Acting credits
231
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Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Tom Kennedy
Acting
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Movies: 214Series: 17
TMDB ID: 34324
IMDb ID: nm0448366
Known for: Acting
Born: July 14, 1885
Died: October 6, 1965
Age: 80
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1915 - 2006
Years active: 92
Average TMDB rating: 6.72
Wikidata: Q1298666
Also known as
Thomas A. Kennedy • Thomas Kennedy • Thomas Aloyisus 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 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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Movies
Movie credits linked with Tom Kennedy.
6.0
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
2006 Movie
7.7
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)
1999 Movie
5.8
The Bounty Killer
as Waiter
1965 Movie
7.0
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
1963 Movie
5.0
Walk Like a Dragon
as Jethro the Bartender
1960 Movie
8.1
Some Like It Hot
as Bouncer (uncredited)
1959 Movie
6.0
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
1957 Movie
Hook a Crook
as I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955 Movie
6.2
Spooks!
as Mr. Hyde
1953 Movie
6.6
Loose Loot
as Joe
1953 Movie
3.3
Invasion, U.S.A.
as Tim, Bartender
1952 Movie
5.0
Gold Fever
as Big Tom
1952 Movie
Fraidy Cat
as I. Katchum (uncredited)
1951 Movie
Havana Rose
as House Detective
1951 Movie
7.0
Let's Go Navy!
as Officer Donovan
1951 Movie
The Awful Sleuth
as Pinky
1951 Movie
5.6
The Scarf
as Asylum Inmate
1951 Movie
6.2
Triple Trouble
as Third Convict Calling Out from Cell
1950 Movie
5.8
Riding High
as Racetrack Mug (uncredited)
1950 Movie
4.0
Square Dance Jubilee
as Bartender Tom
1949 Movie
The Mutineers
as Butch
1949 Movie
Trouble Preferred
as Night Watchman (uncredited)
1948 Movie
6.0
The Paleface
as Bartender
1948 Movie
3.7
Thunder in the Pines
as Josh, the Station Master
1948 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Tom Kennedy.
6.0
My Favorite Martian
as Mike • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.5
Bonanza
as Townsman (uncredited) • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.2
Rawhide
as Townsman (uncredited) • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Night Watchman (uncredited) • 1 eps
1958 Series
7.1
The Rifleman
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited) • 1 eps
1958 Series
5.5
The Texan
as Bartender (uncredited) • 1 eps
1958 Series
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Barfly (uncredited) • 1 eps
1958 Series
6.9
Maverick
as Barkeep (uncredited) • 1 eps
1957 Series
7.7
Perry Mason
as Bit Part (uncredited) • 1 eps
1957 Series
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Reception Guest (uncredited) • 1 eps
1957 Series
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Townsman (uncredited) • 1 eps
1957 Series
6.0
Cheyenne
as Townsman / Barfly (uncredited) • 1 eps
1955 Series
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Cantina Barfly (uncredited) • 1 eps
1955 Series
5.8
Topper
as Kewpie • 1 eps
1953 Series
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Man Carrying Costello • 1 eps
1952 Series
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
1 eps
1952 Series
4.0
Boston Blackie
as Frank • 1 eps
1951 Series