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Tom Kennedy Biography

Date of Birth:
Jul 15, 1885Birth Place:
New York, New York, USA

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 "
THOMAS KENNEDY:
Maryland Legislator Who Made A Difference

The Maryland Constitution of 1776 provided that "all persons professing the Christian religion are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty." This exclusion of non-Christians form a Constitutional guarantee of freedom of conscience was extended in Article 35: "No other test or qualification ought to be required on admission to any office of trust or profit than such oath of support and fidelity to the State... and a declaration of belief in Christian religion."

The exclusion of all who would not profess the Christian faith from positions of public trust in the state of Maryland continued until Thomas Kennedy, a man of Scottish Presbyterian origins, took up the fight "to consider the justice and expediency of placing the Jewish inhabitants on equal footing with the Christians."

Thomas Kennedy was born in Paisley, Scotland in 1776. He sailed for Georgetown in 1795 and, according to tradition, the first person he met upon disembarking was his brother Matthew, who had come down with the rest of the towns

Tom Kennedy (actor)

American actor (1885–1965)

For other people named Tom Kennedy, see Tom Kennedy (disambiguation).

Thomas Aloyisus Kennedy (July 15, 1885[2] – October 6, 1965) was an American actor known for his roles in Hollywoodcomedies 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. Today's viewers may know him from Warner Bros.' nine Torchy Blane features as Gahagan, the poetry-spouting cop whose running line was, "What a day! What a day!"

Career

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 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

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