- Thomas Gomez
Infobox actor
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name = Thomas Gomez
imagesize = 207px
caption = Gomez publicity photo
birthname = Sabino Tomas Gomez
birthdate = birth date|1905|07|10
location =New York, New York , USA
deathdate = death date and age|1971|06|18|1905|07|10 (after a car accident)
deathplace =Santa Monica, California ,USA
occupation = actor
spouse =Thomas Gomez (
July 10 ,1905 –June 18 ,1971 ) was anAcademy Award -nominated American actor.Born Sabino Tomas Gomez in
New York, New York , Gomez began his acting career intheater during the 1920s and was a student of the actorWalter 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.He received a nomination for an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film "Ride the Pink Horse " (1947). Directed by and starring Robert Montgomery, it was later used as the basis for an episode of the same name for thetelevision 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 " and "Gunsmoke ".Gomez had many notable stage roles, in Broadway and
off-Broadway shows, and replacedLeo McKern asThomas Cromwell 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 and was interred in theWestwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery inLos Angeles .Film and Television
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*imdb name | id=0327089 | name=Thomas Gomez
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NAME= Gomez, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Gomez, Sabino Tomas
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1905-07-10
PLACE OF BIRTH=New York, New York , USA
DATE OF DEATH= 1971-06-18 (after a car accident)
PLACE OF DEATH=Santa Monica, California ,USA
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