Tom Kennedy
Actor
- Born
- July 14, 1885 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- October 6, 1965 (age 80)
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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.
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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.
Known for
Some Like It Hot
March 19, 1959
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
November 7, 1963
42nd Street
March 11, 1933
Monkey Business
September 19, 1931
She Done Him Wrong
February 9, 1933
Remember the Night
January 19, 1940
The Paleface
December 17, 1948
Pack Up Your Troubles
September 16, 1932
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March 1, 1951
If I Had a Million
November 18, 1932
Magic Town
October 7, 1947
The Princess and the Pirate
November 17, 1944
Acting250
- 200642nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage as Self (archive footage)
- 1999Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl as Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)
- 1965The Bounty Killer as Waiter
- 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
- 1960Walk Like a Dragon as Jethro the Bartender
- 1959Some Like It Hot as Bouncer (uncredited)
- 1957Public Pigeon No. 1 as Prison Guard (uncredited)
- 1955Hook a Crook as I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1953Spooks! as Mr. Hyde