Tom Kennedy (actor)
Tom Kennedy | |
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Kennedy in an ad for The Flirt (1922) | |
Born |
New York City, New York, U.S. | July 15, 1885
Died |
October 6, 1965 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged
Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
Other names | Tommy Kennedy |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1915–1965 |
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.
Career
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. He was in all nine Torchy Blane films as Gahagan, the poetry-spouting cop whose running line was, "What a day! What a day!" He continued making films right up until his death, his last film being a western The Bounty Killer.
Tom Kennedy 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.
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.
Partial filmography
- Mickey (1918)
- The Island of Intrigue (1919)
- Skirts (1921)
- Our Leading Citizen (1922)
- As Man Desires (1925)
- The Best Bad Man (1925)
- The Yankee Señor (1926)
- Behind the Front (1926)
- Mantrap (1926)
- We're in the Navy Now (1926)
- The Mysterious Rider (1927)
- Señorita (1927)
- Silver Valley (1927)
- One-Round Hogan (1927)
- Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928)
- The Cop (1928)
- Love Over Night (1928)
- The Fall Guy (1930)
- It Pays to Advertise (1931)
- Monkey Business (1931)
- New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931)
- Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
- The Crooked Circle (1932)
- 42nd Street (1933)
- Hollywood Party (1934)
- Behind the Headlines (1937)
- Fly-Away Baby (1937)
- Armored Car (1937)
- Marry the Girl (1937)
- Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
- Living on Love (1938)
- Crime Ring (1938)
- Crashing Hollywood (1938)
- The Covered Trailer (1939)
- Curtain Call (1940)
- Petticoat Larceny (1943)
- So's Your Uncle (1943)
- Bringing Up Father (1946)
- The Paleface (1948)
- Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949)
- M (1951) as Hood (uncredited)
- The Scarf (1951) as Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
- Let's Go Navy! (1951) as Officer Donovan
- Havana Rose (1951) as Hotel Detective
- Hold That Line (1952) as Officer Murphy (uncredited)
- Road Agent (1952) as Bartender Johnny (uncredited)
- Gold Fever (1952) as Big Tom
- Invasion U.S.A. (1952) as Tim, Bartender
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
- Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957) as Prison Guard (uncredited)
- The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957) as Contest Spectator (uncredited)
- Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) as Audience at Eulogy (uncredited)
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957) as Dock Guard (uncredited)
- Once Upon a Horse... (1958) as Townsman (uncredited)
- Revolt in the Big House (1958) as Convict (uncredited)
- Some Like it Hot (1959) as Bouncer (uncredited)
- Say One for Me (1959) as Wardrobe Delivery Man (uncredited)
- Walk Like a Dragon (1960) as Jethro the Bartender
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) as Santa Rosita Police Department traffic cop (uncredited)
- The Bounty Killer (1965) as Joe - Waiter
Death
Kennedy died of bone cancer on October 6, 1965.
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