Tom Kennedy
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.
269 acting credits
Acting · 269
Perry Mason
1957
Bonanza
1959
The Rifleman
1958
Maverick
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Cheyenne
1955
Rawhide
1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
Sugarfoot
1957
The Texan
1958
My Favorite Martian
1963
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Boston Blackie
1951
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
Some Like It Hot
1959
Topper
1953
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Conflict
1956
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
42nd Street
1933
If I Had a Million
1932
Lighthouse Love
1932
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
Slave Ship
1937
Lawyer Man
1932
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
Invasion, U.S.A.
1952
Magic Town
1947
She Done Him Wrong
1933
Danger on the Air
1938
Penthouse
1933
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
Triple Trouble
1950
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939
The Bounty Killer
1965
Remember the Night
1940
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939
The Paleface
1948
Marry the Girl
1937
Stage Door Canteen
1943
The Mighty McGurk
1947
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
Skyscraper Souls
1932
Riding High
1950
Night After Night
1932
Huddle
1932
The Fall Guy
1930
Dixie Dugan
1943
And the Angels Sing
1944
Flying High
1931
These Glamour Girls
1939
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
Butch Minds the Baby
1942
Hollywood Party
1934
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
Mantrap
1926
Here Comes Elmer
1943
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
Monkey Business
1931
Wives Never Know
1936
The Burning Cross
1947
Glad Rag Doll
1929
Armored Car
1937
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
The Country Doctor
1936
Society Lawyer
1939
Blondes at Work
1938
Millionaire Playboy
1940
Man of the Forest
1933
Poppy
1936
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938
She Couldn't Take It
1935
Cross Fire
1933
Blonde Alibi
1946
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938
True to Life
1943
Dangerous Years
1947
The Scarf
1951
Happy Days
1929
Smart Blonde
1937
Living on Love
1937
The Judge Steps Out
1947
Take It Big
1944
Iron Man
1931
Broadway
1942
Fly Away Baby
1937
Havana Rose
1951
The Town Went Wild
1944
The Big Shot
1937
Sporting Blood
1940
The Devil Is Driving
1932
The Officer and the Lady
1941
Wise Girl
1937
Voice of the Whistler
1945
Jinx Money
1948
Pop Always Pays
1940
She Had to Eat
1937
Serenade
1921
Society Mugs
1946
Varsity Show
1937
An Angel from Texas
1940
Quiet, Please
1939
Behind The Headlines
1937
The Adventurous Blonde
1937
Skirts
1921
Hit Parade of 1943
1943
Campus Rhythm
1943
Go Chase Yourself
1938
Caught
1931
Old Man Rhythm
1935
The Girl in the Case
1944
As Man Desires
1925
Flowing Gold
1940
Dixie
1943
Trouble Preferred
1948
Crashing Hollywood
1938
Mickey
1918
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957
Wife Savers
1928
He Couldn't Say No
1938
The Best Bad Man
1925
Silver Valley
1927
Petticoat Larceny
1943
Fireman, Save My Child
1927
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939
The Awful Sleuth
1951
The Big Game
1936
Man Alive
1945
Born to the West
1926
Making the Headlines
1938
Man of the Forest
1926
The Shannons of Broadway
1929
His Bitter Pill
1916
Forty Naughty Girls
1937
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942
Ham and Eggs at the Front
1927
So's Your Uncle
1943
The Long Shot
1939
Let's Go Navy!
1951
The Yankee Señor
1926
Angels with Broken Wings
1941
Big News
1929
The Cop
1928
The Bride Comes Home
1935
The Gang Buster
1931
Devil's Cargo
1948
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947
The Crooked Circle
1932
The Covered Trailer
1939
Sailors on Leave
1941
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919
Fraidy Cat
1951
New News
1937
Loving Lies
1924
Kismet
1920
It Pays to Advertise
1931
Married Before Breakfast
1937
Down to Their Last Yacht
1934
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
Home Work
1942
Sir Lumberjack
1926
Strictly Dynamite
1934
Thieves Fall Out
1941
The Mutineers
1949
Pardon My Stripes
1942
Crime Ring
1938
The Dancing Millionaire
1934
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
1915
Taxi, Mister
1943
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1948
Double Trouble
1915
Blondie Johnson
1933
Square Dance Jubilee
1949
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1945
That Night
1917
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
1934
We're in the Navy Now
1926
Curtain Call
1940
Where the Pest Begins
1945
Thirst
1917
The Mysterious Rider
1927
None But the Brave
1928
Spooks!
1953
The Flirt
1922
Thunder in the Pines
1948
Loose Loot
1953
Midnight Blunders
1936
Cupid's Day Off
1919
Hold 'Em Yale
1928
Gold Fever
1952
The Great Swindle
1941
Lighthouse Love
1932
Her First Kiss
1919
The Hat Box Mystery
1947
Two Crooks
1917
Ladies' Day
1943
Sock Me to Sleep
1935
Whose Baby?
1917
Day of Reckoning
1933
Behind the Front
1926
Motor Maniacs
1946
Raised and Called
1935
Her Torpedoed Love
1917
So's Your Antenna
1946
Hook a Crook
1955
Stage Frights
1935
Oh, My Nerves
1935
Gobs of Trouble
1935
Love Over Night
1928
Pretty Dolly
1942
Moonlight and Cactus
1944
The Island of Intrigue
1919
Alias The Deacon
1927
The Pretender
1947
The Better 'Ole
1926
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928
Girls! Girls! Girls!
1944
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941
Fiddling Around
1938
Marked Money
1928
Our Leading Citizen
1922
The Pullman Bride
1917
The Egg
1922
See America Thirst
1930
Wedtime Stories
1943
Grandma's Buoys
1936
Full o' Pep
1922
Senorita
1927
Just Speeding
1936
Free Rent
1936
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929
The Speeder
1922
The Flaming Hour
1922
The Late Lamented
1917
Radio Rampage
1944
Home Work
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A Schoolhouse Scandal
1919
Bury the Hatchet
1937
The Boudoir Butler
1932
If You Believe It, It's So
1922
Young as You Feel
1931
Sunless Sunday
1921
The Poor Simp
1920
Halfway to Hollywood
1938
The Promoter
1932
Unlucky Strike
1934
Jiggers, My Wife
1946
Hip Zip Hooray
1933
Swing It, Sailor!
1938
Cutie on Duty
1943
Horse Heir
1935
Odor in the Court
1934
Suits to Nuts
1933
In the Devildog House
1934
Gum Shoes
1935
Fish Feathers
1932
Cracked Shots
1934
Alibi Bye Bye
1935
Phoney Cronies
1942
Calling All Curtains
1937
How Comedies Are Born
1931
Man-I-Cured
1941