Tom Kennedy
Acting
1885-07-14 · 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.
Filmography
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006 · Movie
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 · Movie
The Bounty Killer
1965 · Movie
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Movie
My Favorite Martian
1963 · Series
Walk Like a Dragon
1960 · Movie
Bonanza
1959 · Series
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Movie
Rawhide
1959 · Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Series
The Rifleman
1958 · Series
The Texan
1958 · Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Series
Maverick
1957 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Sugarfoot
1957 · Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957 · Movie
Conflict
1956 · Series
Hey, Jeannie!
1956 · Series
Hook a Crook
1955 · Movie
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
Topper
1953 · Series
Spooks!
1953 · Movie
Loose Loot
1953 · Movie
Invasion, U.S.A.
1952 · Movie
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · Series
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Series
Gold Fever
1952 · Movie
Fraidy Cat
1951 · Movie
Havana Rose
1951 · Movie
Boston Blackie
1951 · Series
Let's Go Navy!
1951 · Movie
The Awful Sleuth
1951 · Movie
The Scarf
1951 · Movie
Triple Trouble
1950 · Movie
Riding High
1950 · Movie
Square Dance Jubilee
1949 · Movie
The Mutineers
1949 · Movie
Trouble Preferred
1948 · Movie
The Paleface
1948 · Movie
Thunder in the Pines
1948 · Movie
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1948 · Movie
Jinx Money
1948 · Movie
Devil's Cargo
1948 · Movie
The Judge Steps Out
1947 · Movie
Dangerous Years
1947 · Movie
Magic Town
1947 · Movie
The Burning Cross
1947 · Movie
The Pretender
1947 · Movie
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947 · Movie
The Hat Box Mystery
1947 · Movie
The Mighty McGurk
1947 · Movie
So's Your Antenna
1946 · Movie
Society Mugs
1946 · Movie
Motor Maniacs
1946 · Movie
Jiggers, My Wife
1946 · Movie
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946 · Movie
Blonde Alibi
1946 · Movie
Man Alive
1945 · Movie
Voice of the Whistler
1945 · Movie
Where the Pest Begins
1945 · Movie
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1945 · Movie
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945 · Movie
The Town Went Wild
1944 · Movie
The Princess and the Pirate
1944 · Movie
Moonlight and Cactus
1944 · Movie
Take It Big
1944 · Movie
Girls! Girls! Girls!
1944 · Movie
And the Angels Sing
1944 · Movie
The Girl in the Case
1944 · Movie
Radio Rampage
1944 · Movie
True to Life
1943 · Movie
Wedtime Stories
1943 · Movie
Campus Rhythm
1943 · Movie
Here Comes Elmer
1943 · Movie
Cutie on Duty
1943 · Movie
So's Your Uncle
1943 · Movie
Petticoat Larceny
1943 · Movie
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · Movie
Dixie
1943 · Movie
Taxi, Mister
1943 · Movie
Ladies' Day
1943 · Movie
Hit Parade of 1943
1943 · Movie
Dixie Dugan
1943 · Movie
Pretty Dolly
1942 · Movie
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942 · Movie
Phoney Cronies
1942 · Movie
Broadway
1942 · Movie
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942 · Movie
Butch Minds the Baby
1942 · Movie
Pardon My Stripes
1942 · Movie
Home Work
1942 · Movie
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941 · Movie
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941 · Movie
The Officer and the Lady
1941 · Movie
Sailors on Leave
1941 · Movie
Man-I-Cured
1941 · Movie
Angels with Broken Wings
1941 · Movie
Thieves Fall Out
1941 · Movie
The Great Swindle
1941 · Movie
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940 · Movie
Flowing Gold
1940 · Movie
Sporting Blood
1940 · Movie
Pop Always Pays
1940 · Movie
An Angel from Texas
1940 · Movie
Curtain Call
1940 · Movie
Millionaire Playboy
1940 · Movie
Remember the Night
1940 · Movie
The Covered Trailer
1939 · Movie
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939 · Movie
These Glamour Girls
1939 · Movie
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939 · Movie
Quiet, Please
1939 · Movie
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939 · Movie
Society Lawyer
1939 · Movie
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939 · Movie
The Long Shot
1939 · Movie
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 · Movie
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938 · Movie
Crime Ring
1938 · Movie
Halfway to Hollywood
1938 · Movie
Danger on the Air
1938 · Movie
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938 · Movie
Go Chase Yourself
1938 · Movie
Making the Headlines
1938 · Movie
He Couldn't Say No
1938 · Movie
Blondes at Work
1938 · Movie
Swing It, Sailor!
1938 · Movie
Fiddling Around
1938 · Movie
Crashing Hollywood
1938 · Movie
Wise Girl
1937 · Movie
The Adventurous Blonde
1937 · Movie
Living on Love
1937 · Movie
Calling All Curtains
1937 · Movie
Forty Naughty Girls
1937 · Movie
Varsity Show
1937 · Movie
Bury the Hatchet
1937 · Movie
The Big Shot
1937 · Movie
Marry the Girl
1937 · Movie
She Had to Eat
1937 · Movie
Fly Away Baby
1937 · Movie
Married Before Breakfast
1937 · Movie
Slave Ship
1937 · Movie
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937 · Movie
Armored Car
1937 · Movie
Behind The Headlines
1937 · Movie
New News
1937 · Movie
Smart Blonde
1937 · Movie
Free Rent
1936 · Movie
Grandma's Buoys
1936 · Movie
Midnight Blunders
1936 · Movie
The Big Game
1936 · Movie
Wives Never Know
1936 · Movie
Hollywood Boulevard
1936 · Movie
Poppy
1936 · Movie
The Country Doctor
1936 · Movie
Just Speeding
1936 · Movie
The Bride Comes Home
1935 · Movie
Oh, My Nerves
1935 · Movie
She Couldn't Take It
1935 · Movie
Old Man Rhythm
1935 · Movie
Gobs of Trouble
1935 · Movie
Alibi Bye Bye
1935 · Movie
Stage Frights
1935 · Movie
Sock Me to Sleep
1935 · Movie
Raised and Called
1935 · Movie
Gum Shoes
1935 · Movie
Horse Heir
1935 · Movie
The Dancing Millionaire
1934 · Movie
Unlucky Strike
1934 · Movie
Down to Their Last Yacht
1934 · Movie
Odor in the Court
1934 · Movie
Hollywood Party
1934 · Movie
Strictly Dynamite
1934 · Movie
Cracked Shots
1934 · Movie
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
1934 · Movie
In the Devildog House
1934 · Movie
Suits to Nuts
1933 · Movie
Day of Reckoning
1933 · Movie
Penthouse
1933 · Movie
Man of the Forest
1933 · Movie
Cross Fire
1933 · Movie
Hip Zip Hooray
1933 · Movie
42nd Street
1933 · Movie
Blondie Johnson
1933 · Movie
She Done Him Wrong
1933 · Movie
Lawyer Man
1932 · Movie
Fish Feathers
1932 · Movie
The Devil Is Driving
1932 · Movie
If I Had a Million
1932 · Movie
Night After Night
1932 · Movie
The Crooked Circle
1932 · Movie
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932 · Movie
Skyscraper Souls
1932 · Movie
The Boudoir Butler
1932 · Movie
Huddle
1932 · Movie
The Promoter
1932 · Movie
Lighthouse Love
1932 · Movie
Flying High
1931 · Movie
Monkey Business
1931 · Movie
Caught
1931 · Movie
Young as You Feel
1931 · Movie
Iron Man
1931 · Movie
It Pays to Advertise
1931 · Movie
The Gang Buster
1931 · Movie
How Comedies Are Born
1931 · Movie
See America Thirst
1930 · Movie
The Fall Guy
1930 · Movie
The Shannons of Broadway
1929 · Movie
Happy Days
1929 · Movie
Big News
1929 · Movie
Glad Rag Doll
1929 · Movie
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929 · Movie
Love Over Night
1928 · Movie
Marked Money
1928 · Movie
The Cop
1928 · Movie
None But the Brave
1928 · Movie
Hold 'Em Yale
1928 · Movie
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928 · Movie
Wife Savers
1928 · Movie
Ham and Eggs at the Front
1927 · Movie
Silver Valley
1927 · Movie
Fireman, Save My Child
1927 · Movie
Alias The Deacon
1927 · Movie
Senorita
1927 · Movie
The Mysterious Rider
1927 · Movie
Man of the Forest
1926 · Movie
We're in the Navy Now
1926 · Movie
The Better 'Ole
1926 · Movie
Mantrap
1926 · Movie
Born to the West
1926 · Movie
Sir Lumberjack
1926 · Movie
Behind the Front
1926 · Movie
The Yankee Señor
1926 · Movie
The Best Bad Man
1925 · Movie
As Man Desires
1925 · Movie
Loving Lies
1924 · Movie
The Flirt
1922 · Movie
The Flaming Hour
1922 · Movie
The Speeder
1922 · Movie
The Egg
1922 · Movie
If You Believe It, It's So
1922 · Movie
Our Leading Citizen
1922 · Movie
Full o' Pep
1922 · Movie
Serenade
1921 · Movie
Sunless Sunday
1921 · Movie
Skirts
1921 · Movie
Kismet
1920 · Movie
The Poor Simp
1920 · Movie
A Schoolhouse Scandal
1919 · Movie
Her First Kiss
1919 · Movie
The Island of Intrigue
1919 · Movie
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919 · Movie
Cupid's Day Off
1919 · Movie
Mickey
1918 · Movie
That Night
1917 · Movie
The Late Lamented
1917 · Movie
Two Crooks
1917 · Movie
Thirst
1917 · Movie
Whose Baby?
1917 · Movie
Her Torpedoed Love
1917 · Movie
The Pullman Bride
1917 · Movie
His Bitter Pill
1916 · Movie
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
1915 · Movie
Double Trouble
1915 · Movie
Home Work
Movie