- Born
- Died
- Birth nameThomas Aloyisus Kennedy
- Height6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)
- Once a boxer, brawny character actor Tom Kennedy began his film career early in the silent era. He frequently played big, dumb, likable, working-class types, such as in The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937). He also worked with W.C. Fields, The Marx Brothers, and Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a career that lasted until his death at the age of 80.
- IMDb mini biography by: E.J. Powers (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)
- SpouseFrances Katherine Marshall(July 11, 1922 - October 6, 1965) (his death, 4 children)
- Boxing match-maker for the Hollywood American Legion Stadium from August 24, 1923 to March 24, 1925.
- He was not, as is often reported, the brother of Edgar Kennedy.
- Children: Don (c. 1922), Madeline (c. 1921) and Jack (c. 1929)
- He is entombed inside a crypt at Hollywood Memorial Park (now Hollywood Forever Cemetery) within its ABC Mausoleum.
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