Tom Kennedy
Acting
Born July 14, 1885 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Films (243)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
The Bounty Killer
1965
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
Some Like It Hot
1959
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957
Hook a Crook
1955
Spooks!
1953
Loose Loot
1953
Invasion, U.S.A.
1952
Gold Fever
1952
Fraidy Cat
1951
Havana Rose
1951
Let's Go Navy!
1951
The Awful Sleuth
1951
The Scarf
1951
Triple Trouble
1950
Riding High
1950
Square Dance Jubilee
1949
The Mutineers
1949
Trouble Preferred
1948
The Paleface
1948
Thunder in the Pines
1948
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1948
Jinx Money
1948
Devil's Cargo
1948
The Judge Steps Out
1947
Dangerous Years
1947
Magic Town
1947
The Burning Cross
1947
The Pretender
1947
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947
The Hat Box Mystery
1947
The Mighty McGurk
1947
So's Your Antenna
1946
Society Mugs
1946
Motor Maniacs
1946
Jiggers, My Wife
1946
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
Blonde Alibi
1946
Man Alive
1945
Voice of the Whistler
1945
Where the Pest Begins
1945
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1945
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945
The Town Went Wild
1944
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
Moonlight and Cactus
1944
Take It Big
1944
Girls! Girls! Girls!
1944
And the Angels Sing
1944
The Girl in the Case
1944
Radio Rampage
1944
True to Life
1943
Wedtime Stories
1943
Campus Rhythm
1943
Here Comes Elmer
1943
Cutie on Duty
1943
So's Your Uncle
1943
Petticoat Larceny
1943
Stage Door Canteen
1943
Dixie
1943
Taxi, Mister
1943
Ladies' Day
1943
Hit Parade of 1943
1943
Dixie Dugan
1943
Pretty Dolly
1942
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
Broadway
1942
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942
Butch Minds the Baby
1942
Pardon My Stripes
1942
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
The Officer and the Lady
1941
Sailors on Leave
1941
Man-I-Cured
1941
Angels with Broken Wings
1941
Thieves Fall Out
1941
The Great Swindle
1941
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
Flowing Gold
1940
Sporting Blood
1940
Pop Always Pays
1940
An Angel from Texas
1940
Curtain Call
1940
Millionaire Playboy
1940
Remember the Night
1940
The Covered Trailer
1939
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
These Glamour Girls
1939
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939
Quiet, Please
1939
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939
Society Lawyer
1939
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939
The Long Shot
1939
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938
Crime Ring
1938
Halfway to Hollywood
1938
Danger on the Air
1938
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938
Go Chase Yourself
1938
Making the Headlines
1938
He Couldn't Say No
1938
Blondes at Work
1938
Swing It, Sailor!
1938
Fiddling Around
1938
Crashing Hollywood
1938
Wise Girl
1937
The Adventurous Blonde
1937
Living on Love
1937
Calling All Curtains
1937
Forty Naughty Girls
1937
Varsity Show
1937
Bury the Hatchet
1937
The Big Shot
1937
Marry the Girl
1937
She Had to Eat
1937
Fly Away Baby
1937
Married Before Breakfast
1937
Slave Ship
1937
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
Armored Car
1937
Behind The Headlines
1937
New News
1937
Smart Blonde
1937
Free Rent
1936
Grandma's Buoys
1936
Midnight Blunders
1936
The Big Game
1936
Wives Never Know
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
Poppy
1936
The Country Doctor
1936
Just Speeding
1936
The Bride Comes Home
1935
Oh, My Nerves
1935
She Couldn't Take It
1935
Old Man Rhythm
1935
Gobs of Trouble
1935
Alibi Bye Bye
1935
Stage Frights
1935
Raised and Called
1935
Gum Shoes
1935
Horse Heir
1935
The Dancing Millionaire
1934
Unlucky Strike
1934
Down to Their Last Yacht
1934
Hollywood Party
1934
Strictly Dynamite
1934
Cracked Shots
1934
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
1934
Suits to Nuts
1933
Day of Reckoning
1933
Penthouse
1933
Man of the Forest
1933
Cross Fire
1933
Hip Zip Hooray
1933
42nd Street
1933
Blondie Johnson
1933
She Done Him Wrong
1933
Lawyer Man
1932
Fish Feathers
1932
The Devil Is Driving
1932
If I Had a Million
1932
Night After Night
1932
The Crooked Circle
1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
Skyscraper Souls
1932
The Boudoir Butler
1932
Huddle
1932
The Promoter
1932
Lighthouse Love
1932
Lighthouse Love
1932
Flying High
1931
Monkey Business
1931
Caught
1931
Young as You Feel
1931
Iron Man
1931
It Pays to Advertise
1931
The Gang Buster
1931
See America Thirst
1930
The Fall Guy
1930
The Shannons of Broadway
1929
Happy Days
1929
Big News
1929
Glad Rag Doll
1929
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929
Love Over Night
1928
Marked Money
1928
The Cop
1928
None But the Brave
1928
Hold 'Em Yale
1928
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928
Wife Savers
1928
Ham and Eggs at the Front
1927
Silver Valley
1927
Fireman, Save My Child
1927
Alias The Deacon
1927
Senorita
1927
The Mysterious Rider
1927
Man of the Forest
1926
We're in the Navy Now
1926
The Better 'Ole
1926
Mantrap
1926
Born to the West
1926
Sir Lumberjack
1926
Behind the Front
1926
The Yankee Señor
1926
The Best Bad Man
1925
As Man Desires
1925
Loving Lies
1924
The Flirt
1922
The Flaming Hour
1922
The Speeder
1922
The Egg
1922
If You Believe It, It's So
1922
Our Leading Citizen
1922
Full o' Pep
1922
Serenade
1921
Sunless Sunday
1921
Skirts
1921
Kismet
1920
The Poor Simp
1920
A Schoolhouse Scandal
1919
Her First Kiss
1919
The Island of Intrigue
1919
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919
Cupid's Day Off
1919
Mickey
1918
That Night
1917
The Late Lamented
1917
Two Crooks
1917
Thirst
1917
Whose Baby?
1917
Her Torpedoed Love
1917
The Pullman Bride
1917
His Bitter Pill
1916
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
1915
Double Trouble
1915