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