Actor
Tom Kennedy
250 movies as actor
Born Jul 14, 1885 – Oct 6, 1965 (aged 80)From New York City, New York, USAAlso known as Thomas A. Kennedy, Thomas Kennedy, Thomas Aloyisus 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 wit…
Known for
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Comedy, Romance
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Adventure, Comedy
42nd Street
1933 · Comedy, Drama
Monkey Business
1931 · Comedy
She Done Him Wrong
1933 · Comedy, Crime
Remember the Night
1940 · Comedy, Romance
The Paleface
1948 · Comedy, Western
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932 · Comedy, War
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1951 · Crime, Drama
If I Had a Million
1932 · Drama, Comedy
Magic Town
1947 · Comedy, Romance
Invasion, U.S.A.
1952 · Drama, Sci-Fi
Tom Kennedy movies
Home Work
Home Work
Repairman
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)
Walk Like a Dragon
1960 · Jethro the Bartender
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Bouncer (uncredited)
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957 · Prison Guard (uncredited)
Hook a Crook
1955 · I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spooks!
1953 · Mr. Hyde
Loose Loot
1953 · Joe
Invasion, U.S.A.
1952 · Tim, Bartender
Gold Fever
1952 · Big Tom
Fraidy Cat
1951 · I. Katchum (uncredited)
Havana Rose
1951 · House Detective
Let's Go Navy!
1951 · Officer Donovan
The Awful Sleuth
1951 · Pinky
The Scarf
1951 · Asylum Inmate
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1951 · Hood (uncredited)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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