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