Thomas Gomez
Born July 10, 1905 (Age: 120)
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New York City, New York, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 91
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
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as Minister
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Age: 64
The Power and the Glory
1963
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as Delgado
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Age: 57
Summer and Smoke
1961
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as Papa Zacharias
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Age: 56
But Not for Me
1959
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as Demetrios Bacos
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Age: 54
John Paul Jones
1959
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as Esek Hopkins
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Age: 53
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
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as Malenkov
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Age: 53
Trapeze
1956
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as Bouglione
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Age: 50
The Conqueror
1956
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as Wang Khan
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Age: 50
Night Freight
1955
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as Haight
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Age: 50
The Magnificent Matador
1955
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as Don David
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Age: 49
Las Vegas Shakedown
1955
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as Al 'Gimpy' Sirago
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Age: 49
The Looters
1955
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as George Parkinson
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Age: 49
The Adventures of Hajji Baba
1954
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as Osman Aga
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Age: 49
The Gambler from Natchez
1954
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as Antoine Barbee
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Age: 49
Sombrero
1953
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as Don Homero Calderon
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Age: 47
Kim
1950
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as Emissary
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Age: 45
The Eagle and the Hawk
1950
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as Gen. Liguras - The Hawk
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Age: 45
Force of Evil
1950
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as Leo Morse
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Age: 45
The Furies
1950
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as El Tigre
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Age: 45
The Woman on Pier 13
1950
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as Vanning
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Age: 44
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
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as 'Professor' J.K.McKenna
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Age: 40
I'll Tell the World
1945
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as J.B. Kindell
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Age: 39
Patrick the Great
1945
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as Max Wilson
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Age: 39
Frisco Sal
1945
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as Police Capt. Dan Martin
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Age: 39
Enemy Bacteria
1945
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as
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Age: 39
Arabian Nights
1942
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as Hakim
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Age: 37
Pittsburgh
1942
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as Joe Malneck (Miners Union President)
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Age: 37
Who Done It?
1942
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as Col. J.R. Andrews
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Age: 37
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
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as R.F. Meade
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Age: 37