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Tom Kennedy

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedJul 14, 1885 (Died at 80)
Zodiac Sign♋Cancer
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Career Span1920 – 1965
Known Credits236 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 0.8

Tom Kennedy

Also known as:Thomas A. KennedyThomas KennedyThomas Aloyisus Kennedy
Total Works

236

218 movies • 18 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

Biography

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Some Like It Hot
8.1
Some Like It Hot
1959•movie
as Bouncer (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7.0
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Bonanza
7.5
Bonanza
1959•series
as Townsman (uncredited)
42nd Street
6.9
42nd Street
1933•movie
as Slim Murphy (uncredited)

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 236 titles featuring Tom Kennedy

Some Like It Hot
8.1
Some Like It Hot
1959•movie

as Bouncer (uncredited)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7.0

as Traffic Cop (uncredited)

Bonanza
7.5
1 eps
Bonanza
1959•series

as Townsman (uncredited)

42nd Street
6.9
42nd Street
1933•movie

as Slim Murphy (uncredited)

Monkey Business
6.9
Monkey Business
1931•movie

as Gibson

Perry Mason
7.7
1 eps
Perry Mason
1957•series

as Bit Part (uncredited)

She Done Him Wrong
5.9
She Done Him Wrong
1933•movie

as Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)

Remember the Night
7.3
Remember the Night
1940•movie

as 'Fat' Mike

Gunsmoke
6.7
1 eps
Gunsmoke
1955•series

as Cantina Barfly (uncredited)

The Paleface
6.1
The Paleface
1948•movie

as Bartender

Pack Up Your Troubles
6.8

as Recruiting Sergeant

M
6.5
M
1951•movie

as Hood (uncredited)

The Rifleman
7.1
1 eps
The Rifleman
1958•series

as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

If I Had a Million
6.5
If I Had a Million
1932•movie

as Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)

Rawhide
7.3
1 eps
Rawhide
1959•series

as Townsman (uncredited)

Have Gun, Will Travel
7.3
1 eps

as Townsman (uncredited)

Maverick
7.0
1 eps
Maverick
1957•series

as Barkeep (uncredited)

Wanted: Dead or Alive
7.1
1 eps

as Barfly (uncredited)

My Favorite Martian
6.2
1 eps
My Favorite Martian
1963•series

as Mike

Magic Town
6.7
Magic Town
1947•movie

as Moving Man (uncredited)

Invasion, U.S.A.
3.4
Invasion, U.S.A.
1952•movie

as Tim, Bartender

The Princess and the Pirate
6.9

as Alonzo

77 Sunset Strip
7.2
1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
1958•series

as Night Watchman (uncredited)

Cheyenne
6.2
1 eps
Cheyenne
1955•series

as Townsman / Barfly (uncredited)

Night After Night
6.3
Night After Night
1932•movie

as Tom

The Abbott and Costello Show
7.2
1 eps

as Man Carrying Costello

Penthouse
6.9
Penthouse
1933•movie

as Joe (uncredited)

Stage Door Canteen
6.3
Stage Door Canteen
1943•movie

as Tom Kennedy

Iron Man
5.7
Iron Man
1931•movie

as Bartender (uncredited)

Blondie Johnson
5.9
Blondie Johnson
1933•movie

as Hype (uncredited)

Mickey
6.5
Mickey
1918•movie

as Tom Rawlings

The Scarf
5.7
The Scarf
1951•movie

as Asylum Inmate

Voice of the Whistler
5.8

as Ferdinand / Hammerlock

Hollywood Party
5.6
Hollywood Party
1934•movie

as Beavers (uncredited)

The Pretender
5.8
The Pretender
1947•movie

as Fingers Murdock

Spooks!
6.4
Spooks!
1953•movie

as Mr. Hyde

The Kid from Brooklyn
6.3

as Referee #1 (uncredited)

The Adventurous Blonde
5.3

as Detective Gahagan

Skyscraper Souls
5.5
Skyscraper Souls
1932•movie

as Masseur

Mantrap
6.2
Mantrap
1926•movie

as Curly Evans

Smart Blonde
6.4
Smart Blonde
1937•movie

as Gahagan

Lawyer Man
6.1
Lawyer Man
1932•movie

as Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)

The Bounty Killer
6.0
The Bounty Killer
1965•movie

as Waiter

Devil's Cargo
5.9
Devil's Cargo
1948•movie

as Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado

Society Lawyer
5.4
Society Lawyer
1939•movie

as Alf

The Crooked Circle
5.3
The Crooked Circle
1932•movie

as Mike, the policeman

These Glamour Girls
5.9

as Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)

Blondes at Work
6.3
Blondes at Work
1938•movie

as Gahagan

Fly Away Baby
6.3
Fly Away Baby
1937•movie

as Gahagan

Varsity Show
6.8
Varsity Show
1937•movie

as Policeman (uncredited)

Yankee Doodle in Berlin
5.7

as American General (uncredited)

Big News
4.5
Big News
1929•movie

as Officer Ryan

Flowing Gold
6.7
Flowing Gold
1940•movie

as Petunia

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
4.6

as Sheriff Judson

Topper
6.1
1 eps
Topper
1953•series

as Kewpie

Riding High
6.1
Riding High
1950•movie

as Racetrack Mug (uncredited)

Torchy Blane in Panama
5.8

as Detective Gahagan

Torchy Gets Her Man
5.9

as Gahagan

Torchy Runs for Mayor
5.9

as Gahagan

Forty Naughty Girls
5.6

as Detective Casey

Living on Love
6.1
Living on Love
1937•movie

as Pete Ryan

Dangerous Years
6.8
Dangerous Years
1947•movie

as Mr. Adamson

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
7.2

as Jim Magooney

Down to Their Last Yacht
6.5

as Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)

The Mighty McGurk
6.7
The Mighty McGurk
1947•movie

as Bruiser (uncredited)

Slave Ship
5.1
Slave Ship
1937•movie

as Bartender

Day of Reckoning
5.1
Day of Reckoning
1933•movie

as Furniture Mover

The Devil Is Driving
5.2

as Fritz (uncredited)

Sugarfoot
5.1
1 eps
Sugarfoot
1957•series

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

Wise Girl
7.1
Wise Girl
1937•movie

as Detective

The Bride Comes Home
5.1

as Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)

And the Angels Sing
7.3

as Potatoes

Crashing Hollywood
6.0
Crashing Hollywood
1938•movie

as Al

Hit Parade of 1943
5.7
Hit Parade of 1943
1943•movie

as Westinghouse

The Better 'Ole
5.7
The Better 'Ole
1926•movie

as The Blacksmith (uncredited)

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
5.4

as Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender

The Gang Buster
6.1
The Gang Buster
1931•movie

as 'Gopher' Brant

It Pays to Advertise
5.6

as Perkins

Loose Loot
7.0
Loose Loot
1953•movie

as Joe

Go Chase Yourself
5.7
Go Chase Yourself
1938•movie

as Icebox

Danger on the Air
6.4
Danger on the Air
1938•movie

as Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)

Taxi, Mister
4.2
Taxi, Mister
1943•movie

as Kennedy

Man Alive
5.6
Man Alive
1945•movie

as Bartender (uncredited)

An Angel from Texas
5.3

as Chopper

Huddle
7.0
Huddle
1932•movie

as Moving Man (uncredited)

Poppy
7.0
Poppy
1936•movie

as Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

Mexican Spitfire Out West
5.0

as Cabbie

Blonde Alibi
4.8
Blonde Alibi
1946•movie

as Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)

The Hat Box Mystery
4.5

as Policeman Murphy

The Texan
6.0
1 eps
The Texan
1958•series

as Bartender (uncredited)

Blondie's Blessed Event
7.0

as Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)

Triple Trouble
7.0
Triple Trouble
1950•movie

as Third Convict Calling Out from Cell

Quiet, Please
6.2
Quiet, Please
1939•movie

as Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof

Ladies' Day
5.8
Ladies' Day
1943•movie

as Dugan

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
6.8
We're in the Navy Now
6.3

as Sailor Percival Scruggs

Behind the Front
6.2
Behind the Front
1926•movie

as Sergeant

Flying High
5.8
Flying High
1931•movie

as Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)

The Long Shot
6.0
The Long Shot
1939•movie

as Mike Claurens

Sporting Blood
4.2
Sporting Blood
1940•movie

as Grantly

The Girl in the Case
6.6

as Watchman (uncredited)

Curtain Call
7.2
Curtain Call
1940•movie

as Masseur

The Big Game
6.6
The Big Game
1936•movie

as Fan in Stands

She Had to Eat
5.6
She Had to Eat
1937•movie

as Pete

Jinx Money
5.6
Jinx Money
1948•movie

as Officer Rooney

The Man Who Walked Alone
5.9

as Officer #1

The Egg
6.6
The Egg
1922•movie

as The Boss

As Man Desires
4.5
As Man Desires
1925•movie

as Gorilla Bagsley

Born to the West
4.8
Born to the West
1926•movie

as Dinkey Hooley

Torchy Blane in Chinatown
6.8

as Det. Sgt. Gahagan

He Couldn't Say No
6.5
He Couldn't Say No
1938•movie

as Dimples

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
8.2

as Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)

Behind The Headlines
6.6

as Tiny

Petticoat Larceny
7.0
Petticoat Larceny
1943•movie

as Pinky

Old Man Rhythm
7.0
Old Man Rhythm
1935•movie

as Campus Guard

Millionaire Playboy
4.5

as Tom Murphy

Where the Pest Begins
6.5

as Jonathan Batts

The Country Doctor
6.5
The Country Doctor
1936•movie

as Logger (uncredited)

The Judge Steps Out
6.8

as Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard
4.5

as Bouncer at Pago Pago

His Bitter Pill
5.1
His Bitter Pill
1916•movie

as Dan's Henchman

True to Life
8.0
True to Life
1943•movie

as Customer (uncredited)

Thunder in the Pines
5.2

as Josh, the Station Master

Midnight Blunders
5.0
Midnight Blunders
1936•movie

as Tom

Breakdowns of 1938
5.8
Breakdowns of 1938
1938•movie

as Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)

Angels with Broken Wings
5.2

as Gus

Crime Ring
5.8
Crime Ring
1938•movie

as Dummy

Thieves Fall Out
6.0
Thieves Fall Out
1941•movie

as Cabbie

Armored Car
5.6
Armored Car
1937•movie

as Tiny

Strictly Dynamite
6.5
Strictly Dynamite
1934•movie

as Junior

Broadway
6.4
Broadway
1942•movie

as Kerry (uncredited)

Hey, Jeannie!
6.2
1 eps
Hey, Jeannie!
1956•series

as Collector

The Ford Television Theatre
7.8
1 eps
Oh, My Nerves
6.3
Oh, My Nerves
1935•movie
The Town Went Wild
7.0
The Town Went Wild
1944•movie

as Policeman

Campus Rhythm
5.7
Campus Rhythm
1943•movie

as Police Sergeant

The Cop
6.7
The Cop
1928•movie

as Sergeant Coughlin

Alibi Bye Bye
3.7
Alibi Bye Bye
1935•movie

as Snoops, the house dick

The Fall Guy
6.3
The Fall Guy
1930•movie

as Detective Burke

Double Trouble
5.7
Double Trouble
1915•movie

as Judge Blodgett

Hold 'Em Yale
6.7
Hold 'Em Yale
1928•movie

as Detective

Jiggers, My Wife
8.0
Jiggers, My Wife
1946•movie

as Joe

Society Mugs
7.0
Society Mugs
1946•movie

as Tom

Pop Always Pays
6.7
Pop Always Pays
1940•movie

as Murphy

Square Dance Jubilee
5.0

as Bartender Tom

Man of the Forest
6.3
Man of the Forest
1933•movie

as Sheriff Blake

She Couldn't Take It
5.3

as Slugs

Walk Like a Dragon
6.3
Walk Like a Dragon
1960•movie

as Jethro the Bartender

Trouble Preferred
6.0
Trouble Preferred
1948•movie

as Night Watchman (uncredited)

Public Pigeon No. 1
6.3

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

Happy Days
6.3
Happy Days
1929•movie

as Doorman (uncredited)

The Officer and the Lady
8.0

as Bumps O'Neil

Let's Go Navy!
8.0
Let's Go Navy!
1951•movie

as Officer Donovan

Marry the Girl
6.5
Marry the Girl
1937•movie

as Jasper

The Day the Bookies Wept
7.5

as Pinky Brophy

Swing It, Sailor!
7.5
Swing It, Sailor!
1938•movie

as Policeman

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
6.0

as Self (archive footage)

Her Torpedoed Love
5.0
Her Torpedoed Love
1917•movie

as Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister

The Big Shot
6.5
The Big Shot
1937•movie

as Bugs

Dixie
5.0
Dixie
1943•movie

as Barkeeper (uncredited)

Tillie's Punctured Romance
6.5

as Property Man

Dixie Dugan
6.5
Dixie Dugan
1943•movie

as Sergeant (uncredited)

Kismet
8.2
Kismet
1920•movie

as Kutayt

Caught
7.5
Caught
1931•movie

as Jard Harmon

Moonlight and Cactus
5.5

as Lucky

Gold Fever
6.5
Gold Fever
1952•movie

as Big Tom

The Case of the Baby-Sitter
6.5

as Officer Murphy

The Burning Cross
7.0
The Burning Cross
1947•movie

as Police Station Sergeant

Cross Fire
6.5
Cross Fire
1933•movie

as French Bouncer (uncredited)

So's Your Uncle
6.0
So's Your Uncle
1943•movie

as Cop

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
7.5

as Lefty

Pardon My Stripes
6.5
Pardon My Stripes
1942•movie

as Casino

Married Before Breakfast
7.0

as Mr. Baglipp

Boston Blackie
4.0
1 eps
Boston Blackie
1951•series

as Frank

Here Comes Elmer
10.0
Here Comes Elmer
1943•movie

as Johnson

The Covered Trailer
7.0

as Otto

The Great Swindle
8.0
The Great Swindle
1941•movie

as Capper Smith

The Mysterious Rider
8.0

as Lem Spooner

Man of the Forest
10.0
Man of the Forest
1926•movie

as Sheriff

Silver Valley
9.0
Silver Valley
1927•movie

as 'Hayfever' Hawkins

Man-I-Cured
8.0
Man-I-Cured
1941•movie

as House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend

Fireman, Save My Child
8.0

as Capt. Kennedy

Wife Savers
7.0
Wife Savers
1928•movie

as General Lavoris

Whose Baby?
Whose Baby?
1917•movie

as The Fake Minister

Pretty Dolly
8.0
Pretty Dolly
1942•movie

as Gus

Butch Minds the Baby
8.0

as Philly the Weeper

The Flirt
7.0
The Flirt
1922•movie

as Sam Fenton

Loving Lies
9.0
Loving Lies
1924•movie

as Captain Lindstrom

Cutie on Duty
10.0
Cutie on Duty
1943•movie

as Rocky

So's Your Antenna
7.0
So's Your Antenna
1946•movie
Serenade
8.0
Serenade
1921•movie

as Zambrano

See America Thirst
7.0
See America Thirst
1930•movie

as 'Shivering' Smith

None But the Brave
10.0
None But the Brave
1928•movie

as Noah

Gum Shoes
9.0
Gum Shoes
1935•movie
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
10.0
Fraidy Cat
10.0
Fraidy Cat
1951•movie

as I. Katchum (uncredited)

Hook a Crook
10.0
Hook a Crook
1955•movie

as I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sailors on Leave
8.0
Sailors on Leave
1941•movie

as Dugan

Take It Big
9.0
Take It Big
1944•movie

as Moving Man (uncredited)

The Best Bad Man
9.0
The Best Bad Man
1925•movie

as Dan Ellis

The Awful Sleuth
10.0
The Awful Sleuth
1951•movie

as Pinky

Alias The Deacon
9.0
Alias The Deacon
1927•movie

as Bull Moran

Making the Headlines
8.0

as Police Sergeant Handley

Glad Rag Doll
9.0
Glad Rag Doll
1929•movie

as Manager

Free Rent
7.0
Free Rent
1936•movie

as Mr. Kennedy

Young as You Feel
9.0
Young as You Feel
1931•movie

as Colorado Detective

Senorita
8.0
Senorita
1927•movie

as Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)

The Mutineers
7.0
The Mutineers
1949•movie

as Butch

Wedtime Stories
9.0
Wedtime Stories
1943•movie

as House Detective

Thirst
6.0
Thirst
1917•movie

as Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)

Girls! Girls! Girls!
7.0

as Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan

Havana Rose
7.0
Havana Rose
1951•movie

as House Detective

Ham and Eggs at the Front
7.0

as Lazarus

The Yankee Señor
10.0
The Yankee Señor
1926•movie

as Luke Martin

Wives Never Know
9.0
Wives Never Know
1936•movie

as Bartender (uncredited)

Our Leading Citizen
9.0

as Boots

If You Believe It, It's So
8.0

as Bartender

The Island of Intrigue
8.0

as Jackson, the butler

Skirts
8.0
Skirts
1921•movie
The Shannons of Broadway
8.0

as Burt

The Poor Simp
7.0
The Poor Simp
1920•movie

as Jim Donnelly

The Flaming Hour
7.0
The Flaming Hour
1922•movie

as Ben

Love Over Night
7.0
Love Over Night
1928•movie

as Detective

Home Work
9.0
Home Work
1942•movie
In the Devildog House
8.0

as Jennie's Husband

That Night
That Night
1917•movie

as The Proprietor's Henchman

The Pullman Bride
The Pullman Bride
1917•movie

as Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit

The Speeder
The Speeder
1922•movie
Suits to Nuts
Suits to Nuts
1933•movie

as Client

Fatty and the Broadway Stars

as Man Who Discovers Hat

The Late Lamented
The Late Lamented
1917•movie

as The Model's Brother

Unlucky Strike
Unlucky Strike
1934•movie
Sunless Sunday
Sunless Sunday
1921•movie
Lighthouse Love
Lighthouse Love
1932•movie

as The Marine Sergeant