Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1905-07-10
Day of Death
1971-06-18
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Thomas Gomez
Biography
From Wikipedia Thomas Gomez (July 10, 1905 – June 18, 1971) was an American actor. Born Sabino Tomas Gomez in New York City, Gomez began his acting career in theater during the 1920s and was a student of the actor Walter Hampden. He made his first film Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror in 1942 and by the end of his career had appeared in sixty films. Gomez was the first Hispanic-American to be nominated for an Academy Award when he was nominated for his performance in the 1947 film Ride the Pink Horse. Directed by and starring Robert Montgomery, it was later used as the basis for an episode of the same name for the television series Robert Montgomery Presents in which Gomez reprised his role. His other film roles include Who Done It? (1942), Key Largo (1948), Force of Evil (1948), The Conqueror (1956) and his final film Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970). A frequent performer on television, Gomez also appeared in guest roles in such series as The Twilight Zone, Route 66, Dr. Kildare, Mr. Ed, Burke's Law, The Virginian, It Takes a Thief, Bewitched, The Rifleman, and Gunsmoke. Gomez had many notable stage roles, such as the one in the original Broadway run of A Man for All Seasons. Thomas Gomez died in Santa Monica, California, from injuries sustained in a car accident.
Filmography (64)
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
Stay Away, Joe
1968
Shadow Over Elveron
1968
The Power and the Glory
1963
Summer and Smoke
1961
But Not for Me
1959
John Paul Jones
1959
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
Collector’s Item
1957
Trapeze
1956
The Conqueror
1956
Night Freight
1955
The Magnificent Matador
1955
