Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy

1885-07-14 New York City, New York, USA 233 Credits

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 tele...

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42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

1999

as Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)

7.7
Acting

Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews with family members and acquaintances.

The Bounty Killer

The Bounty Killer

1965

as Waiter

5.8
Acting

Willie Duggans, a tenderfoot from the east, arrives in the wild west and soon experiences its violence. Willie discovers the easy money in bounty kill...

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

as Traffic Cop (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is t...

Walk Like a Dragon

Walk Like a Dragon

1960

as Jethro the Bartender

5.0
Acting

California, 1870s. The cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese women in San Francisco and he intervenes and purcha...

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

1959

as Bouncer (uncredited)

8.1
Acting

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join a...

Public Pigeon No. 1

Public Pigeon No. 1

1957

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

Swindlers con a lunchroom clerk into doing them a favor, supposedly on behalf of the FBI.

Hook a Crook

Hook a Crook

1955

as I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Joe Besser and Jim Hawthorne are detectives trying to recover stolen jewels. They see a necklace on a furry arm, and deduce that a man wearing a fur c...

Spooks!

Spooks!

1953

as Mr. Hyde

6.2
Acting

The stooges are private detectives hired to find a missing girl. The boys disguise as pie salesmen and end up wandering around a mad scientist's mansi...

Loose Loot

Loose Loot

1953

as Joe

6.6
Acting

The stooges are willed a lot of dough from a rich uncle, but the executor of the estate, Icabob Slipp, is a crook who absconds with the money. The sto...

Invasion, U.S.A.

Invasion, U.S.A.

1952

as Tim, Bartender

3.2
Acting

A group of American witness the deadly invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union.

Gold Fever

Gold Fever

1952

as Big Tom

5.0
Acting

Magician-turned-actor John Calvert, previously the suave leading man of Film Classics' "Falcon" series, is a curious choice to star in the rough-and-t...

Fraidy Cat

Fraidy Cat

1951

as I. Katchum (uncredited)

Acting

Hired as guards to protect an antique shop, Joe and Jim run into a gorilla who has been trained by a gang of thieves to rob the store.

Havana Rose

Havana Rose

1951

as House Detective

Acting

Ambassador Rico DeMarco is in Washington trying to raise a five-million dollar loan for his country, Lower Salamia. Filbert Filmore and his domineerin...

Let's Go Navy!

Let's Go Navy!

1951

as Officer Donovan

7.0
Acting

The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.

The Awful Sleuth

The Awful Sleuth

1951

as Pinky

Acting

Drug store soda jerk Bert is a true-crime buff who revels in detective magazines. But he doesn't recognize the notorious gangster he waits on, smiling...

The Scarf

The Scarf

1951

as Asylum Inmate

5.7
Acting

A man who is believed to have murdered a woman, escapes from the insane asylum to find if he was the one to actually kill her using the scarf she was ...

Triple Trouble

Triple Trouble

1950

as Third Convict Calling Out from Cell

6.2
Acting

Slip and Sach take the rap for a robbery they did not commit in order to uncover the real robbers, whom they suspect are led by a convict who gives or...

Riding High

Riding High

1950

as Racetrack Mug (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

Square Dance Jubilee

Square Dance Jubilee

1949

as Bartender Tom

4.0
Acting

Two talent scouts for a New York-based country music TV show called "Square Dance Jubilee" are sent out West to get authentic western singing acts. Th...

The Mutineers

The Mutineers

1949

as Butch

Acting

Mobster Thomas Nagle and his gang take over a ship to use running guns and counterfeit money into Lisbon.

Trouble Preferred

Trouble Preferred

1948

as Night Watchman (uncredited)

Acting

A suicide attempt is investigated by a pair of female police rookies.

The Paleface

The Paleface

1948

as Bartender

6.1
Acting

Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Pete...

Thunder in the Pines

Thunder in the Pines

1948

as Josh, the Station Master

3.7
Acting

Loggers Jeff Collins and Boomer Benson compete for a mail-order bride by means of a timber-cutting contest.

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

1948

as Lefty

6.0
Acting

Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.

Jinx Money

Jinx Money

1948

as Officer Rooney

4.7
Acting

A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was di...

Devil's Cargo

Devil's Cargo

1948

as Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado

5.5
Acting

John Calvert takes over as the Falcon in this Poverty-Row continuation of the film series.

The Judge Steps Out

The Judge Steps Out

1947

as Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.

Dangerous Years

Dangerous Years

1947

as Mr. Adamson

6.4
Acting

Jeff Carter has put an end to the town's delinquency with a boys' club. Young hoodlum Danny shows up and influences teenagers Doris, Willy and Leo. Th...

Magic Town

Magic Town

1947

as Moving Man (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country....

The Burning Cross

The Burning Cross

1947

as Police Station Sergeant

5.0
Acting

Recently returned from WWII combat, unable to find a job, finding his sweetheart engaged to another man, and generally aware of the changes which have...

The Pretender

The Pretender

1947

as Fingers Murdock

5.5
Acting

Story of an investment agent who embezzles a large sum from an estate, hoping to cover his crime by marrying the estate's heiress. The girl is already...

The Case of the Baby-Sitter

The Case of the Baby-Sitter

1947

as Officer Murphy

4.0
Acting

The baby sitter is none other than veteran Hollywood tough guy Tom Neal. A private detective, Neal is hired to keep an eye on the child of married cou...

The Hat Box Mystery

The Hat Box Mystery

1947

as Policeman Murphy

4.2
Acting

Susan Hart, assistant to private detective Russ Ashton, is given a camera concealed in a hat box and assigned to take a picture of a woman. A gun is a...

The Mighty McGurk

The Mighty McGurk

1947

as Bruiser (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

A retired prizefighter becomes the unlikely guardian of a young orphan boy recently arrived from England to New York's Bowery District.

So's Your Antenna

So's Your Antenna

1946

Acting

Harry plays a gangster on a radio show and is then is mistaken for a real one.

Society Mugs

Society Mugs

1946

as Tom

5.0
Acting

Muriel Allen needs an escort to Alice Preston's dinner party, and her maid Petunia mistakenly places a telephone call to Acme Exterminators instead of...

Motor Maniacs

1946

as Mother's Suitor

Acting

Edgar learns that an old, rich, oil-man flame (Tom Kennedy) of his mother-in-law (Dot Farley) is coming to claim his bride. Meanwhile, his brother-in-...

Jiggers, My Wife

Jiggers, My Wife

1946

as Joe

Acting

Shemp Howard, in this Columbia All-Star Comedy (production number 7438), knows many ways to get into trouble with his wife, and one he opts for here i...

The Kid from Brooklyn

The Kid from Brooklyn

1946

as Referee #1 (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspaper...

Blonde Alibi

Blonde Alibi

1946

as Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)

3.9
Acting

Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspicion falls on his ex-fiancé and a pilot with a chec...

Man Alive

Man Alive

1945

as Bartender (uncredited)

5.1
Acting

A reportedly dead man haunts his wife and her boyfriend.

Voice of the Whistler

Voice of the Whistler

1945

as Ferdinand / Hammerlock

5.7
Acting

A dying millionaire marries his nurse for companionship, only to experience a miracle cure.

Where the Pest Begins

Where the Pest Begins

1945

as Jonathan Batts

4.5
Acting

Jonathan Bass (Tom Kennedy), an inventor working for the government, makes the mistake of his life. He moves next door to Shemp. Lazy, obtuse and obno...

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

1945

Acting

Leon suspects something between his wife (Dorothy Granger) - talk about the pot calling the kettle black - and the milkman, who are actually talking a...

The Man Who Walked Alone

The Man Who Walked Alone

1945

as Officer #1

5.5
Acting

A war hero returns home following a medical discharge and ends up entangled with a young woman speeding away from her wedding day in her fiance's car....

The Town Went Wild

The Town Went Wild

1944

as Policeman

5.0
Acting

Comedy concerning two feuding fathers dealing with the shocking news that their sons were switched at birth, meaning that one of their daughters is ab...

The Princess and the Pirate

The Princess and the Pirate

1944

as Alonzo

6.9
Acting

Princess Margaret is travelling incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the man her father has betrothed her to. On the high seas, h...

Moonlight and Cactus

Moonlight and Cactus

1944

as Lucky

4.0
Acting

The swinging Andrews Sisters provide the musical interludes and romance in this western. They play a trio of WW II era ranchers. That they are so good...

Take It Big

Take It Big

1944

as Moving Man (uncredited)

Acting

Jack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western ranch. When he heads to the Great Outdoors to take posses...

Girls! Girls! Girls!

Girls! Girls! Girls!

1944

as Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan

Acting

Errol is mistakenly involved in the raid of a burlesque show where he had innocently gone in order to hire some talent, including a fan dancer, for hi...

And the Angels Sing

And the Angels Sing

1944

as Potatoes

7.0
Acting

The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Po...

The Girl in the Case

The Girl in the Case

1944

as Watchman (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

William Warner is a lawyer who is famous for his skill at opening any kind of lock, making him a valuable commodity. William is unknowingly enlisted b...

Radio Rampage

1944

as Mr. Thompson

Acting

When the family radio goes on the fritz, Edgar, naturally, decides to fix it himself in order to save a few bucks. That Edgar will destroy the house d...

True to Life

True to Life

1943

as Customer (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins t...

Wedtime Stories

Wedtime Stories

1943

as House Detective

Acting

Two Leon Errols, father and son, both get married without telling the other and end up at the same Niagara Falls hotel on their respective honeymoons.

Campus Rhythm

Campus Rhythm

1943

as Police Sergeant

4.5
Acting

Radio singer Joan Abbott, known as the "Crunchy-Wunchy Thrush", does not want to renew her contract with the cereal sponsor, as she wants to go to col...

Here Comes Elmer

Here Comes Elmer

1943

as Johnson

Acting

This musical comedy stars radio star Al Pearce has a double role playing himself and Elmer Blurt, the leader of a small-town band that struggles towar...

Cutie on Duty

Cutie on Duty

1943

as Rocky

Acting

Leon Errol buys his wife a gift.

So's Your Uncle

So's Your Uncle

1943

as Cop

5.0
Acting

Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not appr...

Petticoat Larceny

Petticoat Larceny

1943

as Pinky

6.7
Acting

An 11 year old radio star decides to throw in her scripts and go undercover to get a better feel for her roles, but when she is kidnapped, trouble soo...

Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen

1943

as Tom Kennedy

5.8
Acting

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreati...

Dixie

Dixie

1943

as Barkeeper (uncredited)

3.0
Acting

A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up in New York, where he sells his songs to a music ...

Taxi, Mister

Taxi, Mister

1943

as Kennedy

4.2
Acting

The owner (William Bendix) of a cab company tries to foil a racketeer.

Ladies' Day

Ladies' Day

1943

as Dugan

4.3
Acting

A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. After marrying a movie star extreme measures are taken for the benefit ...

Hit Parade of 1943

Hit Parade of 1943

1943

as Westinghouse

5.2
Acting

When amateur songwriter Jill Wright moves from the Midwest to New York City, she is dismayed to discover that Rick Farrell, the owner of Miracle Publi...

Dixie Dugan

Dixie Dugan

1943

as Sergeant (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast abo...

Pretty Dolly

Pretty Dolly

1942

as Gus

Acting

Leon Errol plans to buy a doll as a gift for his wife; misunderstandings ensue.

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

1942

as Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender

5.2
Acting

A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded Lord Epping to get it pa...

Broadway

Broadway

1942

as Kerry (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.

Blondie's Blessed Event

Blondie's Blessed Event

1942

as Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

Cookie is born, producing unmitigated joy in the Bumstead household. Adding to the chaos a new baby always creates is the appearance of Hans Conried a...

Butch Minds the Baby

Butch Minds the Baby

1942

as Philly the Weeper

Acting

Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and her child. He's on lookout for a gang of safe cracker...

Pardon My Stripes

Pardon My Stripes

1942

as Casino

6.0
Acting

Football player Henry Platt (William Henry)mistakes a helmet for the football in his zeal to make a touchdown during a critical game, his error earns ...

Sweet Spirits of the Nighter

1941

as Tom

Acting

Officers Brendel and Kennedy are dispatched to a house where scientists are conducting experiments to revive the dead.

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

1941

as Sheriff Judson

4.3
Acting

An advertising executive and his temperamental wife adopt a war orphan who turns out to be a beautiful woman.

The Officer and the Lady

The Officer and the Lady

1941

as Bumps O'Neil

6.0
Acting

A woman who refuses to become involved with a dedicated police officer unknowingly dates a man who is in cahoots with a criminal mastermind.

Sailors on Leave

Sailors on Leave

1941

as Dugan

Acting

If a shy sailor marries before his next birthday, he will inherit a fortune.

Man-I-Cured

Man-I-Cured

1941

as House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend

Acting

Leon Errol and his wife try to prevent their nephew's romance.

Angels with Broken Wings

Angels with Broken Wings

1941

as Gus

3.7
Acting

Charlotte Lord, a widow in her early forties and owner of Manhattan's smartest modiste shop, is about to marry Guy Barton, a wealthy businessman. But ...

Thieves Fall Out

Thieves Fall Out

1941

as Cabbie

5.5
Acting

Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's legacy and use the money to buy a business. Unfortu...

The Great Swindle

The Great Swindle

1941

as Capper Smith

Acting

In this mystery, an insurance investigator must find the arsonists behind the burning of a warehouse. The detective does get some good photographs as ...

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Mexican Spitfire Out West

1940

as Cabbie

4.6
Acting

Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His hot-tempered spouse decides to surprise him, but en...

Flowing Gold

Flowing Gold

1940

as Petunia

7.0
Acting

In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires hi...

Sporting Blood

Sporting Blood

1940

as Grantly

4.3
Acting

Myles Vanders feuds with hardnosed stable owner Davis Lockwood. Myles takes revenge by romancing and marrying Lockwood's daughter Linda. But as the bi...

Pop Always Pays

Pop Always Pays

1940

as Murphy

Acting

A businessman boasts he'll give his daughter a large amount of cash for her wedding, and then frantically tries to raise the money. This 1940 comedy s...

An Angel from Texas

An Angel from Texas

1940

as Chopper

4.8
Acting

A pair of slick Broadway producers con a wealthy cowboy into backing their show.

Curtain Call

Curtain Call

1940

as Masseur

7.3
Acting

Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.

Millionaire Playboy

Millionaire Playboy

1940

as Tom Murphy

2.7
Acting

A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.

Remember the Night

Remember the Night

1940

as 'Fat' Mike

7.3
Acting

Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone ...

The Covered Trailer

The Covered Trailer

1939

as Otto

Acting

The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil unwittingly...

The Day the Bookies Wept

The Day the Bookies Wept

1939

as Pinky Brophy

5.0
Acting

A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.

These Glamour Girls

These Glamour Girls

1939

as Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get...

Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite

Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite

1939

as Gahagan

6.0
Acting

Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.

Quiet, Please

Quiet, Please

1939

as Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof

5.3
Acting

A temperamental director multiple times completely changes the concept during a movie's production.

Torchy Runs for Mayor

Torchy Runs for Mayor

1939

as Gahagan

5.8
Acting

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.

Society Lawyer

Society Lawyer

1939

as Alf

5.1
Acting

Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is arrested for the murder of an ex-girlfriend. With the help ...

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

1939

as Det. Sgt. Gahagan

6.0
Acting

Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and...

The Long Shot

The Long Shot

1939

as Mike Claurens

5.8
Acting

A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thoroughbred horse. Despite the rivalries of their parents...

Breakdowns of 1938

Breakdowns of 1938

1938

as Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

Torchy Gets Her Man

Torchy Gets Her Man

1938

as Gahagan

5.9
Acting

A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of...

Crime Ring

Crime Ring

1938

as Dummy

4.7
Acting

Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buying mining stocks which are worthless.

Halfway to Hollywood

1938

as Tom

Acting

Johnny writes a screenplay, then gets Tom and his wife to star with him in his amateur production. Their production is about their boss, who walks in ...

Danger on the Air

Danger on the Air

1938

as Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)

5.9
Acting

Trouble begins when a hated cad of a sponsor is found murdered during the climax of a live radio show. A radio engineer then tries to solve the murder...

Torchy Blane in Panama

Torchy Blane in Panama

1938

as Detective Gahagan

5.3
Acting

Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.

Go Chase Yourself

Go Chase Yourself

1938

as Icebox

4.5
Acting

When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup team. Comedy.

Making the Headlines

Making the Headlines

1938

as Police Sergeant Handley

Acting

Angry, because he is making too many headlines with his gang-busting activities, the police chief transfers Lt. Lewis Nagel to the sleepy suburban tow...

He Couldn't Say No

He Couldn't Say No

1938

as Dimples

5.5
Acting

A lowly office clerk angers his fiancee and future mother-in-law by spending money intended for marriage furniture on a statue of a pretty girl, which...

Blondes at Work

Blondes at Work

1938

as Gahagan

6.1
Acting

When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in...

Swing It, Sailor!

Swing It, Sailor!

1938

as Policeman

5.0
Acting

Comical exploits of two Navy pals, at sea and on shore.

Fiddling Around

1938

as Tom Kennedy

Acting

Two bumbling, would-be private detectives, Tom Kennedy and Monte Collins, are hired to protect a maestro's valuable Stradvarius. But there is a girl n...

Crashing Hollywood

Crashing Hollywood

1938

as Al

5.8
Acting

A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.

Wise Girl

Wise Girl

1937

as Detective

7.0
Acting

Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with their uncle in Greenwich Village. Once she finds them...

The Adventurous Blonde

The Adventurous Blonde

1937

as Detective Gahagan

5.4
Acting

The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fi...

Living on Love

Living on Love

1937

as Pete Ryan

5.8
Acting

A man and woman, who've never met, are forced by circumstances to share the same apartment. A remake of the 1933 film "Rafter Romance".

Calling All Curtains

1937

Acting

Two friends decide to to into the laundry business. Their first job is to clean 300 curtains.

Forty Naughty Girls

Forty Naughty Girls

1937

as Detective Casey

5.2
Acting

Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show.

Varsity Show

Varsity Show

1937

as Policeman (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadw...

Bury the Hatchet

1937

as Tom

Acting

Two families claim to be the rightful owners of a house won in a contest, so they move into the house together while waiting for a decision.

The Big Shot

The Big Shot

1937

as Bugs

5.0
Acting

A small-town veterinarian inherits $2 million from an uncle he barely knew. His attempts to help mankind don't go smoothly.

Marry the Girl

Marry the Girl

1937

as Jasper

5.0
Acting

Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to managing editor of a newspaper features syndicate that is o...

She Had to Eat

She Had to Eat

1937

as Pete

5.0
Acting

An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con...

Fly Away Baby

Fly Away Baby

1937

as Gahagan

6.2
Acting

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.

Married Before Breakfast

Married Before Breakfast

1937

as Mr. Baglipp

5.0
Acting

A madcap inventor tries to market a razor-less shaving cream.

Slave Ship

Slave Ship

1937

as Bartender

4.8
Acting

Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

1937

as Jim Magooney

6.8
Acting

A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve th...

Armored Car

Armored Car

1937

as Tiny

4.2
Acting

Larry Willis and Bill Wane are security guards who ride in the back of Banks Co. armored trucks. When they barely avoid a robbery, they return to head...

Behind The Headlines

Behind The Headlines

1937

as Tiny

6.2
Acting

A radio reporter sets out to rescue his ex-girlfriend when she is kidnapped by gangsters.

New News

1937

as Tom Kennedy

Acting

Aa Columbia 2-reel comedy starring Tom Kennedy and Monty Collins in NEW NEWS (1937). Fans of the 3 Stooges will recognize the exact same plot and situ...

Smart Blonde

Smart Blonde

1937

as Gahagan

6.1
Acting

Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.

Free Rent

Free Rent

1936

as Mr. Kennedy

Acting

Tom persuades Monty to buy a house trailer so they can live off the fat of the land.

Grandma's Buoys

1936

as Tom

Acting

Tom and Harry are sailors on a yacht, and go ashore for a few beers and whatever else may come up. What comes up is a brawl between them and the barfl...

Midnight Blunders

Midnight Blunders

1936

as Tom

4.0
Acting

The evil Dr. Wong abducts prominent scientist Dr. Edwin Millstone. Bumbling bank guards Tom and Monte search through Chinatown to find Dr. Wong and re...

The Big Game

The Big Game

1936

as Fan in Stands

5.8
Acting

A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.

Wives Never Know

Wives Never Know

1936

as Bartender (uncredited)

Acting

The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marr...

Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard

1936

as Bouncer at Pago Pago

2.5
Acting

With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to w...

Poppy

Poppy

1936

as Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter...

The Country Doctor

The Country Doctor

1936

as Logger (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.

Just Speeding

1936

Acting

To avoid getting a speeding ticket from a motorcycle cop, Tom pretends to be a surgeon rushing Monty to the hospital for an emergency operation.

The Bride Comes Home

The Bride Comes Home

1935

as Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)

4.8
Acting

A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in h...

Oh, My Nerves

Oh, My Nerves

1935

5.0
Acting

Oh, My Nerves is a 1935 American short comedy film directed by Del Lord. Monty's nerves are shot, so he decides to go on a nice, relaxing trip to the ...

She Couldn't Take It

She Couldn't Take It

1935

as Slugs

4.5
Acting

The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-cent...

Old Man Rhythm

Old Man Rhythm

1935

as Campus Guard

6.3
Acting

Romantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college.

Gobs of Trouble

1935

Acting

Two sailors decide to settle down and get married, and live to regret it.

Alibi Bye Bye

Alibi Bye Bye

1935

as Snoops, the house dick

1.0
Acting

The story, if you want to call it that is about a husband who tells his wife he's going hunting but actually sneaks off to fool around in Atlantic Cit...

Stage Frights

1935

Acting

Two bumbling detectives help a stage actress who has been receiving threatening letters.

Raised and Called

1935

Acting

Chandler induces Kennedy to ask the boss for a raise, and to pretend he is married, because the chief has a soft spot for his married employees. So To...

Gum Shoes

1935

Acting

Two house detectives investigate a series of robberies committed by a trained gorilla.

Horse Heir

1935

Acting

Chick is trying to sell his cheap horse to a lady with a grating and annoying voice...sort of like Betty Boop. Jeanie is married to Tom and apparently...

The Dancing Millionaire

1934

as Crusher McGee

Acting

The Blondes and Redheads series: To prove his sophistication, a brutish gangster enlists the girls' help in winning a dancing competition

Unlucky Strike

1934

Acting

The boys wreak havoc at a bowling alley in this riotous Chick Chandler/Tom Kennedy comedy featurette.

Down to Their Last Yacht

Down to Their Last Yacht

1934

as Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

Left only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets sail for the South Seas. Screwball comedy, with songs...

Hollywood Party

Hollywood Party

1934

as Beavers (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

Jimmy Durante is jungle movie star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. When Baron Munchausen comes to town with real ...

Strictly Dynamite

Strictly Dynamite

1934

as Junior

5.3
Acting

A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.

Cracked Shots

1934

as Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy

Acting

Tom Kennedy joins a shooting contest over at the Acme Gun Club.

Strictly Fresh Yeggs

1934

as The Burglar

Acting

After spending the night out drinking, a man tries to find his way home, but can't quite get there.

Suits to Nuts

Suits to Nuts

1933

as Client

Acting

Two incompetent lawyers attempt to protect a client accused of being a peeping Tom.

Day of Reckoning

Day of Reckoning

1933

as Furniture Mover

5.0
Acting

In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. He is sent to a high-r...

Penthouse

Penthouse

1933

as Joe (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping l...

Man of the Forest

Man of the Forest

1933

as Sheriff Blake

5.5
Acting

Beasley, who is after Gayner's land, plans to kidnap his daughter. But Dale overhears their plan and kidnaps her himself. When Gayner arrives to retri...

Cross Fire

Cross Fire

1933

as French Bouncer (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

Tom and five older respected business men run the Sierra mine. When Tom leaves for Europe to fight in WW1, everything is OK. When he returns after the...

Hip Zip Hooray

1933

as The Prisoner

5.0
Acting

Sheriff Bell inadvertently ends up as owner of a lingerie salon.

42nd Street

42nd Street

1933

as Slim Murphy (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

Blondie Johnson

Blondie Johnson

1933

as Hype (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.

She Done Him Wrong

She Done Him Wrong

1933

as Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the ...

Lawyer Man

Lawyer Man

1932

as Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York City political party boss named Gilmurry. Adam's s...

Fish Feathers

1932

Acting

Edgar's mother-in-law claims that Edgar can't fish. Edgar is determined to prove her wrong.

The Devil Is Driving

The Devil Is Driving

1932

as Fritz (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

Gabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when his brother-in-law helps get him a job as a mechanic...

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

1932

as Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

Night After Night

Night After Night

1932

as Tom

6.2
Acting

A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl.

The Crooked Circle

The Crooked Circle

1932

as Mike, the policeman

4.8
Acting

A group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists.

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

as Recruiting Sergeant

6.7
Acting

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man name...

Skyscraper Souls

Skyscraper Souls

1932

as Masseur

5.6
Acting

After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his board questions the propriety of the loan. Despit...

The Boudoir Butler

1932

as Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice

1.0
Acting

When the story begins, Andy's wife has convinced him to join her in a ruse. It seems that a man is looking for widows to invest in his company...which...

Huddle

Huddle

1932

as Moving Man (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale ...

The Promoter

1932

as Burke

Acting

Benny Rubin promotes a wrestling show but ends up wrestling Constantine "Strangler" Romanoff himself.

Lighthouse Love

1932

as The Marine Sergeant

Acting

Two marines stationed in the Chinese port of Hang Chow decide to swear off women and join the lighthouse patrol.

Lighthouse Love

Lighthouse Love

1932

as The Marine Sergeant

5.5
Acting

Two marines stationed in the Chinese port of Hang Chow decide to swear off women and join the lighthouse patrol.

Flying High

Flying High

1931

as Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)

4.8
Acting

An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.

Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1931

as Gibson

7.0
Acting

Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.

Caught

Caught

1931

as Jard Harmon

6.0
Acting

Calamity Jane is a tough and rowdy woman in the old West who owns a saloon and gambling joint (and runs a cattle rustling operation as a sideline). On...

Young as You Feel

Young as You Feel

1931

as Colorado Detective

Acting

Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor inclinatio...

Iron Man

Iron Man

1931

as Bartender (uncredited)

5.6
Acting

Prizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. Rose comes back ...

It Pays to Advertise

It Pays to Advertise

1931

as Perkins

4.7
Acting

To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesn't exist--can be merchandized if it is advertised properly, a young man gets together with hi...

The Gang Buster

The Gang Buster

1931

as 'Gopher' Brant

5.8
Acting

Naïve insurance agent 'Cyclone' Case falls in love with Sylvia Martine, whose father has a dispute with gangster Mike Slade. When Sylvia is kidnapped ...

See America Thirst

See America Thirst

1930

as 'Shivering' Smith

Acting

Two men, one timid and one aggressive, make out as comical criminals.

The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy

1930

as Detective Burke

5.5
Acting

Johnny Quinlan is so desperate for a job that he takes a gig as a "bag man" for the mob. Meanwhile, his beleaguered wife has to deal with her bizarre,...

Happy Days

Happy Days

1929

as Doorman (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

In Fox's contribution to the all-star revue cycle of early talkies, showboat singer Margie, hearing that the show is in arrears, goes to New York to g...

Big News

Big News

1929

as Officer Ryan

4.2
Acting

A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit.

Glad Rag Doll

Glad Rag Doll

1929

as Manager

Acting

She sought to conquer...but found Cupid her master! This is one of many lost films of the 1920s, no prints or Vitaphone discs survive, but the song w...

Marked Money

1928

as Bill Clemons

Acting

Marked Money stars Junior Coghlan as the orphaned son of a seafaring man. His late father has left instructions that The Boy is to be delivered to the...

The Cop

The Cop

1928

as Sergeant Coughlin

6.0
Acting

Pete Smith, a lift bridge operator in a harbor, feels lonely in his cabin, his only visitor being a policeman on patrol, Sgt. Coughlin. One night, aft...

None But the Brave

None But the Brave

1928

as Noah

Acting

College hero Charles Stanton fails miserably as an insurance agent; so he becomes a lifeguard, saves an injured swimmer and is rewarded for his valor.

Hold 'Em Yale

Hold 'Em Yale

1928

as Detective

6.0
Acting

A young man from Argentina goes to Yale where he plays football and falls in love with a professor's beautiful daughter.

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1928

as Property Man

6.0
Acting

The ring master is plotting to get the circus owner done away with in a lion cage so he can take over.

Wife Savers

Wife Savers

1928

as General Lavoris

Acting

While stationed in Switzerland, soldiers Louis and Rodney fall in love with local damsel Colette, much to the dismay of Colette's self-appointed boyfr...

Ham and Eggs at the Front

Ham and Eggs at the Front

1927

as Lazarus

Acting

Fifi, a dusky, sultry Senegalese spy, uses her wiles to get information out of two American army soldiers, Ham and Eggs, in France during World War I.

Silver Valley

Silver Valley

1927

as 'Hayfever' Hawkins

Acting

Fired for crashing his aeroplane into his employer's ranch, Tom Mix is elected sheriff in a town with, as a title stated, "a high mortality rate among...

Fireman, Save My Child

Fireman, Save My Child

1927

as Capt. Kennedy

Acting

Two firemen must put up with a variety of travails in their job, especially their chief's spoiled and bratty daughter, who keeps turning in false alar...

Alias The Deacon

Alias The Deacon

1927

as Bull Moran

Acting

A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.

Senorita

Senorita

1927

as Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)

Acting
The Mysterious Rider

The Mysterious Rider

1927

as Lem Spooner

Acting

Jack Holt stars as Ben Wade, a rancher framed on a robbery charge by crooked lawyer Harkness (Charles Sellon).

Man of the Forest

Man of the Forest

1926

as Sheriff

Acting

Nancy Raynor (Georgia Hale) is arriving from the East to see her dying uncle. Clint Beasley (Oland) and his gang are determined to kidnap her before s...

We're in the Navy Now

We're in the Navy Now

1926

as Sailor Percival Scruggs

5.6
Acting

"Stinky" Smith makes off with the prize money when his buddy, "Knockout" Hansen loses a fight with Percival "Sailor" Scruggs. Hansen pursues him him a...

The Better 'Ole

The Better 'Ole

1926

as The Blacksmith (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.

Mantrap

Mantrap

1926

as Curly Evans

5.9
Acting

A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous divorc...

Born to the West

Born to the West

1926

as Dinkey Hooley

4.0
Acting

Dare Rudd and Bate Fillmore have been enemies since early childhood, primarily over the affections of Nell Worstall. Dare, assuming the name of Holt, ...

Behind the Front

Behind the Front

1926

as Sergeant

6.0
Acting

During World War I a young man joins the army and winds up befriending another young recruit, not knowing that it's the same pickpocket who stole his ...

The Yankee Señor

The Yankee Señor

1926

as Luke Martin

Acting

A cowboy estranged from his family and unsure of his heritage becomes a hero and falls for a beautiful Mexican beauty.

The Best Bad Man

The Best Bad Man

1925

as Dan Ellis

Acting

Visiting his vast properties incognito, Hugh Nichols (Tom Mix) discovers that his land agent (Cyril Chadwick) is forcing Peggy Swain (Clara Bow) and h...

As Man Desires

As Man Desires

1925

as Gorilla Bagsley

3.0
Acting

The story of a man who was robbed of his greatest love and the South Seas wildflower who found it for him, in the land of pawn trees where men of all ...

Loving Lies

Loving Lies

1924

as Captain Lindstrom

Acting

A tug boat skipper never informs his nervous wife when he has a dangerous job to do. This leads to complications when he rescues a young girl and her ...

The Flirt

The Flirt

1922

as Sam Fenton

Acting

Treats of the average, smalltown, middle class family life. Flirtatious Cora Madison is engaged to Richard Lindley but is attracted to Val Corliss, wh...

The Speeder

The Speeder

1922

Acting

The Speeder is a 1922 comedy short

The Egg

The Egg

1922

as The Boss

5.8
Acting

Stan plays a mischievous and clumsy worker in a lumber factory.

Our Leading Citizen

Our Leading Citizen

1922

as Boots

Acting

Story of a war hero who preferred fishing to politics.

Full o' Pep

1922

Acting

The monkey gland operation is about to be performed upon Snub. A flash-back shows how the lack of pep has affected his spirits. While under ether he d...

Serenade

Serenade

1921

as Zambrano

Acting

In the Spanish town of Magdalena live María and her sweetheart, Pancho, son of the governor. When the town is captured by brigands led by Ramírez, the...

Sunless Sunday

Sunless Sunday

1921

Acting

A girl gets trapped by racketeers and chaos happens at a gambling house.

Kismet

Kismet

1920

as Kutayt

6.5
Acting

Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the ca...

Her First Kiss

1919

4.5
Acting

Her First Kiss, where the glamorous Ethel Teare trades her fancy gowns for the rough attire of Minnie Spuds, the gawky farm girl who Chester tries to ...

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919

as American General (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.

Cupid's Day Off

1919

as Gambling House Operator

Acting
Mickey

Mickey

1918

as Tom Rawlings

6.5
Acting

Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.

That Night

That Night

1917

as The Proprietor's Henchman

Acting

There is harmony in The Café until it is accidentally discovered that lovely Mary has had a fortune left her, whereupon Beery, the proprietor, Trask a...

The Late Lamented

The Late Lamented

1917

as The Model's Brother

Acting

Slapstick shenanigans at an overcrowded boarding house.

Two Crooks

1917

as The Detective

Acting
Thirst

Thirst

1917

as Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)

Acting

A woman has moved to a small town boarding house to seek peace and quiet. All too soon she finds herself in a Keystone movie, where there's everything...

Whose Baby?

Whose Baby?

1917

as The Fake Minister

Acting

Bobby Vernon is fooled into a mock bigamist gag and chaos assures.

Her Torpedoed Love

Her Torpedoed Love

1917

as Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister

5.0
Acting

A wealthy invalid tries to add his hard-working cook to his will, but the conniving butler gets in the way.

The Pullman Bride

The Pullman Bride

1917

as Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit

Acting

The Pullman Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson.

His Bitter Pill

His Bitter Pill

1916

as Dan's Henchman

5.2
Acting

Jim, the apple of his mother's eyes, is the big-hearted galoot of a man and is sheriff of his small town. He is sweet on Nell, who he has known all hi...

Fatty and the Broadway Stars

Fatty and the Broadway Stars

1915

as Man Who Discovers Hat

Acting

Fatty and the Broadway Stars is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.

Double Trouble

Double Trouble

1915

as Judge Blodgett

5.5
Acting

Double Trouble is a 1915 American silent romantic comedy film written and directed by Christy Cabanne and stars Douglas Fairbanks in his third motion ...