in Employment Agency (uncredited))
The Gang Buster
('Gopher' Brant)
Girls! Girls! Girls!
(Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan)
The Scarf
(Asylum Inmate)
Radio Rampage
(Mr. Thompson)
Blonde Alibi
(Policeman Clancy (Uncredited))
Havana Rose
(House Detective)
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
(Lefty)
She Couldn't Take It
(Slugs)
Pardon My Stripes
(Casino)
Ham and Eggs at the Front
(Lazarus)
Lighthouse Love
(The Marine Sergeant)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
The Hat Box Mystery
(Policeman Murphy)
Armored Car
(Tiny)
The Man Who Walked Alone
(Officer #1)
Married Before Breakfast
(Mr. Baglipp)
Penthouse
(Joe (uncredited))
The Yankee Señor
(Luke Martin)
Lighthouse Love
(The Marine Sergeant)
Motor Maniacs
(Mother's Suitor)
Strictly Dynamite
(Junior)
The Egg
(The Boss)
Walk Like a Dragon
(Jethro the Bartender)
Trouble Preferred
(Night Watchman (uncredited))
Hey, Jeannie!
(Collector)
Maverick
(Barkeep (uncredited))
The Ford Television Theatre
Rawhide
(Townsman (uncredited))
Bonanza
(Townsman (uncredited))
The Rifleman
(Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited))
77 Sunset Strip
(Night Watchman (uncredited))
Have Gun, Will Travel
(Townsman (uncredited))
Rawhide
(Barfly (uncredited))
Gunsmoke
(Cantina Barfly (uncredited))
Gunsmoke
(Barfly (uncredited))
Maverick
(Poker Player (uncredited))
Cheyenne
(Townsman / Barfly (uncredited))
Sugarfoot
(Reception Guest (uncredited))
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
(Frank)
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
(Doc's Henchman)
Gunsmoke
(Townsman (uncredited))
Perry Mason
(Bit Part (uncredited))