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