Tom Kennedy
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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.
Movies
The Bounty Killer
Waiter
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Walk Like a Dragon
Jethro the Bartender
Some Like It Hot
Bouncer (uncredited)
Public Pigeon No. 1
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Hook a Crook
I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spooks!
Mr. Hyde
Loose Loot
Joe
Invasion, U.S.A.
Tim, Bartender
Gold Fever
Big Tom
Fraidy Cat
I. Katchum (uncredited)
Havana Rose
House Detective
Let's Go Navy!
Officer Donovan
The Awful Sleuth
Pinky
The Scarf
Asylum Inmate
Triple Trouble
Third Convict Calling Out from Cell
Riding High
Racetrack Mug (uncredited)
Square Dance Jubilee
Bartender Tom
The Mutineers
Butch
Trouble Preferred
Night Watchman (uncredited)
The Paleface
Bartender
Thunder in the Pines
Josh, the Station Master
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Lefty
Jinx Money
Officer Rooney
Devil's Cargo
Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado
The Judge Steps Out
Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)
Dangerous Years
Mr. Adamson
Magic Town
Moving Man (uncredited)
The Burning Cross
Police Station Sergeant
The Pretender
Fingers Murdock
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
Officer Murphy
The Hat Box Mystery
Policeman Murphy
The Mighty McGurk
Bruiser (uncredited)
So's Your Antenna
Society Mugs
Tom
Motor Maniacs
Mother's Suitor
Jiggers, My Wife
Joe
The Kid from Brooklyn
Referee #1 (uncredited)
Blonde Alibi
Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)
Man Alive
Bartender (uncredited)
Voice of the Whistler
Ferdinand / Hammerlock
Where the Pest Begins
Jonathan Batts
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
The Man Who Walked Alone
Officer #1
The Town Went Wild
Policeman
The Princess and the Pirate
Alonzo
Moonlight and Cactus
Lucky
Take It Big
Moving Man (uncredited)
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan
And the Angels Sing
Potatoes
The Girl in the Case
Watchman (uncredited)
Radio Rampage
Mr. Thompson
True to Life
Customer (uncredited)
Wedtime Stories
House Detective
Campus Rhythm
Police Sergeant
Here Comes Elmer
Johnson
Cutie on Duty
Rocky
So's Your Uncle
Cop
Petticoat Larceny
Pinky
Stage Door Canteen
Tom Kennedy
Dixie
Barkeeper (uncredited)
Taxi, Mister
Kennedy
Ladies' Day
Dugan
Hit Parade of 1943
Westinghouse
Dixie Dugan
Sergeant (uncredited)
Pretty Dolly
Gus
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender
Broadway
Kerry (uncredited)
Blondie's Blessed Event
Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)
Butch Minds the Baby
Philly the Weeper
Pardon My Stripes
Casino
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
Tom
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Sheriff Judson
The Officer and the Lady
Bumps O'Neil
Sailors on Leave
Dugan
Man-I-Cured
House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend
Angels with Broken Wings
Gus
Thieves Fall Out
Cabbie
The Great Swindle
Capper Smith
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Cabbie
Flowing Gold
Petunia
Sporting Blood
Grantly
Pop Always Pays
Murphy
An Angel from Texas
Chopper
Curtain Call
Masseur
Millionaire Playboy
Tom Murphy
Remember the Night
'Fat' Mike
The Covered Trailer
Otto
The Day the Bookies Wept
Pinky Brophy
These Glamour Girls
Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Gahagan
Quiet, Please
Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Gahagan
Society Lawyer
Alf
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Det. Sgt. Gahagan
The Long Shot
Mike Claurens
Breakdowns of 1938
Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Torchy Gets Her Man
Gahagan
Crime Ring
Dummy
Halfway to Hollywood
Tom
Danger on the Air
Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)
Torchy Blane in Panama
Detective Gahagan
Go Chase Yourself
Icebox
Making the Headlines
Police Sergeant Handley
He Couldn't Say No
Dimples
Blondes at Work
Gahagan
Swing It, Sailor!
Policeman
Fiddling Around
Tom Kennedy
Crashing Hollywood
Al
Wise Girl
Detective
The Adventurous Blonde
Detective Gahagan
Living on Love
Pete Ryan
Calling All Curtains
Forty Naughty Girls
Detective Casey
Varsity Show
Policeman (uncredited)
Bury the Hatchet
Tom
The Big Shot
Bugs
Marry the Girl
Jasper
She Had to Eat
Pete
Fly Away Baby
Gahagan
Married Before Breakfast
Mr. Baglipp
Slave Ship
Bartender
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Jim Magooney
Armored Car
Tiny
Behind The Headlines
Tiny
New News
Tom Kennedy
Smart Blonde
Gahagan
Free Rent
Mr. Kennedy
Grandma's Buoys
Tom
Midnight Blunders
Tom
The Big Game
Fan in Stands
Wives Never Know
Bartender (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
Bouncer at Pago Pago
Poppy
Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
The Country Doctor
Logger (uncredited)
Just Speeding
The Bride Comes Home
Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)
Oh, My Nerves
She Couldn't Take It
Slugs
Old Man Rhythm
Campus Guard
Gobs of Trouble
Alibi Bye Bye
Snoops, the house dick
Stage Frights
Raised and Called
Gum Shoes
Horse Heir
The Dancing Millionaire
Crusher McGee
Unlucky Strike
Down to Their Last Yacht
Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)
Hollywood Party
Beavers (uncredited)
Strictly Dynamite
Junior
Cracked Shots
Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
The Burglar
Suits to Nuts
Client
Day of Reckoning
Furniture Mover
Penthouse
Joe (uncredited)
Man of the Forest
Sheriff Blake
Cross Fire
French Bouncer (uncredited)
Hip Zip Hooray
The Prisoner
42nd Street
Slim Murphy (uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
Hype (uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong
Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)
Lawyer Man
Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)
Fish Feathers
The Devil Is Driving
Fritz (uncredited)
If I Had a Million
Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
Night After Night
Tom
The Crooked Circle
Mike, the policeman
Pack Up Your Troubles
Recruiting Sergeant
Skyscraper Souls
Masseur
The Boudoir Butler
Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice
Huddle
Moving Man (uncredited)
The Promoter
Burke
Lighthouse Love
The Marine Sergeant
Lighthouse Love
The Marine Sergeant
Flying High
Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)
Monkey Business
Gibson
Caught
Jard Harmon
Young as You Feel
Colorado Detective
Iron Man
Bartender (uncredited)
It Pays to Advertise
Perkins
The Gang Buster
'Gopher' Brant
See America Thirst
'Shivering' Smith
The Fall Guy
Detective Burke
The Shannons of Broadway
Burt
Happy Days
Doorman (uncredited)
Big News
Officer Ryan
Glad Rag Doll
Manager
Marked Money
Bill Clemons
The Cop
Sergeant Coughlin
None But the Brave
Noah
Hold 'Em Yale
Detective
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Property Man
Wife Savers
General Lavoris
Ham and Eggs at the Front
Lazarus
Silver Valley
'Hayfever' Hawkins
Fireman, Save My Child
Capt. Kennedy
Alias The Deacon
Bull Moran
Senorita
Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)
The Mysterious Rider
Lem Spooner
Man of the Forest
Sheriff
We're in the Navy Now
Sailor Percival Scruggs
The Better 'Ole
The Blacksmith (uncredited)
Mantrap
Curly Evans
Born to the West
Dinkey Hooley
Behind the Front
Sergeant
The Yankee Señor
Luke Martin
The Best Bad Man
Dan Ellis
As Man Desires
Gorilla Bagsley
Loving Lies
Captain Lindstrom
The Flirt
Sam Fenton
The Flaming Hour
Ben
The Speeder
The Egg
The Boss
If You Believe It, It's So
Bartender
Our Leading Citizen
Boots
Full o' Pep
Serenade
Zambrano
Sunless Sunday
Skirts
Kismet
Kutayt
The Poor Simp
Jim Donnelly
A Schoolhouse Scandal
Her First Kiss
The Island of Intrigue
Jackson, the butler
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
American General (uncredited)
Cupid's Day Off
Gambling House Operator
Mickey
Tom Rawlings
That Night
The Proprietor's Henchman
The Late Lamented
The Model's Brother
Two Crooks
The Detective
Thirst
Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)
Whose Baby?
The Fake Minister
Her Torpedoed Love
Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister
The Pullman Bride
Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit
His Bitter Pill
Dan's Henchman
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Man Who Discovers Hat
Double Trouble
Judge Blodgett
TV Series
My Favorite Martian
Mike
1 Episode
Bonanza
Townsman (uncredited)
1 Episode
Rawhide
Townsman (uncredited)
1 Episode
77 Sunset Strip
Night Watchman (uncredited)
1 Episode
The Rifleman
Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
1 Episode
The Texan
Bartender (uncredited)
1 Episode
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Barfly (uncredited)
1 Episode
Maverick
Barkeep (uncredited)
1 Episode
Perry Mason
Bit Part (uncredited)
1 Episode
Sugarfoot
Reception Guest (uncredited)
1 Episode
Have Gun, Will Travel
Townsman (uncredited)
1 Episode
Hey, Jeannie!
Collector
1 Episode
Cheyenne
Townsman / Barfly (uncredited)
1 Episode
Gunsmoke
Cantina Barfly (uncredited)
1 Episode
Topper
Kewpie
1 Episode
The Abbott and Costello Show
Man Carrying Costello
1 Episode
The Ford Television Theatre
1 Episode
Boston Blackie
Frank
1 Episode