American actor (1885–1965)
Thomas Aloyisus Kennedy (July 15, 1885[2] – 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 , El Brendel , Laurel and Hardy , and the Three Stooges. Kennedy also played dramatic roles as a supporting actor.
Career Kennedy in an ad for The Flirt (1922) 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 comedy/Western called The Lamb . 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 titled The Bounty Killer (1965).
Tom Kennedy has been erroneously listed in several 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 .
Personal life Kennedy married Frances Katherine Marshall in 1922. They had four children.
Death Kennedy died of bone cancer on October 6, 1965. He was buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California .[2]
Selected filmography The Lamb (1915) as White Hopeless (uncredited)Double Trouble (1915) as Judge BlodgettAre Waitresses Safe? (1917)Mickey (1918) as Tom RawlingsYankee Doodle in Berlin (1919) as American General (uncredited)The Island of Intrigue (1919) as Jackson - The ButlerThe Poor Simp (1920) as Jim DonnellyKismet (1920) as KutaytSkirts (1921)Serenade (1921) as ZambranoKindred of the Dust (1922) as Big tough (uncredited)Our Leading Citizen (1922) as BootsIf You Believe It, It's So (1922) as BartenderAfraid to Fight (1922) as Battling GroganThe Flaming Hour (1922) as BenThe Flirt (1922) as Sam FentonWith Naked Fists (1923)Scaramouche (1923) as A Dragoon (uncredited)Madonna of the Streets (1924)As Man Desires (1925) as Gorilla BagsleyThe Fearless Lover (1925) as Tom DuganHigh and Handsome (1925) as Bat KennedyThe Best Bad Man (1925) as Dan EllisThe Yankee Señor (1926) as Luke MartinBehind the Front (1926) as SergeantSir Lumberjack (1926) as Bill BlakeBorn to the West (1926) as Dinkey HooleyMantrap (1926) as Curly EvansThe Better 'Ole (1926) as The Blacksmith (uncredited)We're in the Navy Now (1926) as Sailor Percival ScruggsMan of the Forest (1926) as SheriffThe Mysterious Rider (1927) as Lem SpoonerSeñorita (1927) as Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)Alias the Deacon (1927) as 'Bull' MoranFireman, Save My Child (1927) as Capt. KennedyOne-Round Hogan (1927) (uncredited)Silver Valley (1927) as 'Hayfever' HawkinsHam and Eggs at the Front (1927) as LazarusWife Savers (1928) as General LavorisTillie's Punctured Romance (1928) as Property ManHold 'Em Yale (1928) as DetectiveNone but the Brave (1928) as NoahThe Cop (1928) as Sergeant CoughlinMarked Money (1928) as Bill ClemonsLove Over Night (1928) as DetectiveThe Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City (1929) as CrookGlad Rag Doll (1929) as ManagerBig News (1929) as Officer RyanHappy Days (1929) as Doorman (uncredited)The Shannons of Broadway (1929) as BurtThe Big House (1930) as Uncle Jed (scenes deleted)The Fall Guy (1930) as Detective BurkeSee America Thirst (1930) as 'Shivering' SmithThe Gang Buster (1931) as 'Gopher' BrantSit Tight (1931) as Mr. Mack (uncredited)It Pays to Advertise (1931) as PerkinsIron Man (1931) as Bartender (uncredited)El Tenorio del harem (1931) as El sargentoYoung as You Feel (1931) as Colorado Detective (uncredited)Caught (1931) as Jard HarmonMonkey Business (1931) as GibsonNew Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931) as Truck Driver (uncredited)Flying High (1931) as Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)Charlie Chan's Chance (1932) as Hawkins, Man in Police Line-Up (uncredited)Huddle (1932) as Moving Man (uncredited)Lady and Gent (1932) as Small Arena Fighter Spider WebbSkyscraper Souls (1932) as Masseur (uncredited)Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) as Recruiting SergeantThe Crooked Circle (1932) as Mike, the policemanNight After Night (1932) as Tom (the bartender)Madison Square Garden (1932) as Judge (uncredited)If I Had a Million (1932) as Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)Uptown New York (1932) as Wrestling Trainer (uncredited)The Devil Is Driving (1932) as Fritz (uncredited)Lawyer Man (1932) as Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)She Done Him Wrong (1933) as Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)42nd Street (1933) as Slim Murphy (uncredited)Blondie Johnson (1933) as Hype (uncredited)Song of the Eagle (1933) as Officer McGinty (uncredited)Cross Fire (1933) as French Bouncer (uncredited)Man of the Forest (1933) as Sheriff BlakePenthouse (1933) as Joe - Gazotti's Man (uncredited)Bombshell (1933) as Minor Role (scenes deleted)Day of Reckoning (1933) as Phil - First Piano Mover (uncredited)Strictly Dynamite (1934) as JuniorHollywood Party (1934) as Beavers (uncredited)Down to Their Last Yacht (1934) as Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)Bright Lights (1935) as Traffic Cop at Theatre (uncredited)Old Man Rhythm (1935) as Campus Guard (uncredited)She Couldn't Take It (1935) as Slugs (uncredited)The Bride Comes Home (1935) as Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)The Country Doctor (1936) as Logger (uncredited)Poppy (1936) as Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)The Return of Sophie Lang (1936) as Cop on Switchboard (uncredited)Ticket to Paradise (1936) as Cop (uncredited)Hollywood Boulevard (1936) as Bouncer at Pago PagoBulldog Edition (1936) as Irate Husband of Contest Loser (uncredited)Wives Never Know (1936) as Bartender (uncredited)The Big Game (1936) as Fan in Stands (uncredited)Smart Blonde (1937) as GahaganWoman-Wise (1937) as Bouncer (uncredited)When's Your Birthday? (1937) as Fight Manager (uncredited)Behind the Headlines (1937) as TinyThere Goes My Girl (1937) (scenes deleted)Armored Car (1937) as TinyThe Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937) as Jim MagooneySlave Ship (1937) as Bartender (uncredited)Married Before Breakfast (1937) as Mr. BaglippFly-Away Baby (1937) as GahaganShe Had to Eat (1937) as PeteMarry the Girl (1937) as JasperThe Big Shot (1937) as BugsForty Naughty Girls (1937) as Detective CaseyVarsity Show (1937) as Policeman (uncredited)Living on Love (1937) as Pete RyanThe Adventurous Blonde (1937) as GahaganWise Girl (1937) as DetectiveCrashing Hollywood (1938) as AlSwing It, Sailor! (1938) as PolicemanBlondes at Work (1938) as GahaganMaking the Headlines (1938) as Police Sergeant HandleyHe Couldn't Say No (1938) as Dimples, a GangsterTorchy Blane in Panama (1938) as GahaganGo Chase Yourself (1938) as IceboxDanger on the Air (1938) as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)Crime Ring (1938) as Dummy (uncredited)Torchy Gets Her Man (1938) as GahaganLong Shot (1939) as Mike ClaurensTorchy Blane in Chinatown (1939) as GahaganPardon Our Nerve (1939) as BodyguardSociety Lawyer (1939) as AlfTorchy Runs for Mayor (1939) as GahaganGrand Jury Secrets (1939) as Clancy (uncredited)Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite (1939) as GahaganThese Glamour Girls (1939) as Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)The Day the Bookies Wept (1939) as Pinky BrophyThe Covered Trailer (1939) as OttoRemember the Night (1940) as 'Fat' MikeMillionaire Playboy (1940) as Tom MurphyCurtain Call (1940) as Massage AttendantAn Angel from Texas (1940) as ChopperPop Always Pays (1940) as MurphySporting Blood (1940) as GrantlyFlowing Gold (1940) as PetuniaMexican Spitfire Out West (1940) as Taxi DriverFootlight Fever (1941) as Pinky (uncredited)The Great Swindle (1941) as Capper SmithThieves Fall Out (1941) as Cab Driver (uncredited)Angels with Broken Wings (1941) as GusSailors on Leave (1941) as DuganThe Officer and the Lady (1941) as Bumps O'NeilThe Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941) as Sheriff Judson (uncredited)Pardon My Stripes (1942) as CasinoButch Minds the Baby (1942) as Philly the WeeperBroadway (1942) as Kerry (uncredited)Blondie's Blessed Event (1942) as Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)Wildcat (1942) as Fred (uncredited)Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942) as Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender (uncredited)Dixie Dugan (1943) as Sergeant (uncredited)Ladies' Day (1943) as Dugan, the House DetectiveHit Parade of 1943 (1943) as WestinghouseTaxi, Mister (1943) as Detective (uncredited)Dixie (1943) as Barkeeper (uncredited)Stage Door Canteen (1943) as himselfPetticoat Larceny (1943) as PinkyThe Adventures of a Rookie (1943) as Ship Lader (uncredited)So's Your Uncle (1943) as CopIs Everybody Happy? (1943) as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)Riding High (1943) as Wilson (uncredited)Here Comes Elmer (1943) as JohnsonCampus Rhythm (1943) as Police Sergeant (uncredited)True to Life (1943) as Customer (uncredited)O, My Darling Clementine (1943) as Bill CollectorRosie the Riveter (1944) as Piano MoverThe Girl in the Case (1944) as Watchman (uncredited)And the Angels Sing (1944) as PotatoesOnce Upon a Time (1944) as Truckman (uncredited)Take It Big (1944) as Moving Man (uncredited)Moonlight and Cactus (1944) as LuckyThe Princess and the Pirate (1944) as AlonzoThe Town Went Wild (1944) as Policeman in Courtroom (uncredited)Practically Yours (1944) as Burly Citizen at Newsreel Theatre (uncredited)The Man Who Walked Alone (1945) as Officer #1Rough, Tough and Ready (1945) as Dan Cowan (uncredited)Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945) as Doorman (uncredited)Voice of the Whistler (1945) as Ferdinand / HammerlockThe Spanish Main (1945) as Pirate Captain at Inn in Tortuga (uncredited)Man Alive (1945) as Bartender (uncredited)A Letter for Evie (1946) as Driver (uncredited)The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) as Referee #1 (uncredited)Blonde Alibi (1946) as Policeman Clancy (uncredited)Bringing Up Father (1946) as MurphyThe Mighty McGurk (1947) as Bruiser (uncredited)The Pretender (1947) as Fingers MurdockThe Burning Cross (1947) as Police SergeantMagic Town (1947) as Moving Man (uncredited)Dangerous Years (1947) as AdamsonThe Judge Steps Out (1948) as Jack, the Court Receptionist (uncredited)Devil's Cargo (1948) as NagaJinx Money (1948) as Officer RooneyThey Live by Night (1948) as Cop (uncredited)Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948) as LeftyThunder in the Pines (1948) as Josh - Station MasterJiggs and Maggie in Court (1948) as Card Player (uncredited)The Paleface (1948) as BartenderTrouble Preferred (1948) as Night Watchman (uncredited)Fighting Fools (1949) as Rosemeyer, Arena Doorman (uncredited)The Mutineers (1949) as ButchMighty Joe Young (1949) as Policeman (uncredited)Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949) as Murphy (uncredited)Square Dance Jubilee (1949) as Bartender TomBlonde Dynamite (1950) as Tom, a Policeman (uncredited)Riding High (1950) as Racetrack Mug (uncredited)Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950) as Murphy (uncredited)Triple Trouble (1950) as Convict (uncredited)Border Rangers (1950) as Station AgentM (1951) as Hood (uncredited)The Scarf (1951) as Asylum Inmate (uncredited)Let's Go Navy! (1951) as Officer DonovanHavana Rose (1951) as Hotel DetectiveHold That Line (1952) as Officer Murphy (uncredited)Road Agent (1952) as Bartender Johnny (uncredited)Gold Fever (1952) as Big TomInvasion U.S.A. (1952) as Tim, BartenderAbbott 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 BartenderIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) as Santa Rosita Police Department traffic cop (uncredited)The Bounty Killer (1965) as Joe - Waiter
References ^ "Don Kennedy". The Rifleman . Retrieved January 21, 2022 . ^ a b Wilson, Scott (August 19, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 401. ISBN 9781476625997 – via Google Books .
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