Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy

American actor (1885-1965)

Thomas Aloyisus Kennedy 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, El Brendel, Laurel and Hardy, and the Three Stooges. Kennedy also played dramatic roles as a supporting actor. Today's viewers may know him from Warner Bros.' nine Torchy Blane features as Gahagan, the poetry-spouting cop whose running line was, "What a day! What a day!"

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 19 films (1919–1959) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 9 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1959 Some like it hot unknown 120 min 16mm B&W sound
1959 Some like it hot MGM/UA 1:21 16mm Color sound
1957 Man Of A Thousand Faces. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 122 min 35mm B&W sound
1953 Loose Loot. Columbia Pictures Corp. 2 reels 35mm B&W sound
1949 Fighting Fools. Reginald LeBorg 69 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Jiggs And Maggie In Jackpot Jitters. William Beaudine 67 min. 35mm B&W sound
1942 Taxi, Mister. Kurt Neumann 5 reels B&W
1940 Curtain Call. Frank Woodruff 63 min. B&W
1938 Swing It, Sailor! Grand National 6 reels 16mm B&W sound
1938 TORCHY GETS HER MAN. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 6 reels B&W
1935 ALIBI BYE BYE. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 2 reels B&W
1934 STRICTLY DYNAMITE. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1933 42nd Street Lloyd Bacon 89 B&W
1933 BOMBSHELL. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1931 NEW ADVENTURES OF GET RICH QUICK WALLINGFORD. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 10 reels B&W
1928 THE COP. Pathe Exchange Inc. 8 reels B&W
1928 TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp 6 reels 16mm B&W sound
1925 THE BEST BAD MAN. Fox Film Corp 5 reels B&W
1919 Yankee Doodle in Berlin. F. Richard Jones 1550 16mm B&W