Tom Kennedy
Biography
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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.
Acting (207 movies)
Oh, My Nerves
1935
42nd Street
1933
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942
Blondie Johnson
1933
The Pretender
1947
Here Comes Elmer
1943
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
As Man Desires
1925
The Covered Trailer
1939
Triple Trouble
1950
The Great Swindle
1941
She Done Him Wrong
1933
The Mysterious Rider
1927
Man of the Forest
1926
Born to the West
1926
Remember the Night
1940
Silver Valley
1927
The Officer and the Lady
1941
Voice of the Whistler
1945
Man-I-Cured
1941
It Pays to Advertise
1931
That Night
1917
Fireman, Save My Child
1927
Wife Savers
1928
Invasion, U.S.A.
1952
The Pullman Bride
1917
Whose Baby?
1917
Devil's Cargo
1948
The Bounty Killer
1965
The Town Went Wild
1944
Mickey
1918
Mantrap
1926
Smart Blonde
1937
Pretty Dolly
1942
The Speeder
1922
Campus Rhythm
1943
Butch Minds the Baby
1942
The Flirt
1922
Loving Lies
1924
Let's Go Navy!
1951
Suits to Nuts
1933
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
Riding High
1950
Quiet, Please
1939
Loose Loot
1953
Spooks!
1953
Ladies' Day
1943
Cutie on Duty
1943
Varsity Show
1937
Wise Girl
1937
Blondes at Work
1938
The Cop
1928
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
1939
The Adventurous Blonde
1937
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
1915
Alibi Bye Bye
1935
The Late Lamented
1917
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
He Couldn't Say No
1938
Society Lawyer
1939
Marry the Girl
1937
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999
So's Your Antenna
1946
Behind The Headlines
1937
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
Swing It, Sailor!
1938
Go Chase Yourself
1938
Lawyer Man
1932
Magic Town
1947
The Bride Comes Home
1935
The Crooked Circle
1932
The Fall Guy
1930
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
And the Angels Sing
1944
Double Trouble
1915
Danger on the Air
1938
Forty Naughty Girls
1937
Serenade
1921
Crashing Hollywood
1938
Petticoat Larceny
1943
See America Thirst
1930
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919
Hold 'Em Yale
1928
Big News
1929
Her Torpedoed Love
1917
None But the Brave
1928
We're in the Navy Now
1926
Behind the Front
1926
Living on Love
1937
Dangerous Years
1947
The Big Shot
1937
Flying High
1931
Dixie
1943
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928
Old Man Rhythm
1935
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
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