7.3
7.3
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942
as Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
Acting
Born:July 14, 1885
Died:October 6, 1965(aged 80)
Birthplace:New York City, New York, USA
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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 (200 movies)
7.3
7.3
Curtain Call
1940
as Masseur
7.3
7.3
Remember the Night
1940
as 'Fat' Mike
7.0
7.0
And the Angels Sing
1944
as Potatoes
7.0
7.0
Flowing Gold
1940
as Petunia
7.0
7.0
Wise Girl
1937
as Detective
7.0
7.0
Let's Go Navy!
1951
as Officer Donovan
7.0
7.0
Jiggers, My Wife
1946
as Joe
6.9
6.9
Monkey Business
1931
as Gibson
6.9
6.9
42nd Street
1933
as Slim Murphy (uncredited)
6.9
6.9
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
as Alonzo
6.8
6.8
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
as Jim Magooney
6.8
6.8
Poppy
1936
as Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
as Recruiting Sergeant
6.7
6.7
Petticoat Larceny
1943
as Pinky
6.7
6.7
Penthouse
1933
as Joe (uncredited)
6.6
6.6
Loose Loot
1953
as Joe
6.6
6.6
Huddle
1932
as Moving Man (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Kismet
1920
as Kutayt
6.5
6.5
Mickey
1918
as Tom Rawlings
6.4
6.4
Dangerous Years
1947
as Mr. Adamson
6.4
6.4
The Mighty McGurk
1947
as Bruiser (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
as Referee #1 (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Behind The Headlines
1937
as Tiny
6.2
6.2
Spooks!
1953
as Mr. Hyde
6.2
6.2
Fly Away Baby
1937
as Gahagan
6.2
6.2
Night After Night
1932
as Tom
6.1
6.1
Blondes at Work
1938
as Gahagan
6.1
6.1
Smart Blonde
1937
as Gahagan
6.0
6.0
The Paleface
1948
as Bartender
6.0
6.0
The Officer and the Lady
1941
as Bumps O'Neil
6.0
6.0
Behind the Front
1926
as Sergeant
6.0
6.0
Mantrap
1926
as Curly Evans
6.0
6.0
Cross Fire
1933
as French Bouncer (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Living on Love
1937
as Pete Ryan
6.0
6.0
Hold 'Em Yale
1928
as Detective
6.0
6.0
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Pardon My Stripes
1942
as Casino
6.0
6.0
Caught
1931
as Jard Harmon
6.0
6.0
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928
as Property Man
6.0
6.0
The Girl in the Case
1944
as Watchman (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
1939
as Gahagan
6.0
6.0
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939
as Det. Sgt. Gahagan
6.0
6.0
The Cop
1928
as Sergeant Coughlin
5.9
5.9
Danger on the Air
1938
as Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)
5.8
5.8
Lawyer Man
1932
as Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
The Egg
1922
as The Boss
5.8
5.8
Crashing Hollywood
1938
as Al
5.8
5.8
The Gang Buster
1931
as 'Gopher' Brant
5.8
5.8
The Long Shot
1939
as Mike Claurens
5.7
5.7
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939
as Gahagan
5.7
5.7
Voice of the Whistler
1945
as Ferdinand / Hammerlock
5.7
5.7
Double Trouble
1915
as Judge Blodgett
5.6
5.6
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938
as Gahagan
5.6
5.6
We're in the Navy Now
1926
as Sailor Percival Scruggs
5.5
5.5
The Fall Guy
1930
as Detective Burke
5.5
5.5
Thieves Fall Out
1941
as Cabbie
5.5
5.5
Man of the Forest
1933
as Sheriff Blake
5.5
5.5
Lighthouse Love
1932
as The Marine Sergeant
5.5
5.5
The Pretender
1947
as Fingers Murdock
5.5
5.5
Devil's Cargo
1948
as Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado
5.5
5.5
He Couldn't Say No
1938
as Dimples
5.4
5.4
Iron Man
1931
as Bartender (uncredited)
5.3
5.3
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938
as Detective Gahagan
5.3
5.3
Quiet, Please
1939
as Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof
5.3
5.3
Strictly Dynamite
1934
as Junior
5.3
5.3
Forty Naughty Girls
1937
as Detective Casey
5.3
5.3
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919
as American General (uncredited)
5.2
5.2
His Bitter Pill
1916
as Dan's Henchman
5.2
5.2
Hit Parade of 1943
1943
as Westinghouse
5.2
5.2
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
as Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender
5.1
5.1
Man Alive
1945
as Bartender (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
Swing It, Sailor!
1938
as Policeman
5.0
5.0
Go Chase Yourself
1938
as Icebox
5.0
5.0
Hip Zip Hooray
1933
as The Prisoner
5.0
5.0
The Better 'Ole
1926
as The Blacksmith (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
The Adventurous Blonde
1937
as Detective Gahagan
5.0
5.0
Society Mugs
1946
as Tom
5.0
5.0
Society Lawyer
1939
as Alf
5.0
5.0
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
as Pinky Brophy
5.0
5.0
The Burning Cross
1947
as Police Station Sergeant
5.0
5.0
Gold Fever
1952
as Big Tom
5.0
5.0
Marry the Girl
1937
as Jasper
5.0
5.0
Her Torpedoed Love
1917
as Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister
5.0
5.0
She Had to Eat
1937
as Pete
5.0
5.0
Oh, My Nerves
1935
5.0
5.0
So's Your Uncle
1943
as Cop
5.0
5.0
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
as Jethro the Bartender
5.0
5.0
Married Before Breakfast
1937
as Mr. Baglipp
5.0
5.0
The Big Shot
1937
as Bugs
4.9
4.9
The Devil Is Driving
1932
as Fritz (uncredited)
4.8
4.8
Jinx Money
1948
as Officer Rooney
4.8
4.8
An Angel from Texas
1940
as Chopper
4.8
4.8
Flying High
1931
as Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)
4.8
4.8
The Crooked Circle
1932
as Mike, the policeman
4.7
4.7
It Pays to Advertise
1931
as Perkins
4.6
4.6
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
as Cabbie
4.5
4.5
Where the Pest Begins
1945
as Jonathan Batts
4.5
4.5
Her First Kiss
1919
4.5
4.5
The Bride Comes Home
1935
as Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)
4.5
4.5
Campus Rhythm
1943
as Police Sergeant
4.4
4.4
Day of Reckoning
1933
as Furniture Mover
4.3
4.3
Ladies' Day
1943
as Dugan
4.2
4.2
Big News
1929
as Officer Ryan
4.2
4.2
Armored Car
1937
as Tiny
4.1
4.1
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
as Sheriff Judson
4.0
4.0
Midnight Blunders
1936
as Tom
4.0
4.0
Square Dance Jubilee
1949
as Bartender Tom
4.0
4.0
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947
as Officer Murphy
4.0
4.0
Moonlight and Cactus
1944
as Lucky
3.7
3.7
Angels with Broken Wings
1941
as Gus
3.7
3.7
Thunder in the Pines
1948
as Josh, the Station Master
3.7
3.7
Born to the West
1926
as Dinkey Hooley
3.6
3.6
Taxi, Mister
1943
as Kennedy
3.6
3.6
The Hat Box Mystery
1947
as Policeman Murphy
3.5
3.5
Sporting Blood
1940
as Grantly
3.1
3.1
Invasion, U.S.A.
1952
as Tim, Bartender
3.0
3.0
As Man Desires
1925
as Gorilla Bagsley
3.0
3.0
Dixie
1943
as Barkeeper (uncredited)
2.7
2.7
Millionaire Playboy
1940
as Tom Murphy
1.0
1.0
The Boudoir Butler
1932
as Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice
1.0
1.0
Alibi Bye Bye
1935
as Snoops, the house dick
None But the Brave
1928
as Noah
New News
1937
as Tom Kennedy
The Awful Sleuth
1951
as Pinky
Pop Always Pays
1940
as Murphy
Man-I-Cured
1941
as House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend
Pretty Dolly
1942
as Gus
Cutie on Duty
1943
as Rocky
Sailors on Leave
1941
as Dugan
The Dancing Millionaire
1934
as Crusher McGee
Thirst
1917
as Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)
Here Comes Elmer
1943
as Johnson
Take It Big
1944
as Moving Man (uncredited)
Butch Minds the Baby
1942
as Philly the Weeper
Gobs of Trouble
1935
The Promoter
1932
as Burke
The Best Bad Man
1925
as Dan Ellis
Making the Headlines
1938
as Police Sergeant Handley
Young as You Feel
1931
as Colorado Detective
Grandma's Buoys
1936
as Tom
Halfway to Hollywood
1938
as Tom
Fiddling Around
1938
as Tom Kennedy
Calling All Curtains
1937
Alias The Deacon
1927
as Bull Moran
Bury the Hatchet
1937
as Tom
Trouble Preferred
1948
as Night Watchman (uncredited)
Glad Rag Doll
1929
as Manager
Free Rent
1936
as Mr. Kennedy
The Pullman Bride
1917
as Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit
Senorita
1927
as Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)
The Mutineers
1949
as Butch
Just Speeding
1936
Fish Feathers
1932
Whose Baby?
1917
as The Fake Minister
Sunless Sunday
1921
Wedtime Stories
1943
as House Detective
Girls! Girls! Girls!
1944
as Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan
Radio Rampage
1944
as Mr. Thompson
Ham and Eggs at the Front
1927
as Lazarus
The Great Swindle
1941
as Capper Smith
Stage Frights
1935
Havana Rose
1951
as House Detective
Lighthouse Love
1932
as The Marine Sergeant
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1945
Fireman, Save My Child
1927
as Capt. Kennedy
The Yankee Señor
1926
as Luke Martin
Motor Maniacs
1946
as Mother's Suitor
Loving Lies
1924
as Captain Lindstrom
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
1915
as Man Who Discovers Hat
Man of the Forest
1926
as Sheriff
The Flirt
1922
as Sam Fenton
Silver Valley
1927
as 'Hayfever' Hawkins
That Night
1917
as The Proprietor's Henchman
Wife Savers
1928
as General Lavoris
The Speeder
1922
Suits to Nuts
1933
as Client
The Late Lamented
1917
as The Model's Brother
So's Your Antenna
1946
Raised and Called
1935
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
1934
as The Burglar
Unlucky Strike
1934
Cracked Shots
1934
as Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy
Serenade
1921
as Zambrano
See America Thirst
1930
as 'Shivering' Smith
Horse Heir
1935
The Covered Trailer
1939
as Otto
Full o' Pep
1922
Cupid's Day Off
1919
as Gambling House Operator
Two Crooks
1917
as The Detective
Our Leading Citizen
1922
as Boots
If You Believe It, It's So
1922
as Bartender
Marked Money
1928
as Bill Clemons
The Island of Intrigue
1919
as Jackson, the butler
Gum Shoes
1935
Fraidy Cat
1951
as I. Katchum (uncredited)
The Mysterious Rider
1927
as Lem Spooner
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941
as Tom
A Schoolhouse Scandal
1919
Hook a Crook
1955
as I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
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