# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-kennedy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:05:20.869Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-kennedy"
name: "Tom Kennedy"
slug: "tom-kennedy"
description: "Thomas Aloyisus Kennedy 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, 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!\""
tagline: "American actor (1885-1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Kennedy%2C_1935.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1885-07-15"
deathDate: "1965-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.97
  momentum:             6.261376010559314
  historical:           9.644604000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448366/"
    handle:    "nm0448366"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC_(%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%91%D1%80)"
    title: "Кеннеди, Том (актёр)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kennedy_(akteur)"
    title: "Tom Kennedy (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A"
    title: "توم كينيدي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%89_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "توم كينيدى (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kennedy_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Tom Kennedy (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kennedy_(actor)"
    title: "Tom Kennedy (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1)"
    title: "تام کندی (بازیگر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kennedy_(acteur)"
    title: "Tom Kennedy (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kennedy_(pemeran)"
    title: "Tom Kennedy (pemeran)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kennedy_(attore)"
    title: "Tom Kennedy (attore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kennedy"
    title: "Tom Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1298666"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump