Tom Kennedy
Acting
Born 1885-07-14
Died 1965-10-06
New York City, New York, USA
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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.
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.
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Filmography
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Perry Mason
The Rifleman
Bonanza
Maverick
Have Gun, Will Travel
Rawhide
Cheyenne
Gunsmoke
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Sugarfoot
The Ford Television Theatre
The Texan
77 Sunset Strip
My Favorite Martian
The Abbott and Costello Show
Some Like It Hot
Boston Blackie
Topper
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Hey, Jeannie!
Lighthouse Love
Conflict
Remember the Night
Where the Pest Begins
Blondie Johnson
The Paleface
Magic Town
42nd Street
The Cop
The Princess and the Pirate
Dixie
The Bounty Killer
Let's Go Navy!
Millionaire Playboy
Monkey Business
If I Had a Million
Wife Savers
The Kid from Brooklyn
Radio Rampage
Senorita
She Done Him Wrong
Pack Up Your Troubles
Triple Trouble
Petticoat Larceny
The Country Doctor
Home Work
Silver Valley
The Pretender
Man of the Forest
Society Mugs
Slave Ship
Serenade
Her Torpedoed Love
Havana Rose
The Fall Guy
Stage Door Canteen
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Breakdowns of 1938
Motor Maniacs
Home Work
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