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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
all 243
Movies 233
TV Shows 10
self 5
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)
Bonanza (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
The Rifleman (1958)
Maverick (1957)
Sugarfoot (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Hey, Jeannie! (1956)
Hook a Crook (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Spooks! (1953)
Loose Loot (1953)
Invasion, U.S.A. (1952)
The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
Gold Fever (1952)
Fraidy Cat (1951)
Havana Rose (1951)
Let's Go Navy! (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)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1944)
Take It Big (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)
Phoney Cronies (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)
The Blitz Kiss (1941)
Sailors on Leave (1941)
Man-I-Cured (1941)
Yankee Doodle Andy (1941)
Ready, Willing but Unable (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)
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)
Odor in the Court (1934)
Hollywood Party (1934)
Strictly Dynamite (1934)
Cracked Shots (1934)
Strictly Fresh Yeggs (1934)
In the Devildog House (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)
If I Had a Million (1932)
Night After Night (1932)
The Crooked Circle (1932)
Pack Up Your Troubles (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)
Happy Days (1929)
Big News (1929)
Glad Rag Doll (1929)
Liberty (1929)
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)
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)
Behind the Front (1926)
The Yankee Señor (1926)
The Best Bad Man (1925)
As Man Desires (1925)
Loving Lies (1924)
The Flirt (1922)
The Speeder (1922)
The Egg (1922)
Full o' Pep (1922)
Snooky's Twin Troubles (1921)
Serenade (1921)
Sunless Sunday (1921)
Kismet (1920)
A Schoolhouse Scandal (1919)
The Yellow Dog Catcher (1919)
Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)
Mickey (1918)
That Night (1917)
The Late Lamented (1917)
Thirst (1917)
Whose Baby? (1917)
Her Torpedoed Love (1917)
His Naughty Thought (1917)
The Pullman Bride (1917)
His Bitter Pill (1916)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915)
Double Trouble (1915)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1885-07-15
Deathday1965-10-06 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsThomas A. Kennedy, Thomas Kennedy, Thomas Aloyisus Kennedy
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