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
| Birth Location | New York City, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1885-07-14 |
| Died | 1965-10-06 |
Movies
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)
1999
The Bounty Killer
as Waiter
1965
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
1963
Walk Like a Dragon
as Jethro the Bartender
1960
Some Like It Hot
as Bouncer (uncredited)
1959
Hook a Crook
as I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
Spooks!
as Mr. Hyde
1953
Loose Loot
as Joe
1953
Invasion, U.S.A.
as Tim, Bartender
1952
Gold Fever
as Big Tom
1952
Fraidy Cat
as I. Katchum (uncredited)
1951
Havana Rose
as House Detective
1951
Let's Go Navy!
as Officer Donovan
1951
The Scarf
as Asylum Inmate
1951
Triple Trouble
as Third Convict Calling Out from Cell
1950
Riding High
as Racetrack Mug (uncredited)
1950
Square Dance Jubilee
as Bartender Tom
1949
The Mutineers
as Butch
1949
Trouble Preferred
as Night Watchman (uncredited)
1948
The Paleface
as Bartender
1948
Thunder in the Pines
as Josh, the Station Master
1948
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Lefty
1948
Jinx Money
as Officer Rooney
1948
Devil's Cargo
as Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado
1948
The Judge Steps Out
as Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)
1947
Dangerous Years
as Mr. Adamson
1947
Magic Town
as Moving Man (uncredited)
1947
The Burning Cross
as Police Station Sergeant
1947
The Pretender
as Fingers Murdock
1947
The Case Of The Baby-Sitter
as Officer Murphy
1947
The Hat Box Mystery
as Policeman Murphy
1947
The Mighty McGurk
as Bruiser (uncredited)
1947
1946
Society Mugs
as Tom
1946
Motor Maniacs
as Mother's Suitor
1946
Jiggers, My Wife
as Joe
1946
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Referee #1 (uncredited)
1946
Blonde Alibi
as Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)
1946
Man Alive
as Bartender (uncredited)
1945
Voice of the Whistler
as Ferdinand / Hammerlock
1945
Where the Pest Begins
as Jonathan Batts
1945
The Man Who Walked Alone
as Officer #1
1945
The Town Went Wild
as Policeman
1944
The Princess and the Pirate
as Alonzo
1944
Moonlight and Cactus
as Lucky
1944
Take It Big
as Moving Man (uncredited)
1944
Girls! Girls! Girls!
as Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan
1944
And the Angels Sing
as Potatoes
1944
The Girl in the Case
as Watchman (uncredited)
1944
Radio Rampage
as Mr. Thompson
1944
Wedtime Stories
as House Detective
1943
True to Life
as Customer (uncredited)
1943
Campus Rhythm
as Police Sergeant
1943
Here Comes Elmer
as Johnson
1943
Cutie on Duty
as Rocky
1943
So's Your Uncle
as Cop
1943
Petticoat Larceny
as Pinky
1943
Stage Door Canteen
as Tom Kennedy
1943
Dixie
as Barkeeper (uncredited)
1943
Taxi, Mister
as Kennedy
1943
Ladies' Day
as Dugan
1943
Hit Parade of 1943
as Westinghouse
1943
Dixie Dugan
as Sergeant (uncredited)
1943
Pretty Dolly
as Gus
1942
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender
1942
Blondie's Blessed Event
as Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)
1942
Butch Minds the Baby
as Philly the Weeper
1942
Pardon My Stripes
as Casino
1942
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
as Tom
1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Sheriff Judson
1941
The Officer and the Lady
as Bumps O'Neil
1941
Sailors on Leave
as Dugan
1941
Man-I-Cured
as House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend
1941
Angels with Broken Wings
as Gus
1941
Thieves Fall Out
as Cabbie
1941
The Great Swindle
as Capper Smith
1941
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Cabbie
1940
Flowing Gold
as Petunia
1940
Sporting Blood
as Grantly
1940
Pop Always Pays
as Murphy
1940
An Angel from Texas
as Chopper
1940
Curtain Call
as Masseur
1940
Millionaire Playboy
as Tom Murphy
1940
Remember the Night
as 'Fat' Mike
1940
The Covered Trailer
as Otto
1939
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Pinky Brophy
1939
These Glamour Girls
as Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)
1939
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
as Gahagan
1939
Quiet, Please
as Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof
1939
Torchy Runs for Mayor
as Gahagan
1939
Society Lawyer
as Alf
1939
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
as Det. Sgt. Gahagan
1939
The Long Shot
as Mike Claurens
1939
Breakdowns of 1938
as Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
Torchy Gets Her Man
as Gahagan
1938
Crime Ring
as Dummy
1938
Halfway to Hollywood
as Tom
1938
Danger on the Air
as Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)
1938
Torchy Blane in Panama
as Detective Gahagan
1938
Go Chase Yourself
as Icebox
1938
Making the Headlines
as Police Sergeant Handley
1938
He Couldn't Say No
as Dimples
1938
Blondes at Work
as Gahagan
1938
Swing It, Sailor!
as Policeman
1938
Fiddling Around
as Tom Kennedy
1938
Crashing Hollywood
as Al
1938
Wise Girl
as Detective
1937
The Adventurous Blonde
as Detective Gahagan
1937
Living on Love
as Pete Ryan
1937
1937
Forty Naughty Girls
as Detective Casey
1937
Varsity Show
as Policeman (uncredited)
1937
Bury the Hatchet
as Tom
1937
The Big Shot
as Bugs
1937
Marry the Girl
as Jasper
1937
She Had to Eat
as Pete
1937
Fly Away Baby
as Gahagan
1937
Married Before Breakfast
as Mr. Baglipp
1937
Slave Ship
as Bartender
1937
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Jim Magooney
1937
Armored Car
as Tiny
1937
Behind The Headlines
as Tiny
1937
New News
as Tom Kennedy
1937
Smart Blonde
as Gahagan
1937
1936
Grandma's Buoys
as Tom
1936
Midnight Blunders
as Tom
1936
The Big Game
as Fan in Stands
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
as Bouncer at Pago Pago
1936
Poppy
as Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
1936
The Country Doctor
as Logger (uncredited)
1936
1936
The Bride Comes Home
as Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)
1935
1935
She Couldn't Take It
as Slugs
1935
Old Man Rhythm
as Campus Guard
1935
1935
Alibi Bye Bye
as Snoops, the house dick
1935
1935
1935
1935
1935
The Dancing Millionaire
as Crusher McGee
1934
1934
Down to Their Last Yacht
as Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)
1934
Hollywood Party
as Beavers (uncredited)
1934
Strictly Dynamite
as Junior
1934
Cracked Shots
as Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy
1934
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
as The Burglar
1934
Suits to Nuts
as Client
1933
Day of Reckoning
as Furniture Mover
1933
Penthouse
as Joe (uncredited)
1933
Man of the Forest
as Sheriff Blake
1933
Cross Fire
as French Bouncer (uncredited)
1933
Hip Zip Hooray
as The Prisoner
1933
42nd Street
as Slim Murphy (uncredited)
1933
Blondie Johnson
as Hype (uncredited)
1933
She Done Him Wrong
as Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)
1933
Lawyer Man
as Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)
1932
1932
If I Had a Million
as Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
1932
Night After Night
as Tom
1932
The Crooked Circle
as Mike, the policeman
1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Recruiting Sergeant
1932
The Boudoir Butler
as Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice
1932
Huddle
as Moving Man (uncredited)
1932
The Promoter
as Burke
1932
Lighthouse Love
as The Marine Sergeant
1932
Lighthouse Love
as The Marine Sergeant
1932
Flying High
as Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)
1931
Monkey Business
as Gibson
1931
Caught
as Jard Harmon
1931
Young as You Feel
as Colorado Detective
1931
Iron Man
as Bartender (uncredited)
1931
It Pays to Advertise
as Perkins
1931
The Gang Buster
as 'Gopher' Brant
1931
See America Thirst
as 'Shivering' Smith
1930
The Fall Guy
as Detective Burke
1930
Happy Days
as Doorman (uncredited)
1929
Big News
as Officer Ryan
1929
Glad Rag Doll
as Manager
1929
Marked Money
as Bill Clemons
1928
The Cop
as Sergeant Coughlin
1928
None But the Brave
as Noah
1928
Hold 'Em Yale
as Detective
1928
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Property Man
1928
Wife Savers
as General Lavoris
1928
Ham and Eggs at the Front
as Lazarus
1927
Silver Valley
as 'Hayfever' Hawkins
1927
Fireman, Save My Child
as Capt. Kennedy
1927
Senorita
as Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)
1927
The Mysterious Rider
as Lem Spooner
1927
Man of the Forest
as Sheriff
1926
We're in the Navy Now
as Sailor Percival Scruggs
1926
The Better 'Ole
as The Blacksmith (uncredited)
1926
Mantrap
as Curly Evans
1926
Born to the West
as Dinkey Hooley
1926
Behind the Front
as Sergeant
1926
The Yankee Señor
as Luke Martin
1926
The Best Bad Man
as Dan Ellis
1925
As Man Desires
as Gorilla Bagsley
1925
Loving Lies
as Captain Lindstrom
1924
The Flirt
as Sam Fenton
1922
1922
The Egg
as The Boss
1922
1922
Serenade
as Zambrano
1921
1921
Kismet
as Kutayt
1920
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
as American General (uncredited)
1919
Mickey
as Tom Rawlings
1918
That Night
as The Proprietor's Henchman
1917
The Late Lamented
as The Model's Brother
1917
Thirst
as Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)
1917
Whose Baby?
as The Fake Minister
1917
Her Torpedoed Love
as Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister
1917
The Pullman Bride
as Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit
1917
His Bitter Pill
as Dan's Henchman
1916
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
as Man Who Discovers Hat
1915
Double Trouble
as Judge Blodgett
1915
Tom Kennedy hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
