Thomas Gomez
Actor
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
Key Largo
as Richard 'Curly' Hoff 1948
Phantom Lady
as Inspector Burgess 1944
Force of Evil
as Leo Morse 1950
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as R.F. Meade 1942
Trapeze
as Bouglione 1956
A Double Life
as Cassio (voice) (uncredited) 1947
The Furies
as El Tigre 1950
Ride the Pink Horse
as Pancho 1947
The Conqueror
as Wang Khan 1956
Arabian Nights
as Hakim 1942
Johnny O'Clock
as Pete Marchettis 1947
Macao
as Lt. Sebastian 1952
Anne of the Indies
as Captaine Edward Teach alias Blackbeard 1951
Who Done It?
as Col. J.R. Andrews 1942
The Climax
as Count Seebruck 1944
Captain from Castile
as Father Bartolome Romero 1947