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Tom Kennedy was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, Kennedy landed roles in various films, including "The Flirt" (1922), "Loving Lies" (1924) and "The Best Bad Man" (1925) with Tom Mix. He also appeared in "As Man Desires" (1925), "Mantrap" (1926) with Ernest Torrence and "We're in the Navy Now" (1926). He kept working in film throughout t...

Filmography

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Time Walker (1982)

The Everlasting Secret Family (1989)

Synthesizer Player

American Anthem (1986)

Having Babies (1976)

The Bounty Killer (1965)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

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Biography

Tom Kennedy was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, Kennedy landed roles in various films, including "The Flirt" (1922), "Loving Lies" (1924) and "The Best Bad Man" (1925) with Tom Mix. He also appeared in "As Man Desires" (1925), "Mantrap" (1926) with Ernest Torrence and "We're in the Navy Now" (1926). He kept working in film throughout the thirties, starring in the Stan Laurel musical comedy "Hollywood Party" (1934), "Strictly Dynamite" (1934) and the Joe E Brown musical "Bright Lights" (1935). He also appeared in the comedy "Wise Girl" (1937) with Miriam Hopkins. Toward the end of his career, he continued to act in the comedic adventure "Mexican Spitfire Out West" (1940) with Lupe Velez, "The Great Swindle" (1941) and the Bing Crosby musical "Dixie" (1943). He also appeared in the romantic comedy "Ladies' Day" (1943) with Lupe Velez and the musical "Hit Parade of 1943" (1943) with John Carroll. Most recently, Kennedy worked on "Ashes to Ashes (Wayne Trotman)" (2003).

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Time Walker (1982)

Cast (Feature Film)

The Everlasting Secret Family (1989)

Synthesizer Player

American Anthem (1986)

Having Babies (1976)

The Bounty Killer (1965)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Walk Like a Dragon (1960)

Jethro, the bartender

Say One for Me (1959)

Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957)

Invasion U.S.A. (1952)

Road Agent (1952)

Hold That Line (1952)

Gold Fever (1952)

Havana Rose (1951)

Hotel detective

Let's Go Navy (1951)

Patrolman Donovan

Border Rangers (1950)

The Judge Steps Out (1949)

Information attendant

Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949)

Square Dance Jubilee (1949)

The Mutineers (1949)

They Live by Night (1949)

Fighting Fools (1949)

Mighty Joe Young (1949)

Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)

Thunder in the Pines (1948)

Devil's Cargo (1948)

Jinx Money (1948)

Trouble Preferred (1948)

Dangerous Years (1948)

The Paleface (1948)

Magic Town (1947)

The Case of the Baby Sitter (1947)

The Hat-box Mystery (1947)

The Pretender (1947)

The Mighty McGurk (1947)

Man at punching machine

The Burning Cross (1947)

Police sergeant

The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)

A Letter for Evie (1946)

Bringing Up Father (1946)

Man Alive (1945)

Voice of the Whistler (1945)

The Spanish Main (1945)

The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945)

Rough, Tough and Ready (1945)

Practically Yours (1944)

Burly citizen at newsreel theater

Once Upon a Time (1944)

Rosie, the Riveter (1944)

Moonlight and Cactus (1944)

The Princess and the Pirate (1944)

And the Angels Sing (1944)

Girl in the Case (1944)

The Adventures of a Rookie (1943)

True to Life (1943)

Stage Door Canteen (1943)

O, My Darling Clementine (1943)

Here Comes Elmer (1943)

So's Your Uncle (1943)

Campus Rhythm (1943)

Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)

Ladies' Day (1943)

Dugan, house detective

Petticoat Larceny (1943)

Riding High (1943)

Is Everybody Happy? (1943)

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942)

Pardon My Stripes (1942)

Butch Minds the Baby (1942)

Blondie's Blessed Event (1942)

Motorcycle policeman

Broadway (1942)

Kerry the policeman

Footlight Fever (1941)

Angels with Broken Wings (1941)

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)

The Great Swindle (1941)

Sailors on Leave (1941)

The Officer and the Lady (1941)

Thieves Fall Out (1941)

Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)

An Angel from Texas (1940)

Sporting Blood (1940)

Curtain Call (1940)

Flowing Gold (1940)

Pop Always Pays (1940)

Millionaire Playboy (1940)

Remember the Night (1940)

Society Lawyer (1939)

The Covered Trailer (1939)

Pardon Our Nerve (1939)

The Long Shot (1939)

Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)

Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)

Torchy Blane...Playing with Dynamite (1939)

The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)

These Glamour Girls (1939)

Grand Jury Secrets (1939)

He Couldn't Say No (1938)

Swing It, Sailor! (1938)

Crashing Hollywood (1938)

Making the Headlines (1938)

Sergeant [Henry] Handley

Go Chase Yourself (1938)

Crime Ring (1938)

Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)

Blondes at Work (1938)

Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)

Slave Ship (1937)

The Big Shot (1937)

Smart Blonde (1937)

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)

She Had to Eat (1937)

Marry the Girl (1937)

Married Before Breakfast (1937)

Armored Car (1937)

Behind the Headlines (1937)

Forty Naughty Girls (1937)

Fly Away Baby (1937)

Living on Love (1937)

Torchy Blane, the Adventurous Blonde (1937)

Wise Girl (1937)

Woman-Wise (1937)

Varsity Show (1937)

Wives Never Know (1936)

Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)

Cop on switchboard

The Bride Comes Home (1936)

The Country Doctor (1936)

Proprietor hot dog stand

She Couldn't Take It (1935)

Bright Lights (1935)

Old Man Rhythm (1935)

Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)

Hollywood Party (1934)

Strictly Dynamite (1934)

Man of the Forest (1933)

Blondie Johnson (1933)

She Done Him Wrong (1933)

Penthouse (1933)

42nd Street (1933)

If I Had a Million (1932)

Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)

Recruiting sergeant

The Crooked Circle (1932)

Night After Night (1932)

The Devil Is Driving (1932)

Skyscraper Souls (1932)

Lady and Gent (1932)

Small arena fighter

It Pays to Advertise (1931)

Monkey Business (1931)

The Gang Buster (1931)

El tenorio del harem (1931)

See America Thirst (1930)

"Shivering" Smith

The Big House (1930)

The Shannons of Broadway (1929)

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City (1929)

Big News (1929)

The Glad Rag Doll (1929)

Alias the Deacon (1928)

Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928)

Hold 'Em Yale (1928)

None But the Brave (1928)

Wife Savers (1928)

General Lavoris

Sergeant Coughlin

Marked Money (1928)

Love Over Night (1928)

The Mysterious Rider (1927)

Silver Valley (1927)

Hayfever Hawkins

Fireman, Save My Child (1927)

Captain Kennedy

The Better 'Ole (1926)

Born to the West (1926)

Behind the Front (1926)

Man of the Forest (1926)

Sir Lumberjack (1926)

The Yankee Señor (1926)

We're in the Navy Now (1926)

Sailor Percival Scruggs

As Man Desires (1925)

Gorilla Bagsley

The Best Bad Man (1925)

The Fearless Lover (1925)

High and Handsome (1925)

Loving Lies (1924)

Captain Lindstrom

Madonna of the Streets (1924)

Scaramouche (1924)

With Naked Fists (1923)

Our Leading Citizen (1922)

The Flirt (1922)

If You Believe It, It's So (1922)

The Flaming Hour (1922)

Afraid To Fight (1922)

Battling Grogan

Serenade (1921)

The Poor Simp (1920)

The Island of Intrigue (1919)

Jackson, the butler

Double Trouble (1915)

How Championships Are Won--and Lost (1910)

Editing (Feature Film)

Death Collector (1976)

Editor Supervisor

Visual Effects (Feature Film)

Deep Rising (1998)

Ilm Animation & Visual Effects Producer (Industrial Light & Magic)

Cinematography (Special)

Buffalo Blizzard: Siege and Survival (2000)

Bob Fosse: Dancing on the Edge (1999)

Cast (Short)

Quiet, Please (1939)

Her Torpedoed Love (1917)

His Bitter Pill (1916)

Life Events

Photo Collections

Remember the Night - Scene Stills

Here are a few Scene Stills from Paramount's Remember the Night (1940), starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray.

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