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

• 1965The Bounty Killer — Waiter
• 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World — Traffic Cop (uncredited)
• My Favorite Martian — Mike
• 1960Walk Like a Dragon — Jethro the Bartender
• Bonanza — Townsman (uncredited)
• Rawhide — Townsman (uncredited), Barfly (uncredited), Juror (uncredited)
• 1959Some Like It Hot — Bouncer (uncredited)
• 77 Sunset Strip — Night Watchman (uncredited)
• The Rifleman — Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
• The Texan — Bartender (uncredited)
• Wanted: Dead or Alive — Barfly (uncredited)
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Townsman (uncredited)
• Maverick — Barkeep (uncredited), Poker Player (uncredited)
• Perry Mason — Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1957Public Pigeon No. 1 — Prison Guard (uncredited)
• Sugarfoot — Reception Guest (uncredited), Convict (uncredited)
• Conflict — Iron Bob Mills
• Hey, Jeannie! — Collector
• Cheyenne — Townsman / Barfly (uncredited), Bartender (uncredited), Townsman (uncredited), Cowhand (uncredited)
• Gunsmoke — Cantina Barfly (uncredited), Townsman (uncredited)
• 1955Hook a Crook — I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1953Loose Loot — Joe
• 1953Spooks! — Mr. Hyde
• Topper — Kewpie
• 1952Gold Fever — Big Tom
• 1952Invasion, U.S.A. — Tim, Bartender
• The Abbott and Costello Show — Man Carrying Costello
• The Ford Television Theatre
• Boston Blackie — Frank, Doc's Henchman
• 1951Fraidy Cat — I. Katchum (uncredited)
• 1951Havana Rose — House Detective
• 1951Let's Go Navy! — Officer Donovan
• 1951M — Hood (uncredited)
• 1951The Awful Sleuth — Pinky
• 1951The Scarf — Asylum Inmate
• 1950Riding High — Racetrack Mug (uncredited)
• 1950Triple Trouble — Third Convict Calling Out from Cell
• 1949Square Dance Jubilee — Bartender Tom
• 1949The Mutineers — Butch
• 1948Devil's Cargo — Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado
• 1948Jinx Money — Officer Rooney
• 1948Joe Palooka in Winner Take All — Lefty
• 1948The Paleface — Bartender
• 1948Thunder in the Pines — Josh, the Station Master
• 1948Trouble Preferred — Night Watchman (uncredited)
• 1947Dangerous Years — Mr. Adamson
• 1947Magic Town — Moving Man (uncredited)
• 1947The Burning Cross — Police Station Sergeant
• 1947The Case of the Baby-Sitter — Officer Murphy
• 1947The Hat Box Mystery — Policeman Murphy
• 1947The Judge Steps Out — Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)
• 1947The Mighty McGurk — Bruiser (uncredited)
• 1947The Pretender — Fingers Murdock
• 1946Blonde Alibi — Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)
• 1946Jiggers, My Wife — Joe
• 1946Motor Maniacs — Mother's Suitor
• 1946So's Your Antenna
• 1946Society Mugs — Tom
• 1946The Kid from Brooklyn — Referee #1 (uncredited)
• 1945It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
• 1945Man Alive — Bartender (uncredited)
• 1945The Man Who Walked Alone — Officer #1
• 1945Voice of the Whistler — Ferdinand / Hammerlock
• 1945Where the Pest Begins — Jonathan Batts
• 1944And the Angels Sing — Potatoes
• 1944Girls! Girls! Girls! — Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan
• 1944Moonlight and Cactus — Lucky
• 1944Radio Rampage — Mr. Thompson
• 1944Take It Big — Moving Man (uncredited)
• 1944The Girl in the Case — Watchman (uncredited)
• 1944The Princess and the Pirate — Alonzo
• 1944The Town Went Wild — Policeman
• 1943Campus Rhythm — Police Sergeant
• 1943Cutie on Duty — Rocky
• 1943Dixie — Barkeeper (uncredited)
• 1943Dixie Dugan — Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1943Here Comes Elmer — Johnson
• 1943Hit Parade of 1943 — Westinghouse
• 1943Ladies' Day — Dugan
• 1943Petticoat Larceny — Pinky
• 1943So's Your Uncle — Cop
• 1943Stage Door Canteen — Tom Kennedy
• 1943Taxi, Mister — Kennedy
• 1943True to Life — Customer (uncredited)
• 1943Wedtime Stories — House Detective
• 1942Blondie's Blessed Event — Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)
• 1942Broadway — Kerry (uncredited)
• 1942Butch Minds the Baby — Philly the Weeper
• 1942Home Work
• 1942Mexican Spitfire's Elephant — Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender
• 1942Pardon My Stripes — Casino
• 1942Phoney Cronies — Tom
• 1942Pretty Dolly — Gus
• 1941Angels with Broken Wings — Gus
• 1941Man-I-Cured — House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend
• 1941Sailors on Leave — Dugan
• 1941Sweet Spirits of the Nighter — Tom
• 1941The Great Swindle — Capper Smith
• 1941The Mexican Spitfire's Baby — Sheriff Judson
• 1941The Officer and the Lady — Bumps O'Neil
• 1941Thieves Fall Out — Cabbie
• 1940An Angel from Texas — Chopper
• 1940Curtain Call — Masseur
• 1940Flowing Gold — Petunia
• 1940Mexican Spitfire Out West — Cabbie
• 1940Millionaire Playboy — Tom Murphy
• 1940Pop Always Pays — Murphy
• 1940Remember the Night — 'Fat' Mike
• 1940Sporting Blood — Grantly
• 1939Quiet, Please — Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof
• 1939Society Lawyer — Alf
• 1939The Covered Trailer — Otto
• 1939The Day the Bookies Wept — Pinky Brophy
• 1939The Long Shot — Mike Claurens
• 1939These Glamour Girls — Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)
• 1939Torchy Blane in Chinatown — Det. Sgt. Gahagan
• 1939Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite — Gahagan
• 1939Torchy Runs for Mayor — Gahagan
• 1938Blondes at Work — Gahagan
• 1938Breakdowns of 1938 — Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1938Crashing Hollywood — Al
• 1938Crime Ring — Dummy
• 1938Danger on the Air — Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)
• 1938Fiddling Around — Tom Kennedy
• 1938Go Chase Yourself — Icebox
• 1938Halfway to Hollywood — Tom
• 1938He Couldn't Say No — Dimples
• 1938Making the Headlines — Police Sergeant Handley
• 1938Swing It, Sailor! — Policeman
• 1938Torchy Blane in Panama — Detective Gahagan
• 1938Torchy Gets Her Man — Gahagan
• 1937Armored Car — Tiny
• 1937Behind The Headlines — Tiny
• 1937Bury the Hatchet — Tom
• 1937Calling All Curtains
• 1937Fly Away Baby — Gahagan
• 1937Forty Naughty Girls — Detective Casey
• 1937Living on Love — Pete Ryan
• 1937Married Before Breakfast — Mr. Baglipp
• 1937Marry the Girl — Jasper
• 1937New News — Tom Kennedy
• 1937She Had to Eat — Pete
• 1937Slave Ship — Bartender
• 1937Smart Blonde — Gahagan
• 1937The Adventurous Blonde — Detective Gahagan
• 1937The Big Shot — Bugs
• 1937The Case of the Stuttering Bishop — Jim Magooney
• 1937Varsity Show — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1937Wise Girl — Detective
• 1936Free Rent — Mr. Kennedy
• 1936Grandma's Buoys — Tom
• 1936Hollywood Boulevard — Bouncer at Pago Pago
• 1936Just Speeding
• 1936Midnight Blunders — Tom
• 1936Poppy — Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
• 1936The Big Game — Fan in Stands
• 1936The Country Doctor — Logger (uncredited)
• 1936Wives Never Know — Bartender (uncredited)
• 1935Alibi Bye Bye — Snoops, the house dick
• 1935Gobs of Trouble
• 1935Gum Shoes
• 1935Horse Heir
• 1935Oh, My Nerves
• 1935Old Man Rhythm — Campus Guard
• 1935Raised and Called
• 1935She Couldn't Take It — Slugs
• 1935Sock Me to Sleep — Battling McGee
• 1935Stage Frights
• 1935The Bride Comes Home — Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)
• 1934Cracked Shots — Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy
• 1934Down to Their Last Yacht — Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)
• 1934Hollywood Party — Beavers (uncredited)
• 1934In the Devildog House — Jennie's Husband
• 1934Odor in the Court — Plug Hardy
• 1934Strictly Dynamite — Junior
• 1934Strictly Fresh Yeggs — The Burglar
• 1934The Dancing Millionaire — Crusher McGee
• 1934Unlucky Strike
• 193342nd Street — Slim Murphy (uncredited)
• 1933Blondie Johnson — Hype (uncredited)
• 1933Cross Fire — French Bouncer (uncredited)
• 1933Day of Reckoning — Furniture Mover
• 1933Hip Zip Hooray — The Prisoner
• 1933Man of the Forest — Sheriff Blake
• 1933Penthouse — Joe (uncredited)
• 1933She Done Him Wrong — Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)
• 1933Suits to Nuts — Client
• 1932Fish Feathers
• 1932Huddle — Moving Man (uncredited)
• 1932If I Had a Million — Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
• 1932Lawyer Man — Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)
• 1932Lighthouse Love — The Marine Sergeant
• 1932Night After Night — Tom
• 1932Pack Up Your Troubles — Recruiting Sergeant
• 1932Skyscraper Souls — Masseur
• 1932The Boudoir Butler — Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice
• 1932The Crooked Circle — Mike, the policeman
• 1932The Devil Is Driving — Fritz (uncredited)
• 1932The Promoter — Burke
• 1931Caught — Jard Harmon
• 1931Flying High — Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)
• 1931How Comedies Are Born — Tom
• 1931Iron Man — Bartender (uncredited)
• 1931It Pays to Advertise — Perkins
• 1931Monkey Business — Gibson
• 1931The Gang Buster — 'Gopher' Brant
• 1931Young as You Feel — Colorado Detective
• 1930See America Thirst — 'Shivering' Smith
• 1930The Fall Guy — Detective Burke
• 1929Big News — Officer Ryan
• 1929Glad Rag Doll — Manager
• 1929Happy Days — Doorman (uncredited)
• 1929The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City — Crook
• 1929The Shannons of Broadway — Burt
• 1928Hold 'Em Yale — Detective
• 1928Love Over Night — Detective
• 1928Marked Money — Bill Clemons
• 1928None But the Brave — Noah
• 1928The Cop — Sergeant Coughlin
• 1928Tillie's Punctured Romance — Property Man
• 1928Wife Savers — General Lavoris
• 1927Alias The Deacon — Bull Moran
• 1927Fireman, Save My Child — Capt. Kennedy
• 1927Ham and Eggs at the Front — Lazarus
• 1927Senorita — Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)
• 1927Silver Valley — 'Hayfever' Hawkins
• 1927The Mysterious Rider — Lem Spooner
• 1926Behind the Front — Sergeant
• 1926Born to the West — Dinkey Hooley
• 1926Man of the Forest — Sheriff
• 1926Mantrap — Curly Evans
• 1926Sir Lumberjack — Bill Blake
• 1926The Better 'Ole — The Blacksmith (uncredited)
• 1926The Yankee Señor — Luke Martin
• 1926We're in the Navy Now — Sailor Percival Scruggs
• 1925As Man Desires — Gorilla Bagsley
• 1925The Best Bad Man — Dan Ellis
• 1924Loving Lies — Captain Lindstrom
• 1922Full o' Pep
• 1922If You Believe It, It's So — Bartender
• 1922Our Leading Citizen — Boots
• 1922The Egg — The Boss
• 1922The Flaming Hour — Ben
• 1922The Flirt — Sam Fenton
• 1922The Speeder
• 1921Serenade — Zambrano
• 1921Skirts
• 1921Sunless Sunday
• 1920Kismet — Kutayt
• 1920The Poor Simp — Jim Donnelly
• 1919A Schoolhouse Scandal
• 1919Cupid's Day Off — Gambling House Operator
• 1919Her First Kiss
• 1919The Island of Intrigue — Jackson, the butler
• 1919Yankee Doodle in Berlin — American General (uncredited)
• 1918Mickey — Tom Rawlings
• 1917Her Torpedoed Love — Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister
• 1917That Night — The Proprietor's Henchman
• 1917The Late Lamented — The Model's Brother
• 1917The Pullman Bride — Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit
• 1917Thirst — Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)
• 1917Two Crooks — The Detective
• 1917Whose Baby? — The Fake Minister
• 1916His Bitter Pill — Dan's Henchman
• 1915Double Trouble — Judge Blodgett
• 1915Fatty and the Broadway Stars — Man Who Discovers Hat
• Home Work — Repairman

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 200642nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage — Self (archive footage)
• 1999Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl — Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)