Tom Kennedy
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Perry Mason
Bit Part (uncredited)
1957
Series
Bonanza
Townsman (uncredited)
1959
Series
The Rifleman
Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
1958
Series
Maverick
Barkeep (uncredited)
1957
Series
Maverick
Poker Player (uncredited)
1957
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
Townsman (uncredited)
1957
Series
Cheyenne
Townsman / Barfly (uncredited)
1955
Series
Cheyenne
Bartender (uncredited)
1955
Series
Cheyenne
Townsman (uncredited)
1955
Series
Cheyenne
Cowhand (uncredited)
1955
Series
Rawhide
Townsman (uncredited)
1959
Series
Rawhide
Barfly (uncredited)
1959
Series
Rawhide
Juror (uncredited)
1959
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Barfly (uncredited)
1958
Series
Gunsmoke
Cantina Barfly (uncredited)
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Barfly (uncredited)
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Townsman (uncredited)
1955
Series
Sugarfoot
Reception Guest (uncredited)
1957
Series
Sugarfoot
Convict (uncredited)
1957
Series
77 Sunset Strip
Night Watchman (uncredited)
1958
Series
My Favorite Martian
Mike
1963
Series
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Series
The Texan
Bartender (uncredited)
1958
Film
Some Like It Hot
Bouncer (uncredited)
1959
Series
The Abbott and Costello Show
Man Carrying Costello
1952
Series
Boston Blackie
Frank
1951
Series
Boston Blackie
Doc's Henchman
1951
Series
Topper
Kewpie
1953
Film
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
1963
Series
Hey, Jeannie!
Collector
1956
Film
Lighthouse Love
The Marine Sergeant
1932
Film
Remember the Night
'Fat' Mike
1940
Conflict
Iron Bob Mills
1956
Film
Where the Pest Begins
Jonathan Batts
1945
Film
Magic Town
Moving Man (uncredited)
1947
Film
The Paleface
Bartender
1948
Film
The Princess and the Pirate
Alonzo
1944
Film
Wife Savers
General Lavoris
1928
Film
42nd Street
Slim Murphy (uncredited)
1933
Film
She Done Him Wrong
Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)
1933
Film
Blondie Johnson
Hype (uncredited)
1933
Film
Monkey Business
Gibson
1931
Film
Pack Up Your Troubles
Recruiting Sergeant
1932
Film
Spooks!
Mr. Hyde
1953
Film
The Kid from Brooklyn
Referee #1 (uncredited)
1946
Film
If I Had a Million
Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
1932
Film
The Bounty Killer
Waiter
1965
Film
Blonde Alibi
Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)
1946
Film
The Cop
Sergeant Coughlin
1928
Film
Stage Door Canteen
Tom Kennedy
1943
Film
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)
1999
Film
Dixie
Barkeeper (uncredited)
1943
Home Work
Repairman
Film
Millionaire Playboy
Tom Murphy
1940
Film
Skirts
1921
Film
Slave Ship
Bartender
1937
Sir Lumberjack
Bill Blake
1926
Film
So's Your Uncle
Cop
1943
Film
Huddle
Moving Man (uncredited)
1932
Film
Hollywood Party
Beavers (uncredited)
1934
Film
Senorita
Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)
1927
Radio Rampage
Mr. Thompson
1944
Film
Penthouse
Joe (uncredited)
1933
Film
Skyscraper Souls
Masseur
1932
Film
Petticoat Larceny
Pinky
1943
Film
Havana Rose
House Detective
1951
Fiddling Around
Tom Kennedy
1938
Film
Riding High
Racetrack Mug (uncredited)
1950
Film
Triple Trouble
Third Convict Calling Out from Cell
1950
Film
Let's Go Navy!
Officer Donovan
1951
Motor Maniacs
Mother's Suitor
1946
Film
Serenade
Zambrano
1921
Film
Wise Girl
Detective
1937
Film
Breakdowns of 1938
Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
Film
Her Torpedoed Love
Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister
1917
Film
Happy Days
Doorman (uncredited)
1929
Film
Society Mugs
Tom
1946
Film
Home Work
1942
Film
Man of the Forest
Sheriff Blake
1933
Film
True to Life
Customer (uncredited)
1943
Film
Silver Valley
'Hayfever' Hawkins
1927
Film
The Judge Steps Out
Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)
1947
Film
Fireman, Save My Child
Capt. Kennedy
1927
Film
Pretty Dolly
Gus
1942
Film
Loose Loot
Joe
1953
Film
The Pretender
Fingers Murdock
1947
Film
The Mighty McGurk
Bruiser (uncredited)
1947
Film
The Country Doctor
Logger (uncredited)
1936
Film
She Couldn't Take It
Slugs
1935
Film
And the Angels Sing
Potatoes
1944
Film
Jiggers, My Wife
Joe
1946
Film
Go Chase Yourself
Icebox
1938
Cracked Shots
Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy
1934
Phoney Cronies
Tom
1942
Film
Free Rent
Mr. Kennedy
1936
Fish Feathers
1932
Film
Lawyer Man
Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)
1932
Film
Broadway
Kerry (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Burning Cross
Police Station Sergeant
1947
Film
These Glamour Girls
Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Fall Guy
Detective Burke
1930
Film
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Det. Sgt. Gahagan
1939
Film
Square Dance Jubilee
Bartender Tom
1949
Film
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Gahagan
1939
Film
The Long Shot
Mike Claurens
1939
Film
Smart Blonde
Gahagan
1937
Film
The Adventurous Blonde
Detective Gahagan
1937
Film
Caught
Jard Harmon
1931
Film
Marry the Girl
Jasper
1937
Film
Here Comes Elmer
Johnson
1943
Film
Hollywood Boulevard
Bouncer at Pago Pago
1936
Film
The Man Who Walked Alone
Officer #1
1945
Film
The Shannons of Broadway
Burt
1929
Film
Night After Night
Tom
1932
Film
Poppy
Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
1936
Film
An Angel from Texas
Chopper
1940
Film
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Sheriff Judson
1941
Film
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Gahagan
1939
Film
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Jim Magooney
1937
Film
Walk Like a Dragon
Jethro the Bartender
1960
The Boudoir Butler
Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice
1932
Just Speeding
1936
Film
The Town Went Wild
Policeman
1944
Film
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender
1942
Film
Swing It, Sailor!
Policeman
1938
Film
Dixie Dugan
Sergeant (uncredited)
1943
Film
The Scarf
Asylum Inmate
1951
Film
Hit Parade of 1943
Westinghouse
1943
Film
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
Blondes at Work
Gahagan
1938
Film
Blondie's Blessed Event
Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)
1942
Film
Forty Naughty Girls
Detective Casey
1937
Film
The Big Game
Fan in Stands
1936
Film
Whose Baby?
The Fake Minister
1917
Film
Wives Never Know
Bartender (uncredited)
1936
Film
Quiet, Please
Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof
1939
Film
Behind The Headlines
Tiny
1937
Film
Crime Ring
Dummy
1938
Film
Mantrap
Curly Evans
1926
Film
Butch Minds the Baby
Philly the Weeper
1942
Film
Living on Love
Pete Ryan
1937
Film
The Poor Simp
Jim Donnelly
1920
Film
The Mysterious Rider
Lem Spooner
1927
The Dancing Millionaire
Crusher McGee
1934
Film
His Bitter Pill
Dan's Henchman
1916
Film
Varsity Show
Policeman (uncredited)
1937
Film
Young as You Feel
Colorado Detective
1931
Film
Voice of the Whistler
Ferdinand / Hammerlock
1945
Film
Big News
Officer Ryan
1929
Film
The Great Swindle
Capper Smith
1941
Film
The Better 'Ole
The Blacksmith (uncredited)
1926
Film
Jinx Money
Officer Rooney
1948
Film
Glad Rag Doll
Manager
1929
Film
That Night
The Proprietor's Henchman
1917
Film
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Cabbie
1940
Film
Trouble Preferred
Night Watchman (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Island of Intrigue
Jackson, the butler
1919
Film
She Had to Eat
Pete
1937
Film
The Officer and the Lady
Bumps O'Neil
1941
Film
The Devil Is Driving
Fritz (uncredited)
1932
Film
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Lefty
1948
Film
Dangerous Years
Mr. Adamson
1947
Film
Public Pigeon No. 1
Prison Guard (uncredited)
1957
Film
Sporting Blood
Grantly
1940
Film
Pardon My Stripes
Casino
1942
Film
Torchy Blane in Panama
Detective Gahagan
1938
Film
Flying High
Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)
1931
Film
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
American General (uncredited)
1919
Film
The Hat Box Mystery
Policeman Murphy
1947
Film
The Gang Buster
'Gopher' Brant
1931
Film
Society Lawyer
Alf
1939
Film
Suits to Nuts
Client
1933
Film
Cross Fire
French Bouncer (uncredited)
1933
Film
He Couldn't Say No
Dimples
1938
Film
The Crooked Circle
Mike, the policeman
1932
Film
Thieves Fall Out
Cabbie
1941
Horse Heir
1935
Film
Fly Away Baby
Gahagan
1937
Film
Strictly Dynamite
Junior
1934
Film
Cutie on Duty
Rocky
1943
Film
Crashing Hollywood
Al
1938
Film
The Covered Trailer
Otto
1939
Film
None But the Brave
Noah
1928
Film
Iron Man
Bartender (uncredited)
1931
Film
The Yankee Señor
Luke Martin
1926
Film
The Flaming Hour
Ben
1922
Film
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
Crook
1929
Film
Angels with Broken Wings
Gus
1941
Film
Love Over Night
Detective
1928
Film
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan
1944
Film
Take It Big
Moving Man (uncredited)
1944
Film
Flowing Gold
Petunia
1940
Film
If You Believe It, It's So
Bartender
1922
Film
Pop Always Pays
Murphy
1940
Film
Mickey
Tom Rawlings
1918
Film
The Bride Comes Home
Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)
1935
Film
Invasion, U.S.A.
Tim, Bartender
1952
Film
Making the Headlines
Police Sergeant Handley
1938
Film
Day of Reckoning
Furniture Mover
1933
Film
Armored Car
Tiny
1937
Film
The Flirt
Sam Fenton
1922
Film
Down to Their Last Yacht
Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)
1934
Sock Me to Sleep
Battling McGee
1935
Film
Curtain Call
Masseur
1940
Film
Torchy Gets Her Man
Gahagan
1938
Film
Moonlight and Cactus
Lucky
1944
Film
Campus Rhythm
Police Sergeant
1943
Film
Ladies' Day
Dugan
1943
Film
The Awful Sleuth
Pinky
1951
Film
Unlucky Strike
1934
Film
Behind the Front
Sergeant
1926
Film
The Day the Bookies Wept
Pinky Brophy
1939
Her First Kiss
1919
Halfway to Hollywood
Tom
1938
Film
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Man Who Discovers Hat
1915
Film
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
Tom
1941
Film
Old Man Rhythm
Campus Guard
1935
Film
Danger on the Air
Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)
1938
Film
Fraidy Cat
I. Katchum (uncredited)
1951
Film
Alias The Deacon
Bull Moran
1927
Film
See America Thirst
'Shivering' Smith
1930
Hip Zip Hooray
The Prisoner
1933
Film
The Big Shot
Bugs
1937
Film
Sailors on Leave
Dugan
1941
How Comedies Are Born
Tom
1931
Film
Devil's Cargo
Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado
1948
Film
Loving Lies
Captain Lindstrom
1924
Calling All Curtains
1937
Film
Alibi Bye Bye
Snoops, the house dick
1935
Film
Hook a Crook
I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
Film
Man Alive
Bartender (uncredited)
1945
Film
Thirst
Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)
1917
Bury the Hatchet
Tom
1937
Grandma's Buoys
Tom
1936
Film
Hold 'Em Yale
Detective
1928
Film
It Pays to Advertise
Perkins
1931
Film
Double Trouble
Judge Blodgett
1915
Film
Ham and Eggs at the Front
Lazarus
1927
Film
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1945
Film
Midnight Blunders
Tom
1936
Film
The Girl in the Case
Watchman (uncredited)
1944
Film
Gum Shoes
1935
Film
Oh, My Nerves
1935
Film
Sunless Sunday
1921
Two Crooks
The Detective
1917
Film
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Property Man
1928
Film
Gold Fever
Big Tom
1952
Film
The Late Lamented
The Model's Brother
1917
Film
Kismet
Kutayt
1920
Full o' Pep
1922
Film
Taxi, Mister
Kennedy
1943
Film
Our Leading Citizen
Boots
1922
Film
Man of the Forest
Sheriff
1926
Film
We're in the Navy Now
Sailor Percival Scruggs
1926
Film
So's Your Antenna
1946
Film
Wedtime Stories
House Detective
1943
Film
The Pullman Bride
Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit
1917
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
The Burglar
1934
Film
The Mutineers
Butch
1949
Film
Married Before Breakfast
Mr. Baglipp
1937
Film
The Best Bad Man
Dan Ellis
1925
New News
Tom Kennedy
1937
Stage Frights
1935
Marked Money
Bill Clemons
1928
Film
The Egg
The Boss
1922
Gobs of Trouble
1935
The Promoter
Burke
1932
Film
As Man Desires
Gorilla Bagsley
1925
Film
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
Officer Murphy
1947
Film
Born to the West
Dinkey Hooley
1926
Cupid's Day Off
Gambling House Operator
1919
Film
Thunder in the Pines
Josh, the Station Master
1948
Film
The Speeder
1922
A Schoolhouse Scandal
1919
Raised and Called
1935
Film
Man-I-Cured
House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend
1941
Odor in the Court
Plug Hardy
1934
Film
In the Devildog House
Jennie's Husband
1934