Tom Kennedy

Once a boxer, brawny character actor 'Tom Kennedy' (qv) 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)_ (qv). He also worked with 'W.C. Fields' (qv), 'The Marx Brothers' (qv), and 'Stan Laurel' (qv) and 'Oliver Hardy' (qv) in a career that lasted until his death at the age of 80.::E.J. Powers (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)