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Tom Kennedy
🎂 Jul 14, 1885 — 🕯️ Oct 6, 1965 (80 years)
New York City, New York, USA
Tom Kennedy, born in New York City, New York, USA, is an actor and producer. Made their debut in 1915 with Double Trouble. Best known for Some Like It Hot, playing Bouncer (uncredited). Also starred in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and 42nd Street. Their filmography spans 248 movies and 29 TV shows over 111 years, across genres including comedy, romance, crime.
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80 R.I.P.
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Oscars
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Movies
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Movies
Some Like It Hot
1959
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
42nd Street
1933
The Paleface
1948
Monkey Business
1931
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
Magic Town
1947
Hollywood Party
1934
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
If I Had a Million
1932
Blondie Johnson
1933
Huddle
1932
Flowing Gold
1940
Riding High
1950
Remember the Night
1940
She Done Him Wrong
1933
Stage Door Canteen
1943
Armored Car
1937
Smart Blonde
1937
Blonde Alibi
1946
Wise Girl
1937
Triple Trouble
1950
The Scarf
1951
Flying High
1931
Sporting Blood
1940
Lawyer Man
1932
And the Angels Sing
1944
Man Alive
1945
Jinx Money
1948
Petticoat Larceny
1943
Broadway
1942
Invasion, U.S.A.
1952
Penthouse
1933
Voice of the Whistler
1945
Varsity Show
1937
Mickey
1918
The Mighty McGurk
1947
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
Iron Man
1931
The Bride Comes Home
1935
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
Dangerous Years
1947
Down to Their Last Yacht
1934
Society Lawyer
1939
The Adventurous Blonde
1937
Strictly Dynamite
1934
Skyscraper Souls
1932
An Angel from Texas
1940
Hit Parade of 1943
1943
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Tom Kennedy
1885-07-14 · New York City, New York, USA
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.