Tom Kennedy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 14, 1885, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- October 6, 1965
- Movies
- 249
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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!"
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2006 | 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl | Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage) |
| 1965 | The Bounty Killer | Waiter |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Traffic Cop (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Walk Like a Dragon | Jethro the Bartender |
| 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Bouncer (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Public Pigeon No. 1 | Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Hook a Crook | I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Spooks! | Mr. Hyde |
| 1953 | Loose Loot | Joe |
| 1952 | Invasion, U.S.A. | Tim, Bartender |
| 1952 | Gold Fever | Big Tom |
| 1951 | Fraidy Cat | I. Katchum (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Havana Rose | House Detective |
| 1951 | Let's Go Navy! | Officer Donovan |
| 1951 | The Awful Sleuth | Pinky |
| 1951 | The Scarf | Asylum Inmate |
| 1951 | M | Hood (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Triple Trouble | Third Convict Calling Out from Cell |
| 1950 | Riding High | Racetrack Mug (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Square Dance Jubilee | Bartender Tom |
| 1949 | The Mutineers | Butch |
| 1948 | Trouble Preferred | Night Watchman (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Paleface | Bartender |
| 1948 | Thunder in the Pines | Josh, the Station Master |
| 1948 | Joe Palooka in Winner Take All | Lefty |
| 1948 | Jinx Money | Officer Rooney |
| 1948 | Devil's Cargo | Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado |
| 1947 | The Judge Steps Out | Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Dangerous Years | Mr. Adamson |
| 1947 | Magic Town | Moving Man (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Burning Cross | Police Station Sergeant |
| 1947 | The Pretender | Fingers Murdock |
| 1947 | The Case of the Baby-Sitter | Officer Murphy |
| 1947 | The Hat Box Mystery | Policeman Murphy |
| 1947 | The Mighty McGurk | Bruiser (uncredited) |
| 1946 | So's Your Antenna | |
| 1946 | Society Mugs | Tom |
| 1946 | Motor Maniacs | Mother's Suitor |
| 1946 | Jiggers, My Wife | Joe |
| 1946 | The Kid from Brooklyn | Referee #1 (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Blonde Alibi | Policeman Clancy (Uncredited) |
| 1945 | Man Alive | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Voice of the Whistler | Ferdinand / Hammerlock |
| 1945 | Where the Pest Begins | Jonathan Batts |
| 1945 | It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog | |
| 1945 | The Man Who Walked Alone | Officer #1 |
| 1944 | The Town Went Wild | Policeman |
| 1944 | The Princess and the Pirate | Alonzo |
| 1944 | Moonlight and Cactus | Lucky |
| 1944 | Take It Big | Moving Man (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Girls! Girls! Girls! | Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan |
| 1944 | And the Angels Sing | Potatoes |
| 1944 | The Girl in the Case | Watchman (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Radio Rampage | Mr. Thompson |
| 1943 | True to Life | Customer (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Wedtime Stories | House Detective |
| 1943 | Campus Rhythm | Police Sergeant |
| 1943 | Here Comes Elmer | Johnson |
| 1943 | Cutie on Duty | Rocky |
| 1943 | So's Your Uncle | Cop |
| 1943 | Petticoat Larceny | Pinky |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen | Tom Kennedy |
| 1943 | Dixie | Barkeeper (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Taxi, Mister | Kennedy |
| 1943 | Ladies' Day | Dugan |
| 1943 | Hit Parade of 1943 | Westinghouse |
| 1943 | Dixie Dugan | Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Pretty Dolly | Gus |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire's Elephant | Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender |
| 1942 | Phoney Cronies | Tom |
| 1942 | Broadway | Kerry (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Blondie's Blessed Event | Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Butch Minds the Baby | Philly the Weeper |
| 1942 | Pardon My Stripes | Casino |
| 1942 | Home Work | |
| 1941 | Sweet Spirits of the Nighter | Tom |
| 1941 | The Mexican Spitfire's Baby | Sheriff Judson |
| 1941 | The Officer and the Lady | Bumps O'Neil |
| 1941 | Sailors on Leave | Dugan |
| 1941 | Man-I-Cured | House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend |
| 1941 | Angels with Broken Wings | Gus |
| 1941 | Thieves Fall Out | Cabbie |
| 1941 | The Great Swindle | Capper Smith |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire Out West | Cabbie |
| 1940 | Flowing Gold | Petunia |
| 1940 | Sporting Blood | Grantly |
| 1940 | Pop Always Pays | Murphy |
| 1940 | An Angel from Texas | Chopper |
| 1940 | Curtain Call | Masseur |
| 1940 | Millionaire Playboy | Tom Murphy |
| 1940 | Remember the Night | 'Fat' Mike |
| 1939 | The Covered Trailer | Otto |
| 1939 | The Day the Bookies Wept | Pinky Brophy |
| 1939 | These Glamour Girls | Joy Lane Manager (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite | Gahagan |
| 1939 | Quiet, Please | Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof |
| 1939 | Torchy Runs for Mayor | Gahagan |
| 1939 | Society Lawyer | Alf |
| 1939 | Torchy Blane in Chinatown | Det. Sgt. Gahagan |
| 1939 | The Long Shot | Mike Claurens |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Torchy Gets Her Man | Gahagan |
| 1938 | Crime Ring | Dummy |
| 1938 | Halfway to Hollywood | Tom |
| 1938 | Danger on the Air | Hotel Doorman (Uncredited) |
| 1938 | Torchy Blane in Panama | Detective Gahagan |
| 1938 | Go Chase Yourself | Icebox |
| 1938 | Making the Headlines | Police Sergeant Handley |
| 1938 | He Couldn't Say No | Dimples |
| 1938 | Blondes at Work | Gahagan |
| 1938 | Swing It, Sailor! | Policeman |
| 1938 | Fiddling Around | Tom Kennedy |
| 1938 | Crashing Hollywood | Al |
| 1937 | Wise Girl | Detective |
| 1937 | The Adventurous Blonde | Detective Gahagan |
| 1937 | Living on Love | Pete Ryan |
| 1937 | Calling All Curtains | |
| 1937 | Forty Naughty Girls | Detective Casey |
| 1937 | Varsity Show | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Bury the Hatchet | Tom |
| 1937 | The Big Shot | Bugs |
| 1937 | Marry the Girl | Jasper |
| 1937 | She Had to Eat | Pete |
| 1937 | Fly Away Baby | Gahagan |
| 1937 | Married Before Breakfast | Mr. Baglipp |
| 1937 | Slave Ship | Bartender |
| 1937 | The Case of the Stuttering Bishop | Jim Magooney |
| 1937 | Armored Car | Tiny |
| 1937 | Behind The Headlines | Tiny |
| 1937 | New News | Tom Kennedy |
| 1937 | Smart Blonde | Gahagan |
| 1936 | Free Rent | Mr. Kennedy |
| 1936 | Grandma's Buoys | Tom |
| 1936 | Midnight Blunders | Tom |
| 1936 | The Big Game | Fan in Stands |
| 1936 | Wives Never Know | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Bouncer at Pago Pago |
| 1936 | Poppy | Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Country Doctor | Logger (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Just Speeding | |
| 1935 | The Bride Comes Home | Husky Thug at Party (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Oh, My Nerves | |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It | Slugs |
| 1935 | Old Man Rhythm | Campus Guard |
| 1935 | Gobs of Trouble | |
| 1935 | Alibi Bye Bye | Snoops, the house dick |
| 1935 | Stage Frights | |
| 1935 | Sock Me to Sleep | Battling McGee |
| 1935 | Raised and Called | |
| 1935 | Gum Shoes | |
| 1935 | Horse Heir | |
| 1934 | The Dancing Millionaire | Crusher McGee |
| 1934 | Unlucky Strike | |
| 1934 | Down to Their Last Yacht | Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Odor in the Court | Plug Hardy |
| 1934 | Hollywood Party | Beavers (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Strictly Dynamite | Junior |
| 1934 | Cracked Shots | Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy |
| 1934 | Strictly Fresh Yeggs | The Burglar |
| 1934 | In the Devildog House | Jennie's Husband |
| 1933 | Suits to Nuts | Client |
| 1933 | Day of Reckoning | Furniture Mover |
| 1933 | Penthouse | Joe (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Man of the Forest | Sheriff Blake |
| 1933 | Cross Fire | French Bouncer (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Hip Zip Hooray | The Prisoner |
| 1933 | 42nd Street | Slim Murphy (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Blondie Johnson | Hype (uncredited) |
| 1933 | She Done Him Wrong | Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Lawyer Man | Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Fish Feathers | |
| 1932 | The Devil Is Driving | Fritz (uncredited) |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Night After Night | Tom |
| 1932 | The Crooked Circle | Mike, the policeman |
| 1932 | Pack Up Your Troubles | Recruiting Sergeant |
| 1932 | Skyscraper Souls | Masseur |
| 1932 | The Boudoir Butler | Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice |
| 1932 | Huddle | Moving Man (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Promoter | Burke |
| 1932 | Lighthouse Love | The Marine Sergeant |
| 1931 | Flying High | Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Monkey Business | Gibson |
| 1931 | Caught | Jard Harmon |
| 1931 | Young as You Feel | Colorado Detective |
| 1931 | Iron Man | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1931 | It Pays to Advertise | Perkins |
| 1931 | The Gang Buster | 'Gopher' Brant |
| 1931 | How Comedies Are Born | Tom |
| 1930 | See America Thirst | 'Shivering' Smith |
| 1930 | The Fall Guy | Detective Burke |
| 1929 | The Shannons of Broadway | Burt |
| 1929 | Happy Days | Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Big News | Officer Ryan |
| 1929 | Glad Rag Doll | Manager |
| 1929 | The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City | Crook |
| 1928 | Love Over Night | Detective |
| 1928 | Marked Money | Bill Clemons |
| 1928 | The Cop | Sergeant Coughlin |
| 1928 | None But the Brave | Noah |
| 1928 | Hold 'Em Yale | Detective |
| 1928 | Tillie's Punctured Romance | Property Man |
| 1928 | Wife Savers | General Lavoris |
| 1927 | Ham and Eggs at the Front | Lazarus |
| 1927 | Silver Valley | 'Hayfever' Hawkins |
| 1927 | Fireman, Save My Child | Capt. Kennedy |
| 1927 | Alias The Deacon | Bull Moran |
| 1927 | Senorita | Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited) |
| 1927 | The Mysterious Rider | Lem Spooner |
| 1926 | Man of the Forest | Sheriff |
| 1926 | We're in the Navy Now | Sailor Percival Scruggs |
| 1926 | The Better 'Ole | The Blacksmith (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Mantrap | Curly Evans |
| 1926 | Born to the West | Dinkey Hooley |
| 1926 | Sir Lumberjack | Bill Blake |
| 1926 | Behind the Front | Sergeant |
| 1926 | The Yankee Señor | Luke Martin |
| 1925 | The Best Bad Man | Dan Ellis |
| 1925 | As Man Desires | Gorilla Bagsley |
| 1924 | Loving Lies | Captain Lindstrom |
| 1922 | The Flirt | Sam Fenton |
| 1922 | The Flaming Hour | Ben |
| 1922 | The Speeder | |
| 1922 | The Egg | The Boss |
| 1922 | If You Believe It, It's So | Bartender |
| 1922 | Our Leading Citizen | Boots |
| 1922 | Full o' Pep | |
| 1921 | Serenade | Zambrano |
| 1921 | Sunless Sunday | |
| 1921 | Skirts | |
| 1920 | Kismet | Kutayt |
| 1920 | The Poor Simp | Jim Donnelly |
| 1919 | A Schoolhouse Scandal | |
| 1919 | Her First Kiss | |
| 1919 | The Island of Intrigue | Jackson, the butler |
| 1919 | Yankee Doodle in Berlin | American General (uncredited) |
| 1919 | Cupid's Day Off | Gambling House Operator |
| 1918 | Mickey | Tom Rawlings |
| 1917 | That Night | The Proprietor's Henchman |
| 1917 | The Late Lamented | The Model's Brother |
| 1917 | Two Crooks | The Detective |
| 1917 | Thirst | Man in Employment Agency (uncredited) |
| 1917 | Whose Baby? | The Fake Minister |
| 1917 | Her Torpedoed Love | Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister |
| 1917 | The Pullman Bride | Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit |
| 1916 | His Bitter Pill | Dan's Henchman |
| 1915 | Fatty and the Broadway Stars | Man Who Discovers Hat |
| 1915 | Double Trouble | Judge Blodgett |
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