Thomas Gomez
Birthday: 1905-07-10 | Place of Birth: New York, City, New York, USAFrom 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.
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Acting
Role
as Arturo Silvera
as Grandpa
as Papa Zacharias
as Demetrios Bacos
as Bouglione
as Wang Khan
as Haight
as Osman Aga
as King of Marshovia
as Lt. Sebastian
as Natayo Smith
as Sherrif Kellwin C. 'Casey' Burke
as Captaine Edward Teach alias Blackbeard
as El Tigre
as Emissary
as Vanning
as Guido Russino Betelli
as Leo Morse
as Louvain
as Richard 'Curly' Hoff
as Father Bartolome Romero
as Mr. Mauribus
as Pancho
as Pete Marchettis
as Police Capt. Dan Martin
as Carstairs
as Count Seebruck
as Drexel
as Inspector Burgess
