Tom Kennedy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1885-07-14 (80 years old)

Deathday

1965-10-06

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Tom Kennedy

Biography

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 ...

Acting

1933

42nd Street

as Slim Murphy (uncredited)

1942

Blondie's Blessed Event

as Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)

1933

Blondie Johnson

as Hype (uncredited)

1947

The Pretender

as Fingers Murdock

1943

1925

As Man Desires

as Gorilla Bagsley

1950

Triple Trouble

as Third Convict Calling Out from Cell

1941

The Great Swindle

as Capper Smith

1933

She Done Him Wrong

as Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)

1927

The Mysterious Rider

as Lem Spooner

1926

1926

Born to the West

as Dinkey Hooley

1940

Remember the Night

as 'Fat' Mike

1927

Silver Valley

as 'Hayfever' Hawkins

1941

1945

Voice of the Whistler

as Ferdinand / Hammerlock

1941

Man-I-Cured

as House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend

1931

1917

That Night

as The Proprietor's Henchman

1927

Fireman, Save My Child

as Capt. Kennedy

1928

Wife Savers

as General Lavoris

1952

Invasion, U.S.A.

as Tim, Bartender

1917

The Pullman Bride

as Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit

1917

Whose Baby?

as The Fake Minister

1948

Devil's Cargo

as Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado

1965

1944

The Town Went Wild

as Policeman

1918

Mickey

as Tom Rawlings

1926

Mantrap

as Curly Evans

1937

Smart Blonde

as Gahagan

1942

1943

Campus Rhythm

as Police Sergeant

1942

Butch Minds the Baby

as Philly the Weeper

1922

The Flirt

as Sam Fenton

1924

Loving Lies

as Captain Lindstrom

1951

Let's Go Navy!

as Officer Donovan

1933

Suits to Nuts

as Client

1946

The Kid from Brooklyn

as Referee #1 (uncredited)

1950

Riding High

as Racetrack Mug (uncredited)

1939

Quiet, Please

as Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof

1953

1953

Spooks!

as Mr. Hyde

1943

Ladies' Day

as Dugan

1943

1937

Varsity Show

as Policeman (uncredited)

1937

Wise Girl

as Detective

1938

Blondes at Work

as Gahagan

1928

The Cop

as Sergeant Coughlin

1937

The Adventurous Blonde

as Detective Gahagan

1939

1939

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

as Det. Sgt. Gahagan

1938

Torchy Blane in Panama

as Detective Gahagan

1938

1915

Fatty and the Broadway Stars

as Man Who Discovers Hat

1935

Alibi Bye Bye

as Snoops, the house dick

1917

The Late Lamented

as The Model's Brother

1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Traffic Cop (uncredited)

1938

1932

The Promoter

as Burke

1939

1937

1999

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

as Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)

1937

New News

as Tom Kennedy

1939

1938

Swing It, Sailor!

as Policeman

1934

Strictly Fresh Yeggs

as The Burglar

1934

Cracked Shots

as Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy

1938

1932

The Boudoir Butler

as Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice

1932

Lawyer Man

as Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)

1947

Magic Town

as Moving Man (uncredited)

1935

The Bride Comes Home

as Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)

1932

The Crooked Circle

as Mike, the policeman

1930

The Fall Guy

as Detective Burke

2006

1944

1915

Double Trouble

as Judge Blodgett

1938

Danger on the Air

as Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)

1937

Forty Naughty Girls

as Detective Casey

1921

Serenade

as Zambrano

1943

1930

See America Thirst

as 'Shivering' Smith

1919

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

as American General (uncredited)

1928

Hold 'Em Yale

as Detective

1929

Big News

as Officer Ryan

1917

Her Torpedoed Love

as Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister

1926

We're in the Navy Now

as Sailor Percival Scruggs

1926

Behind the Front

as Sergeant

1937

Living on Love

as Pete Ryan

1947

Dangerous Years

as Mr. Adamson

1937

1931

Flying High

as Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)

1943

Dixie

as Barkeeper (uncredited)

1933

Hip Zip Hooray

as The Prisoner

1928

1935

Old Man Rhythm

as Campus Guard

1940

Millionaire Playboy

as Tom Murphy

1932

Pack Up Your Troubles

as Recruiting Sergeant

1939

The Long Shot

as Mike Claurens

1939

These Glamour Girls

as Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)

1940

Sporting Blood

as Grantly

1951

Fraidy Cat

as I. Katchum (uncredited)

1955

Hook a Crook

as I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)

1945

Where the Pest Begins

as Jonathan Batts

1946

1941

1943

Hit Parade of 1943

as Westinghouse

1936

The Country Doctor

as Logger (uncredited)

1947

The Judge Steps Out

as Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)

1936

Hollywood Boulevard

as Bouncer at Pago Pago

1916

His Bitter Pill

as Dan's Henchman

1944

Take It Big

as Moving Man (uncredited)

1937

Fly Away Baby

as Gahagan

1944

The Girl in the Case

as Watchman (uncredited)

1943

Dixie Dugan

as Sergeant (uncredited)

1925

The Best Bad Man

as Dan Ellis

1959

Some Like It Hot

as Bouncer (uncredited)

1943

Taxi, Mister

as Kennedy

1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Tom Kennedy

1934

The Dancing Millionaire

as Crusher McGee

1945

Man Alive

as Bartender (uncredited)

1951

1940

1926

The Better 'Ole

as The Blacksmith (uncredited)

1920

Kismet

as Kutayt

1931

Caught

as Jard Harmon

1934

Hollywood Party

as Beavers (uncredited)

1932

Huddle

as Moving Man (uncredited)

1928

Marked Money

as Bill Clemons

1940

Flowing Gold

as Petunia

1927

Alias The Deacon

as Bull Moran

1938

Making the Headlines

as Police Sergeant Handley

1936

1940

1943

True to Life

as Customer (uncredited)

1931

Iron Man

as Bartender (uncredited)

1936

Poppy

as Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

1932

1948

Thunder in the Pines

as Josh, the Station Master

1952

Gold Fever

as Big Tom

1934

Down to Their Last Yacht

as Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)

1940

Curtain Call

as Masseur

1949

Square Dance Jubilee

as Bartender Tom

1947

1929

Glad Rag Doll

as Manager

1938

Fiddling Around

as Tom Kennedy

1936

Free Rent

as Mr. Kennedy

1947

The Burning Cross

as Police Station Sergeant

1931

Young as You Feel

as Colorado Detective

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)

1947

The Mighty McGurk

as Bruiser (uncredited)

1937

Slave Ship

as Bartender

1941

1942

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

as Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender

1933

Cross Fire

as French Bouncer (uncredited)

1927

Senorita

as Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)

1949

1943

1933

Man of the Forest

as Sheriff Blake

1948

The Paleface

as Bartender

1932

If I Had a Million

as Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)

1938

Crime Ring

as Dummy

1933

Day of Reckoning

as Furniture Mover

1936

The Big Game

as Fan in Stands

1937

1931

1948

Jinx Money

as Officer Rooney

1941

1943

Wedtime Stories

as House Detective

1917

Thirst

as Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)

1931

The Gang Buster

as 'Gopher' Brant

1951

The Scarf

as Asylum Inmate

1944

Girls! Girls! Girls!

as Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan

1944

Radio Rampage

as Mr. Thompson

1946

Blonde Alibi

as Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)

1951

Havana Rose

as House Detective

1942

1932

Lighthouse Love

as The Marine Sergeant

1947

The Hat Box Mystery

as Policeman Murphy

1937

1945

1937

1933

Penthouse

as Joe (uncredited)

1926

The Yankee Señor

as Luke Martin

1932

Lighthouse Love

as The Marine Sergeant

1946

Motor Maniacs

as Mother's Suitor

1934

1922

The Egg

as The Boss

1960

Walk Like a Dragon

as Jethro the Bartender

1948

Trouble Preferred

as Night Watchman (uncredited)

1919

Cupid's Day Off

as Gambling House Operator

1936

Wives Never Know

as Bartender (uncredited)

1917

Two Crooks

as The Detective

1942

Broadway

as Kerry (uncredited)

1957

Public Pigeon No. 1

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

1929

Happy Days

as Doorman (uncredited)

1932

The Devil Is Driving

as Fritz (uncredited)

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