Tom Kennedy

Known For: Acting
Born: July 14, 1885
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Died: October 6, 1965

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 f…

Filmography

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006 · Self (archive footage)

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

1999 · Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)

The Bounty Killer

1965 · Waiter

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963 · Traffic Cop (uncredited)

My Favorite Martian

1963 · Mike

Walk Like a Dragon

1960 · Jethro the Bartender

Bonanza

1959 · Townsman (uncredited)

Some Like It Hot

1959 · Bouncer (uncredited)

Rawhide

1959 · Townsman (uncredited), Barfly (uncredited), Juror (uncredited)

77 Sunset Strip

1958 · Night Watchman (uncredited)

The Rifleman

1958 · Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

The Texan

1958 · Bartender (uncredited)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958 · Barfly (uncredited)

Maverick

1957 · Barkeep (uncredited), Poker Player (uncredited)

Perry Mason

1957 · Bit Part (uncredited)

Sugarfoot

1957 · Reception Guest (uncredited), Convict (uncredited)

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957 · Townsman (uncredited)

Public Pigeon No. 1

1957 · Prison Guard (uncredited)

Conflict

1956 · Iron Bob Mills

Hey, Jeannie!

1956 · Collector

Hook a Crook

1955 · I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cheyenne

1955 · Townsman / Barfly (uncredited), Bartender (uncredited), Townsman (uncredited), Cowhand (uncredited)

Gunsmoke

1955 · Cantina Barfly (uncredited), Townsman (uncredited)

Topper

1953 · Kewpie

Spooks!

1953 · Mr. Hyde

Loose Loot

1953 · Joe

Invasion, U.S.A.

1952 · Tim, Bartender

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 · Man Carrying Costello

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

Gold Fever

1952 · Big Tom

Fraidy Cat

1951 · I. Katchum (uncredited)

Havana Rose

1951 · House Detective

Boston Blackie

1951 · Frank, Doc's Henchman

Let's Go Navy!

1951 · Officer Donovan

The Awful Sleuth

1951 · Pinky

The Scarf

1951 · Asylum Inmate

Triple Trouble

1950 · Third Convict Calling Out from Cell

Riding High

1950 · Racetrack Mug (uncredited)

Square Dance Jubilee

1949 · Bartender Tom

The Mutineers

1949 · Butch

Trouble Preferred

1948 · Night Watchman (uncredited)

The Paleface

1948 · Bartender

Thunder in the Pines

1948 · Josh, the Station Master

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

1948 · Lefty

Jinx Money

1948 · Officer Rooney

Devil's Cargo

1948 · Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado

The Judge Steps Out

1947 · Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)

Dangerous Years

1947 · Mr. Adamson

Magic Town

1947 · Moving Man (uncredited)

The Burning Cross

1947 · Police Station Sergeant

The Pretender

1947 · Fingers Murdock

The Case of the Baby-Sitter

1947 · Officer Murphy

The Hat Box Mystery

1947 · Policeman Murphy

The Mighty McGurk

1947 · Bruiser (uncredited)

So's Your Antenna

1946

Society Mugs

1946 · Tom

Motor Maniacs

1946 · Mother's Suitor

Jiggers, My Wife

1946 · Joe

The Kid from Brooklyn

1946 · Referee #1 (uncredited)

Blonde Alibi

1946 · Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)

Man Alive

1945 · Bartender (uncredited)

Voice of the Whistler

1945 · Ferdinand / Hammerlock

Where the Pest Begins

1945 · Jonathan Batts

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

1945

The Man Who Walked Alone

1945 · Officer #1

The Town Went Wild

1944 · Policeman

The Princess and the Pirate

1944 · Alonzo

Moonlight and Cactus

1944 · Lucky

Take It Big

1944 · Moving Man (uncredited)

Girls! Girls! Girls!

1944 · Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan

And the Angels Sing

1944 · Potatoes

The Girl in the Case

1944 · Watchman (uncredited)

Radio Rampage

1944 · Mr. Thompson

True to Life

1943 · Customer (uncredited)

Wedtime Stories

1943 · House Detective

Campus Rhythm

1943 · Police Sergeant

Here Comes Elmer

1943 · Johnson

Cutie on Duty

1943 · Rocky

So's Your Uncle

1943 · Cop

Petticoat Larceny

1943 · Pinky

Stage Door Canteen

1943 · Tom Kennedy

Dixie

1943 · Barkeeper (uncredited)

Taxi, Mister

1943 · Kennedy

Ladies' Day

1943 · Dugan

Hit Parade of 1943

1943 · Westinghouse

Dixie Dugan

1943 · Sergeant (uncredited)

Pretty Dolly

1942 · Gus

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

1942 · Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender

Phoney Cronies

1942 · Tom

Broadway

1942 · Kerry (uncredited)

Blondie's Blessed Event

1942 · Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)

Butch Minds the Baby

1942 · Philly the Weeper

Pardon My Stripes

1942 · Casino

Home Work

1942

Sweet Spirits of the Nighter

1941 · Tom

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

1941 · Sheriff Judson

The Officer and the Lady

1941 · Bumps O'Neil

Sailors on Leave

1941 · Dugan

Man-I-Cured

1941 · House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend

Angels with Broken Wings

1941 · Gus

Thieves Fall Out

1941 · Cabbie

The Great Swindle

1941 · Capper Smith

Mexican Spitfire Out West

1940 · Cabbie

Flowing Gold

1940 · Petunia

Sporting Blood

1940 · Grantly

Pop Always Pays

1940 · Murphy

An Angel from Texas

1940 · Chopper

Curtain Call

1940 · Masseur

Millionaire Playboy

1940 · Tom Murphy

Remember the Night

1940 · 'Fat' Mike

The Covered Trailer

1939 · Otto

The Day the Bookies Wept

1939 · Pinky Brophy

These Glamour Girls

1939 · Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

1939 · Gahagan

Quiet, Please

1939 · Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof

Torchy Runs for Mayor

1939 · Gahagan

Society Lawyer

1939 · Alf

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

1939 · Det. Sgt. Gahagan

The Long Shot

1939 · Mike Claurens

Breakdowns of 1938

1938 · Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)

Torchy Gets Her Man

1938 · Gahagan

Crime Ring

1938 · Dummy

Halfway to Hollywood

Halfway to Hollywood

1938 · Tom

Danger on the Air

1938 · Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)

Torchy Blane in Panama

1938 · Detective Gahagan

Go Chase Yourself

1938 · Icebox

Making the Headlines

1938 · Police Sergeant Handley

He Couldn't Say No

1938 · Dimples

Blondes at Work

1938 · Gahagan

Swing It, Sailor!

1938 · Policeman

Fiddling Around

Fiddling Around

1938 · Tom Kennedy

Crashing Hollywood

1938 · Al

Wise Girl

1937 · Detective

The Adventurous Blonde

1937 · Detective Gahagan

Living on Love

1937 · Pete Ryan

Calling All Curtains

Calling All Curtains

1937

Forty Naughty Girls

1937 · Detective Casey

Varsity Show

1937 · Policeman (uncredited)

Bury the Hatchet

Bury the Hatchet

1937 · Tom

The Big Shot

1937 · Bugs

Marry the Girl

1937 · Jasper

She Had to Eat

1937 · Pete

Fly Away Baby

1937 · Gahagan

Married Before Breakfast

1937 · Mr. Baglipp

Slave Ship

1937 · Bartender

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

1937 · Jim Magooney

Armored Car

1937 · Tiny

Behind The Headlines

1937 · Tiny

New News

1937 · Tom Kennedy

Smart Blonde

1937 · Gahagan

Free Rent

1936 · Mr. Kennedy

Grandma's Buoys

Grandma's Buoys

1936 · Tom

Midnight Blunders

1936 · Tom

The Big Game

1936 · Fan in Stands

Wives Never Know

1936 · Bartender (uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard

1936 · Bouncer at Pago Pago

Poppy

1936 · Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

The Country Doctor

1936 · Logger (uncredited)

Just Speeding

1936

The Bride Comes Home

1935 · Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)

Oh, My Nerves

1935

She Couldn't Take It

1935 · Slugs

Old Man Rhythm

1935 · Campus Guard

Gobs of Trouble

Gobs of Trouble

1935

Alibi Bye Bye

1935 · Snoops, the house dick

Stage Frights

1935

Sock Me to Sleep

Sock Me to Sleep

1935 · Battling McGee

Raised and Called

Raised and Called

1935

Gum Shoes

1935

Horse Heir

1935

The Dancing Millionaire

The Dancing Millionaire

1934 · Crusher McGee

Unlucky Strike

1934

Down to Their Last Yacht

1934 · Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)

Odor in the Court

Odor in the Court

1934 · Plug Hardy

Hollywood Party

1934 · Beavers (uncredited)

Strictly Dynamite

1934 · Junior

Cracked Shots

1934 · Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy

Strictly Fresh Yeggs

Strictly Fresh Yeggs

1934 · The Burglar

In the Devildog House

1934 · Jennie's Husband

Suits to Nuts

1933 · Client

Day of Reckoning

1933 · Furniture Mover

Penthouse

1933 · Joe (uncredited)

Man of the Forest

1933 · Sheriff Blake

Cross Fire

1933 · French Bouncer (uncredited)

Hip Zip Hooray

1933 · The Prisoner

42nd Street

1933 · Slim Murphy (uncredited)

Blondie Johnson

1933 · Hype (uncredited)

She Done Him Wrong

1933 · Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)

Lawyer Man

1932 · Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)

Fish Feathers

1932

The Devil Is Driving

1932 · Fritz (uncredited)

If I Had a Million

1932 · Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)

Night After Night

1932 · Tom

The Crooked Circle

1932 · Mike, the policeman

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932 · Recruiting Sergeant

Skyscraper Souls

1932 · Masseur

The Boudoir Butler

The Boudoir Butler

1932 · Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice

Huddle

1932 · Moving Man (uncredited)

The Promoter

1932 · Burke

Lighthouse Love

1932 · The Marine Sergeant

Flying High

1931 · Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)

Monkey Business

1931 · Gibson

Caught

1931 · Jard Harmon

Young as You Feel

1931 · Colorado Detective

Iron Man

1931 · Bartender (uncredited)

It Pays to Advertise

1931 · Perkins

The Gang Buster

1931 · 'Gopher' Brant

How Comedies Are Born

How Comedies Are Born

1931 · Tom

See America Thirst

1930 · 'Shivering' Smith

The Fall Guy

1930 · Detective Burke

The Shannons of Broadway

1929 · Burt

Happy Days

1929 · Doorman (uncredited)

Big News

1929 · Officer Ryan

Glad Rag Doll

1929 · Manager

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City

1929 · Crook

Love Over Night

1928 · Detective

Marked Money

1928 · Bill Clemons

The Cop

1928 · Sergeant Coughlin

None But the Brave

1928 · Noah

Hold 'Em Yale

1928 · Detective

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1928 · Property Man

Wife Savers

1928 · General Lavoris

Ham and Eggs at the Front

1927 · Lazarus

Silver Valley

1927 · 'Hayfever' Hawkins

Fireman, Save My Child

1927 · Capt. Kennedy

Alias The Deacon

1927 · Bull Moran

Senorita

1927 · Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)

The Mysterious Rider

1927 · Lem Spooner

Man of the Forest

1926 · Sheriff

We're in the Navy Now

1926 · Sailor Percival Scruggs

The Better 'Ole

1926 · The Blacksmith (uncredited)

Mantrap

1926 · Curly Evans

Born to the West

1926 · Dinkey Hooley

Sir Lumberjack

1926 · Bill Blake

Behind the Front

1926 · Sergeant

The Yankee Señor

1926 · Luke Martin

The Best Bad Man

1925 · Dan Ellis

As Man Desires

1925 · Gorilla Bagsley

Loving Lies

1924 · Captain Lindstrom

The Flirt

1922 · Sam Fenton

The Flaming Hour

1922 · Ben

The Speeder

1922

The Egg

1922 · The Boss

If You Believe It, It's So

1922 · Bartender

Our Leading Citizen

1922 · Boots

Full o' Pep

1922

Serenade

1921 · Zambrano

Sunless Sunday

1921

Skirts

1921

Kismet

1920 · Kutayt

The Poor Simp

1920 · Jim Donnelly

A Schoolhouse Scandal

A Schoolhouse Scandal

1919

Her First Kiss

1919

The Island of Intrigue

1919 · Jackson, the butler

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919 · American General (uncredited)

Cupid's Day Off

Cupid's Day Off

1919 · Gambling House Operator

Mickey

1918 · Tom Rawlings

That Night

1917 · The Proprietor's Henchman

The Late Lamented

1917 · The Model's Brother

Two Crooks

1917 · The Detective

Thirst

1917 · Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)

Whose Baby?

1917 · The Fake Minister

Her Torpedoed Love

1917 · Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister

The Pullman Bride

1917 · Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit

His Bitter Pill

1916 · Dan's Henchman

Fatty and the Broadway Stars

1915 · Man Who Discovers Hat

Double Trouble

1915 · Judge Blodgett

Home Work

— · Repairman

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