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Tom Kennedy is a Actor American born on 14 july 1885 at New York City (USA)

Tom Kennedy

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Birth name Thomas Aloyisus Kennedy
Nationality USA
Birth 14 july 1885 at New York City (USA)
Death 6 october 1965 (at 80 years) at Los Angeles (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 four Marx Brothers, W. C. Fields, Mabel Normand, Shemp Howard and Laurel and Hardy.

Biography

Au cinéma, Tom Kennedy contribue à trois-cent-cinquante-neuf films américains (dont de nombreux courts métrages comiques et des westerns), depuis Le Timide de Christy Cabanne (1915, avec Douglas Fairbanks et Seena Owen) jusqu'au western Chasseur de primes de Spencer Gordon Bennet (1965, avec Dan Duryea et Rod Cameron).

De sa période du muet, mentionnons également Mickey de F. Richard Jones et James Young (1918, avec Mabel Normand et George Nichols), Kismet de Louis J. Gasnier (1920, avec Otis Skinner et Rosemary Theby), Sérénade de Raoul Walsh (1921, avec Miriam Cooper et George Walsh) et Mantrap de Victor Fleming (1926, avec Clara Bow et Ernest Torrence).

De sa période du parlant, citons encore Monnaie de singe de Norman Z. McLeod (1931, avec les Marx Brothers), Les Sans-soucis de George Marshall et Ray McCarey (1932, avec Laurel et Hardy), L'Aventure d'une nuit de Mitchell Leisen (1940, avec Barbara Stanwyck et Fred MacMurray), Visage pâle de Norman Z. McLeod (1948, avec Bob Hope et Jane Russell) et Walk Like a Dragon de James Clavell (1960, avec Jack Lord et James Shigeta).

À la télévision américaine, excepté un téléfilm de 1955, il apparaît dans vingt-huit séries à partir de 1951, principalement de western, dont Au nom de la loi (deux épisodes, 1959), L'Homme à la carabine (onze épisodes, 1961-1963), Rawhide (treize épisodes, 1963-1964) et Gunsmoke (huit épisodes, 1964-1965).

Tom Kennedy tient son ultime rôle dans un épisode de La Grande Vallée, diffusé le 20 octobre 1965, deux semaines après sa mort, à 80 ans.

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Bess Flowers
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Jimmy Conlin
(15 films)
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Renié
(14 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Tom Kennedy (169 films)

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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, 2h34
Directed by Stanley Kramer, Carey Loftin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Dorothy Provine, Moe Howard
Roles Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.74683.74683.74683.74683.7468
"Smiler" Grogan (Jimmy Durante), wanted by police in a tuna factory robbery fifteen years ago and on the run from the police, careens his 1957 Ford Victoria off twisting, mountainous State Highway 74 near Palm Springs in Southern California and crashes. Five motorists stop to help him - Melville Crump (Sid Caesar), a dentist, Lennie Pike (Jonathan Winters), a furniture mover, Dingy Bell (Mickey Rooney) and Benjy Benjamin (Buddy Hackett), two friends on their way to Las Vegas, and J. Russell Finch (Milton Berle), who owns Pacific Edible Seaweed Company in Fresno. Just before he dies, Grogan tells the five about $350,000 buried in Santa Rosita State Park near the Mexican border under a mysterious "big W".
Walk Like a Dragon, 1h35
Directed by James Clavell
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Jack Lord, Nobu McCarthy, James Shigeta, Mel Tormé, Josephine Hutchinson, Rodolfo Acosta
Roles Jethro the Bartender
Rating66% 3.326773.326773.326773.326773.32677
Some Like It Hot, 2h1
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Rail transport films, Musical films, Gangster films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien
Roles Bouncer (uncredited)
Rating81% 4.099354.099354.099354.099354.09935
It is February 1929 in the city of Chicago, Joe (Tony Curtis) is an irresponsible jazz saxophone player, gambler and ladies' man; his friend Jerry (Jack Lemmon) is a sensible jazz double-bass player. They accidentally witness the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre. When the gangsters, led by "Spats" Colombo (George Raft), spot them, the two run for their lives. Penniless and in a mad rush to get out of town, the two musicians take a job with Sweet Sue (Joan Shawlee) and her Society Syncopators, an all-female band headed to Miami. Disguised as women and renaming themselves Josephine and Daphne, they board a train with the band and their male manager, Bienstock. Before they board the train, Joe and Jerry notice Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), the band's vocalist and ukulele player.
Slaughter on 10th Avenue, 1h43
Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams, Walter Matthau, Charles McGraw
Roles un gardien des quais
Rating66% 3.335623.335623.335623.335623.33562
William Keating, procureur à la cour, est désigné pour enquêter sur la tentative de meurtre du docker Solly Pitts. Très vite, il soupçonne le truand Eddie Cook, auteur de nombreuses violences. Mais la victime ainsi que tous les témoins de la scène refusent de témoigner contre celui-ci...
Loose Loot
Loose Loot (1953)

Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Kenneth MacDonald, Kenneth MacDonald, Tom Kennedy
Roles Joe
Rating71% 3.578213.578213.578213.578213.57821
The Stooges are trying to obtain their inheritance from their late uncle. Unfortunately, it has been swiped by con man Icabod Slipp (Kenneth MacDonald). The trio track Slipp down at the Circle Follies Theatre, and duke it out.
Spooks!
Spooks! (1953)

Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Philip Van Zandt, Tom Kennedy, Norma Randall
Roles Mr. Hyde
Rating70% 3.528133.528133.528133.528133.52813
The Stooges are private detectives that are hired to track down a kidnapped girl name Mary Bopper (Norma Randall), daughter of George B. Bopper. They decide to trace Bopper back to where she was last seen, which leads them to mad scientist Dr. Jeckyl (Philip Van Zandt) and his assistant, Mr. Hyde (Tom Kennedy). There is also a gorilla kept imprisoned in the house for experimental purposes. The Stooges arrive to rescue the kidnapped girl disguised as door-to door pie salesmen.
Invasion, U.S.A., 1h14
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Political films
Actors Gerald Mohr, Peggie Castle, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert Bice, Tom Kennedy, Phyllis Coates
Roles Tim, Bartender
Rating34% 1.7113151.7113151.7113151.7113151.711315
The film begins in a New York City bar, where the brooding, mysterious forecaster Mr. Ohman (Dan O'Herlihy) is sitting and drinking from a very large brandy glass. He gets into discussions with a cross-section of affluent Americans at the bar, including local television newscaster Vince Potter (Gerald Mohr), beautiful young New York society woman Carla Sanford (Peggie Castle), a Californian industrialist, a rancher from Arizona, and a Congressman. International news is bad, but these Americans do not want to hear it. While they all dislike Communism and appreciate the material wealth they enjoy, they also want lower taxes and don't see the need for industrial support of government. As he swishes the brandy around his snifter, Ohman tells the others that many Americans want safety and security, but do not want to make any sacrifices for it.
Road Agent
Road Agent (1952)

Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tim Holt, Robert J. Wilke, Dorothy Patrick, Noreen Nash, Mauritz Hugo, Tom Tyler
Rating59% 2.9575952.9575952.9575952.9575952.957595
Milo Brand contrôle le seule route vers le marché aux bestiaux et fait payer des droits de passage exorbitants. En voulant récupérer leur argent, Tim et Chito prennent par erreur toute la recette de Brand qu'ils donnent aux éleveurs pour payer Brand avec son argent. mais tout se complique lorsque l'argent est volé et le contremaitre de Brand assassiné.
Let's Go Navy!, 1h8
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, William Benedict, Buddy Gorman, Allen Jenkins
Roles Officer Donovan
Rating63% 3.194243.194243.194243.194243.19424
A local charity has raised sixteen hundred dollars and entrusted the boys with it. They are then robbed of the cash by two men dressed as sailors. Believing them to be real sailors, and in order to catch them, they enlist in the Navy under fake names. They spend a year at sea, but cannot locate the thieves. However, Sach is able to win two thousand dollars gambling and the boys return to the Bowery. It is there that they are robbed by the same two men, but with the Navy captain helping, they are able to capture the crooks. They return to the navy office to receive their commendations, but are mistakenly re-enlisted!
M
M (1951)
, 1h28
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Luther Adler, Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr
Roles Hood (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.3921153.3921153.3921153.3921153.392115
In this Americanized remake of the 1931 German film of the same name, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious killer who preys on small children.
The Scarf
The Scarf (1951)
, 1h33
Directed by Ewald André Dupont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, James Barton, Emlyn Williams, James Barton, Lloyd Gough
Roles Asylum Inmate
Rating66% 3.3366153.3366153.3366153.3366153.336615
A man escapes from an insane asylum and tries to convince a crusty hermit, a drifting saloon singer and himself that he is not a murderer.
Havana Rose, 1h17
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Estelita Rodríguez, Bill Williams, Hugh Herbert, Florence Bates, Fortunio Bonanova, Tom Kennedy
Roles House Detective
Rating66% 3.3390653.3390653.3390653.3390653.339065
The daughter of a Latin-American ambassador in Washington D.C. accidentally wrecks her father's attempts to secure an important loan agreement. She does everything she can to try to put things right.
Riding High, 1h52
Directed by Frank Capra, George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Musical films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film, Sport hippique
Actors Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray, Charles Bickford, William Demarest, Frances Gifford, James Gleason
Roles Racetrack Mug (uncredited)
Rating61% 3.0975253.0975253.0975253.0975253.097525
Yale grad Dan Brooks is expected to marry wealthy boss J.L. Higgins' daughter Margaret and join the family box-making business. He is far more interested in racing a horse he owns, Broadway Bill.
Triple Trouble, 1h6
Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, David Gorcey, William Benedict, G. Pat Collins
Roles Third Convict Calling Out from Cell
Rating61% 3.097453.097453.097453.097453.09745
The boys are on their way home from a masquerade party when they hear noises in a warehouse and decide to investigate. They find the warehouse is being robbed and they are mistakenly captured by the police and sentenced for robbing it. Gabe, as their lawyer, gets them off with just probation but Slip insists that he and Sach accept jail time in order to find out who is behind the series of robberies in the neighborhood. He deduces that the instructions are being sent from inside the prison via a short wave radio.
Mighty Joe Young, 1h33
Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong, Frank McHugh, Douglas Fowley, Nestor Paiva
Roles un policier
Rating69% 3.4936553.4936553.4936553.4936553.493655
In 1937 Tanganyika Territory, Africa, eight-year-old Jill Young (Lora Lee Michel) is living with her father on his ranch. While in her yard, two Africans come by with an orphaned baby gorilla; Jill so wants a pet that she trades her toys and money for him, vowing to always care for the gorilla.